Revival roles on…
The IHOPU student awakening is still happening, with increases in power, healing, and manifestations. What started in November is now “common”, and I use that word loosely. What is striking me about this awakening is that it takes hunger to perpetuate the move of the Holy Spirit. At first glance that may sound somewhat unscrupulous but I believe its clear in the gospels and in the life of Christ that the most dramatic encounters of heaven touching earth were always where faith (hunger) was being most prevalently exercised by the community receiving it.
My hope is that this hunger only increases, although I am beginning to see the requirement for such a hunger to grow. That requirement involves, of course, gratitude but it also requires abandonment. Why? Because the life of the spirit is limitless and so is the manifestation of His person and activity. If this awakening slows, it may only be because our hearts have dulled. This is not an attempt to make a doctrine out of the awakening for surely, God can and will do what he desires regardless of the actions of men but as a rule of thumb, the Spirit moves where the heart is eager to receive.
How much more can we get in this whole thing? I think that answer lies in the communities grasp of desire. I hear, in all of this, the Lord saying, come out of the world. Be set apart for my gospel and its fruit. The Lord is such a good leader that I feel confident we shall not go back but not going back is not the same as attaining to the fullness that is possible. Sometimes being comfortable is as simple as not pressing forward. Can there be the kingdom where there is no exertion of spiritual force?!