Looking at some of the photos of my youths at genXtra revival conference, it ponder me to think about this...what cause people to be passionate for God?
Like what Bill Wilson said, will those horrific natural disaster, like the recent Japanese Tsunami cause people to turn towards God? Yes, people will start to think, oh God oh God! why the wrath! Than we start to pray for Japan...but how long will it last? Let me ask, anyone of you still praying for China Sichuan people? No right? 911 incident, yea, the whole tower go kaboom! people start flooding the church, but until today....no news of revival in America while lots of them in Africa and Asia???
Than food for thought, my hometown church youths have been attending far more revival conference a lot, yes, fire burn strongly for a while....but......it dies down.. How come? Than how come I just go for once and until now, when im backsliding back, I will feel very shaken to go back the way I once was? what makes a person to stay on fire for God?
Well, David Wilkerson says that there is a need for anguish, pure agony in the heart that will propel you towards a change in ourselves and a change in the society. Pastor Simon says, passion starts with an encounter with God (burning bush/vision/dream/audible voice/soft whisper alike)
It all leads back to one point, which is conviction. We can attend tonnes of ultra hot revival conference, listen to a lot of seriously on fire music, jump/dance/rock on in the concerts, hear God's voice speaking with a 250 000 KW speaker to you, but without that conviction in the heart, everything will be of no use, there won't be any lasting effects, won't be any real progress.
Conviction is to seriously feel the need to know that something had to be done and like how Bill Wilson says, to present yourself before God with the words "Here I Am". To be used by God to go the extra miles, to seriously leave your comfort zone to do God's will. Only with conviction, we will do what people will label as crazy, nuts....
And what should be our conviction? It is to know that when judgment day comes, you will be seeing faces you know burning in hell, screaming in agony at you asking you why aren't anything done...If that's the case, I prefer not to be at heaven....
Like what Bill Wilson said, will those horrific natural disaster, like the recent Japanese Tsunami cause people to turn towards God? Yes, people will start to think, oh God oh God! why the wrath! Than we start to pray for Japan...but how long will it last? Let me ask, anyone of you still praying for China Sichuan people? No right? 911 incident, yea, the whole tower go kaboom! people start flooding the church, but until today....no news of revival in America while lots of them in Africa and Asia???
Than food for thought, my hometown church youths have been attending far more revival conference a lot, yes, fire burn strongly for a while....but......it dies down.. How come? Than how come I just go for once and until now, when im backsliding back, I will feel very shaken to go back the way I once was? what makes a person to stay on fire for God?
Well, David Wilkerson says that there is a need for anguish, pure agony in the heart that will propel you towards a change in ourselves and a change in the society. Pastor Simon says, passion starts with an encounter with God (burning bush/vision/dream/audible voice/soft whisper alike)
It all leads back to one point, which is conviction. We can attend tonnes of ultra hot revival conference, listen to a lot of seriously on fire music, jump/dance/rock on in the concerts, hear God's voice speaking with a 250 000 KW speaker to you, but without that conviction in the heart, everything will be of no use, there won't be any lasting effects, won't be any real progress.
Conviction is to seriously feel the need to know that something had to be done and like how Bill Wilson says, to present yourself before God with the words "Here I Am". To be used by God to go the extra miles, to seriously leave your comfort zone to do God's will. Only with conviction, we will do what people will label as crazy, nuts....
And what should be our conviction? It is to know that when judgment day comes, you will be seeing faces you know burning in hell, screaming in agony at you asking you why aren't anything done...If that's the case, I prefer not to be at heaven....
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