Trickle into a Stream into a Mighty River

Once Mahatma Gandhi said, "There go my people. I must go ahead of them, for I am their leader." At some point in his leadership, he felt that his people not only understood where he was pointing them to, but they were running ahead of him.

I feel the same way these days. I see a number of people running ahead of me. I see people who run more zealously after God and love others more sacrificially than I. They are changing lives through their ministries, and getting God's vision in their work, fasting and praying that God will reign in their field. Many are gathering in small prayer groups, ministering to one another, praying for the City. It is a great feeling, at the time sobering. I'd better stay vigilant! I must try to stay ahead of them, for I am their leader.

At the same time, I see others still sitting back, not living with purpose and excitement. They still have not caught the great vision God has for them. They still live for the tiny and temporal dreams than the great and glorious dreams for which God created them.... But God will move them also. The trickle has turned into a stream, and it will become a mighty river that takes up people and changes our nation and the world. I am full of hope.