Lord, You died for me; I will rejoice lavishly in You.
Human dignity takes on a new meaning when people are rapt in praise to God.
Have you ever seen fifty thousand people weeping, waving, jumping, and shouting in gladness to God? What else would you expect to happen when a mother stands on our platform, testifying that her child has just been healed of congenital blindness; or deafness; or perhaps, of twisted limbs?
I have seen these miracle testimonies so often. It is a glorious scene; the height of human experience. It is not to our credit when we keep perfectly cool as the lame walk, or the blind see. Such reserve is not clever: it is foolish.
Dance—now that is more in keeping with such moments! We should take joy in the presence of the Lord! Jesus said that, at such times, even the stones would cry out.
I look at the precious men and women—black or white, many who were so sad earlier—standing in a meeting, hands pressed together in emotion or lifted in worship, eyes glistening with glad tears, faces turned up to God, lips moving in wondering thankfulness.
I say to myself, “How beautiful they are!” In such moments, I wish I was an artist.
When dignity comes before our delight in God, it is a catastrophe! If God does not touch our feelings, the devil will. How can God convict sinners, and help them come to repentance, unless they feel moved?
How can He grant them the joy of sins forgiven, without giving them any sensation in their souls?
I believe that an evangelist’s job is to light a fire in the human spirit. Getting people saved is more than getting their names on a dotted line. Christianity is not a club that they are joining.
Salvation is spiritual surgery. What is the forgiveness that we proclaim? What sort of forgiveness did Jesus give? It was the real kind of mercy.
Taken from Daily Fire Devotional: 365 Days in God’s Word by Reinhard Bonnke. Copyright © 2016 by Reinhard Bonnke. Use by permission of Whitaker House. www.whitakerhouse.com
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