The Weight of Change

Do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

One man bore the weight of a national change in identity. The people had thought that because their bloodline was correct that they would be acceptable to God. John the Baptist showed them in a graphic and powerful way that this was false.

This man, clothed in camel burlap, eating grasshoppers in the desert, was no ordinary man. He was a true prophet of God tried and trained in the hard places. He lived in the desert...

His formation enabled him to bear the weight of change that came on an entire generation. More than just a national change. His ministry acted as a fulcrum for the whole world's salvation. Something happened when he showed up. It was the beginning of the gospel, the historic inbreaking of God in behalf of the planet.

Likewise, today, Elijah comes again.

The power and attitude of Elijah will rest on an entire generation of young people. They are being trained to stand against the onslaught of evil and unbelief. They will not compromise. They will speak the words of God in such a way as to bear the weight of change. They are being trained in the desert...the wasteland of media. The spiritual climate is dry for such a people that have to come. These will stand against culture and evil in such a way as to herald the return of Messiah.

They will be strong and they will be joyful and they will hear the voice of God crying, "He must increase, We must decrease."