Tonight at prayer, God said, “The world needs God but God needs bodies to work through.” We ask where God is in all that is going on. He is waiting for a vessel to become available.
Ezekiel 22:30 “I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none.”
God desperately wants to break-in this darkness that is hitting this generation but he must first find one that will stand in the gap. This is not a call to be a big name preacher or worship leader. This is not a call to build the hottest youth ministry. This is a call to much prayer and fasting. This is a call to surrender everything to God and say, “use me as you see fit”.
God has never used the strongest or most popular to do mighty works in his kingdom. Look through the Bible at people like David (the illegitimate child), Moses (stuttering Moses), Abraham (beyond old), Gideon (the least in his family) just to name a few.
1 Corinthians 1:27-31 “But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things-and the things that are not-to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him…let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
As I prepare for Friday night, I continue to ask God to search my heart and reveal any impure motives. I don’t seek any recognition or promotion for what happens; I simply want to be a catalyst to take this region in to a lifestyle prayer and intercession. It has nothing to do with me or The Embassy Church but everything to do with God. I want to see salvation come to Greensboro and the surrounding areas like never before. If it was going to come through concerts, programs, and the like then it would have already happened. This is only going to come through committing our hearts back to the Father and crying out for his mercy and grace.
Proverbs 3:34 “He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.”
2 Chronicles 7:14-15 “if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.”
If we want this generation to awaken to righteousness and the love of Christ then their must first be humility and repentance. God has need of you. Will you deny yourself that someone else may live?
1 comment:
I love this post because it touches on something I have no patience for in the body of Christ: pushing youth to chase lights vs chase the Creator who gave light. I'm not talking about living in a secluded society, naive and oblivious to the various worship groups, concerts, etc; I'm talking about holding God's heart and agenda up above everything else. Without (some people) realizing or admitting it, there has been a comfortable place made in the church as it concerns entertaining the youth versus CONSISTENTLY being honest AND transparent with them about the Word of God and what's really going on and why. Talking to my students and other teenagers in the area makes me realize how much they are getting blown off or how much people assume about WHY they want the entertainment or groups. If people would just LISTEN to the heart of God and LISTEN to the voice this generation DOES have under the cookie-cutter answers, masks and hooplah, what they really need would be obvious.
This generation is tired of being overlooked, misunderstood and not heard by us. Our humility in seeking God will automatically create a humility to hear the voice of this generation. But WE must be willing to stand in the gap. Who is willing to intercede, be patient, seek God for wisdom and understanding, and be willing to bare all and communicate WITH... not to... the youth in order to be a vessel to break their chains and shackles?
To find the answer, we have to stop looking to all of the organizations and forms of entertainment and go look in the mirror. Period.
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