“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
There are no battles that God has lost therefore we need to discern and partner with Him and His battle and not those from our own governing and understanding.
Our conditions will not dictate our position. Like Nehemiah we have to have God’s heart at the centre of all of our decisions as we negotiate rebuilding and in that position all things will work together for God.
Jesus calls us to enter by the sheep’s gate not by any random gate of our own choosing. Going His way will give us the right perspective and equally the right authority and permission.
Those who have been forged in the fire see from a heavenly perspective. Mistakes of the past are moved on from and there is a an effective delegation and progression.
If it is entered into by the sheep’s gate it is entitled, we have been admitted by Him we are not coming from a place of compromise but from strength and power.
It may be shortsighted to, because of familiarity, go the way of old habits because what is in the future has not been taken into account and we may be distracted by not being on firm foundations.
We are called to take a stand and not be pushed back from what God plans or promises. God is good and he promises a harvest.
Sometimes it is necessary to get in to get out. What in past seasons has been an access point and ok may now not be our purpose.
If before we were purposed for intimacy and now for unravelling revelation the access may well have changed.
God takes us to a different place to hear and see the new strategies of standing together and contending for harvest.
“Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.”
Our prayer to God is first to enquire and ascertain the need? Secondly to know the outcome and fruit hoped for? Thirdly to to ask for the strategy of how, when, who, where. The blueprint to meet the end.
If we are connected to our own emotions and resolves our sight may be distorted. We need to see and know through God’s lens only.
We spend wasted time if we fight battles He has not sent us out to fight.
If we are called to battle we are also called to stand, to victory, to having strength, to the correct strategy.
We are given authority and success but we fall if our legs are bound by our own instructions instead of listening to His.
We who know God know His voice.
It is no longer about us it is about the knowledge of His glory covering the earth.
“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.”
There is a legacy in the name of Jesus to be fulfilled.
Our eyes must be off ourselves and on Him alone. We must not only know how to receive but also how to act. To take territory back into the kingdom and restore the relationship and that for which we were created for.
The illustration shows us seeing through the lens God sees through and entering the battle that is of His choice through the sheep’s gate. Emanating Light that pushes back the darkness.
Three Scriptures that come to mind:
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 ESV
“Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.” Isaiah 58:7-8 ESV
“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” Habakkuk 2:14 ESV
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