Sunday, March 31, 2013

Stone to Flesh/ Death to Life

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 
Ezekiel 36:26


But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee Luke 24:2-6

This morning at our Resurrection Service (otherwise known as "Easter"), I had an revelation about, well, receiving revelation. Revelation comes from the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is gentle. He doesn't come unwelcomed or uninvited. In ancient times the dead were interred in caves, with disc-like stones rolled across the entrance,  stone sealing the tomb in permanence-in death.  Just as the stone was rolled away at the Resurrection, bringing revival and newness of  life, when a heart of stone is "rolled away" and changed into a heart of flesh, revelation can come forth. As the Holy Spirit fills us, we move from knowledge/ information to impartation. Not only can it come, but I  say with assurance that it does come, as those awakened can testify to!

"See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."
Isaiah 43:19

Today is a new day, beloved.  Let us move forward, striving to apprehend that which has apprehended us.

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