Does it not fall in the
boundaries of God’s law and desire for us to boost our activity in the Name
of Jesus and be about His agenda, timing, and perfect will? Is it not time that
we truly seek revival and renewal to be God’s children and to love and
worship Him alone with all our heart, mind, body, and soul? Are we ready to get
off the slippery slopes and sinking sand to stand on the only firm and sure
foundation, the Rock of our salvation Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living
God? Shall we set about trying to recover that “first love” and joy of
knowing Christ? Will we be willing to listen and obey God’s increased demand
call on our lives, time, finances, heart, and actions? Will we help our
neighbors and country to hear the truth, that we do trust in, want to bless,
and will strive to be “One nation under God”? I believe it’s time!
In 1963 the Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. stood before God and the country in front of the Lincoln
Memorial and said these words: I say to you today, my friends, so even
though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It
is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream today. I have a
dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall
be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will
be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh
shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to
the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of
despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the
jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With
this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle
together and, to stand up together.
The
Word of God says in Numbers 12:6, he said, "Listen to my words: "When
a prophet of the LORD is among you, I reveal myself to him in visions, I
speak to him in dreams. Today we find our situation like the one found in 1
Samuel 3:1, the boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days
the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions. The
Bible prophesizes in Acts 2:17, “‘in the last days, God says, I will pour
out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young
men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
It is time “even
though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow” to have a dream.
Realize that God is in charge, and he can do all things. By His strength and in
His will He can use us as part of His purpose and plan. With this faith we
will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together and, to
stand up together. By God’s Word He will reveal Himself and give the vision
for our church and country, but we must turn to Him in faithfulness, obedience,
and love. Amen?
