“Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.”
We have prayed for revival because we have not known how to pursue a relationship with the Lord.
In the pursuit of relationship we are revived because we encounter in a supernatural place.
It is a different position to push into a credible relationship with Him instead of simply praying for Him to do something.
God is so willing and so extravagant that when we step in and put everything on the line for Him we cannot fail.
We only fail when we hold control and attempt to succeed in our own strength. It can never be enough.
God is breaking out in new innovative ways. Being in close proximity with Him opens the doors to the way of the future that He has already opened .
God is the only one who can talk about the future in the past tense because He knows it is a done deal.
Waiting on Him at the moment is the most precious thing we can do because although the enemy voice is constantly critical of that being wasteful of time it will be the most productive when we can step into future He has created instead of the gagging one of the past.
As Mary did at His feet whilst Martha wanted all to be busy.
It may seem more uncomfortable to be awaiting an unknown that does not sit well with many or is not what we are familiar with.
It may seem impossible to see clearly into the next unfamiliar, incomplete, unrecognisable image being created. It is He who gives the power in the revelation and then the opportunity to follow.
If we observe an artist creating a masterpiece His hand will be working on something which for a period we cannot define until suddenly we see what is emerging.
From that moment on we sit in wonder as it makes sense and beauty before our eye until we are in full knowledge and wonder at what has been created and we can fully participate in it.
We may have been mentally and emotionally challenged in that awaiting place. We may not all reach the enlightening moment at the same time or in the same measure.
Only those who have bided and waited will be rewarded. Those who have rushed off with self appointed business will not reap the pleasure.
There is a devotional life style commitment that some will find too challenging and they will wrestle with jumping in deep.
A place hard to settle in and feel comfortable in especially in the face of resistance from the many.
Just as Jeremiah wrestled with the extremes of his calling to become a prophet.
He felt himself too young and inexperienced and not up to being challenged especially when his words were of repentance and denouncing things and ways of the past which would make him unpopular. He was nicknamed the weeping prophet!
“But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.”
God promised that He would put the words in his mouth. Also that He would prosper His people .
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
God has creative, innovative ideas today for the future of His people, Nations. Ways to restore and bless.
Micah was another prophet expectant and speaking of there being justice and deliverance from what the enemy steels .
“Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.”
God’s finest hour is yet to come as the motives within systems evolves into opportunities to help and offer and restore to the best. To eradicate corruption and malpractice.
In the body of the church we as one give for the benefit of all.
“though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them:”
This is a new rhythm that God is calling us to listen for and copy. He patiently awaits us to tap it out correctly as we hear it and receive it .
We will be enabled to lift off the heaviness of the past that has wearied us. Be restored back in to the true plum line. Step out in time into this new season.
The illustration shows us close, attentive to hear the rhythm the Lord tenderly and patiently breathes over us. The new light emanating out to push the darkness back.
Four Scriptures that come to mind:
“But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.””Jeremiah 1:7-8 ESV
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”Jeremiah 29:11 ESV
“Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.”Micah 7:8 ESV
“For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.”Romans 12:4-8 ESV
The song I’m Desperate For You. Red Rocks Worship
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