I read a bit more in the journal that was the source for last week's Flashback, and I found a post dated 11-12-05 that picked up the same theme: things that hinder the flow of the Spirit. There is a note that it was written during early morning prayer; my spelling, grammar and handwriting are all questionable in all early morning journal entries, but I think I've got this one figured out:
It's not that God is withholding His presence [from] us when we fall on our faces and beg Him [to come to us]...it is that we, His people, are not aligned for him to do it. As the water is held back by a dam, so is God's power held back by walls that do not yield to Him. We are His people, yet we beg for His presence even as we harbor unforgiveness, rebellion, selfishness - God has promised that if the people called by His name would 1)humble themselves 2)seek His face 3)pray and 4)turn from their wickedness, THEN He will come, forgive sin, and heal the land.
[As I was praying] I saw a [mental] picture of people who were little lights, one light at a time. But, when they lined up, the light that was in them also flowed between them and increased to a brilliant beam -- because they were properly aligned. As more and more people came and stood in the formation, the light became a fire spreading in a beam from one to another, burning but not consuming.
Lord, show us how to truly repent and recognize any harbored evil -- purge us and call us into alignment so that Your power can flow and not be impeded by any walls of resistance in us....
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