Spirit-filled Jesus lovers- you HAVE to hear this.
Read these books in the Message version and tell me if you have the same experience!
This is by FAR the boldest post I’ve ever made, but I guess that’s why happens when you tell him you’ll say WHATEVER He wants you to say. It’s SUPER uncomfortable and simultaneously AMAZING!
I’m re reading the old prophetic books:
Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi- in the Message. That’s just what I’ve gotten to so far.
My heart feels like a pacemaker under an MRI. Literally being RIPPED OUT.
For the lost!
And the fence sitters!
And the prodigals afraid to come home!
For the dispassionate and lukewarm believers that are being blinded with busyness, and lies, and fears and all the things!
I have been ALL of these.
It took me hitting rock bottom for me to cry out.
And I’m asking God some of the same things Habakkuk asked. {Basically how long? How long until we hit the bottom so they can see?}
Please – “as you bring judgment, as you surely must, remember mercy!” – Habbukuk 3
“God, I’ve heard what our ancestors say about you,
and I’m stopped in my tracks,
down on my knees.
Do among us what you did among them.
Work among us as you worked among them.
And PLEASE – “as you bring judgment, as you surely must, remember mercy!” – Habbukuk 3
😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭
You all- LISTEN- it continues on…
“God’s on His way again…
Skies are blazing with his splendor…
PLAGUE marches before him {HELLO!!!}
Pestilence at his heels {😬😬😬}.
He stops.
HE SHAKES THE EARTH…
Nations tremble.
The age-old mountains fall to pieces;
ancient hills collapse like a spent balloon…
I saw everyone worried and in a panic {Do you see it?!}…
Mountains saw what was coming.
They twisted in pain.
Flood waters poured in.
Ocean roared and reared huge waves…
Angry, you stomped through the Earth.
Furious, you crushed the godless nations.
You were out to save your people,
to save your especially chosen people….
When I heard it my stomach did flips.
I stammered and stuttered…
I staggered and stumbled…
I sit back and wait for Doomsday to descend on our attackers….
Though {the equivalent of basically, the world is falling apart and the economies are failing}-
I’m singing joyful praise to God.
I’m turning cartwheels of joy for my Savior God..
Counting on God’s rule to prevail,
I TAKE HEART AND GAIN STRENGTH!”
{from the prophet Zephaniah, chapter 3}
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And just like him— even alongside the heart- ripping anguish for the people caught up in the world, simultaneous the hope in my soul feels like a metal detector that has found TREASURE!!! 💍
With every passage I read, truth reverbates in my deepest core and it’s like a beep beep beep that tells me it’s CLOSE!
VERY CLOSE!!
We are almost there.
He is NEAR!
And that’s both exciting and terrifying.
But he is reminding me that it’s our enemy who should be afraid, and we should remain as close to Him as we can!
For all those who have strayed- it’s time to come home!
Prodigals- it doesn’t matter what you’ve done, he has already forgiven you and wants to welcome you back with a feast! {I know, I was afraid and ashamed too and He did it for me!}
Lukewarm- get his Holy Spirit fire inside you and get fired up!!
Busy, dispassionate, drowned- throw it off! All of it! It’s burying you! It’s not worth it! He’s so much BETTER!!
Fence-sitters- DECIDE! Before it’s decided for you and you get left behind.
Lost- LISTEN UP! Listen close. He’s calling out to you personally! He wants you to be among the saved! But He won’t override your free will. It’s your call!
And those already making the Most High their shelter- he says hang on TIGHT! He knows it’s a bumpy ride but He’s got us. He might be the destroyer of the enemy, and the one shaking the world, but he is our father and protector!
DO NOT FEAR. HOLD ON TIGHT.
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You guys, my fingers are typing this and just barely able to keep up.
This feels intense and urgent and to be honest I’m shaking as I post this.
Some may say I’ve gone off the deep end.
{It’s true, He is DEEP.}
Some may unfollow me because it’s too much.
{I get it.
Don’t follow me anyway, follow HIM!
I don’t even want to be a leader,
it’s very uncomfortable that he’s asking me
to share this.
I am tempted always to “just do me.”
But He in me CAN’T.}
And now, I’ve done what he’s asked me to do for the day, and I’m going to go enjoy my family.
Because I still can, and it’s a gift,
and if the anniversary of losing my dad has taught me anything-
It’s that whether or not the world ends soon,
Every day is SOMEONE’S last.
And we never know when our day is.
So it’s best to be sure we are always ready.
Not worried, but ready.
KEEP, EVEN SLEEP, WITH YOUR ARMOR ON!
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