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rhema
11/25/07 SEASONS CHANGES FROM KNOCKING TO RINGING
HEARD:
Growing number of concerns. This is
that. Faith to trust. Find her among the ruins. The
bottom of the pile. It is My burden says the Lord. I
will help her. Open it.
vision:
i
saw 2 pair of shoes in my living room. They were
my son’s and my shoes that were not in their place or in
order. If they had been placed together in a line where
we normally take off our shoes in my house, then I would
have said they represented holy ground. But instead
they had been worn while walking around in my living
room, and then afterwards, simply walked out of and
left. Wearing shoes represents walking in peace. At
some place, they lost their peace and left it behind..
As I was pondering what this meant, I turned with AH in
my son’s new book, “One Minute Mysteries.” It just came
out and is selling like hotcakes, in bookstores, grocery
stores, airports, Amazon, Barns and Nobles - all over
the place.
MY SON’S 1
Minute Mystery: The one I turned to was about
the tired Grandma that didnt want to answer the door and
how she developed a way to filter her guests. She hung
a sign by the doorbell that said, “Out of Order.” She
told her family and friends that it was still working
fine. All the strangers read the sign and knocked.
QUICKENED MEMORY: This quickened my memory to
something I heard the other day as I was listening to a
snipit from Bob Jones where he saw the footsteps of
angels walking around in his house. He didnt know if
they were from the Lord or not, and so he rebuked them
and they didnt leave. (I smiled at that! How often we
rebuke the Lord and welcome demons! We are so blind and
cant tell the difference.) Darkness has to flee and
since they didnt, Bob asked the Lord to manifest them.
So still in the vision, Bob saw the angel footprints
walk outside and they rang the doorbell. When Bob
answered, they were manifest and gave Bob the Lord’s
message. Bob mentioned that he didnt know why they went
outside and rang the doorbell.
REVELATION: I have had several pieces of rhema
lately where I too heard the door bell ring and it was
the Lord calling. In my past rhema, I would hear a door
knocking and not a door bell when He was trying to rouse
me enough from sleep to record His Words. When people
knock on a door, it is never one tap. Rather it is
quite a few in a row and with force so it can be heard.
Then there is a brief wait to see if there is a
response, and then if there is no response, the knocking
begins again. However when ringing a doorbell, people
usually push the button once or twice, and then wait for
response. They rarely stand there with the finger on
the button and ring it incessantly, unless the person is
really rude or in emergency. The difference between a
knock and a ring is 1) quantity and 2) volume and 3)
force.
UNDERSTANDING: There has been a subtle, but
definite real change in our season in nuance and flavor
in our relationship with God. The past few years we
were in a season of importunity, which was incessant
knocking. This was a 2 way reciprocation where God was
incessantly knocking upon our doors, calling, wooing,
challenging, desperate and intense for us to wake up and
become prepared for the days ahead. He has been so
insistent that in His unfathomable love He bypassed our
tolerances and boundaries in order to wake us up and get
our attention. It was like shaking someone awake who
has been in a long slumber.
This incessant knocking has not been only one way, for
we too have been persistently knocking on His doors,
trying and testing His tolerance by our same repeated
prayers, the same desires, the same heart for Him to
answer us with His YES and NOW. We have been like
Jacob, wrestling with God to move Him past His
boundaries and bring us the blessing. We were saying,
“You have something I want and you are not giving it to
me!” And God was saying, “You have something I want and
you are not giving it to Me either!”
Luke 18:1-8 NLT
One day Jesus told his disciples a story to
illustrate their need for constant prayer and to show
them that they must never give up. 2 "There was a judge
in a certain city," he said, "who was a godless man with
great contempt for everyone. 3 A widow of that city
came to him repeatedly, appealing for justice against
someone who had harmed her. 4 The judge ignored her for
a while, but eventually she wore him out. 'I fear
neither God nor man,' he said to himself, 5'but this
woman is driving me crazy. I'm going to see that she
gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her
constant requests!' " 6 Then the Lord said, "Learn a
lesson from this evil judge. 7 Even he rendered a just
decision in the end, so don't you think God will surely
give justice to his chosen people who plead with him day
and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you,
he will grant justice to them quickly! But when I, the
Son of Man, return, how many will I find who have
faith?"
APPLICATION: Through the lengthy season, we
were striving with God and He was striving with us and
if it be possible, we wore down. And that is where we
are today, like that tired Grandma who is tired of
answering the door having made a firm decision that she
detests salesmen. But at the same time we dont want to
miss a thing, should it be God calling!
We dont want the enemy or people manipulating to sell us
a bill of goods. And we dont want our free will
violated in making our choices. We still believe that
God is the Truest Gentleman in the form of the Holy
Spirit, and His sensitivity is easily grieved and moved
away, should we put up hard walls in our hearts that
resist His efforts. And yet we also know the fierce and
determined love of a Father Who moves past kindness into
severity when the season calls for it. So where does
that leave us?
After a season of rest on neutral ground, God rings the
door bell, we respond and let Him walk around for a
while, and then we freeze up and lose our peace, with
memories of incessant knocking ringing in our souls like
they were just a minute ago. However if we take a step
back and absorb the nuance in perspective, He will grant
us simple answers to complex issues and re-establish our
peace in walking relationship.
WORD TO PONDER: ASK ME TO MANIFEST THE FACE OF MY
MESSAGE 11/25/07
Dear ones, after a long and weary season of wrestling
with Me, men and demons, you have finally worn down your
strivings. The crooked and high places were aligned
with low ground and humble hearts came into synch with
My purpose. Having suffered the blows of contending,
your ground is cracked from breaches in the Spirit.
Demonic activity can stir a dust cloud in even a small
wind. But all will settle with the rains of My Spirit,
as I pour out living water upon you who are thirsty and
waiting for Me.
My children, thus far you have been like monkey’s
scratching your heads without understanding. This time
when I visit you with My Word, resist doubting and
wincing from memories of yesterday. Dont walk away from
My call, dont run away or leave My peace behind. Simply
rebuke the enemy’s plan to violate your life, his plan
can not stand when you use your authority to rebuke his
demise. Then turn back to Me asking that My message be
made clear and manifest. Ask Me for understanding, for
in it are the wells of life. You will find much
astonishment and joyful pleasure as I reveal the true
face of My message.
Acts 5:38-39 NLT
"So my advice is, leave these men alone. If they are
teaching and doing these things merely on their own, it
will soon be overthrown. But if it is of God , you will
not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves
fighting against God."
Prov 2:8 NKJV
My son, if you receive my words, and treasure my
commands within you, so that you incline your ear to
wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding ; Yes, if
you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for
understanding , If you seek her as silver, and search
for her as for hidden treasures; Then you will
understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge
of God. For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come
knowledge and understanding ; He stores up sound wisdom
for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk
uprightly; He guards the paths of justice, and preserves
the way of His saints. |
