This was first published January 1, 2014.I felt the leading of the Holy Spirit republish this Word Today
By
Richard L Spangler
I began
seeking the Lord for a word for 2014. I heard in my spirit, “A Flood.” Then I
asked the Lord, “What He meant by “A flood.” Then there began an unfolding in
my spirit.
Many people
talk about the River of God, and about being in the River of God and the joy of
being in the river. There are those who dive in, dip their toes in and those
who just drink from the river. Many are happy to stay on the banks of the river
enjoying the presence of God that comes from the river. They see it as a
peaceful, restful and refreshing place. But I heard from the Lord, “Rivers
flood” and like natural rivers the River of God floods.
Rivers when
they flood are powerful, overflowing forces that cannot be stopped. Rivers at
flood stage sweep everything in their path away. Destroying buildings, trees
and rearranging the landscape. A powerful destructive force. So it with the
River of God at flood stage.
The River of
God at flood stage, changes both the spiritual and physical landscapes. This
flood will sweep away everything temporal (manmade) in the church. It will
clean the landscape for what is to come. It will renew and nourish the church.
Washing away the chains of religious spirits and traditions.
What is to come is a clear flow of My Spirit to
renew and to build up my people. There are those who have been held down but
know me, walk with me and know my voice and walk in obedience. These will rise
as the flood rises. As it was with the ark of Noah so it will be them. They are
in the ark of relationship with me and will cause them to rise in the spirit
and in the natural.
Then I heard
the Lord say; “There will be Fire! Not a little fire that warms and can be controlled.
Many say, “They love my fire. They think they know My Fire. But the Fire of
Spirit will seem to be a Firestorm, uncontrolled by man.”
A fire in the
natural clears the land removes what is dead and removes the under growth that
chokes out life. It also removes those things that are alive but are weak and
sick. It prepares the way for the new. So it is in the spirit.
When the firestorm
of My Spirit rolls through my church, it will remove that which is dead, it
will cause repentance and remove sin, it will melt away religious chains and
traditions. It will prepare my people to receive what I am doing and going to
do in the earth. I want a pure people, who know me and hear my voice with clarity
and will move will me.
What is
coming will sweep the earth, freeing billions from the chains of sin and dead. It
will release my manifest glory upon the earth.
This is year ordinated for this to begin to happen
for I will have a pure people and it is my desire for all to repent and know
me.
Then I asked
the Lord, “How can there be both a flood and fire at the same time?” I heard the
Lord say; “Mount Saint Helens.”
I researched
Mt. Saint Helens and found there was both a fire and a flood. When the mountain
exploded there was an unleashing of a firestorm and as the mountain moved it
forced water out of Spirit Lake creating a massive flood. Both the fire and
flood changed the landscape and cleared the land and today there is new growth
everywhere on the mountain.
There is an
explosion in the realm of the spirit. There is an explosion of the Holy Spirit
and the effects are roaring down the Mountain of God. Get ready don’t be
unprepared for what is coming for it is already on its way and will be here in
2014.
©COPYRIGHT 2014 RICHARD L. SPANGLER
