The words of Elijah on Mount Carmel: “How long will you waver between two opinions? If The LORD is God, follow Him,” (1 Kings 18:21).

The Iranian Church, the North Korean Church, the Chinese Church and others like them can teach us in the West a really sound lesson. It’s all about commitment.

The persecuted Church has always been committed, otherwise why would they be persecuted if they weren’t?

It’s about a Faith that will not let go even at the cost of their lives.

Elijah’s question is as valid today as it was 3000 years ago — if God is who He and we say He is, then it’s surely about time we acknowledged that fact and stood up for Him and His Name in the face of what little persecution we in the West suffer.

What will we do when it gets worse, and then when it gets worse again, and again?

Where is our Faith? Where is our Testimony?

“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” Revelation 12:11.

We all need to step up and step out in our faith, however little that may be. Remember the mustard seed.
I once read this :-

“We need Churches to stop asking for volunteers, and to start empowering missionaries.”

Yet, It is surely about 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 — our fine oratory skills count for little or nothing when weighed against the effect of a demonstration of Holy Spirit power.

If we are not prepared to sow a few seeds, how can we expect to reap a harvest?

In this coming season, we expect God to move by His Spirit, but how can He move if we do little, or nothing, but wait for Him?

“How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation!” Isaiah 52:7.

The world is waiting for a demonstration, a ‘Revelation,’ of who God is.

God is waiting on His Church to sow the seed, to demonstrate His Power.

Well?

 

~ Chris G. Bennett

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Chris Bennett came to salvation in 1962 but didn’t begin ministry until 2007 — a late-comer! Now mandated by The LORD to prophesy and open old wells of revival in the U.K., but especially in Wales. He has also operated Healing Rooms, and worked with deliverance teams, all with his wife, Linda. Happily now doing whatever The LORD asks of them! Founder, with wife Linda, of their ministry The Upper Room Encounter.

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