The coming shaking will either push/press people toward or away from God. There will be those that run into the arms of Jesus and develop a closer relationship with Him. There will be those who turn from Him and some that even shake their fist at God and rage against Him. Any trying situation can make us bitter or better. The same heat melts butter and hardens clay. Trying situations show what type of material we are made of and the bent of our heart.
My prayer is that whatever happens that I will run into the arms of my God. May I ever burn hot in zeal for the Lord. May my love for Him never grow cold.
Matthew 24:12-13 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Romans 12:11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
Revelation 3:15-16 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Friday, July 17, 2015
Under the Canopy of the Lord
Some of this is going to be a repeat of a previous post. But I really feel like I should share it again.
Last summer I had a vision in which I saw a small group of people standing under a white canopy. The wind was blowing very hard. Even though the wind was blowing quite hard the edge of the canopy was barely fluttering. It was not going anywhere. I heard the Lord say, "The winds of change are blowing and everything that can be shaken will be shaken. But we have a kingdom that cannot be shaken." We have the kingdom of God within us. Every place where Christ rules is His kingdom. His kingdom cannot be shaken and will stand forever.
Hebrew 12:25-29 ESV See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. 26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27 This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
I then saw that the people were standing on a rock and the canopy was anchored into the rock. This caused me to think of Matthew 7:24-25 Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
Last summer I had a vision in which I saw a small group of people standing under a white canopy. The wind was blowing very hard. Even though the wind was blowing quite hard the edge of the canopy was barely fluttering. It was not going anywhere. I heard the Lord say, "The winds of change are blowing and everything that can be shaken will be shaken. But we have a kingdom that cannot be shaken." We have the kingdom of God within us. Every place where Christ rules is His kingdom. His kingdom cannot be shaken and will stand forever.
Hebrew 12:25-29 ESV See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. 26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27 This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
I then saw that the people were standing on a rock and the canopy was anchored into the rock. This caused me to think of Matthew 7:24-25 Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
The canopy of the Lord and the Rock are not going anywhere. We need to find and stay in that place on the Rock and under the canopy of the Lord, in that secret place of the Most High. We must abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91 is the place we must live. The wind is beginning to blow and things are beginning to shake and there is much more coming. Now is the time to be prepared. Now is the time to find that abiding place and stand there in faith. And when the things swirl and shake around us we need to keep our focus on the Lord.
Psalm 91:1-2 ESV He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
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