To start things off, the Poland young people conference is not the only young person conference I have ever been to. I was raised up as a “church-kid”, born and raised under parents who met when they joined the church life. So, I already had a taste of the youthful ecstasy that the Poland conference would give, and the material that such a Poland conference would cover.
In fact, the topic of the special fellowship, “The World Situation and God’s Move” was extremely similar to what Brother James shared with the young people during the Vancouver Summer School of Truth a couple of years ago.
The main point of both messages ran along the lines of looking away from the world and waiting for the Lord’s coming, which – as the brothers make sure to emphasize – is growing more and is more imminent each year, even each day.
But, as I was listening to brother Tom Goetz share with us the history of the Lord’s Recovery of the Holy Bible in the 20th century, I was a little bit astounded with the magnitude and universality of it all. The fact is, the Lord’s Recovery is very real and it has not been easy.
The shoulders upon which you and I stand upon right now have endured many sufferings and turmoil in many regions on which it is active. The Lord’s move on this earth hasn’t been an easy one. Yet people who endure the turmoil and the devastations still persist in the work and in the ministry. One point said that
When God’s people move, God moves; if God’s people do not move, God has no way to move.
Until the week in Poland, I took a lot of comfort in that, if I don’t participate in the Lord’s move, it’s ok – the Lord is still there and I’ll be okay when the Lord comes back. But seeing the European young people in action, in joyous shouting, in their vast and profound enjoyment of the same Christ I took for granted for my entire life – that has given me more of a vision of what the Lord is doing.
Just because I live in Seattle and live relatively close to the meeting hall doesn’t mean I’m guaranteed a spot in the frontline of the Lord’s move. No, it’s actually the opposite!
Europe is the forefront of the Lord’s move. Europe, in the consummation of the fulfillment of the vision concerning the great human image in Daniel 2, is more vitally crucial than any other country and race.
You can see it in Revelation 17, where the ten kings – typified by the ten toes of the great image in Daniel 2 – will be under Antichrist, who will be the last Caesar of the revived Roman Empire. But we – by overcoming our flesh – can participate in overcoming this Antichrist and bringing the Lord back! This is the Lord’s Recovery – that we may be saturated with Christ and may be the overcomers who welcome the Lord in His second coming.
That is a little bit of the big picture that the brothers keep talking about, the high peak of the divine revelation. I saw this picture when I was in Poland and while I was enjoying the Lord with the saints in the Netherlands.
There is something different when you’re surrounded by saints who live in Europe and are longing so much for Christ every day. In Seattle, one long airplane ride away, I never quite had such a bird’s eye-view of what the Lord was doing on the Earth, not just in America.
Only when I was in Poland, in midst of the young people all over Europe, “tasting and seeing” the universal Christ, did I realize that the Lord’s Move is actually happening. The Lord will move on even without me if He has to. He has a purpose and – by the looks of it – He also has the means to carry it out. Praise the Lord for the His move in Europe! [sharing from brother John G (USA) from his top enjoyment in the 2011 Young People’s Conference in Poland.]
When we haven't actually fought or suffered to realize something, it's easy to have a rather nonchalant attitude toward it. The same is true regarding the LORD's recovery. The Lord wants so desperately to come back and WE are His means to accomplish this. If we don't move, He CAN'T move. If we don't see what has taken place in our history, it's hard to appreciate our present situation and future need. We must have our heart, our life, and our living uncluttered and unencumbered by all the worldly chaos and pursue Him together. We can be one with Him and even moving in Him. Lord, make us one with YOU, in Your present, up-to-date move. Bless Europe with Yourself, with the spread of Your testimony, the church, there! Claim it for Yourself. Make us faithful to give You the way there, and in the whole earth, by our going, our giving, AND our praying! May we ALL be Your sent ones, even Your corporate sent ONE!