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Thunder and Lightning
I saw a cloud move over the
people during worship. Intense light was reflected within the cloud. It
was very bright, almost glowing. I saw lightning flashes and heard huge
crashes of thunder.
The Lord wants to do a new
thing, a change in the atmosphere, a shift in the Spirit.
The Lord will go forth like a
warrior, He will arouse His zeal like a man of war, He will utter a
shout, yes, and He will raise a war cry. He will prevail against His
enemies. Isaiah 42:13
The prophetic is being loosed
and is bringing restoration. The first restoration is the turning of our
hearts toward the Father. We're caught up in the things of the Kingdom,
the information of the Kingdom missing the King of the Kingdom - His
manifest evidence of righteousness, peace, and joy in our everyday
lives. The Lord says the battle is His. We’ve tried to fight the battle
with the things; the information the Lord has given, rather than letting
Him fight the battles before us.
Behold, I am going to send you
Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of
the Lord. And he will restore the hearts of the fathers to their
children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come
and smite the land with a curse. Malachi 4: 5,6
There are many curses,
strongholds, and stumbling blocks we deal with every day because our
hearts have not been turned in the right direction. We must assume the
posture of a child with our Heavenly Father. A small child does not have
to strive to get his father to do those things, which he needs or even
desires. It's a father’s delight to give unto his children. Many of us
have robbed our Heavenly Father of His delight, with our minds full of
information and our hearts full of doubt.
We’ve walked in a measure of
boldness but now is the time to go forward with bold aggression. Many of
us have been bold when faced with no other alternative. It is a time to
become aggressive in seeking after the Father’s heart. His desire is for
the establishing of His purpose, desire, and strategy for the revealing
of the next level of His glory. We are to assume a violent posture
towards the promises that are yet to be made reality in our lives. The
Lord desires to do much in His church and in the earth, but we must
first give Him as King the right to rule our whole lives, not just the
pieces we are willing to give.
And from the days of John, the
Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent
men take it by force. For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until
John. And if you care to accept it, he himself is Elijah, who was to
come. He who has hears to hear, let him hear. Matthew 11: 12-15
O Lord my heart is not proud,
nor my eyes haughty; nor do I involve myself in great matters, or in
things too difficult for me. Surely, I have composed and quieted my
soul; like a weaned child rests against his mother; my soul is like a
weaned child with me. O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth
and forever. Psalms 13:1
It's from this position - the
stilled child at rest in the Father’s arms, that we'll see the Lord’s
desires, not only in us but also in situations around us. He's concerned
with every aspect of our lives. We tend to focus on whatever is in the
forefront of our mind and miss the big picture. The Lord desires eyes
fixed on Him and from this position, He will do those things He has
promised.
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