Every great move of God must start somewhere. The National Day of Prayer began among a small group of believers in Seattle Washington during great and difficult time. It quickly spread across the United States as early adopters recognized God wanted to do something for our nation in it’s time of crisis.
The Pensacola outpouring began as a young Evangelist stepped to the pulpit in Fla. And before it was over millions had visited the sight and carried it’s fire around the world.
Today we must have a fresh and mighty manifestation of God’s glory that sweeps across out nation like a wild-fire that burns out the indifference and iniquity threatening to engulf our land. Truly there are sparks flying even now that are but looking for the place to land and ignite.
The book of Isaiah is a proto-type of revival hope for backslidden nations. Among it’s pages are dire warnings and terrible judgments from a God that has had enough of iniquity. Yet hidden in almost every catastrophic event is the hope of renewal and restoration.
America must have more than just a visitation of God. We must have a vast and sweeping Revival that visits every city, town and community. Sadly we are the greatest distributors of pornography around the world. Our lewd movies are re-dubbed and shown in theaters across the globe. We are the leaders in furthering homo-sexuality. The same sin that caused Sodom and Gomorrah to experience the purging fire of the Lord. Our brand of the prosperity gospel is beamed to the poorest nations of the world where the young preachers pick it up and teach their people to fund lavish life styles of these same ministers. Dear ones America must have a burning fire from the Lord that will burn out these putrid cesspools of iniquity.
Look at this passage in Isaiah with me –
Isa 4:4-6 KJV
4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
5 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
The Lord is looking for a people who will allow His cleansing fire to purge their minds, hearts, ears and eyes. A people who will welcome His burning fire as Isaiah does in the sixth Chapter and who will hear the voice of the Lord say “whom shall I send and who will go for me” and will respond “here am I send me”.
The book of Isaiah is a mirror of nations that once served the Lord and what begins to happen to that nation as the Lord seeks to draw it back to is “righteous foundations.”
Isa 1:21-31 TLB
21 Jerusalem, once a faithful wife! And now a prostitute! Running after other gods! Once “The City of Fair Play,” but now a gang of murderers. 22 Once like sterling silver; now mixed with worthless alloy! Once so pure, but now diluted like watered-down wine! 23 Your leaders are rebels, companions of thieves; all of them take bribes and won’t defend the widows and orphans. 24 Therefore the Lord, the Mighty One of Israel, says: “I will pour out my anger on you, my enemies! 25 I myself will melt you in a smelting pot and skim off your slag.
26 “And afterwards I will give you good judges and wise counselors like those you used to have. Then your city shall again be called ‘The City of Justice’ and ‘The Faithful Town.'”
27 Those who return to the Lord, who are just and good, shall be redeemed. 28 (But all sinners shall utterly perish, for they refuse to come to me.) 29 Shame will cover you, and you will blush to think of all those times you sacrificed to idols in your groves of “sacred” oaks. 30 You will perish like a withered tree or a garden without water. 31 The strongest among you will disappear like burning straw; your evil deeds are the spark that sets the straw on fire, and no one will be able to put it out.
David Wilkerson tells us that in Isa. 51 there are four things that will happen to the nation God wants to correct and bring back to His side.
1. A daily fear of losing everything.
2. A fear that our children will be captured by the music and influence of the Day and leave their faith in God far behind.
3. That we will be filled with leaders who do not have answers.
At the beginning of 2008. I was spoken too by the Lord to prepare the Lord’s people for His next move. To teach them how to catch the powerful cleansing wave and to know what to do when the wave recedes.
1. Never lose your expectation – ever believe and ever watch
2. When the wave comes move with it.
3. When the wave recedes – expect it and know what to do.
A. Work on balance – Is it not true that we who are Pentecostal and
Charismatic love emotional preaching teaching and gifts? This
Is a great and true blessing if we do not get out of balance. To
Know how to allow the Holy Spirit to use our God given
Emotions can often help us discern when the Lord wants to
Move in a special way. Yet if we become addicted to this we
Will not allow or discern the Lord to move in other quiet and
deep ways. Let us teach ourselves to be quiet and expectant
When the tide is going out just as much as we are when it is
rolling in.
B. Strengthen yourself in the word and the Spirit. To know how to
flow with the tide is truly a great blessing. Yet the strength and
skill to navigate with the tide comes from the quiet season of
prayer, an study of the God’s word. The quiet study of the word
can be should be just as meaningful as the powerful anointed
move of the Spirit. We must teach ourselves these truths. Still
It takes the mighty wave of the Spirit to make the kind of break
through we need.
C. Position yourself for the next wave. Let us always be aware that
after a powerful move of God the tide will recede. What we
must never forget is that the tide will return in power. What
makes our Lord so much fun is that He delights in creativity.
The next move of God may come in a totally different way than
we expected. As well as from a different location. All
of this should cause us to be ever watchful and diligent
as we keep our eyes “peeled” for where the Lord has
chosen to next reveal Himself.
D. Encourage as many as you can to be part of it. Do not be like
those who always point back to some point in History when
God “used to move “. These people will miss the next move
of God. They will do so because they have a pre-conceived
idea of how the Lord “moves”. Those with this outlook are
sure to miss the next move of the Spirit. Stay alert and excited
and as we do we will encourage others in expectancy.
E. Make sure your surf-board is ready! – When I say surf-board here I
am speaking of whatever organization, movement, denomi-
nation or church you might be part of. Remember it is hard
work to develop a surf-board that can handle the power of the
tide and the waves. Make sure yours is ready.
Isa 51:1-52:14 TLB
51 “Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance, who seek the Lord! Consider the quarry from which you were mined, the rock from which you were cut! Yes, think about your ancestors Abraham and Sarah, from whom you came. You worry at being so small and few, but Abraham was only one when I called him. But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.” 3 And the Lord will bless Israel again, and make her deserts blossom; her barren wilderness will become as beautiful as the Garden of Eden.Joy and gladness will be found there, thanksgiving and lovely songs.
4 Listen to me, my people; listen, O Israel, for I will see that right prevails. 5 My mercy and justice are coming soon; your salvation is on the way. I will rule the nations; they shall wait for me and long for me to come. 6 Look high in the skies and watch the earth beneath, for the skies shall disappear like smoke, the earth shall wear out like a garment, and the people of the earth shall die like flies. But my salvation lasts forever; my righteous rule will never die nor end. 7 “Listen to me, you who know the right from wrong and cherish my laws in your hearts: don’t be afraid of people’s scorn or their slanderous talk.
8 For the moth shall destroy them like garments; the worm shall eat them like wool; but my justice and mercy shall last forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.” 9 Awake, O Lord! Rise up and robe yourself with strength. Rouse yourself as in the days of old when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile.
10 Are you not the same today, the mighty God who dried up the sea, making a path right through it for your ransomed ones? 11 The time will come when God’s redeemed will all come home again. They shall come with singing to Jerusalem, filled with joy and everlasting gladness; sorrow and mourning will all disappear.
12 “I, even I, am he who comforts you and gives you all this joy. So what right have you to fear mere mortal men, who wither like the grass and disappear? 13 And yet you have no fear of God, your Maker-you have forgotten him, the one who spread the stars throughout the skies and made the earth. Will you be in constant dread of men’s oppression, and fear their anger all day long? 14 Soon, soon you slaves shall be released; dungeon, starvation and death are not your fate.
15 For I am the Lord your God, the Lord Almighty, who dried a path for you right through the sea, between the roaring waves. 16 And I have put my words in your mouth and hidden you safe within my hand. I planted the stars in place and molded all the earth. I am the one who says to Israel, ‘You are mine.'”
17 Wake up, wake up, Jerusalem! You have drunk enough from the cup of the fury of the Lord. You have drunk to the dregs the cup of terror and squeezed out the last drops. 18 Not one of her sons is left alive to help or tell her what to do. 19 These two things have been your lot: desolation and destruction. Yes, famine and the sword. And who is left to sympathize? Who is left to comfort you?
20 For your sons have fainted and lie in the streets, helpless as wild goats caught in a net. The Lord has poured out his fury and rebuke upon them. 21 But listen now to this, afflicted ones-full of troubles and in a stupor (but not from being drunk)-
22 this is what the Lord says, the Lord your God who cares for his people: “See, I take from your hands the terrible cup; you shall drink no more of my fury; it is gone at last. 23 But I will put that terrible cup into the hands of those who tormented you and trampled your souls to the dust and walked upon your backs.”
52 Wake up, wake up, Jerusalem, and clothe yourselves with strength [from God]. Put on your beautiful clothes, O Zion, Holy City; for sinners-those who turn from God-will no longer enter your gates. 2 Rise from the dust, Jerusalem; take off the slave bands from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
3 For the Lord says, “When I sold you into exile, I asked no fee from your oppressors; now I can take you back again and owe them not a cent! 4 My people were tyrannized without cause by Egypt and Assyria, and I delivered them.
5 “And now, what is this?” asks the Lord. “Why are my people enslaved again and oppressed without excuse? Those who rule them shout in exultation, and my name is constantly blasphemed day by day. 6 Therefore I will reveal my name to my people, and they shall know the power in that name. Then at last they will recognize that it is I, yes, I, who speaks to them.”
7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those who bring the happy news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns. 8 The watchmen shout and sing with joy, for right before their eyes they see the Lord God bring his people home again. 9 Let the ruins of Jerusalem break into joyous song, for the Lord has comforted his people; he has redeemed Jerusalem. 10 The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations; the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
11 Go now, leave your bonds and slavery. Put Babylon and all it represents far behind you-it is unclean to you. You are the holy people of the Lord; purify yourselves, all you who carry home the vessels of the Lord. 12 You shall not leave in haste, running for your lives; for the Lord will go ahead of you, and he, the God of Israel, will protect you from behind.
13 See, my Servant shall prosper; he shall be highly exalted. 14-15 Yet many shall be amazed when they see him-yes, even far-off foreign nations and their kings; they shall stand dumbfounded, speechless in his presence. For they shall see and understand what they had not been told before. They shall see my Servant beaten and bloodied, so disfigured one would scarcely know it was a person standing there. So shall he cleanse many nations.
Apostle Robert D. Rogers
http://www.onemillionvoice.org
The type of government that we have in America is described as one of checks and balances, and will work fairly well as long as there are good men and women elected to office. The problem with a government that has three branches of office that seek to keep any one branch from gaining domineering control is that it is often extremely inefficient and very costly. As the corruption level increases it becomes unbearably so. The premise of such a government is that man at his core cannot be trusted and must have some way of keeping any one branch from gaining absolute power. As the pool from which we find such men and women diminishes, so does the effectiveness of that government. As corruption, greed, and immorality seep deeper and deeper into governmental circles, the citizens begin looking for some sort of “savior.”
Do you know anyone who fits that description? I do – His name is Jesus Christ, and He is coming to rule! Today He is looking for those who will qualify to rule with Him in His Government. He has sent His Holy Spirit messenger with a measuring rod to see if there are any hungry enough to serve with him.
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