As I was thinking about different people in the bible that were examples of this I thought of Elijah. This is a man that walked with God. He walked with God to the point that he just couldn't turn around and come back. When he started his journey it just became sweeter every day. His soul was so awakened by God that he walked right off the earth with the Lord and just kept on going. There was no turning back for him once he seen the power of the Almighty.
The Lord said that David was a man after God's own heart. It surely wasn't because David was perfect because David made many mistakes in his lifetime. The reason the Lord said this, is because David walked with God daily. He poured his heart out to God. He danced before the Lord and he was never ashamed of his Savior.
Then we see Jonah. You may be thinking the same thing I did when I felt the Lord lead me to write about Jonah. Jonah ran from the Lord. He even went as far as waking up in the belly of the whale because of his rebellion. One thing is for sure, when Jonah was in the whale's belly. his soul was awakened. His whole being was standing in attention when the whale threw him up on dry land. It says the journey to Ninevah was three days and Jonah made the trip in one. I'm sure he was doing some talking to the Lord on the trip that day. When he arrived in Ninevah, the Lord said, "share with them the gospel." Jonah immediately opened his mouth and shared the gospel of Jesus Christ with those people.
We see the difference in David and Jonah. David had a heart for God. Jonah was stuck in his own ways and not the Lord's ways until God shook his world upside down.
Then we have Paul who like Jonah was living his life for himself. The Lord also turned Paul's life upside down and when he did, his soul was awakened. Unlike Jonah who shared what God said and then went and sat down, Paul just kept on sharing. As a result of Paul never giving up after his encounter with the Lord, we seen the prison shaken so hard from the glory and power of God that the doors were unlocked. There is story after story of how Paul's soul showed continual signs of being awakened.
There was a core group of people who had watch Jesus Christ be crucified, buried and raised from the dead. I promise you their soul was awakened. We see evidence of this in Acts chapter two.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come,
they were all with one accord in one place.
And suddenly there came a sound from
heaven as of a rushing mighty wind,
and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
And there appeared unto them cloven
tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost,
and began to speak with other tongues,
as the Spirit gave them utterance.
We can either be like David and set our heart and affections on the Lord Jesus Christ or like Jonah, who runs from God. God had to shake his world upside down to get him to listen. We could also be like Paul who was just flat blinded to the truth until the Lord opened his eyes.
The last group actually seen the power of God raise Jesus Christ from the dead and they began to go and tell. When they all come together into one place the Holy Spirit himself decided it was time to join in on this celebration. The power of Christ swept through the place and dumbfounded everyone.
We see with each awakening the power of the Holy Spirit is intensified. May we be walking with the Lord as Elijah and David when we experience this great awakening that will come upon the earth.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,
I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams:
And on my servants and on my handmaidens
I will pour out in those days of my Spirit;
and they shall prophesy:
And I will shew wonders in heaven above,
and signs in the earth beneath; blood,
and fire, and vapour of smoke:
The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood,
before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be saved.
Act 2:17-21
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