Well. I returned from Florida on Monday morning. I went to see what was going on with the “Florida outpouring”.
I went because God told me (long story that I won’t bore you with here). I knew that I needed it. All these years of focussing on the poor and justice and disciplines and “our” response to God and walking out discipleship have left me too “self-sufficient”. I totally believe in all those things – more than ever, actually, but I needed God to seriously break into my life and recapture my heart.
The question that everybody asks me with excited expression is, “so how was it?
Honestly?
I was bored.
I thought there was a great deal of hype.
I thought that there was a lot of dodgy theology.
I heard a lot about “the revival” and very little about Jesus.
I thought that it was a very individualistic gopsel that I heard and I heard nothing about the poor or about justice.
BUT. and it is a BIG “but”; God is definately in it! It is the real thing. I saw loads healed and miracles and even though I sat for six hours bored, I came away changed.
For me, it was the times away from the meetings where I saw and experienced God’s power and felt his “presence”.
I have come home and I feel excited about Jesus again. I know he has changed something. I actually feel like a Christian again! I have had so many oppurtunities to pray for people – most of them outside the church. I feel faith for healing again. In our housegroup meeting we experienced the power of God like I have not known in years – and we hadn’t even been singing any songs! (Obviously God the Holy Spirit has not read all the teaching on “worship”). This morning, I prayed for someone who was deaf – and they were healed!!!!!! But I’ll let them tell you about that…
I listened to Loz’s talk form last week – listen to it; now!! I felt that God spoke to me about Acts 2, wilsts he was speaking about what happened after Pentecost. Let me quote it:
“And the disciples said to each other, “this is great! Lets come back every day and do this”
No they didn’t. They started living it out, caring for the poor, loving each other, sharing their lives in common and slowly, slowly, changing the world.
I feel that God has told me to pray for 100 and then we can talk about it. I am on 12 now and more than half have been out on the streets and, so far, one has been healed and another awaiting confirmation. I tell you what though. I am taking EVERY opportunity I get to pray for people now.
So, I want to see God’s power more and more. Yeah BABY! (technical, theological term)
Let’s get out there this time, hey?
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