A Clarion Call!

I am calling those that are willing to push through to their breakthrough to walk with me. Ladies, I want to make an extremely important point in this movement. God gifted you with the power to give life; both physically and spiritually, your men need you to stand with them. 

This is not a time for division. Put you personal differences aside and honor God by doing for your man that which only you can do: birth him into greatness. 

That starts with affirming him in his calling. One of the things I notice in this western culture in which the family nucleus has suffered greatly is the fact that everyone is looking to serve self. The marriage was not designed by God to foster narcissism. The one thing I see with women that is not biblical is they are out looking for this great man and not realizing that their great man has most likely not manifested his greatness. 

One of the main reasons is that the wife plays a major role in the birthing of that greatness. God gifted her that way. When you research the great men of this world, both biblical an secular, contemporary and those of antiquity, the common thread is great women. These women did not come into their lives after they were great. These women looked through their weaknesses and saw their strengths; they looked through their current state and saw their potential. 

Abraham was a member of a family of some noteworthiness when he married his half sister Sarah, but he was nowhere close to being what he would become, and even through impatience she was a part of his increase. Peter was a fisherman when he married his wife, though it is not mentioned we know, by the prayer meeting when Peter was in Jail that she was a woman of strength and she undoubtedly was a part of his growth. I'm sure after his big failure at Calvary, she spoke words of encouragement that was at least powerful enough for him to reunite with the other Apostles. Martin Luther King Jr. was just a young preacher's kid at Morehouse University when he met Coretta, but she saw the potential for greatness. Malcolm was preaching in small storefronts when he met Betty, but she saw the potential of a man that would change the world around him. I could go on; Boaz wasn't doing bad when Ruth came along, but she enhanced him through her virtue. David was a warrior on the run for his life when he met Abigail, but even when her soon to be deceased husband didn't recognize who David was, she did. When her husband died she road off into the sunset with the warrior on the run, but she was standing there when he was crowned king. 

Dr. Rick Wallace

What am I saying? I'm saying that some of you have lost sight of the potential and light that attracted you to your husbands and now you spend the majority of your time telling him what he is not instead of confirming and affirming who he is. Others are looking for Mr. Right but are not willing to take the raw material God has given them and polish the strengths while influencing the weaknesses. Women, your man's greatness is dependent upon your willingness to invest in it. 

We are entering one of the most pivotal times in the history of the Church and we need our men to be at full strength and ready for battle. When the man is right, focused, and centered in Christ, the family nucleus will become strong, there will be a paradigmatic shift in the community, and the Christian impact this country once knew will return. I am calling the men to rise, but women they need you to be at your best at their side in order to pull the load that I am asking them to pull. If you will stand with them, the body of Christ is about to make the boldest statement it has made since the times of the early Church, but it will require men that are committed. Let's do this. ~ Dr. Rick Wallace 

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The Mountain After the Quake

The Mountain After the Quake

"He maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth and his hands make whole" (Job 5:18).

The ministry of a great sorrow.

As we pass beneath the hills which have been shaken by the earthquake and torn by convulsion, we find that periods of perfect repose succeed those of destruction. The pools of calm water lie clear beneath their fallen rocks, the water lilies gleam, and the reeds whisper among the shadows; the village rises again over the forgotten graves, and its church tower, white through the storm twilight, proclaims a renewed appeal to His protection "in whose hand are all the corners of the earth, and the strength of the hills is his also." --Ruskin

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"He wounds", This particular verse of scripture is a part of a contextual passage in which Eliphaz, one of Job's friend begins a discourse on the just nature of God. Verse 18 in this passage is basically referring to the manner in which  God chastens those that are in need of correction, and then heals and binds their wounds. He is doing this because he, and Job's other two friends, Zohpar and Bildad was under the impression that Job's suffering was due to some unconfessed sin. Their rationale behind it was their belief that God is just and thereby would not unduly punish Job. They were right in their assessment of God's just nature, but they were completely off base in their postulation that Job had did something to deserve this calamity that had befell him. 

Isn't it funny how quickly those in your periphery will ascribe some negative deed to your account without taking the time to get all of the facts. People will simply observe you in your storm and determine that you must have done something in order to end up in that storm. We know by careful evaluation of chapter one in the book of Job that God gave Job a thumbs up and that the attack from Satan was actually due to the fact that Job was evaluated as an upright man by God. This assault on Job was actually God's testimony that He knew that Job could handle trouble. How about you, can God trust you with trouble?

Dr. Rick Wallace

Let's look at verse 18 once again. "He wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. Whether God is chastening you or your struggles are due to God allowing the enemy to apply pressure to expedite your spiritual growth, the wound and injuries of your valley experience will be ministered to personally by God. God is a God of restoration; He is a God of healing. What you are going through right now is not the end of the story. God knows the level of pressure and pain you can withstand, and He will not allow you to be destroyed. When you exit the storm, you will realize that you have been hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; persecuted, but not forsaken, perplexed, but not in despair, struck down, but not destroyed (2 Cor. 4:8-9). You will find that you have been bruised, but not broken. 

God will mend that broken heart. God will restore that peace and joy that seems to have dissipated. Not only will He restore, He will add to you. Do not become discouraged by your struggles, they are simply indicative of the process that leads to the promise. ~ Dr. Rick Wallace

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