This is a word that was given to me in July of 1998 when I was driving home. Just wanted to share it with you today.
The word of the Lord as it came to me driving home from work on July, 27, 1998. I was so paralyzed by this word that as soon as I arrived home, I wrote it down as the Spirit gave it to me.
“My prophets from all over the world are speaking of the great revival that is coming upon the United States and around the world. And yes, I have been revealing to my prophets about a revival that I am about to usher forth into the world. And I say to you, that the coming revival is coming first to my people. Yes, it is to my people that I am calling to be revived. And My people are so excited, and are looking forward to this great event. Many have set their own ideas as to what this revival will be like, and what they are expecting to see come forth. Thus says the Lord, “The revival that I am sending is the revival of the spirit of King Josiah, a revival of brokenness and destruction. I am set out to break down all the alters and idols that my people have set up and have bowed to and worshiped. I am coming to destroy all that my people have come to trust in other than in Me alone. To those that will allow me to tear down and destroy these things, will come to them a great peace and comfort. But there are many that will resist what I am doing, and will say that, “this is not of the Lord, for He has given me all the idols I call blessing.” Oh, but how my people have sinned more than the sinners of the world. For unto them were the keys of the kingdom given, to know my ways and live by them, but the have given in to the desires of the flesh, desiring the riches of this world more than they have desired intimacy with Me. They have competed now for the things of this world; money, stature, and prestige, saying they should have them for it is what the Lord has promised in His word. They preach it from their hearts, and say that it is I that have given them their message. But I have not been apart of this, says the Lord. No! I have been far from their thoughts. They have desired pleasure more than they have desired me. They have set forth great abominations against me, engaging in all sorts of evil lust, even more than what the world has yearned for. Yes, they have traded the riches of My glory in the Holy Spirit for the riches of the world, saying it is I that has revealed this truth to them, twisting My Holy Scriptures to fulfill the evil lusts of their hearts. Turn away from these now, for there is no truth in their fiery tongues. The riches that I have stored up for My people, they have mocked and ridiculed. My people have become weak and lazy, leaving all the kingdom work for a select few that they call, “preachers.” Thus, they excuse themselves from the work of the kingdom that I have commissioned all My disciples to do. But, as it has been from the beginning, I am looking for a people that will allow me to show the glory of who I am to a lost and dying world. But My people have prostituted My glory, and have seduced many into even greater sin than what they were in before they had heard them speak. But, it is My desire that my bride be made clean and ready to receive her groom. That is why I am coming to break down and destroy. For I choose to dwell in a broken vessel, for it is then that My Spirit can come to these white washed tomb stones and breathe new life into the dry bones and make them live once again. Yes, this is the revival that I am about to pour out. Let My Spirit break down and destroy all that is hindering you and keeping you from entering into My glory. For that which is about to be poured out upon the whole world in the coming days, I am looking for a people that will be prepared to stand in faith and trust in Me, and be in turn, able to share the grace and mercy of who I am with the whole world. Let not your hearts be hardened to My word, that chooses to make you into that which I am molding and shaping you into as My Bride. Fall before Me now, says the Lord, with a heart that wants to be made pure, cut from the material things of this world. For I say to you, that all you possess and cling to will falter and fade away, for it is about to crumble. The world will fret at not knowing where to turn. The horses and chariots that were their security will fail them. The faces of man will crack under the great stress of all that will be lost. But to those that will listen to what the Spirit is saying, will strip themselves of all that will only burn and crumble. To those that will let My Spirit be released in their lives at this time, will be transformed, not destroyed. Hear the call of the Lord. Let not your hearts be casual before me anymore. Repent and turn back unto me, for the time is short.