Iced Tea

Have you ever tasted a glass of iced tea that hasn't been stirred up?  It tastes terrible--bland and weak.  But if you stir it the taste comes alive and it is so delicious, especially when you are dry and your throat is parched.

God is in the business of stirring up his church.  Why, do you ask?  Because He wants it to be 'tasty'.  He wants it to be a place where dry and parched souls find refreshment.

Sometimes church can be a place that seems like a lot of iced tea has been poured in but it doesn't taste so good.  It can be bland and there is a sense that something is missing.  I am encouraged--no, actually my spirit begins to be filled with anticipation, when I read that God is in the business of stirring up what He has already poured out to us through His Holy Spirit!

In Acts 2:17ff God says that He will pour out His Spirit on all people, and there will be prophecy, visions and dreams of Mighty God and His desires for His world.  God says that wonders will be shown in heaven and on earth--wonders! And that in the midst of all this stirring, He will bring people into saving relationship with His Son Jesus Christ, the miracles of all miracles!

God is at work.  He is stirring up His people, the Church, to live in the power of the Holy Spirit, and the Church is getting tastier and tastier to all those thirsty souls out there.  Not because we have it all together and are so attractive, but because Jesus is shining through willing and obedient hearts to the world around them. 

An amazing thing in the midst of all this is the fact that we can choose to 'get on board' or resist what God wants to do.  If you are honest with yourself, are you a little afraid of getting 'stirred up?'  If you have a hesitation to step into what the Holy Spirit may want to do through you; if you are a bit uncomfortable because this may mean stepping out of what is familiar and safe, then think of this:

A stirred glass of iced tea tastes so much better than one where all the goodness is just sitting at the bottom of the glass.

God wants to make you tasty!  Will you go?

BT