The whole earth at the present moment is waiting for what the Lord can give... but maybe the answer comes, not in the giving, but in the preparation.
Today I am sharing this excerpt from an event I did over 2 years ago, now, called, The Harvest: Awakening! So good for our present condition, friends!
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Stay close to Jesus.
Because we see it all the time. And my heart aches at the very thought. Individuals who are on fire for Jesus, whose flames of passion have now been extinguished. People who allow the worldly ways and all it's bitter ugliness to seep in and destroy the once fervent heart that yearned for more of Him. And the hard truth is that sometimes our excitement and our joy is robbed of us the moment we step out of the church doors on Sunday morning.
My commentary says this, "One of the saddest sights angels behold is a warm heart cooling in it's love towards God, a beautiful life withering beneath the blight of sin."
We become "in danger" by: unwatchfulness, unfaithfulness, ingratitude, and rebellion. When we choose comfort over character, feelings over fortitude, satisfaction over sanctification... friends… we lose. Every time. Remember that this is the great reversal. This is the raw gospel message… and this is learning to become more like the Jesus we say we love and serve.
We've gotta stay close. Close to the Father and close to His people. It's truly a matter of fullness or fatality.
Stay close! Let Him love you back together again!
Isaiah 43:19 says, "For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland." The Message version in part says it this way, "Be alert, be present… It's bursting out! Don't you see it?"
Ahh... it's because we're not looking that we do not see.
This new thing was the opening of a path in the wilderness and the supply of rivers of waters in the desert. Because this land is parched! Oh how we're utterly dehydrated!
The pathless future is before us… No foot has been there yet… All of us walking the same way. All around us are unknown difficulties and unseen circumstances. But God will make a way! A path will open for His children to walk on… a road for his chosen to travel in security to their appointed destination.
This earthly home is like a desert. A wasteland. It's difficult, it's hilly, it's marked by pain and peril. And the sun beats upon the earth – making it difficult to believe that life can be sustained in this journey across the foreign, lonesome desert.
But God can and will provide all that is needed… rivers of water… an abundant and continuous supply. Preparation and guidance!
It’s here… don’t you see it??? (like the cloud the size of a man’s hand! 1 Kings 18:44) We miss the harvest because we’re simply not looking for it!
He’s making a way in the wilderness for you today!
We want God to answer us by GIVING to us - but maybe He answers us by PREPARING us!
I want more for you!!!!
God's making a way in the wilderness for His wounded and weary warriors.
- Wendy Bender, Inspire Ministries, 2017 (The Harvest Event: Awakening!)
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