Go
To Where God Is
Could it be that the reason that we have not experienced
true revival is that we have not positioned ourselves in the place
where God is.
It seems that the organized Church in the Western World
has moved away from instead of moving toward the place where God is.
While it is true that God is everywhere, it certainly
does not imply that He is in approval of or active in all of our
endeavors.
Once again we will look at Scripture from both the Old
and the New Testaments of the Holy Bible and find a remedy for our
longing for revival.
In the book of Exodus ch. 33 we look into a moment in
time when a choice must be made by a chosen group.
Exodus 33 vs 5-10 For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say
unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come
up into the midst of thee in moment, and consume thee therefore now
put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto
thee. 6. And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their
ornaments by the mount Horeb. 7. And Moses took the tabernacle, and
pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it
the tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every
one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the
congregation, which was without the camp. 8. And it came to pass,
when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up,
and stood every man at this tent door, and looked after Moses, until
he was gone into the tabernacle. 9. And it came to pass, as Moses
entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood
at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. 10.
And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle
door; and all the people rose up and worshiped, every man in his
tent door.
Something has happened in the desert.
Some folks have had enough of
not having enough of the presence of God, even though His very
presence was evident by the Cloud by day and the Fiery pillar by
night.
In verse 5 We see that God tells Moses (who is the shepherd and
pastor of that group of people) that He knows that the people who are
following him are a bunch of stiffnecked (rebellious) folks. And warns
Moses that He is about to diminish them greatly in number. He tells
Moses to tell them to remove their symbols and ornaments of jewelry
for He would treat them as He chose, based on what was in their
hearts and not around their necks or hanging on their ears. 7. Moses
removed the tabernacle, the place where God dwelt and moved it far
away from a people who had removed themselves far from a desire to
know the blessing of the presence of God. Only those who truly
desired the presence of God, sought out and physically went to the
place where God was. 8. Tells us that as Moses began to move toward
the place where the tabernacle was, that a majority of the people rose
up and stood still as Moses went out, instead of following Moses to
the presence, they were content to let someone else experience the
reality of God for them. 9. Incredibly as Moses entered into the
place where God dwelt, that the Cloud descended and stood at the
door, and talked with Moses. 10. When the people saw this they all
stood and worshiped, from afar. (being distanced from the presence
of God is not what we need, only those who sought His presence
actually experienced it on that day)
I wonder if those who missed His presence were pricked in their
hearts by the realization of such a great a loss, as missing out on
the tangible presence of the Living God?
In the New Testament Book of Mark in ch 2 vs. 2-12 we read of a group
brought their friend to the Master and all of them experienced a
change
Vs. 2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that
there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door;
and he preached the word unto them. 3. And they came unto him,
bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. 4. And when
they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the
roof where he was; and when they had broken it up, they let down the
bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. 5. When Jesus saw their faith.
He said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
6. But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning
in their hearts, 7. Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? "who
can forgive sins but God only? 8. And immediately when Jesus
perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he
said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? 9. Whether
is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven
thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? 10. But that
ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins,
(he saith to the sick of the palsy).11. I say unto thee, Arise, and
take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine own house. 12. And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them
all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying,
We never saw it on this fashion.
Here are a few fellows who obviously know that to garner the benefits
that only God allows we must go to where He is....either on our own
or as guests of others and to let nothing not even the roof of a
house impede our efforts.
In verse 2 we see that many were gathered into one place and that
place was where He was. 3. They brought a visitor who couldn't bring
himself. 4. They let nothing get in the way of reaching Him. 5.
Because of their faith the visitor was healed, which allowed him to
develop faith or to increase the faith that he may have had.. 6.As
always where someone is growing closer to God there will be
naysayers who question what is occurring. 7. Even in the presence of
God in the flesh, there will be those who doubt that sins can be
forgiveness or that faith can be built or that revival can occur
unless those things happen on the doubters terms. 8.They knew that
their lack of faith had been exposed. 9. Jesus declares that He can
do all things. 10. Jesus declares that He has been given authority.
11.Jesus declares that He is healer. 12. The sick got up, and
declared his victory to all that could see or hear him, further
confounding those who wanted their terms met.
Some came to where God was and some stood in the tents gawking.
Go
To Where God Is
Revival is where God
is, Revival is found in a tent in the desert, Revival is found in a
house full of people, Revival is found on a sick bed let down into a
room through the roof top,
Revival is found in
the heart of one who has come to where God is.
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