A Time of Fulfillment

I am leaving tomorrow for the Middle East, then returning home through Central Europe. I am really excited about what the Lord will do in the countries I am visiting, as these are new areas for me. I know I am often surprised by what God does, and I expect this trip to continue that experience of him. I would appreciate your prayers that this trip goes well, and specifically that the Lord will give me safe travels and that he will go before me to open hearts, minds, and doors. Of course, it should go without saying that I would also appreciate your prayers “that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you” (II Thess. 3:1) and that the Lord would “stretch out [his] hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of [his] servant Jesus” (Acts 4:30). We have seen some amazing things over the last 18 months in Australia and the US. In 2012, it is expanding into these new countries on this trip and into some other new countries later this year.

There have been many, many, many prophecies given about the acceleration and increase that is going to come around the world in 2012. These words haven’t been specifically for me, although I have gotten some personal words of this type. Rather, these are words that speak to a global awakening in many sectors…all led by the Holy Spirit through many people. Sometimes we lose sight of the bigger picture between the busyness of life, the year-end holidays (all of them, so I am using a collective term…I am not “dumbing down” Christmas), and the sometimes apparent slowness in seeing prophecy fulfilled. Peter speaks of this in his second letter where he writes, “The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some count slowness but is patient…” (II Pet. 3:9).

For the scholars among us, this passage is specifically addressing the Second Coming of Christ. However, the general principle applies, and what better example can we give of the sometimes paradoxical delays in the fulfillment of prophecy than the Second Coming? For my part, I believe 2012 will see a significant increase in the presence, the purity, the power, and the prophetic. These four “P”s will be the markers of God’s work in 2012. I am believing for that, praying into it, and working toward it. It will take the three components of belief (faith), prayer, and personal initiative (effort) for us to step into this next phase of what the Lord has promised us. We live in a time of fulfillment. Believe and receive.

SEI.

Ken Fish