by Sr. Angelica AJ
Jon 1:11,12 Then they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us? For the sea was going on and being stormy. And he said to them, Take me up and throw me out into the sea. And the sea shall be calm to you; for I know that this great storm has come on you for my sake.
The prophet failed to see the steadfast love and compassion of God was for all the people. God had to teach it to him in the hardest way.
His mistake was refusing to go to Nineveh, the hard hearted city with the message of repentance. God did not choose a substitute for Jonah . But rather got him to surrender to His ways. His calling was personal.
2 Sa 24:15-16 And Jehovah sent a plague upon Israel from the morning even till the time appointed. And there died from the people, from Dan to Beer-sheba, seventy thousand men. And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah turned from the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, Enough! And stay your hand.
2Sa 24:17 And David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? I pray You, let Your hand be against me and against my father’s house.
Jonah was sincere enough to admit his fault, receive the punishment in order to rescue the passengers in the ship.
David had the integrity of heart to ask God to let His hand against him and his father’s house, instead of his sheep.
This is the time the global Church has to do the same. Let’s admit the sins of the Church and ask pardon on its behalf. Then the Lord will have compassion for His people and remove the pestilence from this earth.
What was the sin of the Church that we have to confess?
The sin of violating the last command of Jesus,
not evangelizing. (Mat 28:19,20)
The sin of violating the first command of God, not multiplying. Multiplying is not only physical but spiritual too. We should multiply the disciples.
How to multiply?
The season has changed. The method has to be changed!
Jer 16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Jehovah, and they will fish them. And afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
This is the time of hunting. We have to hunt down individuals now, those who are in every mountain, (high place),every hill , and out of the holes of the rocks (under world).
Fishermen ministry is over. Fishing in bulk through convention, crusade etc. came to an end with this generation. . The Lord has raised a new generation, hunters. They go hiding. They go individually,. They go to unknown places, spread the net, catch the prey, (one by one). You may not know the result immediately, but the one whom you have caught will catch another one, another one, it goes like a chain.
Let’s never break this chain. Not even a single Troop Church member should go bare handed. They should be discipling someone all the time. Noone may know. They may not be able to give a report of anything. But one who sees the intentions of the heart will reward them.
From the month of July we are going to concentrate on each Constituency! Let
All the smps
Coordinators of Gift Schools,
Worshippers,
Prayer warriors (DOI)
Start making disciples. Let’s raise the next level leaders.
Sr. Angelica AJ