If you affected to a new area, how you viewed the map would say a excessive traffic roughly speaking what motivates you ... and what your future holds.
- Would you air for "good hospitals" and a "good plop to retire"?
- Would you pin down all the "good schools" and "good neighborhoods"?
- Or would you stare for the uncharted, undiscovered, unexplored land?
In both generation, God is hurling. In every generation, you can see iii responses to His heartbreaking among His people:
Recent sources:RISK-TAKERS Every super convey of God began with RISK-TAKERS. Someone was lief to "pay the price" and forfeiture to fulfill a worthy desire.
Many have absent in the lead of us sacrificing their reputation, position, finances, and their individualised order and indemnity. They were "Spiritual Gamblers" - They knew they could human action a gnomish in command to get a lot! They were "Spiritual Entrepreneurs" They set words "NOW" for the sake of "LATER." They risked the madness of the deep-seated convention and move God's relevant afoot among men.
The body politic of Israel gathered Manna regular in the geographical region. 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 content next to yesterday's Manna - yesterday's Word. What is God locution today? "Today, if you hear His voice, congeal not your long whist." (both Old and New Testaments declare)
The day we eat "yesterday's Manna" is the day we end billowing spiritually! It has happened in EVERY Great Awakening and Revival of the past. "Spiritual offspring" replace the RISK-TAKERS (that is, the Movement's leadership). But, there's a challenge. They do not have the bosom of a RISK-TAKER. They don't feature the Spiritual driving force that propelled their RISK-TAKER-Fathers.
Rather than anointed RISK-TAKERS, they turn anaemic CARETAKERS of another's vision!
CARETAKERS Unfortunately, CARETAKERS get bogged downward in the niceties of abidance a "well-oiled machine" active. They make shine the machinery of Revival and support in bid to hang on to it running "just approaching the apposite old days." They forget that those "good old days" were not so keen for their forefathers. (It wasn't casual self a RISK-TAKER!)
CARETAKERS like luxury, condition and alleviate. It's "business as usual" - "Keep the snob value 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 aforementioned the old intoxicant was "good sufficient." RISK-TAKERS proceeds the grapes of morality and stamp out New Wine for New Wineskins. CARETAKERS serving the inebriant that the RISK-TAKERS printed out.
CARETAKERS are attentive beside externals - Legalism, buildings, etc. When Jesus walked this earth, the ancestors marveled at the Temple. "Look at these splendid buildings!" But, they MISSED the TRUE TEMPLE - Jesus.
In Bible College and Seminary I was hardened to be a CARETAKER. "Here's how you hang on to it going similar it's e'er been going." That didn't causa me then, and it doesn't suit me now.
Some bewail for "the fitting old days" when their church, movement, denomination, etc., was in the gush of God's bonus. But, are we fain to pay the price? News Flash - It will NEVER be that way once again ... but it CAN be BETTER!
Haggai (chapter 2) told the Jews and tells us today: "The honor of the latter home will be greater than laurels of the former building." It can't be repeated, but it CAN be surpassed!
It gets worse ... CARETAKERS habitually murder newly raised-up RISK-TAKERS! They perceive it's their levy to look after the regard quo so much, that they waste to permit God to alter once more.
"Matthew 23:29-34 "Your (caretaker) fathers killed the (risk-taker) prophets." They even improved "monuments" to those they killed!
UNDERTAKERS Did you ever wonder how the possession "UNDERTAKER" came about? Because they would "undertake" thing - together with embalming and concealment the d.o.a. - thing no one else welcome to do!
Becoming a undertaker is an straight trade and service to the civic. But, it's not for me. I am disquieting at funerals. I am not afraid of death, I newly despise it. It's the second "enemy" the Bible says - and Jesus came to not sole separated us from disappearance (eternal natural life), but to unconfined us from the FEAR of death!
In the religious world, UNDERTAKERS perceive "called" to BURY thing new! New idea? New plan? New program? Kill it and lay to rest it!
The "cause of death" differs:
- We never well-tried it that way before!
- We well-tried it that way before, and it didn't work!
I emotion Caleb in the Book of Joshua. At age 40 he said, "The giants can't clench us back, let's bring the 'Promised Land'." But, the Nation believed the bad report to some extent than Caleb's. So they wandered for 40 age in the wild. At age 85, Caleb said, "I impoverishment to row the giants in the hummock land." The "hill country," no smaller quantity. At 85 you'd construe he would at lowest possible submission even ground!
Unfortunately, the border line religious is tined up steadily between RISK-TAKERS, CARETAKERS, and UNDERTAKERS. That's why so minuscule ever gets done!
Think just about it, what if a RISK-TAKER-Pastor goes to a CARETAKER-Congregation? He has no colour in fetching meticulousness of their "monuments" - he wants to furnace in the lead to defeat new territories!
Remember the metropolitan map? How will you respond?
- UNDERTAKERS - Look for "good hospitals" and a "good set to retire"
- CARETAKERS - Look for areas with "good schools" and "good neighborhoods"
- RISK-TAKERS - Look for the uncharted, undiscovered, undiscovered land!
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