I happened to look at the date today and noticed it’s been a whole month since I updated you on Christmas Day! I left many of you hanging as I was driving across the US. Well, I made it! And I’m still here at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. My cousin is being very generous and letting me stay in her attic all this time. Since the OneThing Conference, I have voluntarily spent every day in IHOP’s 24/7 Prayer Room…some days over 9 straight hours of nothing but prayer! I now understand why God pressed me to go to the conference so intensely. God “sounded the trumpet” and called me into my specific purpose with perfect clarity! Here is the result:
My name is unknown; I am a nobody in the sight of man. I’m not alive to please man or win his approval. I receive my identity from God and the Promise He has given me (Prov 8:35). I am a servant of God, a slave of the Holy Spirit, and a close friend of Jesus. I have given my King everything. I am an empty vessel who has abandoned everything; I am filled with the Holy Spirit, and am ready to be fully used for God’s purposes. I do not seek the “wine” or the pleasures of this world. I live to obtain the fullest reward in the kingdom to come (1 Cor 9:23-25, Rev 21:7).
I have discovered and willingly accepted my God-given gift of celibacy (1 Cor 7:7c, 32-33) and am ready to live my entire life for the only purpose of loving Jesus and pleasing God (Psalm 19:14). Furthermore, I have given Him my very right to life on earth and I eagerly anticipate the day of my martyrdom for my friend Jesus. I have also given Him the legitimate pleasures of this life to seek and find the superior pleasure of truly being lovesick for this man Jesus (Song of Songs 1:2, 4:10). I long for Him to return and will fast two days every week for the rest of my life to express this longing (Matt 9:15, John 3:30).
Because of my genuine sacrifices and wholehearted commitment, God has personally seen my open heart (Psalms 14:2) and has promised to use me in mighty ways. God has called me to be a Nazarite, one who denies the pleasures of this life to prepare the way for Jesus’ return. I will be a voice in the wilderness as John the Baptist (John 1:23), with the spirit of Elijah to turn the hearts of people back to God (Mal 4:5, Matt 11:15, Matt 17:11, Luke 1:17) and boldly proclaiming the true message of Jesus coming back as Judge.
I am no longer just a physical human seeking happiness and satisfaction on earth (2 Cor 5:17). Ninety minute Christianity on Sundays is not enough for me. My prayers have exceeded just asking for a good life or a blessing on my ministry. I’m an eternal spiritual being dedicated to God with the purpose of being told what to do and obeying it, no matter what the cost (Heb 12:27). God has thus called me into the wilderness. I’m to be in the place of divine training without the distractions of the world. For God’s promise to become a reality in my life, I must become righteous, holy, and perfect by consecrating myself in the place of separation (Lev 20:7). “He [Nazarite] shall consecrate himself to the LORD for the days of his separation” (Num 6:12).
God has an intense fire burning and growing in me, an unstoppable zeal, and unending love for Jesus, but I am to guard it for the time being. The intensity of its warmth and light needs to be fueled in the wilderness before I can release it. I’m being trained as an eschatological (end-time) forerunner as a friend of the Bridegroom preparing His Bride for the glorious wedding day of His return (John 3:29).
I know it all may sound weird and you may think I’ve gone crazy. In the end, I’m going to offend many, and I will eventually be martyred for it. Jesus prophesied many will be offended in the days of the Lord’s return, as they discover the truth of who Jesus really is (Matt 24:10). I am called to proclaim that very controversial truth.
In conclusion, here is the very reason I am writing this to you: I cannot do this alone. “For I know that as you pray for me and as the Spirit of Jesus Christ helps me, this will all turn out for my deliverance” (Phil 1:19). I have the Spirit of Jesus Christ, now I need committed prayer warriors. If you understand anything I am writing in this letter and feel the Lord leading you to join me in battle, I’d like you to let me know. If that’s you, I will add you to a specific mailing list where I will intermittently update you about specific things God wants asked from His saints in order for His will to be fulfilled on earth as it is in heaven. I’m just trying to be faithful to Psalm 107:1-2 by “telling others” of the Lord’s redemption in me.
My insignificant sinful life is but a vapor (Psalm 39:4-6), but by His unfailing love, I wholeheartedly pursue a fasted lifestyle of surrendered lovesickness. I live in hope that my “vapor” will produce a very pleasing aroma to God (2 Cor 2:15, Sngs 1:12). I am a sojourner on earth with no place to call home (Heb 13:14). I am an eternal citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven preparing the way for the omnipotent God to establish His glorious throne on earth so I can worship Him face to face forever! (2 Cor 5:1)
Until the Glorious day our lovesick Bridegroom Jesus returns as Judge and King (James 5:9, Rev 20:4), may God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace (2 Tim 1:2).
Zach Hooley
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