Sin must be exposed and repentance expected!
Prophetic anointing must be restored!
Then revival will come!
‘Then Zerubbabel…Joshua…and the whole remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the Lord their God and the message of the prophet Haggai…’ (Hag1:12).
Haggai prophesies concerns the faithful few that have volunteered to come back to Jerusalem to rebuild… the Temple and the city. Haggai exposes sin in their midst that is a barrier for God to come and bless. The people have come back to build God’s house but the difficulty they met there and the opposition from the enemies in the land have discouraged them. They became weak and have lost their focus. They started compromising God’s call and abandoned His project by replacing it with personal ones. They started building their houses and their businesses.
This is a point to remember that the devil does not persecute anyone who builds personal businesses even if it is done in the name ‘of Jesus’. But immediately you start building God’s house and refuse to compromise, he will attack you with weakness, confusion, division, fear or lust for material possessions. This is a good place to say this: God is calling people to lead revival in the land. He is calling them to the prophetic office to tell others the mind of God for that season in time. The prophetic gift is given to the church to build, strengthen and establish it (1Cor 14:3).
Each time you answer the call of God for ministry, the hardest time is to start it. It takes more energy for a vehicle to start moving from a position of rest than for it to increase speed later. The devil will attack the beginning of any ministry with violence to prevent the laying of a proper foundation. He knows the power of it. Do not compromise your foundation, do not use cheap materials, do not decrease its size (1Cor 3:10-15). Be faithful to the pattern God showed you ‘on the mountain’. Identify your enemy, be prayerful, watchful and resist him; he has to flee!
Trust God to perfect what He has started in you!
Rejoice in the glory revealed!
Let the smile of God over you be your reward, for that smile is more expensive than all the stars in the sky!
I know that you can do it!