I
read this somewhere on the internet a while ago. I can't remember who
wrote that but it jumped out on me. I did write and asked if they minded
if I use that expression.
I got to thinking about it. I am always going on about people fulfilling the destiny and their calling.
Still I meet people who think their calling is to sit in church and
support someone else's vision. While I think it's good to do all you can
to encourage someone and support them - YOU my friend have your own
calling. And at the end of the road Jesus is going to ask YOU "What did
you do with the anointing I put in your life?" You saying "My church
didn't like it," is not going to be an acceptable excuse. Do you know
why? Because YOU can hear from God and You are called and YOU have a
destiny to fulfill.
Everyone has the witness of the
Spirit or the anointing within them. That's why the apostle John said
"You don't need any man to tea
ch you, because the anointing (or
the Anointed One) is within you." Does that mean that we don't have
teachers on the Church? No of course no - there are teachers, pastors,
prophets, apostles, evangelists, are given to equip the church.But YOU
have to listen to the anointing or witness of the Spirit within you to
discern what God is saying to you personally.
For
example - someone could come to your church and prophesy or teach or
preach - you have to discern what is God saying to you. Maybe there are
just a couple of sentences that are for you personally.
Acknowledging the Calling in Someone
There
is a great scripture in Philemon that I love - Paul prayed for Philemon
that "Your faith becomes effectual by the acknowledging of every good
thing that is in you, in Christ Jesus." When you acknowledge the gift
and calling in someone you cause it to be brought forth and activated.
"That was a great word you gave." When you tell someone that, what
happens? They are encouraged and it makes them want to do that again. If
you criticize, then they shut down.
Maybe there are different
things that the Holy Spirit brings out of one message and He says a
different thing to 20 people? Understand?
Jesus said
"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from
the mouth of God." (Matt 4:4) Not every word you hear, not every Bible
verse you read, is proceeding word for you. What is God saying to you
NOW? Today? This week? The proceeding word imparts life and faith and
has power to move you to the next thing that God has for you. One thing
is for sure - you have to move on. You have to continually discern what
is He saying to you now (today). Today's manna.
I
talk often about Jeremiah. When God called Jeremiah he was a teenage
prophet by the way, not an old man with a beard running around the
country doing prophetic seminars. I have a great new CD set called "The
Almond Tree" and it's about Jeremiah and his response to the call of
God. Well this is about YOUR response to the call of God.
You can sit there forever in your comfort zone or you can rise up and
say, "I'm going to go for it. I'm going to be all I can be in God.
Seeing your Destiny by Faith
God asked Jeremiah "What do you see?" and Jeremiah got into faith and
saw a vision of an Almond Tree branch. God liked what Jeremiah saw and
said " I will do what you saw." In the KJV it says "You have well seen. I
will hasten My Word and perform it.
So you have to
see your destiny- by faith. You can't aim at what you can't see. By
faith you have to see your destiny. I don't believe we have to wander
around the 100 acre wood like Pooh Bear and go around the mountain
again, wondering where we are supposed to be going and doing a kind of
"hit and miss" attempt at fulfilling the will of God.
God will show you what He has for you if you start to see by faith and believe YOU CAN HEAR FROM GOD.
By
faith He can release a word of you if you need confirmation- but He
also puts His desires in your heart so that when you fulfill the will of
God it’s delightful to you because it's in your heart.
You have to see,
You have to see,
You have to see,
You can see - by faith.
What's in your heart? Where do you want to go" What is it you really
want to do? You only have one life to live down here on earth. What kind
of life do you want to live? A mundane, in my comfort zone,
occasionally stepping out, kind of life? Or, an on the edge, exciting,
what's going to happen next, kind of life?
Here's a Challenge
So
you are going to make a decision - I am making a challenge. I don't
think it's just me making this challenge - I believe it's your Heavenly
Father who is stirring you up. He made an awesome deposit in you. Jesus
deposited His life in you. He is looking for a return on His deposit.
His deposit will bring forth your destiny if you let it run it's course.
BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU there are dogs that lay at the door of your
destiny. Isn't it odd to you that "dog" is "God" the wrong way round?
There are also dogs at the door of your town or city who want to prevent
the entrance of anointed people who can bring the Presence of God and a
move of the Spirit.
What are the "dogs" then?
Well dogs in the Bible usually represented the gentile, the ungodly.
Those who weren't familiar with God and His ways. Religious spirits! Do
you know there are lots of dogs in the church. Religious spirits - they
have a certain kind of "knowledge" of God, but it's not really God. It
has a form, but has no power and it keeps people from entering in. Dogs
at the door. Remember what Jesus said about the Pharisees concerning
that?
You keep people from the Kingdom - YOU
prevent people from entering into the Kingdom - with all your laws and
man-made commandments. Jesus was angry with those people - dogs. Having a
knowledge of God, but denying His power.
There
are dogs - religious spirits, negative spirits, that make God's people
qualify to be used by God. But Jesus already qualified us 100%.
Jealous Spirits
Dogs can also be jealous spirits, in people that don't want you to go
further than them. A good teacher or instructor is proud when a pupil
begins to accomplish something. But sometimes if that same pupil becomes
too good, or maybe becomes better than the teacher, then the instructor
or teacher feels threatened. They begin to pull the person back. They
want them to remain the pupil, the beginner.
I
knew a prophet who was asked to teach in a church. He did a "School of
the Prophets" and it was great. He soon had everyone prophesying and
hearing from God. One of the girls attending the school began to show
manifestations of a really wonderful prophetic gift. Soon people were
asking her to pray for them and wanting appointments with her. The first
man, the one who ran the school, got upset about it. He began to
criticize her and pull her down. He started to say negative things about
her to the pastor and elders.
They asked her not
to minister and for 4 years she sat and withered away. She didn't
operate in her gift, because she was afraid. She thought she had done
something wrong. It took about 6 months to get her really delivered from
those dog bites and those religious dogs who stood in the doorway of
her destiny.
Intimidation, lies. Mean dogs who were
jealous, who wanted the limelight. Fear and disapproval, false standard
just to name a few of the religious spirits. Dogs - religious mindsets.
Guess what? Jesus has made you perfect in the sight of His Father. It
is His righteousness that you are covered with - not your own. Jesus
switched. He took your righteousness which is like filthy rags and took
it to the cross- then He gave you His robe of righteousness in exchange.
What a great "swap" your rotten rags in exchange for the beauty and
awesomeness and righteousness of the Mighty Son of God.
Like the hymn writer says "Jesus, my robe of righteousness. His beauty
is my glorious dress" How awesome is that? To be clothed in the holiness
and beauty of the perfect Son- Jesus. Don't be afraid of the dogs -
Jesus has given you power over them. The dogs can only minister to you
through lies - you have to choose not to believe those lies.
The Time is Now
Now is the time to be all you can be in God - you don't have to qualify - you just have to learn how to yield to the anointing.
God sees a great big vision for you. He is not limited. He is not
limited by your inability, He is released through your believing in His
ability. He also wants to bring a move of God to your city, your street,
your house, your place of work.
You know what? If
there is no food, the dogs will leave. If there is nothing for them to
feed on, they will slink away. Don't feed them, don't listen to them,
don't give them any advantage.
If they bark at you
(lie to you) and tell you, "you are nobody." "What do you know? "What
can you do?" Laugh at them and say "Thank you for reminding me who I am-
thank you for reminding me who YOU are- thank you for reminding me, I
am somebody - I am part of THE BODY. I am royalty of the royalty.
" God has a wonderful great big destiny and calling on my life. I am going to fulfill that calling, are you?
Get Ready for Adventure
God's
plan for you is not dull and boring - it's exciting and full of
adventures. It might stretch your faith here and there - but you do have
God's faith inside you: "To every man is given the measure of faith"
that's divine, unconquerable faith. Believe it. Go for it.
Have a spirit of abandonment to the purposes of God. God loves that
childlike ability in you. Enjoy Him, He is mighty God but He is also
"Abba" (daddy). "Snuggle don't struggle, nestle don't wrestle." I
encourage people to say these things in my meetings.
In
the 5th century in Ireland some of the monks from the monasteries would
board a little boat off the shore. It had no rudder, or oars. They
trusted God to send the winds to take them where they were supposed to
go. They were called 'The Peregrini.' I would say that this was a spirit
of abandonment to the purposes of God.
God wants to
send the winds of the spirit to take you were you are supposed to go -
His plan and purpose for your life. If you have been in my meetings you
know I always get people to say "Jesus - whatever." It's good to say it
every day. It's another way of saying, Jesus I'm open to whatever you
say."
Don't let the dogs keep you from the doorway
of your destiny. They are liars and thieves. Get my CD set and keep
listening until you get the truth in you - The dogs can howl and scream
and bark all they want, but they can't touch you, if know who you are
and what is calling and destiny on your life - "Be who God meant you to
be and you will set the world on fire." - St. Catherine of Siena Kathie
Walters -- Do you have my new book “The Angels in your life”? on my
website
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