Command Me (Compilation) — Compilations

And then he goes on to say something very incredible in verse 30, he says, and I sought for a man. Now the word man means a soldier in the Hebrew. I sought for somebody who was willing to fight for the good of the larger group, and perhaps it is not for himself.

Standing Apart From the Crowd

God says, I sought for somebody among them, this crowd who would stand up and just move away from the crowd and say, listen, enough mixture. I'm going to walk it with God now. I'm going to do this right.

The Compassion of God for Those Ravaged by Sin

As we heard this afternoon, who saw the horridness of sin, who saw and understood the ravages of sin, who understands why Christ came and went to a cross on Calvary 2 ,000 years ago, somehow, by God's grace, opts into the heart of God, steps out of the crowd.

Not for the sake of fame or being different, but steps out because that man or woman has now the compassion of God burning in their hearts. They say, oh God, forgive me for the mixture. God, forgive me for these things that I've allowed into my life that have taken away your voice.

God, forgive me for taking your voice away from the people. Oh, it would be to God to be a cry among the ministry in our generation. There'd be a cry, God, forgive me for every time I've stood before your people and not spoken for you.

Not come with a word from the throne of heaven. He said, I sought for somebody who was not full of greed, looking to the people for what they can get from them, whether it be finances or personal recognition.

I sought for somebody who was beyond that. I sought for somebody who would have weight in what they have to say because they've been with me. I sought for somebody who'd not use the people for their own gain.

Standing in the Gap for the Land

I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. That's an amazing thing. I sought for a man. I sought for somebody.

God, the word of God says his eyes are always looking to and fro through the earth to show himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are towards him. I sought for a man. I sought for a man. I believe that's the word of God tonight for you in your neighborhood, in your workplace, in your home.

I sought for somebody that could stand in the gap and make up the hedge and stop the gap. It really refers to a place in the wall that has been breached. I looked for somebody who had courage. I looked for somebody who was at least determined to do something, to stand in that place and to take the sword of God and stop the influx or inflighting of the enemy in among the people of God.

But I sought for somebody in this entire crowd. God says to Ezekiel, I couldn't find one. I couldn't find one. God says, I didn't want to destroy the land. He said, I sought for a man to stand in the gap that I should not destroy the land, but I found none.

Amazing. You realize that your life can stop destruction. The Lord looks at it and says, I sought for a man to stand up and stop the whole procedure of evil. I sought for somebody to stand up. And that's you, sir.

That's you, madam. God says, I'm looking at you. And if you will just stand up, just even form the intent to make a difference in your home, in your community. I'm looking for somebody who will just stand up.

God Breathes Life Into the Dead

He said, here's the word I want you to speak. I will put breath on you. I will breathe on you. You will live. I will strengthen you. I will restore you. I will cover you. You will live and you will know that the Lord is God.

Amazing. Amazing. I'm trying to think if we could really get a hold of this and believe it. And we walk into that co-worker in the workplace that is just so obnoxious. But obnoxious because they've died around an altar, some false altar of their own making.

And they've died. There's nothing of life. Imagine if in sincerity and with gentleness. It's so important to be gentle that you or I could walk up to them in that workplace and say, listen, I got something to say to you.

God said he's going to breathe on you. He's going to give you life. He's going to give you strength. He's going to restore you, cover you, and you will live and you will know it's God. It couldn't have come from anywhere else but God.

Now, there are obviously various different ways we can say this. But here are the ingredients of what God says I want you to say. I'm going to do the miraculous in you. I'm going to change you. I'm going to give you a new life.

I'm going to give you a new mind, a new heart. I'm going to absolutely transform you and change you. And people around you will know. You will know. This could only come from the hand of God. Amazing.

Prophesying to the Wind

And as he spoke, he said, so I prophesied, verse 7, as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a noise. And behold, a shaking and bones came together, bone to his bone. And I beheld the sinews and the flesh came up upon them.

And the skin covered them above, but there was no breath in them. I spoke, in other words, and the desire was created. But there was no breath in them. And Ezekiel saw the stirring, but there was no breath.

Verse 9, he says, then he said to me, prophesy to the wind. Prophesy or speak under the anointing to God Almighty. It speaks about intercessory prayer. It speaks about going into the closet and speaking to the Holy Spirit.

It speaks about something that our generation doesn't know very much about. We hear about it, preached about, we hear it written about in days gone by. But our generation of instant everything wants instant salvation.

But it speaks about going into the secret closet and speaking to the Holy Spirit. Speaking to the Spirit of Christ. And he said, prophesy to the wind. Prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind. Now, this wind is the breath of God.

Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain. The word slain means slaughtered. It has an inference of being slaughtered by sin. Come, Holy Spirit, and breathe on these slaughtered by sin that they may live.

You now know God's heart for them, he says. Up to this point you have asked for nothing, but now ask that your joy might be full. Once you know the heart of God for your children, your sons, your daughters, your husbands, your wives, your co-workers, your neighbors, your community, start speaking into their lives what God has given you to speak for them.

Start telling them what God can do. Then go into the secret closet of prayer. And say, Holy Spirit, I've done my part. I've obeyed you. I've heard your voice. And I've spoken it to this generation. I've spoken it to my children.

I've spoken it to my neighbors. And yes, there's a stirring and a hunger. But it's worthless if you don't come. Holy Spirit, come and breathe on them. Come, Holy Spirit. He said, I want you to prophesy to the Holy Spirit.

I want you to call to the Holy Spirit. Call him to come. And he says, come from the four winds. Hit him from every side, in other words. Don't leave any part untouched. Hit his mind, hit his heart, hit his body, hit his motives, hit his soul, his spirit.

The Holy Spirit Must Do the Work

Yes, we can go to Jamaica. Yes, we can preach the gospel. But it's in vain if all they do is agree with a theory about God. It's in vain if we don't pray. There has to be a heavenly transaction. There has to be a supernatural transaction between God and fallen man.

That's where the light comes from. I can speak, but the Holy Spirit has to do the work. Prophesy. He said, so I prophesied as he commanded me. It's interesting that Ezekiel doesn't see this as a suggestion.

He views it as a command. I prophesied as he commanded me. And breath came into them and they lived. And they stood up on their feet an exceeding great army. They stood up. An army. Remember he said, I sought for a soldier and couldn't find one.

But Ezekiel says, I did what God said. And then I cried out to the Holy Ghost and I watched them stand up. And they were an army. An exceeding great army. For the glory of God. Hallelujah. But my time this week with God and my prayer has been, oh, God, command me.

A Prayer to Be Commanded by God

God, command me. Command me. Command me to go into the prayer closet. Command me, oh, God, to speak your word. Command me. A heart beyond just something that I know I should do. But, oh, God, let it be like a fire in my bones.

Command me to do it, oh, God. Give me a heart. Give me a heart that burns with passion and compassion for lost humanity around me. Beginning in my own house. Give me a heart, oh, God. Give me the tenderness to speak to others the way you speak to me.

That wooing that I always know. That tender hand, that tender voice of God that always draws me to life and never to death. Give me, God, that same heart. And command me to come into your throne room.

Command me, God, to call on you. Open to my mind these truths that you're speaking to me, God, for I feel the arrow is beyond me. Help me, God, to understand this. I want to make a difference in my generation.

I'm tired of watching a passionless church deceived by false prophets and voices that present before them things that will never profit. Tired of watching this generation swollen up by filth and pornography.

I'm tired of this self-consuming focus that takes away your voice. It's in all of us. Devotion should not be part of my day. It should be my life. My prayer has been give me words for my generation. Cause me to speak and draw me into believing prayer.

Believing prayer. Not just words that fill a room for an hour. I want believing prayer. Believing prayer is what God, the Holy Spirit, has been calling us into this. Believing prayer. You can't work it out.

The Holy Ghost does this. It's something that God does in your heart. I remember reading about a revival years ago. And they said the earmark of the revival is the old saints of God began to pray. And this one young man that wrote about it said they began to pray in a way I've never heard before.

They began to pray as if they could not be denied by God. They could not and would not be denied. They began to pray for loved ones. They began to pray for the most wicked sinners in town. And the Holy Ghost came and began to do the work of God.

Draw me. Give me words. Cause me. To speak together. That's God in me. God in you. We in God. May see the dead brought to life. And my prayer was, last night, oh God, do this for me now. Not tomorrow.

I don't want it tomorrow. I want it now. This is my inheritance. I claim it. If it sends me to prison, I'd rather go there than live a selfish life. Trying to think of what God is speaking and watching.

People unchallenged, unchanged. Do it now. Command me. Command me. I don't know what's in my heart. God does. But whatever's on Christ like, separate me. Separate me, God. We heard it this afternoon so clearly.

Make me hate what you hate. Don't let me make peace with what robs your people. Oh, Jesus. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. We've been quiet too long, Lord. Forgive us, God. We've been quiet too long. Folks, we've been quiet for too long.

Calling the Church to Believing Prayer

We've been quiet in our own homes. We've walked around the altars and just looked at the bones and said, I don't know. I don't know. And we've not spoken for God. We're great at analyzing why the bones are there, but we have so little faith.

And the Holy Spirit is calling us to believing prayer. He said, ask me now. Ask me and I'll do it for you that your joy might be full. Just ask me. I looked for somebody, God says, to stand in the gap.

I looked in your marriage for somebody. I looked in your home for somebody. I looked in your apartment building for somebody who could stop the flood of evil. I looked for a soldier. I looked for somebody who would stand up and fight, not for anything they could gain, but because there's a cause.

I looked. And would be to God that eternity could say, God could look down and say, I looked and I found you. And I found you. And I found you. And I put my spirit upon you. And I put my words in your mouth.

And you began to speak into the lives of people around you. And you went in the prayer closet and called on me. And I began to do the miraculous all around you. I began to raise people from the dead. And I gave them life.

I gave them life because you asked me to. You stood up and said, God, count me in. God, count me in to this end time war for souls. God, count me in. Now, Lord, tonight you have seen. You have seen, God, those that have stood.

A Personal Consecration for the Power of God

I stand tonight. I'm the first at the altar. I stand among them, O God. I want you to use my life for your glory. God, I can be so negative sometimes. I'm asking you, Lord. I'm asking you, God, to put your words in my mouth.

I'm asking you for a spirit of intercession. I want twice the heart that I've ever known in my life to seek you, God. And to believe you, Lord, for this generation. I want to speak for heaven, not for man.

I don't want an idea about God. I want to know the power of God. I want to see the power of God in my generation. My God, raise up the bones around me. God, there are bones around me. Raise them up. Breathe on them, O God.

Give them life. Take them out of the grave, O God. Open the graves and bring them out. That they may know there is a God who sits at the right hand of all authority and power. Holy Spirit, I call on you tonight.

I call on you, Holy Spirit. I call on you to do what only you can do. I call on you, God, to come and empower this church. I call on you, Holy Spirit. You pray now. You pray. You call unto God. You call.

Let it come from your heart. Ask him to come to use you. Ask him. You've not asked for anything. Ask now. Ask that your joy might be full. Ask him.