WE GET THE FIRE FROM SITTING AT HIS FEET

January 20

Psalms 119:27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

Up to the time Jesus resurrected, the disciples were indecisive in their faith. They understood it somewhat with their heads, but their heart wasn’t illuminated yet. This is the reason why they were cowardly and not able to stand strong when Jesus was captured. They deserted Him. Peter even denied to know Him three times (Matthew 26:72).

After Jesus resurrected, things were different. He met two of the disciples on the road to Emmaus. And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. After breaking bread in front ot them, Jesus disappeared and we are told that, …their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? (Luke 24). Later, Jesus appeared to 500 of the disciples (1 Cor 15:6) being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: (Acts 1:3).

It is after this time spent in the presence of the LORD. It is after they sat at His feet learning from Him for forty days. It is after they were taught by the Lord Himself all the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God that the disciples became the fiery evangelists that changed the world, each one suffering persecution for the sake of Jesus’ name and the kingdom of God. What happened?

When we finally get it. When we finally understand the height, the depth, the length and the width of our salvation. When we dare to fathom the mercy and the love He has for us. When we finally realize everything that transpired from the beginning of creation so that we, little us today, can be the recipient of this most wonderful gift, it become an irresistible evangelical power within us that cannot be stopped or it will blow up like Krakatoa. The way the disciples changed from their cowardly attitude and died for their faith is the greatest proof of the resurrection. They would never have had the conviction; they could never have done it without that tangible undeniable evidence.

Oh my friend, we want to learn to earnestly and sincerely testify of our faith? We need to spend time with Him sitting at His feet listening to Him expounding all the marvelous things concerning the kingdom. As we understand the way of His precepts, this evangelical fire then will come naturally, and we will talk of His wondrous works.

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.