Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up. Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, 'I am strong.'" Assemble and come, all you nations, and gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O LORD. "Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; for the winepress is full, the vats overflow-- for their wickedness is great." Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. - Joel 3:9-14
Believers are presently being exercised to make
decisions, and not to have them made for us as children. We are faced
with decisions that will have far-reaching and powerful effects and
consequences now and in the ensuing weeks, months and years. To many,
the Lord is seemingly silent. We have been, much like children, used to asking
the Lord to do such-and-such for us, for others, etc. His silence is His answer
that it's now time for us to make decisions based on our intimate knowledge of
Him, His character, His ways, and the knowledge of the truth through the word
and indwelling Spirit of God. It will take FAITH...true faith and not that
which has been bantered around as something we use to get stuff from Him. It's
the "faith of the Son of God" who dwells within us, Who is also
seated at the right hand of God.
