19 April 2007

A storm is brewing

A lot has happened in the last 3 weeks with the biggest being BBC getting together on a Wednesday night to seek God's face in the light of 4 prophesies that were
spoken over BBC. That Wednesday felt like to me like the quiet before the storm. A coming together to ask forgiveness from God and each other. We are so busy wrapped up in our own worlds, that we fail to hear God when he talks to us. Isaiah could not find God, so he fled into this cave on the same mountain that Moses had found God. While he was in the cave there was a mighty earthquake. The quake was noisy and powerful, surly God is to be found in it. Isaiah seeked but did not find God. Later a might wind blew and Isaiah once again sought God in it but it was only when it was all still and quiet that Isaiah found God. It is when we stop talking to God and let God get a word in edge ways we will be able to hear what He is saying. And that is what we did, in that quiet place we found God. In this time of refection we can feel something big is brewing. The quiet before the storm. And now the storm. At home cell this week, we started watching the visual Bible's version of Acts. This showed us how the early church had no fear and lots of faith. Not only were they living like Jesus they were breathing God. Even just their shadows falling on a sick person would heal. After waiting quietly for God, the church rose up a storm. The question was raised where is that church today? In China with Brother Yun, in Zimbabwe with Stephen Lungu or in South Africa with BBC? Do we have to be persecuted just to have faith like the early church? What about Angus Buchan and his faith like potatoes? Are we ready for the storm? Ye of little faith. As in the words of Emmy from cell group " the Spirit is bubbling inside"

I have this feeling that God is about to do something different from what has gone before.

The early church met in homes as family, just like we at Home Cell experience. But they had no fear and lots of faith. What God did then, why couldn't he do it now?

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