Stay Through the Breakthrough
Speaker: Pastor Caleb Chiu
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Tension is good. Sitting in tension is good.
Tension is what Jesus chose to live in when He, having come from the place where everything is made new, came down to us. When He came down to a world that is broken, and so in need.
To each one who is sitting in tension, to each one who has questions (Lord, just help me understand!): You are in a good place. You are in a place that pulls on the heart of heaven. The offending of your mind is what comes before breakthrough. In the not knowing, in the mystery, how are we allowing Him to mature our spirits? Are we yielded enough to allow him to tune our spirits to sense where there is life? To shift our pursuit of the tree of knowledge (knowing what is right and wrong), to the tree of life?
This place of struggling with our flesh, this place of invitation to fully-yielded surrender is where the 120 disciples found themselves during the ten days between Jesus' ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Before He ascended, Jesus gave them (us) the Great Commission. And, He instructed them to wait (Acts 1:4 NKJV).
In the GO of sending, there is a WAIT.
In the promise of building, there is a STAY.
In our gathering, our TOGETHER-together is in accordanceto His WORD.
Before fire, there must be a sacrifice. Before receiving an outpouring, there must be a yielding to the Holy Spirit. This was the pattern the apostles had to learn before building the church, and it is a pattern that our God continues to teach us in the way He moves and comes.~
On your altar, oh Lord, may we be found lowly and humble. You give grace to the humble, and we so need your grace. When our minds are offended, help our spirits to stay engaged. When our flesh wants to leave, to just go, help us to wait. For, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life" (John 6:68). And when Your outpouring comes, may You find us a people You can stay with. May You find us a people You can find rest with.