In 1982, David Pawson was invited to
speak in New Zealand. His had a reputation as a bible teacher, so people
the people of Wellington were surprised when he said that he had a
prophecy. He carried two burdens that God had given him for our nation.
One burden was as follows:
God wants New Zealand back.
He wants New Zealand back as
a nation that will be a model to the nations
of a people who are living under the government of GOD.
God intends New Zealand to be one of those nations
where he demonstrates his Kingdom.
God wants New Zealand back.
He is wanting his people to reign with him.
Don’t wait for eternity to begin to reign with him
He is looking for a queen to reign with him now,
because New Zealand has a king an his name is King Jesus.
This country needs a change of government.
New Zealand is a nation that could be brought
under the government of God
and be a light to the nations.
This burden was not understood; his second burden was simple:
God want’s to bring revival to New Zealand for the first time.
God will bring revival through economic ruin.
He then asked, "Who is willing to pray for economic ruin, to
make revival possible". This burden was not well received in
Wellington, but when he was handed a vision that confirmed his burden,
David Pawson took the message of “revival through economic ruin”
around New Zealand.
Second David
Twenty-three years later, another David has brought a similar message
to New Zealand. David Wilkerson also carried a real burden from God when
he spoke to Christian leaders in Auckland. The following is a summary of
his message.
David Wilkerson had a strong sense that calamity will affect a
big percentage of our population, even up to one million people. The
collapse of our real estate boom will hit New Zealand like a
whirlwind. If God has to touch every pocket book, he will do it
because He loves this country.
The Lord knows what He is doing and everything is in His divine
order. Many people are putting together money in the bank to see
them through the storm they intuitively see ahead. They are putting
their energy into a nest egg, rather than trusting in God, caring
for the poor, the widows, etc.
He quoted Ezekiel 16:46-56 that lists the following sins
pride
fullness of bread
abundance of idleness
did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy
haughty
There is no greater sin than apathy, because apathy is a
by-product of covetousness. We have bought into the idea that
happiness only happens when we have nice things, a house, a job,
etc. Apathy demands judgement before any other sin. He asked God to
smite our apathy.
Long Delay
An interesting question is why this message of economic trouble has
come again, after so long. And why was David Pawson’s burden not
fulfilled. The reason for the delay is that God was giving his people
time to get ready. If he had allowed an economic disaster to strike New
Zealand at that time, many of his people would have been ruined.
Many Christians would have been swept away,
because they were not prepared.
If the economy had collapsed,
most people would have been shaken
and many would have fallen.
God needed his people standing together,
so they could minister
to those who were shaken.
David shared his burden,
he also told us how to get ready.
People listened, but they did not hear
Crash, Crash, Amen, Amen! they said,
but no one got ready.
So God could do nothing,
he could not fulfil his word.
A word that is not heard,
cannot be fulfilled.
Our complacency
has held back God’s ability to shape our nation.
Forgotten
New Zealand has forgotten God
As a nation we once knew him;
not very well,
but we tried to serve,
we tried to obey him,
we tried to worship him
and he blessed us.
But now New Zealand has abandoned God
most people have rejected his love,
many have forgotten who he is,
some of our leaders oppose him,
and others really hate him.
Given that we have forgotten God,
we should have lost our blessing
we should have lost it long ago.
But God is merciful
and has held back the judgement
He has held back the trouble and sorrow,
He has held back the pain,
and allowed his blessing to remain
although we have forgotten him
Pause Ending
Now the long pause,
between forgetfulness and judgment
is coming to an end.
In less than a year,
the shaking will begin,
not to destroy or hurt us,
but to wake us up
and turn us back to him.
We have a year to prepare
Just when people are saying,
The doomsayers were wrong.
We have avoided the hard landing,
the shaking will strike.
Within a year
of a bright light being snuffed out
the economy will start to shake.
The time of comfort and goofing around is over for the church.
It is time to get serious and prepare.
Warnings Ignored
Two young boys were playing beside a lake.
About four metres out from the edge was a small flat island,
an interesting place to play.
The water surface looked smooth,
so the boy decided to wade out to the island.
I warned them to be careful,
but the water looked calm,
so they plunged ahead,
but were soon up to their waists in mud.
They managed to struggle on to the island,
but they were shocked and bedraggled.
We are like children,
who when warned of danger,
ignore the warning
and plunge ahead,
because things look okay on the surface.
Only when we are up to their waists in mess,
will we realise that something is wrong.
Bankers Blunder
A man was taking someone down a hill in a cable car to attend a
meeting. He had taken some chairs with him ready for their meeting. When
he got to the bottom of the hill, five chairs were standing in a circle,
ready for the meeting, so his were not needed.
Later he was back at the top of the hill in a room. He looked at his
watch, because he was getting organised for an important meeting at 5.30
pm. The watch said 9.30 pm. He looked out the door and saw to porters.
He asked them the time and they confirmed that it was 9.30 pm. He
realised that he had missed out on some important business or an
important job and he could not understand why. He had not been asleep,
but was well organised. He was puzzled because the four hours just
seemed to disappear.
We got out of step with the world.
Over the last few years
most central banks kept interest rates low,
but our banker got his timing wrong
and kept rates in New Zealand high.
A man is sitting an examination on a topic he knows well. Suddenly
the time came to hand in the completed paper, but he had two questions
that he had not answered, even though he knew the answers. Someone had
written answers for him, but they were wrong. He had to hand in the
answers as they were, even though he knew them to be wrong, because he
had run out of time.
Bollard will know what to do when the crash comes,
Our banker will know what to do when the crash comes,
but he will not be able to do it.
The central bankers he met at Jacksons Hole
have told him what to do,
but the timing was wrong for New Zealand.