God Will Supply The Oil

Mahesh Chavda

"God Will Supply the Oil!...The Earth is Filled with the Goodness of the Lord!"

"So be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself to Me there on the top of the mountain...Now the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD...So Moses made haste and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped. Then he said, 'If now I have found grace in Your sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray, go among us...pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your inheritance.'" Exodus 34:2, 5, 8-9

Exodus 34 records one of the most glorious visitations in Scripture. Moses had already spent 40 days in God's manifest presence, receiving the plans for the Tabernacle and the tablets of stone engraved with the law. When Moses came down from the mountain, he found the Israelites in rebellion and idolatry to a golden calf, and in his anger he broke the very tablets God had carved with His own hand.

Yet, God called him up a second time, and in that visitation there was even greater glory than before. The first time, God revealed His law and His holiness, but it was in the second visitation that God revealed His character, His name and His glory to Moses and to the generations that followed. So great was his encounter that when Moses returned to the people, his face literally shone with the glory.

How many of us have messed up? Be encouraged. God is calling us into His presence again. Religion would have us believe that our failings exclude us from divine visitation. But the only answer for our failures is the power of resurrection that comes directly from the glory. God is love, and in His mercy, He invites us once again into His presence that we might be transformed from glory to glory.

We are in a season of visitation, all we need to do is step in. This is what we are asking for the Church, for our families and for our nation. We may have messed up, we may like Moses even have broken, destroyed or strayed away from the gifts and callings the Lord has given us, but He is saying in this hour, "Be ready. Come up. Present yourself to Me."

The Place of Identity

Why is God calling us up? Because He is looking for a people, a royal priesthood, whose hearts will harmonize with His and release His will on the earth as it is in Heaven. The first transformation that takes place in God's glory is a fresh revelation of His love. We come into a deeper understanding of His love, and it awakens an even greater love for Him and makes us a conduit for His love to flow to others. Most importantly, when we have a revelation of His love, we discover our true identity.

I was born into a Hindu family that could trace our roots back for 800 years. No one in my family had ever left the tradition of the Hindu faith. But when I was sixteen years old, a missionary gave me a New Testament in exchange for a cup of water. As I read this incredible book, I found that it challenged everything I believed, but I knew it was the source of truth that I was longing for. I struggled for days over the decision to turn my back on my family's proud heritage in order to respond to the Gospel. I finally decided the cost was too high and closed my little New Testament for what I thought would be the last time.

Immediately, I was knocked unconscious. I heard my head hit the table as my spirit was taken to the most wondrous place. There, I saw the Source of all love, all power and all glory. My heart was consumed by a living fire of love that I cannot describe. I was immersed and baptized in total love and total joy. It ruined me in the most magnificent way. All my earthly concerns paled in comparison to the reality of the Awesome Presence of God and His love.

Then the Source of all love and life spoke to me and said, "My little brother." In that moment my identity was brought into complete perspective. I was part of the family of God, and I wanted nothing more than to give my life completely to this One who loved me so much. I was instantly in tune with my divine destiny. No matter what our background, every Believer must come to a point where their identity is defined and transformed by the reality of God's glorious intent for us individually and for His corporate Bride, the Church.

1 John 3:2 says, "Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is."

We live in a day where our identity is constantly being challenged by the world systems around us. The spirits of humanism, liberalism, atheism and religious pluralism will all try to define us in different ways. But God is challenging us to come up again and get our identities transformed, redefined and regained. Let no one else define our identity except the Word of God. Jesus is the Living Word and the King of Glory. His presence defines us - we are a Holy Nation, a peculiar people and royal priests.

His Glory Changes Our Priorities

His glory changes our priorities. Earthly concerns and earthly agendas have to bow to the glory of the Lamb of God. His presence transforms our values, our direction and every perspective that is incongruent with His will and purpose. The more we become a person of God's presence, the more our hearts will expand to take in others. When Moses went up to Sinai the second time, he prayed, "Go among us, even though we are a stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your inheritance."

Moses had plenty of cause to abandon Israel to their sins, but between his angry outburst and his petition Moses saw the glory. Moses' heart expanded, and his prayer now resonated with the greatness of God's love and mercy revealed.

Today we have an even greater privilege than Moses. We have the full revelation of the Father's love in the Person of Jesus Christ. We have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The awesome shed Blood of the Lamb has been sprinkled so that we always have an open invitation into the presence of God. Like Moses, His presence changes our heart, transforms our character and gives us His prayer. No longer is the emphasis on ourselves, but on blessing others: our children and our nation, rather than blessing ourselves. We become an intercessor and a point of contact for God's mercy, miracles and power to touch the earth.

The Earth is Full of the Goodness of the Lord

The more we come into His presence, the more we come to know the awesome greatness of our God. When we are in tune with the King of Glory, our expectations change. Exult in the awesomeness of God and your heart, your thoughts, your emotions and actions will become congruent with the Shekinah glory. This is the place where miracles dwell. As we behold the goodness of the glory of God, it redefines us, and it redefines our world, framing our reality by the truth of His Word.

It is in this context that I share a vision the Lord gave me several weeks ago. I saw a huge jar with a large spear in it. The jar was filled with oil, and the spear was burning brightly like a torch. I asked the Lord, What does this mean? He gave me the Scripture Psalm 33:5-7, "The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord." This word came to me in a Heavenly flood of glory. God who spoke the heavens into being; God who gathers the waters of the sea into a heap; God who lays up the deep in His storehouse; our awesome God is defining our reality with His Word. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

Now there are a lot of sources that say that America is running on empty so that all our wealth is being given over to Middle East dictators. But I believe that God is raising up His representative of the Chief of the Mountains, His Church, that has seen His glory and resonates with His awesome presence and is able to speak with authority and declare things that are not into being: The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. So around our Atlantic rim, in the Gulf, in America, the earth is yielding billions of barrels of oil because God's people are prophetically declaring our inheritance for the sake of the Gospel.

America, God's Will For You is Not Lack

Why is this important? There are people who are declaring over our nation lack, depression and ruin. I am not only thinking about today, but the inheritance of our children and grandchildren. The greatest transfer of wealth in history is taking place as America sends her riches to Middle East dictatorships in exchange for oil. Regardless of the future development of alternative energy sources, every sector of our nation's economy runs on energy.

Do I want my children and grandchildren to go begging to a Middle East dictator to ask if they can spare a little oil? Is this what we are going to pass on to the next generation? This is not just about economics or prosperity. There is a spiritual perspective that highlights the greater implications of the struggle we are in for the future inheritance of this nation.

The perceived strength and prosperity of America directly affects the level of persecution and freedom of Christians around the globe. For example, in Lebanon, as America has taken a weakened position, the Christian voice in Lebanon has been almost completely ousted. They had already lost their political power, but now after a history of nearly 2,000 years, the very presence of Christians in Lebanon is threatened, and the nation is falling into the hands of terrorists who are intent on destroying Israel.

When America's strength subsides or is perceived as weak, you find that persecution of Christians increases everywhere. On the other hand, when America is strong her very presence sets an atmosphere that helps protect Christians, Israel and the preaching of the Gospel to the nations.

I am not interested in politics, but I am interested in the Word of God and in holding back the anti-christ spirit that would like to see America poor, defeated and stripped of her power to defend and protect the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

God is calling for a people of His presence, who have seen His awesome glory, who will begin to declare on the earth His goodness and blessing. The more we get in the glory, the more we can speak creatively. God's will for America is not lack. One of His blessings is that we would loan to many nations, but shall borrow from none.

We have a big God, and our children are going to have more than enough to proclaim the Gospel in power. We may go through seasons and crises, but I feel God is saying, "Don't camp in the crisis. We are just passing through."

We are going to speak to the storehouses, and the goodness of God is going to bless us. Stay in His presence, and declare over your children, over America, and every place that the enemy has tried to declare lack:

"The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord!"

Mahesh Chavda

Mahesh Chavda Ministries

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