The Second Wave
The Second Wave
Dreamt I was at the beach in the height of summer (harvest time); crowds of people milling around as if expecting something to happen. Huge pleasure boats all around, washed up onto the sand by a previous great wave, now beached, side-on to the shoreline and tide. Then I saw a massive and magnificent wave forming (not yet breaking) and heading rapidly towards land. A small boy looked at me with eyes which asked the question, "What are we going to do?"
This world desperately needs a fresh tidal wave of Holy Spirit revival to flood over it, yet again. And God has promised just such a visitation before His Son ascends His throne in Jerusalem. "Repent therefore and return, that your sins may be wiped away in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you." (Acts 3.19-20)
My answer to the little boy's question is, Get well away from the beached boats which are lying side-one to the incoming wave. It will destroy them, and crush those people who are too close. Run and find fishing boats which are already poised to put to sea.
The only boats which have any kind of chance of riding out this wave are those facing into it. Local churches today have a divine obligation and duty to prepare for the next wave of revival by training all their family members to face the Holy Spirit, and through worship and concern for the lost, walk and wade and swim out deeper into Him.
"Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full; the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision." (Joel 3.13-14)
"'Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch!'...And when they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish; and their nets began to break." (Luke 5.4-6)
