The
Suddenlies of God
By Russell
Durose
Malachi 3:1
1 Behold, I will send my
messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek,
shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye
delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
The "suddenlies" of God
are wonderful. They come with promise, that is we are assured of God's
faithfulness, but we are never prepared for the WAY God will do it!
But we notice that God sends a
prophet before He performs His Suddenly. To prepare the way.
What does
He prepare?
1. He prepares us by leading us in
repentance.
2. He prepares us by leading us in
forgiving.
3. He prepares us by surrender.
I am not sure about you, but I have
noticed a great dearth in our lives the last 2 weeks. It was as though what was
full of water was emptied, and God started digging around and digging out a
deeper foundation so that what God builds will be far greater.
But this preparation prepares a road
a highway into our ministries, our businesses and our lives, so that Jesus can
come in and do what He desires.
What the Lord told me today is that
He is about to do a suddenly in your life. He is about to SUDDENLY visit His
Temple. He is about to show up!!!
" The Lord, whom you
seek," are you seeking for Him? Are you seeking Him alone?
Whatever you seek shall manifest!!!
There is something happening as I
write this, the Presence of the Lord has come into this place, I know that this
is what God is speaking from His Throne.
What do you seek? If you seek what
is temporal, it shall indeed be given in this season, but it shall pass.
The Lord says, "If you seek Me,
Me alone, what I shall do in you shall never pass." Yes Jesus shall
suddenly show up.
Imagine the scenario, you are doing
your regular house meeting, childrens or youth meeting, your sunday meeting,
and all of a sudden you note a change. The people start to cry out, begin to
worship Jesus in a new way. Indeed Jesus suddenly CAME into His Temple. You
note the intense Presence of the Holy One. You note the very core of your being
challenged to be humbled before Him. The angels exhort you in a loud voice to
ACKNOWLEDGE Him, the King of Glory!!!!
You note in your business that what
was merely maintained is now accentuated with a new invention that God put in
your being. Now you make so much finance that you sow into the end time harvest.
Imagine also a couple at home,
having the usual argument, then the atmosphere changes, and the FEAR of the
Lord hits them both, they fall to the floor and worship the Lord.
Imagine an ordinary prayer meeting,
then the atmosphere changes, they are drawn into the Presence of the Suddenly
Presence of the Holy One. They stay there hours.
This
is the suddenly that is coming!!!!
It is something that shall make
society stop, with even greater moment than that of 11th September 2001.
" The Messenger of the Covenant
whom you delight in..." Yes He suddenly comes to administer a
reinforcement of the covenant, both the requirements and the blessings. He is
coming to restore us and initiate in and through us the covenant He made with
us!
You know
your personal covenant with God?
Yes He made a covenant with you, its
personal, its with you by name.
If you have no idea of that
covenant, how can you precisely pray in, prophesy in the covenant?
We cannot forget, and it is engraved
on my mind the story of the beginning of the Hebrides Revival in 1949. Kathie
Walters had the privelege of visitting Barvas, on the island, and reciting in
her book: " Bright and Shining Revival" .
She relates that the people, a small
group got a burden of the spiritual condition of the people and they prayed
according to Psalm 24 and Isaiah 64. They prayed in a stone barn for 5 months.
They knew their covenant with God with them THROUGH His Word, and they gained
boldness to remind God of His Promise. This particular night in such a prayer,
where God's faithfulness to His Word was reminded in prayer suddenly the Glory of God appeared and
impacted the
God loves "suddenlies."
And He is about to bring one into your lives. Be prepared, receive and pray the
Covenant, and watch God bring His Suddenly...