If we are "in Christ", we are moving with the most pressing speed, for we are "in" the most dynamic man who ever walked the earth. When He says to us, "Follow me", He is inviting us to a high-speed chase down the roads of our life. On that chase there is no rest except eternal rest and no security except eternal security.
Not to advance in the spiritual life is to go backward.
Self is God's greatest enemy, because self always declares independence from Him. What is self? Whatever man possesses or is able to do without seeking, waiting on, or depending on God.
Every advance that we make spiritually is preceded by an occasion to die to self. The power in our lives comes from where we have died to self and now live unto Christ.
The Lord does not just want us to talk to Him a couple of times a day; He wants us to abide in Him.
"And now, little children, abide in Him...." - 1 John 2:28
"Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the Lord came to him: 'Go at once to Zarephath...'" - 1 Kings 17:7–9.
In your life God works things in such a way that fullness of life comes as you get used to the silence. The silence is an opportunity to grow. Just as a seed has to be planted into the ground and die before it becomes the plant that will grow tall, your own "quiet seasons" are the soil for your future strength.
"Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds." - John 12:24.
If you are in that season of silence and darkness, do not fear, God is sending the rain, and that rain is going to run into the seed, and the seed will explode into life. You are about to enter into your best time yet.
You hear the voice of God that whispers to you while you sit by your own dried-up brook. It is the word that gives you the courage to move when you'd rather mourn what was lost. Faith isn't just believing in a historical God; it is hearing the living voice of God today and having the courage to contend with the darkness that has been impeding your taking land for God's advancing Kingdom.
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
Statement Of Faith Nameless & Faceless Ministries - Statement of Faith
Ministry Phone: 281-396-4379
