Nowadays round the world we see and hear a lot about wars and bloodshed. News media, reports that the numbers of the dead are piling up, while the dead are left to rot. The scenes inside most of the churches and homes today are unfortunately not any different. It is a murder and mayhem of another kind. It is the murdering of the Holy scriptures on a daily basis. Scriptures are distorted. Scriptures are replaced with fables. The concept of holiness was murdered long back. We have disfigured (changed the personality, just like the Israelites did to the LORD Jehovah, by changing His personality to that of a calf, Exodus 32:1-6) the Lord Jesus from being the Master of the universe and the Saviour of souls (from slavery to sin and death), to that of a mendicant and a mundane healer of the sick. The gospel of the cross spoken of by the Lord Jesus is uprooted and replaced with the gospel of prosperity. Jesus is no more the revered Lord, rather He is gently pushed out just like the Laodicean Church did. The Holy Spirit God is grieving at the state of current affairs in our churches and homes. Are we concerned? How do we respond? Can we ever be revived? Can we escape His wrath?
God is seeking for volunteers and intercessors as He did in the olden times, to clean up the rut and to save the nation from His wrath.
It was young men in the first century that rose up to carry out the dead bodies of Mr.& Mrs. Ananias from out of the church. It was another young man that turned away the wrath of God, by piercing a javelin through the stomachs of an adulterous couple, who dared to defy God in the very presence of His servant Moses and others.
Can we find any young men/ young women, bold enough to stand up now, to purge God’s house as the Master himself did in the Temple earlier? Yes it is risky, and it may even take you to the cross. There may be heckles all around you. Remember and be encouraged that there is a big heavenly host who are silently watching you with anticipation who themselves went through that path earlier victoriously though they were stoned, tortured, reviled against, whipped and even sawed.
Yes the battle is tough. It is a fight with the principalities and the rulers of darkness of this world and against the spiritual wickedness in high places. The weapons of warfare of this world will not withstand the darts of the enemy. You need a different armoury—in fact a full armoury from head to sole including the sword of the Word of God.
It was a young man who once dared to reject a king’s own personal armoury and picked up a few stones in simple faith that felled a Goliath. It was yet another young man who cried for the forgiveness of the people that were stoning him to death, so much so, his prayer moved the Son of God to confront and break an equally adamant young man at Damascus, pursuing a faith he wrongly believed to be true, leading a path of violence and leaving a trail of death and blood.
This battle is not for them whose vineyard though planted well is yet to be tended to bear fruit, nor is to them whose houses were yet to be inhabited perhaps for want of finishing touches though foundations were well laid and walls were raised. It is not for them either, who are callous in discharging their commitments and bear fruit; nor is it to them that are timid and weak hearted-- as said in the war manual itself, in the 20th chapter of the last section of the Pentateuch .
It is for them who can wage this war right at the places of their dwellings and work places. Their garrison is not deep in the barracks but in the prayer rooms, both solitary and congregational. It is for them who receive their instructions from the Lord Jesus and His word. It is for them who start this revival within themselves first, covered by His blood and nourished by His Spirit.
The evil forces around us are determined to destroy Christianity from our mother land. Dark clouds are gathering at a fast pace to tumble the weakened church and dark plans are being drawn silently in closed doors. Internet is invading the minds of the youth and the adults as well. There is an urgent need for revival. The Church needs to be awakened; and the wolves need to be driven out. Volunteers are required who would step out to join the army of those who are committed to live a life of holiness to show forth to the world who the real Jesus is, through their own lives, who commit themselves to prayer to pray every day individually and collectively for the out pouring of His Spirit on our Nation naming each state by name. Volunteers are required who trust in His promise that before a bent knee the gates of hell shall not stand in His name. The call is urgent.
Can you be one of them who God can rely upon?
by Mr. John Vikram