February
27
The Lord said to him,
“Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name....” (Acts 9:15
ESV)
The Lord must have an
instrument, a Daniel instrument, whether personal or collective, that moves out
towards God for His testimony. He must have a Nehemiah with a heartache over
the people because of the breakdown of the testimony. He must have an Ezra who
is not for a moment compromising with anything contrary to the mind of God. He
must have the Esther instrument who flings fear to the winds, and goes, taking
life in hand, to besiege the throne for the life of her people, for the
deliverance of the people of God from the threat of the enemy. Oh! What those
prayers wrought! And, beloved, the burden of the Lord must come
on our heart in like manner if we are to be effective instruments for the Lord
in His end-time activities; we must be exercised in a very deep way with the
interests of God. We must hold back nothing that will count for the Lord and
His interests. You would be surprised how the Lord would come through if you
gave Him a chance.
The whole thing begins
with a recognition of the need, and the burden of these things upon our hearts.
When we are really in it by the urge of the Holy Spirit, the common features
found in these Old Testament instruments will be found inwrought in
us; and we shall be found an abandoned people unto this ONE THING – the Lord's
burden and heart concern for His testimony in His people.
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