GREENHOUSE REVIVAL
J. Conrad Lampan
May 27 2008 08:48PM
FULL DISSECTION IS FOR CORPSES
I received quite a few responses to the prophetic impression posted a couple days ago in The Elijah List Re: Lakeland Revival, most of them from people who have been encouraged by the word and a few who rather question if there is actually a revival going on in Lakeland or elsewhere. Someone suggested that in order to call what is going on in Lakeland -or for the case any other place where God is moving- a “revival” there should be millions saved every night and miracles happening everywhere without necessarily anybody praying or laying on of hands, and farmers in the fields fall on their knees top repent, otherwise it is not revival. (BTW by such standard revival will not happen in a small town, or in a city without farmers, come on be serious! We need to stop trying to explain away the supernatural). I thought a response to some doubts or misconceptions was in order lest trying to analyze or dissect it to the core we end up missing the big blessing! I taught Anatomy at the School of Medicine and as part of my task I had to dissect corpses for the purpose of studying them; however, if you try to do such dissection on a living body you end up with a corpse! Do not dissect a move of the Holy Spirit: let Him blow from where He wants and whatever way He wants!
GREENHOUSE REVIVAL
One of the biggest hindrances to revival -and this most particularly in America- appears on the road when we try to keep it nice and according to the manual. The other day I found myself in a very unusual situation which God used to tell me a very prophetic truth: It was raining like a flood here in Wales, but in spite of it I had to go to my allotment garden where we grow our own veggies to water the plants inside the greenhouse. As I was pondering about this unusual thing the Lord spoke directly and said: “This is why many revivals do not even get to starting point, because so many Christian spend their time inside the greenhouse, protected, sheltered, growing a bit but always dependent on someone else to come and water them. They spend their time talking about revival, praying for rain, but when I send rain they miss it: Abundance of rain in the outside, yet those inside SEE it and MISS it”
THE SIGNS OF REVIVAL:
In an expectation of absolutes we could say that yes, when the last revival comes in full blossom, just as God has promised, it will be so massive, so abundant, so complete that it will surpass everything that we have known in the history of the church. And yes, millions will be saved in one night, I believe that, and miracles will happen, and signs and wonders. But my dear friends that revival will never happen if we miss the beginnings of it! You cannot start a race at the end. People are born as babies and then grow. If we stay out of a move of God because it is not as big as we think a revival should be, it will never grow into what we expect! Revivals do not happen of themselves just as life does not happen by spontaneous generation! Whether we like it or not, God uses people! With all our weaknesses and failures and handicaps and all God still uses people!
GOD DOES NOT BREAKTHROUGH
You might not agree with this statement, but just for a moment look with me to the countless stories of breakthrough in the history of Israel: All and every one of them happened because God and His people went together to the place of breakthrough! If we do not put ourselves in the place of breakthrough it simply will not happen. Period. Moses and God, God and Moses parted the Red Sea; God and Elijah parted the Jordan, and when Elisha had taken the mantle of Elijah and it was his turn to part the Jordan he cried out “where is the God of Elijah” because he knew that the Jordan was parted when God and the Man of God went together. King Jehoshaphat was surrounded by a coalition of enemies and he sought God and God said: “tomorrow at this time you shall go out and face your enemies, but you will not have to fight this battle: you stand still in the presence of the Lord”. Come on God, are you telling me I have to go out and face the enemies and do nothing? Exactly, that’s how God operates, He wins the battles, He performs miracles, He brings revival, but YOU have to be there!
REVIVAL WILL NOT HAPPEN IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE PLACE OF REVIVAL
David inquired of the Lord and the Lord told him to go and face the enemies and God would deliver the enemies in David’s hands. David defeated the enemies and he said “The Lord broke through like the breakthrough of waters”. What was the place where this happened? It was called Baal Perazim: or translated “the place of breakthrough” or “the place where God breaks through”. There is a place of breakthrough in your life and in the life of the church, you need to hear from God and move toward that place, even if you do not see all the signs and proofs you would want before you take a step.
THE RAVENS WILL NOT FOLLOW YOU
Elijah was commanded by God to go and hide by the brook. God said: “I have commanded the ravens to feed you THERE”. “There”. “There”. “There”. Not anywhere else. Elijah was commanded to go to his place of blessing and the blessing was commanded to fly to the same place. Elijah and his blessings were to meet at the appointed time, at the appointed place. But do not misunderstand me: I am not talking about physical places, although many times God will tell you to go to a certain place in the natural. Rather, I am talking about that place of obedience to the Holy Spirit, that place where you meet God and you and He break through. There is a place in the will of God, there is a place of anointing, and there is a place where you believe even if you don’t see. When you reach that place where you can believe even if you still do not see anything, you have reached the Holy of Holies where God Himself abides: and He is your blessing, He is your reward, and when you have found Him in that your appointed place of blessing you are not only blessed you become a blessing! And that my friend is how revivals happen.
REVIVAL STARTS INSIDE BUT IT DOES NOT SHOW UNTIL YOU GO OUTSIDE
God’s plan has always been the church, and the fact that over the ages we have made a mess of the church, turning it into a powerless entity does not affect the plan of God. When revival breaks out, it always starts within the church and spreads out. For the world to be touched it is necessary that the church be revived first. When the church finds that place of blessing and takes the life within to reach the dead outside that is revival. It will never happen if we stay inside. It will never happen if we wait until there is such an atmosphere of power that oh, yes now I will get involved: the atmosphere of power exists only where Christians sell themselves out to the Holy Spirit for the sake of Jesus and expect revival before they have all the ducks in a row. Lazarus was resurrected but the life showed when he came out of the tomb. For too long the church has been coming to God for revival and then when God touches them they decide that it is cool and nice inside the tomb.
MESS UP BUT DON’T MISS IT
Lakeland and other places that are beginning to show an atmosphere of revival, with miracles and signs and wonders, and a display of God’s glory are happening because of those people who dare believe God and sowed themselves into God to see revival in the land. The signs of revival are there, God is moving, and God will keep moving as long as we do not try to tell Him how to do it. Oh but there are so many mistakes! Really? Have you ever read your Bible? Tell me of one man besides Jesus who never ever made a mistake? All of them, the apostles, the disciples, the people, and the churches at some point or another messed up big time! Is God moving in your place? Well, yes He is moving a little. A little? That’s the beginning, push for more! If you don’t get into it the whole wave will pass by and you will still wonder if, or if and if. Stop iffing and get yourself wet, jump in the river, Lakeland, Redding, Orangevale, Cardiff, Newport and your place, wherever you are if God is with you, you are commanded to move toward the place of breakthrough!
Moving toward a move of God
J. Conrad Lampan
Newport – Wales
Email: connect@revivalhighway.org
Web: www.revivalhighway.org
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