There has been a long time of rest since the last great wave of the Holy Spirit, but He is about to start moving again, as will those who follow Him. As stated before, and as we have overwhelming historical and biblical precedent for, we can expect many who have become comfortable in their present places to be resistant to movement or change. But, if we’re not going to give into to becoming old wineskins, and we want to be a part of the greatest move of God to ever come upon the earth, we must prepare to move with the Spirit.
Jamie Buckingham once told a few of us young writers (at the time), “Our job is to know where the Spirit is about to move and get there first and set up a book table!” He was joking, but there is truth to this. We should already have the books written that will help equip and guide those in the next move, and that will be the spiritual food needed for the journey.
This journey is what the Christian life was intended to be—the greatest adventure that can be lived on this earth. The Christian life was never intended to be a static life of routinely fulfilling a few basic Christian duties until we die and go to heaven. We were called to follow the King and to “grow up in all aspects into Him” (see Ephesians 4:15). We’re called to become like Him and do the works that He did and still does through His body, His church.
Following the Lord will have us engaged in His causes, but also continually growing in the fruit of the Spirit—His nature—and the gifts of the Spirit that demonstrate His love and the power of His love. To grow in these will be one of the most fulfilling things we can do on this earth.
The Scriptures use water as a metaphor for truth. Like water, truth must be continually flowing to stay pure. The first mention of the Holy Spirit in Scripture says that He was moving. There is nowhere in Scripture that says He stopped. The true Christian life is following Him on a journey full of wonders and marvels, as well as challenges. The first century church was described as being in awe continually, and every Christian that follows the King of kings will be. There is no greater life on earth than following the King of kings and serving Him.
Tragically, many Christ followers get deceived into a boring and static life, and their highest goals and expectations are to be nice people. It’s good to be nice, but it’s better to be loving. The earthly will appreciate the compliant and consider those nice who do not rock the boat. We need to rock the boat until people get that it is sinking. To be nice because we’re compliant is the opposite of what it is like to follow Jesus. He continually rebuked and challenged those who were keeping others in bondage and those who were killing others who challenged the status quo.
When Jesus walked the earth, He was the most revolutionary, disruptive force the world had ever seen. We’re told He does not change. Neither have those He chose to follow Him changed. Those who followed Him terrified the officials of the most powerful empire in and of the world, with them declaring in Acts 17:6, “Those who have turned the world upside down have now come here to us!” Those who follow Jesus know that the world is already upside down, and those who upset it are seeking to turn this upside-down world right side up.
Is there anywhere that the followers of Jesus are like that today? If we have witnessed a demon-possessed person manifesting, we are likely not going to forget it for the rest of our lives. Should we not much more be impacted—in a good way, of course—by those filled with the Holy Spirit? Christians have the Lord, the One who created the universe, living in them. Is this reflected in our lives? Is this reflected in the church of today? It soon will be.
We should get ready for it. Just when Christianity seems to have been tamed and to no longer be a threat to the corruption of this world, a revolution is going to begin that will shake this world to its foundations. It’s going to be shaken by the power in the kingdom that is coming, and it is coming in His followers.
If we seek His kingdom first, we will be able to see this coming before others do. We will hear the call to leave even the greatest works of man to pursue what God is doing—what He is building. We, too, will have to leave behind our static, boring lives which this world esteems as success. Once we have a vision of what God is building, even the best that man can build will not be that impressive. We’ve been called to be part of a much greater city.
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