Forrunner

I'm home! I am back from my conference and it was just...amazing. I mean, there are no words to do it justice. Incredible. Amazing. But those words are so generic. It was crazy, haha. 

By the end of the weekend, my voice was going from singing, my stomach hurt from laughing and my spirit alive from the teachings.

The teachings were mainly about preparing for the end times; preparing for the Day of the Lord. Well, Sarah, that sounds gloomy and scary. Yes, that's what I thought at first. But it isn't all gloom and doom. But even if it was, it's reality. Jesus is coming back but He isn't coming as a baby in a manger. He's coming to make war on everything that's wicked, on the earth. He's coming to destroy evil authorities and move the earth with power. 

Dear friends, we've been walking around with our fingers in our ears for too long. We've been turning our eyes from the evens happening and the coming evens that must be prepared for. Jesus is coming to shake us and we must get ready. 

Listen! Understand! We must prepare ourselves because if we don't start now, we will not stay strong when trials come. If we don't prepare, we will fall. We must read our Bible more. We must pray so much more than we do. If we don't we won't be ready. 

Dear friends! My loved ones! Hear me now, hear this. Jesus, Yahweh, has held His silence for a long time but He's getting ready to shout, to cry out and bring down everything that's built on sand. Kingdoms will come crashing and wicked rulers will fall. He's coming as a Man of war to bring back His Bride. But so many of us won't be ready. 

How much time we waste on worthless things! We read meaningless books, listen to pointless music that does nothing to bring us closer to Jesus, but drowns out the voice of the One who comes to deliver us. With one hand we bring Him close and with the other, we push Him away. We say, "Jesus, be near!" and then we go about our business, apathy in our hearts and compromise in our spirits. We call for God and leave his answer, the Bible, on the shelf. We want to grow closer to Jesus but don't take the time to talk with Him because we think we don't have time. Why, why do we think He doesn't answer us? 

Friends, God called us to be His forerunners, announcing His coming, like John the Baptist. He wants us to sound the alarm, waking those around us from their sleepy spirit. But how can we when we care more about the latest hit than about fasting and praying for our nation and preparing ourselves to do God's will? There is something so so wrong wrong when we can't even be still for a moment to hear from the One Who constantly is yelling in our ears. 

Oh my friends, where is our passion for truth? Where are the tears for the unjust? Why are our hearts hardened to the things around us? Why do we not weep for the sins of our country, crying out for God to have mercy on us? Why are we not using our actions to shout our words, saying, "Prepare the way! Repent. Jesus, the Lion of Judah, is alive, He's coming!"?

We are all at fault. Especially me. I have lived with as much of God as I wanted. I've pushed Him away over and over again. I've pushed Him with every sin of mine. I've hardened my heart again and again. Haha, I'm certain I've pushed Him to the point of utter frustration. Yes, I've been very strong willed. 

It's going to be hard for me to read my Bible more and pray more. But I hope you all will pray for me, as I will for you. It's not too late to start, friends. If we seek God, truly, like treasure hunters, we'll find Him. If we want to know His will, and search for it like diamonds, He'll tell us. He's not secretive. Not at all. We just don't see. 

Well, I must go. Before I do, I must recommend the book of Joel to you. If you haven't read it read it. If you have, read it again. You won't be disappointed if you're open to hearing what God has to say. I'll write soon!