Friday, September 09, 2005
Posting this for a friend
Hey, everyone, I am not a "blogger" and it's not often that I use e-mail as an opinionforum. But as I was watching the hurricane coverage on TV tonight, athought hit me between the eyes.Many people are upset with the government (FEMA, etc.) for failing to actfast enough to help the hurricane victims. Perhaps the criticism isjustified. State, local, and federal officials did not implement aneffective plan for meeting basic, immediate needs--with some really direconsequences. But ordinary people all over this country have pulled together withoutwaiting for the government to step in. Several of us at my church in Ohiospent the midday organizing donations in the back of a U-Haul (thank you,Patty E., for your hard work--it was all worth it!). I saw a similareffort at a gas station down the street. I've heard of people going downto shelters and taking entire families home with them for an indefinitestay. A black church in Biloxi has become a de-facto community center,serving hundreds of meals and hosting relief groups coming in from allover. Where government fell through, churches and other groups have donewhat they've always done--stepped in and met the people's needs withevery resource that God provided to them.I know a day might come that I need the services of the feds. Moreover,it may well be that only the government's pockets are deep enough toprovide assistance for "the great rebuild." But isn't it nice that thegood Lord gave us all a brain, a heart, and two hands to use until thesheriff rides into Dodge? Just a thought. May God bless everyone whohas stepped in to help those whose hands are tied......Elena Stevenson
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This is part of an email I got... just thought I would share what someone else had to say!
What Should We do?
One of the important lessons of Katrina is that we cannot rely on the government for everything. I personally think that our government, on all levels, probably did about as well as could be expected with what they were faced with. However, no government is omnipotent. All governments have limits. I think the governments will learn a lot from Katrina and do much better the next time, but we are foolish if we look to the government as the source of our salvation. In the future, the government will be stretched so thin that even the heathen will start to look for the church first in such catastrophes, and the obedient church will have unlimited resources for them.
As the government goes through all of the inquiries and studies about what went wrong, and what went right, the church needs to do the same thing with our response. I am thankful for all that our government was able to do to save lives and what they will do to help rebuild the region. I am likewise thankful for all that the church has done, and will do. There has been a possibly unprecedented mobilization of the church for this disaster as well. However, just as the government probably could have been better prepared for this, the church could have been, too.
I am addressing this especially to the prophetic community as well, myself included. We had plenty of warnings about this coming, just as the government had plenty of studies indicating the same. I think the Lord gave me some personal information about this storm even before it became a hurricane in the Atlantic, but I was too busy to really hear what He was trying to say to me. I actually think He tried to tell us about this storm early in the spring. If there were those who failed in the government, I feel even more guilty for my failures. I will not waste time condemning myself, or others who should have heard more clearly and accurately about this, but I want to learn this lesson well so that it does not happen again. An important word for the church right now is Revelation 4:1-2:
After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."
Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne.
It is right that we presently focus on what we can do to aid the area devastated by Katrina, but as soon as we can, we need to evaluate why we, too, were not better informed and prepared. There is a door open for us to enter into the heavenly realm, where we will see more clearly the things to come, and Who is on the throne. We must go there. WE WILL NOT SURVIVE THE TIMES AHEAD IF WE DO NOT HEAR MORE CLEARLY THAN WE ARE NOW. I was told that several years ago by the Lord for myself and MorningStar. It is still true. We must go to a much higher level of prophetic vision and authority.
What Should We do?
One of the important lessons of Katrina is that we cannot rely on the government for everything. I personally think that our government, on all levels, probably did about as well as could be expected with what they were faced with. However, no government is omnipotent. All governments have limits. I think the governments will learn a lot from Katrina and do much better the next time, but we are foolish if we look to the government as the source of our salvation. In the future, the government will be stretched so thin that even the heathen will start to look for the church first in such catastrophes, and the obedient church will have unlimited resources for them.
As the government goes through all of the inquiries and studies about what went wrong, and what went right, the church needs to do the same thing with our response. I am thankful for all that our government was able to do to save lives and what they will do to help rebuild the region. I am likewise thankful for all that the church has done, and will do. There has been a possibly unprecedented mobilization of the church for this disaster as well. However, just as the government probably could have been better prepared for this, the church could have been, too.
I am addressing this especially to the prophetic community as well, myself included. We had plenty of warnings about this coming, just as the government had plenty of studies indicating the same. I think the Lord gave me some personal information about this storm even before it became a hurricane in the Atlantic, but I was too busy to really hear what He was trying to say to me. I actually think He tried to tell us about this storm early in the spring. If there were those who failed in the government, I feel even more guilty for my failures. I will not waste time condemning myself, or others who should have heard more clearly and accurately about this, but I want to learn this lesson well so that it does not happen again. An important word for the church right now is Revelation 4:1-2:
After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."
Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne.
It is right that we presently focus on what we can do to aid the area devastated by Katrina, but as soon as we can, we need to evaluate why we, too, were not better informed and prepared. There is a door open for us to enter into the heavenly realm, where we will see more clearly the things to come, and Who is on the throne. We must go there. WE WILL NOT SURVIVE THE TIMES AHEAD IF WE DO NOT HEAR MORE CLEARLY THAN WE ARE NOW. I was told that several years ago by the Lord for myself and MorningStar. It is still true. We must go to a much higher level of prophetic vision and authority.
the person who penned those words was Rick Joyner in case anyone wanted to know... I forgot to add that... sorry...
EM :-) <><
P.S. sorry for posting the comments twice by accident!
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