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Occupy. Move.
LENT DAY 32 of 40, © NaimaLett.com/blog



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A year and 1/2 ago, the Occupy Movement kicked off in New York City.

You remember the pictures. Bulls on posters. Tents. Protesters for miles. Arrests. Drama!
Folks flooded the streets to “reiterate their anger at the global financial system, corporate greed and government cutbacks.” The Washington Post reported that “rallies were held in more than 900 cities in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the United States.” It was indeed a movement.

God’s Fam Takes Note

One of my friends, Rev. Stephanie Butler Adams took note of the movement and when she and her husband Stephen began planning their annual Worship Arts and Music Training Conference, they decided to use this theme, “Occupy the Earth”… because isn’t that what we’re called to do as children of God?

I’m honored to be invited as a facilitator to teach on Drama Ministry in a Hollywood Generation and Drama Ministry for this Generation. There are 30 speakers and facilitators and over 300 conference attendees converging upon Irvine, CA right now, and we plan to have a great time over the next 3 days diving into how we occupy and fulfill our commission in 2013.

Occupy. Move.

Which brings me to the question for us:
Are we occupying where we are? Are we moving?

Occupy means to:
Take possession
Take control
Take up residence
Dwell. Hold.

At first glance, dwelling and holding seems opposite of moving. But occupying is a movement. Taking possession is active. You’re probably thinking about Joshua and the mandate to take possession of the land, right?

Occupy Us

I’m actually thinking about how much I utterly need God to occupy me before I ever occupy territory. Fasting and prayer through this Lenten season has reminded me how much I need to depend on God, as there is so much I cannot do in and of my own strength.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 says, “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.”

We are God’s temple. My prayer today as we kick off this conference is that God fills His temple, you and me, with His Spirit, so that we can do exactly what He needs for us to do on this side of heaven.

The Occupy Movement is wonderful and all; but how bout we start ours by asking our loving heavenly Father to occupy us, to move within us today. What do you say?

Lots of love from the LaLa,
Naima

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