– by Steve Driessen
Let the Earth Produce
In the very beginning, God commanded everything to reproduce after its own kind (Genesis 1). This is true in both the natural and spiritual realms. We reproduce who we are. We are able to reproduce in others the revelation we carry. We can only give away what we have. The problem is not that we need to receive more; it is that we are not giving away what we already have.
How will we see the promises birthed? How will we see authentic, real, hard, raw proof? I, for one, am tired of the hype and performance of those who have claimed to have something, only to burn out in a short time. I am looking for the real — the transforming power of God being poured out upon cities, regions, nations. Why not? Why not your city? Imagine your whole city under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
Every move of God starts with a seed. In Luke 1, an angel came to a young woman named Mary to tell her she would give birth to a son. Mary asked, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you” (vs. 34, 35). He said she would conceive a move of God. Jesus was a move of God.
To give birth to a move of God, we must conceive that seed, or revelation. We must know the Holy Spirit! He is a Person of the Godhead. He is the working agent of the Godhead on the earth today, working through the Body of Christ to bring about God’s will on earth. He has the power to create, as He did in Genesis 1 and in Luke 1. God wants us to have an intimate encounter with Him that will conceive and give birth to a move of God today. The problem is many only have a “date” with God. We cannot conceive on that level.
Jesus said, “You diligently study the scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the scriptures that testify of me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life” (John 5:39-40). Religious people know the Word of God, but not the God of the Word. Our relationship with Him gives us our identity in Him. Out of that relationship and identity we begin to do the works of God. We must become intimate with the Holy Spirit. He’s a lover. Out of this love affair we take on His personality, the personality of Jesus. We must worship the Holy Spirit. He is God, the third Person of the Godhead. We must become God chasers, those who seek His face day and night, those who cry out to Him, “I want to know you more.”
But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired. — Isaiah 40:31, Amplified
To mount up is to sprout or to grow. The revelation seeds, prophetic words and visions, will sprout up and grow like the mustard seed of Matthew 13:31, 32 into a great tree or system — a kingdom of heaven system. You and I are carriers of this move of God. We are the gates.
Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is he, this King of glory? The Lord Almighty — he is the king of glory. — Psalm 24:7-10
Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you. Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines, then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you. Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God. You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows. What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways. When men are brought low and you say, “Lift them up!” then he will save the downcast. He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands. — Job 22:21-30
We can conceive and give birth to this move of God. It must come out of an encounter with Him.
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Greetings, Steve, Good thoughts and insight, I want a God encouter like Paul. He asked God who he was. God told him, “I am Jesus”…Now thats a God encounter I want for every critic like Saul In my town and city.
My brother I’ll be back to read more of your blogs
Have an incredible 2012
(Paul)