This was sent to me today and I thought it was important that I post it for your review. We are moving into a new move of the spirit. A transition of Power is about to take place and the spirit of Elijah that has been just beneath the surface will arise.
A Time of Testing!
"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does." James 1:22-25
This is not the time for dead dry man-directed religion. Mere talk will not get us to where we need to go, it is going to take action and anointing, "For the Kingdom of God is not in word but in power" 1 Corinthians 4:20.
The Body of Christ knows far too much to be living as low as we are living. Never forget faith without works is dead.
"But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?" James 2:20-22
The Spirit of God is calling for a time of testing to reveal the condition of our spiritual foundation, "Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the LORD; I shall not slip. Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my mind and my heart" Psalm 26:1-2.
Be very sure that God is going to dig deep during these days. This is not time to attempt to cover up and conceal sin, "He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy" Proverbs 28:13.
It is time to come clean, "Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" 2 Corinthians 7:1.
God is going to reveal what many have been busy seeking to conceal. It will be very unwise to attempt to cover up our secret sins. Numbers 32:23 warns that we can be sure our sins will be exposed, "But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out."
In 2 Corinthians 13:5-6, Paul instructs us to test ourselves to make sure our lives are solid, "Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? - Unless indeed you are disqualified. But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified."
We should ask God to reveal any hidden area of our heart, "Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties" Psalm 139:23.
We cannot know our own heart because it can and will deceive us, "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings." Jeremiah 17:9-10
It is time to seek the Lord until He comes and rains righteousness on us (Hosea 10:12).
Bobby Conner
Eagles View Ministries
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