This Is Our Moment

When unusual persecution took place and the early Church was not allowed to meet in their usual gatherings, they scattered out into communities proclaiming the Good News about Jesus and the life transformation that follows. The result? We see in Acts 8 that massive numbers of people came to faith in Christ, miracles took place, and people experienced hope!

In 1918, when there was an unusual Spanish flu that lasted for more a year, 500 million people were infected. In these dark times, history records that the Church thrived! By the summer of 1919, it’s reported that the gospel had won the hearts of entire communities and churches experienced massive growth in that season.

Throughout the Scriptures, we see a pattern that when there is a season of the unusual, God does the extraordinary. We began this year with our focus on 2 Chronicles 20, where Judah faced an unusual moment of trial and was shaken to the core. King Jehoshaphat set his face to seek God and called the entire nation to do the same.

Jehoshaphat was terrified by this news and begged the Lord for guidance. He also ordered everyone in Judah to begin fasting. – 2 Chron. 20:3

When the king wanted to get the people’s eyes off the problem and onto the promise of deliverance, he said,

“Believe God, and you will be established; believe in his prophets, and you will succeed.” – 2 Chron. 20:20

The result? In their unusual trial, their threat of annihilation, they did something unusual and began to praise the Lord. They fought their enemy with a sound_the sound of praise. At the sound of their praise, God did the extraordinary and provided supernatural deliverance and provision. The people went from shaken to shouting as they spent time in the valley of blessing, giving thanks to God (2 Chron. 20:19, 26-27).

This is our moment… let’s shine brightly! Let’s gather for the sake of going! Let’s make a sound of praise that sends the enemy running and releases supernatural deliverance and provision. Let’s do the unusual and watch God do the extraordinary!

I look forward to seeing you all soon!

Your Friend and Pastor,
Kevin Berry