BEING THE BLESSING O that God would stir our hearts with passion; that we would encounter Him with such abandon, that we could all say: God, Im as hungry for You today as I was at any other time in my life! Psalms 42:1-2, As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? Panting! Thirsting! But thirsting for what? The answer is here: When shall I come and appear before God? Its not about us appearing before people. Its about us appearing before God. Revelation 2:4, 5a --Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works. You have left your first love. We can all think of those days when we were hungrier and more radical for God, devouring our Bible every day. Maybe it was in those first few months that we were a Christian. But now, because of some hard trials, valleys, and disappointments, we realize that were still walking with God, still reading the Bible and going to church, but theres something missing. Jesus Christ is challenging us, so lets be honest. We need to FALL IN LOVE WITH JESUS AGAIN--revisit First Love. REPENT AND DO THE FIRST WORKS Theres something about when we begin to remember, and allow the Holy Spirit to move in the imagination, taking us back to the greatest times of Gods power coming in our lives. Its important to remember those times when we were really hungry. The problem is, sometimes we just accept being lukewarm as normal, and our attitude is: Ive grown up in the church, and Im a Christian. I dont need to be all that zealous anymore. But Jesus said to Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and then He goes on to say, Repent and do the first works. There are times when Christians get so hopeless and disappointed -- so discouraged. TAKE HOLD OF GOD AFRESH If there is luke-warmness, you have to take responsibility for it. Its not always the churchs fault. Youve got to STIR YOURSELF UP to take hold of God, go to the well yourself, and go to the river of God yourself. You need to say, I dont just want to go to where the blessing is, I want to be the blessing. I dont just want to go to the revival, I want to carry the revival. I want to be what starts the revival! Weve got to be at a place where we stop and say, Soul, what are you doing, and why are you so complacent? Ive got to remember from where I have fallen. Ive got to get back that love and that passion and that fire; Ive got to get it back! Ive got to repent and do the first works! Somethings wrong here. Im not going to stay here anymore murmuring and going around this mountain. I am going to do something about it! Sign-up on the Albert Finch Ministry web-site: afministry.ning
Posted on: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 03:36:56 +0000
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