by Rhys Fitzsimmons
I live not much more than 50 metres from the sea here at Palm Beach on the Gold Coast. Around a month ago, we on the Gold Coast experienced some wild weather once again, and during the time of this storm we were hit with King Tides that seriously affected many of the Gold Coast’s most valuable properties. The normal boundaries of the sea were seriously breached and people literally lost millions of dollars worth of land as their precious real estate was washed away to the sea, as the waves would beat furiously on their prime properties. Overnight people had lost very valuable land and their swimming pools to the sea. The residents woke up to see half their land gone, where too, but to the sea. As each night went by the residents would brace in fear of the stark reality that their very livelihoods, all their life’s hard work, their prized possessions, was at the mercy of nature. It was a very sobering thing to walk along the beach and see how many of these properties had lost their land, and to see all the sand banks completely washed away with nothing for the waves to crash upon except the very rock walls that have been placed to protect the prime real estate.
As I began to intercede for these people, the Lord showed me how important it is to have our very lives built on the Rock. As Jesus said, “ Foolish is the man that builds on the sand”, but wise is the man that builds upon the Rock.
Though this was a very difficult time for these people, and please pray for them, in the natural there was a King Tide on top of the storms, which breached its normal boundaries. To me this speaks of Fullness. I believe for the nation of Australia, God is bringing fullness to the body of Christ within Australia and all the surrounding nations, including my beloved country New Zealand.
However, I speak a warning to those in the body of Christ whose life is not founded on the Rock, being Jesus Christ himself. Just as these waves came crashing in to these people’s valuable real estate stripping away their land, unless you repent and seek God’s face for His forgiveness, He will allow the wave of His Spirit that is being unleashed in this land to strip away all that you have held onto for security and protection. All idols He will expose and they will be washed away (the biggest idol I believe He will deal with is self), then anything that does stand the pressure of the fire of the Lord will be burned up.
The wave of God’s Spirit that has begun to move around Australia this year has already begun to break down the barriers of resistance to His Kingdom, and each wave that comes will be with more intensity and more force. I see each wave of God’s Holy Spirit that crashes on this land has a name and a specific purpose, for example, one wave will be “Holiness unto the Lord”, and another will be “Fear of the Lord”. I believe God has turned His eyes towards Australia and I even believe God has released a multitude of His warring angels into our land to push back the power of darkness. No longer is there going to be what I will call “Passive Christianity”, this is a barrier that I can see God will break. These waves of His Spirit will begin with His body. Judgment begins in the House of the Lord.
The days of going to church on a Sunday, going to home group, youth group, etc, as the regular Christian thing to do for you to make it through the week, simply is not going to be enough to withstand the Waves of God’s Spirit that are coming upon this nation.
When there is a war, the government will usually issue a draft for men and woman to fight the enemy, and these men and woman need to be trained as quickly as possible to be able to be sent out to battle.
The Captain of Hosts is issuing a challenge to His people, “Will you give up all that is precious to you, all that you hold dear, to come and serve me? Choose you this day who you will serve”.
In the seasons ahead God requires a faithful people totally sold out to Him, our Master and Commander.
With each Wave of God’s Spirit, I see God providing for His children by warning in advance. Just as in the Old Testament we need to listen to the God anointed prophets of this day.
Each wave is assigned to break through a certain barrier that is opposing God’s kingdom, and as each wave comes upon the country I see God’s people being set free from passivity and moving in the power of His Spirit with many signs and wonders following them. The Christian in the workplace is going to lay hands on the sick and see them healed, the Christian businessman is going to bring many into the Kingdom as he begins to share the gospel with power, and the Christian in the supermarket is going to move in the Spirit of Knowledge and Wisdom. Demons are going to scream at the very presence of Christ in the so-called average Christian.
The brightness of God’s kingdom is about to shine more and more into the realms of darkness, breaking chains and setting the captives free, both Christians and non-Christians
These are exciting times, but your life needs to be based on the rock, or you will not survive the times ahead. We need to be totally and completely sold out to Christ.
God has a very unique surfboard made just for you to ride on the waves coming, but to ride them you must be sold out, because if there is compromise you will not survive.
There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1), but I sense an urgency that we need to obey what is asked of us by our Commander and Chief.