AWAKEN MY SOUL IV

     As I was driving to work yesterday, I heard a quote from Martin Luther King. As our topic lately has been on Awaken My Soul I realized this man had experienced that very thing.  I know I have heard his speech many times in the past but I don't think I had ever really heard what he was saying.  During the middle of his speech he said,

 "Now, what does all of this mean in this 

great period of history? 

It means that we've got to stay together. 

We've got to stay together and maintain unity. 

You know, whenever Pharaoh wanted to prolong 

the period of slavery in Egypt, he had a favorite,

 favorite formula for doing it. What was that? 

He kept the slaves fighting among themselves. 

But whenever the slaves get together, 

something happens in Pharaoh's court, 

and he cannot hold the slaves in slavery. 

When the slaves get together, 

that's the beginning of getting out of slavery.

Now let us maintain unity.  

     Is this not what Christians have done for far too long?  We have broken into every sort of denomination and then within our own denominations we can't seem to have unity with one another.  Satan still uses the same tactics that he used with the children of Israel.  Keep the Christians fighting among themselves instead of become victorious and seeing a great awakening. 

     Right at the very end of his speech he said he had been to the mountain. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the Lord!  

     Let's look back to yesterday’s list of things we need to do to Awaken our Soul. Wake up, walk circumspectly, be filled with Spirit, speaking to ourselves, give thanks always, and submit to one another.  

     I believe that this man's soul was awakened and all he could do was long to be with the Lord. Previously he had preached Christ but during this speech the power of Christ was all over him.  His soul was fully awakened to the Power of the Almighty.

     He felt his calling was to set the African American people free.  Just as Moses began the march for the Israelite's, Martin Luther King did the same for the African Americans.  The last of his speech he said, 

"Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. 

Longevity has its place. 

But I'm not concerned about that now. 

I just want to do God's will. 

And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. 

And I've looked over.

And I've seen the Promised Land. 

I may not get there with you. 

But I want you to know tonight, that we,

as a people, will get to the promised land! 

And so I'm happy, tonight. 

I'm not worried about anything. 

I'm not fearing any man! 

Mine eyes have seen the glory 

of the coming of the Lord!!"

 The Lord wants his children set free. We are living under the same type bondage the Children of Israel and the African Americans were living in. We are slaves to our own sins. We can't seem to shake loose from the bondage. Maybe instead of shaking loose from the bondage we need to have unity with other brothers and sisters in Christ.  We need to become one as American Christians.  When that happens those chains of bondage will fall off. I don't mean just be nice and friendly with other brothers and sisters; I mean we need to walk in unity with each other.  The scripture below says, "Let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works.  Now wouldn't that be amazing; to be the pastor of a church and start seeing this take place.  All jealously demolished and people worshipping in Spirit and in Truth.  

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter 

into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, 

which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, 

that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest

 over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true 

heart in full assurance of faith, 

having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, 

and our bodies washed with pure water. 

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; 

(for he is faithful that promised;) 

And let us consider one another to provoke 

unto love and to good works: 

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, 

as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: 

and so much the more, 

as ye see the day approaching.

Hebrews  10:16-25