Great day friends. I’m going to get started by saying that this has been a challenging week.  My work has taken me to Lake Forest, Illinois each day. Not to bad its about a 30 min. drive each way. At the job itself I have felt inadequate for the work due to a lack of experience. On  one occasion I had a partner for a day and he argued about politics for about 10 min. This is not an area I like to argue about. No point in it as I see it. Very fruitless when its one sided and the other person is not going to listen. Then I get stuck sitting on Hwy.41 for a hour because of an accident. Later that evening (yesterday) my truck broke down about a block from my destination. Either the suspension or maybe a ball joint broke. In any case its not drivable until I find a way to get it fixed. All of this is after I made up my mind to get alone with God for some quiet private time with Him. Well guess what? I got some quiet time this morning as planned. Not as long as I planned, but time all he same. So glad I did.

A week ago at our church prayer time on a Saturday night I was given some prophecy and direction. I was told of a “calling” on my life. That I was to ask God for what its all about. That I may even already know what it is. Or at least partly. This morning is te time I took to do so. The details are for me and In am not one to be a self proclaiming person. It will be confirmed by witnesses as God directs them. But, while I was sitting by Lake Michigan this morning I paid attention to the waves. Talking to God and listening, he pointed some stuff out to me. First is that today is 8/18/18 and the number 8 is symbolic of new beginnings. There are 3 of them in todays date. Secondly, He had me focus on the waves themselves. They were “rough” by our lake standards. Then He reminds me of an earlier word about the cleansing flood (see previous post) coming. They were splashing high and rather fun to watch as I like to see this type of wave. The strength of them is impressive. As I was sitting about 8 ft. back from shore and about 4-6 ft. up on some rocks. Yet, I could still get wet at times. After some rough ones there would be softer ones. Then back to rough and so on.

Next I noticed the algae floating in the water being tossed by the waves. At that i was impressed that this is the junk that God has been taking away from us with His cleansing flood and waves. Evidence of being stripped clean. This quickly brought me to Ezekiel ch. 47 verse 11 where the swamps are not fresh. They were left for the salt. Seeing the algae and stuff floating at the edges gave me the thought of the sin being pushed from us with the force of the waves. Its that removal of sin from our lives. During all this time the sun would shine on the lake in spots. Not everywhere, just in spots. For it was a cloudy morning by me over the lake. It was God saying that He is there through it all. He knows whats happening. We are never alone. For the sun didn’t shine all over just in small area’s of the water. That is a nice sign to have.

My friends do not be afraid of the waves of cleansing coming over you. For it is not to harm you, but get you ready for His will and work to be done. I believe God is preparing to make a mighty move in this area. Its just that somethings need to get done first. And that is to get His people ready for it. Cleansing is just the first step of this. As it comes over you go tom prayer, get into worship and thank God for it in your life. The more you are willing to receive it, the better off you will be. These are not hollow words. It is coming. There will be a draw  for people to go to the alter and weep. They will get on their knees and worship. They will fall before the Lord and cry out. If you see this and your not being moved, then its time to get on your knees and ask for forgiveness. Repent and be restored. The cleansing will come. Just receive it.

Be blessed, Ken