As a new year dawns upon us, the cry of my heart is that each of us would know Christ and experience His victory as never before. My heart yearns to know Him intimately and follow Him closely. Therefore, each week, I'll be writing about the names of God. In His name, we have victory; in His name, we can conquer kingdoms; in His name, we have the ability to overcome our frailties; and in His name, we have assurance of answers to our prayers.
He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. (Rev. 19:13 NIV)
Recently, I was in a conference with Christian leaders, where I'd been talking about God's leadership. I said several times that "God spoke to my heart" and that "God led me to do certain things." One leader at the close of our session asked some pertinent questions. "What do you mean when you say that "God spoke to you?" he asked. "How does God speak to you?"
God is a great and mighty God. He created everything that exists and everything that ever will exist. He is the Creator. Nothing has or ever will come into existence without Him. But He's not only a powerful God, He's a good God. In fact, He's perfect in His goodness. At His creation of the universe, the Bible says, "God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning-- the sixth day (Genesis 1:31 NIV). All of His creation was good, because the Creator is good.
It was a moment I never imagined I would see. Perhaps I would call it one the great moves of God's Spirit in the history of the 20th century. It was a time when an entire nation was awakened to the realization that there is a God who rules and reigns in the affairs of human history. It was an instant in which the spirit of atheism was blown out of a nation.
