"Why, when I came, was there no man? Why, when I called, was
there none to answer? Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot
redeem? Or have I no power to deliver?"
(Isaiah 50:2).
It is time to believe in the power of God to save to the
uttermost, to deliver from the flesh and sin and transform His
people into the image of Christ. He is looking for a people of faith
through whom He can manifest His glory and bring to completion
His plans. He is looking for His glorious church to demonstrate
His wonders as living examples of His transforming power. We
have been crying out for more of His power and more of His
Spirit all the while God is crying our for more of us. He has
already given all of His power and all of His Spirit. It is
there for the taking to those who will meet the conditions. It
is not a matter of God giving more but rather a matter of us
repositioning ourselves to receive what He a has already given.
He began pouring forth His Holy Spirit 2,000 years ago and He
has not stopped since. We just need to get in under the flow.
When we align ourselves with Him and His will there is no limit
to His presence and power. When we become willing vessels of
obedience there is no limit to what He can do through us.
"Then he brought me back to the
door of the temple; and there was water, flowing from under the
threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the
temple faced east; the water was flowing from under the right
side of the temple, south of the altar. He brought me out by way
of the north gate, and led me around on the outside to the outer
gateway that faces east; and there was water, running out on the
right side. And when the man went out to the east with the line
in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he brought me
through the waters; the water came up to my ankles. Again he
measured one thousand and brought me through the waters; the
water came up to my knees. Again he measured one thousand and
brought me through; the water came up to my waist. Again he
measured one thousand, and it was a river that I could not
cross; for the water was too deep, water in which one must swim,
a river that could not be crossed. He said to me, ‘Son of man,
have you seen this?' Then he brought me and returned me to the
bank of the river" (Ezekiel
47:1-5).
Please read this passage again and notice what it is really
saying. Ezekiel was brought
into the waters. The only reason the water rises upon Ezekiel
is because he is constantly moving further out into the river.
The farther out he went the deeper the water was until he was
consumed by the waters. This is what the Lord is looking for. We
have been praying and crying out for an outpouring of His
Spirit, but God has already poured out His Spirit. He is waiting
for us to launch out into the deep and cast ourselves wholly on
Him in absolute trust and confidence, letting Him have His way
to do His work. He is waiting for a people who will step out in
faith and walk on the waters of His word to set us free and form
Christ in us to become the vessels of His habitation and the
manifestation of His glory. We are to be the trees of His
righteousness bringing healing to the nations and life to the
desolate places. He has already spoken. He has already done it.
We must leave the shores of complacency and comfort and launch
out into the depths of His glory. We must move into the deep and
become a part of the river of life that is flowing into the dead
places to revitalize and renew.
"He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief,
but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being
fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to
perform" (Romans 4:20,21).
