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SHAKE DOWN
by Mike Eicher
mikeeicher1@yahoo.com
I had a vision recently of an eagle flying high, looking down at all
the church steeples. The many church structures stood firm on their
foundations pointing up towards the heavens. I then saw that some of
the church foundations were actually not on firm ground as they seemed
to be. The foundations and the churches with their tall steeples were
on sand. In the vision, I saw the sand and the churches were inside of
a gigantic sand sifter, like the kind children play with at the beaches.
The Lord said to me "be prepared for a gigantic shaking of My church
from it's foundation. I will sift the sand and remove all impurities
from My church. What comes through the sifter will be holy and true.
I do this to unite My one church from what stands today".
The Holy Spirit is the Sand Sifter. There is a movement beginning in
the church that will become the greatest revival known to man to date!
It will begin in His people and reach out to all humanity. The new
church that comes out of this revival will again know God as He truly
is: righteous, holy, loving, forgiving and without end.
Then I heard the Lord say "I will not stop there. I will make pure
the impurities that remain in the sifter. All My church will become
one again".
The Lord says in Matthew 7:26 "But everyone who hears these words of
Mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built
his house on sand." We, being the body of the church, must also make
sure our own individual foundations are built on the rock, which is
Jesus Christ. This will ultimately ensure a strong church foundation
as each one of us is part of the Church.
Each of us has a calling from God; and that is to give away what we
have received. The Lord says in Matthew 10:8 "Heal the sick, raise the
dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have
received, freely give."
Jesus gave us the opportunity when He gave it all and now asks us to
give that same blessing to others. This glorifies God and we will
receive more blessings from him, (see Matthew Chapter 13). It enables
and activates the Holy Spirit to not only work Himself through us in
the Body of Christ, but also to release the same God given grace He
gave us to humanity. What starts off as a small gesture from us for
His sake will become the great "Shake Down" to come.
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