It’s Not Over Until God Says It’s Over!
Joel 2:21: "Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things."
Here, the prophet Joel, while in the midst of his prophetic warning of the great and terrible day of the Lord, also speaks of the Lord’s plans to do great things. You see, although God’s wrath and judgment are imminent for those who have rejected Him, and although His chastisement is sure to come for His rebellious children, this does not mean that He is through doing great things. Hab. 3:2 says, “O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.”
The fact is, God is still doing a great work in the land! It may be true that a majority of churches have grown dead and cold, but it is also true that God has a remnant of people throughout the earth who love Him, who hunger and thirst for Him, and who are experiencing a great move of God in their lives. Do not buy into the lie that “America is too far gone to have revival again!” She is only “too far gone” when the church loses her vision. However, 2 Chronicles 7:14 is still in the Bible! “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
America is only as far gone as the church of the living God will allow her to be. We MUST keep our vision strong of seeing God send a great awakening to our generation! America’s only hope is a great revival; a turning back to God! Furthermore, America’s only hope has always been God; that should have never changed! It is my passion to see God do great things in our day that will not only turn this great nation back to Him, but that will also save this great country from total collapse.
Children of God, do not despair! God is still interested in doing a great work in our land, regardless of all the chaos of the day. Can He not work in the midst of chaos? Is that not His specialty? Then let’s rise to the occasion by humbling ourselves before Almighty God, pray fervently, seek His face, and repent of our sins so that He will have the room He needs to work in our lives. We the church should be the leaders of the land; let’s lead by example starting today!
~ Pastor Gary Caudill
Here, the prophet Joel, while in the midst of his prophetic warning of the great and terrible day of the Lord, also speaks of the Lord’s plans to do great things. You see, although God’s wrath and judgment are imminent for those who have rejected Him, and although His chastisement is sure to come for His rebellious children, this does not mean that He is through doing great things. Hab. 3:2 says, “O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.”
The fact is, God is still doing a great work in the land! It may be true that a majority of churches have grown dead and cold, but it is also true that God has a remnant of people throughout the earth who love Him, who hunger and thirst for Him, and who are experiencing a great move of God in their lives. Do not buy into the lie that “America is too far gone to have revival again!” She is only “too far gone” when the church loses her vision. However, 2 Chronicles 7:14 is still in the Bible! “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
America is only as far gone as the church of the living God will allow her to be. We MUST keep our vision strong of seeing God send a great awakening to our generation! America’s only hope is a great revival; a turning back to God! Furthermore, America’s only hope has always been God; that should have never changed! It is my passion to see God do great things in our day that will not only turn this great nation back to Him, but that will also save this great country from total collapse.
Children of God, do not despair! God is still interested in doing a great work in our land, regardless of all the chaos of the day. Can He not work in the midst of chaos? Is that not His specialty? Then let’s rise to the occasion by humbling ourselves before Almighty God, pray fervently, seek His face, and repent of our sins so that He will have the room He needs to work in our lives. We the church should be the leaders of the land; let’s lead by example starting today!
~ Pastor Gary Caudill