Psalm 48:12Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
About 25 years ago I found myself pressing into the faithers and mothers of the Christian faith. What I mean is that anybody who knew God personally and that lived through some type of revival – I pressed in to know. I had an awesome priveldge of taking an older sister out for dinner or buying an older brother a cup of coffee. I knew God had taught them some things. If you got close in any way to them – you would know too. They didn’t talk about praying or reading the Bible – they did it. It was 24 hours a dfay/ 7 days a week with them. They were God’s 100%. There was no holding back for them.
When we talked – I would ask them questions about the latter rain movement. I would ask them about the healings and the miracles they had personally experienced and seen. I wanted to know as much as I could. God put a deep desire in me to have Christian parents. You seen I was the first Christian in our family and I did not grow up with the things of the LORD. But God gifted me greatly with a tremendous thirst for the Spirit of God and for the WORD of God and for the parenting of God. I initiated contacts with these dear seasoned saints. I wanted to learn from them so I pressed in. I called them and I drove them here or there. Always I would ask them about what it was like to see the awesome glory of God as they had seen.
My dear friend who has long since preceded me to heaven spoke the above scripture to me. Somehow I did not understand the importance. It is hard to believe but I did not understand what I was doing. I knew I wanted to know these people who knew God but I did not understand God was blessing me with the ability to press in.
I have grown and am still growing in my faith. I do not see as many seasoned generals of the faith in my church anymore. What I have noticed is that I do however notice that I understand that it matters not only to me but to the generation that follows – that I take note of the building of God’s house. It is important to me that I am an accurate witness to the mighty things God has done and is doing and yet will do. I must memorize it not only for me and to bless me. I must know it so that I might tell those who will come press in to me wanting to know their God.
PRAYER
O LORD. Teach me and let me have a teachable spirit so that I might learn of you. O LORD! Fill me with your spirit and your grace that I might impart to others the great and mighty things you have shown me and the awesome things you have done. O LORD! Make me a faithful witness of your glory so that I might pass it on and teach it to those who follow. Amen.
