Devotion
A Vessel And An
Instrument In the Kingdom
To be a part of God’s remnant in these last days is no cakewalk;
it is not without pain.
To be instruments and vessels that will fulfill God’s
needs and purposes in these last days is easier said than done.
The life of Abraham, as an instrument that God had used
for a particular purpose, is set before us a worthy example.
Abraham hoped in God’s promises even though there was no ground
for such hope.
In this hour when God is preparing vessels to meet His specific
need, the methods by which God will prepare His remnant will not
be ordinary ways.
God will take them
through situations, difficulties and diverse circumstances so
that they may be found to be willing saints of God.
We are drawing closer to the hour of His appointed time.
Spiritual things as seen around us will not meet the
needs of God. The
Lord must prepare and bring in a people who will come into the
Kingdom at such a time as this.
As we read in the book of Esther 4:14 (b) (- - and who
knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as
this?). Beloved,
the enemy has set himself to defile and remove the people of God
from the earth. O
the terrible and subtle ways in which the enemy is spewing
poison into the lives of God’s people in the earth!
The Lord must have a remnant that is brought into the
Kingdom in a time such as this. Oh,
a people must be brought into the Kingdom; a vessel and an
instrument must be brought into the Kingdom in a special and
peculiar way in an hour such as this.
Vessels that have seen what is upon the heart of God must
be birthed into the kingdom in an abnormal way.
Vessels like Abraham, who believed in a God who is able
to raise the dead and bring things that do not exist into
existence, must come forth in this hour.
It is not a matter of hearing some deeper things of God’s
word or some new things from God’s word each Sunday.
It is a matter of beholding the Lord and seeing what is
upon the heart of God.
It is a matter of seeing the apostasy that is taking
place in the midst of God’s people, which is bringing dishonour
and shame to the name of the Lord.
The enemy is determined to deceive, seduce and defile God’s
people in every way possible.
This is made clear in the book of Revelations where we
read about the enemy being cast out of the heavens.
Rev
12:12-16
12
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them.
Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil
is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth
that he hath but a short time.
13
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth,
he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle,
that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where
she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from
the face of the serpent.
15
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood
after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of
the flood.
16
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her
mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of
his mouth.
The picture we get here is of an enraged enemy spewing out evil
like flood waters on the earth.
This talks about a fuming Satan who will invade the earth
in the last days to seduce God’s people.
Satan will be occupied in spewing forth a flood of evil
and filth upon the earth in the last days.
But, through it all, God’s true bride and remnant will be
preserved! Though
she will be attacked mercilessly by Satan, yet she will be safe
and secure in a ‘prepared place’ of God.
Men of God, leaders, and people in responsibility, have to be very careful in this hour. From coast to coast, the terrible sin of immorality is becoming an epidemic in the church. Millions are immersing themselves in river of lawlessness of every kind. People are bent upon feeding their souls and their flesh. As a result, millions of believers have developed pitiable moral standards; they are continuously living without any holy restraints. Beloved, believe me, the sin of immorality in the midst of God’s people has reached terrible proportions today. This is true not only in the West but also in our country. Satan’s evil flood waters are sweeping over this country like a Tsunami! The enemy is bent upon deceiving the children of God. O may God help us!