Samuel D. High
sdhigh@aristotle.net
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From: Apostle Tom <pressingon@hotmail.com>
Sent: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:41:21 -0500
To: <pressingon@hotmail.com>
Subject: Morning Manna (Mar. 31); BP: Acts 2:1-4; RBTTY: Lk. 6:1-26; Judg.
March 31 “Do It Again, Lord”
“And when the Day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And, suddenly there came a sound from Heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.”
Acts 2:1-4
Be still and listen. You’ll hear it.
Close your eyes right now, Pilgrim, and listen with your heart. What do you hear? The inward groanings of your troubled soul? The distractions of the world’s siren song? The accusing voice of the evil one?
Or, do you hear the Spirit’s rustling in the trees and under the eaves as He waits in the wings to come in power once again?
Have you noticed there’s a strange parallel between our generation and the one that preceded the Flood (Mt. 24:36-39) and the barren, dry-as-a-bone, ritualistically religious folks who lived prior to Jesus’ first coming?
Is that frightening?
Or inviting?
Could it be the Lord God—the “Lord of Hosts”—is wanting to move in power one more time before the “Midnight Hour”? Could it be He’s wanting once again to pour out His Spirit upon this earth before it’s eternally too late?
The “door of the
Yes, dear Pilgrim, the Lord God is wanting to do again what He did that day at Pentecost. The question is, “How badly do we want it? How badly do we long to see Him swoop in upon us, setting our lips and lives on fire as He did that day so long ago?”
As someone once said, “There can be no Pentecost without plenty cost.”
How true, how true. And, what might that “cost” be?
Quite simply “the humbling of ourselves, praying, seeking His Face and turning from our wicked ways” (II Chron. 7:14). The proud feel no need of bending the knee for they feel no need of Him. Like those who are well and feel no need of a physician, so are those who are convinced they’re spiritually whole and can do it on their own.
Do you hear it, Pilgrim? Do you hear the Spirit’s moving? Do you feel it, Pilgrim—the brush of angels’ wings as they hover nearby? Does your heart ache to experience a fresh touch from Him and true revival? If so, get down on your face and pray, “Oh, Lord, do it again. Do it again. One more time, dear Jesus. Do it again.”
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