Spring 1995
Christ our All
Beulah Skinner

Spring is here. As life springs forth in the earth, there is also a fresh stirring in the Church. The progress and purity of this time of refreshing is contingent upon our response to the presence and moving of the Holy Spirit.

We are being called to an individual, personal consecration that goes beyond any experience we may have received in the past. He is bringing us into the realm of the Spirit, above our circumstances and feelings.

He must have vessels that are completely empty, that He may fill them with Himself and into which He can pour His glory. Only then will He be able to show forth His holiness and power.

The Holy Spirit intends for us to rely solely upon Him, that behind all action will be the supreme consciousness of the indwelling presence of Jesus Himself. We are to be enabled by His grace and clothed with His strength.

As we are immersed into this identification with Him, there is released within us a new measure of His life giving power. We must be willing to follow Him wherever He leads, trusting Him as the Holy Spirit carries out His work of transforming us into the image of Jesus Christ.

The Lord is pressing us toward our recognizing the necessity of an absolute consecration. We are to wholly abandon ourselves to Him for whatever He may choose, as we confess the Lordship of Jesus Christ in faith and obedience. It is this abiding awareness of His living within us that is so important.

Our heavenly life is to be nourished by His Heavenly Life.

"He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh My blood,
dwelleth in Me, and I in him" John 6:56.

May we both hear and respond to that which the Lord is revealing in our hearts at this time.