Jesus is coming!

The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God… The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. (Isaiah 40:3-5) 

If you know that North Korea is set to launch its nuclear missiles and aim it on Philippine shores, would you just sit idle or carry on with business as usual? Would things be the same still even though you know full well that you and the rest of your people will perish at the coming of a deadly assault from this rogue state? I don't think so. We will be so consumed with the sheer panic that merry-making will look extremely foolish in light of an incoming disaster. Our lives will be reordered by this event. No longer will we go on with our daily routine, nor think the same and act the same; but with all strength and will that can be mustered, we would respond to the urgency of the hour, doing otherwise would be ludicrous! 

Our generation is given the same warning, for an event much more catastrophic than all the wars this world has known combined. It is the great and terrible day of the Lord (Matthew 24). This generation will see the greatest manifestation of the glory of God and at the same time the most dreadful cataclysmic event in history.

"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up" (2 Peter 3:10)

WHO CAN WITHSTAND IT? 

The events that will take place before the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ will be so terrible, who can withstand it?(Nahum 1:6) It is those people who have entered in into the realm of fasting, praying and heeding the Word of God, knowing full well what Jesus Christ has in mind for His bride. Those who have subjected themselves in the wilderness for preparation, consecration and total abandonment to the purposes of God. Forerunners are being raised up right now- they are set apart, and wholly dedicated to Jesus' end time plan. Their lifestyle is defined by an extreme devotion to God and they have that oil of intimacy with the Holy Spirit that enables them to minister to others in times of distress and confusion in many shiftings in the earth. 

Oh how I want to stand prepared on that day! With no offense in my heart, fully yielding to the desires of my Bridegroom King. Revelations 19:7 says, 'the bride has made herself ready'. But are we really? What are we doing with our lives right now? Is the church stirring itself up to lay hold of God? It breaks my heart to admit, but we are far from it. How we go about with our days and our affairs in this life does not reflect at all the kind of readiness God requires of us. We have so many clingings in this world, so preoccupied with temporal things and busy in the accumulation of "stuff" that the idea of Christ's return remains to be an etherial, far-fetched notion. What's worse is that we have so much wickedness in our hearts that I tremble at the thought of His coming judgment over us. You guys, Jesus is coming, He really is!!! 

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.

I don't know about you, but the thought of this causes me to tremble. By His grace and the help of the Holy Spirit I desire to live a life of a forerunner. To not only strengthen my Spirit for the great tribulation, but to be prepared to impart to people the knowledge of His love and His plans in the midst of persecution, calamity and death. There's no time to dilly-dally, now is the time to act! Let's rend our hearts for this cause and increase the groan in our innerman that screams, "Come Lord Jesus!".