That little shake? I did. Others are also feeling it. It’s not an earth-quake … it’s a spiritual ground-quake. I was talking with another pastor recently and he told me he felt it too. Just a little shake, a tiny quake in the status quo. He said that his church was getting a few visitors who were looking for a church that preached the Word of God in truth and power. I understood … it’s beginning.
In Acts 4 Peter and John were seized by the religious rulers because they were “were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.” [v2]
They were told to “sit down and shut up.” They refused to do so, and eventually the rulers not knowing what else to do, threatened them and released them. Peter and John headed right back to the new church and had a prayer meeting. “Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” [Vs29-30]
And then it happened … “After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.” [v31]
Our society has been telling the church for a long time, “Give us what we want to hear!” “Otherwise,” they shout, “sit down and shut up.”
The church is finally beginning to rebel against that demand. She’s starting to speak out with loving boldness in truth, and the spiritual ground is starting to shake. Not a lot, yet, but enough that hungry people are starting to feel it! I know I am, are you?
