Dear Friends and family,
We are living in the last days as the Apostle Peter preached about on the day of Pentecost. I don’t know this because America has a new President or is in a recession, but I know it by the word of God. We read Luke 21:25 “upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;” verse 26 “Men’s heart failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:” I can tell you we are there, but not all of the prophesy concerning the last days are bad. Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh: and your son’s and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall see dreams: 18 And on my servants and handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 19 And I will show wonders in Heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath;” Also Haggai 2:9 “The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord.”
There are promises from the Lord of a last day falling away and destruction but also of great power being poured out by God through the Holy Spirit. I know we are in the last days because we are seeing both. While the world is falling apart, God and His army of Soldiers are marching on: on to a new day, on to a move of God, on to revival. So that the testimony of the body of Christ would be the same as when Christ walked this earth in the flesh; Mathew 11:4 “Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John AGAIN those things which ye do hear and see: 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the death hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.” This is the testimony of the Church of the last days. Christ living through His body, which is you and I, the bride of Christ.
All over the world we are seeing this last day out pouring. From the bush of Arica to the base of Mt. Everest, God is moving, and what is happening there is not because they are special or God loves them more, it is because they have been willing to pay the price that God has required. What is the price you may ask? It is a broken spirit and a contrite heart, that God will not despise (Ps. 51:17), the price is fasting and prayer (Mt. 17:21), the price is denying ourselves, taking up the Cross, and following Christ (Mt. 24), the price is to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and with all our strength, and also to love your neighbor as yourself. (Mark 12:30-31) If we do these things God has promised us He would show up and show out. He will be God in our meetings, revival will come, He will pour His Spirit our on all flesh, that young person that has been flirting with the world will get on fire for God and began to preach with power, those that were growing cold will now long for the prayer meeting. All these things will happen if we will just do our part. We must not complain of what God did in the book of Acts or even complain what He is doing in other parts of the world, because He desires to do that very thing in our Churches this weekend and He will do it if we will let Him. God is moving and the question is; are we going to be a part of it? I have stood on train platforms in India many times and watched people sleeping, playing around, not paying attention, and the train take off and leave them behind. The plans and desires of God are moving, they are in effect right now. I urge you, be a part of. Lay aside the things that are hindering the move of God in your life. Get on the train.
In Christ,
Josh Hamby
reading the word of God