In ministry and life this means that days will not be perfect, that things will go off center, there may be frustration BUT there is joy in the experience, excitement in the creation, and knowledge gained. To have Holy Imagination means that we want the best things to happen but we are ready for God to move!
It wasn't until I was in high school that I learned about being led or moved by the spirit. Yes I had heard about this phenomenon but I had never seen or experienced it. In experiencing it as spectator I began to covet and couldn't understand why God didn't move that way for me! Recently (10+ years after this frustration) I realized that I have found God to reveal self to everyone in different ways. I realized that God had moved in my life in amazing and incredible ways FOR ME.
As I've gotten older I have also seen how scary this prayer can be; "God move in my life, have your way". Honestly even though Ive prayed that prayer and thought those words I am rarely (if ever) ready for what it actually means. For God to have Gods way? For God to move? What do I do if I dont like what Gods doing? What if Im scared? But to pray this is to have Holy Imagination- that God will do whats supposed to be done, that God will move and shift and change things whether I want it that way or not. It reveals my desire for control, it reveals my desire for order, yet God is not in a box and its silly to try to put God in one.
"Till all the jails are empty, and all the bellies filled; till no one hurts or steals or lies and no more blood is spilled. God has work for us to do" Mark Miller
