Spring
2006
His
Brooding Presence
Wade E Taylor
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and
stones those who are sent to you; how often would I have gathered
your children together, as a hen does gather her brood under
her wings, and you would not.” Luke 13:34
A mother hen instinctively sits upon an egg that will bring
forth a new generation. Likewise, the Holy Spirit broods upon
those whom He would birth into a higher spiritual realm and
purpose, especially at this present time.
While the world increasingly gives expression to its frustrations,
the Lord is quietly preparing those who, in the fullness of
His time, will be lifted into a governmental realm, to rule
with a rod of iron.
“For, behold, the day comes, that shall burn as an
oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall
be stubble: and the day that comes shall burn them up, says
the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor
branch. But to you that fear My name shall the Sun of righteousness
arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go forth, and
grow up as calves of the stall. And you shall tread down the
wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet
in the day that I shall do this, says the Lord of hosts.”
Malachi 4:1-3
As the life within an egg is inwardly formed, there is forming
within each of us - who presently are being quickened and
moved upon by the Holy Spirit - a living hope for a new day.
As we both feel and respond to the processings of the Holy
Spirit, even though we may not understand all that is taking
place, nor that for which we are being prepared, it is important
that we not hinder, but actively cooperate with the Holy Spirit,
as He broods upon us to complete the processing that is taking
place within us. Only then will we be ready to be birthed
into an active end-time cooperative relationship with the
Lord.
“And he that overcomes, and keeps My works to the end,
to him will I give power over the nations. And he shall rule
them with a rod of iron.” Revelation 2:26-27a
These deep inner dealings of the Holy Spirit act upon and
alter the very fiber of our being, that we might be brought
into alignment with the Lord’s higher purpose. Only
then can we be trusted to rightly use the power that will
be placed in our hand.
All creation is beginning to groan for the manifestation
of this end-time redemption. They search in vain as they are
yet unwilling to come to Jesus. who came that we might have
life, and have that life more abundantly. Therefore, the Holy
Spirit continues to brood upon His own, that they might be
prepared to be birthed into their place of ministry in the
coming day of His power.
The Lord would say to those upon whom He broods in this time
of preparation - He has love and compassion for all those
who yet reject Him, and also, He feels the frustration that
they experience.
Therefore, the Lord is hastening this work of preparation
within each of us who willingly respond to this brooding presence
of the Holy Spirit. These are being required by the Lord to
unconditionally submit the totality of their being - body,
soul, and spirit, to this work of preparation. We must allow
the Lord to remove from us all that is contrary to His working
within us.
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies
of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”
Romans 12:1
The Lord is calling His own, not only to stand faithful in
this day, but to become the expression and demonstration of
the life that He longs to impart into a lost and hurting world.
For us to be birthed, and begin to function, in this higher
realm, we must both believe and contend for an “open
heaven” under which we can “wait upon the Lord,”
to receive His enabling and empowering grace.
As the Lord actively broods upon us to birth this end-time
ministry, we must constantly express our love for Him, and
our willing acceptance of the moving and working of the Holy
Spirit within us, for the preparation of our lives to rightly
handle the Kingdom authority that He is getting ready to release
in this last day.
Once we have done this, we can rest in hope, as He continues
to brood upon us, knowing that He will complete the work of
preparation within us.