This season is so interesting for me.
I have peace in the most un-peaceable situations. I have a sense of clarity in the most confusing situations. I’m speaking, no, I’m thinking, and seeing the manifestation, the answer, the solution to what I speak and even think with quicker rapidity.
At the same time I feel as though I am at a standstill in certain areas of my life and of course there is that daily struggle of knowing who I am, what I am made of and not yet fully walking in it.
Now for those who know me, when I find myself in a place like this I seek. And in seeking this is what I found, the instruction for the season so to speak.
1.) Pay closer attention in prayer/worship and to that and those which surround you for we are in a new season where now we must be living and going about our days on purpose for THE purpose.
2.) Trust can’t be in that which is tangible, in emotions/feelings/thoughts, people, lifestyle, opinions (our own and others), or what situations appear to be. Trust has to be in that which is stable and can’t fail, which for me is my faith in God.
3.) Hearts and postures need to be right. This is not a season of emotions/feelings. Even in the most difficult situations with the most difficult people one must walk upright and in love. Despite whether it feels good or not. There are times and seasons for everything and what may have been allowed in one season may not be allowed in this season. Know where the grace is resting. The reigns are tighter so to speak and it is not to be business as usual. For the moment anyway.
4.) Stop playing the victim. Put on your grown up pants, face the reality of your situation (rather than live in the denial of it), admit to your mistakes (rather than put the blame on others) and allow the TRUTH to set you free, literally for some.
5.) Work the principles and sow with a purpose. Name your seed and be specific and consistent until you see the full harvest.
6.) Become a man/woman of integrity, character and of your word. Mean what you say and say what you mean. Don’t settle. A man/woman’s gifts may make room for them but it is their character that will keep them there.
7.) Prepare yourself (inside and out), your dwelling place and your finances. Get stuff right and in order.
8.) Embrace SPACE / DISTANCE for we have not been this way before.
9.) Write the end of your story, literally, then Speak it, Believe it, Walk in it and watch it manifest
KNOW that we are in a New Day, a New Year, a New Age and no experience will be the same this year, every day will be different with different instructions, different declarations and different opportunities. It is no longer about what He said, it is about what He is sayING. Fresh Rhema for where you are at. Focus one day at time, forget the past and don’t be concerned with tomorrow for even the past which is present will be new, though it might not possibly make it to your tomorrow. Do not fear for the transitions of this year will be smooth and seamless. Situations and cycles that appear to be the same as those from your past, and those which will even end the same as those from your past will have different results. Doing things out of routine this year will be of no effect. We won’t last off yesteryear’s Word, instruction or Anointing. If we are not seeking daily, hearing daily and obeying daily we will possibly miss it. Everything is new and fresh despite what it appears. Wake up with that expectation ready to see what the day holds and know that if you are praying His will to be done then all that happens in that day is His will, yes, even the heartache and the tears.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Wholeness is Key to Sustaining Thee
It has been a minute, quite a long one, since I have written and the reason is simple, I was empty. The New Year for me didn’t symbolize newness, it symbolized that nothing appeared to be changing. Everything felt and looked the same. It was so disappointing. I sensed an intangible transition begin but without any logistics regarding the transition I didn’t pay as close attention or seek the way I should have regarding it. As usual I began to question everything and everyone around me, including me and decisions and choices I had made along the way. I didn’t want to be around people, I didn’t want to speak with anyone, and I didn’t want anyone giving me a “Word”. I just wanted to be alone. I was barely getting through the days. I was in an unfamiliar place yet again. Crying at the drop of a hat. I know what was attempting to come on me but even in that state I refused to let it become my companion.
At some point throughout the first two weeks, when I felt like the light inside was about to go out, that still, quiet voice raised itself up and explained to me that there was nothing and no one that could help me but ME. I had to put my grown pants on and just start doing what I knew to do. I forced myself to encourage myself, I forced myself to speak the Word, I forced myself to pray in the Spirit and daily I felt my strength come back, daily I was supplied with what I needed to get me back on track. My baby steps turned into giant leaps. Through this time I was ministered to about wholeness and the importance of wholeness in one’s life, especially in the life of the 21st century woman. I was shown where I had become dependent on people and situations and anytime one does that they are setting themselves up for possible disappointment. I had lost my balance and began putting all my time and focus into situations and people, not always getting the same in return, and thereby becoming empty. I wasn’t re-filling what I was releasing.
Interesting enough, I found I wasn’t alone. Many others were coming to me feeling the same way. Looking for an answer. I know the answer. There comes a time when one has to mature, put their grown pants on and face themselves and the reality of their situations. Christians have a tendency to live in denial, wait for God to do it and put the blame on others. There comes a time when one has to declare victory over life’s challenges, despite how it appears or what it feels like. There comes the time when one has to rely on the Spirit within to encourage and not other people. Most importantly there comes the time when one has to be honest with God and with themselves about what is and what is not working in their lives, about what is bearing fruit and about what is drying everything up. Sometimes God turning a situation around is making the way of escape.
Life in general teaches us to be dependent on something or someone to survive. Some women and possibly men find their dependency in their mate, their family or possibly their children. Some people find their dependency in their place of fellowship or their business / job and some people find their dependency in their lifestyle. The question then becomes, “If all of these things were taken, leaving one by themselves, what would there be left to depend on?” The answer, there would be nothing to depend on except self and that which self has built within. So the next question is, “How are you built?”
Being dependent on people, positions and things can cause one to become paralyzed, it can cause one to continue in the same cycle, it can cause one to stay in unhealthy situations and it can cause one to never grow. It can bring complacency. It can cause one in the lowest of moments to just settle for the first thing that comes along.
True dependency must be in self and that which self believes in, whatever that belief is. One can have the nicest of things and what would appear to be the perfect situation, job, family, they can have amazing talent but if they are not whole, if they do not make up the components of wholeness, such as integrity, the fruits of the Spirit and character then there is just an empty vessel beautified with nice things. People put so much energy into making life appear to be what it is not and they work so hard for things when in the end none of that is what matters. I am not saying it is not great to have the things that one desires but when it causes you to step outside of who you are, when it begins to control your actions, when it causes one to sense that they are irreplaceable or when it causes you to exalt things above what or who you believe in it then can do one more harm than good. With all of life’s twists and turns we must have that foundation of wholeness so that we don’t become loss.
Self-examination is key. Regardless of what people think, other people can’t control people and they can’t control one's destiny. People can be manipulated or deceived by other people but never controlled. What can control an individual is fear, doubt, unworthiness, negative thinking, etc. Rise up in faith and become who you are supposed to be, walk like it is done, talk like it is done, find your balance. Stop looking for others to validate you. Stop looking for God to speak to someone concerning you. At some point you should grow enough in your walk where you hear God just fine for yourself. We must ensure that we are in the right place doing the right thing with the right people around us. We must ensure that we are no longer wasting time with things and people that aren’t feeding our destiny. We must stop looking to others to build us up, to encourage us, to make us feel secure, and to bail us out. I want whole people around me, I want a whole mate, and I believe it exists. I don’t believe that you have to have different people to encompass the different areas of wholeness. I believe the right mate will encompass them all. But the truth is, if you are not whole yourself how can you recognize the right people, mate, things and decisions in life?
We are so close, if not already entering into what has been destined for us. Being whole emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually and even financially is key to entering in and being able to be sustained in that which was destined for you.
For me, I don’t want to have to depend on a relationship to justify me or to provide for me. I prefer to be in a relationship that I can enjoy, that I am an asset to and know that if something were to ever happen where I ended up alone I wouldn’t have to worry because my dependency was not in that relationship or what it provided. I never want to be in a place where I am dependent on my job or the things and people around me. I don’t want to have to settle because of dependency. I’d rather know how to minister to my mate (the right mate) so he can function, how to balance the day to day, be an asset to that which I connect to, a giver, a wisdom seeker and an encourager. The 21st century woman is whole and complete, lacking nothing and this is not only who I desire to be it is who I am and I am going to start wearing her well!
At some point throughout the first two weeks, when I felt like the light inside was about to go out, that still, quiet voice raised itself up and explained to me that there was nothing and no one that could help me but ME. I had to put my grown pants on and just start doing what I knew to do. I forced myself to encourage myself, I forced myself to speak the Word, I forced myself to pray in the Spirit and daily I felt my strength come back, daily I was supplied with what I needed to get me back on track. My baby steps turned into giant leaps. Through this time I was ministered to about wholeness and the importance of wholeness in one’s life, especially in the life of the 21st century woman. I was shown where I had become dependent on people and situations and anytime one does that they are setting themselves up for possible disappointment. I had lost my balance and began putting all my time and focus into situations and people, not always getting the same in return, and thereby becoming empty. I wasn’t re-filling what I was releasing.
Interesting enough, I found I wasn’t alone. Many others were coming to me feeling the same way. Looking for an answer. I know the answer. There comes a time when one has to mature, put their grown pants on and face themselves and the reality of their situations. Christians have a tendency to live in denial, wait for God to do it and put the blame on others. There comes a time when one has to declare victory over life’s challenges, despite how it appears or what it feels like. There comes the time when one has to rely on the Spirit within to encourage and not other people. Most importantly there comes the time when one has to be honest with God and with themselves about what is and what is not working in their lives, about what is bearing fruit and about what is drying everything up. Sometimes God turning a situation around is making the way of escape.
Life in general teaches us to be dependent on something or someone to survive. Some women and possibly men find their dependency in their mate, their family or possibly their children. Some people find their dependency in their place of fellowship or their business / job and some people find their dependency in their lifestyle. The question then becomes, “If all of these things were taken, leaving one by themselves, what would there be left to depend on?” The answer, there would be nothing to depend on except self and that which self has built within. So the next question is, “How are you built?”
Being dependent on people, positions and things can cause one to become paralyzed, it can cause one to continue in the same cycle, it can cause one to stay in unhealthy situations and it can cause one to never grow. It can bring complacency. It can cause one in the lowest of moments to just settle for the first thing that comes along.
True dependency must be in self and that which self believes in, whatever that belief is. One can have the nicest of things and what would appear to be the perfect situation, job, family, they can have amazing talent but if they are not whole, if they do not make up the components of wholeness, such as integrity, the fruits of the Spirit and character then there is just an empty vessel beautified with nice things. People put so much energy into making life appear to be what it is not and they work so hard for things when in the end none of that is what matters. I am not saying it is not great to have the things that one desires but when it causes you to step outside of who you are, when it begins to control your actions, when it causes one to sense that they are irreplaceable or when it causes you to exalt things above what or who you believe in it then can do one more harm than good. With all of life’s twists and turns we must have that foundation of wholeness so that we don’t become loss.
Self-examination is key. Regardless of what people think, other people can’t control people and they can’t control one's destiny. People can be manipulated or deceived by other people but never controlled. What can control an individual is fear, doubt, unworthiness, negative thinking, etc. Rise up in faith and become who you are supposed to be, walk like it is done, talk like it is done, find your balance. Stop looking for others to validate you. Stop looking for God to speak to someone concerning you. At some point you should grow enough in your walk where you hear God just fine for yourself. We must ensure that we are in the right place doing the right thing with the right people around us. We must ensure that we are no longer wasting time with things and people that aren’t feeding our destiny. We must stop looking to others to build us up, to encourage us, to make us feel secure, and to bail us out. I want whole people around me, I want a whole mate, and I believe it exists. I don’t believe that you have to have different people to encompass the different areas of wholeness. I believe the right mate will encompass them all. But the truth is, if you are not whole yourself how can you recognize the right people, mate, things and decisions in life?
We are so close, if not already entering into what has been destined for us. Being whole emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually and even financially is key to entering in and being able to be sustained in that which was destined for you.
For me, I don’t want to have to depend on a relationship to justify me or to provide for me. I prefer to be in a relationship that I can enjoy, that I am an asset to and know that if something were to ever happen where I ended up alone I wouldn’t have to worry because my dependency was not in that relationship or what it provided. I never want to be in a place where I am dependent on my job or the things and people around me. I don’t want to have to settle because of dependency. I’d rather know how to minister to my mate (the right mate) so he can function, how to balance the day to day, be an asset to that which I connect to, a giver, a wisdom seeker and an encourager. The 21st century woman is whole and complete, lacking nothing and this is not only who I desire to be it is who I am and I am going to start wearing her well!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Stages of the Word
Today I find myself in yet another place in God. It amazes me how just when I think I’ve got it at one dimension I immediately get moved into a new dimension. Where I am at now is a place (spiritually) that I have not been before. It is one of Rest and Trust. It is a place of Observation and one of Clarity as well as one of Growth.
It has to do with the Word. If you are a believer you are taught in regards to the Word, to believe the Word, to speak the Word. I always explain it to others like this, If God spoke everything into existence and we are made in His image and likeness then I also should be able to speak everything into existence. I often say that our lives are a product of what we have been speaking. There’s the observation. Let me also interject here that I am not talking “The Secret” hype or “Witchcraft”. This isn’t about naming and claiming. It is about Seeking and Knowing the Will for one’s life and allowing the Spirit of the Lord to lead as to what Written Word needs to be spoken concerning situations and it is about taking the Rhema Word and speaking that as well over your life and situations.
I realize the Word is Seed and the best way to describe this would be that of an individual who plants seeds into the soil expecting that seed to grow into what they planted. Just as that individual places that seed into the ground, waters the seed and waits for that seed to harvest in its due season it is the same with the Word. We are to sow the Word (Seed) by speaking it, we are to continue to water the Word by speaking it, following His instruction concerning it and eventually at some point we must wait for that Word (Seed) to Harvest.
This is where I am at, the Harvest, which is new for me. I’ve done all I have been instructed to do concerning certain areas and now it is time to see the Harvest in these areas. I’ve been sensing that the season has changed but for some reason I wasn’t grasping what I was sensing and still following instruction from that old season. This is where I think most miss it. Revelation is progressive and most people stick with what they HEARD rather than with what they are HEARING. They get stuck with what God SAID rather than what He is SAYING.
One day I was at my office and I pulled out my pages upon pages of Word to declare over myself, my life, and my situations. I felt as though I was struggling. It started to seem like more work than my actual job…or my “ob” as some would call it. The Lord told me to STOP! Surely this could not be accurate. The Lord would NEVER tell me to STOP speaking His Word. But He did. He told me that it was time for THAT Word to Harvest and for me to REST in THAT Word that I had been speaking. Now for me, I don’t know how to rest, even in my personal life. I almost feel guilty when I do. So I realize He had to do something out of the box to get my attention. I realized that I wasn’t truly exercising my faith or fully trusting Him to FINISH this, though of course I thought I was because I was doing business as usual in the Word department.
My Faith was taking on a new form. My faith was no longer going to be in what I knew to do but it was now going to be in what I was TRUSTING Him to do. I had to TRUST Him to do this. He is the Author and Finisher of our Faith. Meaning, He starts and He finishes. My job is the in between. Once I realized this and started to follow a great deal of peace came on. A peace so powerful that even when challenges arose or my emotions would attempt to talk to me, even if I entertained them for a second it didn’t go beyond that second. The peace kicked in that surpassed all understanding. Clarity started coming forth in regards to my past, present and soon to be future and in regards to certain relationships. I realized why some have been sustained, why some have been restored and why some have become no longer. Relationships that took me years to get out of it were now as if they never existed. No pain, no hurt, no bitterness. I think it so funny now how individuals, after coming out of a relationship, bash the other person. Why can’t we just accept the fact that it just wasn’t meant to be? Or, if some people think it’s perfect, maybe it is, just not for us. (That is a whole other blog) This is where the Lord dealt with me about how Speaking of dead things/situations only keep them in our future and how Speaking of the past only keeps it in our future and how speaking of people/situations not changing only allows them to stay the same. Sometimes the best thing to do is to BE QUIET! ;)
Needless to say I am now receiving instruction for the next go round. The Word spoken for this Harvest is not going to be the Word spoken for the next one. So here I sit, resting, beginning to walk into my confessions and beginning to start the cycle all over again.
It has to do with the Word. If you are a believer you are taught in regards to the Word, to believe the Word, to speak the Word. I always explain it to others like this, If God spoke everything into existence and we are made in His image and likeness then I also should be able to speak everything into existence. I often say that our lives are a product of what we have been speaking. There’s the observation. Let me also interject here that I am not talking “The Secret” hype or “Witchcraft”. This isn’t about naming and claiming. It is about Seeking and Knowing the Will for one’s life and allowing the Spirit of the Lord to lead as to what Written Word needs to be spoken concerning situations and it is about taking the Rhema Word and speaking that as well over your life and situations.
I realize the Word is Seed and the best way to describe this would be that of an individual who plants seeds into the soil expecting that seed to grow into what they planted. Just as that individual places that seed into the ground, waters the seed and waits for that seed to harvest in its due season it is the same with the Word. We are to sow the Word (Seed) by speaking it, we are to continue to water the Word by speaking it, following His instruction concerning it and eventually at some point we must wait for that Word (Seed) to Harvest.
This is where I am at, the Harvest, which is new for me. I’ve done all I have been instructed to do concerning certain areas and now it is time to see the Harvest in these areas. I’ve been sensing that the season has changed but for some reason I wasn’t grasping what I was sensing and still following instruction from that old season. This is where I think most miss it. Revelation is progressive and most people stick with what they HEARD rather than with what they are HEARING. They get stuck with what God SAID rather than what He is SAYING.
One day I was at my office and I pulled out my pages upon pages of Word to declare over myself, my life, and my situations. I felt as though I was struggling. It started to seem like more work than my actual job…or my “ob” as some would call it. The Lord told me to STOP! Surely this could not be accurate. The Lord would NEVER tell me to STOP speaking His Word. But He did. He told me that it was time for THAT Word to Harvest and for me to REST in THAT Word that I had been speaking. Now for me, I don’t know how to rest, even in my personal life. I almost feel guilty when I do. So I realize He had to do something out of the box to get my attention. I realized that I wasn’t truly exercising my faith or fully trusting Him to FINISH this, though of course I thought I was because I was doing business as usual in the Word department.
My Faith was taking on a new form. My faith was no longer going to be in what I knew to do but it was now going to be in what I was TRUSTING Him to do. I had to TRUST Him to do this. He is the Author and Finisher of our Faith. Meaning, He starts and He finishes. My job is the in between. Once I realized this and started to follow a great deal of peace came on. A peace so powerful that even when challenges arose or my emotions would attempt to talk to me, even if I entertained them for a second it didn’t go beyond that second. The peace kicked in that surpassed all understanding. Clarity started coming forth in regards to my past, present and soon to be future and in regards to certain relationships. I realized why some have been sustained, why some have been restored and why some have become no longer. Relationships that took me years to get out of it were now as if they never existed. No pain, no hurt, no bitterness. I think it so funny now how individuals, after coming out of a relationship, bash the other person. Why can’t we just accept the fact that it just wasn’t meant to be? Or, if some people think it’s perfect, maybe it is, just not for us. (That is a whole other blog) This is where the Lord dealt with me about how Speaking of dead things/situations only keep them in our future and how Speaking of the past only keeps it in our future and how speaking of people/situations not changing only allows them to stay the same. Sometimes the best thing to do is to BE QUIET! ;)
Needless to say I am now receiving instruction for the next go round. The Word spoken for this Harvest is not going to be the Word spoken for the next one. So here I sit, resting, beginning to walk into my confessions and beginning to start the cycle all over again.
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