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We Owe the Next Generation an Encounter With God

We Owe the Next Generation an Encounter With God

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There is a cry rising in my spirit in this hour:It’s time to wake up.It’s time to rise up.It’s time to encounter the living God again.Not just for ourselves—but for the next generation.Recently I heard Pastor Russell Johnson say, “We owe the next generation an encounter with the living God.” When I heard those words, something leaped inside of me. I found myself saying out loud, “Yes, Jesus. That’s what we need.”Those words have not left me.They have pushed a question deep into my heart that I can’t shake:What am I doing—personally—to make room for an encounter with the living God so the next generation can encounter Him too?That’s what this whole conversation is about.We Owe Them More Than StoriesI grew up around the move of the Holy Spirit—Pentecostal roots, the gifts of the Spirit, praying in the Spirit, healings, the presence of God. None of that was strange to me.As a teenager, when Jesus saved me at fourteen, I had a burning hunger for His presence. I used to read old books I found from my great-grandmother—testimonies of miracles, healing, evangelistic crusades where people were saved, delivered, filled with the Holy Spirit. Those stories stoked the fire in my heart.But somewhere along the way, something shifted in the wider church.We went from powerful moves of God—salvations, healings, mass repentance, deliverance—to… almost silence. Not because God stopped moving, but because many stopped pursuing what it takes to live in continual encounter.A generation stopped tending the fire.We stopped putting wood on the altar:* Sacrificial prayer* Costly obedience* Persistent hunger for God’s presenceAnd when you stop feeding the fire, the embers begin to die.We cannot do that to the generation coming behind us.They don’t just need our sermons, our nice church services, or our Christian culture.They need a living example of what it looks like when a man or woman truly encounters God.The Secret of Encounter: Travail and ObedienceJohn Hyde—known as “Praying Hyde”—once said:“The secret of revival is travailing prayer.”I believe that.If we want a genuine encounter with God, it ultimately comes down to this simple question:Am I willing to pour my guts out in prayer before God?Not a token prayer.Not “Now I lay me down to sleep” prayer.But the kind of prayer that consumes you.Prayer that lays your life on the altar as a living sacrifice—holy and acceptable to God. Prayer that refuses to be conformed to this world but is transformed by the renewing of the mind. Prayer that positions you to discern and live out the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.And true prayer always leads somewhere:* To obedience* To surrender* To humility* To a pre-decided “Yes, Lord”Not “Yes” after I hear the assignment.“Yes” before I even know what it will cost.That is where encounters are born.Seek First the Kingdom—For RealJesus said, “Seek first the Kingdom of God…”It sounds simple, but it cuts deep.Seeking the Kingdom first means:* Asking, “Lord, what are You doing right now?”* Letting His priorities rearrange my priorities* Saying, “Use my life to speak to this generation. Let me be a voice, not just an observer.”People are hungry for truth.They are starving for the real thing.The truth sets people free—but someone has to speak it.So I have to ask myself—and I invite you to ask with me:* Am I seeking God first, or fitting Him in?* Am I seeking what He wants above what I want?* Am I willing to say, “Here is my yes. Use me however You want”?Because Jesus also said:“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst… for they will be filled.”Not might be.Will be.The real issue is not, “Will God fill me?”The real issue is, “Am I actually hungry enough to pursue Him?”Stop Comparing Your Walk—Start ObeyingOne of the enemy’s favorite tactics is comparison.“I don’t pray like them.”“I can’t get up as early as them.”“I’m not as bold, as smart, as deep, as spiritual…”I’ve been there.I’ve looked at men and women I respect—intercessors, revivalists, pastors—and thought, I could never do what they do. Social media amplifies this. We see highlight reels of other people’s devotion and feel disqualified in our own.One day, God confronted that in my heart.In prayer, I sensed Him say:“I don’t want to have someone else’s relationship with you. I want to have My relationship with you.”That changed me.I can never be Lou Engle.I can never be Lester Sumrall or Smith Wigglesworth.And I’m not called to be.But I can be fully mine—fully His.I can be a man who walks in obedience with the exact measure God has placed on my plate.Whatever God puts on your plate—that’s what He’s asking you to steward.Don’t disqualify yourself because you don’t pray exactly like someone else, fast like someone else, or serve like someone else. Start where you are. Be obedient with what you can do right now.God isn’t ...
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