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How To Run With The Vision fixing our eyes on Jesus Christ not denominations – Brian Long

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This is a powerful excerpt from a longer message: Coming Persecution and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, you can watch the video here.  And the full transcription is part of the Principles for the Gathering of Believers book soon to be released.

Here is the excerpt from the book:

HOW TO RUN WITH THE VISION

He said write the vision that He may run who reads it. In other words, do something with this vision. It demands a response, a practical response. Run with the vision. Someone who is running is either running away from something or they are running in pursuit of something. I want to say to you tonight to run with this vision is to run in pursuit; not of something but Someone.

Hebrews chapter 12:1. Run with the vision but how? Run pursuing Someone: “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”821

This is a pursuit, namely, of Jesus Christ Himself. You want to run with the vision? Pursue Christ with all your heart. Fix your eyes on Christ, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Let Jesus #ll your vision. Go after Him. Let Him be your chief delight, your highest ambition, your most passionate pursuit . . . your greatest desire should be the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Otherwise, you’re not running the race! You’re not running with the vision. Make it plain. Make it personal.

How is it with you? What is your greatest passion? What’s your most passionate pursuit? What do you talk about the most? Who do you talk about the most? Jesus Christ? Or your bible translation? Jesus Christ? Or your particular doctrine, theology, eschatology . . .? Jesus Christ? Or your ministry? Jesus Christ? Or your gifts? Jesus Christ? Or your head-covering? Jesus Christ? Or your children, your family . . .? Jesus Christ? Or your denomination? It can be a number of things, brothers and sisters, and they’re not all bad. Everything should pale in comparison with love for Him. Love for Christ; the pursuit of Christ. I tell you, this remnant that God is raising up that is scattered all over the earth shares one thing in common: to you who believe, He is precious! Christ is precious! Hallelujah!

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Footnotes:

821 Hebrews 12: 1-2

 

A New Movement?

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“God seems in Scripture to work in generations of 40 or 50 years. His purposes must be accomplished on earth and He will raise up individuals and even one person to accomplish that work. And if that individual fails God is patient and raises up a new servant for a new work. We see this example over and over again in the Old Testament where God lets an entire generation perish to raise up a new one that will be obedient to His call and accomplish His eternal purpose.

Denominations seem to follow this pattern also and after time as the denomination does not hear from the Lord but men and their decision making powers. Such groups God will slowly back away from to allow them to follow their own ways. Such should be feared and we should seek to be involved in God’s dynamic work of His Spirit that He is doing now. Sadly in the West many denominations resemble businesses rather than God’s work for His kingdom.

We need a simple vibrant work of God’s Spirit in our midst. Who will follow the Lord in simple obedience not seeking after gain, money, popularity but the Lord Himself and His purposes. Such a movement God is already raising up of many in the body of Christ that will not be a part of what man is doing but will only seek to be involved in the work of God. Our prayer is Gospel Fellowships will be one network for saints to connect together with this similar burden. It is our belief also that the present work of God to assemble His body is much larger than this small growing network of believers.

God truly is preparing His Bride to accomplish His end-times work. May we pray with the Prophet Habakkuk (Habakkuk 3:2):

O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.