Isaiah 62:10 "Go through, Go through the gates! Prepare the way for the people, Build up, Build up the highway, Take out the stones, Lift up a banner for the peoples!
This is the word which God brought to my spirit some months ago. I have read a number of other blogs and words from fellow believers recently about this time of covid-19 being a time to re-set and I believe re-calibration is also part of re-setting.
God impressed on me that just a small re-calibration can actually make a massive difference. I believe at this time God is encouraging us to re-calibrate our thinking, behaviour and attitudes so that we align with His word. Such changes will have a massive impact in us and through us. Faith will arise as we see the changes and the effects of those changes.
I pray that God will reveal what needs re-calibrating in our lives and mindsets to bring us in line and keep us in line with His Word and Truth and the Gospel so we are not in error but accurate in Him.
Dictionary definition:
Calibration – Is the act of adjusting an instrument to keep it accurate.
“I am looking – I am looking down from heaven over the earth and I am looking for a people who will execute judgement and righteousness in their lands. People who will stand in the gap for their nations and who will cry out with a voice to heaven for mercy on those who are wicked and who are doing wicked things.
Let the voice of those who are righteous cry out at this time. Let there be a cry that goes up from the day to the night before the throne of heaven. Let there be mourning and crying for the wickedness of the earth is great. The poor are oppressed, the strangers are treated harshly, the needy are exploited, there is no justice for the righteous, the innocent are killed and slaughtered all day long.
Who will stand up and cry out for those? Who will take their side? Who will rise up for justice and righteousness in their lands? The pillars of justice and righteousness are to be re-established in the nations. Woe to those nations who oppress the poor and needy. Woe to those nations who mistreat the vulnerable & do not offer shelter to the foreigner and those who have no homes. Woe to the selfish & the proud.
This is the time to offer mercy and to help those in need. If you turn your back on those in need then why should my Father in heaven pour out blessings upon you. The treasures of heaven are stored up for such a time as this. Do not ask with a selfish heart for yourselves for there is more than enough for all. Did anyone in My house ever beg for bread. I am the bread of life and there is an abundance in My hand.
Search your hearts. When did you help those in need or are you just concerned for your own needs? Are you just interested in your own kingdoms and to build your own kingdom or are you looking to build My kingdom.
Lo – you need to wake up and listen to Me. The shout has gone out from My throne – Wake up you sleepers and rise from the dead and I will give you light. Now is the day – Take hold of today for you do not know what tomorrow will bring. Amen.
The Lord spoke this word to my spirit this morning. It is a long word so please read & pray and I hope that it blesses, encourages and challenges you as it does me:
“Thus says the Son – For I came into the world and you did not recognise me because you chose to be wilfully blind, but when I come again in all My glory with My heavenly army with me then all eyes will see and all will know that I am Jesus – He that was crucified and rose again.
None will be able to deny it. Some may choose to rebel against Me and choose the wicked deceiver but the choice will be theirs to make. There will be no excuses. There will be no deniers on that day for all will see My glory & My power.
Trust in Me. All you who have put your trust and faith in My death & resurrection for I will not disappoint you. I will raise each one to life who has believed in Me. They will be honoured and they will share in My glory for it pleases Me to share My glory and My life with those who love me.
I will give gifts to all those who have served Me with a true heart. Not the hypocrites and not the fame seekers. For I will test all men’s works. Those works that remain after the fire will receive a reward but for everything burned up they will suffer loss. For I am a righteous and true judge. I am fair in all I do. Justice goes forth from My throne for nothing is hidden from My eyes.
All will be laid bare before My sight & before the sight of everyone from the kings of the earth to the lowest – All will stand before My throne & receive from Me. Some will pretend and make excuses for the things that they have done, but I will tell them to depart from Me because they are wicked, serving only themselves and not the one true King.
Repent My people of your selfish ambitions & serve Me with humility, kindness & love for as much as I gave for you out of My heart, then so much I ask from you to be poured out for Me. I give you life in all its fullness so that you can give to others. Each one of My followers has something to give. No-one is empty handed in My kingdom for if you ask of Me then you will receive.
Ask of Me and I will open up the treasures of heaven to pour into your hands. A good measure pressed down & overflowing. Give as it is given to you and hold nothing back, especially in these days when you have the opportunity to do much good and show much love to those in need.
Bless you My children. One day I will look into your eyes and you will look into mine and you will truly understand the sacrifice which I made for each one of you. It was worth it and I saw what My Father had in mind from the foundation of the earth so I was pleased to offer Myself as a sacrifice for you because it is worth it to My father and it is worth it to Me.
All honour & glory belongs to the One who sits on the throne forever and ever, Amen.
This is the 3rd word that God has impressed upon me for this season which is linked to the words “Awake, Awake” & “The Heavenly Steed”. This is about taking hold of each day we are given for God to give glory to Him and to do His good works.
“Arise My Beloved & seek after Me. For this is the day – Take hold of today for you do not know what tomorrow will bring. Live each day for Me – from when you rise up until you go to bed. For I will give you sufficient grace & provision for each day.
At the end of the day you will have discovered something new in Me. You will have grown in Me, developed in Me, produced fruit for Me & My Kingdom. If you have not produced fruit for that day, then you have wasted the precious gift I have given you.
One day you will stand before My throne and give an account for each precious day of your life. A day of opportunity to serve your Master and bring glory to My name. A day to grow more in love with Me; a day to show My love through you to others. What have you done with the days I have given to you? What have you done with the days gifted to you? Each one is precious. Each one is valuable. Each one is a gift from Me.
I do not judge by how the world judges. I am not impressed by worldly riches or goods for who can have more riches than I? All of creation is mine. Do not be led astray & try to gather riches for yourself – for each person’s works will be tested by fire. Whatever remains after the fire will be rewarded. Do not build according to the pattern of this world but build My kingdom. Let My kingdom come & My will be done.
What do I require of you each day but to walk humbly with your God. Submit each day to Me. Begin with thanks & praise and end with thanks & praise. For the time is drawing near for all men’s works to be tested. Let the fruit be good that grows in your heart so that when you are tested you will come forth as gold – pure gold.
I am looking for a harvest in your lives My children & I do not accept any excuses – for within you there is My power – wrought in Jesus Christ so there is nothing to stop or hinder you which you cannot overcome through faith & submission to Him.
What have you done today for My kingdom? What have you done today in praise & worship to Me? Any act of obedience to My will is pure worship before My throne. I will not be mocked. What a man sows that he will reap. Do not sow to your flesh but sow to the Spirit. Let all be done to My honour & glory & let My glory cover the earth as the waters cover the land.
All hail the Lamb who sits on high. He comes & brings His rewards with Him. To those who overcome there will be much reward in heaven. Amen.”
Revelation 22:12 “Behold, I am coming quickly and My reward is with Me; to give to everyone according to His work”.
Micah 6:8 “And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
John 15:16 “You did not choose Me, but I chose and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you – these things I command you that you love one another”.
I love that God speaks to us in the day to day things of life. If we take time to ask & listen then there is usually something to learn from what is going on around us.
Part of my daily routine is to take the dog out. The ground is so muddy at the moment from all the rain that wellies are my usual footwear.
I was halfway across the park the other day when I suddenly noticed or rather felt that something was wrong. My foot was getting wet. Weird I thought as I had only just been given these “new” wellies.
I looked down to see a large hole in the side of my welly. I looked closer and realised that I was actually wearing my “old” pair. I had grabbed them quickly on the way out the door and not realised that I had picked up the wrong ones. I now had no option but to walk all the way round the park with a very wet foot. The dog wasn’t bothered. He just wanted his walk. I was committed.
God has been speaking to me recently about new things & preparation. So what was he saying about this? Everything is a learning opportunity 😀. As I thought about it I felt God say that you have to get rid of the old things otherwise you are in danger of unwittingly picking them up again. The old has to go and make way for the new. If I had thrown my old wellies away then I wouldn’t have made the same mistake. Goodness knows why I had kept them. They were no use.
There are “old” things in my life that I believe God wants me to get rid of so that I am ready for the new. I may be hanging on to things which are hindering me moving into the new things that God has for me. I know God in his grace & love will reveal it. He will prepare me and equip me for the good works He has ready for me to do.
This word came to me again last week whilst worshipping in the church service. I heard the Lord say:
“You will hear a voice behind you saying – This is the way walk in it. I have already gone before you and prepared the way. I have lit the path. I have opened up the double- barred gates & doors with bars of Iron and they will not be shut. They will remain open. You are fully equipped in Jesus to walk the path that I have laid out for you. You have been given the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the anointing of the Holy Spirit & can walk in the Power & Authority of Christ Jesus. Walk clothed in the armour of Christ and your feet must be shod with the gospel of peace. You must walk in those shoes. Do not to be fearful or anxious. Do not stay where you are but move forward on the Pathway of My Presence at My command. I have prepared the way ahead. Do not fear. You will hear My voice behind you and you will hear God say – This is the way Walk in it. The path will be one that you have not walked before but I have already gone ahead and prepared the way.”
Isaiah 30:21 “Your ears shall hear a word behind you saying “This is the way walk in it: whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left”
v 18 “For the Lord is a God of Justice: Blessed are those who wait for Him”
God is giving direction in this season as we pray and wait for Him to guide and lead us. It may seem foolish to the world but God’s wisdom will prevail and following it will lead to life and not death.
This was the word which I heard in the Spirit today as we were praying together for the body of Christ. Atrophy means the partial or complete wasting away of part of a physical body. A sense of shrinking and weakness in body mass and muscle tone. An entire limb can become atrophied and withered and incapable of movement. There are several things which can cause Atrophy in a body but these ones caught my attention:
Disuse/Lack of Exercise -When muscles are not used or you are immobile for long periods of time then Atrophy can set in. We are called into active service in Christ Jesus and to pick up our cross and follow Him. We are called to give and serve others, to exercise the giftings which God gives us through the Holy Spirit. To serve others and be a blessing to them. To show God’s love in action. There are plenty of opportunities to serve within the body of Christ and the communities we live in. If we are not using and exercising the talents & gifts which God has given us then they will wither. We are called to be a voice crying in the wilderness “Prepare the way of the Lord”. We are called to be light in the darkness. God is rallying his church and the trumpet is sounding – wake up and start to work for the Lord because the day is short. The good news is that this sort of Atrophy can be cured by exercise unless it is too severe. It is never too late to start working for the Lord – He will always make a way. Trust in the Lord and do good.
Poor Nourishment – if we do not feed our physical bodies properly then they will suffer. Muscles will lose mass and our bodies will start to shut down if no nourishment is given. Similarly, the body of Christ will suffer if it is not feeding on the Word of God and in fellowship with Christ – the bread of life. The challenge is -What are we feeding on? If we feed on worldly rubbish or false teachings and doctrines then we will suffer. We need a diet of God’s word and His truths.
Mutations -these are things that should not be part of the body and they cause damage – they attack it from within. In a spiritual sense I believe that Atrophy in the body of Christ is caused by sinful, immoral & selfish behaviour – there is no fruit of the Spirit. It is like a disease which spreads from within. The bible teaches us how a root of bitterness is such a thing – it causes much damage to others. Jealousy, gossip, unforgiveness and such things should not be within the body of Christ. Wolves in sheep’s clothing do not belong in the body of Christ and will certainly cause damage. The bible warns us against them and their works. Jesus says we will know them by their fruits.
Poor Circulation – If we do not have the living Christ, the life & power of the Holy Spirit and God’s love flowing through us then we will have poor circulation. If we are not in unity with one another then there will be a blockage in God’s love and blessings being manifested throughout the body of Christ. Those parts of the body which are not flowing in the Spirit of God will not prosper – their growth will be stunted. We need to connect into God’s amazing power and for the life giving blood of Jesus to pump through us.
I pray that the body of Christ will not suffer Atrophy but will be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. That we will put off lethargy and sin which can so easily ensnare us and will rise in service of the King of Kings & Lord of Lords. That we will put our hands to the plough and not look back and we will run the race of faith with patience and endurance. Let us not be weary in doing good for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart – Galatians 6:9. Let us rise up like the Eagle and run and not faint. Let us leap for Joy in service of our King.
