Coffee Break - It Is Two

"It is Two"

"Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest."  Matthew 9:38

Last week I did a live video on Facebook.  I stated that I believe what we are seeing with this virus is part of judgement on the nation.  Our nation has sinned against God through abortion, same sex marriage and greed for money.  We have also made idols out of sports and entertainment.  We have taken prayer out of schools and allowed our children to be taught non-Biblical world views.  If you have noticed, these have all been shut down until further notice.  But churches have also been shut down, so what does that mean.  If the shutting down of these world venues is a judgment, then the church shutting down must be a judgment too.  (The Bible does say that judgment begins first at the house of God.-1 Peter 4:17)  This is what I want to talk about this morning.  

I believe what is going on where the church is concerned is two-fold: 

1)  God is judging us for not making a stand against the shedding of innocent lives; for not standing for marriage according to God's design- but instead we have embraced it in the church and pulpits.  Also we have allowed sports and entertainment to stop us from going to God's house when there is a conflict of schedule.  We have also replaced the anointing of Holy Spirit with programs, talent, education and gimmicks.  We have lost our first love. For the most part it is hard to tell the church from the world... as a whole.
Because God loves to show mercy more than He loves judgment, He is giving us the opportunity to repent and get things right.  It is the mercy of God to judge us.  How many of you, if you saw your child doing something wrong and in the end it would ultimately bring them harm, wouldn't you correct them.  God loves us enough to correct/judge us.  

2)  We all believe that there will be a great end-time revival before the return of Christ.  His return is soon.  Actually, there is an end-time harvest of sons and daughters being brought into the Kingdom before the return of Christ.  In order for the harvest to happen, it is the church that needs to be revived.  The prefix "re" means to do again.  Revive means to come back alive again.  The world is dead in trespasses and sins.  They don't need reviving-- the church does.  
During this time while we are shut-in, away from the distractions, away from those idols, it is the perfect opportunity to get back to our first love, get revived, get renewed, refreshed, realigned, restructured, the fire of the Spirit rekindled in our lives, regenerated, etc. 

Every time the Lord is ready to do something powerful in the earth, or an individual life, He separates people in a solitary/confined place.  Mary was separated and shut away from the people in the inn and gave birth to the Messiah.  The Israelites were separated from the Egyptians the night of the tenth plague and when they came out, they came out delivered  from bondage.  Jesus was separated in the wilderness and came out preaching and manifesting the Kingdom of heaven.  Jesus was separated for three days in the tomb and came out carrying the keys of eternal life and reconciliation to God!   

This is a time, during this separation, for the church to get on our faces and repent, and realign ourselves with God's commission to win the lost, and get back near to Him in absolute surrender.  It is time for the end-time harvest of sons and daughters.  Jesus said that the harvest was ripe--- pray for laborers.  God's judgment is wrapped in mercy.  If you will surrender and not rebel and use this time to get back close to and dependent on Him, He will use you to have a part in this great harvest.  (James 5:7) 

Have a great day.  Repent and separate yourself to the Lord.