it's not enough that we have passion, passion fades;
it's not enough that we give; we haven't even struggled unto death yet.
it's not enough that we love and live; we must be a people that are more than called, more than intercessors, more than conquerers;
He is seeking us out, pursuing our inner lives. If we are going to find Him at work in this day we must understand this principle:
"We are the vessels of the Living GOD, and His desire is to pour His Love, His Passion, His power into our lives; not so we can say "Gee He sure is a good God" but more so that the overwhelming, yolk-destroying, bondage breaking, truth revealing, Spirit of the Living God can have what He wants: which is the salvation of the lost, the return of the prodigals, the restoration of all broken things."The passion that is mustered up in us at retreats or annual conferences or even Sunday morning, while it may be genuine, is still mostly us. When will we see that we must decrease so that He can increase. He doesn't want you to "get involved" in the movement; He wants to be the movement, the revolution, and for the most part He wants us to open our lives up and let Him pour more in. We run out of steam (often on the last lap) but His power not only sustains, like the old evangelists used to say, "He quickens us". (leonard ravenhill, get on it people) The passion that comes from God can't be found in expository teaching (you know that's what i'm into) it can't be paid for at "Passion International's Give Away the Spirit Rally Coming Fall 2011" (I know, right?). He must be sought day and night, on our knees and if you're already on knees then on our faces, humbling ourselves, emptying it all out, letting go of the guilt and agendas of men, embracing what Job said in the end "i was talking about things i knew nothing about, things far too full of wonder for me." The LORD desires to surround us with wonder that is too much for us to accomplish. Bigger than us is what He wants to reveal to the nations. He is bigger than our strategies/programs, our ideas, our fears, and our ambitions. There is so much more, He is so much more. . .
So He wants us to BE the movement? I'll get behind that. More than called...I dig it, but that's a tall order. A whole different level of giving yourself.
ReplyDeleteHe wants to be the movement in us. He moves, I move, He violently overtakes sin, I violently overtake sin, He loves and holds nothing back I. . . You get the point.
ReplyDeleteHe wants to BE the movement in us. So united in His vision that when He gives extravagantly, I give extravagantly, when His heart is moved to compassion, my heart is moved to compassion, When he loves without holding back I. . . you get the point.
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