Troy Brewer:
As Isaiah the prophet declared, “Behold, I do a new thing. Shall you not know it?”
In other words, are you intentional about being able to recognize what God is doing when it’s new?
Because it’s not going to look like what you thought it would look like. I need you to just line up and say, “Okay Lord, show me. Okay Lord, tell me.”
Jesus, after years of ministry, went across the Kidron Valley onto the Mount of Olives and cried out, “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, I wanted to protect you. I wanted to gather you underneath My wings. I had something different for you than what was being poured out on the rest of the world.
But you killed the prophets that I sent, and you wouldn’t listen. You wouldn’t heed the warning. You wouldn’t seek, and you didn’t know it, but I’m here now, and now you’ve missed your day of visitation.
You’re out of sync with My prophetic timing, and it’s going to cost you everything. Not one stone is going to be left in this temple. Your life will be devastated because you’re caught up in the timing of something that isn’t Me.”
We need to live an Issacharean lifestyle. One of the tribes had this incredible anointing. In 1 Chronicles 12:32, it says: “Now the children of Issachar, who were men that had understanding of the times, they had wisdom and understanding as to what to do and when to do it according to spiritual timing, according to Kingdom timing, not according to the timing of this world.”
We’re entering into a whole new Kingdom season, and we need to be positioned in our hearts and spirits to be the kind of people who say, “I don’t want to miss the timing of the Lord.”
God does indeed speak differently at different times. You may think, “The Word of God is the same all the time.” Yes, the Word is the same, but what is revealed is not.
Everything in the Kingdom is meant to be relational. Everything in the Kingdom is meant to be progressive. As you mature, He will change His voice toward you.
So what is the voice of the Lord in this new season?
Behold, God does a new thing. Shall you not know it?
The Bible says God speaks once, yes, twice, yet man perceives it not. God is speaking all the time, but just because God is speaking doesn’t mean that you know it. Just because you know it doesn’t mean you understand it. Just because you understand it doesn’t mean you know what to do with it. And just because you know what to do with it doesn’t mean you know what the outcome is going to be. And just because you know what the outcome is doesn’t mean it’s going to be fully carried out.
You have a huge responsibility in all five of those quadrants. You have a responsibility. We all have a responsibility to walk with God in these things: If He’s speaking, I want to know it. If I know He’s speaking, I want to understand it. If I understand it, I want to know what to do with it. And if I know what to do with it, I need to know what the outcome is going to be. And if I walk that out and the outcome only bears 30-fold fruit instead of 100, I will keep going.
I don’t mean to be unsympathetic or lack empathy toward the trials of life that all of us are facing. I’ve got a wife, kids, a church, all kinds of responsibilities. I am very aware of the day we live in. I’m also aware that the world’s answer is: “Let us dope you up and let us control you.” That’s not God’s answer.
You have to own the responsibility of that. You have to own the impact of things. You have to be emotionally intelligent in these days.
“Oh, Pastor Troy, I can’t be held responsible.” I know, I know. The media has programmed you to think that you’re not responsible for anything. Just turn it all over to them and they’ll take it from here.
It’s a dangerous day that we are living in. It’s an extreme day. But I believe with all my heart that God has an extreme word to give to all of us—if we have an ear to hear and an eye to see.