Even though my calling is a serious one, God pointed out the foolishness of my ways to help create a deep and sometimes comical story, one that demonstrates a life-long personal relationship with the living God, my Father the King. My somewhat poetic conversational writing style was developed from my intimate relationship with Him over the years. I want the reader to feel this personal relationship.
As you read the story, when I say God or Lord, I will be making reference to the living God, He who is a Spirit. When I say Father or my heavenly Father, I will usually be making reference to God the Father, He who created the living God. Jesus is my friend, so you will know when I’m making reference to Him.
Since the gospel did not make it clear at times when it was the Son of God (living God) talking, versus the Son of Man (Jesus), I won’t just say Son without making it clear which Son I’m talking about. For one is as if a father to my soul, and the other is as if a counselor. My heavenly Father is as if a grandfather, for His Holy Ghost has always been there to comfort me.
After the Lord put a fire inside of me to seek an understanding of His great truths, I began to put my hands to the gospel plow. It got kind of eerie at times, because some of the things the Lord began to reveal and the supernatural events in my life seemed so unreal. And to be honest, I was not only a coward to confess my personal relationship with the Lord, but my calling as His servant Elijah (see Mal. 4:5) when He first revealed it to me. Trust me, at this stage, I wanted to stop plowing, but how could I look back now?
When I asked the Lord “Why? Why me, Lord? Why did you choose me out of all the people in the world?” He simply said, “Why not you? You have a pure heart and you are just as good as anyone. You can identify with sinners, and they will identify with you. For you have lived the life of sin they are now living. I’m only using you to help them save their souls and understand My Kingdom. To understand that if they but only seek My face, not only will I let them find Me, but let them know My Heavenly Father, the One I asked you to write about, remember? For He is all our Heavenly Father. In other words, I have called you as My servant to restore Truth, because once again, Truth has been trampled down to the ground.”
My first inclination was to say “No! Hell, no! I won’t go.” Which I indeed said with a passion many times while praying in the Spirit. There was no way I was going to say or do the things the Lord was asking of me. He made it very clear when He said in response once, “Oh, yes, son of man. You will do it. And you will get great joy from doing it. You will do it because you love Me, and you love My sheep that are being led astray, even as we speak. But most of all, son of man, you will do it because I have no room for cowards in My Kingdom.” The only thing I could think of to say in response at that moment was, “Yes, Lord, I’ll do it…I’ll go.” But once that moment of bravery had passed, I was still too scared to go.
While I was scared, I knew deep down I had to do what the Lord was commanding. My faithful spirit, my angel, thought it was funny that I even resisted. I felt a chuckle in my soul as I received these words: “You don’t get it, do you? Others would die to have God with them the way He is with you. While you were just an innocent little lamb, being tossed to and fro by the winds of every man’s doctrine, you remained faithful and obedient to the Voice of God, that still small voice you heard behind your own two ears. That’s why He loves you so.”
At that time in my life when this was revealed to me, I couldn’t understand what my angel was saying, for I was just a babe in Christ. So it was my fear of God that was the only thing that kept me going.
My story took on a whole new meaning after I was baptized into the Body of Christ at the age of 43. I suddenly had a Wonderful Counselor for my soul and spirit. A Mighty God in His own right, His Name was Jesus. A Great Teacher sent from my Father the King to help His son in me to record this story…a story that transformed my life in the making.
It’s still hard to believe the Lord wants to use me. I know some will say, “How do you know it’s God and not the great deceiver?” Of course, only time will tell. But based on the fact that my Lord has never let me down before, I have no doubts. So I’m putting all my trust in Him. Besides, if God wants to use me as the Elijah to come, who can stop Him? Can man stop the rain? Can man stop sudden destruction brought on by tornadoes and earthquakes? No man can turn back the Outstretched Hands of Almighty God.
So fasten your seat belts and come journey with me down a supernatural highway into God’s world, a world where you will find peace for your souls and joy in just knowing the Lord. Even though you and I both may find it hard to believe, still, come take that journey with me as I testify to the truth…Elijah Has Come.
Elijah Has Come 