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Isaiah 30:1-17 NLT

1“Destruction is certain for my rebellious children,” says the LORD. “You make plans that are contrary to my will. You weave a web of plans that are not from my Spirit, thus piling up your sins. 2For without consulting me, you have gone down to Egypt to find help. You have put your trust in Pharaoh for his protection. 3But in trusting Pharaoh, you will be humiliated and disgraced. 4For though his power extends to Zoan and Hanes, 5it will all turn out to your shame. He will not help you even one little bit.”

6Look at the animals moving slowly across the terrible desert to Egypt—donkeys and camels loaded with treasure to pay for Egypt’s aid. On through the wilderness they go, where lions and poisonous snakes live. All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return. 7Egypt’s promises are worthless! I call her the Harmless Dragon. F80

A Warning for Rebellious Judah

8Now go and write down these words concerning Egypt. They will then stand until the end of time as a witness to Israel’s unbelief. 9For these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay any attention to the LORD’s instructions.

10They tell the prophets, “Shut up! We don’t want any more of your reports.” They say, “Don’t tell us the truth. Tell us nice things. Tell us lies. 11Forget all this gloom. We have heard more than enough about your ‘Holy One of Israel.’ We are tired of listening to what he has to say.”

12This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel: “Because you despise what I tell you and trust instead in oppression and lies, 13calamity will come upon you suddenly. It will be like a bulging wall that bursts and falls. In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down. 14You will be smashed like a piece of pottery—shattered so completely that there won’t be a piece left that is big enough to carry coals from a fireplace or a little water from the well.”

15The Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says, “Only in returning to me and waiting for me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength. But you would have none of it. 16You said, ‘No, we will get our help from Egypt. They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.’ But the only swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you! 17One of them will chase a thousand of you. Five of them will make all of you flee. You will be left like a lonely flagpole on a distant mountaintop.”

For the past three weeks and including today I saw on my clock 9:11. The interesting thing is, the Lord has awakened me right on time for me to see this. I ask the Lord to give me understanding on this. At first I thought about September 11 but after reading the chapter in Isaiah 30, I understand now that 911 is God, calling all His servants that are listening to Him, to not only pray but to lift their voices like a shofar and speak what the Father is saying. God has given the message to Jesus who is the dispatcher and Jesus sends the message to us. We, His servants, are the ones who are in the ambulance driving around waiting on the call. He is sending us out to help His people who are in danger.

I realize by the Spirit of God that this 911 is not September 11 but a 911 call. If you think back on September 11, the emergency crews received a call after the attacks happened but God is doing the opposite. He is sending out the call before something happens. I write this introduction so that you may understand why I must share this word.

So what is the emergency?

There are those in the church who are in a rebellious state (state of being) which puts them in a state of emergency. To walk in rebellion is to have a heart that is cold and resistance to the will of God. You know what to do but you refuse to do it. As we look at this chapter, God is releasing a warning to the church of today. He says in verse one that destruction is certain for my rebellious children (church).

I speak to the church right now. God said that this is certain. You don’t have to wonder, ponder, or guess because I am giving you truth says God. Because of His love for you, He is saying that destruction is at your door because of your rebellion.

These are the other things that are making the church rebellious:

• Plans made contrary to the will of God
• A web of plans woven today not from His Spirit
• The church has gone to find help from those in Egypt, without consulting God
• Putting their trust in Pharaoh’s protection
• A refusal to hear the law of the Lord (The law here speaks of the prophet’s instruction, which is from the Lord)
• The church tells the seers not to see and the prophets to prophesy the right things to them.

I speak once again to the church. The bible makes it very clear that being in this state of rebellion will bring you only destruction, disgrace, humiliation, and shame. In the commentary of my bible, I read this profound statement, “To choose not to obey the Lord is to reject Him, even to despise His message.”

For a long time the church has quoted Isaiah 54:17 which says;

But in that coming day, no weapon turned against you will succeed. And everyone who tells lies in court will be brought to justice. These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the LORD; their vindication will come from me. I, the LORD, have spoken!

This scripture is not for those who are walking in rebellion. Let’s look at the verses before this one and I’ll expound on it.

Isaiah 54:14-17

14You will live under a government that is just and fair. Your enemies will stay far away; you will live in peace. Terror will not come near. 15If any nation comes to fight you, it will not be because I sent them to punish you. Your enemies will always be defeated because I am on your side. 16I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals beneath the forge and makes the weapons of destruction. And I have created the armies that destroy. 17But in that coming day, no weapon turned against you will succeed. And everyone who tells lies in court will be brought to justice. These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the LORD; their vindication will come from me. I, the LORD, have spoken!

God would use His children’s enemies as His hand of correction when they were in a state of rebellion. The church has confessed this scripture over and over and over again but has seen no vindication. The reason why is that the church is in a state of rebellion. Vindication is not for the rebellious. Vindication means; the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc., defense; excuse; justification. God cannot be your defender is you choose in your heart to continually disobey Him.  The enemy has tricked the church into thinking that God rewards disobedience. Not so!

I pray that the church would stop listening to the enemy and go back to listen to Jesus. If the church would repent, He said in Isaiah 30:19-22; 19 O people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you. 20 Although the Lord has given you bread of privation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher. 21 Your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left. 22 And you will defile your graven images overlaid with silver, and your molten images plated with gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing, and say to them,”Be gone!”

My prayer, is that the servants of the Lord who are hearing this same thing about the church, to rise up, pray, speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. It’s time for the church to move from rebellion to obedience so that this world can see the real children of God.

This is an exciting time to be in the Lord’s presence. The Lord has revealed so much revelation of Him and His love for us that it cannot be explained or put to paper. I can say that this time is for the rising of the saints to be exalted so He can be exalted.

This time is for NOW. This is a NOW time. This isn’t a tomorrow time; the time is now. God has released His healing Angel. Just receive His glory, and begin walking in the revelation of His healing. Now is the time to release the things of old as the old things have passed away and will not work. Walk into the new things so God can move through you.

God wants to show you things that man has not seen, and He wants you to hear things that man has not heard because you love Him, because you are hungry for Him, and He is going to show you. Receive His fullness of love right now and begin loving others as He loves you.

Healing and miracles are moving through you right now; just move forward into the freshness of His wonders. Go ahead, sit in the secret place of Him, and receive more. Let Him show you the mysteries of Him that you would know the plans that He has for you.

Let the wind blow through you. Don’t resist the wind. Let the wind change you, and don’t resist the change. Let the wind refresh you. Don’t resist the refreshing. Let the traditions, agenda, plans, and systems be blown away by the wind Lord. Blow through the churches, the cities, the states, God. Blow upon your people, Lord, through a great outpouring in your people, NOW! WHAM!

Just last week, I went into the secret place, and God showed me some scripture, but then He said this is a promise. When He said that it was as if He was saying, this isn’t just another word, this is a direct promise from the one who cannot lie. He then took me into a vision where I was standing in the church and I saw an Angel walk in the back of the church. I said Lord, what is this Angel here for? God said, “He is a healing angel.” It is a promise that I send him to you this week.

At prayer last night we were discussing a vision a women from the intercessory group had last year around August. She had seen five horses on fire going through the church and then she saw five angels, and she prophesied that God was going to reveal them to us.

So far, we had the blessings of Abraham, an angel at the gate, breakthrough angel, and healing angel. I spoke the vision and the revealing last night at harp and bowl, and it was revealed that the next angel was going to be revelation. I began seeking the Lord and He confirmed through His word that the Spirit of God was going to begin pouring out revelation of Jesus.

Today I keep hearing God saying the number seven, seven, seven, seven, resounding in my spirit. I said “God what is it with seven?” He said, “I am visiting the church with the seven spirits before that are before me to bring the greatest outpouring in the world anyone has ever seen. Walk in Me and not in you.”

He said, “I have placed the NOW in you, GO and DO the works by your hands in Me.”

WHAM! I am chuffed! WOOOO. That word is for everyone who falls upon it. If you read and received, walk in the NOW! Let the Word come to you, then through you and be manifested before you, NOW!

Let the Lord reveal to you the things He has for you NOW! Let Him show you and speak to you the things you have not seen nor heard, NOW! It’s right NOW! NOW! WHAM!

1Co 2:9 That’s why we have this Scripture text: No one’s ever seen or heard anything like this, Never so much as imagined anything quite like it– What God has arranged for those who love him.

1Co 2:10 But you’ve seen and heard it because God by his Spirit has brought it all out into the open before you. The Spirit, not content to flit around on the surface, dives into the depths of God, and brings out what God planned all along.

1Co 2:11 Who ever knows what you’re thinking and planning except you yourself? The same with God–except that he not only knows what he’s thinking,

1Co 2:12 But he lets us in on it. God offers a full report on the gifts of life and salvation that he is giving us.

1Co 2:13 We don’t have to rely on the world’s guesses and opinions. We didn’t learn this by reading books or going to school; we learned it from God, who taught us person-to-person through Jesus, and we’re passing it on to you in the same firsthand, personal way.

“Lord, tell me again. Tell me that You love me- that You forgive me.
Tell me again that You will bury my sins out of Your sight-
never to be dug up again- never to be used against me.
Tell me again. Hold me. Don’t stop…
I need You so. I need to feel Your arms wrapped around me.
Abba- tell me its going to be ok.
I am so sorry to have failed You again.”

Sometimes I just don’t get it… Do you know what I mean?
He tells me- over and over- He shows me- repeatedly-
and His Word promises me- time and time again.
None the less, I often just don’t accept it.

But in truth He simply says:
“I do love you.
I do forgive you.
Come, spend time with Me.
Sit on My lap.
It will be ok.
I do love you.”

His Word is so clear- and yet- I forget. My faith weakens.
Now He has given me another gift- another aid. Thank You Lord.

In my heart, He has placed a vision of a waterfall.
It is not Niagara- its only about two times my height;
but water flows unceasingly- and mightily.
The stream is strong and persistent.
It is the type of current that doesn’t go dry in some seasons.
It comes from a mountain of unlimited resources.
It will never stop. It will always flow with its steady power.

It fills me up when I am feeling empty and alone.
When I am feeling vulnerable and weak,
I stand beneath it and it showers His Glory upon me.
When I have failed Him- again- and feeling defeated,
I stand beneath the waterfall and am bathed in the Blood of Christ.
Regardless of my need; regardless of my sin,
the power of His waterfall of love, grace and mercy is sufficient to deliver me.

I KNOW He is able. He generously reminds me…
The waterfall is just a mere token in my heart of His real love for me.
My failings- my brokenness- my lacking- my weakness-
becomes completed through the gift of His abundance.
My “less than 1%” is completed by His “more than 99%”.

Praise God, my Heavenly Father!
Thank You for Your graciousness.
You do love me.
You do care about me and my issues.

And You are sufficient to drown my sorrows in Your abundant love.
Hallelujah! You are always enough!