THE HIGHWAY
THE GIFT OF HIS FULLNESS . . . .
SO WE GET ONTO THE HIGHWAY, bathed in light... leading towards the Heavenly Jerusalem. JESUS comes up carrying a pitcher with the Water of Life and He looks into empty outstretched cups (hearts). Where He sees we have allowed His Bood to cleanse them... He fills them, and we go on our way rejoicing and praising God and overflowing with His new life. THIS IS REVIVAL!
THE REST OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE simply consists now of walking along the highway, with our hearts overflowing... bowing the neck to His will all the time, constantly TRUSTING the Blood to cleanse us and living the life the Lord intended us to live. THIS IS REAL HOLINESS!
OFF THE HIGHWAY . . . .
WE SOMETIMES MAY SLIP OFF THE HIGHWAY. for it is narrow. It is always because of a FAILURE IN OBEDIENCE somewhere or a failure to be weak enough to let God do all.
WE MUST GET BACK AT ONCE or we will slip farther down the dark side. The first thing to do is ask God to show us what caused us to slip off... and He will, though it often takes Him time to make us see. Take your sin to the Cross, see there in its sinfulness and then put in under the Blood and reckon it gone.
SO THE REAL TEST all along the highway will be... are your cups running over? Have we the peace of God in our hearts? Have we love and concern for others?
OUR WALK WITH OTHERS . . . .
THERE ARE OTHERS WALKING THE HIGHWAY with us, along with JESUS. The rule of the road is that fellowship with them is as important as fellowship with JESUS. God is love and He loves all of others, even if we don't. If we are unloving to our brothers and sisters, we are out of fellowship with God and walking in darkness. Recognize our impatience or irritability ot whatever it is as sin... and give it to JESUS to cleanse with His Blood.
REVIVAL IS JUST YOU AND I WALKING ALONG THE HIGHWAY IN COMPLETE ONENESS WITH THE LORD JESUS AND WITH ONE ANOTHER... WITH CUPS CONTINUALLY CLEANSED AND OVERFLOWING WITH THE LIFE AND LOVE OF GOD!
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