After I posted the prophetic word entitled, S.O.S. (“Soldiers of Salvation” or “Sold Out Saints,” ) I felt to follow up with what the Lord imparted to be in terms of a description of these “Soldiers” which He termed His “Extraordinary Seekers.”
Truly this is an extraordinary word- a word of instruction – a word of encouragement – a word of exhortation – a word of expectation – a word of direction – a word of to draw near. This is an end-time word for the end-time church.
I heard the Lord say,
My son and My daughter,
do not settle for the mundane,
the ordinary,
and
what is routine
and
convenient.
Watch yourself that you do
not become entangled in the
distractions of the world which
pull you away from
continuously seeking Me.
For I wish to do a new thing
in your life
and
to begin to
bring a refreshing to your spirit
which heretofore you have
not encountered or experienced.
If you desire to walk closely with Me
then prepare to leave behind
what is old and worn out
and
enter into
and
expects a newness,
and
a freshness
of which I want to place upon you.
If you want the supernatural,
if you want to walk in the supernatural,
if you want to see the supernatural,
then ready yourself to receive it
for it will come to
you as you leave
behind the things
that pull you in
the opposite direction.
Do not seek the ordinary
but seek after
the extraordinary.
For it is in the extraordinary things
that you will find Me moving
and
speaking in these last days.
For I say to you,
that as darkness comes upon
this earth in extraordinary ways,
My Light and Glory will come also
in extraordinary ways calling many
out of the darkness into the
Light of the kingdom.
I further tell you that the darkness
of the world which is coming
will not touch My anointed ones
for they choose to walk continuously
in the Light of My presence.
They will not stumble or fall
for their eyes will hear of the
new things I will be doing
in the earth and in their midst.
They will awake from their
slumber and sleep
and say,
“We have never seen anything
like this before.
This is not the way we have always done it.
Is this the Lord moving and calling?”
“How can this be the Lord for what
is happening here is not just the
ordinary but is very extraordinary
and
different from the way we
have done things?”
I say to you,
that many will choose
to remain in the
old ways,
old thinking,
old ideas,
and
will not enter into the coming moving
of My Spirit in your midst.
They have become satisfied with
their traditions and old ways
and
choose to walk their own path.
The fire that once was in them
and
marked them as extraordinary
holy seekers after Me
and
My kingdom with all
their hearts has gone out.
Where there was once a “hot burning”
flame of fire
for Me like hot coals on a
fire has cooled
and
become only smoking coals.
Hear what the Lord says
to you and take it to heart,
I am calling those who will walk
in extraordinary ways with Me
in the final days before My Son
returns.
My anointed ones who will
separate
themselves from the unholy and profane,
are careful of what their eyes see,
able to discern what their ears hear,
able to guard what their mouth speaks,
watch where their feet walk,
and
willing to seek Me at all times hearing
and
doing the instructions
I will be giving them.
For I tell you My son and daughter,
these are the ones who please Me
and
will be able to come into My presence,
who will touch My heart,
who will enjoy sweet fellowship with Me,
who will see visions in these last days,
who will dream My dreams,
and who will speak My word with
power and authority.
They will go forth as a holy people,
as a extraordinary people
of the kingdom of God
into a dark world
filled with
lust,
greed,
and
rebellion.
They will be a people who will
not fear or be timid for
they know I am
with them and have equipped them
with my power and authority
to be My witnesses
for My Son.
For those who have a
“holy fire burning in their belly for Me”
I am assigning protective angels
to surround them while they perform
the new work I will be
calling them to do –
a supernatural work –
an extraordinary work
imparted to them by Me.
They will not question
and
complain
about this work,
for they know it is from Me
and
they will be eager to walk
in this work
and
complete
it in the power of My Spirit.
They know they will have
to sacrifice
and
be willing to turn from the many
things which bring pleasure
and
self-enjoyment
in order to do the work
I am calling them to do.
They will truly know
and
experience
the meaning of what
My Son said,
“Deny himself,
take up his cross
and
follow Me”
for this will be the
banner over them.
Yes, I tell you that these ones
will be the
extraordinary bond-servants
of the Lord whom have
the anointing
to bring forth
signs,
wonders,
and
miracles in abundance.
My son and My daughter,
Hear what the Spirit says
to the churches,
for surely the things I speak
will come to pass in
My time
and
by My out stretched arm,
says the Lord.
Post Script:
A few days later I was reading in the book of Isaiah when I discovered this verse:
For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim,
He will be stirred up as in the valley of Gibeon,
to do His task, His unusual task,
and
to work His work,
His extraordinary work.
(Isaiah 28:21)
God allowed me to later read this verse as to confirm the word He gave me. Notice in the above verse – “…..to work His work, His extraordinary work.”
God is looking for extraordinary followers of Him to do His extraordinary work which heretofore I do not believe the American church is walking in. The modern church walks in what the Lord said to me in this prophetic word in ordinary, mundane, routine, and convenient” religious things that have a form of godliness but possess no power and deny the power of the Lord as I paraphrase what Apostle Paul declared (2 Timothy 3:5).
This word should be a wake-up call to all churches that “business as usual” in the American church will not cut it. The old will be done away with and the extraordinary new of the Lord will take place with extraordinary people bringing in the new wine of revelation and extraordinary things from the heavenly realm to usher end the harvesting of the unsaved and the coming of the Christ.
Rich Arnold
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Hartville, Ohio 44632
330-704-9306