#Leonard ravenhill judgment seat of christ free#
Indulging our flesh, even in what others might consider insignificant ways, will quench the free flow of God's Spirit through us and erect barriers in our relationship with the Lord Jesus.
These are all fruits of that deadly root of pride.Ī heart filled with itself will be unable to behold the loveliness of Jesus and will cease to reflect His light.Ģ. In my own life, pride can sometimes be seen in a hidden desire for the praise and admiration of men, an insistence on being "right," the desire to be noticed and appreciated, fear of rejection, or just pre-occupation with myself-my feelings, my needs, my circumstances, my burdens, my desires, my successes, my failures. Pride manifests itself in so many subtle, but lethal ways. But He is forced to resist the proud heart that causes us to live as if we were the center of our own world. When He fills all our vision, the result is a humble heart that knows its own nothingness apart from Him. It is true that when we "turn our eyes upon Jesus, the things of earth will grow strangely dim." It is equally true that when we fix our eyes upon ourselves, our vision of Jesus will become "strangely dim" by comparison. An exalted view of "self" will cause us to have a diminished view of Jesus.
What are some of those things that come between us and the Saviour? What keeps us from having a pure, unhindered relationship with Him and reflecting His light to our world? In my own life, there are several things that most commonly obstruct my view of the Lord Jesus and threaten to keep the light of His presence from shining in and through me.ġ. And whereas a lunar eclipse happens only infrequently, it seems that our lives are prone to "spiritual eclipses." Therefore, we must continually be alert to anything which might come between our soul and the Saviour. However, when the things of this earth come between us and the Lord Jesus, our view of Him is obscured and our light is diminished. We have no light of our own-any light that shines from our lives is merely that which we reflect from Him. Jesus is the Sun of Righteousness, the Light of the world. Nothing preventing the least of His favor, Only then are we able to reflect His light to our world. "Revival" may be pictured as that state in which our lives, our homes, and our churches are aligned with the Lord Jesus in such a way that nothing stands between us and Him. The event caused me to reflect in a fresh way on revival and its hindrances. The sun's light was eclipsed by the earth, making it impossible for the moon to shine. The "problem" was that the earth had come between the sun and the moon, causing the moon to become dark. But when the moon ceased to shine, it wasn't because the sun's light was no longer shining. The moon has no light of its own it merely reflects the light of the sun. Of course, we know that the moon didn't really disappear.
#Leonard ravenhill judgment seat of christ full#
Late one evening last spring, along with millions of other stargazers around the globe, I watched as, in a matter of minutes, a brilliant full moon "disappeared" behind a dark shadow.
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