The Lord has been speaking to me very strongly for quite a while now about being physically healthy.  I believe this message is not only for me, but for everyone who will hear.  If you listen with spiritual ears, you will hear the wisdom in the practical and spiritual application of getting healthy – as much as we can affect it by our own disciplines and actions.  Then, and only then, should we need the grace of God for His supernatural intervention for healing – the kind of healing He paid for with His life and provided in His atonement on the Cross.

One of the prophets who visited us recently, Bob Hartley, gave us a warning about five waves of supernatural challenge for 2011.  We will be talking about these waves in the days to come.  They are especially meaningful and poignant to me because God gave me a dream about huge waves that are coming against His people.  When God speaks, He usually confirms what we’ve heard out of the mouths of two or three others.

One of the waves to watch out for Bob called the “Nanny State”.  It is characterized by false dependencies we may have upon the government or system to “take care of” us.  One of the ways this happens is through entitlements such as healthcare and prescription drugs.  In the days that are coming and are soon to arrive, we will not survive if our dependence is on anything but the Lord Jesus and the Kingdom of God.

We do need to be healthy for what’s ahead – physically as well as spiritually.  Some of us won’t make it through the Times of Trouble that are very soon upon us if we aren’t at our physical best.  What will you do when you can’t get prescription drugs for diabetes or for your other health issues?  What will you do if the anti-christ system says you have to have the mark of the beast in order to be eligible for prescription medications and other government entitlements?

Isn’t it better to correct health issues now – if you can – by adjusting your eating and exercising habits?  Isn’t it better to have your physical body in the best possible condition now instead of waiting for God to fix things?  I will show you my faith, by my works!

Some people think I can be a little over-the-top in my passion and quest for healthy living.  Perhaps they are right.  But when the Lord speaks to me about something, I have learned to pay attention and trust that there’s a reason to be concerned and so impressed to deliver this message to my viewers who have an ear to hear.

A word the Lord spoke to me recently is “stop soothing the saints and start stirring them!”  I am usually hesitant to be so strong with people, yet I know what I heard from Him.  There is a time for everything, and to everything a purpose under heaven.  So the purpose I have in stirring people to take action in becoming healthy is to prepare them for the soon-coming snares and traps that we may fall into if we depend on natural sources for our well-being.

Yes, the Lord is graceful, and even when we don’t do those things we know we should, perhaps He will intervene and supernaturally provide the healing we need.  Yet, the Bible says that “he who knows to do right, and doesn’t do it – to him it is sin”.

We sometimes forget the admonishments of God in His Word, while we love to capitalize on His grace and mercy.  But, it’s time now for the full counsel of the Word.  It’s time now for the truth.  It’s time now to get ready and be ready for the Times of Trouble.

Romans 6: 1,2: “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that ‘grace’ may abound?  God forbid. How shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?”

Romans 6: 14,15: “For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.  What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace?  God forbid!”

Hebrews 10: 29: “Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden underfoot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of ‘grace?”

God loves you – He really does!  And I love you too!

Jim

One day soon, we heard…

The voice of the local radio broadcaster was frantic: “It’s horrendous!  This cannot be happening, yet even as I speak, the situation worsens.  Tonight, approximately fifteen minutes ago, a gigantic fissure opened in the earth near Lake Crowley, otherwise known as the Long Valley Reservoir, in the Mammoth Lakes region of the eastern Sierra Nevada area. According to eyewitness reports from individuals who observed the lake from nearby higher ground, the lake seemed to heave into the air, virtually catapulting its contents out of the lake basin.  

Apparently coinciding with the earthquake—or perhaps causing it—is a volcanic eruption in the area, spewing lava, steam, and volcanic ash into the sky. According to the state’s Department of Water and Power, increased activity has been detected for the past several years, and although seismic activity has recently increased in frequency and intensity, nobody could have predicted this sort of disaster.

“State emergency officials are warning people in Southern California not to drink your tap water. Repeat: do not drink your tap water. It has been contaminated. Lake Crowley formerly rested in a twenty-by-ten-mile crater that is thought to have been formed by a volcanic eruption seven hundred years ago. The lake is one of Southern California’s main water supply sources, collecting mountain runoff, which flows hundreds of miles south by way of aqueducts to Los Angeles. But the catastrophic explosion caused massive amounts of toxic ash to fall into the water, thus contaminating the water supply. Adding to the problem, the volcano has caused rapid melting of snow in the mountains, and flash floods are ripping through the area even as I speak. The floodwater is teeming with potentially hazardous volcanic debris known as lahar. If at all possible, residents should avoid any unnecessary contact with the floodwater until its toxicity can be determined.”

The announcer took a breath and then broke from his professional protocol. “It’s awful,” he gasped. “This is the worst disaster I’ve ever seen. There is no electricity throughout most of the state. Water is rushing through the valley like the Johnstown flood, and our drinking water supply is contaminated. The earth is shaking beneath our feet, its pitch black outside, getting colder by the hour, and we still have nine hours before sunrise. God help us all.”

(From the book “The Refuge” by Jim Bakker)