The Fall and Rise of the Fortunate
Speaker: Pastor Caleb Chiu
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Lord, we want the fullness of Your Kingdom. We want the fullness of Your Holy Spirit. Make us ready. We make room, we ask you to break through our ceilings of the old and of the limited. Fill us with the fullness of overflow.
May we overflow from the centre. May we be found not just in the room of Your presence but at the centre of that room. Being at the centre will cost me something. It will cost my attention, it will cost the affections of my heart, it will cost my control - it will cost my “I am”. The I AM’s invitation to the centre requires me to come away from the window, this place of periphery where I can be in the room with one foot out, where I can hear the voice inside while still peering outside. Your invitation is to stay close.
Father, but when I fall, thank you for the fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, grandpas and aunties and friends who come down, cover and embrace me. For those who leave their post to get close, who say to my spirit, “there is still life in you!” For those who throw their arms around me - let me take your shame, there is no blame. Like Paul did for the young man Eutychus (Acts 20:7-12). Like the Father did for His prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32).
The ability to find life is what breaks cycles and heals generations.
Help us to stay close to the centre. In hungering, in serving, in sonship. May we be filled with Your Holy Spirit. Only then can we see and speak life to our community. Where there is LIFE… that is where Your Spirit can land and rest.
Lord, we don’t just want to feel the warmth of the room, we want to be in the centre of Your fire. The fire of Your Holy Spirit that pours down to the centre of our humility and lowliness. Make us ready for Your outpouring in this hour.
