I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won't have enough room to take it in! (Malachi 3:10 NLT)There is very much prayer being made, and appeal being pressed for revival.... If the Spirit of God either ignores or transcends so much that marks the Christian system, and makes it as though it counts so little, (and the Holy Spirit never compromises on what is vital and really of God), does it not mean that He calls for a reconsideration of very much that obtains? The days of the Church's greatest spiritual power and impact were days when ecclesiastical forms, architecture and ritual were nil, and the Lord Himself was everything.... To get away from the lesser things we need a mighty visitation of the Spirit of God; this, and this only, will do it. Most people agree to this, and we have heard very much said along this line. What has always perplexed us is that, while things of this kind have been so repeatedly and strongly stated, the implication seems never to have registered itself with sufficient strength as to result in practical adjustments. So, on the other hand, if we seriously faced the things which the Spirit of God has again and again ruled out when He has had His way, would not the way be opened for a more permanent high level of spiritual life, fullness, and effectiveness?Is not reformation an essential part of revival? Does not the Lord call for certain drastic adjustments before He can "open the windows of heaven"? (Mal. 3:10). Whenever and wherever, by a new revealing of Himself, His purpose and method, the Lord has secured those who have moved out on to the ground of Christ only and in fullness, they have always had to meet a great and painful cost. Usually it has been their own brethren in Christ who have exacted it.... How difficult it is for organized Christianity to believe that anything very much of real value can go on without machinery, publicity, and all the framework of organized work! May it not be well to pause and consider whether God's mightiest and most fruitful works in nature and in grace are not done hiddenly, quietly, unobtrusively, and – in many cases – done before anyone knows about it? What of the resurrection of nature every Spring-time? The law of God's highest work is the biological, the law of Life; it is organic.By T. Austin-Sparks from: The Release of the Lord - Chapter 7
_________________Mike
truly we are tired of theory, we need reality, we need practical. If one man can meet the requirement of God; God will surely start from him for of a truth; "revival can start from one person"_evan robert
_________________Inalegwu
"How difficult it is for organized Christianity to believe that anything very much of real value can go on without machinery, publicity, and all the framework of organized work! May it not be well to pause and consider whether God's mightiest and most fruitful works in nature and in grace are not done hiddenly, quietly, unobtrusively, and – in many cases – done before anyone knows about it? What of the resurrection of nature every Brother MIke.. excellent post.. Every revival happened with surrender.. not organized Christianity.. Spring-time? The law of God's highest work is the biological, the law of Life; it is organic."Organized Christianity.. So so many people want to control the HOLY GHOST>. JEsus said He left the HOLY GHOST here to teach to comfort us.. TO BE In CHARGE... There needs to be order but organized Christianity is CONTROL.. CALL it what u want.. It is control.. this is so so good.. zech 4:6This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith. How many churches pray for revival but will not let the HOLY SPirit.. interrupt. I believe this is why people are staying home and watching church online.. May the HOLY SPIRIT be allowed to move and interrupt us.. daily every minute we are awake and May HE RAIN ON OUR CHURCHES AGAIN AND BE GIVEN CONTROL... IN JESUS NAME“if we will do God’s work in God’s way at God’s time with God’s power, we shall have God’s blessing” ― Leonard Ravenhill, Why Revival Tarries
_________________Frannie
