"The Power of Your Presence"

09.10.08 l Sydney, Australia

My time in Borneo, Indonesia was incredibly fruitful, powerful and life impacting. It was a joy and honor to spend time contending for the soul of the largest Muslim nation in the world with our first long term team (Burn Team Asia) and a few other radicals that jumped over for a month from the States to pour gas on the fire. The ministry was pretty nonstop most days, but it's definitely the place where you want to be poured out "like a drink offering" on a nation that is home to 23 unreached people groups representing millions upon millions who have still never heard the name of Jesus.

I was looking forward to coming back to Sydney for an extended weekend with hot showers, beautiful mixture of old and new friends, and tons of hungry hearts. I arrived back into the city this morning (on another red eye flight) and after I took a quick nap, ventured out to get some fresh air. I had no clue that God was going to bomb me with one of the most amazing encounters of my life.

This afternoon I hiked around the glorious trail from Bronte Bay to Bondi Beach to get out in the beauty of this land and adjust to another time zone. Something about God's creation revitalizes and refreshes me. The weather here is breezy cool and dry as they are coming out of winter to welcome the springs warmth. It was an incredibly magnificent journey with stunning views from the seaside cliffs all along the south coast of Sydney.  As I continued walking, my fascination with the ocean grew incredibly strong. I was mesmerized and drawn to it. The Lord began to speak so clearly to me. He said, "Look at the ocean." As I was looking out, I was overwhelmed with the raw powerful energy of the ocean as the waves pounded against the rock cliffs jutting out into the sea. The wind raging, the current swirling and the waves mounting up created this psychotic pulsating rhythm of its own that was uncontrollable and untamable. It was an absolutely staggering moment. I don't know if I've ever seen the ocean act like it was today – with all the whitewash it was even hard to see the turquoise blue color underneath. Even at Australia's premier surfing hot spots, no one dared to get out in this swell! People all over were gawking in amazement with frightened looks.

The Lord spoke again: "This is a picture of what the great end time move of my Presence will look like."

I was baffled as I realized this was the answer to my question I had asked the day before on top of the Menara Tower overlooking the vast Asian metropolis of Kuala Lumpur. As I viewed mosques littering the city as far as the eye could see, I was overcome with a longing more than ever to see the King return in all of His majesty to the billions of souls in the surrounding 10/40 window nations. In that moment my soul was filled with a passion I did not even know existed and I shouted out "When is this next move of your Spirit going to come and what will it look like?" I heard no response except a few strange looks from those Asians looking out around me. The lack of answers didn't really bother me that much because it is one of those questions you just don't think you will hear back on anytime soon. My weak faith told me it was just another thing I would "figure out" or it would unfold before me as I lived life.

That all changed today.

As I took in the panoramic of this raging ocean, the Spirit was downloading to me the revelation of what was being spoken. I began to understand this would be a fierce, violent, and offensive move and not really at all what I expected. He spoke again "It's a move of the overwhelming POWER of my Presence." I began to watch the raw surging power of the ocean grip my heart and I felt the glory of God come over me. I started to weep right there on the cliffs watching this all unfold. He continued: "It's a move that will stun and shock humanity as I pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Nothing will stop the deep waters of my Presence as they wash over the nations."

I then began to shake as images from the last week with the faces of those villagers living in the deep jungles of Borneo flashed before my eyes. I understood that this next move is something beyond what we could imagine…above styles, hype, and even anointings,…It is His Presence taking over complete control.

As my gaze was fixated on the swirling sea, something about it beckoned me to jump in and get pounded by the waves. I said, "But God I want to be apart of that move! This is what I'm living for! I've given all to it!"

The Spirit spoke to me saying, "You must first lose everything - your titles, rights, accomplishments, reputations, safety, security, religion, and anything else that could get in the way. They will not help you in these waters – they are too deep and too dangerous. I am in control and the glory is in the power of my presence."

WOW.

After a long pause, I just whispered out "I've given up a lot Lord and I'll give up more."

Then I heard, "You are still too safe, Sean. You are too safe. You are too safe. You are too safe. My church is too safe. She must risk it all. She must risk it all and come into the treacherous waters of my Presence. She must lose herself in my waves as I usher her into something greater."

The Spirit then began to reveal to me the safety of my own heart and everything I'm still clinging too for security in my life. As a prerequisite for this coming move, God will only allow a nameless and faceless people who will risk their entire lives, family, finances, reputations, and fame to jump in the deep ocean waters of His Presence and be carried on the wave of His Spirit that will wash over every nation, tribe, and tongue in the world in the coming days! This is a people that understand in doing so…they could lose their lives…but it's a risk they are all willing to take. These are not ankle-deep wading waters, but ferocious waters to swim in that "cannot be crossed" by our own abilities and performance (Ezekial 47:5).

Then came the sound, the sound, the sound of the waters roaring began to move me.

The ocean was raging so loud that it made it hard to think at times. I remembered a book I once read on sound waves and frequencies. The ocean noise and waterfalls are some of the only "sounds" on the earth fulfilling the entire sound spectrum. The sound frequencies that are audible to the human ear are between 20 and 20,000 hertz. Those sounds below 20 hertz are felt more than they are heard while those above 20,000 could cause major hearing damage with prolonged exposure. The noise of this ferocious riptide was covering the entire grid of sound. It is like that sound from Heaven mentioned in Revelation 14:2:

"And I heard a sound from Heaven like he roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder."

The Spirit spoke to me again, "The nations will know my Presence is coming at the Sound that comes forth from the waters."

I was standing in shock as the ear-splitting ocean noise grew louder and louder in my head.

With all this madness that was happening around me and the deep emotion being released from the inner core of my being, I opened up my Bible to see if I could possibly find anything to bring confirmation to all this. As thumbed open the page, this was the very first line I read:

"You have overwhelmed me with all your waves." – Psalm 88:7

There is a generation and people that God is looking to overwhelm with His great end-time move. It will come and come swiftly. Those wanting to be in middle of this move must jump in the treacherous deep ocean waters. They must RISK RISK RISK all safety and security.

It's the move of the Power of His Presence.  A move where His glory would be known throughout the entire world and all fame, accolades, and attention would be on HIM!!

We've waiting our whole life for this Lord! Creation has groaned for this. We jump in with all we are, We jump into your mighty surging waves and breakers! We risk EVERYTHING knowing one second in the middle of this move of the Power of your Presence is worth it all!!

stay in the heat...

_sean

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