(Below is an excerpt from Pastor’s book, “How to Find Life in Dead Situations”)
So many things happen in the world today. Sometimes you wonder what it is going to take to wake people up. We are facing some challenging days ahead. We need to pray that Jesus will be glorified in these times. I heard a story from a United States Marine cadet. He went to chapel for the first time on his base, not knowing what he would find. He told me that the chapel was full of young cadets praising and worshiping God. He said, “When the service was over, we were all on our faces before God praying and crying out.” Listen my friend, God is at work all over the world. We need to just keep the switch of faith turned on. I know the Word of God says that God “. . . is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20). Our most exciting days are yet to come. I believe the church is being positioned for God’s glorious outpouring across the world.
The final thing that happened in John 11 is so simple; I had never noticed it before. The Bible says, “. . . then many . . . believed.” Many believed – that is what happens in every church service, every time you open the Bible or read a book like this. “Many . . . believed . . . But some of them went their ways . . .” So many people leave a church service without really knowing what the preacher said.
Some just shuffle off down the freeway of life. Folks, we need to hear from God every day. We need to use our faith. We need to stay excited and thrilled about the things of God. We must press in with our faith as never before. It is all by faith. God help me not to be lazy in my faith. I must press in for myself, my family, and my church. We must press in. The will of God is not going to happen because it is a good idea or because it has happened in the past. It is going to happen because we keep our faith on the line.
Some of you have been through tough situations. But I tell you this situation is not unto death, but it is unto the glory of God. God’s going to receive the glory. You can believe to see the goodness of God in the land of the living.