There is a story of a rich woman who was on the Titanic and had
brought a
great amount
of money and
jewelry with
her onto the
ship. Once
the ship
struck the
iceberg, in
haste she
ran toward
the
lifeboats,
then
suddenly she
turned back
toward her
room. She
wanted to
get
something
she knew was
of great
value:
ORANGES!
Once the
Titanic had
struck the
iceberg that
lady’s
perspective
had a
Titanic
“awakening”
to the truest sense. This lady went from being on a cruise, living in
luxury to in
an instant
having her
whole world
be turned
upside down
and when it
did, she
made a very
wise
decision to
let go of
things that
would be of
no use in
exchange for
things that
would save
her life.
When I watch the movie about this event I’m always struck by the
order of
events. It
shows a man
watching for
icebergs,
sounds an
alarm, and
the iceberg
is struck.
The people
ask what in
the world is
going on?
And then
they proceed
to be
shocked to
hear that
the ship
really is
going to
sink! Which
in turn
propels many
to ask what
must they do
to be saved
while there
are those
who are
urgently
exhorting
the people
to get to
the safety
of
lifeboats.
Can you imagine how major that awakening was? I mean just a few
minutes
earlier,
EVERYONE was
cruising
through
life,
enjoying the
surroundings
and comfort
of the ship
that they
were on,
eating,
drinking and
partying not
realizing
how
everything
was about to
get
radically
changed.
Ironically this planet is very much like the Titanic. People
are living
life on
“cruise
control”
eating,
drinking and
partying
along not
realizing
that the
Bible has
told us that
we have
struck an
iceberg.
2 Peter 3.10: “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in which
the heavens
will pass
away with a
great noise
and the
elements
will melt
with fervent
heat; both
the earth
and the
works that
are in it
will be
burned up.
Therefore,
since all
these things
will be
dissolved,
what manner
of
persons
ought you to
be in holy
conduct and
godliness,
looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of
which the
heavens will
be
dissolved,
being on
fire, and
the elements
will melt
with fervent
heat?
Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and
a new earth
in which
righteousness
dwells.”
Abraham was at one time told news very similar to what we just read
and are
hearing now.
In Genesis
18, the Lord
comes
calling on
him and
reveals that
due to an
outcry from
Sodom and
Gomorrah,
He’s about
to visit the
place with
His wrath.
Abraham
hears the
news and
instantly
begins to
pray on
behalf of
Sodom and
Gomorrah.
WHY? He had
family
there!
Abraham, by the grace and mercy of God was being forewarned of
coming
judgment
upon a place
where he had
family. In 2
Peter 3, we
have been
forewarned
of coming
judgment
upon a place
where we
have family!
In Abraham’s account we read the story and it seems Abraham is
bartering
with God,
“Lord, if
there be 50
righteous
will you
spare the
city?” But I
think
sometimes in
reading
biblical
accounts we
don’t really
hear the
human side
of the
account. We
see Abraham
as the giant
man of faith
that he was,
but miss out
on the fact
he was flesh
and blood
just like we
are. When he
heard that a
place where
he had
family was
about to be
destroyed,
he was moved
in
desperation
to PRAY! It
was a
Titanic
awakening in
Abraham’s
hearing and
he instantly
began to
“redeem the
time.”
I have a brother and sister who live in different towns from where
I live and
if God came
calling and
said “Tim,
I’m getting
ready to
destroy the
town where
your sister
lives.” I
promise you
I would
instantly be
begging,
“GOD, PLEASE
DON’T DO
IT!”
And that is
exactly what
Abraham was
doing and it
led to
Abraham’s
family being
rescued from
the time and
place of
God’s wrath!
Here’s the
cool thing,
God shared
what was in
His heart
with Abraham
to achieve
what Abraham
would want
through the
grace and
mercy of
God. 2 Peter
3 shows us
that the
heart
Abraham
displayed
lined up
with God’s
desire that
“none should
perish”
So, I say this to you: God has come calling. He is telling you and
me that He
has been
hearing an
outcry and
is being
moved in
anger to
visit this
place in
great wrath.
That this
visitation
will come as
a “thief in
the night”
and that
“time is
running
out.”
Joel 2.1-2:
“Blow a
trumpet in
Zion, and
sound an
alarm on My
holy
mountain!
Let all the
inhabitants
of the land
tremble, for
the day of
the
Lord
is coming;
surely it is
near,
a day of
darkness and
gloom,
a day of clouds and thick darkness.
As the dawn
is spread
over the
mountains,
so
there is a
great and
mighty
people;
there has
never been
anything
like it,
nor will
there be
again after
it.”
Romans
13.11:
“This
is all the
more urgent,
for you know
how late it
is; time is
running out.
Wake up, for
our
salvation is
nearer now
than when we
first
believed.
The
night is
almost gone;
the day of
salvation
will soon be
here.”
ICEBERGS!
Scoffing hearts would say, “Ah man, I’ve heard this before, it’s a
broken
record.”
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of a time when in America alone,
people made
a decision
that it was
legal to
kill a baby
and since
that
decision
over 55
MILLION
babies have
been killed.
OUTCRY!
God has said He will bless those who bless Israel and curse those
who curse
Israel. We
are
witnesses to
a time when
world
leaders are
not only
cursing
Israel but
unknowingly
quoting
right out of
Psalm 83,
“Come let us
make Israel
no more.”
OUTCRY!
To those in America
who can’t see an ominous storm coming, can I ask you one major
wake-up call
type of
question?
Obama’s
America is
sending 1.5
billion
dollars,
plus 20 F-16
s, plus
almost 400
tanks to the
Muslim
Brotherhood
led, Israel
hating,
newly
established
Egyptian
government
for what
reason?
There is
already at
work an evil
plan to
pressure
Israel to
“give up
land for
peace” and
Joel 3 says
that is
causing an
outcry.
We have same sex marriage, adult entertainment (a thriving
industry),
violence,
“as it was
in the days
of Noah” and
“as it was
in the days
of Lot.” An
outcry
ascends all
across this
planet and
God has
PROMISED He
will once
again be
moved to
pour out His
wrath! On a
place you
and I have
family!
Friends and neighbors and co-workers are living on the Titanic
and most
don’t
realize that
it has
struck the
iceberg and
they are in
grave
danger.
PARADIGM
SHIFT
Like that rich lady on the ship, we too need to awake to a major
change of
perspective
and let go
of things
that are of
no lasting
value and
begin to
urgently
focus on the
job at hand.
The apostle
Paul said
this:
“Knowing the
terror of
the Lord, I
beg many.”
And I too,
sit here
typing like
a beggar.
Churches all across this nation are asleep to the time at hand.
Many are
just “going
through the
motions” of
“having
church,”
having a
form of
godliness
but no
power. Can I
ask you,
would you
please stop
and think?
Are your
altars being
fruitful,
are souls
being saved
daily? Are
broken lives
being
healed, is
their a
godly fear
growing, is
their an
urgency,
expectancy
and passion
stirring? If
not, then
WAKE UP.
On January 21, 2013 I heard a fellow end-time watcher and
brother,
Sherlock
Bally, say
this:
“Islamic
terrorist
are living
out their
faith by
strapping
bombs to
their bodies
willing to
die for
their
beliefs and
yet you
can’t get
Christians
to show up
to a prayer
meeting.”
I believe that it’s sincerely time to stop just playing church
and get
real. This
is not a
time to be
living on
“second hand
smoke” or
falling prey
to what’s
trendy.
There is a
passage in
Jeremiah
that should
give us all
pause that
we need to
be hearing
from God and
what we
share needs
to be what
we have
heard from
God.
Jeremiah 23.30:
“Therefore
behold, I am
against the
prophets,”
declares the
Lord,
“who steal
My words
from each
other.”
For too long we’ve settled to hear from someone else who has
supposedly
been hearing
from God! A
golden calf
was once
created out
of a similar
mindset.
It’s time to
know HIS
voice
personally
and one of
the things
the Bible
makes clear
is that it
is heavy on
God’s heart
is for
people to
PRAY! If you
aren’t
spending
time in
prayer I
will submit
it’s because
you are NOT
awake! If
your church,
if your
leaders
aren’t
calling
“solemn
assemblies”
to pray and
repent and
cry out to
God, I
submit it’s
because
Jesus hasn’t
been allowed
to come
calling!
Please stop and think that if at every time in biblical history God
has been
moved in
anger and
has He told
His people
to repent
and to pray,
to seek His
face do you
NOT think
that is what
is at the
Lord is
saying now?
Yet we settle for a “best seller” at Christian bookstores when
instead we
can hear
directly
from God.
Hey, I’m a
writer and I
appreciate
that God
uses that
gift to
speak, but
if what I
write
doesn’t
propel the
reader to
HIM, then
I’m failing
miserably.
If I’m
failing its
because it’s
just me
writing for
God instead
of spending
time with
God having
Him put the
wisdom from
Him into my
typing! It
is my hunger
that whoever
is reading
this message
is
experiencing
a major
wake-up call
and in that
awakening,
it will stir
repentance,
prayer and
intercession
all consumed
of His
presence!
“Behold I stand at the door and knock, to they who open, I will
come in and
dine with
them and
they with
Me.” Abraham
answered
that knock.
He was
driven to
intercession
and God was
moved to
rescue
Abraham’s
family from
a place
where His
wrath would
be poured
out.
Right now, God is knocking on our hearts. He is desiring to share
with us what
is heavy on
His heart,
“that none
should
perish.” If
it doesn’t
drive us to
seek His
mercy on
behalf of
our friends
and family
at a very
perilous
time and
say, “DEAR
GOD PLEASE.
I HAVE
FAMILY
HERE,” then
we are
deceiving
ourselves!
Jesus says in Revelation 22, “Behold I come quickly.” He tells us
the response
of the Holy
Spirit and
His bride is
to cry,
“Come.”
If we are
awakened by
the Spirit
of Almighty
God, there
should be an
intense
longing to
be where He
is, there
should be a
work taking
place in our
lives that
is causing
us to long
for a city
whose
Builder and
Maker is the
Lord.
It
should be
stirring an
urgency to
warn all who
will listen
that when
Jesus calls
His people
to Himself,
that a time
will be
unleashed
upon this
place that
unless God
shortens the
days “no
flesh will
survive.”
If in being honest you can’t say that you have urgency and longing
in your
heart or at
your church
please pray
for a
Titanic
awakening!
In Christ,
Tim Cameron
timcameron@centurytel.net