Something has been stirring in me for a few weeks now. I’m going to try to communicate what I’m feeling.  First off, I want to say that, I’m saying what I’m saying in love, not hostility or judgment, but kindness and love. These two verses have struck me as a model for sharing truth. 

Ephesians 4:15 says, “But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ”.

Then Psalms 85:10 says, “Loving kindness and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other”.

Now, I don’t always do this well, but I try.  I’m going to try really hard today…

I have seen lots of division, in our culture and also in the church.  It doesn’t seem to be just about one issue.  I can think of several right off the top of my head.  But the situation we find ourselves in as a nation is prominent right now.

I know politics isn’t a topic that is politically correct any more, but I’m going to address a couple of things that I see.  I believe the Lord has shown me this, but I’m not going to say “thus sayeth the Lord”.  I’m going to present what I see, and you can weigh it for yourself.

This last election was not about democrat versus republican.  It was darkness versus light. Unfortunately, darkness was on both sides of the aisle.  I’m not going to get into what all I’ve been exposed to, but just let me tell you it’s not pretty, in fact it’s disgustingly nefarious and luciferian.  I won’t discuss it here or even on social media, but if you want to meet in person, I’ll gladly share what I’ve learned.

Many believers have seen what God intends to do to step in and tear down the darkness that is ruling at this time. Many, for decades, have been watching as this evil has unfolded.  They were called conspiracy theorists and the likes.

Whenever people would try to tell me about this I would say, “I want to know what the Lord is doing, not what the devil is doing”.  Some of you have heard me say this.

Last summer I began to intercede for our nation and for the world.  I spent hours a week seeking the Lord on what to pray and what was on His heart to address.  I believe He began to show me, and with that came the understanding of another agenda that was on the horizon.  It was God’s intention of what He planned to do.  When I began to learn about it an excitement stirred up in me and I knew it was something to stand in faith for.

Well, November came and went and now we are in the month of February. In prayer, I have sought the Lord and I always hear the same thing.  He told me to stand in faith as one believing for what He will accomplish during this time and what the prophets have said.

I realize this looks foolish, and if you look with natural eyes it looks impossible, but faith is not believing what you see with your natural eyes.  Faith is believing what you have been told by the Lord.  Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”

I’m not asking you all to stand and believe what God has told me.  If He hasn’t told you then it’s not something I’m going to try to convince you of, but what I do want to address is the hostility and the ridicule I see from people who don’t see what I see, and don’t believe what I believe.

I think about Noah when the Lord told him to build an ark and the fulfillment of that word wasn’t seen for 120 years.  Genesis 6 says, Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord and that he was a righteous man, blameless in his time and that he walked with God.  It also says in Hebrews 11:7 that “By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which He condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith”. 

He walked out this walk alone.  I’m sure that during that time people everywhere were mocking him because he was building an ark on dry land and telling everyone that would listen that it was going to rain and flood the earth.  If I’m correct about this, I don’t think it had ever rained up to that point, as Genesis 2:6 says, “But a mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground.”

If I’m correct in my thinking, no one had ever seen rain before.  It made no sense at all to them and was not on their grid of understanding, so I’m sure Noah was made fun of and appeared to be a lunatic.

Hebrews 11:11 says, “By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.” I realize they messed up with Ishmael, but this verse says Sarah conceived Isaac by faith.  If she was in her 90’s, and had been believing for over 25 years for a child because “God said”, don’t you imagine that people were wondering how she could still believe for what was naturally impossible?

Hebrews 11:8 says, “By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going”.  How do you explain that to doubters?  How do you try to make sense of leaving your family and going out, believing you have heard from God and you can’t even assure them that you know where you’re going?  I’m sure he came up against opposition when people didn’t understand the “why” and the “where” of what he was doing.

Here is my concern though.  In each of these examples, God’s people were correct in what they were hearing and God did fulfill His word.

Do you know that Messianic prophecies took up to 400 years to be fulfilled?  Do you think people like Isaiah and others were told to apologize for “missing it”?  Honestly, I doubt it, but I could be wrong.

Look at this verse from 1 Kings 13:1 and 2, “Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.  And he cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord, Behold a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.”

This prophecy was not fulfilled for over a century.  In 2 Kings 22:1 it says, “Josiah was eight years old when he became king” and the mess Israel was in by allowing compromise and idol worship was corrected in his reign.  The whole chapter of 2 Kings 22 talks about the revelations that were received and the corrections that were made to get the kingdom back on the right track.

Here is my point in all of this.  I present this in love.  Please hear me… I see people scoffing right now, laughing at those who are trying their best to stand in faith for what they believe God has said.  With the situations we are facing right now, it’s not going to be centuries to see God move (or not).  It’s more like a matter of months.

Nay-sayers and others might want to check their hearts and motives. If things come to pass as I see them, I would not want to be on the wrong side of what God is saying and doing.

If you have not been asked to stand in faith for this coming season, as least consider being in the category of “I’ll believe it when I see it”.  To mock and scoff at believers who are trying to obey their directives from the Lord is a dangerous position.

I know what I’m sharing sounds ridiculous to many.  I realize I’m putting myself out there for more judgment etc.  What I’m trying to do, though, is be the watchman on the wall that Ezekiel 33 talks about.  The Lord gave me this verse over 30 years ago and it’s part of my calling and how God has gifted me.  I’m trying, in love to provide a heads up to consider where you may stand and how you may want to re-think some things.

I’m accusing no one.  This is not written for anyone in particular, but if you feel convicted, perhaps it’s for you to ponder.  If it makes you angry, then that’s between you and God.  I’m just trying to obey what He’s giving me.

If anyone wants to discuss what I’m referencing I’m willing, but not on social media, preferably in person.

The days ahead may be rocky, but God’s on the move and He’s cleaning up some things. There may be things revealed that rock you, things you had no idea existed.  I understand…I was there and with the Lord processed through them.  I’m here to pray with you and help if I can. 

Let’s all love each other and have grace during this time.  It’s rough enough right now, in just our everyday life, we don’t need to be tearing each other up.  We need to stand together for and with each other. Let’s not give the enemy any more advantage.

In closing, I’d like to present one more thing.  The Body of Christ should look different than the world.  Our earthly culture is hostile and violent.  We should look different in the church.  There is power in anointing in unity, that’s why the devil hates it. Psalms 133:1 says, “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity”. Then it goes on to talk about how that unity is like the precious oil that was poured out over Aaron’s head and down over his body.  This is a symbolic reference to anointing.  We need to guard unity. Ephesians 4:3 says “Being diligent to preserve the unity of the Sprit in the bond of peace”. 

Let’s have grace for each other.  Like I said, life if tough enough right now without tearing each other up.  We’ve been called to a higher standard than that. We’ve been called to reconciliation and love.