breaking the hush

 

“And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
 “And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth:
Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.
For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance,
As the Lord has said,
Among the remnant whom the Lord calls.
Joel 2:28-32

 

Is it just me or does anyone else out there sense an urgency to act? Like time is getting shorter? This week in prayer I just began to weep and plead with God to withhold his hand. Time is short. Very short! I can’t help but feel this urgency that the church must act and do so quickly. Not to waste time playing church or meddling in pettiness. We need to repent and take care of all the ‘gross’ in our lives to be effective; to be used like God intended; as the disciples, Paul or Jesus Himself.
It’s time for the lame to walk, the blind to see, and the dead to rise. It’s time for the remnant to recognize themselves as such and drop to their knees and begin to walk in the Spirit-Clothing themselves in Christ – to stop making excuses for not praying, studying, and GOING in the Power within us. To fall on our face before the ONE true God and make Him first in our lives – to let go of fears, pride, status, doctrinal disputes, failures, anger, self and worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. To seek Him and His presence. To hear His voice and begin to step out in boldness and faith like we have never known. To listen and obey without question or fear, if he says, “stay,’ we stay, ‘go,’ we go. If He says to jump up and down on one foot with our thumbs in our mouth than we do it because a desperate suicidal mom told God that she would believe in Him if a stranger jumped up and down on one foot with their thumb in their mouth! Mark Batterson writes that we should be more scared of missing opportunities than making mistakes! What are we waiting for?! Where are the men and women willing to sacrifice sleep to pray one more hour, their favorite tv show to see the Word come alive or that meal to experience healing from the cast of their shadow? Where are the ones who are willing to kill your flesh every day so that the lost might LIVE?! Time is short, church! Move! Believe! Act! Like a voice in the desert ‘Prepare the way’ – He is coming back! And soon!

‘If we’re gonna fly like eagles, arms out wide
If we’re gonna fear we fear no evil, we will rise
By your power we will go, by Your Spirit we are bold
If we’re gonna stand, we stand as giants
If we’re gonna walk, we walk as lions.’

--Skillet (Lions)

Breaking the Hush~

Shawn