READ: JOHN
15:1-7
A new wave
of revival is coming. God is gong to do a new thing. He will visit our nation
in an unprecedented manner. A revival of repentance will soon be unleashed on our
land. We are going to see more souls saved than has been witnessed in any
generation. There will come a time when, for instance, student union leaders
will be tongue-talking Christians. At that time, there will be no external
influences causing trouble on our university campuses. Violent demonstrations
will cease. That is why the devil will not stop attacking us. There are several
implications if evil forces fail to wrestle with us. Firstly, if they to
wrestle with us, it means we are no longer a threat to them. Secondly, it may
mean that we have just won a resounding victory, for which they have decided to
avoid us for a while. It may also mean that we have joined forces with them or
that we are no longer doing what God commanded us to do. For instance, when we
stop winning souls, the enemy will cease seeing us as a threat. To stop winning
souls is the easiest way to backslide. The moment you stop bearing fruits, God
will tear you off the kingdom. This is made clear in the Scriptures: “I am
the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much
fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is
cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into
the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you,
you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.” We need a
kind of power that no one can hold or block. We need revival. This was the kind
of power which men of old possessed. For example, Samson was bound and taken to
Philistines. The power of God came upon him and the yoke was broken (Judges
15:14). This is the sort of power you cannot bind. This same Samson went to a
town and the gates were shut against him. The soldiers could not hold him. He
had a power that nobody could hold. When he got to the gate, he shook it and
lifted it up. He carried the gate to a mountaintop and dropped it (judges
16:1-3). There is power that the devil cannot hold. Do you have this kind of
power?
MEMORIZE:
JOHN 15:4 –Abide in Me, and I in you as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
