It’s been a few days since I’ve mentioned our spiritual
guide and historical friend Honi the Circle Maker. For those just joining me on this journey to
Easter I have based my observations on Mark Batterson’s book The Circle Maker.
Mark introduced us to a man who understood spiritual value
of a circle. Drawing one in the dirt he
turned it into his prayer closet. A
cylinder shaped shaft that reached into heaven and from it God saw remarkable
faith and granted Honi’s request for rain.
We’re preparing ourselves for Easter through praying and
fasting realizing this to be more than just a season but a soul searching which
brings revelation only in the privacy of personal prayer.
One day in 1997, in the middle of the Sunday morning service,
while sharing my heart I felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to challenge those
listening to take a journey with me around our building. We needed a miracle and there was no way I
could muster up the money or the motivation of our church. They had been burned by a building program
that had taken their heart, soul and pocketbooks. You can be as “broke as a church mouse” but
if you’ve got feet you can walk and walk we did.
I’m sure people driving by that morning wondered what a
single file line of people were doing marching around the church when they
should have been sitting in their comfortably padded pews. Some, more than likely, thought we were crazy
Pentecostals.
For me, I didn’t care what they thought! I needed a miracle and the Spirit prompted
this by faith and we walked a circle.
When I reentered the sanctuary there was no one in the room, I was the
first one back and they had all followed.
Let’s cut to the chase, what happened you ask? A book’s worth but in short God honored us walking
in a circle and $400,000 was given in faith in 90 days by 115 people.
A.W. Tozer was right when he said; “What comes into our
minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” So let me remind you as you might be
preparing to pray, our biggest problem is our small view of God. It is not what we’re facing that should be
our concern but who we’re trusting for our deliverance.
God is so much bigger than our biggest problem! Pray that way.
I’ll meet you at the throne,
Pastor George
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