The Finisher

by Sean Feucht
It has been one insanely wild, beautiful and monumental last month.

As usual, words and blogs seem ever so dull to articulate and express the explosion of fire and faith that we are witnessing catch communities, cities and nations ablaze all over the world. I feel there is a depth to the move of God this year that I have not felt before within our movement. The eyes of our leaders are not just fixed on the one time epic events and gatherings, but rather pressing in for the sustained fruit of lives, hearts and families being totally overwhelmed and overtaken with hunger and faith for God. And it’s really catching with every increasing momentum!

THE RECAP

From the launching of first Canadian burn furnace during the Olympic games in Vancouver -  to the weekend rumble with the Burning Ones interns and leaders across Oklahoma -  to the 72 hour wild “I Must Burn” inferno in our new home of Harrisburg, PA – to a full week of strategic gatherings with our tribe across Texas – to an epic 700 club interview and live worship set at CBN (which airs Wed, Mar 17 at 930am Eastern on ABC family channel) – to Gastonia, NC for a midweek worship and prayer strike – to our nations capital (Washington DC) for a full weekend of fire to shift the country and onto South Africa later this week……WE ARE GOING FROM GLORY TO GLORY MY FRIENDS!!!!

Some people think travel quite a bit, way too much or an unhealthy amount…those are usually the most common three remarks Kate and I receive concerning our schedule. But after studying the First and Second Great Awakenings led by a mad man named John Wesley, I discovered that in a day before airplanes and facebook, he personally traveled over 250,000 miles on horseback, preached 40,000 sermons and wrote over 250 books and tracts!!!! And this all happened while he was still in England and before he came over to America where his schedule really picked up in a country much bigger, wider and hungrier than where he came from!! After the unveiling of this unbelievable fact and after looking at the mileage chart of Paul, Peter and others from the Bible, my schedule seems a bit weak and tame I guess. Maybe I can work on that!!

THE FINISHER

I want to highlight one simple truth God has been revealing to me in the midst of this beautiful, sometimes painful and very unpredictable journey thus far in 2010.

Hebrews 12:2 says this:

“Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith…”

There is so much to this verse, but what God has been having me mediate on during a season of advancement with extreme opposition is a basic and fundamental truth. He is not only the author or initiator of our faith, BUT HE IS ALSO THE FINISHER! God is not a man and does leave any of His work, dreams and promises unfulfilled and unfinished. He always always always finishes what He begins. Most Christians have nailed down the concept and truth of God being the initiator of their faith. We know the mess and pit of despair that we were rescued from. We understand that we love Him because He first loved us (1 John 4:19). But do we truly believe that He is going to carry this work in our lives out to total fulfillment? Do we trust that He will complete every promise and bring every dream He birthed in our hearts into total reality before us? I promise that if you grab onto this and allow it to become truth in your life, you will deal with much less anxiety, fear, torment, unbelief and depression the enemy and world are throwing your way.

Imagine if we lived our lives with renewed vision? Instead of “just trying to make it through,” “weather the storm” and “scrape by” in seasons of testing and trial, what if we lived from the perspective of faith and were firm on the “finishing” ability of our God? Jesus knew full well the character of His father and pressed through every trial, tribulation with prophetic foresight on the fulfillment and finished work of God in Him!! I love how the author of Hebrews captures this…”who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” He carried JOY through the pain cause He knew what was coming….the right hand of the Father! WHAT A PERSPECTIVE!!

THE TRACK RECORD

God is not like us and does not leave work, dreams, promises unfinished and unfulfilled. Lately, I’ve felt the Lord compel me to reflect on the amazing “track record” of His faithfulness in my own personal life. Quite a record it is and how quick I am to forget it!!  From the miraculous deliverance  in Africa as an AK47 was grinding my skull into a cold slab of cement while Ugandan thieves promised to kill me after they asked if I believed in “the Way”….to my wife and I fleeing our new house, new job after college and packing our car to the brim in obedience to plant “resting places” for His Presence across the world (launch of Burn 24/7)…to paying my mortgage on time last month and feeding my pregnant wife…haha!!

I could go on and on and on…and so could you. We have been given an incredible HISTORY with God that reveals His consistent nature to be Faithful and FINISH what He starts! Even thinking about the thousands and thousands of hours of worship and intercession that are released every month in our BURN 24/7 furnaces across the world – from Cambodia to Iraq to Mexico to Germany to America!!! Look at all God has done in such a short time!! This gives me a stronger and brighter faith more than every before for Him to do “exceedingly, abundantly” MORE (Eph 3:20).

Allow the truth of that “track record” to launch you into a deeper place of believing for more. All of the sudden, my fathers cancerous brain tumor my family is battling does not seem like too big of an obstacle compared to what God has already done! Not one single word will fall to the ground! As we approach this season of Spring and even prepared by changing our clocks forward this past weekend, I believe there is a grace God is releasing to SPRING FORWARD from the place the of faith to BELIEVE FOR MORE!!

“As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent”

Isaiah 45:10-11

HE WILL DO IT AGAIN

He has done it before and He will do it again in a greater measure!! Please continue to believe for us for lives, homes, cities and nations to be transformed as we press on with BURN 24/7 this month! A few major focuses of the ministry will be thousands of fiery hours of worship and prayer released in 80 cities across the world, discipling the next generation through FIRE AND FRAGRANCE school and BURNING ONES internship, strategic prophetic evangelists sent across the University Campuses of America, Global Mission teams being launched to Haiti and South Africa and a new prophetic worship albums being completed!

Please also take a moment to sow financially to keep this movement alive and thriving across the planet. We are in dire need of financial support in many areas of the ministry and ever penny will be tax deductible and used to keep the fire on the altar burning!! See our 5 convenient ways to give on the link below!

www.burn24-7.com/giving