The Lord Reigns Over All The Nations. “I am, that I am , the God of the Nations”
By Onassis Jeevaraj, IPC Leadership Team member from India
The awakening of the Church is not new but has been happening as a pre-cursor to every radical move of God. It has always come to wake up the Church - His body to the truth of the Kingdom and the move of God in that season. The message for each awakening has been strategic for each move and pivotal to the Kingdom of God manifesting on earth as it is in heaven.
The book of Revelation, so rightly starts with a message to the Churches to reveal the heart of God, to the body Of Christ.
Revelation 1:1 “The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place.”
In submission to this word, the Spirit of God has impressed upon my (Bro Onassis’s) spirit, a message for the body of Christ for such a time as this.
Like all Awakenings are largely about an identity crisis. This one is too. God is moving in a very powerful way and ready to break forth a mighty outpouring. He never does anything without saying it to His prophets first, so,
“Wake up O Sleeper, Arise!! for the Lord Jesus Christ desires to shine on you." (Ephesians 5:14, Isaiah 60:1)
Wake Up To Happenings Worldwide
People are killed in masses in the Middle East and are being displaced from their lands. The people are therefore carrying the heart of a refugee.
Majority-ism is passing the rulings of the world. Shouldn’t it be the prayers of the humble people of God doing so?
Climatic changes are drastic and are causing unusual disasters and calamities. Jammu and Kashmir in India saw a disaster flood, North East US saw unusual snowstorms and Indonesia saw typhoons. The list is unending. These weaken economies and give rise to darkness rising in the hearts of man to manage survival.
Direct onslaughts against Churches in many nations with Witches and Corrupt leaders raising their heads against the knowledge of Christ.
Leadership of countries like in India, subtly penetrating the system of the country, trying to weave a impregnable cloud of deception by introducing many efforts to make the epic of religion a reality, masking truth with a lie spoken many times in many ways.
Amidst all of this, the Spirit of the Lord says, “Listen to what the Spirit says to the Church - Revelation 1:2-3”
Behold! The News of Heaven
God is going to showdown His glory like never before. No matter the things that are happening around, the Lord reigns over all the nations.
they have invested in the Kingdom
God is in the relentless process of plundering hell and populating heaven. You are invited to be a part of this magnificent move of God.
God’s Move - Many Roads To Damascus
In all spheres of influence, Media, Government, Education, Business, Religion, Arts, Entertainment, Family, etc. God is and has created many roads to Damascus experience for those Sauls who are currently on an assignment against the Churches. These roads are to be radical encounters with God and turn-arounds for these Sauls to become Pauls.
An Army of Pauls are going to overtake the Levites. The Church right now is asleep to this move and is going to be alarmed to see these radical Pauls take the world for Jesus.
God is looking for His sons and daughters to partner with Him in this move. So the question of His Spirit is, “Ananias - Where are you?”
Today the Lord is not thinking about the Damascus Road of Saul, as He on His own is revealing His mighty self and bringing the transformation of many numerous Sauls worldwide. But the Road of Ananias is the one that the Lord is looking at.
Saul will have all sorts of things to do in and for the Kingdom of God, but the man God relies upon in this hour is the child of God who has been trained for such a time as now - Ananias. How lovely that God would choose a man whose very name, in its derivative Hebrew form, means “the LORD is gracious” or “the LORD shows grace” to be such a lavish instrument of grace!
It was Ananias who revealed the abundant grace and love of God to embrace Saul into the fold of God - His body. Even today, God has not changed. He has created multiple Damascus roads in all spheres of influence and is orchestrating an encounter with all the Sauls on those roads. But where are the Ananiases of God? Are they ready?
Who are the Ananiases?
Ananias doesn’t need any help recognizing the LORD when he is spoken to. When the LORD speaks to this man, Ananias’ immediate response is “Here I am, LORD!”
Ananias receives great detail in the revelation of the journey to Paul. He is given the street name, the homeowner’s name and Saul’s name. He is told what Saul is doing at the moment and what Saul is being told by God. He is told what he is supposed to do and say. He is even told why his mission is so important – God Almighty lets Ananias in on his long-range plans for the life of Saul and in so doing the life of the Church itself.
The safety and security of Ananias are secondary to the importance of the mission. Faithful Ananias was listening and ready for the mission, because God amazingly allowed him to fully understand the mission, because Ananias allowed the mission to be more important than himself, this faithful, obedient and utterly wonderful guy Ananias got to see the miracle of grace in Saul’s life and harvested Paul.
If the mission isn’t more important than you, the mission will never be accomplished. This is the heartbeat of Ananias.
What must the Church do?
Sauls are ready to rush up to the Ananias. A great harvest of Sauls are present in India.
The body of Christ must reveal the heart of the Father (Luke 15), they must
“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”