Scripture: Matthew 10:14-15, Revelation 2:8-17, 3:7-13
In all my years growing up in the church, I never heard these two critical verses that identify our call as Christians. Matthew I 10:14-15 say, “And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. Assuredly I say, to you it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!” The fruit of being a plumbline is making people choose life or death and then declaring it over them! What a statement that is! What if God demands the church transition into a walking plumbline forcing people to choose. What can we say about that? As we walk in righteousness and obedience in our calling, God chooses to use us to force a choice. That choice will bring either life or death. That all happens as Son of man, which is the way Jesus walked His eternal path. Will we follow our Elder Brother all the way to death speaking what culture rejects? What an amazing season this is, to see this start to develop! It is obvious for the first time in many, many years that a great number of vocal, influential people hate Christians. The question to the church is, are we really ready for this level of persecution? Two of the seven churches stand out in purity and righteous, therefore qualifying as a type of the two witnesses in Revelation 11. The one thing both churches have in common is persecution, because of the Word they preach. Does our church preach enough Word to attract persecution? If not, we better find one that qualifies, or we could miss the promise to the Philadelphia church, “Because
you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth!” Revelation 3:10.
• Pray that you shall not labour in vain in this season but you shall labour to enter into God\’s rest. Pray that you shall work in Sabbath rest from this time forth. (Heb 4:11)
• Disconnect yourself from any prosperity that comes from the demon gods. Proclaim that it is God who will make you to profit from your labours, not Mercury/Hermes (Is 48:17, Deut 8:18).
• Pray that this month you will drink your portion from the river of life. Pray that the river will flow over every part of your life, work of your hands.
• Pray that the River of life will flow and bring life to every sector of society in your nation; from family to the church, government economy, education system, media, arts, sports and culture.
• Pray for Jubilee resurrection of those things which seemed to have died. (Rev 22:1, Eze 47:1-10, Ps 46:4-7)