September 2, 2023: Remove Every Obstruction!

"And it shall be said, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people's way." For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite." (Isaiah 57:14–15, ESV)

We live in a time when God is moving on the body of Christ, removing everything that hinders love. Revival is an outpouring expression of God's presence. Love is a key characteristic of God expressing himself. Anything that gets in the way of love has to go.
    
History shows that most revivals came to a close because carnal qualities overtook the hearts of those stewarding revival. Therefore, we must let the Holy Spirit get into the inner recesses of our hearts where the seeds of iniquity have been planted. In Psalm 51, David declares he was conceived in iniquity. That has to be removed from us.
    
Isaiah shouts to us, "Remove every obstruction, for God desires to dwell in the one whose heart is lowly and contrite." The powerful declaration in our scripture is God saying, "I will revive! I will revive the spirit of the contrite, and I will revive the spirit of the lowly!" Heaven cannot stress enough how important it is to allow these dormant seeds of iniquity to be plucked up before they germinate in our hearts!