Out of darkness, ever increasing light bursts forth.
In the end times that
we're now living in, there will be two sharply contrasting scenarios on earth:
While tumultuous signs (earthquakes, wars, famine, pestilence) and the evil deeds of man become more and more
pronounced, there is a spiritual awakening of unimaginable scale.
On one hand, ominous portents and man’s evil increase. On the other hand, God’s glory is being
revealed more and more.
As world news becomes
more and more depressing, light appears at the end of the tunnel. There is
heightened spiritual activity and blessing.
“And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your
sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young
men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out
my Spirit in those days” (Joel 2: 28-29).
“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of
the LORD, as the waters cover the sea” (Habakkuk 2:14).
Since 70% of the earth
is covered with water, this means God’s glory will be experienced far and wide,
as widespread as the oceans.
The outpouring will be
great and unprecedented—even on common people, the ones we would least expect. It’s not only the ministers
who will be anointed.
Imagine our maids
prophesying. Imagine a young man being used of God in a healing ministry.
Imagine people getting healed when the shadow of the godly fall on them. We
should be pulling out all the
stops to what God can do!
Notice also the contrast between two groups of people, one group filled with wisdom and the other without:
“Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be
refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall
understand; but they that are wise shall understand” (Daniel 12:10).
The wise will shine brighter
and brighter even as darkness and evil triumph more and more. Though the
uninitiated rush here and there, frantically doing this and that (age of jet travel and
mobile technologies), they will not understand what is happening, even though
they have lots of knowledge (information
overload).
“And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the
firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and
ever” (Daniel 12:3).
“But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even
to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be
increased” (Daniel 12:4).
GREATER REVELATION
“For God, who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give
the light of the knowledge of the glory of
God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6).
May the revelation of
the Holy Spirit illumine our minds, may His light
flood us with understanding, just as Paul prayed for the believers at Ephesus:
“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in
order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his
incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty
strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his
right hand in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 1:18-20).
GREATER TRANSFORMATION
“And we all, who with unveiled faces
contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory,
which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:18).
GREATER OUTPOURING
Let us therefore lift
up our heads to the heavens and, with expectant hearts, look forward to God’s
end time outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
There is so much more
God has in store for us in these end times. At present we are just scratching
the surface. So we have to be watchful in prayer and worship—anticipate the increased outpouring of the Holy Spirit and all that He is ready to reveal to us.
He’s going to use us
in a measure we’ve never thought is possible. It’ll blow our mind. His power at
work in us can do far
more than what we dare ask or imagine (Ephesians
3:20).
Let’s pray for our
friends and loved ones that the scales will drop off from their eyes—that
God will “open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and
from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of
sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me” (Acts 26:18).
So do
not be discouraged as things will become more and more tumultuous and gloomy. Even
as ominous portents and man’s evil increase, light will burst forth out of darkness.
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