“We love Him, because He first loved us.”~ 1 Jn. 4:19
A trio of simple meanings for the word initiate is: to start; to begin; to originate. Therefore we see our God is the Eternal Initiator. Every plant that He has not planted will be rooted up. All plans not originating from the head office will never see fruition. Any revelation that does not have Him for its source will lead into darkness. And any work done in or by man, without the preliminary ministry of the Holy Spirit, is doomed before it’s begun.
Had God not opened Lydia’s heart, she would still be in the dark. Elisha prayed God would open his servant’s eyes that he might see the spiritual. Paul told the Ephesians that he had asked the Lord to enlighten their spiritual understanding. All the preaching to the lost to get saved, and pleadings with Christians to live for God, is of no avail if the Holy Spirit does not make the first move.
It’s not that they won’t get it; it’s that they can’t get it! Humanism by-passes the ministry of the Spirit of God, and substitutes it with the abilities of the spirit of man. When you look to man, then you get what man can produce; when you look to God, you get what only God can perform. It is important to always remember, there are things that are impossible with man, but nothing is impossible with God.
Putting 2 before 1 will never work!
by an Aged Saint