Date: 06-Nov-2024
Name: Chidi
Topic: PROGRESSIVE PRINCIPLES OF ADVANCEMENT.
Content:
Ezekiel 47.
"In Ezekiel 47:1-12, the Lord gives His prophet a vision of water flowing out from the temple in Jerusalem. This imagery gives us a vivid, prophetic portrayal of the Spirit’s work in the church. We see what types of things should be happening when the Spirit is at work among the people of the Lord."
We want to go beyond the "Theology" of this chapter and apply some relevant and simplified nuggets that we can extract.
The life of Ezekiel as a prophet was filled with tractions, transitions and trajectories of prophetic imageries.
The image that I see here for contemporary times and relevant to our days is why I have titled this chapter, the PPA.
Nobody wants to swim in shallow waters, that's for beginners. A good swimmer is always looking for depths and the deep ends.
Ezekiel clearly teaches us that we must go constantly from shallow levels to deeper ends.
Life is all about pressing on and making good progress.
2 Corinthians 3:18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
We can't settle on our lees, we move from glory to glory, from deeper levels to deepest dimensions.
Prayer Points:
Lessons.
When the Spirit is flowing, what is a trickle becomes a mighty river.
When the Spirit is flowing, what is empty becomes filled.
When the Spirit is nudges us to press on, we must surrender swimmingly.
