As I stated earlier, our nation is in trouble. No one can disagree with that. But this where I part company with many. I believe God’s hand is all over this situation. For several years now God has been amercing his people with his intimate presence. I believe several things has been taking place because of this. Jesus has been calling his people out of legalism and ritualism and into a time of repentance. By repentance I mean that we hunger for the God’s presence so much, that we will get rid of anything that stands in the way of our coming before him once again.
For the past few years the Lord has been teaching me not to go by what I see, but what he says. This has helped me to look beyond the natural and look to God regardless of what’s happening. I believe the hand of God is touching his people. The time of courtship is over. God is getting ready to move and will only take the people who are willing to follow him now and leave the rest behind. The ones that choose to stay behind, in their complacency, will live out their lives in their decaying church walls.
Our history is about to make a radical turn and many things will never be the same again. I believe God is getting ready to do something unprecedented. No one knows what it is because when it happens no man will be able to claim responsibility for it. I believe it will be so radical that it will affect every institution in our nation from the Presidency on down.
I’ve heard two camps of thought that I think both are wrong. One is that our nation is doomed and will fall. The other is that we will go back to the time of Beaver Cleaver goodness and everything will go back to the way it was. One thing history has taught me and that is that we can never go back. Either belief brings delusion and destruction. We have to seek God for today and each day be willing to hear a new answer. I believe this is a time of totally trusting God in every area of our lives especially when it pushes us out of our comfort zones.
Jesus is asking us a few questions. 1) are you willing to die for me 2) are you willing to do what I say even if it doesn’t make sense in the natural 3) and are you willing to pray and pay any cost that I require of you. Jesus has asked me these questions and it took me a long time before I answered them. I wanted re-assurance and Jesus gave me none. He waited for my answer and didn’t answer me until I gave him mine.
Jesus is asking each one of us the same questions and is awaiting our reply. Think long and hard before you answer, the cost is everything. The rewards however will be totally worth it. We will be able to know that we are to take part in a special time in history. We can’t participate with a partial commitment when it’s a convenient time attitude. It’s time for a total surrender commitment to become a part of God’s destiny for ourselves and our nation.
Each time history has changed, it’s been in the middle of chaos. God always prepares his people beforehand and tells them in advance what he wants us to know. It’s never been done the same way twice and I believe that this time will be no different. God is moving and now it’s up to us to choose if we want to be part of what’s going on. I believe it will be more radical and it will have greater and farther reaching consequences than any of us can imagine. I think that is why he’s not letting his people in on the what’s of what he’s going to do. Jesus will be glorified and no man will be able to lay claim to what’s coming or how it’s done.
Showing posts with label Change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Change. Show all posts
Friday, March 13, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Winds of Change (Part 2)
I strongly believe that God has a specific destiny for our nation. One that we've veered away from. When a nation pushes God aside, he will shake her foundation stones so that radical change takes place to bring her back on course once again. Israel veered off course many times during its long history. If we take the time to study some of her past, we may benefit and learn from her past mistakes. Hopefully we can learn from her experience and knowledge left behind for us to use.
The story of Joseph in the book of Exodus in the Bible is a good example. Joseph was sent into captivity and was there for many years. He slowly arose in rank and became a power within the Egyptian culture. All of this was so that a baby named Moses, a Hebrew, could be born in Egypt. Moses also became a prince, but he had to run for his life because he committed murder. God called Moses to go back to Egypt, the one place that Moses did not want to return to. God wanted Moses to confront Pharaoh because of his cruelty to the Hebrews. Moses returned and confronted Pharaoh. Moses stood up in the harshest of circumstances and didn’t back down on what God told him to do or say. Because of Moses’ faithfulness and willingness to obey when everything was pitted against him God rescued the Jews.
Another pivotal time in history was during the life of Jeremiah. Jeremiah was a prophet right before the Jews went into captivity in Babylon. Jeremiah spoke the truth to his people and was severely persecuted for it. Jeremiah told the people that they were going into captivity, but if they didn’t resist, God would be with them, protect them and release them after seventy years. Many people resisted and ran and died, just as Jeremiah said would happen. The ones that followed what God said through Jeremiah were protected. The land of Israel was destroyed, but her people and her future was not. Jeremiah was offered a life of luxury in Babylon. He refused it because as a prophet, he knew his place was still with his people.
Daniel was a young man that was carried into captivity by the Babylonians. He knew God intimately. Daniel become part of the Babylonian culture without losing his principles and his identity as a Jew. Daniel was a man of prayer. Three times a day he knelt facing Jerusalem and prayed for God to bring about his perfect will. The government made a law that for one day no one was allowed to pray to any god but King Nebuchadnezzar under order of death. Daniel continued to pray and was thrown into the lions den. Daniel was protected by God and came out without a scratch. Daniel trusted God over man. Daniel became a close advisor to many of the Babylonians kings. Daniel knew he was to be an influence to help protect his people in a culture that despised the Jews.
(Part 3 tomorrow)
The story of Joseph in the book of Exodus in the Bible is a good example. Joseph was sent into captivity and was there for many years. He slowly arose in rank and became a power within the Egyptian culture. All of this was so that a baby named Moses, a Hebrew, could be born in Egypt. Moses also became a prince, but he had to run for his life because he committed murder. God called Moses to go back to Egypt, the one place that Moses did not want to return to. God wanted Moses to confront Pharaoh because of his cruelty to the Hebrews. Moses returned and confronted Pharaoh. Moses stood up in the harshest of circumstances and didn’t back down on what God told him to do or say. Because of Moses’ faithfulness and willingness to obey when everything was pitted against him God rescued the Jews.
Another pivotal time in history was during the life of Jeremiah. Jeremiah was a prophet right before the Jews went into captivity in Babylon. Jeremiah spoke the truth to his people and was severely persecuted for it. Jeremiah told the people that they were going into captivity, but if they didn’t resist, God would be with them, protect them and release them after seventy years. Many people resisted and ran and died, just as Jeremiah said would happen. The ones that followed what God said through Jeremiah were protected. The land of Israel was destroyed, but her people and her future was not. Jeremiah was offered a life of luxury in Babylon. He refused it because as a prophet, he knew his place was still with his people.
Daniel was a young man that was carried into captivity by the Babylonians. He knew God intimately. Daniel become part of the Babylonian culture without losing his principles and his identity as a Jew. Daniel was a man of prayer. Three times a day he knelt facing Jerusalem and prayed for God to bring about his perfect will. The government made a law that for one day no one was allowed to pray to any god but King Nebuchadnezzar under order of death. Daniel continued to pray and was thrown into the lions den. Daniel was protected by God and came out without a scratch. Daniel trusted God over man. Daniel became a close advisor to many of the Babylonians kings. Daniel knew he was to be an influence to help protect his people in a culture that despised the Jews.
(Part 3 tomorrow)
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Winds of Change (Part 1)
“Scatter, no wait, maybe if we go left we’ll find peace. Then again, if we go right we might find financial security. Maybe if we leave this place, we can leave all of the uncertainty behind.”
People are searching for answers. They are looking for security, peace and days gone by where everything made sense. We live in a time where everything seems to have fallen apart in a very short period of time. Our government has failed us. Their self importance doesn’t allow them to take our votes seriously anymore. They restructure the system when the votes don’t come out the way they want. Our judicial system has failed us. They are legislating from the bench and are telling everyone that they have the power to make laws regardless of legislation or the people’s will. The media has failed us. They have an agenda and are trying to tell us what we need to believe. The financial system has failed us. Wall Street is floundering and doesn’t have the power to save our nation from financial ruin. The educational system has failed us. We have the highest rate of uneducated graduates in history. The entertainment industry has failed us. Their supposed family friendly entertainment mocks everything this nation once stood for. The church has failed us. They stopped being the moral barometer for this nation a long time ago and became introverted. They're content existing within their four walls.
"One nation under God." Our founding father’s believed in four simple, but astounding words. They stood up against religious persecution, tyranny and were willing to lay their lives down to bring about our nations underlying heritage. Inalienable rights given to us by God. Our original foundation set the boundaries and standards on how we are to live individually and as a nation. Our nation has slowly turned it’s heart away from over two hundred years of principles that has made us the greatest nation in the world. Instead we’ve created a society where there are no boundaries or moral absolutes. We’ve all but told God that he doesn’t exist.
When a nation walks away from the principles of “One nation under God” it starts to slowly crumble from the inside out. Sadly the blame lays at the feet of God’s children, the church. When the children of God withdraw from society and become introverted, they become less effective than the Pharisees were in Jesus’ day. Many Prophets, supposedly the voice of God to his people, are proclaiming that our nation is going to fall. Most of the church lays impassive so that they can protect their comforts and try to stay under the radar screen of society so they won’t have to stand up for what they believe in.
The nation is crashing and the church is turning a blind eye to everything that’s going on around her. Is this the end of the story or is there more. I believe that there is a lot more. I believe our nation is in one of the most profound times in our history. The people alive today should consider themselves honored because we are in a specific time in history that may well turn out to be pivotal for many generations to come.
(Part 2 tomorrow)
People are searching for answers. They are looking for security, peace and days gone by where everything made sense. We live in a time where everything seems to have fallen apart in a very short period of time. Our government has failed us. Their self importance doesn’t allow them to take our votes seriously anymore. They restructure the system when the votes don’t come out the way they want. Our judicial system has failed us. They are legislating from the bench and are telling everyone that they have the power to make laws regardless of legislation or the people’s will. The media has failed us. They have an agenda and are trying to tell us what we need to believe. The financial system has failed us. Wall Street is floundering and doesn’t have the power to save our nation from financial ruin. The educational system has failed us. We have the highest rate of uneducated graduates in history. The entertainment industry has failed us. Their supposed family friendly entertainment mocks everything this nation once stood for. The church has failed us. They stopped being the moral barometer for this nation a long time ago and became introverted. They're content existing within their four walls.
"One nation under God." Our founding father’s believed in four simple, but astounding words. They stood up against religious persecution, tyranny and were willing to lay their lives down to bring about our nations underlying heritage. Inalienable rights given to us by God. Our original foundation set the boundaries and standards on how we are to live individually and as a nation. Our nation has slowly turned it’s heart away from over two hundred years of principles that has made us the greatest nation in the world. Instead we’ve created a society where there are no boundaries or moral absolutes. We’ve all but told God that he doesn’t exist.
When a nation walks away from the principles of “One nation under God” it starts to slowly crumble from the inside out. Sadly the blame lays at the feet of God’s children, the church. When the children of God withdraw from society and become introverted, they become less effective than the Pharisees were in Jesus’ day. Many Prophets, supposedly the voice of God to his people, are proclaiming that our nation is going to fall. Most of the church lays impassive so that they can protect their comforts and try to stay under the radar screen of society so they won’t have to stand up for what they believe in.
The nation is crashing and the church is turning a blind eye to everything that’s going on around her. Is this the end of the story or is there more. I believe that there is a lot more. I believe our nation is in one of the most profound times in our history. The people alive today should consider themselves honored because we are in a specific time in history that may well turn out to be pivotal for many generations to come.
(Part 2 tomorrow)
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