8/21/08

SOME LAKELAND REVIVAL AFTER THOUGHTS

I OFFER A FEW MORE MUSINGS ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AS A RESULT OF THE LAKELAND REVIVAL

Most everyone by now must be aware the marital difficulties that Todd and Shonnah are having. It seems that Todd has filed a separation agreement and that he is involved in an 'inappropriate' relationship with a staff member.

From many corners of the Church have come appeals for prayer that they and their family will be restored as only the LORD can do. Keep them in your prayers, they need it!

Now all the hand wringing and buck passing and genuine repentance is coming forth from the 'who's who' in the Charismatic zoo. There is the 'I told you so' crowd who always thought Lakeland was not of the LORD, with their 20/20 hindsight fully working.

There are those who KNOW this was a fresh genuine move of the Holy Spirit and are not really sure how it got off track so quickly.

It seems to this humble scribe that NO ONE has the maturity or discernment to shepherd a genuine move of the Holy Spirit. The 'I told you so' crowd would have, and in some cases did, do everything in their power to kill it before it started.

There are those who can recognize when the Spirit of the LORD is moving and simply jump in and enjoy His Presence. They do however lack the maturity to know what the LORD would do and follow Him so they start to impose their agendas and formulas for how you run a meeting.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to now cry out to the LORD to not leave us in our infancy even though we are arrogant and prideful enough to think we know what we are doing .... to come and take His rightful place among us and then step back and let Him do what only He can do!

Continue to Pray that the LORD will accomplish what He has set out to do.