Hey everyone how is it going? I have just finished a second 3 day period of water only fasting. And just like the last one from 2 weeks ago the awareness comes the next day. These fasts were challenging, but not as hard as I thought they would be. Fore instance, today I was watching someone on youtube and I noticed a video of an old song. It was a remake of Petra’s Beyond Belief. It was clear that it was a covid production. Sections done separately and put together. But this time I was listening to the lyrics more closely. I have since googled the lyrics and wrote them down.

These lyrics are so for today. “We’re content to pitch our tent. When the glory evident. Seldom do we know the glory came and went.” How often do we find ourselves in one spot not moving forward with God. Just there in our spot hoping for it to come back. Because this is where we are comfortable. This is why it is so important to pray and stay in God’s presence.

“Moving can seem dangerous, in this strangers pilgrimage. Knowing that you can’t stand still, you cross the bridge.” Is it unknown, sure. yet we need to move forward with God. Right after this it goes to the chorus where it talks about a higher place to go. Where we reach the next plateau. From faith to faith we grow. Towards the center of the flow. Where He beckons us to go. Leap of faith without a net. That’s faith right there. We don’t always know what or where or even when. We just need to go. Its not always going to look comfortable. But this is how we grow. Stretching us to cause us to be more dependent on God. We all have asked for an increase in faith. Why aren’t we willing to take action to get that increase. Its not going to just appear. There is a cost. Waters never part until our feet are wet. Its action. We need to move out it order for it to happen.

“There’s a deeper place to go. Where the road seems hard to hoe. He who begun this work won’t let it go. (let it go).”It’s not going to be easy, but we have to try. Or it won’t happen.

So here we are today looking at a song done in the late 80’s or early 90’s that applies to us today. We can’t go back to the time before Covid. If we do we have failed. God is moving forward and we need to also. Right now that move is to bring correction to the church. We as a church have gotten comfortable with where we are. Our comfort has gotten us to the point of picking and choosing which verse’s we like and don’t like. If we don’t like it we don’t listen to it. We csay its not of God. Because God is Love, Grace and Mercy. Forgetting that God is True, Just, Jealous and Righteous. How much of your prayer time is spent in repentance? All the garbage, sin and walls in our life will make it harder to grow. We are hindering the Holy Spirit from truly working in our lives. We become comfortable.

If you want to see revival in the Church or a restoration of our Country then we need to follow scripture. Its found in 2 Chronicles 7:14. We know this one. Its been mentioned quite a bit lately. Yet we still don’t go there. Why? Get rid of pride and humble yourself. Do this regularly and watch your spiritual life change. You may find yourself hearing God more clearly.

Be blessed, Ken