Let
Your Kingdom Come
Hello
I thought with all the confusion and the noise of the
challenges in our nation right now, It would be good for me to explain why I
believe this is a season of huge opportunity for the Body of Christ. Let
me take a moment to explain why.
I am aware that even with the promises of God that we stand
on the brink of huge revival, many are still struggling.
Background
My whole journey with praying and speaking into government,
began with a number of revelations God gave me around 2015 and the beginning of
2016, when I moved with my husband to Windsor in Berkshire, not long before the
800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta. At that time, with
several other ministers, we called a Convocation to celebrate this document,
which had never been overtly successful, yet had shaped our nation and the
nations for 800 years.
During that time, God showed me how the roots of our
nation, Government, justice system, democracy, institutions and way of life are
based through the Magna Carta on Christian principles and foundations. The
Magna Carta itself was not totally original, but drew on the Law Code of King
Alfred, a Christian who is often called the first King of England, although
that title should really go to his grandson.
At that time, as we looked backwards to celebrate the past,
I felt the conviction of the Holy Spirit to look towards the future, and we
released a decree about the rising up of a governmental army, who would through
their prayers govern in the spiritual realm above natural government. At that
time, I felt God said, what we “have seen in the past of Godliness in this
nation is only a shadow of what is possible in the future as His people rise up
and take their place”
Around that time, I also felt there would be a void in
government and that would be the time when the Ecclesia would arise! (In
my book Declarations to Change a Nation - Published 2016)
About a month later, in July 2015 God spoke to me clearly
in the words of a poem:
It’s the day of clash of Empires,
It’s the Day of the Clash of Sounds,
It’s the Day of the Clash of Spirits
as they seek to take the ground,
The no-man’s land of England will become a Battleground,
The forces are preparing, The swords are being ground,
I’m calling to my church now to listen to the sound.
This speaks of a spiritual battle in the nation, which is
affecting many areas of society, and right now is sitting very squarely on our
Government.
It is very clear from the gospels, that Jesus was really concerned that the
“yeast of the Pharisees, Sadducees and Herodians” did not infect
His church. Those three groups, the religious, the wealthy and the political,
have historically held the power in many nations, and the key word is power –
which is so often, the DNA of the world systems.
What is God doing?
I believe
God is shaking nations, because it is the beginning of a new era. When
things are stable, change is difficult, but great shaking has the capacity to
bring great change, therefore as everything moves, there is room for the
establishment of something new – which right now, for simplicity, I will call
the Government of the Kingdom of God.
Resounding
above all the noise is the Kingdom call. A day for the Kingdom to come in all
its glory and fullness, embracing the call for salvation, but also bringing
righteousness, mercy, truth and justice to the earth. The DNA of God’s Kingdom
is very different from the worlds systems and kingdoms, and yes, it is a
Spiritual Kingdom, but it will touch and affect every part of society.
Jesus gave
the coming of the Kingdom huge priority. Pray, “Kingdom Come” and “Seek first
the Kingdom of God.”
The danger
is that as everything shifts and moves, and changes take place, voids open up,
and there is confusion and fear. But if God’s people will see from His
perspective and stand in the assurance of His covenant and His blessings, we
are those who have the potential to fill those voids with everything from love
and hope, to the righteousness and justice of the Kingdom. Otherwise, something
else will fill those spaces.
I believe
what we are seeing in the shaking around Brexit, is part of the shift God is
seeking to bring. The roots of Europe are different from ours. Their
spiritual heritage is different, more based on the Roman model and influenced
by Enlightenment thinking, and they have a different view of democracy.
The
nations which hold the same values as ours, from the freedom of choice and the
value of life, to the value of the individual, are those whose heritage roots
back to the UK and to our political system.
What is
unique about our democratic system,
It is
because of the early roots through the Magna Carta and back to King Alfred 200
years before it, that our democracy is founded on the truth that there is a
Higher Authority - God the Judge, the Lawgiver and the King. It means there are
absolute truths which underpin everything else.
This is
the foundation which has made us the nation envied around the world; the
freedoms we have enjoyed, the expectation of truth and honesty, the value put
upon life and the freedom of religious belief and more. The nations which were
part of, or influenced by the British Empire, for all its faults, can still be
identified by a similar, if eroding value system and interestingly, are also
the only nations which carry all these values.
Other
democracies are different. I remember being taught at school that
Democracy of itself carries the seeds of its own destruction. Without the
understanding of that Higher Authority, Parliament is at the whim of the
current flavour and belief of the people.
I have had
people say to me that democracy is not Biblical, God wants a theocracy. I
agree, however, a theocracy still needs a system to deliver God’s government.
If you look at the book of Genesis, Israel went into Egypt as a family, they
came out as a nation, but a nation with no laws, and no understanding other
than their experience as slaves in Egypt.
God took
Israel aside, He gave them a leader and through that leader He gave them laws,
instructions and principles, but He told them to choose for themselves those
who would be the Judges of those laws -those who would interpret and apply that
law. For the United Kingdom there is a linking of some of those concepts; the
coming of the Kingdom - righteousness, justice and mercy - in our nation is linked to the battle for our democracy and
the Christian heritage contained within it, but I believe the primary goal, is
the increase of His Kingdom government in our land. (Peace and goodwill to the
people)
A
Question
How do we
view our present situation, if the nation and parliament no longer recognise or
submit to a Higher Authority?
I stand in
amazement of what God is doing at this time. Coinciding with Him shaking our
nation, He is shaking the church, and that means you and I are being shaken. We
stand at the end of 500 years of the reformation and restoration of the church,
the Body of Christ, during which He has been restoring New Testament truths and
values to His people. Even in the past few years, we have seen the Father’s
heart message, the call for the church to go beyond its walls, the inner
healing movement, restoration of the five-fold ministries to name a few, and
recently the understanding of the word – Ekklesia.
What is
God doing?
God is
raising a people who know their identity, who know they stand positioned in
blessing despite the situations around them, who know God is with them, that
they are both kings and priests, and who also recognise and carry His heart for
the people around them, crying out for a revival which will transform lives and
situations.
And, there
is fresh revelation into the prayer movement to know how to legislate in
alignment with heaven, through declaration and decree. In this way, through the
power of His people praying according to His will, God takes His place as the
true lawgiver in our land.
A
Parliament of Christian MP’s will never replace the authority of God’s
Ekklesia.
The reason it’s been such a confusing season
is that the changes God has been bringing to the nation, the Church and His
people are all coinciding. Why? I believe, it is so that we can go out
and be all He has called us to be, we can fulfil the unique call on the inside
of us – filling those voids of hope and need all around us, but also through
prayer and declaration, aligning our government with His will and purpose for
this time – turning the nation back to Him and discovering a new national
identity.
One thing
about our nation is obvious, we are called to lead and influence others. As we
fight for our land, we are really fighting for the nations.
An amazing
season of opportunity for the Kingdom of God. [PFTN Blog January 2019]
Suzanne
Ferrett
Passion
for the Nation
Please
pray and share with your intercessors, Bible Study Groups, Prayer Groups,
Church Prayers, Men & Women’s Groups. Thank you.
Las
& Arlene Ratnayake