Hearing and Doing March 20, 2009
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If God has to choose between hearing and doing….he generally chooses hearing over doing. Doing is important to God…….but hearing is vital if doing is going to be effective in society.
So, for example, if I had two people…..person A and person B……..and they are making food for person C’s birthday. Person A slaves over a hot stove for hours and hours on a seafood casserole while person goes to the store at the last second and buys something from the store, like a pie or something.
When the birthday comes, person c has some of the pie……but none of the seafood casserole and person A’s feelings get hurt. person A asks person c why they didn’t have any of their food and person c replies:
“I am allergic to seafood”
Whups……person A didn’t find out whether or not person c could have that food before making it for them.
Ever get a gift for an occasion that was really expensive, but you have absolutely no use for it. You think in your head….”Boy I really wish I had the time and money that went into this gift so that I could use it on something I really want.” Well, God gets a lot of gifts like that………they are really expensive……but He cannot use them in anything He really wants to do…..
God asks for the APPOINTED sacrifice, not simply a sacrifice. God wants you to succeed BUT ACCORDING TO THE DESIRE OF HEAVEN. Satan also wants you to succeed……..just not according to the desire of heaven. When He tempted Jesus, He tempted Him with 3 shortcuts to being king…………but getting there in such a way that it violated His Father’s heart.
Jesus was not there to be King(successful)……..But Savior(successful according to the desire of heaven)……that is, a king who lays his life down on behalf of others……who uses his success to accomplish the Father’s will, set free the captives and bring Glory to God.
To be successful according to the desire of heaven requires more than effective doing……but the ability to hear God and be the expression of His love to others……..even as Jesus is the word of God…….so I and you are the Word’s of Christ…….His expression to a fallen world……….
Hearing First……..then doing………….like an interpreter that stands between heaven and earth going to heaven and receiving a message from a father……..then coming back to earth and expressing that message in our creativity to both people in the church and outside of it……….in all arenas……both church arenas and secular arenas……..
It can be done……….and the Gospel of the Kingdom is being restored in this hour……….but the key is Hearing first…..then doing…….not simply a sacrifice, but an appointed one……….not just success…..but success according to the desire of heaven………not a religious statement………but an expression of a loving Father in the arena you are in……..with the language that best helps lost people to understand what is meant by what is said………….
A revolution is coming to the church……but more than a revolution……….
A Rennaisance.
You Will Overcome March 12, 2009
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“Do you believe in miracles? Do you believe your God can turn the captivity of Jacob in a moment……in My time…..not yours? Do you understand the passion He has to restore you to the place you belong……..near His heart, hearing His heartbeat and feeling His breath?
Why so downcast O’ you tired and fearful soul……..Put your Hope in God…….for I am a light in the midst of the darkness…….a hope that makes a bridge to a new place and a new land……….You Can. You Can. You Can…….and I have a plan…….a design……….I am sending you help……..I am opening a door for you to Run through and be preserved.
And you will forget the past and walk in a new day and a new light…….in the hope of your calling and the Joy of the Holy Spirit. But you will also have a depth and a strength and a wisdom that only comes from the winter season………This will keep you in perfect peace in the midst of the storm.
Do not worry or fear, for I am with you. I speak Psalm 91:7 to you………
A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you
And so it will be……..your imagination will be worse than the reality…..it can be your friend……but also your enemy……submit it to Me and be focused on My heart………the struggle is in your head…..the battlefield in your mind…………Peace is won here in the quiet places before the soul…………..Rest in Me and I will show you how much you mean to me and how much your heart has changed lives and transformed hearts. You have done so much…..come so far, so fast……….do not think you are being disciplined as you are not……but you are being prepared for promotion……for the new place in which you will run…….Which requires clarity……..which requires rest…………….
You are like a strong willed warhorse………..you want to run……..and it is so hard to be still………I understand…..but do not fear! Everything will come together very shortly………..but rest precedes revelation……and clarity………..It’s coming………..very quickly.
Be of Good cheer……I am on your side……..and you will make it! I have overcome the world.”
A New Day. March 5, 2009
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Light and life….Mercy and Truth
A new awakening………the dawn…….
Shadows pass away and the light bursts forth
Across the landscape, bringing warmth……
I awaken to a new day and new mercies
My path is set before me
And His touch is near me again…….
How I take it for granted.
But now I am awake and aware
I see the river of His love flowing forth
To water the land and bless it
There is hope in this day and a way through
I feel I can run again with a renewal of purpose
And a joy unspeakable………
Open up you wells!
Open up you wells that run deep underground
And draw up from the depths, pure living water
Set my soul free from the bonds of yesterday
Bring a light into my eyes for the destiny in store for Me
I have an inheritance…..a hope……a truth
I am being shaped……..I am under the hand of God
He holds me…….He keeps me true to His purpose
I am held in the grip of Him my heart calls home
And My hope is held in Him.
Wake up…..Wake up and see the reality of your shape
In His light……..In His light…….
Rise up from the inside…..stand up on the inside
Penetrate deep inside and pull the hidden person out
To see………to Be………..who you really are
To Be You……the Real You………..
See yourself now……..See yourself as He sees you
In the days to come………
The path is laid before you…….
Start walking.
March 4, 2009
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“Reality is a tough thing to take…..isn’t it?
But it isn’t about being who you think you ought to be
But co-operating with me in the assignment I have for you.
Forget about measuring up……or even making money or being important
But see these things in the context of Who You Are
And Where I want to take you.
You do them, because I have a plan to use them for my glory
You seek these things, not because your self worth is wrapped up in them,
But because it is an outflow of my love for you,
And My love through you to others………..
Do not pursue them like a man beating the air………
That means without seeing the context I am putting them in.
See them in the context of what I have called you to be.
Come to Me and let me show you the shape of things
All of this is not hopeless…..but in the mode of being formed in you.
You are trying to hard to become something instead of learning to REST And simply Be with Me, letting my presence be in you and through you to others…….
In other words, for crying out loud will you be yourself and love yourself,
Will you be in me, and love in me, and dwell in me
And let my presence and heart show you the you I see you to be….
BE STILL……….its not about success or failure…….but obedience
Be Still and listen to My Heartbeat……….find those things in me that I want you to concentrate on and do them……….
Intimacy first……then action through intimacy………see My heartbeat in the middle of your situation. When you learn to be you will see that I can get you to anywhere from here……..like joseph you can be in a dungeon one day and be in a palace the next……..you just have to learn to listen and be good at what you do……….
In other words…….be you………and do not be distracted from the You I have called you to be……….You do that by coming to me and being with me……..for In My presence I show you the Word you are called to be even as I am the word of God, so you are My Word…….and you are in the process of being shaped…………so co-operate and learn to abide in me……..then do from that abiding and you will see doors open and lives changed……….stop doing these things on your own terms and see My heart and My will in this situation.
Most importantly…..do not be something you are not……….Be YOU……..come to me and learn to be that YOU I see you to be……”
Yes…..I will come March 3, 2009
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Its too far away for me to touch
Too distant…..to cold….
You seem high on a mountaintop
facing the wind……its blowing in your hair
As the sun rises and shines on your Beauty
And here I am….trapped in the valley
in a pit filled with darkness………
And remorse……..
There seems no way out.
But then a VOICE speaks
PEACE, Be Still
It is hopeless…..My Heart fails
PEACE He speaks again
I am the OPEN DOOR
I turn away…..
Who am I? that I should think,
such wonderful things?
Who am I that I should open my mouth
To even speak?
I have no dreams
It has all become silent and still
Part of me doesn’t want one
They mean dashed hopes and a broken heart.
You speak…..
I will give you rest
Oh Lord I need you…..
You are a light and a song,
To the shadow that covers my soul
Open up to me the wells of your salvation
I need a savior today, this hour, this moment
As the walls of blackness surround me
YOU come……to touch….to love
To change my perspective
To see what you see
The hope to which I am called.
The Light of Favor I have
And the Process I am in.
There is a point and an end to this
I have a plan. you say
Come to Me. Rest. And I will teach you
To be YOU.
He points skyward to the mountaintop.
YIELD. I can get a yielded vessel
much farther than they can get in their own strength.
The waves crash around me
I am overwhelmed
But what can I do in the midst of the storm.
But STEP OUT?
Do I trust His words or not?
I thought coming would be far easier than this.
I am tested. Tested to the limit.
Frozen in fear. Dull in My senses.
Confused. Not knowing what to do.
But THERE you stand.
In the storm.
You bid me come
You are the door in this dark place
A way to a New Land
Can I really let go and Enter In?
Do I want to?
There is a shadow on my heart
From yesterday…….
A reminder of all that I have been
To you and others……
How will I escape me?…..the me
I used to be?
How will I close the door to an age
that haunts me like a ghost
like a woman who was forsaken in her youth
and rightly so.
How do I respond to it?
YES.
Yes I will come
Yes I will yield
The answer is YES
YOU are TRUE
I am FALSE.
Nothing But a Shadow.
A mess of what I was made to be.
Take me.
Mold me or Break me
Shape me.
Draw me in.
Do to me what you see me to be.
Teach me to abide
In rest and thanksgiving.
Open up My heart to your River
In to a new place and space.
Let your light shine in dark places.
And the River of your Living water
RENEW…..REVEAL
Bring me to a New Birth
A New Design.
Found Your Renaissance
IN me.
And I will be a light to the nations
and the peoples
For your love, your honor, your Glory.
your power and the kingdom.
I see myself trudging the long lonely
Trail to the top of the mountain……
What will I see when I get there?
Wo will I meet? It no longer matters.
For you are with me,
Your rod and staff will comfort me.
I am held in the grip of my destiny
By your hand. pull me out my spell
And lead me in……
Lead me in, Lord……
Lead me in.
GOD RESPONDS
The Breath of the King
Is upon you now.
Be still…….
Attune your heart to hear
My heartbeat for YOU.
It is one of peace and Joy
In Me.
The Rapture of who you are
And the Redemption of your Name
For My sake you will be blessed
A mighty Nation….transformed
Do not lose Heart.
One step in front of the Other…..
One step in front of the Other…..
Keep going…..Believing…
This desolation comes to an end
When you see what you are called to be
In Me.
Life is Brewing, Deep inside you
And these are the pangs of Birth
Uncomfortable and stressed
Stretched, disoriented and Confused
Because of what dwell deep inside you
That wants to come out.
NO you are NOT in a pit
but in the process of transformation.
The cocoon, where you become something new
The only way is to yield
To surrender your rights and work with me.
A pregnant woman learns to do this
So why not YOU?
It’s only difficult when you fight against it.
So stop fighting and Learn to be
YOU.
