Judges 6:25-26 NKJV ~”Now it came to pass the same night that the LORD said to him, “Take your father’s young bull, the second bull of seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the wooden image that is beside it; [26] and build an altar to the LORD your God on top of this rock in the proper arrangement, and take the second bull and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the image which you shall cut down.”
Before Glory can fall, the altar must be rebuilt. God is calling His people back to the place where sacrifice meets surrender. In this hour, He is not looking for performance or perfection from you, He is looking for altars where He can be. Not polished platforms, but places of consecration! Not routines, but rooms that have been torn down and rebuilt by His instruction. The Spirit of the Lord is saying, “Tear down what was built in compromise. Remove what you erected in fear. Strip away what was created to impress people instead of pleasing Me.” The altar, spiritually speaking, is the place where everything unnecessary to His purpose in your life dies so that Glory can live!
And for many, that altar is under construction again, not because you failed, but because God is preparing to visit you in a new way; Isaiah 43:19. When God told Gideon to tear down his father’s altar to Baal, He wasn’t just removing idolatry, He was making room for destiny. What you demolish in this season will determine what you can carry in the next. Some altars were built for convenience, but the Altar God wants is built by conviction not convenience!
He’s not asking for stones, He’s asking for hearts. God is rebuilding Altar’s not with bricks, but with brokenness! He is using humility as the foundation, worship as the structure, and surrender as the seal. If it’s uncomfortable, it’s because the Altar is not for comfort, it’s for consecration. And once the Altar is restored, the fire will fall. God is calling leaders to rebuild altars in their pulpits. He’s calling families to rebuild altars in their homes. He’s calling individuals to rebuild altars in their hearts. Because God doesn’t release Glory where there is no Altar. He doesn’t visit where there is no invitation wrapped in obedience. This is not cosmetic renovation. This is deep, spiritual deconstruction and Holy rebuilding. God is not enhancing what’s already there, He’s uprooting and laying a new foundation built by Him!
He’s not looking to be a guest in the room; He’s rebuilding the house so He can dwell in it with you! Let Him finish the work! Let Him clear the debris! Let Him lay the stones! The Altar is under construction because God’s Glory is on the way! When the Altar is ready, the Fire will fall, and what happens next won’t be done or manufactured by man, it will be marked by God’s Hands and Glory!
Let’s Pray:
Father, I bow before You in this hour of rebuilding as I feel the shaking, the tearing down, the removing all of old structures in my heart, my ministry, and my mindset. And I say, yes, Lord, I surrender to the construction process. I yield to the hammer in Your hand. If You must break down to build up, then let it be so. Father, tear down every altar I built to insecurity, pride, and self-dependence. Demolish everything I erected to satisfy my flesh or fit into the crowd. I don’t want a platform without Your Presence. I don’t want a name if it’s not written in the foundation of Your Will. Build a Holy altar in me, God. Father, lay a new foundation with purity, honesty, and truth. Reframe my thoughts with wisdom. Erect a structure in my life that can withstand the weight of Your Glory. Let my worship be the wood, and let my surrender be the sacrifice that invites Your Presence in. If You are rebuilding, it is because You plan to rest upon it. Father, I won’t rush the process! I won’t resent the tearing down! I will remain in place while You reconstruct the sacred. Teach me to embrace the dust, the delay, the chiseling. For I know that when the altar is ready, You will come, and You will come in fire. Rebuild the altar in my family. In my ministry. In my spirit. Let it be a place that draws Heaven to Earth. A place where prayers rise like incense and repentance births refreshing. A place where nothing is off-limits and everything is offered to You. Father, I welcome the weight of Your Glory, I welcome the fire of Your Presence. Let the altar be a magnet for miracles and a dwelling place for deliverance. Let this be the house that You fill, the heart that You rest on, and the life that You use. And when You come, Lord, let Your Glory fall in such a way that no man can claim it, no flesh can boast in it, and no pride can stand under it. This is Your Altar. This is Your Fire. This is Your Room. Be Glorified in it. In the Name of Jesus Christ, I pray, Amen.
Blessings…
Love, Dr. Jean
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