Expand While The Devil Shrinks

EXPAND WHILE the DEVIL SHRINKS!
-by Andrew Strom.

There is no question that we have covered the “Doom & Gloom”
side of the present crisis pretty well. But one thing I feel we have
not discussed enough is the amazing OPPORTUNITY that God is
setting before us through this crisis. In fact, it may be that what
is happening now could be the answer to years of our most
fervent prayers.

Have you been praying for God to act and bring massive change to
the church and to our culture? Have you been praying for the return
of spiritual hunger and reality? Have you been praying for God to
open closed doors, to soften hearts, and to allow the real Truth of
the gospel to march forth in the land once again? What if this is
His answer to all of that – the only way He could bring about the
kind of shaking and hunger that is so desperately required? What
if He has spent years setting this up? What if it is the golden
opportunity of a lifetime? Are we willing? Are we ready?

There is no question that some of our main enemies are on the
run right now in the West. In fact, many of them are in rampant
disorderly retreat. The great god Mammon is a good example.
I don’t think the “deceitfulness of riches” will be doing too well in
the West for awhile, do you? And Mammon’s allies – Comfort,
Apathy, Materialism and Humanism are starting to look a little
shaky also.

There is a “window of opportunity” starting to open – where a gospel
that was once unwelcome will be welcomed again – where change
that was once thought impossible comes in like a rush. We are
living in a rare moment of history.

In times of Depression – froth, bubble and hype go the way of
the dinosaur. People start looking for reality and grounded truth.
They want to find a Rock to stand on instead of shifting sand. This
happened in the last Depression, and it will happen in this one too.

Are you one who has spent years in the wilderness, waiting for
God’s moment? Are you a David in the caves, a Joseph in the
dungeons? Couldn’t it be that this is the very moment that God
has been preparing you for, all this time?

You see, the “big boys” with their shallow gospel are in increasing
trouble through all of this. They rely on big money, big media, big
hype and big budgets to get their message out. And the budget is
looking rather sick. Could it be that God is leveling the playing field?
Are many that were “last” about to become first? Are the little guys
with their message of repentance and heart-holiness about to break
through the glass ceiling that has kept them down for so long?
Has God actually been planning this for ages?

Personally, I feel like the Lord has been speaking to me lately that
as the devil pulls back, I need to expand. There are things that
I have put off for years that I need to put into action.

One of these is the “Online Preacher’s School” where we send
people around the world to preach in far-flung places – after training
them first. I get all kinds of invitations from places like Pakistan,
India and Africa that I cannot possibly fulfill. It is time that we
started doing “basic training and sending” – because the need out
there is enormous. And we can do a lot of it online. (-This should
be up and running in a matter of weeks). To me, God’s message
is very clear: We are to expand while the devil shrinks.

Another area that He has been speaking to me about is MUSIC
and VIDEO – things that I put aside (to a large degree) years ago.
God laid it on my heart before we came to Wales that we need
to record a music album here – something we have not done for
8 years. (We had better get on with it, as we only have a Visa to
stay in Wales for six months!) There are other things also. And
what about you, my friends? Has God begun whispering similar
things? Such a crisis comes along only once in a lifetime. Could
this be the very hour of Mobilization that He has been preparing
you for all these years?

I’d be interested in your comments.

Please send responses to- prophetic@revivalschool.com

God bless you all.

Andrew Strom.

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