We are called to be Light Bearers unto all the world. Paul wrote in Philippians chapter 2:
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
To put it another way- For FATHER is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases HIM. The preparation time seems long in our own comprehension of time but it is not an issue to FATHER. HE has been molding us into vessels of honor to do HIS perfect plan, will, and purpose. Little by little we have been redirected to HIS Way, a few degrees at a time. Each of us is changing day by day as we come into the fullness of time.
“HIS Good Pleasure” is the same word/phrase as “Goodwill” in the Scripture where the angels announced Christ’s arrival:
“Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
We too will provide a solution to the woes of the world for HIS Good Pleasure will work through us toward all mankind. The time of preparation has had its challenges and thus Paul further writes:
14 Do all things without complaining and disputing,
What are you willing to do for FATHER’S Good Pleasure? Are you willing to clean toilets if asked? Or is that beneath you? Are you willing to deal with a toddler who has no peace in his heart? Don’t you know that peace should start emanating from you at some point as you become HIS Good Pleasure? Start expecting the attributes of FATHER to flow in you and through you. Quit approaching problems from a mental point of view and begin approaching them by HIS Spirit. Paul continues:
15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
The Holy Spirit is in you and you should now begin to walk and respond IN HIM, not out of your own soulish thoughts. Submit to HIS SPIRIT and you will begin to be the answer instead of furthering the problem. Jesus provides us the best example:
Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
In Acts 18 we find Paul and Silas led by THE SPIRIT:
5 When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
Later Paul writes in Romans 8:
13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
Further, as you are led by HIS SPIRIT, you are in the center of HIS Good Pleasure and are not subject to any judgment coming upon the earth. The prophets were sustained during the various famines, wars, and other events affecting the whole earth. The children of Israel were protected when the death angel visited Egypt. Jesus was protected when the infants were slain. FATHER will insure protection to those chosen for HIS service. Paul assures us in Galatians chapter 5:
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
We will keep HIS Commandments by HIS SPIRIT residing in us as we walk according to HIS SPIRIT. We will sidestep danger as we are moving in the sensitivity to HIS SPIRIT. It is critical that we focus each and every moment of our walk to do according to HIS SPIRIT until it becomes firmly established in us. We must respond to FATHER’S SPIRIT and accept the fact that there will be actions to take which our logical minds do not understand. We must walk in faith that FATHER knows the proper steps and direction to take at every turn.
As we bear light unto all the world, there will be no darkness along our path for light swallows up darkness. Judgment on the world could begin any day now. FATHER has not shown me a specific date but I am responsible for what HE has given me as a season of preparation. Judgment could come tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, or later. I will not delay in my preparation and neither should you. Over the years I have heard many dates given by those who claim to be prophets and nothing of noteworthiness happened on their projected dates. However, FATHER did speak to me concerning the Shemitah of 1987. HE awoke me in 3 AM in May of this year to alert me of the Shemitah of this year, next Sunday. HE gave me no details except to prepare and to alert others to prepare.
Will there be a market collapse next week? The economic symptoms are surely there for those who understand economic and monetary theory and their associated technicals. Does FATHER have to judge the world on this coming Shemitah? No, but HE surely can if HE sees fit.
In 2001, I was in San Antonio at a Information Technology (IT) conference and was scheduled to take a certification exam at 12 Noon on the day of the Shemitah (9/11). I had no idea of what was about to happen, it was just another day. My focus was to pass the exam. In the meantime, the U.S. was in the midst of shutting down all air traffic and trying to evacuate people out of New York City. Those who went to work on that morning were caught off guard. I suspect that 99% of the people will be caught off guard as the next judgment comes.
Let those of us who see the unveiling of Christ and are responding to HIS call be fully prepared when that day comes. The world will need Light to show them the way out of darkness. Let us walk each moment of each day BY HIS SPIRIT and we will be Light Bearers to all mankind.