We Need Something Real - Pt.2

In my previous post, I made some strong statements regarding some things many of us hold dear, ie. Blessed Assurance and Beth Moore. Don't get wrapped up in semantics. Hymns and anointed teachers play their part - but we should not depend upon them solely for our growth. At some point, we have to become hungry. I'm battling a misconception here, and the misconception is this: if we are stunted, spiritually, and in a rut, then the answer is a new song to sing or a new study to go through. That is the fallacy.

When Elijah was worn out, burned out, freaked out, and just DONE.... God presented before him a bible study, but God wasn't in the bible study. Then God came to him in a hymn, but God wasn't in the hymn. Oh wait... isn't this the way the story goes?

1Ki 19:11-12
(11) And he said, Go out and stand on the mountain before Jehovah. And, behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind tearing the mountains and breaking the rocks in bits before Jehovah! Jehovah was not in the wind. And after the wind was an earthquake, but Jehovah was not in the earthquake.
(12) And after the earthquake was a fire, but Jehovah was not in the fire; and after the fire came a still, small voice.

The answer isn't necessarily what we've always associated with God in the past - the hymns, the bible studies, the church services. The answer is to simply get before God in prayer - earnest prayer - either alone or corporately - and bare your heart(s) before God. Ask to be hungry. Ask to never be satisfied again with anything worldly. Ask to never get enough - to never cool off - to always be bursting at the seams. When God shows up in POWER, it's different. It's just different. You never want to leave it.

We had a small group meeting on Saturday morning where we prayed over men - especially regarding the faults and failures in our lives. There was candid confession and repentance and when we were done... nobody would leave. We all just stood around and looked at each other and the Presence of God was amongst us... and there is no bible study that can reproduce that. However! Once we left, finally, we were ready for a good hymn... and a good bible study. And Blessed Assurance would have been sung WHOLE HEARTEDLY. It was awesome!