I have been earnestly praying for
our country for decades now and so have many thousands of
Christians. I have become excited as I see God move and then I
became despondent again when I see the dismal state of our country.
Everyone was so excited when 400 000 men attended the mighty
men conference and everyone thought, this is it, South Africa is
going to just get better from here. But it didn't. Then Loftus and
many stadiums were filled around the country and again everyone
thought that South Africa is just going to rise from here, but
sadly our country only got worse. Then there were 22 April 2017
when 1 000 000 people got together and prayed, and
everyone was excited to see the change in South Africa, but things
still worsened. Weekly I get prayer requests, I get forwarded
messages that we should plead God's forgiveness and plead that He
must help us like He helped the Israelites. Times are set to pray,
time and time again and yet no difference can be seen on the
surface. What is happening? Why is this so?
Then God spoke clearly to me, and
the answer was so simple. We need to realise that we live under a
new covenant. We shouldn't beg God for forgiveness. We shouldn't go
down on our knees and beg Him to heal our land. We shouldn't beg
Him to intervene.
No, we are under a new covenant. We
HAVE been forgiven already. Our sins have been cleansed by Jesus'
blood (please read my devotion of last week with all the Scripture
references). We needn't beg God for it. We shouldn't beg God to
heal our land and to intervene either. Why? Because He lives within
us already. Do you realise the significance of that? The mighty,
awesome, almighty God lives WITHIN us and wants to work through us!
Let me give you a few Scripture references for you to go and
read:
Christ lives in me - Colossians
1:27, 3:11
I live through Christ - 1 John
4:9
God abides in me and I in Him -
1 John 4:15, John 6:56
I am in Christ Jesus - 1
Corinthians 1:30, Galatians 3:28, 1 John 2:5
Christ dwells in my heart -
Ephesians 3:17
Israel had to beg God to heal their
land and to work on their behalf, because He wasn't living in them.
Once they repented, He could work on their behalf. But that is not
how the New Covenant works. We need to realise who we are in
Christ. We need to stand up in the authority that we've been given
from above and walk as Jesus walked (1 John 2:6). We need to act
and talk like Him, because He lives within us.
In other words, we cannot pray and
wait for God to act like Israel did. No, we need to pray, stand up
and ALLOW God to work through us. We need to ALLOW Him to flow
through and perform miracles THROUGH us. But when we pray and
simply wait for Him to act, we are going to wait forever.
The time is now like never before
to DO something. Pray and ask God to show you how and where you can
make a difference. Even if it is just to be friendly to a passersby
or to stop talking along racial divides and criticising the
government which is contrary to God's Word. Jesus will never speak
that way and He lives within you. Don't you think the time has come
to speak only what He would have spoken? To act like He would have
acted? You have the strength and ability to do that, because you
have Holy Spirit to help you, your Paracletos, your Helper.
Realise who you are. You are not
some helpless sinner who is doomed. NO, you are a son of the
Almighty God with the power to change the world. He has given you
the ability, now go out and use it. Stop begging Him for
forgiveness and waiting for Him to act and go out and actually do
something!
We as Christians are part of God's
Nation, His holy people, set apart for Him. You must realise that
you are a citizen of Heaven merely living in South Africa. You were
placed here with a purpose - to make a difference for His Kingdom,
to exalt His Name and to draw others closer to Him. Stand up as the
holy nation that you are. Stand up with God's mighty power and BE
the difference everyone so desperately seeks. Please read again the
vision I received on 22 April 2017 (/2017/4/24/87-vision-received-on-22-april.aspx)
, in hindsight you will understand it better, as did I. All
Christians are part of Jesus' Bride, walking as one with Him. And
He is within us, giving us the strength and the power to be the
difference this country and the world needs.
Father thank you very much for Your
amazing love. Thank you that You have already forgiven us through
the blood of Jesus. Thank you that Jesus lives within us now and
that we can be part of Your Kingdom now already. Thank you for all
the power and might that is flowing through our veins. Thank you
for new DNA, thank you for the power to make a difference. Thank
you for Your Spirit that assists us in making a difference in South
Africa. We boldly take a stand for You and proclaim Your Word over
all situations. We glorify Your Name. We speak life over the areas
in our country where death reigned. We proclaim the Name of Jesus
over all farms, schools, houses, businesses and over the
government. We proclaim Jesus as King over all. Please grant us the
wisdom on how to handle different situations that may arise and
thank you for the courage that You have given us to stand strong.
We praise Your Name. Amen
Also have a look at the message I
received from God in April too. It correlates beautifully with
this. May God bless you all - /2017/4/20/86-message-for-south-africa-2017.aspx