PROPHECY TO AMERICAN LEADERS
AMERICA'S CHRISTIAN LEADERS,
"AS I HAVE WALKED AMONG YOU, I HAVE CAST MY PLUMB-LINE IN YOUR MIDST, I HAVE FOUND YOU LACKING...I HAVE FOUND YOU WALKING IN THE SIN OF ASSUMPTION.
DO YOU THINK THAT I DO NOT KNOW? DO YOU THINK THAT I DO NOT SEE?
YOU HAVE IGNORANTLY AND ARROGANTLY ASSUMED YOU KNOW ME. YOU HAVE ASSUMED THAT YOUR WAYS IN MINISTRY PLEASE ME. YOU HAVE ASSUMED THAT YOUR PLANS AND MEETINGS OF WORSHIP PLEASE ME. YOU HAVE NOT ASKED ME AND SAT LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO TEACH YOU, YOU HAVE ARROGANTLY ASSUMED. I SAY TO YOU THIS DAY...ENOUGH!
YOU HAVE HEARD THE PROCLAMATION OF COMING CHANGES TO MY CHURCH AND NEW WAYS TO BE REVEALED, BUT YOU HAVE CONTINUED TO PURSUE YOUR OWN IDEAS IN MINISTRY THAT SEEM RIGHT IN YOUR OWN EYES, BUT CONTINUE TO GRIEVE AND HINDER THE MOVING OF MY SPIRIT.
YOU HAVE REFUSED TO MOVE INTO THE NEW. I HAVE CLOSED DOORS THAT YOU MIGHT LOOK INWARD INTO THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART AND SEE BEFORE YOU THE NEEDS OF MY PEOPLE TO BUILD THEM UP INTO MY CHARACTER AND IMAGE, BUT YOU CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON YOUR OLD WAYS, YOUR OWN DESIRES. YOUR DESIRES THAT YOU HAVE CALLED "MINISTRY IN MY NAME."
MANY OF YOU CONTINUALLY FOCUS ON MEETINGS AND THE ERECTION AND BEAUTIFICATION OF BUILDINGS. YOU HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST MY NEW DIRECTION, YOU HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST MY VERY HAND TO BRING CHANGE IN YOUR MIDST. YOU HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST ME WITH YOUR ARROGANCE AND SIN OF ASSUMING YOU KNOW ME AND WHAT PLEASES MY HEART.
AMERICAN LEADERS, YES EVEN THOSE THAT PROPHESY IN MY NAME...YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND LACKING.
WHO ARE YOU TO THINK YOU CAN FIGHT AGAINST MY HAND TO BRING CHANGE, THOSE WHO LEAD MY PEOPLE. I HAVE ANNOUNCED MY WINDS OF CHANGE AND THE REARRANGING OF THE SYSTEMS THAT YOU HAVE SET UP. YOU CONTINUE TO PLACE MY NAME ON THINGS I HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED.
YOUR PRIORITIES NEED TO COME INTO ALIGNMENT WITH MINE. ONLY OBEDIENCE BRINGS MY BLESSINGS, YOUR OWN IDEAS ARE FILLED WITH DISOBEDIENCE AND ARE EQUAL TO REBELLION AND WITCHCRAFT. YOUR IDEAS ARE FOOLISHNESS TO ME AND BEAR NO LASTING FRUIT. (1 SAM 5:12)
HAVE YOU NOT HEARD MY WAYS ARE HIGHER THAN YOURS?
YOU CONTINUE WITH YOUR RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS OF YOUR OWN AGENDAS. MEETINGS TO GATHER MY PEOPLE ONLY TO EXALT YOURSELF AND YOU CALL IT THE "LEADING OF MY PEOPLE". HAVE YOU NOT READ THAT WHEN YOU GATHER EVERYONE HAS A PART TO SHARE?
EVERY JOINT I HAVE GIVEN IS MEANT TO SUPPLY SOMETHING THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE BUILDING OF MY BODY. THE ENCOURAGING OF ONE ANOTHER, THE BUILDING UP OF ONE ANOTHER, BY ONE ANOTHER. YOU LIMIT THE INTERACTION OF MY BODY BY YOUR AGENDAS. "STOP", I SAY, "STOP! ENOUGH OF YOUR IDEAS", I SAY, "ENOUGH OF YOUR PLANS".
I HAVE CAREFULLY PLACED WITHIN MY PEOPLE...PSALMS, SONGS, WORDS OF WISDOM AND ENCOURAGEMENT, TEACHING, CORRECTION AND DIRECTION...ALL COMING TOGETHER IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF MY SPIRIT TO GLEAN NOURISHMENT. BREAD WAITING TO BE GIVEN AND SHARED FROM MY VERY HAND THROUGH MY PEOPLE ONE TO ANOTHER. WHAT YOU DO NOT POSSESS, OTHERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
MANY LEADERS AMONG YOU CONTINUE TO GO UNNOTICED, THESE LEADERS THAT MY HAND IS UPON, CALLED BY ME, CHOSEN AND ANOINTED GO UNDISCERNED AND SPIRITUAL GIFTS AMONG MY PEOPLE GO UNUSED. THE VERY NEEDS OF MY PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING MET.
MY PEOPLE ARE BEING NEGLECTED IN YOUR MIDST AND I HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE. YOU HAVE TURNED A DEAF EAR TO ME AND SHOWN DISDAIN FOR THE VERY THINGS THAT PLEASE ME.
AMERICAN LEADERS YOU ANNOUNCE TO OTHERS THAT YOU KNOW ME. I TELL YOU THIS DAY....SURELY, YOU DO NOT KNOW ME AS YOU PROFESS.
WHO IT IS THAT HAS CALLED YOU INTO THIS PLACE OF SERVICE FOR THE LEADING OF MY PEOPLE? IS IT NOT ME THE GREAT SHEPHERD? IS IT NOT ME YOU ARE LEADING THEM TOWARDS? HOW IT IS THAT YOU BEGAN IN THE SPIRIT AND HAVE LEANED TOWARDS LEADING THEM THROUGH THE ARM OF THE FLESH?
YOU LEAD MY PEOPLE TO CRY OUT TO ME CONTINUALLY FOR THE HEALING OF YOUR LAND, BUT YOUR CRIES ARE MISGUIDED AND IN VAIN. IN YOUR ATTEMPTS TO SEEK MY FACE, YOU HAVE LACKED WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING. YOU HAVE NOT COME CLOSE ENOUGH TO SEE MY COUNTENANCE.