Let it Rain...
“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great
a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so
easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before
us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy
that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat
down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who endured such
hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged
in your souls. You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin.” Hebrews
12:1-4
“Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved,
what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking
for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens
will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth
in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these
things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;” 2
Peter 3:11-14
“And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great
multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings,
saying, “Alleluia! For the£ Lord God Omnipotent reigns! Let us be glad and
rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife
has made herself ready.” Revelation 19:6, 7
As I write this blog, my eyes keep glancing out the windows
of my office to the horizon, I see flashes of lightning and thunder. Now, in
the natural, it is a lovely day, 80 degrees and sunny, but in my spirit I see
storm clouds coming, great and mighty storm clouds, unlike any day the world
has ever seen before, nor shall ever see again. I sense a day upon us unlike
any time in history. It is a season of transfiguration, a time of the kingdoms
of this world to collide with the Kingdom of Our God! A rapid moving of the
consummation of all things is at hand. I can hear the beckoning of the Lord
Jesus crying out –