The Lord is God
Joel 2:28 “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Our sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.”
♬ Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #366 Open My Eyes, that I May See (#485 in previous version)
In the Old Testament, we see ongoing disasters. Whenever God brings disasters, God gave the message to return to the Word. He promised that when we have the Gospel-centered repentance of returning to Him, He would forgive us. Disasters and forgiveness are a repetitive pattern in the Old Testament. However, the important thing is that even with the repetition of disasters and forgiveness, the fundamental things are not solved. The Scripture reading gives us the solution regarding this problem.
1. Personalization
The individual must be Gospelized. Because the greatest blessing that God has given to us is within the Gospel, we must be able to enjoy it. We have received salvation, and for this reason, the works of the Holy Spirit must first come upon us. This must be restored first in order for the individual, the family, the nation, and the age to be revived. If we enjoy the blessing of Gospelization, we will be able to pray and taste the blessing of answers to prayer. If we discover what prayer is, our thoughts, problems, complaints, and resentment will change. Then, wherever we go, the Word will be fulfilled, and we will receive the blessing of people being revived. If we ask ourselves, ‘Why aren’t the works arising in my life?’ and consider this within prayer as we refrain from being deceived, we will be able to see that God is a living God.
2. Disciplization
Disciplization is the process by which we share the answer with those who have similar conflicts as the ones we had in our past and establish them firmly upon the Word. If we are receiving answers, it is not difficult to speak about them. We just need to relay the Gospel to the people we meet with in the field, and help people personalize prayer, the Word, and evangelism. In order to continue this work, we must constantly seek out today’s Word, prayer, and evangelism.
3. Globalization
Those who have the answer of the blessing of personalization and disciplization can easily relay this answer to others no matter what field they go to. There are so many people who are wandering, afflicted, and searching for an answer inside the field. We must find these people and give them the answer, and we must help them to taste the answers that God gives every single day. This is the greatest start of world evangelization.
- Today’s Word, prayer, and evangelism are the sure blessings that God has given to us. Even if answers don’t come immediately, we just need to hold on to this fact. Hold on to the blessing of personalization, disciplization, and globalization and discover the prayer topics that God has for you.
GATS Closing Seminar / 2010.6.16