Early this morning, on election day, I had a dream. It was a very brief dream, but very clear. I saw a man who was trying to hook up jumper cables to a battery. He was very unsure of himself and therefore hesitant to connect them. Then I heard these words, "You can't recharge, if you don't know how to properly hook up to the power." And then, "If you want to restart the country, you have to know how to recharge the battery." Then I woke up.
A battery holds and
maintains a charge--a charge which came from a source of power. There is a play
on words here. Charge is not only an
electrical current, but also an instruction or command from a higher authority
to do something specific (I charge you to do this). It authorizes the person to
perform that task. It can also give a person a management type of authority over
something. (You are in charge of this office). So the battery of America holds God's "charge" to
the country. It contains the power and authority to fulfill His charge.
Who is this? The church. God's people. The Ekklesia. We should be holding and
maintaining the charge of God to this country.
How do you hold a
charge in a car battery? Two ways. By staying connected to the power source,
and by driving the car. It loses its charge when it just sits there, unless its
connected to an active power source. We need both times of being active and times
of being quietly connected to the power source in order to remain fully
charged.
So the church was
commissioned to receive and hold the charge of God for America, so she could
fulfill her purpose (which is His purpose). Once that charge was lost, the
country stalled out and couldn't complete her purpose. The battery must be re-connected to the power source
and be re-charged. He wants to recharge and recommission His people so we can
restart America!
In recent years
America has "lost her charge" which has caused her to weaken and
decline. It’s the responsibility--the charge-- of the church to maintain the
commission of God to America. The country as a whole has stalled in her
purpose. To restart America, we must reconnect to the One who holds the power
and recharge our charge. The
church has not remained active in America so the power has drained out of her. It's
not just about connecting to Him so our family can be blessed. It's about
charging America with the power of God. Releasing His power flow into the
country. The church--God's people--are the only ones who can do this!
The battery contains
a "current" so the battery has a "current charge." To
maintain our current charge, we must keep the charge current. As those who hold
the charge die, there must be new ones take their place that also hold the charge.
This means we must charge the newcomers to America--our children, but also the
immigrants. We must pass the charge on to them. They must learn how to connect
to the Lord themselves in order to hold and maintain His charge to America, and
keep America functioning according to her purpose.
Father, please
forgive us and our nation for allowing our charge from You to die out in
America. Show us how to recharge properly and confidently with You and Your
power, commissioning, and authority. Show us how to keep the charge going by
fulfilling that purpose. Show us how to keep it from dying out by connecting
the newcomers to this country--our children and the immigrants--with You. So
they can also be charged by You. Help us to recognize that our power, our
commissioning, and our charge, comes from You and You alone. We want no other
source of power. You are the only true source of power. You alone can empower
us to be a living, functioning country, that fulfills our purpose--which is
Your purpose. Your charge is our charge.
American
church---it's time to reconnect! We put on the jumper cables. We connect
America, and the church of America, currently, without hesitation, properly,
and confidently to our Heavenly Father--the Most High--so His power and
commissioning can flow into His people and this country. We allow His charge to
charge us and empower us to fulfill America's purpose, and we pass this charge
on to the newcomers of this country so it will not die out again!