Archive for February 3rd, 2008

That is a question that I dont really hear too much anymore so I guess that it is out of style or what ever but today I want to actually address what’s shaking? And the answer to that question in my life and in the Body of Christ as a whole is sadly nothing.  And I am sure by now that you are totally confused and wondering where this is going…well let me give you a scripture reference that I read and let you see what I mean.

Acts 4:31 (New American Standard Bible)

 31 And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.

This verse is describing what happened to the disciples after Peter and John had been arrested and then let go.  They gathered together to pray and because of that situation the Holy Spirit made movement upon them and they felt a physical shaking of the ground (considered to be similiar to an earthquake).  Ok when is the last time that you felt the earth shake or anything for that matter due to something that was happening in the Body of Christ?  Now let me go on record with our Charismatic friends that I am asking this in regards to true Holy Spirit movement towards the Body of Christ not towards an individual (that is a topic to be debated later I guess ;o) ) 

I guess what I am getting at is why on a whole are we not in a place that the Holy Spirit can move among us like the examples in the Bible?  I truly believe that our life today can be “modeled” (as I write this in a Blog) after Christ maybe not literally meaning I dont wear a robe to work everyday but I can act with a Christlike heart towards my coworkers.  I am totally blown away sometimes by the things that stand out in scripture that I have read 100 times before.  My prayer for not only my church but also for the Body of Christ is to get to a place where we are so Christ minded that we are open and allowing of the Holy Spirit to move in mighty ways that we can not expain.  I am not totally sure this “rant” will make sense to anyone else but me  so if need be just say to yourself “You know how Tyler Is!” ha ha ha.

God Bless ~ Tyler