THIS IS WHAT THE LORD IS SAYING

This is what the LORD Almighty says:"The people of Israel are oppressed,and the people of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to let them go. Yet their Redeemer is strong; the Lord Almighty is his name. He will vigorously defend their cause so that he may bring rest to their land, but unrest to those who live in Babylon. —Jeremiah 50:33-34

Jeremiah 50:17 in the Amplified declares, “Israel is a hunted and scattered sheep [driven hither and thither and preyed upon by savage beasts]; the lions have chased him. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken and gnawed his bones.” This speaks of the church in our day.

We live in a day where many of God’s choice servants lie wounded, bleeding, and forgotten about on the road to “Jericho.” These men and women were wounded in Jerusalem—the church, by what Ezekiel 34 calls greedy shepherds. These false pastors did not stand in the counsel of the Lord. Instead they preached a gospel of their own making; they preached an image of God that was fabricated in their own minds that was true to what they wanted God to look like, but was not true to the God revealed by the scriptures--this is the essence of idolatry. Therefore the Lord said that he would deliver his flock from their mouth and raise up a true pastor for them which is none other but Jesus Christ, the Son of David.

Notice in Jeremiah 50:17 that there was something gnawing at the bones of a “scattered sheep.” This gnawing is a voice within the heart that says, “I know that the life I am living is not the life God has for me. I know that at one time Jesus touched my life and in him I had found the greatest expression of life possible. But someone told me that I did not have to take the things of the Lord so serious, that it was alright to enjoy what everybody else was doing. Now I am confused; I do not trust preachers; and it all seems hopeless. Can someone show me the way to Zion?”

This is what the Lord says: I have heard the cry of my people that have been scattered in the “cloudy and dark day.” At this moment in time there is holy conspiracy in the land, a army of men whose heart is beating as one with one agenda: To crown Jesus Christ who is the living, breathing Word of God, the Pastor of the Church. This heart beats to live in a day when all decisions made would be that which is proceeding from his mouth; that which is his word according to the scriptures. This Holy army is backed by the “Armies of Heaven” and will be added to daily as the Lord himself heals his wounded.Like Jacob of old they will realize that the thing they loved most, that which they thought was long dead is alive and well!!

1 Chronicles 12:38 is the rallying cry of this army, “All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron,to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king." Where have you laid your Lazarus? As you crown Jesus King of your life your promise, though seemingly dead will live again!