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The Lord is doing a new
thing. Perhaps it is not new; He just wants us to know how He plans to
work it. Acceleration is indeed the word of the hour. Isa 65:24 …”before
they call I will answer.” That is a timeless word, but the thing He
impressed upon me was that He wants to prove it through “Body Ministry”.
This is not to say that He is going to refrain from answering us directly.
What He is saying is that we should tune into those unction’s by the
Spirit to make contact with others when we feel Him nudging. In times like
these, He wants to bring answers through us or to us through others in the
Body. If you will take the time to make contact when it seems like you do
not have time …you will be amazed how He will redeem the time.
I Stand Amazed
It is not that things
like this do not occur every day, but we need to begin to tune in and
expect it.
Examples:
One day I had asked the Lord, “ Is it time to began pondering the
revelation that You are giving me about ‘Time, Light, Sound and Color’.
Later that day, I answered an email that had been waiting for attention
since before I moved. I explained the delay and said, “I hope the New
Year is treating you well.”
The man answered the email and ‘out of the blue’ (well maybe not out of
God’s blue) this was in his reply…
“As for the new year, yes, it is going well and "really fast!" I am
reminded of a Word Holy Spirit gave me in the late 90's about how Father
will "compress" time essentially speed it up and at other times HE will
"stretch" time, causing it to slow down and it is all for HIS purpose
and HIS chosen Ones! It is a known fact in the astronomy scientific
community that the celestial bodies can warp light and gravity and
distort time...
So... May HE cause
the precious moments with HIM to extend into eternity and may HE cause the
unpleasant moments to compress and pass quickly until that time that HE
takes you to be with HIM and the rest of the Saints throughout the seventh
day, our day of rest with HIM and into the day without end... "The Eighth
Day..." Amen! So Let It Be! …Joe~
Another day, I asked Him
about some insight that I had begun to write in October. I knew there was
going to be much more. My question was, “should I release it in two
parts?” Later that day, I felt an unction to call someone who had left
their number at least two weeks before. Her number was garbled …I had been
trying different combinations of numbers, and then SUDDENLY I dialed the
right number. As our conversation progressed, I began talking about
some things that brought answers to some questions she had posed to the
Lord that morning. The insight, “An Emptying Out” covered some of the
material that would pertain to some of her concerns. The other
confirmation was that this piece included a modern day parable about
Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. You guessed it… she is from New
Orleans.
I believe if we are in
the right place –it is the right time. We need to stop saying that
“things” (whatever the issue or challenge is) take time. Say and expect as
Elisha said, “Tomorrow about this time”. (2 Kings 7:1) In that passage it
was a thus saith the Lord. But, I hear the Lord saying, this is a new
season. I want you to begin to have a new mindset and expectation about
time. How long it used to take has nothing to do with the NOW. Please
understand that to a certain extent our times are in our hands. NOW FAITH
IS, not tomorrow or yesterday. You have what you say… if you expect
delays, you will certainly get them. Behold I do a new thing, NOW it
springs forth. (Isa 43:19)
2 Kings 7:1 THEN ELISHA said, Hear the word
of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: Tomorrow about this time, a measure of
fine flour will sell for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel
in the gate of Samaria! AMP
Isa 43:19 Behold, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not
give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in
the desert. AMP
Isa 65:24 "It shall come to pass. That
before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will
hear. NKJV |