Fulfilment

There is a sense of fulfilment that people search for their entire lives
but can never find
because they are looking in the wrong places
at the wrong times
with the wrong people.
Life is full of tragedies that come from this
frantic
destructive
searching.
Some seek fulfilment in noise
some in pleasure
some in hard work
some in fame.
We look at the richly famous,
the very attractive people,
ambassadors for all that is desirable in the world.
We hang on their every word,
until the day they fall from their shiny pedestal,
leaving others to rake through the ashes of their lives.

There is a fulfilment
so simple
so profound
that everyone can receive it.
It's the fulfilment of a promise made to the first of humankind.

Grace and truth lived among us.
It's what we celebrate at Christmas.
God was born as a baby.
His name is Jesus.

Waiting

How long do you wait
for someone to return your call
for a friend to make an expected visit
for a bus or train or plane that's been delayed?
Waiting can be
frustrating
even for those mastering the elusive art of patience
in this instant gratification world.
You can look at it as a waste of your precious
ever
running
out
time.
The Bible says that those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength.
How long am I meant to wait?
And what will I do if
He arrives in a way
I'm not expecting
and I don't recognize Him?
How many of those waiting
for the Messiah
didn't recognize Him?
How many still wait?

Longing

God longs for you to know Him better.
Do you know that?
Do you believe it?
Does it change the way you behave every day?
Can you imagine why the Creator of the universe would want you to know Him better?

Some talk about relationship with God
and then act
like it's just another religion.

I wouldn't talk to my best friend on the phone
and not expect her to say something back.
I wouldn't ask her to help me with something
and then not expect to see a response.

You might say
God must be busy with bigger issues than my life.
I don't even like myself sometimes.
How can He be interested?
Why should He care about me?

So you say to yourself
I will just stay busy trying to solve my own issues
and pretend I know enough about life to get through it
so people think everything's okay with me

but I've got this longing

deep inside.

Expectation

There was an expectation that the Messiah would be born
 King of the Jews.
 So many words foretelling
 signs in the heavens.
 A star moved across the night sky,
 watched intently by those who had studied the words and signs,
 and thought they knew the meaning of them.

 The shepherds were expecting a pay rise soon.
 There had been grumblings and mutterings,
 voices trying to be heard.
 Some had taken the matter into their own hands,
 and flocks had been miscounted
 several times.
 Well sheep have a way of disappearing
 now and again.

 Mary was expectant
 heavy with child.
 She hadn't expected the tedious donkey ride to Bethlehem for the census.
 Did they really have to be there in person?
 Not yet the future days of forms to be filled in with black ink
 within the boxes so a computer program can read it.

 Joseph was expecting...
 he didn't quite know what.
 It had all been a bit of an emotional roller coaster
 for someone like him to process.

 The angels were not expecting such a small audience
 to their heavenly choir.
 Great practice had gone into the harmonizing
 and there didn't seem many to appreciate it fully.
 If humans ever can appreciate angelic sounds.

 Jesus was expectant of his own birth.
 He had seen down through time,
 and now the time had fully come
 to be born as a baby.
 He was ready to be
 the Saviour of the world.

Retrospective Prophecy (16.6.2001)

 Here O people
 this is what the Lord is saying to the nation of New Zealand
 by his Holy Spirit.
 Listen to me my people
 listen to me and do not be slow of hearing
 for this is a message that runs to you
 so catch it while you can still hear it.
 A time is coming and has already come
 when great darkness is trying to consume the land
 but my desire for this land of New Zealand
 is for it to be a bright burning flame of fire to my glory.
 It is up to my saints who live in this land to pray
 and turn back the tide of darkness
 which is encroaching while there is still time.
 I want New Zealand to be a cornerstone in my plan
 for the coming last days, a pivot on which many things are hinged.
 But I need my people to pray in cooperation for my will to be done
 in this place so that the enemy will not have his way.
 Arise my people, stir your hearts, gird your loins
 and run with this vision to see New Zealand burning bright for me.
 It is not impossible for me to do these things
 and I long to answer your prayers if only you would ask.
 Turn to me again, humble your hearts before me, seek my face, and you will find me in this day
 says the Lord.

Word received 15.5.2013

A time of intense turbulence is coming, and people will think it is the end of all things, but it is not.  For many more things must happen before the end. Nations will rise up against nations and peoples who lived in harmony will turn to enmity. Hatred will increase in the world and the love of my disciples will become more obvious to those who do not yet know me.

I am making a choice so clear that no one will be able to say they could not see a difference between those who know me and those that don't. You will be hated by all nations but those I call will answer and will lay down their lives for each other.

Stand fast on my Word for such confusion is coming on the earth that people will no longer know what they think. I will make my truth plain to see and many will come to me. There is a time of great discouragement coming on the earth when people's hearts will fail and they will cry out for something to cover them. My people will be as beacons of hope in the darkness and many will be drawn to me.

There is a time when I will shake out the earth as if it is a sheet held by its four corners and many will be convinced that this is indeed the end. But it is not and will not be until every word that has gone out of my mouth will be fulfilled in its completeness. Do not fear or be troubled for all these things must come but I am with you as my Word has said to the end of all things.

Word received 15.5.2013

The Lord will arise in His mighty power

and sweep evil from this land.

As mud settles on a deck and needs to be swept

so evil has settled on this nation to devour its inhabitants.

But the Lord will sweep the evil off this land

and off the edges of the land

down into the sea.

There is a violent struggle for the soul of this nation

but the Lord will not lift His hand from this place

where He desires His glory to dwell.

Flying lesson

It is easy to fly.
You just start running
and you imagine yourself being able to fly
and when you can see yourself flying
you will lift off the ground.
You must be careful to rise through the air quickly
 to avoid trees and other low lying objects.
You can spin and dip
dive and climb again as high
as you want through the perfectly clear air.
I must caution you though
once you have experienced
the thrill of flying
you may never want
to walk
anywhere
ever
again.

The Eden Project

How would you do
if you had to face the same test as Adam and Eve?
If you were put in a garden and you had to obey
just
one
law?
Do you find yourself thinking
I would never have taken the fruit?
How did you do when you were last faced
with a temptation?
Did you run into the safety of God's arms
or
did you listen to the tempter?
How long would you have lasted
in the Garden of Eden?
How long would any of us have lasted?

We cannot go back to undo what has been done.
We can be thankful for God's answer.
Jesus
the cross
an invitation to receive
forgiveness for our sins
and the renewed opportunity
to walk again with the Lord
in the cool of the day.

Word received 13.2.2013

“Arise, shine for your light has come and the glory of God is coming to fill the earth. Do not be silent in these days for these are the days of harvest. The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord of the harvest for workers to be gathered in from where they are waiting on the outskirts of my fields. The workers are waiting for my command but I have already given it for my Word does not change. Go and make disciples of all nations so that my glory can fill the earth.” says the Lord.