Times and Seasons

Dear Friend,
How are you?  Hope you had or are having a good day, today?

Today, I would like to start by sharing March Newsletter from Pastor John Fenn in The Church Without Walls International.  He talked about people’s asking him bank crisis, and he shared some of what the Lord shared with him.  It echoed what the Father gave me in my heart.

I did not want to write what we should prepare, as it would be different for each individual, and each and every one of us should ask the Lord what we should do.  And I do not want to be fearmongering like many in the world and even many in Christian circle.  Just like Pastor John shared Peace from the Lord, I believe the key is Peace from our Lord.  In the past years, I used to encourage my family and friends to prepare for economic disasters to come.  Yet the Lord did not give me a heart to write about them.  And I also learned that it might simply trigger unnecessary fear rather than give peace.  Now, the economic disaster seems to start to surface, and I think I would rather write what our hearts should be, not what we should prepare.  I believe each and every one of us is in different situation.  So, we shouldn’t try to know and do what others would do, but ask the Lord about preparation.  He is a personal God, and He knows what you need and He will guide you when you ask Him.  I wrote in a blog some time ago that I stored up some rice, listening to prophecy and my friend’s suggestion.  But the rice started to have bugs inside, and I gave them away to a missionary’s family before they had more bugs.  As I intended to share what I stored, I did not regret it at all.  But I learned the timing and the method were not right.  Much later, in last November, I moved to my new place.  Whenever I thought to myself, “Should I store up some foods or some necessities?” He said, “Don’t store them up, as you will be moving to a new location.  Rather, you buy them to be delivered to other children of Mine, if you want to store any.”  (Speaking of a personal God Who knows our need, I would like to share my niece’ story.  One day when she went to office supplies store to buy a notebook, she heard the Father say, “Buy more.”  But, she didn’t like the idea of storing up stuffs, especially when her room didn’t have much space.  So, she didn’t buy more.  Later she got to know that model of notebook, her favorite was discontinued.  He knew the producer would not make that specific notebook any more. So, He told her to buy more, as He also knew she likes that specific notebook.  The reason for His telling her to stock up was different.  Of course, we all have our free will for choice, but we get the consequences accordingly.  I know this notebook stuff is not a matter of sin, but we may have some kind of regrets from our choice, if disobedient.  Second best is not the very best.)

In this February, the Father said to me, “The economic confusion is at hand!  Just do what I tell you to do.  Have no fear.  Be light!”  Then, about 10 days later, He said that again, and He added, “The economic confusion is coming.  Do not fear, when you hear the news.  As I’m with you, be in peace.”

Yet, when I watched the news on bank run in the USA and Europe, I thought to myself, “Should I withdraw some of my money from my bank account?”  And I sought the Lord for His guidance.  And He told me to give offerings rather than withdraw some of it.  And He said, “Did I ever fail you, when you gave Me back hilariously?” He used the word, hilariously, as I learned the word “cheerfully” in English bible is “hilariously” in Greek.  Again, He is a personal God so that He used that word.  And He also made me realize that I had fear so that I wanted to withdraw money.  In His grace, I was able to give offerings with a cheerful heart.  He answered my prayer that I would do what He tells me to do willingly, cheerfully, pleasantly, not grudgingly.”  Friend, if you ask Him what you should do, He may not tell you to pile up 5 years of canned foods, if you should move to another location like me or if your priority is not piling up supplies.

One day, I came to find a David Wilkerson’s sermon, A Craving for the Presence of the Lord. When I listened to it, to my amazement, I heard him talk about his book related to economic disaster that I debated buying at that time.  Yet more importantly, he talked about what our hearts should be.  From the sermon title, I didn’t expect him to talk about it, but it really gave me much comfort, especially before difficult times come.  I really wanted to share with you both his sermon and Pastor John’s monthly newsletter, as my heart desire is not to provoke fear, but to give peace and encourage us to seek fellowship with our Father more than before.  This is not to tickle your ears, but to prepare our hearts and have His supernatural comfort and peace and discern the times and seasons.  Our Lord is coming.  He is coming again to reign on earth, but before that, He will catch away His pure bride.  So, we wait eagerly for Him, not fearing, but doing the Father’s business, feeding the poor and sharing the gospel.  

One morning, I read Proverbs 23 and the verse 4~5 came to me.
Do not overwork to be rich;
Because of your own understanding, cease!
Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.

We should be diligent and work with integrity.  Our Father loves sincere, faithful and diligent workers.  Yet, the Scripture says, “do not overwork to be rich from our own understanding.”  Overwork for greed is not His will.  Neither is doing something from our own understanding.  We are merely a human.  We do not know when He would take our lives away here on earth.  I think it’s first and foremost important to be in the secret closet and ask Him and walk with Him, as He designed us to do.  As we commune with Him, and spend more time in His Presence, we will exude the fragrance of Christ and carry His Peace.  People would ask us where our peace come from.  Then, we reply to them with meekness and fear of the Lord.  Friend, it’s my prayer that He gives us wisdom and discretion to know times and seasons and give us peace, joy and hope for our Bridegroom.  The marriage supper of the Lamb is near and we do the Father’s business daily till then.

Have a bliss!
Yunee

But whoever listens to me will dwell safely,
And will be secure, without fear of evil. (Proverbs 1:33)