“When Jesus was come near, He beheld Jerusalem, and wept over it, saying, ‘If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things which belong to your peace, but now they are hidden from your eyes'” (Luke 19:41-42).

As every surfer knows, it is about catching the wave. There is a moment, a right time, at just the perfect flow, as the water begins to crest that the surfer mounts the board to catch the wave. This moment of riding the wave is not predictable, but the trained surfer knows the signs and reads the motion of the ocean and prepares to seize the moment.

The Apostle Peter tells us:

“Have your behavior honest among the Gentiles, that whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works which they shall behold, glorify God in the Day of Visitation” (I Peter 2:12).

Visitation (Def): (Gr.): Episkope from Episkeptomai: Inspection, to go to see, visit by an overseer

Both our Lord Jesus and the Apostle speak to us of a time of visitation, examination, to see the condition of things under review, to find out if things are as they should be, or otherwise. The examination determines what is to follow, whether blessing or cursing, whether it is a time to harvest, or a time of passing over for the crop is ruined, wasted.

The Spirit moves in waves, in seasons, in movements. The Scriptures speak thusly:

“From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, ‘Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand'” (Matthew 4:17).

“Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, saying ‘The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe the Gospel'” (Mark 1:15).

“He said to me, ‘Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this Book, for the time is at hand'” (Revelation 22:10).

There is a timing to our lives of faith. There are seasons. There are seasons for revival for the Church. There are waves to catch. The movements of the Spirit are well recorded in the annals of history. There is a fresh movement, and wave happening now. Whether on campuses of Universities, in our local communities, among all ethnic groups, of all faiths and religious practices, the Spirit of the Lord is moving.

We are in a season of renewal. This is a time of refreshing by the Spirit. This is a time of washing, cleansing, healing. This is the time for a new wave.

Do Not Miss Your Wave. That is the exhortation of the moment. Be awake, be observant; be quick to notice things happening in front of and all around you, as the Apostle has written:

“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise” (Ephesians 5:15).

The Spirit always does things His way, and the wise observe them, perceive them, recognize them and in the perfect timing of the Lord, catch them as a fresh wave and ride it out by the momentum and unction of the Spirit who produced it to the glory of the Father, and the exaltation of the Son.

Jerusalem missed its day of visitation and it grieved the Lord to His core. He wept over the City for there were things prepared beforehand for it and “things that belonged to their peace” which they missed when the wave of the Spirit flowed through. The new was missed because they were too fixed on the old and therefore the new “was hidden from their eyes”.

The Bishop of our souls is here (cf. I Peter 2:25). He has come to see, to examine, to grade and give His reward. Are we ready? Are we sleeping? Are we fixed on something other? What shall it be? Do Not Miss Your Wave.

“And this, knowing the season, that now it is high time for you to wake out of sleep, for now is salvation nearer to us than when we believed. The night is far spent, the Day is at hand; let us, therefore, cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the instruments of Light” (Romans 13:11-12).

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