Talking of the Holy Spirit way of doing church
Asked to explain the current and compounding move of the Spirit of God it can be hard to teach something you catch. But there are some common thoughts that are coming through as we learn to walk what the Holy Spirit is doing.
The spontaneous is a large part of this move. When you think about it the spontaneous in any romance is always powerful and fresh. Now I have mentioned previous about the spontaneous song that we are seeing manifest. But it is important to emphasize it is not just about song. I believe spontaneous song speaks and expresses Gods heart for NOW, it creates, builds and is fresh. It can’t be marketed on a CD and it brings glory to none but Christ. You see to market intimacy is nothing short of prostitution. Spontaneous song is intimacy and some of the best songs will only be song once. One who is not in the Holy Spirit cannot enter or replicate the song as the tune comes from heaven and has its own resonance. So sure song and those who worship lead the way in this move but the spontaneous does not stop there it carries to every part of life as long as your life style becomes the Holy Spirit.
That life style we are finding results in spontaneous church in many places. Prayer meetings just spring up, not organized but available to all who are tuned in. Spontaneous meetings have been flowing, spontaneous and amazing meetings that bring provision. One such meeting has established massive amounts of food being donated to feed families, on an ongoing basis. Spontaneous appointments with individuals are always amazing and in the words of one man who was just touched by such a meeting. “my world has been turned upside down since that time”
Unity flows in the spontaneous and those who God brings flow in like they have been there and known everyone for a lifetime. In the spontaneous we are seeing people meeting each others needs without even knowing the people have the need. You see as they walk the Holy Spirit lifestyle they give where the Holy Spirit directs and amazing needs are being met. Nobody controls the giving and nobody coordinates, the Holy Spirit just speaks to those making Him their lifestyle. One such manifestation has led to a rent free home, the people concerned don’t even really know each other but as the Holy Spirit directs they have flowed together like they have known each other for a lifetime. Another such manifestation last week led to a family who was short on their rent paying all their bills.
In the spontaneous the pastor goes to the people he does not expect the people to come to him. Pastors are led to meetings and God appointments, where they build the people concerned. They never recruit but encourage. They don’t book a huge schedule of meetings but teach people to walk by the Holy Spirit and follow His promptings. Such disciples of Christ then become God dependant instead of being church system or pastor dependant. A pastor moves throughout the city or area God has assigned him to. Funny thing he does not seem to carry the title he just does the job he loves minus the burdens. One week he is in a place and the next somewhere else. So I hear you ask who takes responsibility for the people and it needs to be understood they are Gods people and a pastor walking the Holy Spirit lifestyle walks together with people as long as their paths move together. That could be moments or lifetimes. But there is no ownership of people.
Oh yes of course people meetings or church meetings do continue and some places become focal to such as we find in scripture. But it is not like the current form we are all accustomed to. Deacons and elders seem to be ones who God uses to put things together. People seem to be drawn to these individuals and we find ones with such an anointing just have people constantly turn up and call asking for meetings or seeking more. Such a person who is an elder or deacon just makes the logistics or a community move possible. When in a home they make sure people who are excited leave at a reasonable hour. They clean up the house or place so the owners are not burdened. These ones are essential and transparent not seeking glory but seeking to remove obstacles to the flow of the Holy Spirit.
One major change to the way things happen is we no longer recruit. As people we are so good at sales and the soul realm of moving peoples emotion. But in this move we endeavor to not do this. We have a saying hold the jeweled egg. That egg of the presence of the Holy Spirit cracks if we move to show it off or market it. If we call people to look our actions crack the egg. So we stand still and take the verse literal that says. Unless the Lord builds the house they labor in vain who build it. So we hold the jeweled egg and the Holy Spirit draws who He wants to come see it. May sound strange but let me assure you after years of ministry it is enjoyable to minister to people God brings by supernatural appointments. They come to see the egg and all who come are impacted in some way. Some are never seen again, but many reappear and want help to understand how to walk intimacy with the Holy Spirit. So we hold the egg.
Signs and wonders although never the focus they are increasing and changing or IMPACTING lives. We all stand in awe or Rev 4:11 and understand that as we walk His will all things are created and come into existence. Stay in His will with a Holy Spirit lifestyle and what is created does nothing less than AMAZE! One example was one believer who’s mortgage was due. The morning of the due payment he had nothing and by the afternoon he sat with thousands of dollars in his hand that he never chased it came to him as he walked the will of God and by doing so allowed God to create what was needed for that moment around his life.
Incredibly when we talk to others in other areas and parts of the world we hear the same words and revelations of God. As mentioned in the last email a man in the UK heard a verse in Isaiah the same as we did here in Boston at the same time for the same moment. As I closed my bible he called with his revelation of the verse and passage I was just drawn to read. He later added that another man from another part of the world called him with the same verse that was being spoken to him. The morning after we spoke. ( I am not free to mention where or who as we do not have his permission as yet) So three men totally unconnected except by the Holy Spirit heard the same words at the same time. God is expressing His symphony and to play in His orchestra you must lay your instruments and talents down and pick His up. Imagine having 3 musicians in three separate rooms playing what came from their heart. If you listen to that music you would find it played a phenomenal symphony of music. Totally in time in the same key and beginning and ending the same. The orchestra is blessed to hear the other master musician play his part as it adds to the music from heaven. Such are those who are walking this fresh current and NOW move of the Holy Spirit. They hear His voice, His music for life and as they play it out all His musicians with a Holy Spirit lifestyle are amazed to hear others are playing the same tune at the same moments in time.
Could it be that the bride that Jesus promised to return for will be made up of those who worship in Spirit and in truth. If so, I for one, the more I see this life style manifest around me desire to change my life habits and patterns to be renewed. Funny thing is all who come are saying the same and not just talking it but waking it. The common term we are hearing from Christian believers ( some professing to be Holy Spirit filled already) entering in to this is “my life has been turned upside down” To see the world from standing on your head certainly changes everything. Which way do you see the world currently?