Thursday, May 13, 2010

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it?  I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
[ Isaiah 43:19]

“Shift”

Good Afternoon Beloved,

SHIFT!  These last few messages sound almost like a series.  I just keep hearing the same message and it’s getting stronger and stronger.  There is a sense of urgency that I have never felt before.  A zeal for the Body of Christ to take its place.  To go after God with everything in us.  To be so close to the heart of God that we hear His heartbeat.  To be so close that everything not like God in our life dissipates, disappears or begins to look like Him!  SHIFT! Shifting from one gear to the next.  Preparing to turn the corner and knowing that whatever else is around that corner … God is already there.  He sees our beginning and he stands at the end (ummmmp… thank you Israel Houghton, Live From Another Level).  God has pressed the accelerator and things are happening quickly.  Everything we’ve gone through has prepared us for where we are now and for what is about to happen.  I was speaking today with a young man who has been going through a storm the last few months.  I have been encouraging him to draw closer to God and to write.  I truly believe his experience will bring healing to many other young men who have dealt with the same issues, and have suffered in silence.  I feel many of our young people are sitting on a powder keg .. that is about to explode.  When it does, tragedy ensues.  They act out violently and foolishly.  There is an under-current that is slowly being dealt with.  The enemy is very interested in destroying them.  God has placed us in a position where we can stand in the gap and intercede for a generation that is powerful… but distracted.  They are distracted because the enemy can’t afford for them to truly get attached to the True Vine.  When we are absolutely awesome things happen.  Keep your eyes open, and see the salvation of the Lord.  Keep your ears open and hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying to the Church.  Keep your mouth open to receive from Him what He wants to give you.. to give to others.  Keep your hands open always ready to be a blessing to somebody else.  At the same time shut down negativity, shut down unbelief, shut down ‘verbal abuse’, shut down murmuring, complaining and evil speaking,  shut down hatred, shut down malice, shut down envy, shut down self-loathing, shut it down.. shut it down… shut it down… and the God of all flesh will rise up within our very soul and do exploits through us.  Remember the end result is VICTORY!