Adventure in the Ascent
To the adventure in Him... This phrase has been a rallying cry for me and my circle of friends for years. We were designed for intimate relationship with God. Jesus made this possible through His sacrifice on the Cross. The veil was torn, and we were invited beyond. We were created for a grand adventure in which we come to Him in repentance, maintain intimacy, learn of Him, walk His path, and ascend the hill of the Lord. Let's ascend together and experience the adventure with God. There's more...
Adventure in the Ascent
A Generational Calling Upon The Lord- (Genesis 4:25-26)
“The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the first tokens of His absence will be slothfulness in prayer.” -Spurgeon
Do you hunger for God’s breakthrough presence in your lives?
↠Calling upon Him goes all the way back to the beginning. There was a people that determined to seek Him (Vs. 25-26)
↠These verses follow two chapters of the story of sin’s effects
↠At the end, there is a glimmer of hope
↠Two lines- Cain & Seth, one path of wickedness, one path of seeking
↠One line goes independent of God, the other determines to call out to Him
↠It begins with Enosh, a collective relationship with God begins as a group determines to cry out and to seek Him
↠This is the beginning of a pattern through Scripture- cry out to Him and there is grace, hope, mercy, reconciliation, and healing to be found (Ps. 27)
↠When we do not, though, the opposite is true
↠We are to be a people who continually call upon the name of the Lord. We are, by design, to be dependent on HIm, and when we operate outside of intended design, things fall apart.
↠This family line continued to call upon the Lord…
↠Enoch- “he pleased God;” Noah- “who found favor;” Abraham- “a friend of God;” David- “a heart after God
↠David is the only one in Scripture to use “racham” to describe His love for God, usually reserved to describe God’s love for us which describes a love that draws one in and hugs them
↠Taking on His characteristics (Gal. 5:16-25)
↠This line was not perfect, but in a fall, learned to cry out to God- “create in me a clean heart, oh, God…” instead of continue in their fall
↠Through a remnant that called out to Him, He weaved a future hope. This family line brings us right to Jesus, His lineage.
↠Your ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to Him, not just in salvation, but in the everyday calling upon Him, affects not only you individually but the generations after you (Ps. 78:1-4, 17:4
↠One yes leads to another yes while a no leads to another no
↠Will you be known as one who calls on the name of the Lord?
↠Or will it be said of you as in Isaiah 65:1- “I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help. I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me”
↠Even if no one before you sought, like with Enosh’s line, you can begin!
↠True revival begins with crying out to God, it will begin that way here as well.
RESPOND THIS WEEK: Pray and seek the Lord in new ways, pray over the renewal services next week, make plans to attend each night, help spread the word…