Come Away

Come away

Come away with me

But I don’t want to come. I’m not sure where you are taking me. You offer so much. You have many promises. You get my hopes up. I can even dream again. There was a glimpse of joy. An expression of happiness. A sign of momentum. A picking up of the pace.

But then grinding upon my flesh, a irritating irritation, a breaking, a withdrawal, more withdrawals and no deposits.

The withdrawal, the stepping back as I advance. Come with me as I advance. This is my advance, my charge, my expense account! The enemy withdraws as I advance, the withdrawal is evidence of my advance!

I am torn. I love you, I want to come. But “coming away” breaks my heart. It was my favourite song, the one I played the most. It was like dancing with my beloved. So much joy, the highlight of my experience with you.

Then one day as I invited others too, to “come away”, I heard a voice say “turn it down”. This could not be true, I refused to accept it, I ignored it! But then a voice shouting at me “TURN IT DOWN!” I could only obey as it was the voice of our leader. Worst still, she then uttered some meaningless prayer and put a stop to it all.

Actually her timing was clearly opposed, her voice not in alignment with yours as we had just got to the chorus “Open up your heart, and let me in!” Her heart was closed to your truth and mine was torn asunder!

Later that night, she then grilled us on the choice of song, as if to rub salt in the wound. What the heck! I was visibly torn. Torn is the word. In my flesh I wanted to punch her out. In my spirit I had come away with you. You had warned me this was going to happen and told me “don’t get twisted out of shape at what I’m about to do, it is for your growth”. I relented, and ultimately withdrew…

It was too – for growth, for abundance, as your words now burst forth onto the page, they multiply in the place of opposition and oppression. Hundreds and thousands of words. Praise be to you!

You are the great restorer, as we attended the farewell of this leader who was departing to unknown greener pastures, you chose me to give her your word for her circumstance. You could visibly see the impact in her eyes and I still feel the impact of your words, both then and now. “You will feel like you are in over your head, like crossing the Jordan, the water will cover your head, but you shall not be overwhelmed, for you carry me upon your shoulders, the waters shall part and you shall cross over! ”

You know what happens when people who are torn come away with me? Like Jonah, their arrival constitutes breakthrough for multiplied multiples, for the multitude. The turnaround comes as you “turn up.” Turn it up this sound of praise make it louder than any other. Shout to the Lord with the voice of triumph. Hosanna in the highest. Prepare Ye the way of the King. Breakthrough is here. Tell them break through is here! Song of Songs 2:10-15 My beloved speaks and says to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth and ripens her green figs, and the vines are in blossom and give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. [So I went with him, and when we were climbing the rocky steps up the hillside, my beloved shepherd said to me] O my dove, [while you are here] in the seclusion of the clefts in the solid rock, in the sheltered and secret place of the cliff, let me see your face,let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. [My heart was touched and I fervently sang to him my desire] Take for us the foxes, thelittle foxes that spoil the vineyards [of our love], for our vineyards are in blossom.

For our vineyards are in blossom, Amen to that. We agree!