MosesnJo: Revival

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Revival

It feels like the dams have broken in North Africa & Mid-East. It's definitely not what we wanted. But, after years of intercession, maybe it's what we need. Like the good Samaritan do we have wine and oil for the wounded spirits? The priest & the Levite were too absorbed in the image they wanted to portray and people's perception of them. Consequently they failed to live up to their true calling.

I once met a man who told me that people pray for revival but when it comes they reject it because it doesn't look like they wanted. Have we ever rejected the move of God?

Ten years ago in the Mountains of West Virginia, I was privileged to work with a very noble ministry called Mustard Seeds & Mountains. I was still new in America & my wife was helping me adapt to the culture. We first visited a church where people looked like me & there was dance, music, slaying in the spirit, healings, but sadly no love. My wife was rejected because she wasn't the same shade. We were directed to a different church up the hill where people looked like her. The next Sunday we went uphill, there we sang wonderful hymns and the message was well exegeted, but again, sadly, no love for those that look different.

We prayed for open doors in the community to build relationships. God sent rain and O boy, I would be lying if I said that I enjoyed what followed. Helping clean out 3-4 feet of silt & mud from many house's basements, carrying jugs of water & food since roads were washed out and strengthening creek walls. It was not what we wanted but it was what we needed! God had opened Gates, multiple gates and it did not matter what side of the tracks one came from, we were welcomed.

Times of crisis are times of opportunity. Fear paralyzes but love seizes the day! Are we as a church seeing that opportunity in our day and asking God if we can be part of what HE is doing?

Our healing wine & oil as a ministry is the "Village des Nations" Campus that will multiply our capacity to train servants who are relevant to their world both locally and internationally. Men & women who understand their times and what is required of them!

Financial support can be sent to:

IN USA: YWAM, PO Box YWAM, Cimarron, CO 81220. Checks should be payable to YWAM (our name should NOT be on the check) with a separate note saying it is support for the Kariukis.