Do you wonder how the universe hangs together, if there is life on Mars, how your body with all its intricate working functions? Do you wonder if you have it within you to meet the trials of the day? Do you wonder about the sort of people you will encounter, happy, miserable, sad, and poor? Do you wonder how to make your finances stretch?

Do you wonder what was in Gods thinking when he created the universe, and why He would choose to adopt you into His family and make you a joint Heir with Christ? Do you ever consider the enormity of the transaction that has taken place in you, exchanging your old nature for a new God like nature?  Are you aware of the possibilities of your new nature that you have within you the ability to create and destroy, to build and bring hope and peace into this world? 

  The great exchange - living your life by another, as He is so are we in the world

Isa 8:18    “You have been chosen to be a sign and a wonder….”

Wonder fills our lives, as children we are often transfixed in wonder, at the wonder of a snowflake, a waterfall, a rainbow, the wonder of flight and speed.     

Job 37:14   "...stand and consider the wonders of God, do you know how God establishes them, and makes the lightening of his cloud to shine, do you know about the layers of the thick clouds, the wonders of one perfect in knowledge."

As adults we often loose the ability to wonder and begin to see and understand how things hold together, however I believe that the days are soon coming when we will once again be caught in wonder. The Word of God begins in wonder with the wonder of creation, God stepping out of eternity and creating a time spaced world. The beginning of time is wonderful, we see creation in all its fullness… out of the chaos God formed a wonder, light and darkness, earth and sea, plants and animals, people a garden environment and it was all very good. The end of time is equally as wonder packed and dramatic. As time steps into eternity again, wonder upon wonder is unfolded to us.

We find ourselves in the era of time here on earth, and I believe in the last days. These days will be days packed full of awe and wonder as we embrace the nature of God in His fullness so we will begin to activate signs and wonders around us. We are called to be signs in the times, displaying the glory of God, and causing His presence to fill every place. The days of the early church were marked by signs and wonders, the word of God has clearly stated that signs will follow those who believe.  In Acts we read how great wonder and awe was upon those who saw:-

Acts 2:43    “everyone kept feeling a sense of awe and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.”

Acts 3:10   “….and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.”

In these days God is calling us His body to step up into all He has planned for us to walk in, we are called no longer to walk as mere men, but to take on ourselves the high calling with which we have been called, allow the flesh to die and see the Christ in us arise in all His glory. He has called us to intimacy with His Son, an intimacy where we are so caught up with the Christ, and His purpose that we forget the former things and beginning to see His reflection in us, we step out into the authority He has called us to share in. Days of Wonder will again be seen at the hands of the believers, and the world will be drawn to brightness of the light arising.     

What then can we do to cause these days of wonder to come?  

In Acts before the outpouring of the Spirit and the evidence of the signs and wonders the disciples were called to wait on the Lord, and they devoted themselves to prayer. They were also all together in one place, it was a place of unity.  I believe there is a fresh seeing in these days of the corporate body and so we are line for an outpouring such as the world has never experienced before.

I am also aware in these days of the drawing of the Spirit into the intimate place of waiting for Lord, with devotion being highlighted, this can only be signaling a pending of pouring out the Spirit. I am reminded of the passage:- 

Joel 2:28    “I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions. In those days, I will pour out my Spirit even on servants, men and women alike.”

I believe that as we draw close to the Lord we will see things in the unseen realm that have been stored up for the end times, we will see some of the wonders that the Lord wants us to display on the earth, then having seen them we will activate them on the earth.   We simple need to get the timings of God and begin to speak into being all that God has planned. He has planned before time good works for us to walk in.  

It has been prophesied that the last days will be days of Days of Spirit and Word, we read of Jesus that he said and did the works of His father. The last days of the church on earth will be days filled with the spoken word of Christ and the active word of Christ being seen across the world, days when the Christ will be seen in all His glory and all His fullness. This will come about as we the Body learn to abide in Him, die to ourselves and live for Christ alone.    

I am excited as I look across the church and see the rising of those who are sold out for Christ those who are not interested in making a name for them-selves, but are living to see the corporate bride arise in all her glory.  I see a people who will go beyond the pre-drawn map, and are willing to step into another dimension of life in the Spirit.

It is the day to see the body arise to see signs and wonders once again filling our streets and communities to see the life of God in all its fullness flowing like a river and transforming lives. Set your heart to wonder, that the mountain of the Lord would become the chief of the mountains, that you have been baptized with the Spirit and are called to go and bring good news to the afflicted, to bind up the broken hearted, to set the captives free, to comfort those who mourn.   

Step out in 2006 into the anointing of Christ and see wonders taking place every day.

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