Wake up, Fill up and Get Going!

‘The Power of Possibility is within the Reach of Every Man’, Smith Wigglesworth
Ephesians 4:7-14 New Kings James Version
Ephesians 4:7-14 New Living Translation
7 However, he has given each one of us a special gifts through the generosity of Christ.8 That is why the Scriptures say,

"When he ascended to the heights,
he led a crowd of captives
and gave gifts to his people."

9 Notice that it says "he ascended." This clearly means that Christ also descended to our lowly world.10 And the same one who descended is the one who ascended higher than all the heavens, so that he might fill the entire universe with himself.
11 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers.12 Their responsibility is to equip God's people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.13 This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God's Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won't be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.15 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.16 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
I know when I say to myself, ‘that’s not for me, that’s the job of an evangelist or someone with the gift of healing, of administration, of . . .’, hello excuses! We are all able to operate in most of the gifts (eg evangelism and healing) - there is a level of gifting and a growth into gifting . .
I find it hard if I am with a sick person to pray or, to even suggest it, even with close Christian friends! I was remembering yesterday about a picture I had a while ago. I thought at the time it was to do with strengthening me to cope. It was as if I was looking at myself and I was split top to bottom, peeled down to the left and right and a wooden statue was removed and an exact replica in stainless steel inserted – now I believe it was to do with courage, because since then I have been more courageous in offering to pray with people and lay on hands – though a way to go, for instance, just missed an opportunity to pray with a girl who may have had a stroke recently . .though she is further down the train, if only I had the courage – I should have gone and sat with her instead of writing this! Philipians 4:13 ‘I can do all things through Him who strengthens me’ and the all things is listed in Ephesians 4. (buy some baseball/basketball shoes with this verse on here)
We have a maker who is ready to do anything through us as we yield to Him, our potential is vast! ‘He who believes in me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do because I go to My Father’ John 14:12 And although Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, for example, ‘greater’ in this verse, in the Greek, refers to ‘quality’ not quantity . ..so what that could be, I don’t know!
In Wigglesworth’s time they tended to ‘tarry’, examine themselves for yieldedness, purity, unity, etc, whilst seeking the baptism of the Holy Spirit, these days, seeking the baptism or for more filling we tend to lay on hands – both together is probably good! Now what happens here is debated – is there an impartation through the person laying on the hands or else is something else going on – doesn’t really matter – we must seek it, we must get ourselves overflowing – what else are we living for? To hide in some corner of the church, getting comfortable and sleepy? Because, it’s no good you know, something will wake us up and better it’s the Lord with more of his gifts, more of His power! So come on Lord, shake us up, shake your church, ruin our plans, wreck our agenda’s, we want you and nothing else! We want to stand with you in the heavenlies, captives, getting clothed as apostles, pastors, teachers, healers, comforters, joy givers, world changers. Give us a warrior spirit, stop us pretending we are wounded, you are charging in from heaven with your warrior hordes, make us want to join, get mounted on a battle horse, swing our swords and defeat the enemy! Wake us Lord, open our spiritual eyes, I pray (Ephesians 5:14)