WHAT DREAM DO YOU NEED TO SIMPLY GO AFTER?

My incredible friend Rob Gotcher is one of the most talented and Spirit filled individuals I have ever known. Not only is he a great friend, but he is also my worship leader at Compass Roanoke. We share life, music, worship, and friendship. Today I am very proud of Rob and what this week holds. About two years ago he wrote a worship song for our people entitled “Free Indeed.” This was not just any worship song, but it was one that from the moment it was heard was changing the lives of those that encountered it. People that have heard and sung this song receive this sense that there is something greater than themselves that can bring freedom to a life seemingly full of bondage. After two years of singing this song I have prayed that more people would get to hear it and be impacted by it…and…sure enough Rob went into the studio a few weeks ago and what was recorded is nothing short of sheer perfection from God. I believe that this is putting the perfect song into the hearts, ears, and hands of what could literally be thousands of people. So I am going to show you two ways that you can interact and be impacted by this song!!! Here is the first:

This Saturday night here in the DFW area 94.9 KLTY is going to feature Rob’s Song on the New Music Cafe. Click this image for more info on this great way to hear this song.

The second way is to go here and download the single and you can listen to it over and over again. Click the image below to download the song and help support Rob and his ministry.

Now go and support my boy and his incredible music!!!

(image via: Pope Saint Victor)

As I sit and eat my breakfast bagel with egg whites and mushrooms the audio bursts forth with the lyrics and melody of “Scared” by Albert Hammond Jr. My mood is a new one today. It is a mood of humility in its purest form. I am not sure I have ever felt this overwhelmed by the God that I serve. In fact I am not sure I have ever felt this way period. As I look at the last few bites of my breakfast delicacy I am approached by a very familiar face. Not familiar in the sense that I have know it for years, but familiar in the sense that I recognize the eyes that were filled with tears in my presence not yet 24 hours ago. She approaches me gingerly, clears her throat and asks if I am Trevor.

“I am.”

“You are Mary.”

She looks at me surprised that I remember her name. To be honest so am I. But there is no way that I could forget her. Not even a day ago she was in my presence after preaching a message on destroying the idols of pleasure in our lives and replacing them with the one true God. The point was that these idols are not evil, in fact many of them are gifts from God. The problem has become that we have replaced the giver with the gift. Yesterday Mary was broken. Yesterday Mary was blown away. Not by a young punk preacher ranting about idols, but by the One True God. Yesterday she destroyed her god of pleasure with the One True God.

Today she is in the coffee shop I am in and has to share more with me. Due to my new found  mood inside of me I am more than happy to simply sit and listen.

“You have no idea what that message meant to me. I just wandered in off the street yesterday looking for more depth than where I have been attending and not only did I find it, it was just for me.”

I chuckle to myself, because conviction always sounds like it is directed right at us doesn’t it?

She continues, “Those words you spoke yesterday gave me freedom for the first time in a long time. I have been so conflicted with this idol. It is not even something that is evil, it is simply something that has taken the place of God himself in my life.”

She never actually tells me what her something is, but I don’t need to know. The reality is, is that we all have “SOMETHING.” We all have that one thing that seems to keep us from getting to truly know and experience what God himself has given us to experience to the fullest. My conversation with Mary reminds me that I too have a “SOMETHING” and so do you.

She feels like she is imposing on my time today, but little does she know is that I could sit and listen all morning to how God is freeing her. For the first time in a long time I don’t care to hear how good of a speaker and communicator I am. What I really long for is hearing that God has brought about freedom in the lives of others. In fact I am hearing for the first time maybe that God is bringing freedom to me. She finally stands to go back to her seat.

“Thanks so much for what you allowed God to do through you.”

I respond with, “Thanks for the encouragement, you just totally made my day and it is only 8:00am.”

She says, “No thank you. You helped me find freedom and have just made my next hundred years.”

I laugh at that statement because she will not be around this side of eternity in a hundred years and neither will I, but today she is living in freedom and today I am finding it all over again for the first time. I have realized that it is ok for my “SOMETHING” to impact the “SOMETHING” in someone elses life and I don’t have to find the glory, I can completely give it to the one who brings us all freedom from our “SOMETHINGS.”

I am praying for your “SOMETHING” today!!!

1. I am not leaving Compass Christian Church. I love this place and I am honored to be a part of this staff. I love those that I get to minister to and with.

2. I am OK…I have simply been wrestling with some stuff inside of me for sometime. I am taking some time away from social media to clear the clutter out of my life and focus on the things that matter most.

3. Those things that matter most are as follows: My relationship with Christ. My relationship with my wife. My relationship with my kids. My relationship with those that are in my life each and every day.

4. For clarification there is no moral failure in my life. However, I am taking some preventative measures to make sure there never is.

5. Thanks to all of you that have shown concern for me. The post below was never intended to do anything more than let people know that I am taking a hiatus from social networking for awhile to allow Christ to make me a better man of Him. I am sorry if it was a bit ambiguous.

Promise me that if you need any clarification on any of the above that you would either email or call me. I simply ask that you would pray for me as I try to become more like Christ. The more like Christ I become the better husband, father, pastor, and friend I will become. I am simply in a “cutting off” of things that are distracting me from those things. I have full intention of returning to all these things as God leads me to. Until then…Hope you are all well.

With Love and Humilty,

Trevor

Image Via Pope Saint Victor

Thanks to each of you that reads my blogs, follows me on twitter, and is a friend with me on facebook. I value each person I have the privilege to converse with and impact. However, there are some things in my life that simply need more attention right now. As a result of a lot of soul searching and sleepless nights I am shutting somethings down for awhile to find more clarity in my life. I am not sure if and when I will return, but for now I need some time to figure things out inside of me. Trust me…it’s not you…it’s me!!!

With Love,

Trevor DeVage

The story of : twitter.com/pa3cia

Abused. Rebellious. singlemom. extremely hurt. overwhelmed by Gods love. Redeemed. Restored. Renewed. my pain now has a purpose

….Beautiful…

Leave some love for twitter.com/pa3cia