The Dull-drums

~ Last week, felt like God put it in my heart that Bethel is about to explode.. that the Spirit of God is going to draw ppl like never before.. felt like he said it again today.. and so I claimed it.. and a picture appeared in my thoughts of the rays of the morning shining a bright light, and they fell upon those who have been outside of fellowship with the Church for whatever reason.. and they saw the Church in a new light as the Spirit of God was drawing them to return. I claimed every one in the name of Jesus.. I claimed every seed planted in hearts and lives.. and I spoke life to come forth in the name of Jesus. Something beautiful is about to happen in the Church world.. where the enemy has scattered the flock, God is calling them to return... and so they will.. and are.. and they are wiser and stronger and full of power as God brings healing and restoration and life to things that were dead and thought lost.. things believed to be wasted and stolen and destroyed.. miracles are about to be witnessed.. and the equipping and aligning of the Church is manifesting.

God has not forgotten you..
Or the promises he made to you..
Or the future he has planned for your children and your loved ones...

Regathering.
It starts now and has started.


~ "When we know God's heart, we will never question his will."


~ Made a deal with God yesterday.. lol.. He offered during worship, and I accepted.. we both laughed, we were both very serious.


~ So much activity yesterday in the spiritual during worship and service yesterday.. God was visiting his church as one, but very active in visiting ppl one to one. It had the feel of registration at the start of school/college.. information exchanged and contracts being signed and excitement over much change and growth and adventure.. future relationships, new mentors, open doors to advancement.. incredible day!

~ oh.. and tuition fees were already paid.. by the blood and thru the storms that have recently passed... more are coming, but there is a unity.. you will not walk it alone this time.


~ Providence.. it just keeps coming up from unrelated voices.. one of which is the leadership of Bethel on all levels.. “Providence is about Sovereignty, which is about absolute authority”.. (from Paul Barker).

you guessed it.. THE LORDSHIP OF CHRIST.. I wish I had recorded the date when our worship leader declared it in that service for Christ to come and lead his Church again.. there was a shaking in the spiritual that night. The ppl of God were in one mind and one accord, and God had led us there as a body.. and we were in agreement with that declaration in that moment as a whole, and in our personal relationships with Christ. It ignited something on the other side of the veil.. and it is breaking thru as God reveals it in the natural.

So incredible to watch.. it's like standing on a hillside beneath an incredible sky and watching the arrival of the messenger and warrior angels as they gather and search out those who they have been assigned to on the battle field.. they are taking their place, as the ppl of God are walking by the tables of armor and weaponry and choosing the things that the Spirit of God leads them to choose.. an equipping.. for battle.. in heavenly places.. against spiritual opposition.. the war camp has been set up.. now the equipping and organizing of the armies is taking place.. one by one being fitted rightly.. training under their belts.. it’s time to get serious.

~ that same registration atmosphere..


~ This is the point the church so often gets off track.. when that burr is placed under the saddles of horses in the stall.. so that when the battle gets heated things will go awry.. the excitement and anticipation of the anointing and presence of God often causes us to lose focus of the task.. our adernaline causes our hearing to be dull.. we cannot let that happen again.

An attack is coming.. it is going to be huge.. it is going to involve the spiritual and the natural.. the enemy is planting his burrs now in key places.. we must be looking to God to keep our feet on the ground and our minds clear..

That comes only from the continual study of the Word and prayer.. which is only fully accomplished as we join as a three strand cord: God, Others, and Self. Get self discipline now. Get self control now. The enemies futile attempts to throw wrenches into the plan are coming, but the chaos and hindrance he has planned will fail, if we keep our focus on God and discipline ourselves to always be listening and watching for the leading of his Spirit. Exciting times continue in this hour of the Church.


~ I'm not after future leaders.. I'm after the forgotten, the unimportant, the insignifigant, the ignored and neglected.. the random, the quirky, the outsider and loner.. that's the walk I walked and continue in.. that's who I relate to.. I love ppl.. but I relate those lost in the fray.

 

 

~  There are others after the future leaders.. just not who God has called and sent me to.. my heart is to help those God has wired me to relate to to realize that God has set a place for them at the table with leaders and all those they feel have passed them by in life.. because God has elevated them way beyond where they see themselves... God sees you as someone designed for greatness in that thing that is your heartbeat, cuz he designed you.. and fashioned your passion for it in the center of your being.. all you have to do is to believe him and trust him as Savior, Lord and Friend.

~ It just makes me think of something that happened yesterday while we were fishing.. We saw a bobber in the water, drifting randomly.. My husband saw it begin to really move around, so he threw his line out and snagged the bobber and reeled it in.. there was a nice size bass still attached to it, he was just barely too small to keep..

What a picture of so many in the church right now.. they are hooked, floating and drifting as the world and the church watches on, kinda stuck in that place of life and yet lacking true freedom and connection to really be pulled into the boat or back on land.. but God has sent the ppl of God to bring in the catch that others weren't strong enough or effectively equipped to bring to shore.. the connection broke.. just wasn't strong enough.. and so ppl are adrift knowing Christ and yet in a miserable state...

Regathering.
God as a plan.
God has not forgotten.
God is calling the laborers to look deeper than the bobber on the surface.

 
~ God will use everything in your life to speak to you.. the question is whether or not you will hear him when he has something to say.. will you believe and claim it and act on it as his Spirit leads you?

Hearing God is a gift.. it's a privilege, it's relationship that Christ made possible to all of us. It is not just for the gifted (special ppl)... You can hear God. Ask him to speak to you.

truth...

dare...

*grin