How do you foresee the growth of an apostolic movement vital to bringing reformation and revival to the nations ?
become present , because the powers of the coming age are eclipsing the current age . Generative leadership is essentially apostolic and creates momentum because there is a ‘ generative impulse ’ given by the Holy Spirit , according to John 16:13 when He “ discloses what is to come ” to those who are following His lead . There are things that “ want to ” unfold , and there is a future that “ wants to ” emerge . That unfolding and that emerging requires a movement that is generative . If it isn ’ t generative , it isn ’ t apostolic . Apostolic movements anticipate the future prior to its arrival , and then go about working with the Spirit to bring that future into present reality , and create a Kingdom Culture that everyone wants to belong to .
It is my conviction that there is a great leap forward beginning to unfold in the Kingdom . Everything that can be shaken is being shaken . When the writer to the Hebrews in Hebrews 12:27-28 quotes the Prophet Haggai in this regard , the word for “ shaken ” in the Hebrew is a fascinating study . It doesn ’ t merely imply the concept of “ shaking ”, it actually , at its root , means to leap forward , and to spring forward like a leaping horse . The “ removal ” of those things that can be shaken is the transferring of things from one place to another by way of a leap . There was a revolutionary leap that took place 500 years ago that occurred both in science and theology . Both of these leaps took place within the framework of the Church . The Copernican Revolution and the Great Reformation took place in the same era . Science and Spirituality , Time and Technology were in a heated debate in this season . All the signs indicate that for there to be another great move of the Spirit , there will have to be a company of men and women as brave and as courageous as Copernicus and Luther , and all the other reformers in every sphere of society . It was the late Phyllis Tickle , a lay theologian in the Anglican Communion who said that every 500 years God has a “ rummage sale .” We are seemingly at such a turning point in history . There are great upheavals in every area of our culture , and while some are forecasting doom and gloom , an argument based on the validity of Scripture and Church history seems to indicate another great outpouring of the Spirit is headed our way . May the ascended and glorified Christ anoint us afresh to steward a movement that unleashes a flood tide of His grace and glory in the Earth , with signs and wonders following .
DR . MARK J . CHIRONNA Mark Chironna Ministries Member of HIM Since 2012
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