Strong Wings Require Deep Roots

Only one thing can bring people to their knees before the Cross of Christ and that thing is not our programs or our entertainment; it is the power and anointing of the Holy Ghost that speaks directly into their heart to convict them of sin and draw them to Jesus.

One more root that I want to mention is the “root of routine”. We must learn once again to be faithful to perform those duties that are a part of our Christian heritage.

There are duties of regular church attendance; regular reading and studying of God’s Word; regular times of prayer; and regular times of fasting. This is the routine of being a faithful servant unto the Lord.

People who aren’t rooted just want to show up, get blessed, draw what they want from the services, leave what they don’t want to hear behind and go home and then tell everyone that they went to church like it’s some great sacrificial price to pay for living for the Lord.

What we must understand is that there will come a time when the Holy Spirit will move in a very real, very powerful way. It will happen in His time, when everything is just as it should be.

How many times must we come to church to go through a routine of praise, worship, hearing the sermons, praying for the sick, receiving the offerings and then go home? How long are we willing to go through the routine before we give up on the moving of the Holy Ghost in our midst?

Illustration:

Israel sat for long periods of time out in the wilderness when they just went about their daily lives as the cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night just sat over the tabernacle. They didn’t live under a constant might move of God, or did they? It seems to me that they were in a position where God was ever leading, ever providing, and ever fulfilling his promise to them but they couldn’t always see his hand in action. But all of a sudden, when God’s time was right, that cloud, or that pillar, began to move and then the move was on for the whole camp.

We might go through long periods of time when it seems that God is just watching and waiting and not really doing anything spectacular in our midst, but get ready; when the Holy Spirit decides to move, the flood gates of Heaven will open and those who have been routinely serving God in faithfulness are going to be the only ones to experience that mighty move of God.

How often have people come to church time and again, then get tired and start staying home, and then miss the services where the Holy Spirit is poured out and the anointing falls and people are slain in the Spirit, filled with the Holy Ghost and God’s presence is so real that we just don’t want to leave?

If you want to experience the good times, you must be routinely faithful all the time.

People of God, we must stay connected to our roots if we are going to prosper in our walk with the Lord.

We will never mount up with wings as eagles, we can’t run without growing weary, we can’t walk without getting faint, or tired, and our strength cannot be renewed unless we stay connected to our roots.