Greetings,
I received these words during prayer time on May 27th 2009. May you be blessed by these words from our Lord....
Release.
Release your past and all negative thinking.
Release old habits and ways that have hindered your progression.
These old ways are like the bark of the tree, the surface that crusts and falls to the ground only good for ember.
These layers must be chipped away.
Take my axe and whack off the old timber.
Then you will see new branches emerge.
You will see green.
You will enter into a spring season, full of greens and buds and they will need my living water, they will need my light.
Clear out the brush from the past.
Clear out every person, every old habit that was in your past that plotted your destruction, your demise.
Surround yourself with my light and my living water.
Surround yourself with my people that will nurture this growth in this green season.
I grant favor to you this day.
Struggle no more- my people that have been through the winter, that have seen the face of death and destruction yet stood fast in my Word, which holds my promises.
Your steadfast spirit is now being rewarded.
Enter this green season, this season of new life.
Scriptures:
Hebrews 11:12
Acts 4:24-31
Hebrews 3
Hebrews 4
The past week or so I've been reading Ezekiel 37- The Valley of Dry Bones- over and over. It's like the Lord was trying to tell me something about the road ahead. There is revelation here for those that are chosen to do a work for the Kingdom and you are being lead into a land that is currently barren.
This morning, these words came to me while in the spirit:
I will lead you and guide you through these waters. I have prepared the way. Press your ear to me and my word and continue to love others but hate sin.
Today, Ezekiel 47... 10 chapters later... quickened to me, so I read that
chapter as well. It talks about The River from the Temple. There were some areas that stood out to me where the Holy Spirit has shed understanding on for this journey:
1. Ezekiel was lead into water that was ankle-deep initially.
2. Next, the water was knee-deep.
3. The water then rose to waist-level.
4. According to Ezekiel 47:5, He then came to an area that he could not cross because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in, but it was a river that no one could cross.
As we progress in our spiritual journey and calling, there are different levels of anointing that we'll need as we move ahead. When we first start, an ankle-deep anointing is good enough but as we move forward we'll get to points where we'll need a higher level of the anointing, doing high level Kingdom work that clearly shows that God is helping you because you can't do it in your own power and strength. Heidi Baker's Iris Ministries is a great example of this high-level anointing.
As I continued reading into Ezekiel 47:7-12, it became quite clear to me
1. The function of the anointing:
a) to freshen surroundings
b) to give life to surroundings
c) to draw "fishermen" or fishers of men to your work to cast their nets and help bring in souls
d) to bear fruit that will edify and heal surroundings (specifically, verse 12- their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing)
2. The importance of not stagnating at the lower anointing levels:
a) the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt
So, I hope this gives you faith and encouragement to continue moving forward in the water to the point that God's anointing consumes you and you are no longer in control. The puzzle pieces of Ezekiel 37 and Ezekiel 47 came together today and I praise the Lord for His revelation and illumination as it pertains to the journey ahead for His people.
Praise you, Father God!
I am the vine, you are the branch.
Under my covering there is protection. There is peace. There is an indescribable joy man is unable to produce in his own strength. It is part of my design. For I am the Architect. I have sent the Cornerstrone that provides the structure, the foundation to withstand the wind, to withstand the rain. My house does not fall. It will not fall, for what I make is good.
Look to me, The Most High, to build and produce for you. Have you come to me to receive your assignment? Have you come to my throne, humbled and broken so that I can produce through you and not just for you?
So many come to my throne full of pride, with hands out, asking. I see very few come with their hands raised, praising.
Spend time with me. Spend time in my Word. Then you will begin to understand the greater things. Then my spirit will reveal to you the desires of my heart for you to achieve these great things for my kingdom, for my glory.
For you see, I am the Living God and everything I design is for a reason. Rest in knowing you are here for a reason... to do great works for me.
Come to me with hands raised, praising. Come to me on knees bowed, praying. Come to me humbled and broken and let me shine through you. Breathe the breath of life and your dry bones will be renewed, your spirit refreshed.
I am the Great I am. I am Alpha and Omega. It all begins and it all ends with me!
Scripture meditation: Hebrews 6:12, Hebrews 6:16-20, Romans 8.
