The Revolution Brigade

⁵When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come ” I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.

⁶And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.” (Revelation 6:5-7)

I had a prophetic experience with the Lord a couple of days ago.  This message may very well be just for me, but I thought I might share it with you anyway.

I was praying about what I needed to get settled in my life in order to be ready for the events of the end times.  I asked the Lord to reveal to me what I needed to deal with, and He replied, “Hunger.”

I said, “Lord, I’m pretty hungry for your presence.  I’m hungry for your revelation,” and He said, “That’s not what I’m talking about.” Now I’m really listening because I’m reminded of when the disciples were on the boat fretting about not having any bread, and Jesus started talking about leaven.  The disciples were puzzled, but Jesus wasn’t talking about bread.  Likewise, He’s not talking about hunger in the spiritual sense.  It’s scary how I over-spiritualized the voice of the Lord on that point, but that’s another sermon for another day.

The Lord began to reveal to me that he was talking about dealing with physical hunger.  He brought to my mind the scripture above from Revelation 6, and I began to understand.  In the last days, there will be a very literal, very physical food shortage on the Earth.  The Lord said to me, “If you want to be used in those days as a leader, you have better conquer hunger now.”

I’ve heard it said that “in a world of darkness, the blind man is King.”  Likewise, in a world of famine, the man who is not controlled by his appetite is positioned to be a leader.  The man who does not rely on bread alone but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of God is positioned for supernatural advancement.  God is showing me that if I afflict myself with hunger now, I will be more prepared to operate within the context of world-wide hunger in the last days.

What does it mean?  It means I have to fast more than I have been fasting.  I have to loose the control that my appetite has over my spirit by any means necessary, and bring my carnal body into subjection to my spirit.  Like Paul said, I must beat my body and make it my slave.   If I can’t go a week without food and stay in the spirit, I’m not ready.  Like I said, that may just be for me, but it may be for you also.