About a month or two ago, while on our 21 days of prayer and fasting for the Church of Jesus Christ, I had a revelation. I have asked the Lord if He will want me to share the revelation with the body of Christ and to be specifically, the shepherds of the flock. (Pastors,Teachers,Apostles,Prophets & Evangelist)I have shared this with my church, prayed passionatelly for ministers of the gospel and reshaped my ministry as Christ centered and Jesus saturated Church. You have the right to prayerfully receive it or reject it. He that has ears "Let him hear what the Spirit of the Lord says;
Colossians 2:6-8 (The Message)
6-7My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you've been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You're deeply rooted in him. You're well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you've been taught. School's out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving.
8-10Watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual double-talk. They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never amount to anything. They spread their ideas through the empty traditions of human beings and the empty superstitions of spirit beings. But that's not the way of Christ. Everything of God gets expressed in him, so you can see and hear him clearly. You don't need a telescope, a microscope, or a horoscope to realize the fullness of Christ, and the emptiness of the universe without him. When you come to him, that fullness comes together for you, too. His power extends over everything.
"In this revelation or vision , I saw many Men of God or Pastors with PICK AXE in their hands and digging a mighty HOLE in the earth surface. This is one big hole, and zealously, everybody with our little effort digging deeper and deeper"
I had a teary eye and a whirlwind of loneliness and emptiness overwhelms my whole being like I have never felt before. Right away, interpretation was given to me by the Holy Spirit. He said, THERE IS AN EMPTINESS IN MY CHURCH. My servants has a dug a big hole of emptiness in the hearts and mind of the Church and they keep digging deeper and deeper; and in the time of test and trials, they do not realise their position in me, their prayers has become an activity, they feel condemed and unrighteouss, neither do they have an intimate relationship with me and their emptiness is perpetual because I am the only one that can satisfy their emptiness but I am (Jesus) not being projected to them. They wake up everyday with belly full of regret and disappointment, no sense of purpose and essence but the practice of religion on Sundays to Sunday.
Take the time out of your busy schedule Man of God and interview five Christians randomly and dig deeper into their hearts, your discovery my friend will surprise you. Many are standing on quick sand instead of standing on the rock which gates of hell cannot prevail.
Just as Moses lifted the bronze serpent in the wilderness and those bitten by poisnous snakes lived again so must we lift Christ in every place that those whom we have helped to be carnal and materialistic, look up to Him and be kingdom minded.
Apostle Paul warn the Church at Colosse to watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual double-talk. They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never amount to anything. They spread their ideas through the empty traditions of human beings and the empty superstitions of spirit beings. But that's not the way of Christ. Everything of God gets expressed in him, so you can see and hear him clearly. You don't need a telescope, a microscope, or a horoscope to realize the fullness of Christ, and the emptiness of the universe without him. When you come to him, that fullness comes together for you, too. His power extends over everything.
It is time to drop your pick axe gospel of self, propheteering, commercialization, charismatic witch craft, insecurity, sexism, materialism which is the order of the day. A mind corrupt leads to all kinds of behaviors. Let's stop corrupting the minds of God's precious possesion - His Church.
2 Corinthians 11:3 (King James Version) But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
If the body of Christ cannot behold the beauty and pleasant nature of Yeshua through the preaching of the Gospel which Paul says "He is not ashamed of it and resolve to know nothind among the greeks but Jesus and Him crucified" - That is what gives peace, forgiveness,prosperity, freedom, wisdom, love, faith, hope and what have you. This is not a matter of being genuine or fake, it's a matter of giving people the chance to see Jesus. Are you doing that?
The pulpit has to be oiled again with the passion to see people transformed not modified: The pulpit and the clergy needs repentance from dead works and come back to a true relationship with the Lord. There are so many ministers of the gospel who are not born anew, doesn't have arelationship with Jesus, being deceived by spiritual gifts. A lot in the Church are nursing injuries from pains and junk food that we've given to them over the years.
There is too much religion on the altar. The problem of the Church has it's roots from the head (Pastor) not the body body.(Believers)
My heart bleeds with sadness when I think about the next generation of leaders - What substance do they have, they lack holiness and righteousness and discipline, the hate the process of growth because that is what they see now. But I encourage myself, His thoughts are not my thoughts and there is surely hope for the future.
We need to go back to the basics, when discipleship was the priority, quiet times, morning devotions, obedience, hearing of God's voice, giftings in the church not just one man commercializing the gift and carries every tittle. Oh' how I miss the days when our Pastors who didn't have much, spent thei precious time with us in the neighbourhood and explained the scriptures. Where are the fathers?
In a nutshell, the Spirit of God is raising some crusaders in this endtime who with selfless devotion to the cause of the kingdom and the constraints of the Love of Christ are dipping their contaminated garments and swords in the blood of the lamb of God, soaring high up like an eagle do the uncommon works of Christ in this end time. John 14:12 is being fulfilled in our day.
Saints who can discern and are so worried about the mess in the house of the Lord will hear again that the Lord has visited His Church and the bread on the pulpit is fresh and hot from the coals of heaven. They will eat to their abundance and function in the strength, wisdom, anointing of the Bread, which is Jesus. (The Bread of life)
Ruth 1:6 (King James Version)
6Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread
God Help Us All.
Amen!
