I refuse to believe that what we see in churches across America is what God planned for His people. I refuse to believe that it is the God-intended norm. The Word of God is against it. Church history, as Paul speaks about in Gods Word, is against it. Everything inside of me is shouting, There must be more! We must go deeper! Is that same voice shouting inside of you? If the death and resurrection of Jesus are real—and they are—there must be more. If the outpouring of the Spirit is real—and it is—there must be more. If the promises of God are real—and they are—there must be more. If the requirements of the Lord are real—and they are—there must be more. Its high time that we quit trying to drag the Word of God down to our level of experience and commitment, trying to conform Scripture to our ways rather than conforming our ways to Scripture. Instead, we need to take hold of everything He has promised and everything He has called us to, and, by His grace, pursue and obey Him until His reality becomes our reality. What does Gods reality look like? What is normal according to the Word? Heres some clues.... Matt. 10:37-39, 1 Cor. 11:1, Phil. 4:9, Phil. 1:20-21. Missionary C. T. Studd once said, If Jesus Christ be God, and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him. This is the reality we must live by. The glorious Son of God shed His blood on our behalf, dying for our sins so we could belong to God, bringing us into His family as brothers and sisters. His Father is now our Father, and we are joint heirs with Him. (Romans 8:14-17). And before anyone thinks this is a rant about everyone else, its not, this is about me...REVIVAL BEGINS IN OUR OWN HEART. LORD, REVIVE ME.
Posted on: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:45:45 +0000