People
don’t know what they are asking for when they pray for an outpouring of the
Holy Spirit.
When they pray, ‘melt me, mould me, fill me, use me’, do they
really understand what they have just asked for? Then they wonder why
everything in their world has turned upside down and inside out.
When we speak about the world we mean the
cosmos or systems that govern the world. This world has its own fashions or
ways of doing things. It has its own principles. It has its own wisdom and it
has its own course with its own seasons and times.
There
is a time limit on this world and we are heading right on course with God’s
timetable. When Jesus cast the legion out of the man they said ‘have you
come to torture us before the time’.
This
world’s system is not going to get any better. You cannot change the system but
you can change the hearts of people under the system and bring them into a new
system.
Whenever
the Philistines captured the ‘Ark’ and placed it in their temple beside their
god Dagon, the next morning Dagon was found lying face down so they put him
upright again. The next morning his head and his hands had been severed and the
people were inflicted with tumours. So what does this say to us and what does
it mean?
Whenever
the presence of God comes on the scene, then worldly systems; kingdoms;
fashions and principles will collapse and tumble and there will be more and
more chaos, because He comes to bring Divine Order.
There
has been an outpouring of the Holy Spirit these past 40 years and there has to
be a casting down of the systems that are established to prepare for the return
of Jesus.
If
this world does not bow the knee now, it will be forced to bow its knee when
Jesus returns. Everything that can be shaken will be shaken; and only that
which has its foundations built and founded on rock will be left standing.
We
are seeing financial systems being shaken, we are seeing political systems
being shaken, and we are seeing the natural world being shaken. So let’s once
again take heed to what Jesus said in Matthew 24
When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives,
the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will this be,
and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"Jesus
answered them, "Beware that no one leads you astray. For many will come in
my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah!’ and they will lead many astray. And you
will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see that you are not alarmed; for this
must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in
various places; all this is but the beginning of the birth pangs. "Then
they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will
be hated by all nations because of my name. Then many will fall away, and they
will betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will
arise and lead many astray. And because of the increase of lawlessness, the
love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world, as a
testimony to all the nations; and then the end will come.
If
ever we needed a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit it is now, so be prepared
for all your props to collapse around you.; Be prepared for rejection and being
alienated; be prepared for the shadow of the cross to cover you and be prepared
for His power working within you which can do more that you could ever imagine
and be prepared for the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
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