Queen Size Giant

35 The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God—Luke 1:35 I want to be overshadowed, overwhelmed, overtaken with the Spirit of God, just as Mary was.  Oswald Chambers puts it "What was true of the Virgin Mary in the history of the Son of God’s birth on earth is true of every saint. God’s Son is born into me through the direct act of God; then I as His child must exercise the right of a child— the right of always being face to face with my Father through prayer." Will I allow my spirit the pleasure to be in my Father's house, to be about my father's business, to be face to face with my Father through prayer?  Or will I deny my Father His child and allow my flesh to crowd my time, confuse my mind, and control my life?  they found Him in the temple . . . . And He said to them, ’. . . “Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?” —Luke 2:46, 49 (emphasis added) Jesus was dumbfounded that his parents didn't know where He would be.  It seems as though it wasn't a second thought to Him.  He felt the pull from His Father and He went searching, in His Father's house.  Am I as willing to drop my agenda when the Lord begins to pull me, or do I put Him on hold until its convenient, or until I ask permission from others?  Whose permission to you need but the Lords? The Lord has been drawing me to search Him out in the early mornings, but I have put him on snooze.  By the time I do get up, the house is awake and the day is full and I find myself distracted.  My Pastor, Mark Swee, spoke recently about the giants that stand in our way of God's promised land.  He spoke of a giant named Og, and quoted Deut 3:11, which gave the dimensions of his bed.  He went on to say, "the only thing between Israel and the promised land was a king sized bed."  Well, in my case its a queen sized bed, but I got the hint.  Its easy to let life crowd us, confuse us, and control us, but we must fight the impulse of our flesh to ask others, or to put too much human common sense into things.  I suppose it would have been nice for Jesus to tell His parents where He was going, but the point is, that Jesus was about His Father's buisness, He was face to face in prayer with His Father and so heavily lead by the Spirit of God that at the same very instance He felt the Lord leading, He was already going.