Which Way Are You Running?
I am amazed at the Lord.
I suppose it is what He must do to get to and speak through one such as me, but He continually astounds me.
Today when my pastor was assisting me with this site, he wanted to "do a run" to go through the steps.
He said, "Give me a title."
The moment he did, "Which Way Are You Running?" ran through my mind.
The following vision flooded my soul as I was speaking and he began typing the words:
I saw a great many people running hysterically in opposite directions as quickly as possible-some were screaming. The division between them was not plain in the beginning of the vision, but the ground began to shake: it was if a line were drawn.
They began to run faster and harder...
Some were running as hard as they could to a flaming altar at the foot of the Throne of God.
The others were running blindly and hysterically in the opposite direction away from the Light and Fire of God's Presence. The shaking increased....
When there were no people left in the middle, the ground between them split open into a great chasm.
I believe the question of the Holy Spirit, so pointed and timely in our shaking and unsteady world, is to you and to me,
"Which way are you running?"
I have both the privilege and burden of being privy to what goes on in the lives of many people—these are days of outpouring, I believe what is prophesied in the Book of Joel is coming to pass,
"And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophecy, your old men shall dream visions; and also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days."—Joel 2: 28-29
Please note, God is pouring out His Spirit on ALL flesh—that means every human being and every living creature on the earth, ALL flesh, ALL inclusive. The work of the Holy Spirit in the New Covenant is to reveal Jesus, convict of sin, teach, lead, and guide into Truth—He broods, creates, exposes.
The Word also tells us that everything that can be shaken will be shaken, that what can be shaken will be removed, and that we are receiving a Kingdom which cannot be shaken (Hebrews 11: 27-28). The same passage also tells us that God is a consuming Fire. He is Light.
I am of the opinion that our human nature is so bound to comfort, security, being in control, having all the answers, etc, that sometimes what can be shaken needs to be shaken so I can accurately discern the unshakable Kingdom I am receiving. We Americans take so much for granted that we presume to be permanent, part of God's Will and Kingdom, the way things are and ever will be—so many tangibles that are in fact, subject to be opposed to the Will of God whenever my will and His conflict.
So much of what we believe is standing on the Rock, is in fact, a tea party in a house of cards!
In the midst of the shaking, in the center of system that opposes Truth and exalts pagan idolatry and rebellion against God, in the outpouring of God's Spirit on ALL flesh, two camps are being manifested by the power of the Holy Spirit, and the exposure of the darkness by God's fire and light.
You see friends, Satan is not gaining ground, He and his nature that has such inroads into human rebellion against God is being revealed by God's outpouring. Christ is being manifested in those who love the Truth and anti-Christ is being manifested in those who despise Him.
Our sons and daughters, our old and young, those who love and serve the Lord manifest His Spirit when He pours Himself out—-those who hate him manifest anti-christ. Both of these are marvels of mercy and judgment, a work of God's Spirit.
This is a most unwanted visitation.
We love to go "where" God is moving, and sit at the feet of "who" He is moving through, our season pass at Six Flags Over Jesus. We love to be touched, blessed, healed, prospered, to go back to our lives with God's blessing upon us to make our stuff work. We struggle to be touched to go back and surrender to a system that hates Him and us, wondering why we battle such schism in our souls!
What we do not want is the conflict, the pathos of being changed, of seeing what we do not want to see and knowing what we do not want to know...
It is the Consuming Fire of His Presence, the altar of His Throne, where no flesh can glory in His Presence—there the shaking increases, the Light shines, exposing the darkness, embarrassing our pride and washing away our religious perfume. The shaking cause the sand to fall away from the Rock.
We are forced to run either to Higher Ground, upon the Rock and into the Light, or to flee His Presence, to try to struggle once again to build on the sand, to implore Him to make our lives what we want them to be,
"Lord, not Thy will, but mine be done!"
Beware saints, the chasm is opening and two kingdoms are being manifested in their fullness by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, Light and Darkness, Christ and anti-christ, Truth and Apostasy.
I ask again, which way are you running?
RIGHT ON!!!! I pray those running from the FIRE will reverse back into the FIRE... Better the FIRE of God rather than FIRE OF an ETERNAL HELL....
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These are not times to be riding the fence. Lukewarmness just won't get it in these last days. Good word, Vaughn.
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Oh my - it is time for the church to truly follow His lead.
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Good word. Thank you, Vaughn, for being a servant who obeys.
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Thank you for coming to Pearls of Christ Church. May you be blessed on your journey.
You provided us with much 'food for thought'. We're already seeing some of the prophecies come to pass and are anxiously awaiting others. I bless you in Jesus name.
The Piano/Keyboard Lady
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Vaughn, Thank you for your faithfulness to the Lord of Hosts. These times we are about to see will shake everything but His Kingdom. We must keep a short account with Him and we must be faithful with the orders that come from the Commander of the Lord's Host! Keep encouraging the Body of Christ (Which is His Church) to run to His altar not the altar of the world.
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Vaughn,
Born premature, I was raised strong. My grandmother was a minister for the Catholic church of my hometown. Serving as an altar boy, two things changed my life.
I used to dream of temples. While drawing out my dreams, I had a vision of heavenly worship, which I maintain that it solidifies and explains to me the vision afforded to John of Patmos. It was a waking vision, I was not whisked Upward in Spirit, but filled with an excitement, awe, and fear that set me trembling with it's clarity and it's truth. It was, I submit, a revelation of his revelation, that the heavenly worship is of an identifiable place and that we exist within it. That is as much as I can spare for the sake of my point.
I did sometimes speak of this vision to trusted people, lay and clergy alike. Many clergy labeled me as meddling in things I shouldn't, especially my family. I found easier ears on atheists! Once to have one thinking on the existence of God by this message. It was at this time someone told me, "You should become a Priest."
The second event was the death of a fellow altar boy whom I shared a kinship and desire for priesthood with. He passed while attending seminary school in his sleep at 18.
It was in the shadow of these two events that I had come to a self-will of avoiding God's Will. I won the battle for my path, loosing the war on my soul at that point.
The doubt that crept in was not an ignorant but rather forced one, an ostrich burying it's head. I spent several years studying other religions, even the occult. I became fearful of this too when things appeared to affect me, creating a psychosis in which I believed I had power over nature and people. Though I was never diagnosed by any specialist I could tell I had lost a better part of my sanity. I sought reason to guide me, but of late, I am learning that with reason, you can "reason" yourself out of anything.
I went to college, dropped out of school, during which I visited my father, whom I hadn't seen in about eleven years. During this trip, a nun sat next to me on the bus and said very sincerely, "You must work for the Church."
I was discharged honorably but unfulfilled, and took up protesting war and injustice in general. At this time in San Fran, I was then approached by three nuns, about to climb into a long sedan and one, I maintain, whispered very loudly, "You must work for the Church."
I left the city and went to Orlando, where I worked as a bag-boy for a store. One day, an elder woman named Fay, told me the first and last minute we talked, "Have you thought about becoming a Pastor? I am a minister."
I tried to ignore the statement though it shook me. I went to school, had a son by one woman who has custody of him, and married another. I moved to Lake Placid to live with my wife's family when the economy got rough, voluntarily quitting a nice job as a graphic artist. Then a few days ago, you said to me:
"You have a Pastor's heart."
God wins always. Don't fight Him.
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