The Lord is seeking a people of His own for lasting
relationship and friendship.
I got a text or SMS this morning from an old school friend. She mentioned three other ladies by name with whom she was still in contact, after forty years(a generation in the Bible). She concluded, ‘Just shows that the people we chose as teenagers were the right choice’. They obviously value their long term friendship and probably more so as all get older. Their relationship may have waxed and waned or ebbed and flowed over the different seasons of life but it has endured. The friendship they struck up in long gone school days is still very much alive.
Many people will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles’? Then I will tell them PLAINLY (Jesus can be straight talking), ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers (He’ll condemn them)’. Matt 6:22,23
Many believers, especially in the Western Church today are drawn to ministry and meetings where the Gifts of God are manifest. Three listed above are Prophecy, Deliverance and Many Miracles but it appears the Lord won’t be impressed by these alone. The verses begin, ‘Did WE not’ and the Lord will answer, ‘I never knew YOU’. How sad that it’s possible to move in these amazing gifts, perhaps for some of our own glory, but never know the Lord who gives them.
I’ve heard many say that the last generation before the Lord’s return who will move in these gifts with incredible power will be Nameless, Faceless and of No Account. They will appear to carry out their mandate and then disappear, all will be done for the Lord and His Glory.
Let’s realise today that we need to know and be known by the Lord as a matter of priority. What things are we willing to set aside to give time to knowing the Lord today?
God bless and keep us today.