My mom just forwarded me an email from the Elijah List. (This is a group that tracks different prophetic words from God and makes believers aware of them.) Yesterday, October 13, 2011, marked the 30 year point for a prophetic word that God gave Bob Jones about an end-times army that He was going to raise up. This is known as the "Sands of Time" prophecy. In essence, God told Bob Jones that He was going to send out draft notices for "The Army of God" to "everyone that was conceived, that was in the womb, or nine months prior to October 13, 1981". "When they reach the age of maturity, I am going to begin to release them in power. I will arm them out of My armory in Heaven. There is no gift that I will deny them. They will literally pull down the warehouse of God and they will have no fear of the enemy. They will glorify Me beyond anything that has ever been. They will represent Me in My holiness and compassion." The age of 30 is representative of maturity.
I'm 30. I've calculated that the range of people who are directly implicated by this word have birth dates in the range of January 13, 1981 to July 13, 1982. This is not to say that other people who would consider themselves to be bond-servants of the Lord and are born outside of this date range are excluded from God's end-times army. I suspect that the time frame is more to give us a general sense of the season in which God would begin to release this word on His church, rather than who the specific recipients would be. But because my birthdate, August 3, 1981, falls within this range, I am taking this word very seriously. And, I am asking myself, "Am I really ready for this?"
I was in the prayer room last night and we had a powerful time of intercession for revival to break out during the 4 AM watch. The worship felt extremely anointed and we were literally crying out for God to rend the Heavens and break out in revival right then. (We were praying for revival in KC, but I of course prayed for revival to break out in Rockford too. I like to think that I am hijacking the entire prayer room's intercession by agreeing with their prayers for KC AND asking that they also count towards releasing revival in Rockford!) But, our time last night felt so powerful that I thought, "Whoa, what if revival really does break out right now?! What will that be like? Am I ready to be a part of leading thousands of people to Christ and then discipling them? Am I ready to pray over thousands of people that they would be healed and set free? Am I ready to cancel the rest of my life and be in the prayer room around the clock to respond to the greatest revival that the world has ever seen? Am I ready for angelic encounters and prophetic words accompanied by signs and wonders in the heavens? Am I ready for the persecution that will rise against the church?" And, in my heart, I wasn't sure that I am ready for all of that.
Now, I know that I can never be perfectly ready for this reality. But, I think that I can posture my life in such a way that loving God and obeying Him really is the highest goal of my life. As I look at 5 main areas of my life, my thoughts, my time, my money, my affections and my calling, I see that I am still loving and pursuing my way in many areas. But, I am setting the intention of my heart to love and obey God wholeheartedly and I am asking God to work in me to make this a reality.
I am also reconsidering my view of fasting as I am considering all of these things and continuing to read The Rewards of Fasting.
"Fasting serves as a catalyst to increase the depth and the measure to which we receive from the Lord. By fasting we receive greater measures of revelation at an accelerated pace, which has a deeper impact upon our hearts."
I don't understand all that needs to change in me so that I can be ready to be a functioning member of God's end-times army. I do know that I desperately want to be a part of what He plans to do and I want to be ready for that day! If fasting will give me more revelation of God and His plans now and in such a way that they take root deep in my heart, then I suddenly want to fast more. Can you imagine? We get to be players on God's team for the craziest thing that the world will have ever experienced. How amazing is that?! He wants us to partner with Him in what He is going to do to change this entire world. God doesn't need our help, but He wants us there as His friends, standing in agreement with Him. There is nothing that I wouldn't give to be a part of that. So, here I am, Lord. Use me. And change whatever you need to change in me to make me ready to stand with You on that day.
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