Some years ago, at the beginning of a prayer meeting on revival, the Holy Spirit planted words from the Athanasian Creed strikingly into my mind; they concern the nature of Jesus: “Who, although He is God and man, yet He is not two, but one Christ. One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking of that manhood into God.” In my passion for the Lord I was all set to pray for a move of the Holy Spirit, but over the years it has become increasingly clear that I did not understand what I was praying for. I was seeking the manifestations of revival without the heart of revival – the restoration of sonship.
Nevertheless in our day the Holy Spirit is moving amongst the nations in a deeper way. The will of God in these times “before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes” (Mal 4:5) is to develop a mature church in every place for the purpose of discipling of all nations (Matt 28:19). This means only one thing, the bringing of many sons to glory (Heb 2:10).
My brother and sister, where do you stand in this great task of universal restoration? Are you a passive bystander? Are you one who is seeking the spectacular from God in an adolescent fashion like so many in our times? Or are you someone grasped by the Elijah task to “turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”? The cost of testifying to Jesus by word and deed in the manner of all the prophets cannot be calculated, but the glory of this ministry is beyond all comparison. May we join together in our time in seeking from the Lord “the spirit and power of Elijah”, for it is surely coming – can you hear the whirlwind, feel the fire and sense the glory, all which point to the one who gave his all for us – Jesus.
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