The field
I see a field. There is a plastic sheet covering the ground. It is secured at the edges so that it can't be moved. There are bulges here and there where plants have obviously tried to break through. The design on the plastic is one word- Revival.
We are so obsessed with the packaging of revival, this great move of God which is coming, that we are actually missing out on the revival itself. The revival isn't the plastic sheet- it's the life found beneath. But it can't break through because of our preconceived ideas and attitudes.
In Hosea God commanded his people to 'break up your fallow ground'. This was the hard ground wherein nothing was growing. It was literally the hard ground which was so tightly pressed and compacted that there was no way life could break through. It was to be ploughed up so that the fields would be alive again.
We are the same. Finney suggested that breaking the fallow ground meant repenting from every individual sin in our lives, and contemplating our failings for a while. While I respect the guy, I think this is not exactly what we are called to do. Our sins have already been paid for, they're gone forever. But the unfruitfulness which comes from dead works in our lives is that from which we really need to repent. It's easy to identify sin in our lives, but it is often difficult to see what is unprofitable. Let's really consider what in our lives is really worthwhile, what is truly life giving and useful, and break the fallow ground which hinders our growth.
Revival fire fall...
We are so obsessed with the packaging of revival, this great move of God which is coming, that we are actually missing out on the revival itself. The revival isn't the plastic sheet- it's the life found beneath. But it can't break through because of our preconceived ideas and attitudes.
In Hosea God commanded his people to 'break up your fallow ground'. This was the hard ground wherein nothing was growing. It was literally the hard ground which was so tightly pressed and compacted that there was no way life could break through. It was to be ploughed up so that the fields would be alive again.
We are the same. Finney suggested that breaking the fallow ground meant repenting from every individual sin in our lives, and contemplating our failings for a while. While I respect the guy, I think this is not exactly what we are called to do. Our sins have already been paid for, they're gone forever. But the unfruitfulness which comes from dead works in our lives is that from which we really need to repent. It's easy to identify sin in our lives, but it is often difficult to see what is unprofitable. Let's really consider what in our lives is really worthwhile, what is truly life giving and useful, and break the fallow ground which hinders our growth.
Revival fire fall...
posted by doo at 6:27 pm
1 Comments:
so i think that a lot of times, the things that are not profitable are the things that we decide that we should do for God on our own, without asking. granted when someone has a burning on their heart to witness, just go and do it and learn the voice of God, that's not what i mean. it's the times in which we just start relying on ourselves to make a meeting work, or to deliver a good sermon rather than just seeking the Lord and crying out to Him that He would work and then just sitting and waiting for Him to speak, even if that means sending a congregation home because you have no word, or waiting for 15 minutes saying nothing waiting for God to speak.
i think a lot of times we underestimate the importance of our work lives and the little things we know God has called us to do but are not "spectacular" in any earthly sense but God is there. those things are of value because that is where God is. redefining our lives by the Lord is as simple as asking Him to do it and then allowing Him to bring our lives to where He wants them. it may not appear too glorious but keep in mind, that it's not doing a lot in a short time, it's doing what God wants in God's timing.
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