Volunteer Freely to Seek and Rescue 10-4-10

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Rule and reign in the heavens, on the earth, and here in my heart and life today. … “Your people will offer themselves willingly on the day You lead Your forces on the holy mountains. From the womb of the morning, like dew Your youth will come to You” (Psalm 110:3). These are the coming days of Your great power on the earth. You are preparing Your people to display Your glory as the mighty forces of the army of the Lord, following the lead of Your command. “In that day of battle, Your people will serve You willingly. Arrayed in holy garments, (their) vigor will be renewed each day like morning dew (v. 110:3, NLT). You will not have to prod them with force nor entice them with pay, for Your people will be stirred in their hearts with such passion and purpose to readily volunteer and offer themselves willingly in the service of our reigning King and “Commander of the Army of the Lord” (Joshua 5:14). We had tea with a young man and his family, just at sunset last night at their home overlooking a beautiful green and stony meadow, running up to the edge of the sea, off the coast of Holyhead Island, Angelsey, North Wales. He’s Heather’s son-in-law, Dafydd, who runs his business to support his family, but his passion is serving as a volunteer lifeboat captain with the sea rescue volunteer forces. These brave men and women are ready and willing, at a moment’s notice, to drop whatever they’re doing to answer the call to duty and respond to someone in distress. No one has to prod them or pay them. They’re prepared and passionate to offer themselves willing and volunteer freely on the day of battle for someone’s life in distress at sea. This is the heart You seek from Your people for this hour. There are many souls, lost at sea, overwhelmed and drowning in a world where all the things they’ve trusted for their safety and security are shipwrecked and shattered. Whether outwardly open in their desperate distress or still inwardly seeking some sense of hope while still hidden and masked by an exterior of pride, they’re crying for help. Whether they’ll admit it or not, they’re longing inside for someone who’ll come to seek and rescue their soul from the distress of life in a broken, fallen world. O Lord, who will hear Your call to be prepared for the day of battle for someone’s soul? Who will volunteer freely to serve You willingly, arrayed in the holiness of Your Spirit and clothed in the power of Your love, to be Your hands of hope and Your words of life? Let me be one. Let me be prepared and passionate to take my place at Your command in the army of the Lord who loves every sinner and lost soul, “not wanting any to perish, but that all to come to repentance” in the safe and mighty arms of the Lord (2 Peter 3:9). In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays Friends, please keep us in prayer during our time in Wales and England these next 30 days for our Encounter Wales! ministry trip. I have such a stirring in my spirit that we will encounter and experience God among the people in many diverse ways. Sometimes we'll be ministering in churches, sometimes home churches, sometimes public gatherings, sometimes in marketplace cafes and interesting little encounters and appointments we don't yet have any clue about but God does! I'm so thrilled that Heather and Bob Butler of Hidden Treasures Ministries invited Andrea Clemons and me to come, and they've made all the arrangements and provision for us to minister the healing love of God in their home nation. Our team will travel all over towns and villages in North Wales and to Oxford, Birmingham, and Plymouth England to preach, pray, and love the people of this land, as we share the Good News of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. Wales has deep spiritual roots. The great Welsh Revival in about 1904-1906 swept the nation and in time, impacted the world. It began as a simple time of fervent prayer and testimonies of repentance, led by a young man named Evan Roberts. I'll get to speak and share at Mariah Chapel, his home church where the Revival began humbly; and I'm excited about going to drink deeply from that ancient well of world-changing revival. Many also believe the Welsh Revival was a precursor to the famous Azusa Street Revival in California that ushered in the 20th century Pentecostal movement. Let's pray for revival and awakening in the hearts of the people and in ours. If you'd like to be part of our interactive, intercessory prayer team, please send a note to Linda, our pastor of prayer ministries at PrayerLead@aol.com God bless you! Subscribe for free by email to me at Messiah Ministries: MessiahMin@aol.com -- "Preparing the Way of the Lord ... Ministering the Healing Love of God" www.messiah-ministries.org To order my books and our ministry resources or contribute to our ministry on-line: www.shop.messiah-ministries.org Messiah Ministries; 2800 Tates Creek Rd; Lexington, KY 40502 God bless you!