The Road Less Traveled III

“They climb into the houses; like thieves they enter through the windows.” Joel 2:9

I had just challenged the students at Pneumatix about their journey with the Father. Two of them had recently told me they had been waking up at night and called to pray. My challenge was that others would be awakened to pray as well.

That very night at 2:09am the alarm at our home went off and obviously woke us up as it is very loud!

Thinking someone was breaking in I danced around the bedroom until Cindy told me to calm down. I waited for the Security Company to call as they normally do but no call was made. After a ten minute wait I decided to call them. I told the gal on the phone the alarm went off but we had shut it off and she said there was not indication on their system that the alarm went off. I was a bit befuddled but waited for the security guy to show up. He came and looked around the house and all was normal so back to sleep with no thought of what I had said to the students earlier that day. DUH?!

I woke the next morning and was on my way to our morning meeting when the Holy Spirit began to speak to me. Normally when I hear from God it isn’t when I am pursuing a word from Him it just seems to happen. He said to me, “Tom, sound the alarm!” which made me think of the verse in Joel 2:1,

“Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming.”

I got ready to share what the Lord had said and was standing beside Brent who told me he wanted to share a word he had for the students. I asked him to show me what it was and he went to Joel 2! It was then that it became clearer than ever what Dad was saying!

It was a short time after our morning devotions one of the young men said to me that he was awakened at the exact same time I was at 2:09am! Whoa! It was at that moment God said to me read Joel 2:9. I went to look it up and found the scripture above! After the alarm going off, the security guy coming to our home and then reading this verse about thieves it was like God is speaking. I know it can seem a bit out there to make such a claim but after all the things that happened it was clear to me my Father was saying what He needed to say by His Spirit.

I thought about what the enemy could be stealing as he crawls through the window. At this point it came back to the intimacy with our Dad again. If the enemy can steal that he has won the battle. The warning of the Lord and the alarm that is being sounded is for us to return to the Lord with all our heart (Joel 2: 12). It is the same warning we get in Revelations when we read about the churches...RETURN TO YOUR FIRST LOVE!

May you discover this road that leads to the feet of Jesus more than any other road in your life! The challenge is before us and He is waiting to sit with you! Why don’t you get up now and go sit with Him?!