The Voice of Preparation

We are in a season of Preparation. In His Mercy, Grace and Kindness, the Father is giving His children, His chosen and the world a further opportunity to, as the songwriter aptly put it, "get right with God, and do it Now". This season of Preparation is important because, once it ends, it ends. We will not be able to get these days back. So it is imperative that we heed The Voice of Preparation.

The Spirit Realm of God is regulated by Sound. I don't fully understand it, but the way God communicates His Will to His people and to the world is via Sound. The scripture says in the tenth chapter of Romans, "have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world". When the Holy Ghost came on the Day of Pentecost, He ushered in the Age of the Church and the Age of Grace through a "sound from heaven" (Acts 2). Many times, not exclusively, God will manifest this Sound of Heaven through A Voice. More often than not, it is a Prophetic Voice. This is why it is so important to give heed to the prophetic anointing that God is increasing during this season. If someone you know is operating with a prophetic call or a prophetic anointing, listen to them! And if you, yourself, are operating within a prophetic calling or gifting, continue to do what Paul admonished his son in the ministry to do, "stir up the gift" (2Timothy 1). We must pay attention to the Prophetic Voice of Preparation.

Prior to the Manifestation of Jesus's Ministry as the Son of God and the coming Messiah to Israel, God ordained and sanctioned a Voice. This Voice was that of the prophet, John the Baptist. His was a Voice of Preparation. The Gospel of Mark chapter one reads, "As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight". What was John the Baptist prophetically preparing the people for? The Coming of Christ. Saints, I know it may be hard for us to wrap our theological minds around this prophetic belief, but we need to understand by faith that JESUS IS COMING! The reason I'm framing it like this is because I'm not talking about the "Return of Christ" in regards to His thousand-year Millennial Kingdom (Revelation 20). I'm talking about a Season of Visitation where Jesus visibly returns to the earth to further prepare and equip His Church for (what many believe will be) this final Kingdom Move before the dispensation of the Gentiles is concluded (Acts 3).

The key to this Preparation is Repentance. The word repentance in the Greek means "to think again". If you're being open and available to the movement of the Spirit in your life during this Season of Preparation, then you're being challenged to "re-think" some things. Some previous concepts, some prior relationships, some established beliefs; God is challenging you to "think again". Repent. Don't resist this process saints. Why? Because the Lord is preparing us for the Coming of the King. The King is Coming...the King IS COMING. And if we heed the Voice of Preparation that God is issuing in our lives, then we will be ready for our Master's Arrival.