Three words have permeated our atmosphere over the past year, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! With a bloody face and a fierce look, these words have called a nation into a battle that had already been waged, a war that had already been won. They were words for waking up the sleeping, arousing those who lay in graves of despair. It was an invitation to take back a country that had been long occupied by internal and external enemies. 

People in survival mode love the idea of a fight. We know how to wage war, we know how to take back what has been stolen, so those words resonated with many who had become apathetic due to disappointment, cynical due to delay, and angry due to feeling helpless and powerless to change anything. Three words rallied a nation and the cry for justice is being heard in the land. 

To hear the voice of God, who dwells in a tabernacle not on earth, who speaks from a throne not made by man, who has resources beyond comprehension, to hear the Lord of heaven and earth and to respond to His voice is the call of the church. To echo what He is saying is what we are called to do, even when it is not what the leaders on earth are saying and doing, at least not what is being magnified by the media. 

The decree of heaven is not fight, fight, fight, the decree of heaven is build, build, build. This decree is hard for many to hear, for they love the fight, they love the war, they make millions on the battle, but the Lord of heaven and earth is not in a fight, He is not inviting us into a war, He is calling us to build. 

In the words of the prophet Isaiah we hear, “And it shall be said, Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people’s way.”

God is looking for builders not fighters. The call has gone out for those who want to build the kingdom of God on earth; who want to build a highway for our God. He is asking, where are my builders? 

Ephesians 4:29 says, do not let any unwholesome words come out of your mouth, but only that which is for the building up of other people. It is Ephesians 4:29 and Isaiah 54:17 time on earth as it is in heaven. Are you willing to accept the call to build, because this is the next phase of the kingdom of God on earth. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org