The Man After Godβs Own Heart (Part Two) —-Bro Allan Halton
As we read the story of Saul we discover that he wasnβt a man who had much of a regard for learning Godβs ways. His own ways were quite good enough for himβas they were for the Gentile kings. No one told them what to do. And, after all, wasnβt he a king just like the nations round about? Isnβt this what the people wanted in the first place? But this was Godβs kingdom, and the two βmistakesβ we highlighted in the first part of this message cost Saul the kingdom. He made others beside the two we have spoken of, and they were all rooted in the same soilβa heart that was ready enough to sideline God and do what was reasonable in its own eyes. As we said last time, we see this same heart of Saul on every hand in the leadership of the churches of our day, and because of it an immense collapse is inevitable. The thing is… finding fault is easy enough, but knowing where others are missing it is of no value if we are not searching our own heart. If we want to make sure we ourselves donβt get caught in the looming disaster it will mean two things:
1) We must wait for God when waiting is so difficult. In the press of desperate circumstance when God is nowhere in sight we must resist the temptation to do what is expedient in our own eyes; we must wait for Godβfor His direction, for His help, for His strategy… for Himself, His Presence. Our churches are chock full of things that men decided to go ahead with when God was absent, was silent; there are countless programs and methodologies that the Lord of the church had absolutely nothing to do with bringing into being. We must repent of this evil, and get on our knees with a broken and contrite heart and seek the Anointed Jesus our Lord to come to us once again… and with His anointing help us offer the burnt offering.
A Call To The Remnant 