A BEAUTIFUL
COLLISION
This past week I
had a collision! Before I explain, let's
ask about what a collision is.... as if it needs explaining! :)
From
www.dictionary.com
col·li·sion
1.the act of colliding; a coming violently into contact;
2.
a clash; conflict: a collision of purposes.
3.Physics . the meeting of particles or of bodies in
which each exerts a force upon the other, causing the exchange of energy or momentum.
My collision
was between what I see coming and what I know is!
WHAT'S COMING: THE PROPHETIC
I told my
pastor I was having this collision and all he said was....
"Congratulations
on your collision."
This was my
heart meditation:
We as
prophetic people often find ourselves looking forward.
God shows us things before they come
to pass. He does it so we can release it
from our mouths, sowing the Word seed into earth, into the hearts of people:
Amos
3:7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His
servants the prophets.
Anyone that
knows me knows I have a love and appreciation for the prophetic! I have loved
the gift of prophecy since rededicating my heart to Jesus in 1986 and finding
out about the beautiful gifts of the Holy Spirit that were given to build up
and edify the saints; yes to profit the church!
Prophetically,
I see a great move of God just on the horizon- I can't help it that I see this
and it IS in the future- but closer than we think! God reveals things to us by his Spirit;
things to high for our knowledge! This
move of God will be both wonderful and devastating at the same time! It will shake world systems but turn hearts
and minds to the one who matters. Know
for certain God says,
"Once more I WILL shake heaven
and earth!"
Haggai
2:5 ‘According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came
out of Egypt, so My Spirit remains among you; do not fear!’ 6 “For thus says the LORD of hosts:
‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the
sea and dry land;7 and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to
the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the
LORD of hosts.
I believe we are in the midst of this move but people have not turned to Jesus in mass as they will. I say, "What more will it take? When will people realize what they've placed their trust in is sinking sand!" God will shake this earth until they come to the Desire of All Nations! As people hunger and thirst and chase after God, they will be filled with his glory, their true desire!
I know this
is God- he's coming to me repetitively to reveal it and speak it to my heart
and surely he wants it released!
God shakes things up so people will
turn to him. Foundations that are
unreliable must shake for people to make the true "Desire of all
Nations" their sure foundation!
We also see
the promises God has given us and as we prophetically see and hear these
things, we desire to see them come to pass in our lives. This had to be the case of Joseph who was in
transition for 13 years, headed to a future God showed him as a boy! He had to walk through 13 years of processing
before coming into the place of authority God had shown him.
We know that we've heard and we know
that we've seen and therefore we know there are greater things coming that what
our current circumstances are testifying to!
MY COLLISION
I am
experiencing a collision between what I see coming as a prophetic person and
what I know I have full and complete access to as a born again Christian!
We have this treasure in earthen
vessels!
Christ in us the hope of glory!
2
Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in
earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.
Colossians
1:26 the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but
now has been revealed to His saints. 27 To them God willed to make
known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles:
which[a] is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 Him
we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may
present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
We need to know that as we walk
through this journey called life, we have access to an unlimited God, who is
full of glory!
We do have
to walk through the journey and the processes of life as we pass from season to
season and chapter to chapter, fulfilling each purpose God has for us but we
don't have to go alone! We have Christ in us and the hope of Glory! We have the
very glory of an unlimited God with unlimited resources living inside of us and
he surely will see us through every step we take when we follow him!
While we are
waiting, we need to also be enjoying! While we wait for things to come, and while we
press forward in faith, we need to enjoy what currently is!
While we press
onward and upward in faith believing for the future we need to be pressing into
the presence that is HERE NOW IN THE PRESENT!
HALLELUJAH!
While we are
confident in a future we need to bask in his PRESENCE in the PRESENT.
Moves of God
DO come! Charismatic history bears out
the moving of God in waves- some bigger than others and in ebbs and flows, like
tides that rise and fall and come in and out!
LET US BE THE CARRIERS OF THE MOVE OF
GOD
There was
ALWAYS a group of faithful that carried the charismatic gifts of God and the move
of God into the NEXT move of God!
THAT'S WHERE
HUNGER AND THIRST COMES IN!
Every move
of God has been in response to someone's hunger!
THE HISTORY
OF GREAT REVIVALS OF THIS CENTURY ARE WITNESSES TO THIS TRUTH!
REVIVAL
ALWAYS STARTS WITH HUNGER AND THIRST!
God has
always moved in response to hunger!
The hungry
ones and the thirsty ones are the ones filled!
Matthew
5:6 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For
they shall be filled.
An
individual has always had the option to be in their own personal revival while
others are waiting for a corporate move of God!
Moves of God
come and go but the presence of God always is!
He is ever present!
GOD IS I AM-
NOT I WILL BE at some future time. He
never says you have to wait for my presence.
In fact it's
his presence that carries you through the seasons.
GLORY IN THE MOMENT
We can want
our season to change so bad we press in more for that than we do to enjoy the
God of the moment!
The best two
examples I can give are:
A. The
children of Israel
- They wanted so badly to have
things another way that's all they thought about- having things different
than they were.
- The children of
- The children of
- The children of
- The children of
- The children of
- The children of
- The children of
- The children of
- The children of
Can you
imagine what a privilege it was to actually live and see God do some of the
most notable miracles of all time?
- 10 plagues in
- A cloud by day and fire by night
- Glory on a mountain that must
have been so far beyond awesome we can't even imagine!
- An entire sea parting!
- Water from a rock!
- Quail and bread falling from the
sky!
How glorious
were the sights they were able to see!
There's nothing wrong
with desiring the promised land but there is something wrong with not desiring
the PRESENCE IN THE PRESENT
LAND
The promised land is a
promise from God and we should be looking forward to possessing all God has
promised without sacrificing all God is!
It's the
PRESENCE in the PRESENT
LAND
GOD SAID TO
MOSES- "My presence will go before you.... and behind you!" We have
this #treasure
B- The
example of Joshua.
Joshua
followed Moses up the mountain, desiring to experience the one that was meeting
them in the desert.
Joshua
lingered in the tabernacle, desiring the present glory! After Moses and the children of Israel
Joshua
recognized the presence of God in the present circumstance and desired that
above anything. He desired that even above being in the presence of Moses- the
greatest leader on the face of the earth at that time! Hallelujah! Joshua wanted to be in the presence of the
one leading the leader!
Surely if
Moses and Joshua could taste of the glory, we as Glory Filled Christians can!
NOW WE HAVE
this treasure in earthen vessels. This is something we don't have to wait for!
The treasure
in earthen vessels is more valuable than any increase in salary.
The treasure
in earthen vessels is more valuable than any mansion or material thing.
Sometimes we
as prophetic people can be so focused on the future we miss out on the presence
in the present!
The treasure
in us is more valuable than any move of God!
Why? Because we already have what
the move of God brings to those that don't have!
I have had
the wonderful experience of being IN revival since 1993 but I can remember when
the whole world was waiting for revival I was in my own personal revival. In fact I can only remember a few years of my
entire Christian walk I was not in revival!
My finances
were bare to the bone, and my earthly circumstances looked bleak but I was
having encounters with the LIVING GOD!
Your earthly
experiences can be abased- all while you are encountering the living God!
GREAT JOY
COMES FROM HIS PRESENCE- NOT FROM HAVING EVERYTHING JUST SO!
I thank God
for the moves of God and I thank God for what I see coming but the thing I'm
most thankful for is:
Christ who
is in me and who is the hope of glory!
If Moses can
experience his glory in the middle of a wilderness how much more can I a New
Testament Christian with the glory of God inside of me taste of his glory NOW?
AMEN, let's
get hungry and thirsty and press in for more of God, more of his presence and
more of his glory than we've ever known or seen! He is I AM and his goodness is here now!
Let us look
forward to what's coming while fully enjoying what has already come! Let us
have a beautiful collision! Amen!
Indeed, in God's presence is fullness of joy, but often, we forfeit that great opportunity to bask and luxuriate in His sweet, holy presence because we are so full of ourselves, our own personal desires, and plans that we get impatient and we complain and fret in the present grace.
ReplyDeleteI've come to learn that God wants to prove our love, faith, and patience while we journey, and the best way to respond is to EMBRACE every precious lesson along the way which has an ETERNAL weight and impact, and just love, trust, thank and rejoice with Him!
Nice "colliding" with you here :),
Rina @ Healing Moments
Amen Rina! Thank you for insightful wisdom. It's so true that every moment in the journey is precious and so is every moment in his presence!
ReplyDeleteLisa,
ReplyDeleteYou said, "This move of God will be both wonderful and devastating at the same time! It will shake world systems but turn hearts and minds to the one who matters. Know for certain God says,
'Once more I WILL shake heaven and earth!'"
What most believers don't realize is that one of the systems that will be shaken is the church system. This will completely turn many upside down and many will be offended.
Amen! That is so true! Religious systems that don't satisfy will shake as well! Thank you for commenting!
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