You are being winnowed

Matthew 3:12 (AMP) His winnowing fan (shovel, fork) is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear out and clean His threshing floor and gather and store His wheat in His barn, but the chaff He will burn up with fire that cannot be put out.

The Lord is clearing and cleaning out His threshing floor to gather the wheat. Where is this threshing floor? In 2 Samuel 24, King David bought a threshing floor from Araunah. God had sent a plague against His people and to stop the curse King David was told to buy a threshing floor and make  sacrifices. This threshing floor that King David had bought would be the place where his son Solomon would build God's temple. It is the altar. It is the church.

What is the purpose of the threshing floor? It is where grain is gathered and the chaff or husk are separated. The oxen are first brought in to crush the chaff from the wheat. Then the farmer would winnow to let the wind carry the chaff and let the grain or wheat fall to the ground. 

Whenever, we come to the altar and plead our case to God, it will require a cost. There is nothing for free. The world and heathens are always looking to get something for free but we Christians should always pay what we owe. When we come to the altar, we may have to give up something. We will have to give up our idols. We may have to give up our time of some worldly activities. We may have to give up some things we enjoy from the world. We will have to give an offering. We must stop robbing HIM. He said in HIS Word that none should come to HIM empty handed. King David said he will not offer any sacrifices that have cost him nothing. Is God our servant that we come empty handed and expect HIM to deliver us?

The breaking and cleansing of His people is done at the church. It is done in the threshing floor. It is done in the temple. And if you are the church, it is not only done in the physical church but in yourselves.

The oxen can represent a heavy circumstance or situation to come crush the flesh out of you. The more stubborn and stiffed neck you are, the heavier the discipline or harsher your wilderness. We are like sheep that has gone astray and must be brought back to the obedience of the faith. We are like wild horses that needs to be broken. Once the oxen crushes our flesh, the winnowing process begins. The farmer will toss or winnow the wheat and chaff so the wind will blow the chaff away. The chaff or husk is our flesh and must be separated from the wheat. The wheat is our spirit and the chaff is the flesh. But you can choose to be blown away with the chaff. You can choose to let your flesh win. The wind can represent many things. Yes, the wind can represent the Holy Spirit but in this case it represents the cares of the world. The wind can represent money, idols, bad teachings, false prophesy, and any worldly things. These things will ship wreck your faith. 

Ephesians 4:14(AMP) So then, we may no longer be children, tossed [like ships] to and fro between chance gusts of teaching and wavering with every changing wind of doctrine, [the prey of] the cunning and cleverness of [a]unscrupulous men, [gamblers engaged] in every shifting form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead.

Some farmers may use a basket to toss the grain or wheat as a winnowing effect. As the farmer tosses, the heavier grain comes closer to the farmer and the chaff goes farther out. The farmer is God and HE is tosses so that His people who allow HIM to winnow and crush their flesh come closer to HIM. It is only through brokenness we can come closer to HIM. The grain or wheat that are stubborn and in which the chaff does not come off, the farmer will see the distinguished grain with the chaff and pick and toss it out. You must let go of your flesh. You must let go of your unforgiving heart. You must let the past of hurt go. You must let the resentment go. You must let the bitterness go. Otherwise, you will be plucked out and thrown into the fires of Hell. Such things cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

A message is coming from the altar. The message is the Word of God and it is cutting through your heart to make a choice. Moses after witnessing the golden calf told the people of God to choose. The Word of God is demanding people to choose. They must choose life or death. Separate yourselves from the world and the things of the world so that you do not participate in her plagues. Separate and be consecrated so that HE may use you as a clean vessel. Allow HIM to break you and stop resisting the Holy Spirit.

Revelation 18:4 (AMP) I then heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out from her, my people, so that you may not share in her sins, neither participate in her plagues.

Glory to HIM

Fire of God International Church

Pastor Steve Yong Kim

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