Every move of God I have been in and others I have studied have been little more than corrections from above. They did not include anything new, just God re-instituting something we should never have lost. The great pentecost move of Azuza Street was nothing more than God reminding us that Holy Ghost baptism and healing and speaking in tongues was still His plan for us. The healing move with the tents and traveling evangelist was a reminder, again, that healing was His will. The mass crusades of Billy Graham and others was God telling us again that He is a saving God. The latter rain move of seventy years or so ago? God reminding us of prophecy and of worship. The great charismatic move? God reminding us of Holy Ghost baptism again and of great grace, grace that could reach even down to denominations that had long ago rejected the Holy Ghost. The praise move? God telling us again that from everything that has breathe, He desires praise. The discipleship move? A reminder that we need to be in relationship with one another and under authority. The deliverance move? God reminding us that demons tremble at the name, the authority of Jesus. The faith move? A reminder of the value of speaking the same thing as God and a reminder to highly value the Word of God. The prosperity message? A reminder that God truly wants to bless us abundantly. The joy move? A wonderful reminder that God has always wanted a people, a family, that would serve Him with gladness.
Was there really anything new in any of these moves of God, or outpourings, or emphasis-es? No! No! They were just reminders of God's desire. You will notice that many of the moves contained the same message. There is a reason! We forget or we miss the point, so God chastises, corrects, re-institutes the matter again. He doesn't change His mind because we forget. He just says it again. Many of these moves have been a part of my personal experience. I got the point. Yet, I know of those who went through these same moves and missed the point, as is the way of man. I always thought it was funny, for example, to be in the joy move and hear people try to tell me it was about something else like soul-winning or prosperity. Those are good things, but not the point of that move of God. That is like having been in a Billy Graham crusade and then to declare the crusade was about healing. Of course it wasn't! There are always those that will miss the point and if you miss the point, you essentially stand un-corrected. And, the move of God holds little value to you other than a memory.
When God is healing, healing is what He is doing. When He is emphasizing salvation, let it be. When He is speaking Holy Ghost baptism, get the point. When He is making us joyful in the house, let it be. Get the point. You don't have to make it something else. He is capable of doing whatever He wants to do, when He wants, how He wants and we ought not to try to manipulate what He is doing to fit whatever our scheme might be. It is called "let God be God" and as simple as that sounds, it is a struggle for man to accept. We insist on telling God what we want Him to do, when, where and how we want Him to do it. And, we continuously have to be re-enrolled in class to learn again what He wants us to learn.
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