Prophets of the Night

According to the file properties I wroted this in March 2023. I did not share it at the time, because it seemed too soon. I might still be ahead of myself.

The dawn of day is coming
but the night must come first (Isaiah 21:12).
Because the people of God are so unprepared,
the night will be much longer and darker than many expect.

It is good for watchers to share about the light of the dawning,
because it gives people hope.
But if they don’t warn about the darkness of the night that comes first,
it will be a false hope.

Many prophets know that God needs his church to change
They are talking about a big paradigm shift
in a season of restructuring;
a metamorphosis from one shape to another;
but they don’t seem to know the detail of the change he needs.

The church urgently needs more guidance about what he requires.
People are praying for revival,
begging God to move by his Spirit,
but God is not the problem,
because his spirit is always moving.

The problem is the church.
It does not seem to be willing to make the changes
that God needs it to make
before it can carry the revival that he wants to send.

The church is celebrating
as if the dawn has arrived.
but the current model of doing church is inadequate
because it cannot cope with the darkness of the night;
Reliance on personality pastors (or their sons)
and programs in buildings
will not be viable during the darkness that is coming.
And the current model will not even cut it when the light of dawn comes,
because it cannot carry the Kingdom of God.

There is a time to laugh and dance,
but also a time to weep and mourn.
The twilight is a time for weeping, mourning and seeking.
Continuing to celebrate as if victory is being won
is discouraging for an army that is being overwhelmed
by forces that are stronger.

God is calling prophets of the night
who can prepare God’s people for the long darkness
that we must pass through to get to the dawn of the new day.

Some of the changes he requires will be painful.
If we don’t make them now in the twilight,
we will have to do it during the darkness of the night.
The changes will be the same,
but they will be hugely more traumatic during the darkness.