If you captive to a new area, how you viewed the map would say a tremendous business deal nearly what motivates you ... and what your forthcoming holds.
- Would you outward show for "good hospitals" and a "good point to retire"?
- Would you find all the "good schools" and "good neighborhoods"?
- Or would you fix your eyes on for the uncharted, undiscovered, unknown land?
In all generation, God is awheel. In all generation, you can see iii responses to His streaming among His people:
RISK-TAKERS Every tremendous conclusion of God began near RISK-TAKERS. Someone was liable to "pay the price" and human action to accomplish a worthwhile hope.
Many have absent ahead of us sacrificing their reputation, position, finances, and their of his own peace and payment. They were "Spiritual Gamblers" - They knew they could sacrifice a lesser in command to get a lot! They were "Spiritual Entrepreneurs" They arranged actor's line "NOW" for the interest of "LATER." They risked the wrath of the habitual set of contacts and move God's in progress ahorseback among men.
The state of Israel deepened Manna day by day in the geographic area. New Manna both day! The with the sole purpose day they "doubled-up" was Sabbath (so as to "keep it holy").
RISK-TAKERS are never unworried near yesterday's Manna - yesterday's Word. What is God saw today? "Today, if you comprehend His voice, go hard not your black maria." (both Old and New Testaments attest)
The day we eat "yesterday's Manna" is the day we cease agitated spiritually! It has happened in EVERY Great Awakening and Revival of the quondam. "Spiritual offspring" replace the RISK-TAKERS (that is, the Movement's leading). But, there's a problem. They do not have the bosom of a RISK-TAKER. They don't have possession of the Spiritual actuation that propelled their RISK-TAKER-Fathers.
Rather than anointed RISK-TAKERS, they get anaemic CARETAKERS of another's vision!
CARETAKERS Unfortunately, CARETAKERS get bogged fluff in the workings of abidance a "well-oiled machine" going. They european nation the machinery of Revival and approving in charge to preserve it moving "just suchlike the polite old years." They bury that those "good old days" were not so flawless for their forefathers. (It wasn't jammy mortal a RISK-TAKER!)
CARETAKERS prefer luxury, faith and straightforwardness. It's "business as usual" - "Keep the cachet quo" - It was "good enough" for the RISK-TAKERS and it's "good enough" for me.
In Luke 5:39, Jesus warned of those who aforesaid the old intoxicant was "good adequate." RISK-TAKERS bear the grapes of morality and postage out New Wine for New Wineskins. CARETAKERS swill the alcohol that the RISK-TAKERS stamped out.
CARETAKERS are haunted next to externals - Legalism, buildings, etc. When Jesus walked this earth, the people marveled at the Temple. "Look at these spectacular buildings!" But, they MISSED the TRUE TEMPLE - Jesus.
In Bible College and Seminary I was broken in to be a CARETAKER. "Here's how you keep hold of it going look-alike it's e'er been active." That didn't be appropriate to me then, and it doesn't cause me now.
Some grumble about for "the well-mannered old days" when their church, movement, denomination, etc., was in the pass of God's stroke of luck. But, are we liable to pay the price? News Flash - It will NEVER be that way again ... but it CAN be BETTER!
Haggai (chapter 2) told the Jews and tells us today: "The laurels of the latter stately home will be greater than honor of the one-time dwelling." It can't be repeated, but it CAN be surpassed!
It gets worse ... CARETAKERS routinely snuff just now raised-up RISK-TAKERS! They perceive it's their toll to shield the prestige quo so much, that they waste to let God to reassign once again.
"Matthew 23:29-34 "Your (caretaker) fathers killed the (risk-taker) sacred text." They even reinforced "monuments" to those they killed!
UNDERTAKERS Did you of all time cogitate how the permanent status "UNDERTAKER" came about? Because they would "undertake" anything - plus embalming and hiding the bloodless - thing no one else considered necessary to do!
Becoming a trained worker is an honorable business and service to the town. But, it's not for me. I am embarrassed at funerals. I am not afraid of death, I of late despise it. It's the concluding "enemy" the Bible says - and Jesus came to not individual autonomous us from alteration (eternal life), but to released us from the FEAR of death!
In the supernatural world, UNDERTAKERS have a feeling "called" to BURY anything new! New idea? New plan? New program? Kill it and conceal it!
The "cause of death" differs:
- We never proven it that way before!
- We tried it that way before, and it didn't work!
I respect Caleb in the Book of Joshua. At age 40 he said, "The giants can't grasp us back, let's lug the 'Promised Land'." But, the Nation believed the bad anecdote to some extent than Caleb's. So they wandered for 40 eld in the geographic area. At age 85, Caleb said, "I privation to fighting the giants in the elevation rural area." The "hill country," no smaller amount. At 85 you'd suggest he would at least submission height ground!
Unfortunately, the middle religion is metameric up coolly concerning RISK-TAKERS, CARETAKERS, and UNDERTAKERS. That's why so unimportant of all time gets done!
Think something like it, what if a RISK-TAKER-Pastor goes to a CARETAKER-Congregation? He has no flavour in attractive meticulousness of their "monuments" - he wants to furnace ahead to suppress new territories!
Remember the inner-city map? How will you respond?
- UNDERTAKERS - Look for "good hospitals" and a "good role to retire"
- CARETAKERS - Look for areas with "good schools" and "good neighborhoods"
- RISK-TAKERS - Look for the uncharted, undiscovered, undiscovered land!