Kingdom Revival #6

Posted on FaceBook Dec 612 2020

KINGDOM REVIVAL 6

Hello Kingdom!“ . . . and seek my face, . . .”

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Our last ingredient, prayer, actually goes hand in hand with this ingredient. Prayer turns our focus towards God, which is our attempt to seek His face. However, as we shall discover, we cannot see His face. I ended the last Revival post stating that He was asking us to do the impossible: to seek His face.

In Exodus, Moses asks God to show him His glory. But God responds, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see me, and live.” (Exodus 33:18-20.) He then places Moses in a crack, covers his eyes and passes him, removing His hands from his eyes, allowing Moses to only see His back. And in Isaiah 59:2, God tells us, “But your inequities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.” So, in Exodus, God tells us we as humans could not see His face and live. 2 Chronicles tells us God wants us to seek His face, an act that if successful, would kill us. And in Isaiah He tells us that our sins have hidden His face from us, so that He would not hear our prayers.

God wants us so committed to Him, so focused on Him alone He wants us to seek his face, an action that, if successful, would kill us. Obeying God’s will in this would take a leap of faith. It’s like the African Impala. The Impala is a beautiful animal, one that can jump 10 feet up or 30 feet forward. Yet a 3 foot wall surrounding the Impala will trap him. The Impala will not jump where he can’t see his landing spot. He has the ability to easily jump the enclosure, but his lack of faith is impossible to overcome. Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen,” God wants us to completely trust in Him, so much so that He has given us an escape clause, through His Son, Jesus Christ.

Scriptures tell us that the only way to God is through Jesus (John 14:6.) A few verses later Jesus tells Philip, “He who sees me, he has seen the Father.” God has made it possible to seek Him by seeking His Son. That’s a foundational Truth and a key ingredient for revival. We must continue to get back to the basics, hold fast to these Truths, in order to forge ahead. Thus far we’ve stirred in humility (surrender,) prayer and seeking God. One more ingredient to add to the pot: repentance. We will discuss that next time.

Until then, Be Blessed.