Today’s life-changing or Life-giving opportunity may be cleverly hidden behind responsibility or sacrifice or something scary. Ask the Spirit where to put your foot every time you pick it up to take a step. 2 Samuel 15:13-21 13 A messenger came and told David, “The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.” 14 Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee, or […]
Category Archives: Discipleship
Lot or Abraham?
Yahweh called Abram out of Ur. He didn’t call Lot. Either Abram invited him, or he invited himself. Abram became Abraham as he moved into his destiny – changed from “Exalted Father” to “Father of a Multitude” (Genesis 17:5). Lot didn’t change. Lot wanted more land so he could have more possessions. Abraham asked Lot what land he wanted, and he took the fertile valleys, so Abraham took the mountains. […]
Grow Faster
In nature, created things are in both processes of life and of death. Skin is being replaced constantly. Water-based blood and other fluids are bringing nutrition to cells and washing waste out of cells. Hormones tell our bodies and they tell plants when to grow in what ways. Basil plants will grow more and more stems and leaves until one day they produce a hormone that says, “make flowers.” Bugs […]
The Better Fear
Fear leads us away from revelation and from leaping into greatness and from invention. Except the fear of the Lord. It is the beginning of wisdom. It is the beginning of knowledge. It gives me the courage to draw near the Face from which the words blazed that became all the stars in the universe as one Breath. Jesus has only once been seen seated as Judge – in a […]
Othniel – Fruit That Remained
In John 15:16, Jesus told His disciples that He had ordained them to bear much fruit, including fruit that would “remain.” Fruit from an apple tree is an apple. Fruit that remains from an apple tree is another apple tree. In Judges 3:7-11, Caleb’s nephew Othniel (“Lion of God”) was described as having been empowered by Yahweh to be the first of the Judges He gave to Israel to lead […]
Satisfied
Designer and Creator of the universe has given you a sanctified dissatisfaction with regard to something. Something is happening that shouldn’t be; something should be happening but isn’t; something is scarce but should be plentiful. Finding that target and aiming your whole life and all your resources at it is the path to Satisfaction. He has burdened you with it because you are present to change it. Find something to […]
Job’s Captivity
Who held Job captive? In literal translations of Job 42:10 (Young’s, KJV), the Lord “turned Job’s captivity.” It seems to have been a common figurative phrase, though, that implied the return of lost fortunes or restoration of property, so translations that aren’t as literal usually translate the phrase that way – “the LORD restored his prosperity.” Either way, the text of Job makes it clear that Job’s God started the […]
Being Hungry
Yahweh wants us to hunger and thirst – for righteousness, for His presence, for the fulfillment of our destinies. At any time that He sees us struggling with that process, stuck in satisfaction instead of hunger, the desert is always the perfect place to help us get hungry and thirsty. Take advantage of the invitation when you receive it.
Your Tank Size
Many fish have the interesting characteristic of their size being controlled by the size of their environment. A fish that stops growing at a length of 4 inches in a 20 gallon tank might continue to grow until it is 8 inches long in a 100 gallon tank. In a small pond, it may reach a foot in length. As believers, we grow to the limits of our revelation about […]