Lindsay

Refiner’s Fire

It is such a blessing to be in a place where there are so manypeople wholeheartedly seeking the Lord. He is moving in suchpowerful ways in the lives of people all over this campus.This has been a special week for me, too.Last night was the last service in what has been called “The Pursuit”.This is the student-led revival that has been going on all week long.The question posed in chapel on Monday morning is a question weall need to grapple with. “What are you pursuing?” Forcollege students this can be an especially haunting issue to trulydeal with the Lord on. We are poised at the fork of a thousand roads.Are the women on campus pursuing marriage,the possibility of a family, careers, intelligence, beauty, power, attention,clothing, etc.? Are the men on our campus pursuing influential positions ofleadership, money, careers, respect, women, expensive technology, cars, athletic prowess, etc.?Have many of us lost sight of what really matters?I suppose the next question that was posed is far more important to truly understandbefore we can answer the first.”Who is pursuing you?”The God of the universe. The One who formed you in yourmother’s womb. The One who knows you completely.The One who saw your need for a Savior before the Creation of theworld, and sent Jesus to re-establish intimacy with you.The One and Only God.He is pursuing us. He desires us and wants to be close to us.It is our sin that separates us from Him, and Jesus’blood took care of that!For me, this week has been a week of refining. The Lord has been showing me theareas of my life where my heart is divided. My whole heart must be His. He desiresme. I am His bride. He longs to purify me so that we may be as close as possiblebefore I see Him face to face. He has shown me how lethal my pride is. He haspulled the rug from beneath my feet on the things I used to be able to depend on.Last night, during our last revival service, I could,- for what seemed to be the first time- reallyfeel Christ living and moving inside of me. I know He has been there before now. In my headI understood it, and He promised it so long ago… but, in my heart it finally struck me that theSpirit who led Jesus throughout His ministry, all the way to the Cross, was inside of me. This same Spiritraised Christ from the dead!”But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and youwill be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of theearth.” Acts 1:8Yeah… I know He’s in me.God’s power and life are inside of me. He longs to fill each of us with His fullness.You are the temple of the Holy Spirit. We are the body of Christ.Who are you pursuing? I know He who is pursuing you. Do you?My prayer is that you do…. intimately and completely.Seek first the Kingdom…