We are in critical place in the Church, the culture, and our
nation. We need God to wake up His people and strengthen us to win the day we
are in. Joel 2:28/Acts 2:16-17, God has poured out the Holy Spirit on all those
of His Covenant. We are living in the "Day of the poured-out Spirit"!
All generations are now empowered to rise and SEE what things can be like
through the application of His Kingdom. Sons and daughters can see (prophecy).
Young men can see (visions). Old me can see (dream). All of us have been given
the responsibility (Acts 1:8) to be those that represent, give voice to,
implement, and give account to Christ and His Kingdom's availability. That
availability allows the things of earth (Jerusalem, Judea, etc. Acts 1:8) to
function the way things do in heaven (Matt 6:10). A spirit of awakening is
rising amongst His people, and the generations are rising to make the
difference. You are part of this rising!
A Kingdom generation must fill the earth and
shape/disciple nations in the things of God so His glory is revealed. This is
going to take adjustments on many levels. Each of us have changes that are
needed, and each of us play a role in others changing in order to be an effective
part of a Kingdom generation. An important place many must start is WAKING UP.
That is not meant to be a condemning statement. That is a cry for the people of
God to go beyond where we are and become those that engage all parts of life
and culture. We need "Awakening Voices" that will sound the alarm and
blast the trumpet (Joel 2:1) so Zion (corporate/governing Body of Christ,
Ekklesia) is functioning in the earth as commanded.
This earth is to increasingly reveal more and more of
God’s glory. John Piper defined
glory as “God’s manifold perfections.”
I love that God has unending perfections and eternity isn’t long enough
to experience it all. We are those
that are in history to unveil a portion of His perfections that gives an
additional glimpse at His magnificence.
The generations are to relationally move together and synergistically
work together in ways that shows His glory. His glory is seen in the relationships. His glory is found in the synergy. His glory is expressed through the
completed assignments and accomplishments that honor Him. To live life in a way that is centered
on what we get out of life or from Him and set our hopes on what we get after
life leaves a lot of untold perfections.
The generations must wake up and rise to be those that reveal His glory
in history and on earth. The earth
needs to see new art, greater discoveries, more technology, deeper science, new
sounds/music, stronger economies, inventions, medical breakthroughs, etc. We need a culture in the nations that
reflects the things of God not a culture that defiles the desires of God. Nothing short of an awakening is needed
to bring the generations to this understanding so decades from now generations
are living this out as common place.
Voices of Awakening rise! Call the generations together as a Kingdom generation and
send them as the influence that expresses the glory of God in all of life, in
all of the world. The Spirit is
upon His “covenant ones” to SEE how things can/should be in the centuries
ahead. He is waking us up to SEE
and strengthening us for the moment at hand.
(Next blog will look at Revelation 3 wake up call leads to
open doors to step through)
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