I Want More of You, GOD!

It’s too easy to become content with what you have. Whether it’s because you don’t know what you’re missing out on by staying where you are or you just don’t have any desire for more, either way you are cheating yourself of the new places, the new adventures, the new excitement that GOD has for you.

As I look at a growing number of churches, I see a stagnation that has set in. I see people content right where they are. Their rituals and traditions hold them prisoner to the mundane never allowing them to be loosed to truly seek after GOD and all He really has for them. Pastors have become content to preach a five minute sermon that fails drastically to carry the people through the next week of hardships.

While on the other hand, I see those tired of being in the boat, tired of being boxed in by the way it’s always been done. Their desire for more of GOD and more of what He has for them has turned them loose to chase after everything He has for them. Those churches are growing and going while the contented are dying a slow death—fact is, some are already dead, there are just a few stubborn people holding things together as long as possible but still refusing to allow any change that might break their hold on the church.

The challenge today is for you to desire more of GOD! Regardless of your own personal wants and needs, what you really need is to let go and let GOD break loose in your midst. Lay aside the dead traditions. Throw out the fruitless rituals. Pastor, allow the fire of GOD to move through you as you proclaim the Words of Life to those you’ve been entrusted to lead. Invite GOD’s Spirit to be free to move in your midst to do His work in His way!

As Moses prepared to lead the people toward the Promised Land, he knew he needed something more than what he was going on. He was spiritually drained. The job GOD had called him to do was overwhelming him. In desperation, he cried out to GOD, “Please, let me see Your glory” (Exodus 33:18 HCSB). I need a fresh anointing of Your Spirit, GOD!

GOD, give me a fresh injection of Your Spirit and Your power by revealing Yourself to me in a fresh way today. That should be your desire and longing today. If not, you need to get your connection to GOD right. It’s not about you today, it’s about Him. It’s about seeing His glory. It’s about experiencing His power. It’s about a fresh move of the Spirit of GOD in your midst to empower you to fulfill GOD’s plan in and through you.

We have got to get to the place in our lives to where we set aside our own personal wants and desires and simply allow GOD to be GOD in and through us. Because Moses truly desired a fresh experience with GOD, GOD responded to him this way: “I will cause all My goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim the name Yahweh before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion” (v. 19). And GOD followed through in a mighty way!

Until the church wakes up to its greatest need, it will suffer, stagnate and eventually die! The greatest need the church has today is to experience the freshness of GOD’s glory—to experience a fresh filling of GOD’s Spirit—a fresh empowering to move in GOD’s Spirit—and a fresh anointing that moves GOD’s people to show compassion to the lost, hurting and dying world we live in.

Lord, show me Your glory! I want more of You, GOD! I want to reflect Your glory to all who see me!

Scripture Reading: Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to Your name give glory because of Your faithful love, because of Your truth. Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Our God is in heaven and does whatever He pleases. Their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell. They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot make a sound with their throats. Those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them. Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and shield. House of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their help and shield. You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and shield. The Lord remembers us and will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron; He will bless those who fear the Lord- small and great alike. May the Lord add to your numbers, both yours and your children’s. May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. The heavens are the Lord’s, but the earth He has given to the human race. It is not the dead who praise the Lord, nor any of those descending into the silence of death. But we will praise the Lord, both now and forever. Hallelujah!  ~~  Psalm 115 HCSB).

Personal Prayer: Father in heaven, I want more of You! Pour out Your Spirit on Your church today. Fill our hearts with Your love for our fellow man. Fill our minds with the knowledge of Your Word and teach us to long to fulfill Your desires for each of us and Your Church. Father, I pray Your glory would be evident in my life, my home, my family—everything I do would reveal Your glory and power. Forgive me where I fail You and for allowing myself to become stagnated in my spirit. Lord,  help me to live my life showing forth You glory to others…in Jesus’ name…AMEN!