I have just returned from an incredible week at America's Keswick in Whiting, NJ. It was my privilege to be teamed with Dr. Richard Blackaby for Victory Week IV. We preached under the summer theme of Living With Purpose. It was a blessing and a time of spiritual renewal for me to hear Dr. Blackaby. I was also privileged to have fellowship and conversation with him.Bill Welte, CEO of America's Keswick, is one of my dearest friends. He is a man after God's heart and who strives to walk by faith in every area of his life. I always leave my week of ministry at Keswick encouraged and challenged by Bill's life and words.
Each day numbers of people made life changing decisions for Christ as they heard and responded to God's word. For this I am grateful.
The "Keswick Message" is a message of fullness of life in Christ. It is the message of the Lordship of Jesus Christ ruling and reigning as absolute sovereign in the life of the Christian. It is the message of the Spirit-filled life. It is the message of surrender, sanctification and service. The "Keswick Message" is the message I heard as a teenager that made the difference in my life and it is the message I try to preach today. My heart is troubled by the number of people who say they are born again, yet who seem to be in the clutches of the old nature. They seem not to know the liberating freedom and power that comes from knowing Jesus Christ. It is troubling to see the 21st century church wandering in the wildnerness of carnality when the Land that flows with milk and honey is in reach.
Jesus said, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." John 7:37-38
Surrender to Christ today!
Roger D. Willmore
