January 12, 2011 (afterthoughts on All Nations XA promo video)

Diary entry: (originally intended to be afterthoughts, but as I wrote, the diary entry took on quite a different turn)

January 12, 2011 (afterthoughts on All Nations XA promo video)

God, I come to you expressing my heartfelt thoughts. I really miss the wonderful experiences and encounters I had with warriors and contenders of the faith - but more than that, I miss those intimate encounters with You. Perhaps it's the conference setting, perhaps it's the ceaseless prayers of the faithful, but there was something so much richer about You at those places. There was an intensified manifestation of the presence of the Holy Spirit.
It was not hypnosis. It was not hype. It was not the lighting.
It was the heart of a people united in believing God for the impossible and supernatural. It was the stiffened resolve and concrete faith of a people refusing to surrender to the voice of doubt. It was the open heart of the children of God inviting the LORD of hosts to Glorify His Name in their midst. The people gathered, and God came down.
And hands were raised in adoration and worship unto the LORD.
Knees were bended in humility and meekness before the LORD.
Heads were bowed in deep sorrow for sins committed against the LORD.
Tears were shed in realization of the great mercy of the LORD.
And so we lifted our faces,
looking at the Father on high,
looking at the Lord Jesus seated on the right Hand,
listening and giving ear to Truth spoken through the Holy Spirit
It was a divine moment. It was a supernatural moment.
It was not mere chance. It was not coincidence.

"COME! Come to the altar! And offer up your lives as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God on high! Come and be my ambassador! Come and be my high priest! You will be in chains, you will be despised, you will taste the spit of society, but I have overcome it all! One day, very soon, the judge of all the earth will do right. The LORD hears the desire of the afflicted; the LORD WILL strengthen their heart, the LORD will incline His ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more."
"Surely I am coming soon."
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

Blessings in Christ,
Shu Guan