"Ye Are Come to Zion" - by T. Austin-Sparks

by John Mark on 04/03/24

Chapter 8 - The Burden of the Lord

Dear Saints,

This message was originally recorded October 15, 2014.

My notes:

In this message I counted 28 times the word "until". This reminds me of Doug's series of 9 ByteShow messages I posted on the Video Page and YouTube called Prerequisites for the Lord's Return.

"'I will not rest until this healing, this good health goes forth as a lamp that burneth'. You see what the Lord is concerned about, what He is after? To have a people in spiritual good health, whole, and sound, and vigorous, and free from these maladies that put her out of condition."

Brother Sparks spoke about the name, character, and reputation of Israel, what the Lord was after and how He saw her, "something that is of tremendous value to the Lord: "'a royal diadem in the hand of thy God'. Get the picture? Something valuable, something precious, something that the Lord admires. Something that the Lord delights to have, something upon which He dwells with admiration." That reminded me of a wonderful article we read a couple years ago, an article Doug recommended by Allan Halton, Segulah, God’s Peculiar Treasure.

Be sure not to fall for the word 'peculiar' as it's erroneously defined as 'strange, odd, or weird'. It's better understood as 'a purchased and possessed treasure'. That’s what we are in Christ, that treasure in the midst of the field Jesus purchased with His blood.

Brother Sparks addresses us who attend corporate prayer meetings and challenges us to go further than praying for our needs and those of others. "Ask the Lord to lay His burden upon your heart... show you that this is His concern, it is the Lord speaking, you see. And yet the Lord is not going to do it independent of His people, of His servants, and their intercession." He asks us to "safeguard the Lord's interests, and that which is precious to Him; to be vigilant and to bear this burden in constant intercession, giving Him no rest."

Recommended: T. Austin-Sparks' The Supreme Vocation

Link to today's audio: https://dougriggs.s3.amazonaws.com/Assemblies/10-15-14+Wednesday+Assembly.mp3

Maranatha!

John Mark

...hereby committing this unto the providential care of the enthroned Head of the Church; whose Name is blessed forevermore, Yeshua Mashiach - Jesus Christ!

 

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