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WOULD THE REAL CHRISTIAN PLEASE STAND UP!
It's very difficult to
know whose telling the truth these days. Leadership seems to be the
art of cover-up, distracting, deceiving and deluding as many people as
possible. Sounds tough but somehow the old adage of the 'crème rising
to the top' has lost its essence… it is no longer truth.
In
the time of Jehoshaphat and Ahab although Ahab was King of Israel he
decided to hide in deception thinking he would not be seen in battle,
whereas Jehoshaphat King of Judah covered himself with his royal robes
as a proclamation of who he was. Ahab was wounded by an arrow shot at
random and later died; Jehoshaphat when under attack cried out to God
and was saved and ended the day in victory. [ref. 2 Chronicles 18]
Recently
I have been ministering in a little Holy Spirit Church hidden away in
the mountains-and God has been moving in the miraculous. Those who
have cried out to God have not only had their own needs met but those
of their families and friends. We have been hearing of people who,
unaccompanied by others, have received the Lord and the salvation of
their souls.
These are simple folks-the heart of America-the
pastor and his wife [in their 80's] heard the voice of the Lord in 1978
say to them-build my church, so they did-it still stands-people come
and people go, lives are saved, people are healed, lives changed and
families blessed. Who can measure revival!
When the mask of
sophistication is removed and the cry of the heart is for God then
revival is seen in changed lives and a hunger for Holiness. Truth is
more than what we say-truth is what society knows us to be-wearing the
identity of being a Christian may bring persecution but it also brings
protection! Unless of course you are vying for some grandiose position
of public proclaim, inside or outside the church, as God's people we
cannot have it both ways.
Revival does not come with a
denominational name-it comes to those who declare their need, make
known their weakness and believe by action what God's Word says. The
evidence is that lives and families influence the society they live in
and governments are either corrupt or righteous.
Oh how I wish
we all were so easily led as a little child- whenever we say Praise
The Lord our granddaughter who is barely a year old raises her hand and
points her fingers toward the heaven.
The good news is that
the blind are seeing, the deaf are hearing, the dumb are praising God
and testifying of His great works. When the children of God put on the
Royal Robes of Priesthood the 'crème at the top' will be exposed for
what it is and dissolve under the heat of the Presence of God. [1 Peter
2:9]
The good news is we are in a spiritual war that has already
been won by the Power that is greater than all Power-we are nearing the
end of the day-put on your royal robes and let your life declare, "I am
not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God for the
salvation of everyone who believes;…" [Romans 1:16]
March 2009 - Diane M.Hale
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