The root of the malady!

One of the things that disturbs me when we consider our walk with God is that we constantly talk and sing about God having to do this and having to do that. Our constant refrain is 'God reveal yourself to me' or 'God shine your light on me' and so it goes. We are on a non stop teary-eyed plead and everything is going to work out if only God could do this one more thing. We petition and we entreat God but it is not for souls or for strength to serve. It is that 'I want to see you in your glory' or 'I want to behold your beauty'. 
Now it is not that I think God should not be revealing Himself to us but that we have got the whole process upside down. We have put the cart before the horse, so to speak. The truth is more likely that as we set out to serve Him and as we do what we have been entrusted, God is more than pleased to give us glimpses of His glory. He who overcomes, God says...
I believe it has also to do with the age that we are living in. We are all talkers but very less 'doers'. We sing and we dance and we trust God to do the rest. There is no sense of sacrifice and there is no talk of taking steps of faith. We think that all that God wants is a never ending show of worship and we prefer to be in heaven throwing our crowns before Him rather than being on earth battling for Him. Well, we need a taste of heaven here on earth but the 'transfiguration' episode was most likely a once in a lifetime experience for the disciples and it seemed enough for them. We prefer to have it every day and that is the root of the malady. God help us all.  

Get up and get going!

I am becoming more and more aware that receiving revelation from God is something that saints have in abundance and yet, there is such a lack of fruit bearing within the church. Everyone seems to have some word from the Lord. Many are able to sense what the Spirit is saying to the churches. However there seems to be an attitude of lethargy in the church that very few are able to overcome. It is almost like we are able to see a lot of dreams and nothing ever seems to comes true. Why is it that with an abundance of revelation, there is so less movement within the church? I believe that we have failed to understand that receiving light is only a part of the whole process. There has to be a deep groaning inside ourselves so that the things of God can be worked out. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. And the answer from Jesus to that condition  is 'therefore pray'.We all know what to do but very few of us are doing it. God is sending His Word to many. But few are able to persevere enough to work it out. The victory does not lie in the Word being received but in the Word being fulfilled, to the glory of God.