FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF THE THINGS GOD KEEPS REMINDING ME IS THAT, IT IS NOT HIS DESIRE THAT DIFFICULT TIMES HAPPEN. IT’S NOT HIS DESIRE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD JUST HAPPENED. IT’S NOT HIS DESIRE THAT THE JAPAN ISSUES HAPPENED. NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE HIS DESIRE. HIS DESIRE IS THAT PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW HIM. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN WE DON’T FOLLOW HIM, THEN RIGHTEOUSNESS LIES IN THE STREETS,
JUSTICE RUNS AMUCK. SO THE EARTH RESPONDS TO THAT. SO WHEN WE SEE THINGS HAPPENING ON THE EARTH, THE THINGS WE’VE BEEN SEEING, MISSISSIPPI, FISH FLOATING, COMING TO THE SHORE, IT’S BECAUSE THE EARTH IS RESPONDING TO SIN. THE EARTH WAS CREATED TO RESPOND TO RIGHTEOUSNES NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE GOD’S DESIRE, NONE OF THEM ARE GOD SAYING, I’M GOING TO GET YOU. IT’S NOT GOD SAYING, HE GOT US. IT’S THE AGONY OF GOD’S HEART THAT THESE THINGS HAPPEN. BUT THE JOY OF GOD’S HEART IS THIS. THAT PEOPLE WOULD TURN TO HIM. THAT’S THE JOY OF GOD’S HEART. SO ONE OF THE THINGS HE KEEPS REMINDING ME, WHEN WE SEE ALL THESE THINGS HAPPENING, IT’S TO DRAW PEOPLE TO HIM AND BECAUSE THE EARTH IS RESPONDING TO THE INCREASED PRESENCE OF LAWLESSNESS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO AS THE BODY OF CHRIST, WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE SPIRITUAL WATER
TABLE OF THE LAND. LEADERS RISE OUT OF THE SPIRITUAL WATER TABLE. WHEN YOU HAVE A LOW SPIRITUAL WATER TABLE, LOW LEADERSHIP ARISES. WHEN YOU HAVE HIGH SPIRITUAL WATER TABLES, HIGH LEADERSHIP ARISES. WE NEED TO INCREASE THE SPIRITUAL WATER TABLES OF THE LAND. WE DO THAT BY PUTTING RIGHTEOUSNESS ABOVE OUR OWN DESIRES, WHERE WE SEEK THE WELL-BEING OF OTHERS AND GOD’S KINGDOM OVER OUR OWN WELL-BEING AND PERSONAL DESIRES. WE ALSO HAVE TO VOTE RIGHTEOUSLY AND STAND UP FOR RIGHT OVER WRONG. WE HAVE TO MAKE A CLEAR DISTINCTION, NOT JUST BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, BUT IT’S NOT EASY TO MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN GOD AND GOOD. GOD WAS IN THE TREE OF LIFE. THERE’S A WAY THAT SEEMS GOOD. WE HAVE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN GOD AND GOOD.WHEN YOU START PRACTICING RIGHTEOUSNESS AND AS RIGHTEOUSNESS GROWS IN THE LAND AND GROWS IN THE PEOPLE, THAT DISTINCTION BECOMES EASIER AND EASIER TO MAKE.
EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.THAT WILL BE A WORLDWIDE CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD, NOT JUST A PARTICULAR CITY OR A PARTICULAR TOWN.THOUGH THAT’S NOT TO EXCLUDE A CITY FROM HAVING A MOVE OF GOD.WHEN EVIL MOUNTS UP, GOD MOUNTS UP. EVIL RESPONDS TO WHAT GOD IS DOING.WE’RE GOING TO SEE GREAT THINGS FROM GOD HAPPENING IN THE MIDST OF SEEING CONCERNING THINGS ON THE EARTH AS WELL. ALL THESE THINGS ARE DESIGNED TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE WORLD, THE UNITED STATES.WE ARE TO BE A LEADER OF THIS ERA, TO BE A LEADER OF MISSIONARY OUTREACHES BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE SAVING KNOWLEDGE OF WHO JESUS IS.THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO THE FATHER AND THAT’S THROUGH THE SON.
