Believe it or not, God calls everyone. Yes, everyone. God has a call out there for preachers and teachers and rapists and mass murderers. We are all the same in that respect. But what`s happened to the world then? If God has called everyone, why aren't we all happy in church? The biggest problem - there are a scarce few who answer the call. Too many Christians are afraid that if they answer the call of God, they will have to give up their jobs and move to a third world country. Not so. I've known of preachers who give up their church to join the work force. God needs Christ-like business men as much as he needs preachers in the church and missionaries on the field.
I'm back in Peru and God has been teaching me many things. I've learned more about His will for my life and how to walk it out. Truth be told, I've been holding back, afraid of what it will mean when I give it all up to live for the cause of Christ. For me, I know it will overtake me. It's a scary thing, the thought of giving up everything and letting God have his way.
In Bible school I had an instructor who told a story about a man. This story takes place just after the turn of the 20th century. He prayed and he prayed. He wanted revival so badly, it overtook him. God overtook him. There were days when he would be on his way to work and he'd be praying as he walked and he'd have to stop because the weight of God's presence was too much for him and he'd stand there in prayer hardly uttering a word. People would pass by him wondering what was wrong with him. By the end of the day when people were returning from work, there he'd be still standing right where he stopped still praying out God's will. He was diagnosed with religious fanaticism. But you know what happened? Revival came and it overtook his entire country for nearly a year. He changed the world by being obedient to God.
When people begin to crave God more than they crave anything else, things are bound to change. But why is it that my story took place 100 years ago? Why don't I have a story like that taking place last week? Humanity has forgotten what God's voice sounds like. In a world of free will and feel good what happened to God's will and God's good?
For those who are ready and willing God is preparing them for the greatest outbreak of revival in world history. Those believers who really (and I mean REALLY) believe will band together and begin to pray and they will pray with an urgency like nothing before. Lives will begin to change one at a time and then a few more and soon masses will by crying out to God for change. Crying out to God to save their families, churches, cities, countries Those who once opposed God will come running to Him and no one will be able to stop it. The day is coming and it's coming soon. The church will rise up to stand and take her place.
The biggest question is who will be left behind? I won't be the one to stand back and watch the world change without having a hand in it. Shame on anyone who calls them self a Christian and does nothing but sit in the corner watching as sons and daughters fall to their knees in prayer crying out for God to change the world.
It is our turn. This is our time. I challenge any and every believer to be a part of what God is prepared to do in every life. Don't stand back and let it pass you by waiting for another wave. THIS is the wave you need to catch. THIS is the wave that will change the world. If you wait, it will be too late.
