God is doing a new thing, how can we not be aware of it? The message I'm hearing is, God is looking for a dwelling place. You are coming to Christ, the living stone who was rejected by humans but was chosen as precious by God. You come to him as living stones, a spiritual house that is being built into a holy priesthood. So offer spiritual sacrifices that God accepts through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:4,5 Also in Ephesians, In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. Ephesians 2:21,22. Christ in you, the hope of Glory! God is filling the whole earth with His Glory! In Joel chapter 2, "But even now," declares the LORD, "return to me with all your heart- with fasting, crying, and mourning... Blow the ram's horn in Zion. Schedule a time to fast. Call for an assembly. After this, I will pour my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions. In those days I will pour my Spirit on servants, on both men and women."
After what? After returning to the Lord with all our hearts, fasting, then He will pour out His Spirit on everyone! We can't stop this. It's happening, and we are invited to become a house for God's Spirit to inhabit. Come Lord, have Your way in me! Whatever that looks like, have Your way, in my life, in my circumstances. You are Lord of all.
The Lord has been speaking to me about Jehosahapht (a king in the old testament). I kid you not, I opened my Bible without looking, just grabbed it and opened it right to 2 Chronicles 20. I ask the Lord, "Is this it?" As I began to read, the Lord said, "This is My word over you." The story goes: Jehoshaphat, king over Judah, was faced with an enemy that he could not defeat. This enemy was coming to kill everyone and chase them out of the land the Lord gave to their forefathers. "Jehoshaphat was terrified by this news and begged the Lord for guidance. He also ordered everyone in Judah to begin fasting. So people from all the towns of Judah came to Jerusalem to seek the Lord’s help." v.3 He calls everyone to fast and seek the Lord. Every man, woman and child. What does it take for us to see the desperate time we live in? There is an enemy that is real, and there is a call to fast and seek the Lord. Breakthrough comes from fasting and seeking. Finances, lost getting saved, marriages restored, healings, miracles, dead raised, demons cast out, and speaking to Him face to face, to name a few.
The word of the Lord came to Jehosahapht, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid! Don’t be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God’s. Tomorrow, march out against them. You will find them coming up through the ascent of Ziz at the end of the valley that opens into the wilderness of Jeruel. But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the Lord’s victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you!”v.15 "Stand still, and watch the Lord's victory."
They watch their enemies defeat themselves, and it took them three days to carry away the spoils. God blessed them for trusting Him. And they sang,“Give thanks to the Lord; his faithful love endures forever!”
In times of trouble, may the Lord answer your cry. May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe from all harm. May he send you help from his sanctuary and strengthen you from Jerusalem. May he remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings (fasting). May he grant your heart’s desires and make all your plans succeed. May we shout for joy when we hear of your victory and raise a victory banner in the name of our God. May the Lord answer all your prayers. ~psalm 20:1-3
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER!!!!!!!
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