Fire in our hearts - The Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTSCOMMUNICATE!For the glory of the Lord, we advance united!Following Christ’s blazing sword, his dominionsighted.All that has been taken, it shall be restored!This eternal anthem: ‘For the glory of theLord!’ 103Before the midnight chimes of Big Ben were relayed to usfrom London, many flocked onto the stage to rededicate theirlives to God. Others moved around praying and counselling.Then the floor was cleared for a dramatic sketch based onthe message of Luke 14 and Matthew 21: a king sent out messengersto call his people to a feast but these despised hisinvitation and beat the messengers. So he sent them out asecond time to bring in the homeless, the needy and the poor.And these feasted at his table.There was a buoyant spirit around and some of us, seeingour friends putting on a superb act, were reduced to tears oflaughter. But at one point the action paused. As the lightsdimmed and the laughter faded away, Rufus walked on in rags,sat on the table and spoke gently to the audience:‘You know, it’s all for real.‘It seems to me that the call of God starts with the religious.And he had a pretty good go at getting through to thelikes of me and you! But there comes a time when the Lordsays: “Look, there are people out there who are hungry andthirsty and desperate.” And then he needs messengers whoare willing to go. And that’s me and you.‘And that’s serious. Because Britain is hard and people arecold, spiritually. We’ve got to relate to where people really312