I believe, and many believe, these are certainly prophetic times in which we live.
Amen?
You don’t have to be a genius to figure that out, all you have to do is pay attention and see what’s happening. Even in our own nation, things are changing. Things are lining up with the Word of God itself, and thank God for that.
The Bible tells us, those who have ears to hear, let them hear what the Spirit of God is saying to this generation.
God has a Word for this generation. Not another generation, but this one right now.
In the Bible, God used Daniel to prophesy. As you may know, Daniel spent most of his time in captivity in Babylon. He was taken at the age of 17 and thrust into a different nation and culture. His home and nation had been destroyed and overrun. All of the sudden he’s handpicked to stand in front of the King. They wanted those who were handpicked to be educated and quick learners. They wanted them to learn the language, to be fluent in speech and writing, even to be instructors of the language.
Could you imagine how traumatic that would be?
So there Daniel is, 17 years old, handpicked to work with the government and foreign affairs. In the first few chapters of Daniel, we learn that the handpicked ones are Daniel and his friends, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
The Bible says, in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar reign, Nebuchadnezzar had a dream. His spirit was so troubled, his dream left him.
I believe in the last days, God is going to trouble men of power and influence of their dreams and visions. Theyre going to go, just like Nebuchadnezzar, to the wrong side of the tracks and say;
Crystal ball gazer, give me the interpretation.
Tarot card reader, give me the interpretation.
They won’t be able to because they have no knowledge of God, but knowledge of evil. This is when the people of God have to be lead by the Spirit of God to have the interpretation of dreams, visions, and spiritual things.
Amen?
I’m not talking about the whole church getting this; Im talking about the remnant. The remnant in this situation was Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
You may have a mega church of 13,000…15,000…18,000, or more. That is a lot of people! But is every single person inside of that church of thousands on the same page?
I’d say, not likely.
What Im saying is this, we need to be the remnant. We need to tune in to hear that voice of God. I’ve made that determination myself. I’m spending more time just being quiet before the Lord. For some people, that’s a challenge. They go to God and all they do is complain and want to do all the talking. They talk about people, what’s going on, this, that, and the other thing. Then they ask, God, what are you going to do about that? God is exhausted by the time you’re done.
Praying is not just you complaining to God. It also has to do with listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit.
It’s the same principle of discerning spirits. A lot of times, the Lord will give you inside information. He will tug at your heart. He’ll give you an inclination. You may think, “That’s just intuition.”
Maybe. But Id rather call it the Spirit of God dealing with your heart and you’re discerning somebody’s spirit. Sometimes that discerning comes like a lightning bolt from heaven, but not often. So, where do you get it? Right down on the inside. Something happens and you wish you would have listened to that small voice.
We have GOT to live tuned into the right station. The Bible talks about the many voices in our world. It says don’t listen to all those voices; we’ve got to tune in by the Holy Ghost, to the right station, to hear the right thing.
I want to encourage you to practice listening. See how God begins dealing with your heart. He may lead you to have the interpretation of dreams and visions for this generation.
-Pastor Steve