Father may I bear the anguish of your heart, may I know the pain that you feel when those that you came to save reject your name. Father may my heart be crushed with the burdens of your heart. Pour out my life like spikenard, like wine upon the alter for your glory, may I be like bread, broken to feed the hungry. Father take our lives and spend us, burn us up for the name of your Great Son. Father give us the passion and fire of your burning heart. Raise up the new generation of Irish Elk, take the idol sticks in our lives and burn them up that all will see the light of your great salvation. Oh Lord, give us crosses for your kingdom. And may our blood and lives pave the way for those that come behind us.
What is faith and how does it work? What does it mean to take God at His word? As I have looked into these questions in my own heart and life, I began to seek God on these things and I began to ask him to give me such a faith as in the days of old, and then it all started to make since. Faith is a child anointed of God and poured out in the midst of men and impossibilities, telling him that He is wrong, that he should go home, that this is pride. Then the young child saying to the giant that mocks and scorns His God, “who is this uncircumcised philistine that defies the armies of the living God? Then with liquid ferocity bolts towards the mocking giant of doubt and impossibilities striking it down with one swift blow to the head, and wasting no time, tares the giant's own sword from its sheath and takes off his head! Then if that was not audacious enough the young boy thrusts a stake through it and puts it in the midst of the camp, for a testimony and proclamation of his God!
This is Faith, this is the victorious Christian life, and I say that it is high time that we, once again as in the days of old GO in the name and the power of our God and King Jesus, for His glory and renown and take off the head of impossibilities!
Well what will our answer be? We have been given a challenge... no, we have been given a commandment; Go forth unto all the earth and proclaim the Glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ, no matter where he sends you. But wait you say, “ I am not ready, I am not qualified for this, I don't have the financial ability to Go.” and I say your right; you are not ready and you never will be qualified and have the ability in yourself, but I say rejoice for there is One who's name is Holy and worthy, who by Him nations bow down their heads and Give up their glory. His Name is Jesus! And it is by Him that we Go. it is not an easy thing, this life and this call demands you to be COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY surrendered to the will and leading of His spirit! A man once said to Jackie Pullinger, the young missionary women to Hong Kongs notorious walled city, “ if you had a sickness fund, and a job and a plane ticket, and a pension fund, and the financial stability, you would have no reason to trust in God.” do we trust Him?
this is the end of another semester and the beginning of the first day of the rest of your life, and you have the opportunity to do this 100% right. For the glory and renown of Jesus Christ.
Many of you will go home, some will stay here at Ellerslie, and some may be called other places, but we all have things and giants in our lives that defy our God. So,
Who will be the first to Go in response to the high calling of Jesus? Who will be the first to stand up against the mocking giant of impossibilities and doubt? Who will be the first to take off its head for the name of the king? Which one of you will be the first to raise up the Irish Elk standard in their generation? Will it be you, young man or women that defies the natural realm and puts in its place the reality of the will Heaven? All that opposes its self against our God will fall to the ground with a thundering crash and a glorious roar from the saints above who have gone before us, and once again the faith of old will be a reality in the lives of the saints here on this earth.
Father take us and spill us out for your Glory, raise up your men and women to go and raise High the name of Christ once again, in Might and power. where you go we'll go where you stay we’ll stay, we will follow you, who you love we'll love who you serve we'll serve, we will follow you. if this life we lose we will follow you.
Father give your men and women here, a double portion of all that Elisha had! For your glory. It is time to see the fellowship of the burning heart rise up once again, we are going up the mountain of the lord, will you follow ? “We are not sentenced to die but we are just privileged to fulfill His calling.” - Jackie Pullinger.
Father give us the anguish of your heart and the faith of old.
“It is not my ability, but my response to Gods ability that counts.” - Corrie Tenboom.
First its difficult, then its impossible, then its DONE! - Hudson Taylor.
“Germanicus, a young man, but a true Christian, being delivered to the wild beasts on account of his faith, behaved with such astonishing courage that several pagans became converts to a faith
which inspired such fortitude.” May we, as the next generation of Christianity have such a faith and testimony as this young man, that when we are brought before the time of death, may every one that looks upon our lives at that moment will fall on their knees in repentance for the name of Jesus Christ; for He is Worthy.
May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward for His sufferings!
