Preparation for Haiti AbbaQuest Underway

Everyday gets more exciting. The Lord God is preparing me both in my mind and spirit for what He desires to accomplish in Cap-Hatien later this month. I have been spending more and more time in worship and prayer before the Father. This ministry is not about me, but is about Him and His desires for the men, women and children that will be in attendance in the arena of Tabernacle Church.

I am asking the Holy Spirit to “transform” me with a fresh renewing of my mind so I will be able to vessel the will of the Father during the planned and unplanned services about to take place in this effort. It is so easy to give in to religion’s conformities of convenience. We have all been molded by our surroundings more than we want to admit. What was fresh and vibrant last month, or even last week is often stale for tomorrow’s challenges. When the “manna” is moldy it is of no use. Last week’s supply is religious rigidity when placed alongside of what the Father wants to supply for accomplishing His desires through us tomorrow.

Jesus exampled, as the Son of Man, an uprightness before the Father to which we must learn to be yielded. It is easy to rely on our limited intellect and oratorical expressions from the past to be the well from which we draw water for those thirsting before us. But that water is stagnant and infested. We must draw from the eternal spring of living water that gushes from the Holy Spirit within us; a spring that is refreshing and thirst quenching for all who drink from these cups of our lives.

That is why He must be pre-eminent. He must be exalted, honored and glorified. He must have the room to move in the power of His Holy Spirit and utilize the Word Christ “IS” to manifest the work of His heart in each individual. I do not want my lines to limit His work. I pray He will paint as broad of stokes, such as pleases Him; that He will “work in me both to will and to do of His good pleasure” in Cap-Haitien. I am His servant. He is not mine!

Last week, in a time of wonderful, but quiet worship, I began sensing a heartbeat in Father’s chest for the people in Haiti. He was making me aware of His compassion for their poverty, their sicknesses and diseases, their oppressive battle with Voodoo curses and witchcraft, the darkness that is so prevalent and the need for His light to dispel it. Through Him I began feeling the hopelessness of the unsaved; the hunger for the Word of so many who are trying to follow Christ.

In the Spirit, I saw angels come and take their place, standing on top of the balcony walls all around the stadium-like arena. I saw them atop the platform area and up and down each isle. They ushered in the Presence of the Lord as He rode the “wings of the wind” (Psalm 104:3). The pulpit became a flame of fire and the smoke of His presence filled the place. It was a Holy moment. There was a Holy Presence. Worship was obvious. There was nothing as important as the Presence of the Lord. He was all that mattered…His Presence was the only thing that satisfied.

Pray, my friends. Pray!

“The earnest prayer of a righteous one accomplishes much”
(James 5:16...... The Scriptures 1998; Messianic Institute for Scripture Research)

You are appreciated,
Dave Toler