| | Those Things Which Cannot Be Shaken"The foundation of the church is starting to
shake. The body of Christ is about to be shaken.
Unfertile soil is being sifted. Only fertile soil will remain. Purpose yourself to be fertile.
You are a temple, a living temple. You are living stones, meant to grow together, and not
to be dead. It is to be LIFE.
Show LIFE. Shine LIFE. In your life, magnify the power of Jesus, His love and His grace. A LIVING temple.
Be fertile.
Cast out all that is dead in you, personally &
corporately.
The foundation is about to be shaken. Don't be sifted.
Stone will crack as the anointing enters from
heaven."
This word came to me before
our Sunday service in October 2006. At
the time I had no idea what the word was about.
Since then, it has not only remained in my spirit, but God has kept it's
fire burning in me and kept me in prayer over it. Later, I knew in my spirit that this
'shaking' that had begun would change the world as we know it. This would also change the body of Christ
into a church that present times have not known before. A mature church where people stop looking to
MEN and look only to THE MAN, JESUS.
"The foundation of the church is
starting to shake. The body of Christ is
about to be shaken." 1 Many of you have felt the
'shifting' that is going on. Many of you
have talked to or contacted me speaking of the major changes on the horizon
that you sensed in the Spirit or that were already occurring in and around your
lives. Many of you have been wondering: "WHAT IS THIS STIRRING I
FEEL?!", "Why does my life seem
like it is turning upside down and inside out?", "What is God
doing?", "WHAT IS GOING
ON?".
God gave me this
example: Imagine the church as a car
engine. God is disassembling the engine,
piece by piece, then putting it back together in a different
configuration. The new engine will be
stronger, more efficient and produce more power. The fuel to be used in this new engine is
LOVE. LOVE is the only fuel that will
work in the new engine. The old engine
would run on an assortment of fuels, even dirty, unpurified ones. LOVE is the only fuel that the new
engine/church will run on. This is THE
CHURCH that is to fulfill the WILL and PURPOSE of God in this time. We have the opportunity to LOVE God back and
to be right in the middle of God's will and to produce for our King! Hallelujah!!
"Unfertile soil is being
sifted. Only fertile soil will
remain." "Cast out all that is dead in you,
personally & corporately." That fertile soil is LOVE2. Only LOVE
will remain. We must make sure that we
remove anything from our lives that isn't founded in LOVE. Anything that is not set on the foundation of
LOVE is dead3 and will not
stand. These are the flesh pieces that
need removing from us. These chunks of
selfish motivations in our lives cannot stand in this new era. We must recognize that God did not place
these areas in our lives, but it was us, paying homage to our flesh and worldly
desires that allowed these things to be so firmly rooted into our being. As this shift occurs, these worldly roots
must be removed, so we can either tell our flesh "NO" and judge
ourselves4, or leave God no choice
but to remove them for us, so that we can remain relevant in the Kingdom.
The whole body of Christ is
made up of ministers5. If you have accepted Jesus as your Savior, YOU
are a minister of the gospel, everywhere you go. In church, you are a minister. In the grocery store, you are a
minister. At home, in the car, at work,
at play, your life is a ministry of Jesus Christ. If you are in the 5 fold ministry6, I am talking about you too. We must not leave ministry inside church
walls and just perform ministry on Sundays & Wednesdays. We must make absolutely sure that EVERY action
and thought is founded in LOVE and not founded in personal motivations. We must weigh our motivations against the
Word, NOT against other's level of righteousness. Our LOVE walk or lack thereof, is not
something that will be graded on a curve, according to others around us. Corporately and personally, we need to
examine every motivation, according to the Word, with extreme, GENUINE
examination. Quick thoughts of "Oh,
I am fine." and a lack of genuine self-judgment will not pass unaffected
through this shaking & shifting.
As far as the 5 fold ministry
is concerned, don't be surprised if you see pastors and teachers, prophets, evangelists
and apostles being removed and shifted to new places in the body. This is going to happen. For example, some true apostles will be
removed from their incorrect placements as pastors and be placed into their
true role. Some pastors operating out of
their office as evangelists and prophets will be moved into their true role,
etc. Some will be removed. Some will just be moved. Some will be new pieces engineered into new
placements. Some will be moved into
positions that look lower than their present position. The key to remember is that God is the
builder7, building a church to
fulfill His purpose and His will. I
imagine that many of you have already witnessed this occurring.
"Purpose yourself to be
fertile." "You are a temple, a living
temple. You are living stones, meant to
grow together, and not to be dead8. It is to be LIFE. Show LIFE.
Shine LIFE. In your life, magnify
the power of Jesus, His love and His grace.
A LIVING temple. Be
fertile." Many of you will join to the
true calling that God has on your life.
The dreams He has given you will come into reality. The gifts He built into you before time began
will swell up in you and have to be released.
If you are born again, you are all high priests and kings of the
Kingdom. Most of all, you have THE
KING's inheritance, you are HIS CHILDREN, His sons and daughters9. The
highest inheritance and gift, is God's LOVE10. We are to share that LOVE with everyone, in
every situation and at every moment in time.
We must purpose within ourselves to be the fertile soil of LOVE. As our responsibility, we must choose to
allow LOVE to be the fertilizer of our life; a perfect place for the perfect Seed,
Jesus, to take root and produce fruit of Himself. This is done in our daily activities. We must not allow self-righteousness to make
us hypocrites11 to the world, but to
LOVE and share mercy and grace. The LIFE
and the MORTAR of this new church, this new body, is LOVE. We are to be LOVE, to show LOVE, to shine LOVE. Don't let your light be hidden from anyone12.
"In your life, magnify the power of Jesus, His LOVE and His
grace." It's time to finally make
up our minds that we will allow God to persuade us in His doctrines. We will
not be persuaded by denominations, grand-ma's wishes, your pastor or religion13. When
we open our minds and our spirits to God's will, the power of God will be there
to transform the world around you!
Things will happen everywhere you go, not just in the church
building! It starts with YOUR
decision. If you really choose the
fullness of God, you will see the full salvation of the Lord visit you and your
area14!! Do you let God consume you or
do you let man's religion deceive you?
"The foundation is about to be
shaken. Don't be sifted." The religious church as we
have known it, is about to be abolished.
I would not be surprised if within the next 10-20 years, the majority of
churches open today will have closed their doors. I believe that God is in the process of
shaking up His body so that only the church filled with LOVE will remain. He has told us over and over again how
important LOVE is15. He has dealt with our hearts on it. He has had it preached to us. He has prophesied on it. Now is the time to reap a harvest of the
mature church; the mature sons of God; the LOVE matured children of God that
are His body, that are His LIVING STONES8
hewn from the very quarry of His Love16,
a living church hewn from THE Rock, His Son, Jesus Christ; a church that is the
exact makeup of that ORIGINAL Rock, Who IS
LOVE. Every other, religious thing
will be sifted. Don't be sifted. Make the choice for God only in your life17.
His Kingdom and His LOVE cannot be
shaken1. They will not be shaken! They will stand the test of
time and perform the tasks appointed to them.
God is giving us this word so that we will remove ourselves from the
world and fleshly things before He has to.
But as we do this and come into line with His will, we will walk
straight into victory! The things in
your life that seemed incomplete, the small annoying questions of doubt, the
answers you have been looking for are answered in LOVE14! God
wants a mature church. God wants a
church mature in His things. He is LOVE18. Then
He told us that LOVE is THE thing that all other gifts pivot on and draw their
power from19. Yet in the past the church
has missed it. How do we know? Because LOVE never fails20. The church hasn't shown LOVE
to unborn children. The church hasn't shown LOVE
to morals in our country. The church hasn't shown LOVE
to our neighbor.
Praise God, the time to
change that is here! This is a world
changing 'shift'! This is a 'shaking'
called for by God himself! It is GOOD NEWS
to the world. God's time of GLORY is
NOW! The Kingdom
of God is upon US! It's time for me and you21, as saints of God to walk in the fullness of
LOVE, to walk in God, to walk in Jesus, to walk in the Spirit22. It's
time! It's TIME!! IT'S TIME!!!
"Stone will crack as the anointing
enters from heaven." Honestly, I don't know
clearly what this means yet. If you know
of something that this relates to now or in the future, please share. I can't wait to hear it!
In His LOVE, Bryan Wright
Scripture References
(NASB):
1. Heb 12:26 And His voice shook the earth then, but now
He has promised, saying, "YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH,
BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN." Heb 12:27 This expression,
"Yet once more," denotes the removing of those things which can be
shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may
remain. Heb 12:28 Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which
cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an
acceptable service with reverence and awe; Heb 12:29 for our God is a consuming fire.
2. Eph
3:17 so that Christ may dwell in
your hearts through faith; and that you,
being rooted and grounded in love,
3. 1Co 13:3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be
burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
4. 1Co 11:31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would
not be judged. 1Co 11:32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by
the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
5. 1Pe 2:9 But you
are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim
the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous
light;
6. Eph 4:11 And He
gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as
evangelists, and some as pastors and
teachers,
7. Heb 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but the
builder of all things is God. Heb 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath
foundations, whose builder and maker is
God.
8. 1Pe
2:4 And coming to Him as to a
living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the
sight of God, 1Pe 2:5 you also, as living stones, are being built
up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
9. Rom
8:14 For all who are being led by
the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. Rom 8:15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery
leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by
which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" Rom 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit
that we are children of God, Rom 8:17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and
fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him
so that we may also be glorified with Him.
10. 1Jn
4:9 By this the love of God was
manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so
that we might live through Him.
11. Rom
12:9 Let
love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is
evil; cling to what is good.
12. Mat 5:14 "You are the
light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; Mat 5:15 nor does anyone light a lamp and
put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are
in the house. Mat 5:16 "Let your light
shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father who is in heaven.
13. Rom
1:22 Professing to be wise, they
became fools,
14. Eph 3:19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses
knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
15. 1Co
13:13 But now faith, hope, love,
abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.
16. Isa
51:1 "Listen to me, you who
pursue righteousness, Who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were
hewn And to the quarry from which you were dug.
17. 1Co
16:14 Let all that you do be done
in love.
18. 1Jn
4:8 The one who does not love
does not know God, for God is love.
19. 1Co
13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and
all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not
have love, I am nothing.
20. 1Co
13:8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done
away; if there are tongues, they will
cease; if there is knowledge, it will be
done away.
21. Col 3:14 Beyond
all these things put on love, which is
the perfect bond of unity.
22. 2Co
13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you
all.
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