Rest in His faithfulness

“No unbelief or distrust made him waver (doubtingly question) concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God, 21Fully satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty to keep His word and to do what He had promised. Romans 4:20-21

My beloved Child I Am calling you to a blessed assurance in Me and My promise and being fully assured of what I have promised and My ability to perform it just as I have said and in accordance to how I have willed it to be. You must hold My promise to you firm and sure and do not waver in regard to that which I have predestined and ordained for you. Put off all unbelief for in this hour those who continue to be tossed to and fro will miss this season of My manifestation. Instead, build yourself up in your most holy faith and see beyond the natural into the eternal. Respond with faithfulness and determination, never take your eye off of the promise and bring Me glory by your confident trust, reliance and assurance in Me. Be firm and fixed in your purpose. Establish your course of action based upon My character and My love for you and in this way you are guaranteed success. Just as it was with Abraham I desire to count your faith as righteousness so I say to you today be fully convinced that I Am able to do whatever I have promised. I will not fail you and I will never disappoint for My plans are sure.

Loving Kindness

My child I have no favorites and in this season as you submit to Me in obedience you will discover that I will pour out My favor upon you because you have surrendered to My will and My way. I am unbiased in My judgments and I do not favor one more than another. But the season that is upon you will require that you make a choice for righteousness for I Am the God of all righteousness and who holds the key to all righteous judgments. There has been a continuous flow of My loving kindness poured out for your sake. Mercy and grace speaks of My longsuffering and forbearance and My patience and kindness is for the expressed purpose of causing you to come into full repentance and obedience. Repent now and turn back from your stubbornness, your self-seeking way and selfish ambitions and in doing so you will not be subject to My wrath and indignation but will walk in the continuous favor that is yours because of your position as a child in the Beloved. Persevere in all goodness and partake of the glory and honor that belongs to those who are called by My Name. It is My heart’s desire that as you submit to My love, My peace, My grace, My mercy, My truth and My joy that you will come to know that it is by My loving-kindness that I am drawing you unto Myself. I desire to walk in a place of unbreakable and unending intimacy with you. So come away My beloved, come away with Me in righteousness.

For God shows no partiality [[d]undue favor or unfairness; with Him one man is not different from another] Romans 2:11

The Lord appeared from of old to me [Israel], saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you. Jeremiah 31:3

Take a Breath!

I had a headache for almost three days. I must admit in the hurriedness of the last couple of days I had not even settled down to pray about my healing. I just said a couple of fast prayers, saought of something like this "Lord please touch my head with your healing mercy" and kept right on going. Now on the third day I remarked to my co-worker that I was going to take a pill. And since I am not a big fan of pills either that had also taken me a couple of daysto get to the resolve that I needed something to get rid of this headache. After making the remark to my co-worker I walked outside of my workplace to put something in the mailbox and as soon as I stepped outside I heard in my spirit "take a breath just breathe"! As if on auto pilot I breathe in , then out slowly. I repeated this 4 times as I made my work back into the building. As I stepped back into the buildingI my headache was gone, I mean completely gone, just in a matter of 30 seconds the headache was gone.

And the Lord says, Breathe, take a breath and let My breath of life flow through you once again. You have come into a new place and you are again finding it hard to breathe here. This has led you to a place of frustration and agitating that is playing itself out on your body. The heads of My Body are aching but I say to you I have the remedy for I Am your balm in this hard place. Let My breathe overtake you and cause the dead place of your soul to live again for not only do I give breathe I Am Breathe. Foundations are built up and torn down at My breathe and the life of every living thing is in My hands; the breath of every human being is held in my hand. You will be given Wisdom for the days ahead as the breath of the Almighty makes men intelligent (Job 33:4) You will also receive a continual flow of My Spirit So take a breath for I Am breathing new life into you now.~

Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Job 33:4 For the Spirit of God has made me,and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Psalm 104:30 When you give them your breath, life is created,and you renew the face of the earth.

Ezekiel 37:5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again!

John 20:22 Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit."

2nd to none!

As I was speaking to the Lord this morning and seeking Him for a word of instruction I heard in my spirit, “2nd to none.” I pressed in to seek further revelation on this and the Spirit of God amplified Revelation 2:1-5 to my spirit.

Revelation 2:1-5 “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: 2 “I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; 3 and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary. 4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.

 

Although the Lord celebrates the accomplishments of the church of Ephesus He then tells them that their works cannot measure up to the hardness of heart that He now sees in them. It is clear that this is of great offense to the Lord as He expresses that He now feels as though He has been abandoned and deserted by them. And though their present works are recognized it is clear that the Lord desires the greater works that they did at first. It becomes obviously that these first works were an outflow and an overflow of their love for Him. They no longer consoled themselves in His Spirit and sought to do works that in His eyes proved to lack in comparison to the deep love and communion that fueled what they did at first. Though their works are notable we can only assume that because they did not come out of hearts saturated with genuine love for Him that they also lacked a deep measure in genuineness and based on their ability to try to appease Him and not truly based on their faith. . The Lord says, “Remember then from what heights you have fallen”. It is obvious that God was saying that they were now in a place that was now destructively and dangerously far from His heart. So He commands them to repent, to change their inner man to meet His will. And do works they previously did which also means these new works deathly paled in comparison to the works they did when He occupied the first position in their hearts.

And the Lord says, Many of you have allowed your love for Me to grow cold and in this I Am displeased. You have allowed your trials to bring you into a place of indifference towards what I have required of you. Today I Am pouring forth abundant grace and mercy as I call you into deep repentance for your own sakes. As you repent and confess of this hardened and coldness of heart that you have allowed to grow deep down inside of you; you will find that you will be empowered to recover your first zeal and passionate desire for Me. Your hearts will become tender once again. You will once again endeavor to pray earnestly, seeking Me above all else as you did at first when you had set your heart towards Me Your First Love. I am to be your first Love, for I Am a jealous God who will be 2nd to none.

The Way has been made

“And so, dear brothers and sisters we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. 20By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. 21 And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, 22 let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. “ Hebrews 10:18-22

And the Lord says, Do not be afraid come forward and draw near to your God with honest and sincere hearts. Come closely into My presence not limited by your personal reservations but in complete abandonment that this is the place that I have prepared for you to dwell with Me. I have given you access, so why do you linger in the outer courts as a stranger would? You are My child an your access is complete and absolute because the price has been paid in full and nothing is left to hinder your way into the completeness of My Presence. This is an act of your faith, your complete trust and reliance on My ability to save you to the uttermost so now you are seated in heavenly places with Me and in Me. Once you were afar off and could not come near without being consumed but, this is no longer the way it is. You could not come in your own merit but you have now been qualified by the Blood. The veil that is Christ Jesus Himself has been pierced for your justification and you have now been eternally brought into My Presence. This is My call to you to persevere in faith and come straight into My presence into the Most Holy Place past every resistance and hindrance that keep you far off. I have done this because I desire to commune with you in intimate fellowship that is made unconditional by the Blood. Come in the Way has been made.

Another Revelation of Glory awaits those who will arise

As I continue to study Exodus 24 I realize that there is so much the Lord desires to say to me, to us, in that passage of His Word.

[vs.-1-2] 1The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on this mountain. Bring along Aaron, as well as his two sons Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's leaders. They must worship me at a distance, 2but you are to come near. Don't let anyone else come up."

[vs. 9-11] Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel climbed up the mountain. 10 There they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself. 11 And though these nobles of Israel gazed upon God, he did not destroy them. In fact, they ate a covenant meal, eating and drinking in his presence.

As a result of deeper study the Lord gave further revelation. One thing He showed me was a picture of His tabernacle expressed in how He interacted and revealed His glory to His people in Exodus 24. [vs.-1-2] 1The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on this mountain. Bring along Aaron, as well as his two sons Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's leaders. They must worship me at a distance, 2but you are to come near. Don't let anyone else come up." The Lord revealed to me that this is a picture of the Tabernacle of His Presence in that the people who stood below the mountain experienced His glory as in the "Outer Court," the priest and elders that He called to come up the mountain with Moses as in the "Holy Place," and Moses, as a type of Christ, He called up to the summit of the mountain as in "The Holy of Holies."

For the Lord says, My Glory is who I am; it is My character and My power. In this revelation of My glory you shall know that I Am He Who is full of grace, mercy, truth and Love. In My glory is seen the fullness of Who I Am! The fullness of My love for you is manifested and revealed in My glory. As you continue to pursue My presence there is a measure of My glory that is displayed in you and to you. Have you not yet realized that the veil has been pierced and by the Blood you have been given full access? Still some of you by your own choice and reluctance have stayed in the outer court and even those who have come into the Holy Place have not yet received My revelation that there is yet a fullness of My Presence available to you in the Holies of Holies. So come boldly before the Throne of Grace. Come in and see Me. I desire for you to partake of My special presence where every glorious attribute of Who I Am is fully displayed. As My beloved and chosen you can come before Me without fear and know that you will be received. As My beloved come with reverence and rejoice in this favor afforded you because of the Covenant. And through faith in the atoning Sacrifice, you can hope for greater honor than Moses ever enjoyed on earth. As I instructed Moses and the Elders to worship, so I say the same to you; come into My gates with praise and into My courts with exuberant thanksgiving and My glory shall flow freely for all to see. My hearts delight is for you to come into the Holy of Holies; the place that I have prepared for you to access by the Blood and the Name. Come up and know Me in My fullness. Come up and see, come up and hear, come up and be strengthen, come up and be empowered and come up and gain new revelation for your glorious future. Approach Me without fear for My mercy greatly abounds and you are not consumed because of My great love for you. Again I say I have commanded you; come boldly into the Holy of Holies. Come in and be invigorated, come in and gain courage, come in and dwell in your Comforter, come in and partake of unspeakable joy. My Child know that when you come up higher in total abandonment, submission and obedience that you are saying to Me, Father, I am feasting upon Your perfect Sacrifice, I am cheerfully consenting to the covenant, I am gratefully accepting all of His marvelous benefits , and my communion with You is my life’s joy and purpose. So whatever level you find yourself today I am saying come up higher, there is always a higher height for you to rise to for there is no end to My glory and as you come up you will be exposed and walk in new levels of My glory. You must ascend now. Arise and shine! Come up to new levels of My glory for they are available to you now! There is a guarantee in My presence; your body and soul will be sustained by the invigorating presence of you God. Again I say another revelation of glory awaits those who will arise and come up higher.

I Have Called You to Come Further

In this season I have desired that My kings, priest, elders, representatives and all who minister before Me to come up higher for a worship experience like never before and a communion that they have never before imagined. In this place I will require those who are under the leadership anointing of My Spirit to come even a bit further up the mountain so that we might meet face to face and in this time of sweet fellowship and communion I will impart to you the things of the covenant that shall lead to the empowerment of a people ordained for such a time as this. And just as I called out to Moses from the cloud of My Presence so I desire to speak to you in this day. This will not be as it has been in days past; you must posture yourselves in the mantle of unsurpassing submission and obedience. As you determine to press into your destiny the more you will step into the new thing that I Am commanding on My holy mountain. Coming up to meet Me in the mountain is no small thing. It required great physical, emotional, mental and spiritual strength, courage and obedience. Everyone that is called to come up will not make it to the heights to which they have been called for they lack the tenacity and the unwavering commitment to Me and seeing My purposing established in the earth. They have failed to understand that it is not by might, and not by their own power but by the Spirit of the Lord are they delivered from glory to glory and go from level to level. So as you come up as I have commanded you will also realize that you don’t have to be comfortable to be obedient for as Jesus did; you too shall learn obedience by what you suffer beyond the comfort of your Lord. Truly in this season it shall be established that to who much is given much will be required. In this season some have gone as far as they have been allowed to go with you on your journey up the mountain. They shall experience the manifestation My glory from another place and a different perspective than what I have required for you. Do not be afraid to come a little farther; you have been called to make this part of the journey alone. And I make this promise to you today that as you ascend further up this mountain you shall be called into the cloud to dwell in My presence where you shall also experience a greater level of My greatness and My Presence and in this you shall find rest and provision for your soul. You shall see your destiny manifested and the fullness of joy shall be your for all eternity, says the Lord.

Exodus 24:1-3 & vs. 9-18

1 Then the LORD instructed Moses: “Come up here to me, and bring along Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders. All of you must worship from a distance. 2 Only Moses is allowed to come near to the LORD. The others must not come near, and none of the other people are allowed to climb up the mountain with him.” 3 Then Moses went down to the people and repeated all the instructions and regulations the LORD had given him. All the people answered with one voice, “We will do everything the LORD has commanded.”

9 Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel climbed up the mountain. 10 There they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself. 11 And though these nobles of Israel gazed upon God, he did not destroy them. In fact, they ate a covenant meal, eating and drinking in his presence! 12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay there, and I will give you the tablets of stone on which I have inscribed the instructions and commands so you can teach the people.” 13 So Moses and his assistant Joshua set out, and Moses climbed up the mountain of God. 14 Moses told the elders, “Stay here and wait for us until we come back. Aaron and Hur are here with you. If anyone has a dispute while I am gone, consult with them.” 15 Then Moses climbed up the mountain, and the cloud covered it. 16 And the glory of the LORD settled down on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from inside the cloud. 17 To the Israelites at the foot of the mountain, the glory of the LORD appeared at the summit like a consuming fire. 18 Then Moses disappeared into the cloud as he climbed higher up the mountain. He remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Beyond the Summit

This morning as I was seeking the Lord in a moment of heaviness I stared out of the window as I was riding on a bus and the Lord drew my eyes to a sign on the road marked with the word summit. Even as the bus passed the sign I found myself intently gazing backwards knowing in my spirit that the Lord desired to speak to me in that word. As I asked the Lord what the significance of the sign was I heard in my spirit “there is a blessing beyond the summit.”

The first chance that I got I went to look up the word summit in the Bible and to get a full dictionary definition. The word summit means a meeting between heads of government or other high-ranking officials to discuss a matter of great importance; the highest point or top of something, especially a mountain; the point or time at which something is at its most successful or intense and; point of greatest success or intensity.

And the Lord says, I know that you have gone to where you believe that you can’t go any further yet you do not feel as though you are walking in your blessed place; but I say to you there is a place of blessing beyond the summit. There is a place that I Am calling you to that will require that you come just a little farther than the ordinary mountain-top experience that you have long desired. I know that your strength is wading because you have been pressing against the pressure of your trial against great opposition and resistance from your enemy. My child “I know all the things you do. I have seen your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance. And I can see your constant improvement in all these things but today I beckon you to come just a little farther. In this place beyond the summit you shall see Me face to face and partake of My glory. In this place you shall experience supernatural communion as you worship Me as never before. In this place beyond the summit I will meet with you for I now desire to reason with you and discuss with you and divulge matters of the Kingdom that are of great importance. And as we meet I will pour out a blessing too much for you to contain and it shall overflow and you will become a blessed blessing to those who will receive the gift that is exceedingly and abundantly above all they can ask, think or imagine.

Exodus 24:17 "To the Israelites at the foot of the mountain, the glory of the Lord appeared at the summit like a consuming fire."

2 Samuel 15:32 "When David reached the summit of the Mount of Olives where people worshiped God, Hushai the Arkite was waiting there for him. Hushai had torn his clothing and put dirt on his head as a sign of mourning."

2 Samuel 16:1 [ David and Ziba ] "When David had gone a short distance beyond the summit, there was Ziba, the steward of Mephibosheth, waiting to meet him. He had a string of donkeys saddled and loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred cakes of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs and a skin of wine."

The King's Promotion

And the Lord says, You have come into a season where even your enemies will have eyes to see into the spirit realm and they will realize by revelation that you have not been alone in the furnace of your affliction. They shall see that greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world and no power, no matter how great, has the ability to cause you to yield to idols. Your enemy shall see the character of your God displayed because you have been faithful in yielding to only Me. Your enemy will see that your God stands with you in the midst of the fire; even those fires that the enemy of your soul has caused to burn 7 times hotter than normal. You must understand that I have allowed these things so that the greatness of My power shall be displayed through your deliverance. You shall be called by the Name of your God because you have been delivered and the fire had no power upon their bodies, soul or spirit. And when they see Me in your act of faith and trust they will relent and will declare, 'Praise God Most High Who has sent His angel to rescue His servants who believed in, trusted in, and relied on Him!'
My child because you have yielded in full-hearted devotion and obedience you shall be seem by all as one connected and committed to the True Source of all power and glory. Many have gloried in your suffering because they have not understood My purpose for your life. But now they shall see that I have delivered you from the fires of affliction and there shall not even be the smell of fire left on you. I have called you to be an example of faithfulness and you have been faithful to answer that call. Your trust has been paramount and you have been a  display of complete reliance upon My ability to save you. Even in the most difficult of circumstances your unfailing trust bears witness to My greatness; in this My beloved child I am well pleased. And now you shall be known as a true servant of the Most High God and all shall know that I Am He that truly saves and rescues. You have kept your eye on your eternal destiny understanding that the testing and trial was only for a season. Now you shall be called over-comer because you have not allowed the trial to delay or derail you and you have pursued Me and the Kingdom relentlessly and with great tenacity. You have been promoted because you have been tested and tried in the furnace of affliction and graduated to a new level of authority and fulfillment in kingdom mandates. My child you have come into a greater level of revelation, Kingdom power, might and strategy; I have mantled you with divine access and understanding of the supernatural that will cause you to successfully navigate through every wilderness place and into your place of promise.

Read Daniel 3:24-30

But suddenly, Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and exclaimed to his advisers, “Didn’t we tie up three men and throw them into the furnace?” “Yes, Your Majesty, we certainly did,” they replied. 25“Look!” Nebuchadnezzar shouted. “I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks like a god[a]!” 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came as close as he could to the door of the flaming furnace and shouted: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stepped out of the fire. 27 Then the high officers, officials, governors, and advisers crowded around them and saw that the fire had not touched them. Not a hair on their heads was singed, and their clothing was not scorched. They didn’t even smell of smoke! 28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. They defied the king’s command and were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. 29 Therefore, I make this decree: If any people, whatever their race or nation or language, speak a word against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they will be torn limb from limb, and their houses will be turned into heaps of rubble. There is no other god who can rescue like this!” 30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to even higher positions in the province of Babylon.

Tenacity to wait

During a recent time of consecration I inquired of the Lord of what shall be required of those of us who have trusted Him for our breakthrough to cause us to persevere in the days ahead. The Lord promptly responded the “tenacity to wait”. At first the statement seemed to be an oxymoron and I did not understand what the Lord meant by that so I went to His Word for further clarification. The scripture that most strengthen my spirit and brought great encouragement is Psalm 37:34 “Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.”

First let me give you the definition of what it means to be tenacious. Tenacity means determined or stubborn. It also means to be tightly held, difficult to loosen, shake off or pull away from and is not easily disconnected.

And the Lord says, In this day you must be determined to wait on Me. You must hold tightly to what you have believed and in Whom you have believed. You must not allow yourself to be distracted or allow yourself to be led away by compromise. If you will faithfully hold on and wait you shall be of they who partake of the promise and the eternal guarantee. For those who will be tenacious enough to wait on Me I shall prove Myself strong on your behalf. And even though you have thought for a time that I have hidden My face from you, still I say wait for at the appointed time we shall see each other face to face. As you wait, as you look for Me; I shall be found. In this day satan is manifesting a fury from hell that has never been unleashed before as it has in this generation. And for those who will wait on the Lord you shall receive a greater revelation of Holy Spirit and you shall be able to vehemently declare that greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 You will need to draw nearer and nearer because your victory will only come by getting into My presence, hearing My voice and patiently waiting for My divine wisdom and guidance. And they that wait upon Me shall never be disappointed and they shall never lack any good thing. So again I say, Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. Psalm 27:14

Just Believe

Mark 9:23 “Jesus replied, "Why do you say `if you can'? Anything is possible for someone who has faith!" My beloved child how precious you are to Me and how I desire that you would know this and never doubt. I desire that you would always be able to find your strength in My unconditional, complete and perfect love towards you. I have made every provision and you lack nothing. You must know in this day that I have chosen you for greatness and you lack nothing according to My perfect will. Oh that My love would saturate you and fill your heart and that you would find your completeness, your peace and your joy in the Beloved. I want that you would not be so easily shaken in your hope and confidence, but, that you would find an immovable confidence in My Word and My Love. I have perfect plans for your life and all things will be true and possible for those who will believe. I say to you today only trust and believe and nothing shall be impossible for you. Do you realize that you are not putting your confidence in man? You are putting your trust in the God who loves you, cares for you and has made you wonderfully and completely. So rise up now casting off your fears and your doubts knowing that the way, your way, has been made and as you lean on and trust in Me, as you confidently rely on Me you shall realize that you have possessed your eagles wings all along. Now fly My beloved, gird up your loins, gather your strength and fly into your destiny. There is an abundant greatness, an indescribable power within you that is waiting to break forth NOW, says the Lord.

"But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you" (Romans 8:11)