"AND when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all assembled together in one place, When suddenly there came a sound from heaven like the rushing of a violent tempest blast, and it filled the whole house in which they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues resembling fire, which were separated and distributed and which settled on each one of them. And they were all filled (diffused throughout their souls) with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other (different, foreign) languages (tongues), as the Spirit kept giving them clear and loud expression [in each tongue in appropriate words]." -The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
God is determined to be heard and seen in every outpouring.
As industry evangelists, we are called to bring "revival" to our workplace and cities.
That word "revival" means: something lost; a truth or manifestation being restored into your life. It is the completion of a process, causing someone to recover a state of cheer or encouragement after a time of anxiety and trouble; it is a refreshing or reviving with "fresh" wind.
Do you bring times of refreshing where you live, work or learn?
As leaders, we have the burden of inspiring not only extreme and new practices, but creating an atmosphere for new faith, hope, expectation, culture, values, passion and reward.
You have an awesome opportunity to catalyst an entire social order from your leadership, experience, vision, integrity and gift.
How can you determine if "revival" has come to your city, workplace or home?
If people can hear and see what God is doing where you work and influence others; If peers witness the transformation and changing of the guard taking place; when there is inspired change to counter the common culture of society or industry.
When the "wind" of God's Presence flows, God not only bestows gifts (of the Spirit) to men, but a fire of righteousness, (His divine nature and character), deliverance and sweeping reform to those in leadership and power (whether in politics, business, healthcare, education, religion etc.):
His wind can ignite at least three areas of society:
1. MORALITY (THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF MEN):
"Behold, the tempest of the Lord has gone forth in wrath, a whirling tempest; it shall whirl and burst upon the heads of the wicked. The anger of the Lord shall not turn back until He has executed and accomplished the thoughts and intents of His mind and heart. In the latter days you shall consider and understand it perfectly. I did not send these [false] prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had stood in My council, then they would have caused My people to hear My words, then they would have turned them [My people] from their evil way and from the evil of their doings." - (Jeremiah 23:19-21)
Have your words and example caused people to turn from their way of doing business and living?
2. GOVERNMENT REFORMS (THE POSITIONS OF MEN)
"It is God Who sits above the circle (the horizon) of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; it is He Who stretches out the heavens like [gauze] curtains and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in, Who brings dignitaries to nothing, Who makes the judges and rulers of the earth as chaos (emptiness, falsity, and futility). Yes, these men are scarcely planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely does their stock take root in the earth, when [the Lord] blows upon them and they wither, and the whirlwind or tempest takes them away like stubble. Lift up your eyes on high and see! Who has created these? He Who brings out their host by number and calls them all by name; [AND] through the greatness of His might and because He is strong in power, not one is missing or lacks anything." (Isaiah 40:22-26)
King Solomon added: "THE KING'S heart is in the hand of the Lord, as are the watercourses; He turns it whichever way He wills." (Proverbs 21:1)
King David wrote: "When the waters [at the Red Sea and the Jordan] saw You, O God, they were afraid; the deep shuddered also, for [all] the waters saw You." (Psalms 77:16)
As long as something is afraid of you, you will always have authority over it.
Because the storm was afraid of Christ, He had authority and power over and in it. Therefore, not only can God send a storm (in Jonah's case), but He can walk with you in a storm, calm a storm, walk on and in the midst of one and bid you the supernatural ability to do the same, if you will simply come.
Our vessel may be faulty, but the enemy is afraid of this treasure that is "in" you.
He wants to destroy the Presence of God in your life at any cost, because until he does, you will always have authority over Him.
3. HUMAN RIGHTS (THE LIBERATION OF MEN)
"And the Angel of God Who went before the host of Israel moved and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before them and stood behind them, Coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. It was a cloud and darkness to the Egyptians, but it gave light by night to the Israelites; and the one host did not come near the other all night. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night and made the sea dry land; and the waters were divided." (Exodus 14:19-21)
Since the beginning of time, the enemy has always fought against the Presence (or wind) of God that ruins his conspiracy.
Because the wind of the Spirit can divide and reverse the natural order of things.
For example, whatever doctors diagnose is just the "natural order" or course of the disease, but God can reverse it and take away the power of the raging sea (disease) with one strike of His Word. When God comes, He doesn't keep silent. He has a Word for every situation. His mighty tempest can be both seen and heard.
He is jealous for you and contends for your defense, security and prosperity with swinging and menacing arms. (See Isa. 30:29-32)
Today, He wants to blow and unsettle whatever opposes you and your team's progress.
What sound is filling the place where you are sitting?
Is there a clear and loud expression of the move (or authority) of God on your life?
Line the enemy up for a blow. Your secret weapon lives to be released in you and make history.
