We are now six days from December 21st,2012, the end of the Mayan Calendar. Those who have been reading this site for some time know that I have made some declarations. On September 1st, 2011 I announced “Now is the Time” and wrote a 10 part series on that declaration. The series ended on September 27th. The first full day of Passover in 2013 happens to be exactly 18 months from the end of the series.
Eighteen months was the length of time the children of Israel were to be in the wilderness before entering the Promised Land. Because of unbelief they ended up staying in the wilderness another 38 1/2 years before they finally crossed over. The eighteen month period was ordained to be a time of preparation before entering into the fullness.
In April of 1995 my business quit generating revenue to sustain the normal business operations. Our Heavenly Father had put me on what turned out to be a ten year morning prayer routine from 1990 to 2000. I separated myself from 6AM to 7AM each morning. My agreement was that if HE woke me up at 5AM, I would pray. Yep, HE obliged that request EVERY DAY! So here I am in the midst of this 10 year mandate and our revenue begins to dry up. What’s up FATHER? HE said “You are in the financial wilderness.” My response, “Get me out of it!” HE said, “No, it is ordained that you spend eighteen months in the wilderness.” That did not excite me. During that time, there were days when I would wake up with fear gripping my heart. Those days I would not leave my prayer time until the fear was replaced with peace. After all, I was not going to generate any business anyway so I might as well stay in the sanctuary. We were in a financial nosedive but Our Heavenly Father delivered us “just in time”. Bankruptcy was definitely in sight. The lean period ended in September of 1996. This turned out to be the first month I participated in a Tabernacles meeting. During that period Our Heavenly Father had me study the three major feasts. It was a time of great revelation on a personal basis.
I share these personal stories not to draw attention to me but to share that fact that each of us is tried and tested. You are not alone in your trials. Each of us has a story just as important as mine. I hope this sharing is a comfort to you when you are in your trials.
Of course I thought once I made it through the eighteen month period, I would be fully operational in my calling… Not! My next training mission was to be immersed in the study of Biblical Law. This would go on until 2005. Was I now ready? Nope! Now it was time for me to focus on the most primary characteristic of Our Heavenly Father- Love. This month marks the completion of seven years of study.
Since 2005, Our Heavenly Father has had me establish Servias Ministries and Unity153, write two books on Love, and write hundreds of blogs. The intent of all of this is to serve mankind. I trust that it is.
Are we in an eighteen month period of final preparation to enter in to the fullness of our callings? Only Our Heavenly Father knows for sure. Does the end of the Mayan Calendar mark the end of a cosmic age and the beginning of a new dispensation prophesied in Scripture? On August 20th, immediately after our 40th Wedding Anniversary, Our Heavenly Father put us on a diet. HE later told me that I would be on this diet until late March and that it was a time of preparation. It has not been difficult at all, an indication of Divine intervention. To date, two decades of weight is gone.
Easter Sunday is 100 days after the end of the Mayan Calendar. It also happens to be my birthday. Will it mark the final days of preparation for the perfecting of the saints and the beginning of the global transformation? Our Heavenly Father tends to give us only minimal information so we don’t muck up HIS plan by interjecting our “help”. Our mandate to to mature as saints so that we may serve mankind in our unique and specific callings. If this 100 day period is marked by tangible results and fruit, we will all be thrilled. If it isn’t, I will continue my personal preparation so that I too will be know as a man after GOD’S own heart!