Thursday, August 5, 2010

The Living God


This devoblog may come across as a big joke to some. For others it may seem harsh. After being convicted for not posting this when I should have, this word I have found to be for myself as well. As you read, pray about it. It could be for you or maybe it‘s for the sleepy insomniac stranger who reads blogs late at night in search of something that will fill the emptiness and silence.

there's a voice that cries out in the silence!

It’s time to grow up. Children eat food that is prepared, mashed and spoon-fed. Now it’s time for you to eat meat and bread. Even learn how to cook. Get up now! Stop sitting in your seat and complaining about the ways of the world and how bad things are. Get up! Get up! Get up and do something about it yourself. Stop saying: “Why won’t God send someone to do it? Why won’t God take care of it? Doesn’t God care?”

Perhaps, God gave the burden to you along time ago and He has been waiting on you for years to take a stand. Why are you collecting dust in your easy chair? As old as you are eating baby food? The time is now or never.

How long will you test the favor of the Lord? How long do you think that the Lord’s hand will be upon you? Even now, He hesitates to remove it from your head. This is grace and mercy at your door. Get up! Kneel down! It’s your last chance. Respect the power of the Lord.

bow down, let go of your idols. He wants it all today, He wants it all today

You who are older sit and complain about things that are not done properly. When the Lord sends someone to do it you complain about who is doing it especially if it happens to be a young person. And you wonder why, why, why the young people have no desire to come to church? Why are they leaving you say? They have no words for you because you will not listen. You have been a stiff-necked people. Have you not read in the book of Joel?

The prophet Joel said in Joel 2:28-29
‘…I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.’

there's a GOD that walks over the earth

This anointing has fallen. Young people around the world have risen up as a great army quietly preparing for battle in the Lord. The anointing could be upon you too if only you would stop and take a look at your own self. Go to your knees before the Lord and do a re-assessment, humble yourself in the sight of the Lord. Stop your loud prayings and public displays of vain words that fall harshly on the Lord’s ears. Get alone with God. Lay your life back on the altar. This time, don’t crawl off. Be a living sacrifice unto the Living God.

more of you, more of you He wants it all today!

To you who are younger: to young men all I can say is pull up your pants, tuck in your shirts, get a belt, get a job, save your money. Learn how to love in the Lord read and study I Corinthians 13 until you understand it. To young women, I say only this: read Proverbs 31:10-31. Study it, learn it, understand it and live it.

there's a voice that cries out in the silence!

Jesus quoted Isaiah saying: “’The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.’" Luke 4:18-19 This is for us too, he says in Mark 16:14-20 that we are to proclaim the gospel to all people.

serve me, serve me with your life now! He wants it all today!

Now, in the Spirit of the one and true Living God, go do the right thing!

Questions
Is God asking you to do something outside of your comfort zone? What is holding you back?

Prayer
Lord, help us to grow up! Even if we are afraid of change, help us to make the necessary changes. Help our faith to grow and our vision to increase! In Jesus’s Name, Amen

Read
Proverbs 31:10-31, 2 Timothy 2:15, I Corinthians 13, Mark 16, Luke 4:18-19, Joel 2:28-29

Song in my head:
'There's a voice that cries out in the silence. Searching for a heart that is desperate. Longing for a child who will give Him their all. Give your all, He wants it all. There's a God who walks over the earth longing for a child, a heart that is desperate.. He said love me, love me with you whole heart.' -Forever Jones

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