Revival In The Marketplace

Revival In The Marketplace

In fact, many business leaders that I know have a much higher pulpit than most preachers ever aspire. It is imperative that we as the body of Christ begin to recognize the callings of God on the "Kings in the House".

Often when we hear a sermon or think about the need for revival and the steps that are necessary to achieve revival in the church our first reaction is to think that the church meetings will be more lively, more will be encouraged, maybe even a few will get saved.

Did you ever stop to think that the very steps a person would take to bring revival in the church are the same steps that you need to take to transform your business or profession?

For instance, revival has been accurately described as a time when God's life is poured out on His church. When His Glory comes and fills His temple ( and we are the body of Christ is His temple)! In Exodus 25:8 He tells us that He wants to LIVE in our midst, that His desire is that we make Him a sanctuary or dwelling place.

Do you have any idea how that would transform your job, business or profession if that happened to you?

God has given precise instructions on how to prepare a Holy place for Him to dwell. If we follow the pattern then God will come!

In Leviticus 6:8-13 we are instructed to offer a burnt offering and that it is to be a continual offering. In Hebrews we are told to offer up the sacrifice of praise continually. A voluntary act of worship is expressing your commitment and complete surrender. To recognize that it is God alone that empowers you and enables you to do the things He has called you to do.

And YES that is for business as much as it is for the pulpit. Mr. Banker, Mrs. Salesperson, Mr. Truck Driver, Mrs. Farmer ; it takes us all in. You are called of God to minister in the marketplace and you need the power of God and the anointing of God as much as any preacher that ever lived!

In Leviticus 6:14 we find the law of the Grain offering which speaks of provision. Begin to thank God for His great provision for your business. Take nothing for granted and never believe that it was your own ability that accomplished your tasks. If it was, your tasks are too small! The Lord takes pleasure in providing what you stand in need of to accomplish your calling in the earth.

For many years I worked as a computer programmer starting back in the early sixties when the only computers were huge main frames. The programs that we wrote back then had esoteric names like IBM 360 Assembler Language. Many times I had to call upon the Lord to help me to have wisdom in "debugging" a problem. Back then when a problem occurred the computer would create a "core dump". Basically, it would just start printing everything that was in the core memory at the time of the error. The only problem is that it was printed in hexadecimal. I know, I've probably lost you by now. Hexadecimal is a base 15 mathematical language. A certain digit represents a letter and so on. At any rate, when you have a "core dump" you have hundreds of pages of funny looking characters that have to be deciphered one at a time. Many times when faced with such a problem, I had to cry out to the Lord for help. And you know what? He helped me! The answer would come as I worked over that report, silently praying, seeking guidance?. I still had to work at it, sweat over it but so many times the answer would leap out at me. I gave Him the credit. I was thankful for the provision.

Leviticus 24:2-4 tells us about the Golden Lampstands which is a symbol of the Holy Spirit releasing revelation from God. Look for and depend on that revelation of the Holy Spirit concerning your work. He has promised to give you what you stand in need of. He will reveal to you the secrets of the universe if you'll only ask Him!

The Altar of Incense in Exodus 30:7-8 is a symbol of God's people's prayers. Vs 8,"And when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense on it, perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

• Continual worship
• Continual thanksgiving
• Continual fellowship with His Spirit
• Continual prayer

Wherever these conditions are met, the Lord says He will meet with us THERE! Exodus 29:42-46. I will speak with you there. I will meet with you there. It shall be consecrated by my Glory. I will dwell among the sons of Israel.

Where there is continual praise, prayer, thanksgiving and worship, God's presence will come! It doesn't say it has to be in a church on Sunday morning (although He wants it there too). He says whereever He finds someone that is meeting those four conditions, He will manifest Himself in you.

Let's have Revival in our business this week.

Jim Watkins

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