Spirit to work in a variety of ways to bring about faith. In evangelism and revival the Holy Spirit is still soverign. He will choose the place, the people and the methods. As the wind, the Spirit still "bloweth where it listeth." At times He may appear as a mighty wind. Again His presence may be more like a gentle breeze. Let us not try to lock Him into a static and stifling mold. But we can depend on one thing. His work will always bear the di vine markings. The greatest evidence that a work has been done by God's Spirit is found in redeemed lives, not restructured molecules. The Bible teaches that Satan has power to re order physical elements and thus produce "miracles." Only Cod can change lives redemptively. This, then, becomes the acid test of Cod's presence in a movement. And for people with a mature faith who do not have to seek af ter a sign, this ought to be enough. Dr. W. Stanley Mooneyham, pres ident of World Vision, was coor dinating director of the Asia/South Pacific Congress on Evangelism in 1968. He has lived in Asia and travels extensively throughout that area. Reprinted from World Vision Magazine, September, 1972.
—but not always—with the high est motivation, but frequently ob livious to the cultural shambles we leave behind. Not a few on reading this book will want to rush into Indonesia in an attempt to sample this moving of Cod, a reaction which may reveal more about the poverty of our faith than it does the richness of theirs. I have al ready seen enough of this to be appalled at the prospect of more. Sometime ago when reports of miracles began to come out of Ti mor, two Americans heard about one woman who had been greatly used of God. They determined she must come to America. So these two women traveled to Indonesia, took a boat to Timor, sought out this little Timorese woman and begged her to accompany them back to the United States. She could not and did not, but the very fact that she —a simple peasant woman — was sought out by visitors from abroad produced in her such pride that friends say her spiritual recovery has been a slow process. I hope it is not too late to spare Timor an invasion of curiosity seeking Christians. That could kill the revival. Cod will be no man's magician and Jesus will not be coaxed into performing tricks for Herod or anyone else. Today God is giving Asia an un precedented opportunity to be lieve. Thrilling movings of the Holy Spirit are reported in several places —Korea, Cambodia, North Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, as well as Indonesia. Since these areas represent different peoples with diverse cultures and religious back grounds, we may expect the Holy
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