Until now you have not asked for anything in my
name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. John 16:24
There seems to be a chilling and paralyzing
fear of holy enthusiasm among the people of God in our day.
We try to tell how happy we are—but we
remain so well controlled that there are very few waves of glory among us!
Some go to the ball game and come back
whispering because they are hoarse from shouting and cheering. But no one in
our day ever goes home from church with a voice hoarse from shouts brought
about by a manifestation of the glory of God among us.
Actually, our apathy about praise in
worship is like an inward chill in our beings. We are under a shadow and we are
still wearing the grave clothes. You can sense this in much of our singing in
the contemporary church. Perhaps you will agree that in most cases it is a kind
of plodding along, without the inward lift of blessing and victory,
resurrection joy and overcoming in Jesus’ name.
Why is this?
It is largely because we are looking at
what we are, rather than responding to who Jesus Christ is!
We have often failed and have not been
overcomers because our trying and striving have been in our own strength. This
leaves us very little to sing about!
Brethren, human activity and human sweat
and tears work not the victory of Christ! It took the sweat and tears and blood
of the Lord Jesus Christ. It took the painful dying and the victorious
resurrection and ascension to bring us the victory. Jesus Christ is our
Overcomer!
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