For the past few years, I have seen many faithful servants
finally flee from a kingdom. This kingdom once ushered in the presence of the
Lord by their hearts sincere worship. But something happened, somewhere,
somehow the glory of the Lord became a spectacle, and then when He retracted
His glory, the king attempted to duplicate it. Expensive entertainment is what
it soon became. Many of the kingdoms riches that had been laid up in the
storehouses were soon tapped into, to support the king’s attempts to duplicate
the years of revival.
Revival had occurred as a response to the prayer movement
that had taken place for many years. God had looked down and seen many faithful
prayer warriors interceding on behalf of the king and those who needed greater
revelation of Christ. But the king’s consulate, prayer ambassador soon fell
ill, and died. And with this great man’s death, came the death of prayer, the
death of holiness, the death of sincerity in this kingdom.
Due to the lack of the presence of the Holy Spirit ushered
in by prayer, the king lost accountability and began making quicker decisions
of his flesh. As a result, many faithful, tax-paying, sincere citizens fled the
kingdom. Some felt betrayed, rejected, and others felt famished. Yes, a famine
became widespread in this kingdom…many spiritually starving for God’s presence.
The king sat, blaming the citizens for what he called their ‘senseless
decision’ to leave. As the king sat on the throne in denial that many were
leaving due to their spiritual hunger, he continued to make rash decisions to
entertain those who were left. Those left are not tax-paying citizens, yet the
king is now ruling in a way to please those left, when God is longing for this king
to wake up out of his slumber of denial, repent for his many years of working
for the pleasure of man, and the benefit of fat storehouses.
Unfortunately, like many do, when the taxes were flowing in
from the sincere obedience of the people, the king was allowing it to flow out
to debtors. See the original laws of the kingdom have been neglected for many
years, and now the kingdom has begun to shrink, as the taxes do…however, the
debt is never shrinking, in fact it has grown.
What a sad sad situation this king is in. I wonder how many
have spoken up to him to offer wisdom and counsel. I wonder if he would listen,
or continue in his denial.
What happens to a kingdom where the bounty is retracted? It
becomes desolate. Oh, what a horrendous act of unfaithfulness, disobedience,
and ungodliness has occurred. For a kingdom such as this one once was, and what
it is now becoming.
I too once lived in this kingdom, and was one of the first
to scatter abroad looking for love and sustenance. I found it elsewhere, and my
ribs are thick from being well-fed the Word of God. It is not man’s opinions or
experiences that are life-changing; it is the Word of God.
Since leaving this once vibrant kingdom, I have prayed and
interceded. Many times I have considered riding into the kingdom to speak with
the king over my broken heart of what I have seen in the past and what his
kingdom has become. I wait and see if God is sending me or my flesh in fear of
the king losing it all.
Perhaps, I wonder, is it God’s will for this king to lose it
all? For in fact the Bible says, ‘what does it profit a man to gain the whole
world, but lose his soul?’ And while he may not burn in hell, this sad kind
sought the profit from the taxes faithfully paid, and he is in the midst of
losing his kingdom.
I will say, that unless this king fully recognizes his sins
of commission of hurting and rejecting, betraying others, and his sins of omission
of not teaching the unadulterated/undiluted word of God – his castle will be
empty, his kingdom will become desolate. For God cares for those faithful
citizens, just as He does the king…therefore He will save His remnant.
I remain silent for now as I glean off the story of how God
hardened Pharaoh’s heart that pushed Moses and the Israelites out of Egypt. Who
in this king’s palace will stay in slavery to man? And who in the kingdom will
flee to worship the true God and experience His presence?
Oh Lord have mercy. Thank you for saving me and my family
from the unjust king. Give all those left in the kingdom the discernment to
recognize You’re calling out to them to save themselves. And if they are to
remain, then rise up the spokesman that the king will listen to, to speak on
Your behalf. Let the king recognize his sins and help him to humble himself to
repent so that Your Spirit can reign once again. Show the king how to be a
better steward, give him the strength to live on less and not live like the
idolatrous world outside the walls. Help him find his place in You once again,
and resurrect the Spirit that once led that kingdom through revival, many years
ago. Oh God, for the sake of Your people have mercy and divinely intervene…yet
above all else, let Your will be done.
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