What are God's purposes in the earth today? It is very obvious from Old Testament Scripture that the Lord is a God vision. He has very specific plans and purposes regarding His involvement with people. If we don't understand clearly what those purposes are we will never be able to hit the target. The Scriptures are the "more sure word of prophecy" so let's turn to God's Word to find credible answers.
Lk.19:10 - For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
Mt.16:18 - I will build My church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.
Act 2:17 - And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. (the "last days" are the days between Jesus' ascension and return)
Isa 2:2 - In the last days, the mountain of the LORD's house will be the highest of all—the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.
Nothing has changed since these words were originally inspired and penned. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever. (Heb.13:8) The Lord is the same and changes not. (Ps.102:27) The point is when we find the target we have confidence that it's not going to change. What's the point of establishing and aiming at a target that fluctuates. God's Kingdom is built on faith and faith is always anchored in the unchanging "more sure Word" of God. Presently God continues to save people from their sins. He continues to build His Church, these are constants in which we are able focus our faith.
Let's now zero in on the target's "bullseye". The archers aren't satisfied with just locating the general target area they aim at the bullseye and I really feel that's what we need to do in our generation. God's vision is to call people out of sin and bring them into His eternal family, into His assembly of Believers, into the spiritual Body of Christ.
Let's focus our attention on the "bullseye". What does that look like? God's vision is to build the Body of Christ in the earth today. What is God's vision of the Body of Spirit? What's His "prophetic vision"? How does He see it? How does He envision it functioning in the earth today?
