In these last few years we have seen a shaking in the earth as all of creation groans in birth pangs of a new day (Romans 8:22) along with all the people of the earth. This shaking that is taken place has caused a new awaking, a slumber that over years has seduced the people into a false security and comfort. Questions are now being asked particularly by believers “where is the reality of what we read and talked about in the Bible, not only the absence of miracles but where is the manifest Presence of the Glory of God?” In Haggai 2 :6-9 the prophetic word is that a greater glory will be far greater than the former.
In the pandemic there was so much fear that came into the House of God yet they were still declaring that He who lives within them (Christ) is greater than anything against them. Yet we know that fear is a weapon that the enemy of our soul uses, and the fruit of this has been division within the Body of Christ and a lot of hurt people. It’s good to take stock and have a reality check rather than carry on regardless, as truth must correspond with reality, otherwise it isn’t truth.
So many today across the world are not going back to church with all the programs and jobs and organisations, are in a place of being lost. Some have gone back like disciples after the Resurrection to what they know and can control and predict.
May I suggest we look again at the foundation of Church History? It shows us that when Rome made Christianity a Religion, a Roman Template in the invisible world was put into place in how we do things. Is it possible that this is now engrained in our Spiritual DNA?
Father’s House was meant to be filled with the Breath of Life. When Jesus breathed on the disciples (John 20: 21) after the Resurrection the Breath of Life came and filled their house.
Collectively in Acts 2, we see the outpouring of the Breath of God as the Holy Spirit moved through the disciples and continued to do so. These believers were led and empowered and turned the world upside down. Wherever they went they weren’t confined to a template, but were free as they were led by the Holy Spirit who moved spontaneously.
Their foundation was a living relationship with our Lord Jesus and not an institution. The dangers are traditions, once set, become very predictable.
The organisation now becomes the voice that speaks and the Voice of God is somewhere in the distance. It’s comfortable and secure to live a life like that. What creeps in is the spirit of conformity and convenience, as well as the spirit of excellence, along with lots of rules as the spirit of the world becomes the order of the day with all the authority of men.
Father’s House has changed and doesn’t reflect the nature or the Glory of God. Soulish substitutes now become important to make everyone happy with a feel good factor. Before we know what has happened, in the spiritual realm we have a false priesthood, false mantles worshipping at false altars.
Fathers House is meant to be a House of Prayer individually and corporately.
The Kingdom of God is here (Mark 1:15) and is bringing down the false structures as the river of the life of God is among His people and is moving all obstacles as it flows freely. CAN YOU SEE IT? In the Bible there are 222 prayers according to Troy Bremen (prophet) and this year is 2022.
Father is calling us back to a place of belonging. We are citizens of Heaven (Ephesians 2:19-22).
This is “The Hour of Change”. To seek Him first and the Kingdom of God (Matthew 6:33), not second or third. It’s a priority that we may go back as Jesus showed by His Lifestyle in John 14:10, that we may be living In Jesus rather living For Jesus, as we operate from a place of Freedom and Rest and do what Father shows us as it’s His Church, not my Church, His Meeting not my meeting, His works not my Works.
Perhaps this is the time of decision. Perhaps we need to repent from operating on the Roman Template and clean our Spirit up from the DNA that is in the foundations and release that we control (Psalm 127: 1, Acts 7:48-49) and all that the Lord shows us. As Isaiah 60:1-2 says
“Arise and shine for the Light has come and the Glory of the Lord rises upon you”, and when that trumpet sounds and our lives are filled with excitement, Father can present us, the Bride, to the Bridegroom just like they do in a Jewish Wedding (Revelation 19:7) Father made the choice of choosing us.
May we be ready and Full of the Breath of Life.
Pat Regan
Chelmsford
Essex.