February 5

ZION IS FOUNDED
by Ray Prinzing

"What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of His people shall trust in it (betake themselves unto it)."
                                                                                                             (Isaiah 14:32).

Tell me, what's going on these days?  Is anything happening?  What is God's move for this hour?  THE LORD IS FOUNDING ZION!  Take a heavenly tour and walk about Zion and count, inspect, look over His new creation.  God is raising up PILLARS in the midst of the land, His elect, and they KNOW IN WHOM THEY HAVE BELIEVED. They are willing to be "placed" by God, and there abide.  Let the nations rage, let the people imagine a vain thing.  Let the storms blow, and let the darkness cover the earth.  They are unafraid because they KNOW HIM. They are upheld by His mighty hand, and they shall become a beacon of light to those who stumble in darkness.  When men's hearts fail them for fear, these shall remain calm, cool, and collected, ready to give an encouraging word to him that is weary.  These processed saints have been so disciplined by the Lord that they are not easily disturbed by the pressures without.  Thus, God shall have His strong ones in the midst of the land, and the poor shall be able to take themselves unto these FOUNDED ONES, to find safety, security, and help.

We have become "a nation on wheels," driven by a restless spirit, searching everywhere for they know not what.  Buried deep in the bosom of every Israelite is that call of God which says, "we have here no continuing city," and with Abraham we "look for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God."  (Hebrew 11:10).   Men do not know this is what they seek, but their very restlessness is an evident token that they are not inwardly at home, at rest, at peace.  Not until we find ourselves again contained in the fulness of the will of God, conformed to His image, filled with His Spirit, do we find a satisfaction and an inner quietness, God's elect, His Zion, is being brought into this place of stability and victory in Him.