The Lengths God Will Go by Pastor Brent Lokker

We’ve been moving slowly and steadily through the book of Acts over the past 9 months because the Lord instructed the Blazing Fire elders to do so as we were seeking Him together last January.  We’ve been longing for more of His sweet presence and also longing for more of the powerful encounters many of us have experienced through the years. However, our longing is not just to experience what we did before, but to experience even greater encounters with God! That longing to know and experience God more is something He has put into the heart, not only of every believer, but of every person who exists in every nation of the world! From one man, Adam, he made every man and woman and every race of humanity, and he spread us over all the earth. He sets the boundaries of people and nations, determining their appointed times in history. He has done this so that every person would long for God, feel their way to him, and find him—for he is the God who is easy to discover! (Acts 17:26-27)   The supernatural encounters aren’t just for the sake of experiencing the wonder and awe of God, but for the sake of drawing people who are searching and hungering for God to know He is real and that He cares about them as His children. God will go to any lengths to draw in His children everywhere. Obviously, the greatest length was the sacrificial death of Jesus for the sins of the entire world. But it doesn’t end there. God has also chosen to place His very Spirit—His Holy Spirit—right inside of us so we would join with Him in releasing His supernatural glory and power through miracles, signs and wonders—always with His heart of extravagant love. Last Saturday, I showed a powerful video of a new friend I made a week ago at a conference, Caleb Byerly. God gave Caleb a dream in the night about a people group in the Philippines that no one knew existed. In that dream, God gave Caleb detailed instructions about a musical instrument that no one outside of this tribe had ever seen or heard. This is a miraculous, supernatural story about how one person said yes to God and went on one of the wildest adventures you could imagine because of God’s desire to answer the heart cries of a tribe of people who were longing for Him. This story made me weep because of the kindness of God to go to any length to reach His children. Without giving away the astounding details, if you have 30 minutes to watch a video, this story will blow your mind!

Caleb Byerly--the Salimba story

Or you can listen to Caleb's story in the context of my message from Acts 17 last Saturday:

The Lengths God Will Go

Tonight at Blazing Fire, we will continue to experience God together (worship starts at 6 pm at 7485 Village Parkway, Dublin) and we are going to lean into our heavenly Father's heart even more in agreement with His supernatural ways for us to partner with Him in reaching out to the ones He loves so much—All of His children that we encounter every day of our lives! With Love, Brent