July 26, 2023

Isaiah 6:6-13 (NIV) Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.” Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me! ”He said, “Go and tell this people: “‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes.[a] Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”  Then I said, “For how long, Lord?” And he answered: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left deserted and the fields ruined and ravaged,  until the Lord has sent everyone far away and the land is utterly forsaken. And though a tenth remains in the land, it will again be laid waste. But as the terebinth and oak leave stumps when they are cut down, so the holy seed will be the stump in the land.”

When the work of the Spirit and the Word came in a stronger degree to Isaiah, he experienced cleansing from all the influences of the spirits of the world during his day. He became a person who stated the truth and was a straight person in the midst of a crooked generation! This made the voice of God that came out of his mouth to destroy all wickedness in the midst of Israelites, but when God planned to rise up the holy shoot among the generation that rebelled against God, Isaiah had to experience more cleansing!

The phrase “HOLY SHOOT” keep on resonating in my heart:

1. This is the generation that receives God’s voice from the leader of the movement without resistance, but with delight like finding a precious treasure.

2. This is the generation that receives the same spirit of life from the leader of the movement, so they carry the dynamics and work of the same Spirit.

3. This is the generation that will be a differentiator in the future, and a benchmark for the Ultimate Truth. There is no compromise in their life!

4. Their number is not many, but they will continue to grow to become oaks of righteousness to proclaim God’s majesty and sovereignty.

5. Through their lives numerous people will experience an encounter with God, and experience the outpouring of the Spirit that radiates from within them.

6. They love God very much and the Truth that their heart inclines only to pursue God and His Word.

7. The Holy Spirit emphasized: They will bring the dimension of God’s sovereignty to a degree that has never happened before on this earth.

Exodus 34:10 (NIV) Then the Lord said: “I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you.

John 14:12 (NIV) Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

This morning my spirit is burning and more convinced about the path we have taken. The future of GOD’S CHURCH IS REALLY MAGNIFICENT, for it has grown THE HOLY SHOOT! Amen!

Ps. Steven Augustinus

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