4/15/25
The Lord has been graciously revealing to me just how limited my view of Him has been. As He continues to open my heart, I continue to repent and remain receptive to His filling, recognizing that what He unveils stretches far beyond my own life and circumstances. I often find it difficult to put these truths into words, yet I rest in the assurance that even this struggle has purpose. As I write, I sense God’s heart moving me beyond my own personal perception, and into something much greater. The eternal wisdom of God that rises above and beyond my own thoughts and feelings. I pray that where my speech and comprehension fall short, the Spirit will move beyond human limitations and speak Spirit to Spirit, for all those who call upon His name and seek His presence.
I can feel the Spirit of God scan the nations, stepping intimately among the lampstands as He looks for His faithful bride, the one called to emit a guiding Light of Life into the Holy Place. I can barely contain the tears as I perceive the Lord’s heart, gazing upon His own treasured possession, set apart to be a living representation of Him to the world.
If you want to know the health of the nations, look to the Church. She is purposed by God to be His family, governed by the Kingdom of Heaven within, and therefore a living expression of the divine way of life found abiding in Christ, the vine.
“For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth so that He may support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this; therefore, from now on you will have wars.” 2 Chronicles 16:9 AMP
I hear in the Spirit an urgent need for the season ahead. The battle plans are only found through the inner work of a disciplined heart and mind. As a people, we need to seek His counsel, open our hearts to His correction, and take comfort in the wisdom and understanding that He offers.
“Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name. “They will be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “ on the day that I prepare My own possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.” So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.” Malachi 3:16-18 NASB1995
We are living in a time of both a great awakening, and a great deception. We are experiencing Isaiah 60 come to life in our time. “Darkness will cover the Earth… but the glory of the Lord will rise upon you.”
God is reclaiming the nations, calling His Bride back to purity, single minded devotion, and Kingdom alignment. The clashing of two opposing kingdoms will make this contrast unmistakable.
When the laws that regulate human society collide with the nature and ways of God, they produce an impossible co-existence. Unless the laws that govern the way we live are altered, catastrophes of war, disease, and famine will ensue. These judgments of God are simply the natural consequence of our own falling away.
Listen closely. These eternal laws are not codes of behavior based on a consensus of human opinions. They are unalterable and eternal Truths, rooted in the very nature of God and His Kingdom.
Whether we like it or not, the universe is made this way, and God will not alter it because He is unchanging. Therefore, we cannot worship our own fantasies and vain imaginations, but must give our total allegiance only to Truth.
The nations of the World are entering a time of fragmentation and restructuring, in a way that we have not witnessed in our lifetime. We are living in confusing, dark, and weighty days. All of creation is longing for a new heaven and a new earth.
“The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; Let the many islands and coastlands be glad. Clouds and thick darkness surround Him, as at Sinai. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him And burns up His adversaries on all sides. His lightnings have illuminated the world; The earth has seen and trembled. The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples see His glory and brilliance. Let all those be deeply ashamed who serve carved images, Who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods! Zion heard this and was glad, And the daughters (cities) of Judah rejoiced, in relief, Because of Your judgments, O Lord. For You are the Lord Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods. You who love the Lord, hate evil; He protects the souls of His godly ones (believers), He rescues them from the hand of the wicked. Light is sown like seed for the righteous and illuminates their path, And irrepressible joy is spread for the upright in heart who delight in His favor and protection. Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones, those whose moral and spiritual integrity places them in right standing with God, And praise and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.”Psalms 97:1-12 AMP
For His name’s glory, the Lord is establishing His zeal through His Bride, those set apart as holy and born again for a new Kingdom and purpose on earth.
This Psalm has really been stirring in my Spirit. I am continuing to feel the urge for all the saints to set our faces like flint on His heavenly Kingdom, rather than on the horizon of earth. The One who makes us righteous is drawing near to us. The passion He has for the establishment of His reign is going to take precedence in justice and righteousness, for they are the very foundations of His throne. When He comes in judgment, it is for His own name’s sake, both over our individual hearts and over the nations. It is the Lord our God who empowers us by His Spirit. As we repent, our accusers will fade away like worn out and moth-eaten garments. (Isaiah 50:8-9)
When the Lord moves, it is across many dimensions and outside of linear time. It is always wise to first observe how the Lord wants to deal with us in our own inner man pertaining to His judgments. Do not despise the small moments in life when He is training us and preparing our hearts for what is ahead.
There are many times in Scripture where God comes in a dark cloud. Psalm 18:11 says that He made darkness His hiding place and storm clouds His canopy. God does not always come to us in ways that we can immediately understand. The human soul naturally craves light and clarity, yet we often misunderstand the manner in which He desires to reveal Himself. His presence does not always arrive gently or predictably, but frequently comes in the whirlwind, the thick darkness, and the fire. In His all-knowing power and love, He moves in ways that challenge our human reasoning, shaking us out of the familiar boxes where we have unknowingly confined Him. It is often in these obscure and unsettling depths that He disturbs our minds and hearts, disrupting our lower default mindsets so that we can be molded and stretched, allowing what was once unseen to finally be made visible in us.
We know these aspects of God in theory, but we are entering a season where what we experience will require a deeper trust, a greater letting go, and total submission to His unconventional ways. He is revealing parts of His character that most of us in America have never experienced. We were born into a culture of ease, comfort, and quick resolutions, and these have become our default mindsets. Most of us do not even have a grid for hardship, or for things not working out the way we perceive or hope. We have become more concerned with preserving our own lives than truly understanding what the Lord means when He calls us to lay down our lives for the Kingdom. Many have worshiped idols by prioritizing personal desires, careers, fleeting emotions, and man-made traditions. We have even cloaked these idols in spiritual language, calling them truth while they consume our thoughts, our time, and our devotion. Although many of these pursuits can be good in their proper place, the Lord desires to be the absolute center from which all other things in our lives flow.
Nations and systems operate on the technology of “true” information and knowledge, but are devoid of the power of Life. What is merely “true” is not enough. “True” is a statement, an idea that can be argued, shaped, and distorted. But, Truth is a Person and cannot be reduced to an exchange of information. God is searching for a people whose very lives are a dwelling place for the living Word. Truth must inhabit a life, become flesh and blood, and transform us to be living and breathing epistles. The world is groaning, not for better arguments, but for the manifestation of the Bride, who has made herself ready and is adorned in the righteousness of Christ. A people of God, in whom Truth is fully formed. The Word must become flesh again, not just in ideology, but in character, substance, and the reality of a life, set apart unto Him. This is the only place where true peace can be found.
God has been preparing His people for this time of transition on the earth. The revelations He has been fortifying in the Spirit-born church for many decades have laid a strong foundation for us. He has shown us His heart, His goodness, and His Fatherhood. We need to hold in faith the foundations of what has been revealed so that we may stay grounded when He comes to us in mystery, cloaked in the dark clouds surrounding His throne. True foundational teaching is not just a doctrine, but a training into greater spiritual and living realities. Our faithfulness in living out these realities will be credited to us as righteousness.
We need a wider lens and a longer view for the benefit of the Kingdom. For this, we must see the Lord’s heart generationally rather than just in our own little sphere. God Himself is the One provoking the nations, moving in a dark cloud of mystery, and opening the vault of heaven on behalf of His Kingdom reign. He is stirring the foundations of demonic mindsets and systems that have long settled in the land promised to His people.
We must understand that the church, in our Nation, has fallen asleep in a tomb of comfort. We have become satisfied in our abundance of lower things. We have settled on what is good, and become rigid and complacent. We need the Lord to come in this way, to disrupt the mindsets that have blocked the purity and progression of the way of His Kingdom.
“You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.” Revelation 3:17
Apart from the living move of the Spirit, in whatever form He may come, we are nothing and we have nothing of eternal value. Anything our own hands can achieve is rubbish in His eyes. Each one of us must experience what it is to fall away from our self-reliance. We must realize the futility of chasing our own lower desires, which can be taken away and change in the blink of an eye. Even though this is often a painful process, it is one every son must learn. But as we learn to yield to the Holy Spirit, His sword is applied to tear the veils from our eyes, bringing life and light to every part, even down to the very bone and marrow within.
The Lord is being very gracious to His people. He has extended to us a season of grace so that this living way can become concrete within us, deeply rooted and unshakeable.
Pay attention to the still small voice as He gives us daily opportunities to mature and fully separate ourselves from the self-driven realm of the soul. He has been training us on how to distinguish the emotions, desires, and decisions that come from the flesh from those led and bridled by the Spirit of the living God. One flows from the center of man’s own perception, while the other comes from the center of God’s own heart.
He is inviting us to come out of our lower inheritance and overcome the flesh by the power of His Spirit. He will help us dig back up everything that has been glossed over without a true change of heart.
He is always testing and offering us opportunities to strengthen the spiritual muscles necessary to rise above our circumstances, walk with Him, and continue drawing near to our holy God.
Even Jesus was tested in this very way. He too laid aside earthly comfort to be perfected in obedience, blazing the trail for a set-apart life lived in deep community with others who have been born into the spiritual family of God.
“While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking for him to come out and speak with them. Then someone said, “Look, your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to have a word with you.” But Jesus just looked at him and said, “Let me introduce you to my true mother and brothers.” Then gesturing to the disciples gathered around him, he said, “Look closely, for this is my true family. When you obey my heavenly Father, that makes you a part of my true family.” Matthew 12:46-50 TPT
True faith is never just an idea; it is proven and made visible by our actions, just as the scripture challenges us to show our faith by what we do. By faith, those who choose to do the will of the Father make visible the mystery of godliness, which is Christ living and transforming within the lives of those born of the Spirit. It is our faithfulness in this active process that is credited to us as righteousness.
“You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the scripture was fulfilled that says, ‘Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.’” James 2:22
Brothers and sisters, let your faith take root in the eternal promises of God, so that the shifting circumstances around you will have no bearing on your spiritual stability. True peace and rest come from the governance of Christ, who sits enthroned as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Borders and alliances will soon shift, both in the spiritual and natural realms. These changes are a grace from God’s own hands, to bring to the surface and mend that which has been grossly twisted and deformed for far too long. What may look like chaos, is actually God’s judgment and justice, hidden in mystery, coming to restructure and reorder for the reign of His Kingdom.
Be aware of self- righteousness, and do not fall into the temptation to defend yourself against what has been brought to the surface and judged for your eternal benefit. Rather, take joy in the revelation! Be swift to repent and obey when convicted. We must also resist the temptation to “help” others when things begin to shift and hard times of crushing arise. We must learn to see the hand of God in all things. The eternal purposes of God have no shifting or shadow.
What we see happening on the earth is always a direct reflection of what is taking place in the unseen spiritual realms. We are standing at the threshold of a natural and spiritual economic shift, which is not just about the visible economy, but a reflection of the souls and systems that have traded eternal truth for temporary gain. We are now experiencing a crescendo of divine recalibration for God’s administration over His household. The Greek word oikonomia means household management or stewardship. In the Kingdom of God, economy needs to be viewed from another realm of stewardship and governance in order to bring all things under the rule of Christ.
We desperately need fresh discernment, for standing firm in times of trial is more than just holding ground; it is a posture of true spiritual authority. We cannot navigate this shift with old mentalities, but must continually be open to the complete renewal of our minds. The currency of His Kingdom is active faith, poured out in a life of practical righteousness, fully consecrated to God and His way of life.
There is a market crash coming in the invisible world, unfolding in dimensions far greater than we may yet comprehend. This is not merely a financial downturn in the visible world, but a systemic collapse of the temporal idols that have held our highest values. Everything built on the shifting sand of human self-sufficiency is beginning to give way, exposing the emptiness of the systems we have leaned upon as the things of this earth lose their counterfeit worth.
“Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get out of my way, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me, because your thoughts are only filled with man’s viewpoints and not with the ways of God.”Matthew 16:23 TPT
We must see this shaking not as punishment, but as God’s great mercy toward us. God always begins His work within the hearts of His own people, moving sovereignly from the inside out. Because of this, we will experience these shifts internally before we ever see them outwardly. This recalibration starts in the quiet sanctuary of our own hearts, then ripples outward into our families, our local communities, our nations, and across all the nations of the world.
How this refinement manifests will look different for every heart and mind, but be entirely assured that the Lord is actively turning over the tables. It is out of His great and unrelenting love that He moves in this precise way to strip away what cannot last. Therefore, we must process through these seismic shifts with holy fear and deep reverence, fully honoring the truth that His ways and His thoughts are infinitely higher than our own.
The Lord says, “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot… So, because you are lukewarm…I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:15–16
The phrase, “I am about to spit you out of my mouth,” is a warning of spiritual exile, a consequence for those who settle into a state of lukewarm indifference rather than burning with true devotion. The Lord is not indifferent about what belongs to Him. Lukewarmness is not neutrality, but rather a sickness of the soul, a symptom of misdirected desire, and the evidence of a heart dulled by temporal comfort, self satisfaction, or a stubborn spirit of independence that has determined its own pathway. He will not remain in covenant with a mixture of self and Spirit. Like an unfaithful bride so content in her own life, she is so numbed by her own self satisfaction and independence that she becomes entirely indifferent to her Groom’s nearness. These people drift away, blind to His presence. This condition is distasteful to Him, and He will not remain where devotion is diluted. Our spiritual complacency leads to a relational and spiritual exile and separation, resulting in a forfeiting of intimacy that will last until true repentance comes.
True peace that passes our understanding cannot grow from the surface of our own strength, for every discipline requires a process and a daily practice. Just like a seed, the old nature must first be put into the dirt and buried so that the roots have time to grow deep in the dark before any new life can pop up and bear viable fruit. This profound peace is birthed only after we realize the utter depravity of our lower self and completely yield ourselves to the molding of God’s hands. This peace does not eliminate the trials and struggles of life, but it centers us gloriously in the nucleus of all circumstances, joined in unbroken communion with the presence of God and rendered completely content in any place He may lead, resting fully in the truth that He is the One who calls the timing for the new life to break forth, faithfully completing every good work He sets out to finish.
God does not shine the light on us and discipline us to defeat us, but to help bring us out of this defaulted way. That is why God is speaking to it as coming from His mystery and sovereignty. There is great need for us to trust Him in the level of shaking that is coming in the dark cloud. Again, our minds often need to be disrupted, to change.
Do not be afraid, discipline from the heart of the Father is evidence of His love and direction to us as His sons. We can take solace in the fact that HE IS MOVING!
We need to hold in faith the foundations of what have been revealed, so that we may stay grounded in the fear of the Lord, when He comes cloaked in the dark clouds surrounding His throne. The Lord God Almighty is Near. Tremble in wonder and awe. Give praise to the Kinsmen Redeemer. This is a year of Jubilee!
The great darkness that Isaiah 60 talks about is what makes the visibility of a greater glory for the kingdom of God. The upheavals to come will be the very catalyst for a greater unveiling of God Himself. It will bring a shift that will usher in a great harvest of souls into the Kingdom of our God!
“Those whom I dearly and tenderly love, I rebuke and discipline, showing them their faults and instructing them; so be enthusiastic and repent, change your inner self, your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior, seek God’s will.
Revelation 3:19 AMP
These shifts have already been taking place quietly within the church, in the deep inner work among those who have been truly born into His spiritual family. But these spiritual upheavals will soon be felt and seen openly in the earth, where every man-made and man-exulting mindset and system will be thoroughly exposed. If we can take a wider, honest view of the condition of the church right here in our own nation, we will begin to understand why God is moving in this sovereign way. Even in His judgment, God’s ultimate desire is restoration. He is for His people to awaken, to return to Him and be fully His.
It is wise to consider for ourselves, “Is God’s presence the central pursuit in our hearts?” As a whole, does our spiritually-born community pursue connection with God above all else, or have we have lost our first love? A divided heart will result in a withholding of rain from the Kingdom of Heaven. There may still be activity, but the Spirit is grieved and will not come in power. His presence will not rest on the work of our hands. We will toil with no eternal fruit for our labor. There must be an activation of lives laid down, love in action. The evidence of faith.
But if we continue in the same old default programs and patterns, but the weight of His glory is absent. If there is movement, but no anointing of what is true. If what we say, read, or even pray is not becoming part of who we are, that is an economic downturn. Like Ichabod, “The glory has departed.” The people of God become self-preserving, looking out for the interests of our own perspectives and preferences.
In the spiritual realm, the economy runs on flow rather than fear. Fear is a heavy burden that we were never meant to carry for ourselves, but one that belongs entirely to the Lord. When our fears are displaced and given over to lesser things, they create a severe blockage in our spiritual flow. The moment that flow stops, stagnation sets in. These crushing burdens are simply not ours to carry, and they must be surrendered completely to God and laid upon His altar.
Many have misplaced their hope in fleeting circumstances, in other people, and in temporal things that are bound to fade. Without realizing it, we have elevated human beings and our own rigid ideas of how life should work out, convinced that our own path is right and best. But God is no respecter of persons. Caught up in the spell of outward performance over deep character, we have built our expectations on a foundation that is spiritually bankrupt and destined to run dry.
What has been long been hidden in the obscurity of the subconscious, is continually being brought into the light. Systems built on greed, fear, and self-interest are going to begin to crumble. Whatever we have deemed as an external savior, will become the very vessels through which the illusion can break. God will use these very things to dissolve our dependence on them entirely.
God is realigning everything according to His purpose, and nothing that resists His holy order will be left untouched. What the natural mind of the world considers valuable is currently crashing to the ground, proving that the frantic hands of men are entirely obsolete. No government, ideology, or enterprise can prevent what God has ordained. Like wrecking balls in His hands, even the rulers of this age are being used as mere instruments for His greater plan. Ultimately, these coming events are an act of fierce love from the Lord. He allows what man has built with his own hands to fail so that every false sense of security in mere mortals or fragile systems is torn down. This shaking is entirely for our benefit and growth, shaping us as spiritual beings made in the image of God and purposed to reflect His likeness by walking closely with His Living Spirit.
Wealth will be redefined, authority will be redefined, and those who have built empires on illusion will watch them dissolve, while those who have faithfully stewarded what belongs to God will see His glory revealed in ways greater than before. As it is written, the wealth of the seas will be brought to you and the riches of the nations will come, with gates that will never be shut by day or by night. This is not just a lower economic correction, but a total divine realignment, where Christ alone will reign over all.
Righteousness and justice are the foundations of His glorious reign, and the coming judgment is for the sake of His Name and His glory.
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “When I will send hunger over the land, Not hunger for bread or a thirst for water, But rather a hunger for hearing the words of the Lord.” Amos 8:11 AMP
Heaven’s economy always operates from the inside out. It pours forth from the River of Life flowing straight from the throne of God, who is the sole source of the Light that brings life wherever it reaches, as pictured in Ezekiel 47. This river is never stagnant or isolated, but is always outward moving, progressing, and ever renewing, offering a boundless supply to all who come and drink. The river does not claim ownership of the water, but remains a faithful steward of its source.
Remain faithful. We are IN the sovereign hands of God, and He is claiming what belongs to Him! God alone has dominion over the Nations.
Out of the ashes of the old nature, One pure and spotless Bride is formed. Out of the ruin of human self-governance, God raises up a glorious Church, holy and blameless without stain or wrinkle, she is adorned in bright and clean linen and filled by the Spirit with wisdom, understanding, counsel, strength, knowledge, and the fear of the Lord.
“The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.”
Revelation 22:17 ESV
God Himself declares, “The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine, The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘and in this place I shall give [the ultimate] peace and prosperity,’ declares the Lord of hosts.”Haggai 2:8-9 AMP
“All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations will bow down and worship before You, For the kingship and the kingdom are the Lord’s And He rules over the nations.” Psalms 22:27-28 AMP