12 September 2024
Fundamental concept: The primary means of God's wrath is self-destruction. When people reject divine revelation, they rush down into the mouth of Hell. It seems quite the pleasant ride until you hit the bottom. It's not that He doesn't bring down fire from Heaven from time to time, but that allowing people to hang themselves, individually or in mass numbers, seems to be the default.
At the same time, there is also the image of God coming to visit. He's taking a closer look. Thus, when divine wrath falls on a country, so do His miracles. There will always be found a few faithful, and in order for His glory to shine brightly, He distinguishes between them and the rest. Thus, His covenant faithful will see His signs and wonders while everyone else reaps the harvest of curses.
We are not looking at a Heaven-sent revival. This is not a move of the Spirit to "bring us back" to His ways in some mass shift. It is a time of power and polarization. Those who sit on the fence will be knocked off, one side or the the other. Those who land on the Covenant side will be quite few in relative terms, yet many more than we might expect on a personal level.
People you wouldn't expect will signal their interest in the Covenant. All the more so when they see you walking in Covenant peace and power. That power does not come merely on the trigger of human need, but comes on His glory's need. His miracles will be a comfort, but that's not the point. The point is that others will see His power, those whom you might not guess He is calling.
Don't plan this out; you and I are not the masters of strategy. The most we might be able to estimate are the tactics along the way. Prepare your heart for the unexpected. His glory is not in your lack of sorrow, but in how you handle sorrow, particularly in the eyes of the watching world.
We are most fortunate when we can get outsiders to understand the law code; that's a major chore. To get them to understand the power and Person of the Holy Spirit is far beyond our abilities. He is using us to weave a fabric of truth, and most of us simply aren't ready for what He will do. It's not that He is hiding His counsel -- by no means. Rather, we have hidden ourselves from that revelation. That's our default condition, and it requires a monumental work to expose ourselves to His truth. It is His work, and the sad truth is, He tolerates a lot of our instinctive resistance to that work because we throw out so much of that resistance.
This, too, is part of His glorious work for all to see. Oddly enough, how we fail is a critical element in our testimony.
All of that to say this: The power of the Holy Spirit is coming upon His people. Those who are tightly wound into the Covenant will be in a far better position to see what's happening and go along with it. Those whose expectations are all wrong will suffer quite a bit of shock and disappointment. How hard is it to imagine that the majority of His people have wandered outside the Covenant too far and too long? How many of His family members have spent so little time under the Covenant that they don't even know what it is? Be ready to help them.
Our biggest task right now is to renew our understanding and adherence to the Covenant.
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