While leftists are saying,
“Christianity is done in America,” I say, “At the end of this lockdown, an amazing ingathering of young souls will begin.”
To try to prove me wrong, the Left drags out the usual suspects—trends and statistics (including the coronavirus) — in an attempt to validate their argument.
My first response is, “Are you done?
Because your arguments just fell like an egg from a tall chicken.”
Not only is Christianity not finished in America, but you and all your “woke folk” have inadvertently sown the seeds for the next Christian resurgence.
Your ideology has carved out a Jesus-shaped crater in the young souls of our nation.
The wreckage caused by the bankrupt values of the God-haters is everywhere.
It was always there, but many didn’t have the time to see it.
The Left has drained the beauty out of childhood, romance, laughter, innocence, friendship, and nature.
Those who are stuck at home, now have the time to sit and think about why in the world they ever believed such inane ideas, ideas that have led to such emptiness.
Three verses from the Bible have ignited in me.
They have to do with outcomes in the midst of impossible crises, such as Luke 21:12-15 where Jesus said,
“But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My name’s sake. But this will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony. Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will answer; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist.”
The ‘occasion for testimony’ is upon America.
We have never seen the nation shut down like this.
We have never seen idols toppled in such a sudden and complete way.
While it is very good news for some in the church, it is terrible news for others. God is separating two groups in the church.
He will not have carnal voices in this next testimony.
He will give voice to chosen ones and grant them astounding defenses of the truth, and power to speak with devastating effectiveness.
He is chasing the hirelings out of His presence.
Right now, all over the world believers are headed in vastly opposite directions.
Their emotions are opposite.
Their viewpoints are opposite.
Their destinations are opposite.
Some are headed toward a visitation of God. Others are being herded out of the way to make room for a new and glorious work of the Holy Spirit.
Flashy, fleshly preachers were repeatedly warned—but now it is too late.
This virus was the deadline.
How could they remain carnal and self-important in the face of this crisis?
How could they still resist God even in this calamity?
Well known leaders, who at this hour bask in popularity, are totally oblivious to their impending demotion.
God is about to sideline them.
On the other hand, totally unknown churches and leaders are about to rise.
God will have a witness!
It will be pure.
It will be free of carnal agendas.
It will demonstrate signs and wonders from a holy and loving innocence, and these witnesses will not take the glory.
Remember when I told you this.
The coronavirus epidemic will give way to the most explosive opportunity for soul winning in our lifetime.
But many believers are going to be left out—receiving in their souls the fruits of their rebellion and the rejection due them for years of resisting the dealings of the Holy Spirit.
Today church buildings lie dormant.
Today we wrestle with uncertainty about how long it will last and how bad it will get.
But the Holy Spirit bears witness that it will end as suddenly as it came.
Many Christians and preachers will emerge with a false sense of security and have no clue as to why they have been demoted.
God has deadlines! Luke 19:41-42,
“Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, He wept over it, saying, “If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.”
Certain preachers in America have crossed a deadline, and now God’s next move will be hidden from their eyes.
On the other hand, there are humble servants who are grieving over America.
It looks impossible, but this will turn!
It looks like the door is closing, but this will turn!
It seems that our enemies are too powerful and too great to ever allow a true revival, but this will turn!
Believers who will soon be revealed to be secret weapons, are waiting on God at this very moment.
Broken hearts are the birthplace of the impossible.
Many don’t know what’s happening to them.
They can’t explain the birth pangs.
You know who you are.
You are not wasting time fretting with vain imaginations.
You are following hard after God. You feel strange rumblings, as deep calls unto deep.
What will these Vessels of Fire and Glory look like?
They will be irresistible.
They will be unstoppable.
These vessels will set the stereotype of what a Christian is, on its ear, in America.
What will it be like when it starts to turn and God-starved people meet God-filled people?
Matthew 11:12 says,
“And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.”
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