WEDNESDAY'S WORD - RESURGENCE - Sadell Bradley - New Life Covenant Cincinnati

"Neo, I'm not afraid anymore! The Oracle told me I would fall in love, and that man, the man that I loved, would be The One. So, you see, you can't be dead...you can't be... Because I love you! You hear me? I LOVE YOU! Now, get up!" - Trinity in the Matrix   Anyone who is a fan of the Matrix's pre-apocalyptic trilogy of movies is familiar with this scene. Soldier Trinity has been told by the prophetic Oracle that she will fall in love with "The One," who will save everyone in Zion.  She tumbles head over heels for a fellow soldier, Neo. One day Neo engages in battle and dies until her kiss resurrects him. Was he 'The One' before she kissed him? or did her faith-filled kiss make it so? Hmm. Neo's body shakes back to life, and you see surges of electrical light crackling - signifying revival and the renewal of hope for the world's deliverance and their love. Powerful stuff for 1999...I remember our whole church at the time going to see the movie and marveling over its prophetic significance. RESURGENCE means an increase or revival after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence. That is a prophetic theme for us in 2018.      God is into RESURGENCES. Noah built the ark and preached for over 100 years with no one heeding a single word. After God destroyed the wicked by flood, Noah's family was saved. The earth was renewed and mankind was given another chance at life. (Gen.5-10) After Job's commitment to worship God no matter what was tested by the devil; he was found faithful. God restored his household and his fortunes until his latter state was greater than his former. (Job:42:12)  Moses took flight in shame after wrongfully killing an Egyptian. He was put on a humbling shelf of inactivity for 40 years - then had a resurgence of his call to be Israel's leader and deliverer. (Exodus 3-4) The betrayal of Joseph by his brothers turned the favored son into a slave and then a prisoner for 13 years, until the time of resurgence elevated him to a place of prominence, power, prosperity and popularity in a single day. (Gen. 37-50)     It wasn't that these folks were inactive, they were just under the radar. Noah was obediently building and preaching for a century while everyone mocked, but HE was the only one that survived! Job was so afflicted that his friends and wife thought he'd done something wrong. They didn't know that the suffering he experienced was a positive affirmation of his godliness soon to be revealed, not a negative punishment or a failure. Moses' dormant 40 year sheep-herding stint was changing his character to qualify him to be one of the greatest leaders of all time. Joseph was learning how to forgive, to serve faithfully and be gracious, because was destined to rule and to redeem his family. You can't have a resurgence if you've never been inert, inactive, or unpopular. You have to have at least seemed dead, or failing to others for a nice long season. To you, you've been faithfully plugging and plowing away or been stagnant for years or even decades. Announcement! NOW is the time of your RESURGENCE!

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