Bearing Witness of FATHER

January 28th, 2016

When you bear witness of what FATHER is bringing forth, you have obtained a good report or testimony.  In Hebrews chapter 11:

1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

We are called to be witnesses of FATHER to all the world and thus we must expect the supernatural to operate in our lives as being evidence of HIS Power imparted on the earth.  In order to please HIM we must walk in faith in HIS Word rather that walk in faith in the world’s systems.  We all have faith in something thus the only question is whether our faith is in man or FATHER.  The world wants to convince us that there are incurable diseases since they have no idea of how to treat them.  On the other hand, FATHER can heal and restore anyone with any sickness or disease.

In Abraham’s case, he was impotent and Sarah was barren and both were old.  The odds of having a child were virtually zero in the world’s eyes.  FATHER saw no issue for HE operates above the natural circumstances i.e. the supernatural.  If you continue to rely on your five physical senses you will never operate anywhere but the natural, lower realm.

8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

When you hear FATHER’S Voice and respond accordingly, you are walking in faith.  You no longer accept what your five physical senses are telling you in the lower realm but instead you are trusting in FATHER’S Word and ability to perform in the higher and superior realm on your behalf.  You are not moved by what you see and hear, you no longer accept the evil report submitted by the world.  Abraham believed FATHER’S Word to him rather than his body or the barrenness of Sarah.  Once Abraham embraced FATHER’S Word, Sarah responded as well:

11 By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

Both were witnesses to FATHER’S supernatural power.  Let us also become witnesses to HIS power in our lives as we walk in faith pleasing HIM.  We must immerse ourselves in HIS Word to the point where we believe HIM more than we believe the world and it bombardment of evil reports.  Faith is the substance of things hoped for but you must first develop your hope that FATHER will intervene and operate in you and through you in Love for others.  HIS Word will cleanse you of unbelief but it is your choice to go through the cleansing process.  As you move toward purity in purpose, you will begin to sense an activation in your life.  Your faith will rise up and you will begin to see those things that were previously unsolvable as non-issues.  Doubt will depart from you.

What about my past sins, lawlessness, and failures?  FATHER’S grace and mercy are greater than anything you have done or have been a part of in the past.  Paul (who was Saul) officiated over the killing of believers yet FATHER used him to pen two-thirds of the New Testament and minister life and healing to many.  Moses killed a man yet FATHER had no problem empowering his calling to set the captives free from Egypt.  FATHER used heathen kings to do HIS bidding thus I am confident that FATHER can use you and me for HIS Purpose.  Let not guilt of past failures prevent you from embracing the Way, the Truth, and the Life FATHER would have you walk out in these times.

My prayer for you is found in Colossians chapter 1:

9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;

12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.

13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

When faith walks in Love, nothing is held back by FATHER for you know HIS Will and HE will have you bear witness of HIM to those you encounter.  Hallelujah!

Do You Know HIS Ways?

January 28th, 2016

There are those who are called to enter into the “Promised” land today but many will give excuses such as is found in Luke 14:

17 and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’

18 But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’

19 And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’

20 Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’

What is so important that you are unwilling to lay your life down for THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY?  Little do people realize that as you give yourself fully to FATHER, HE is able to give HIMSELF fully to you.  Let me assure you it is a great life even when the adversary comes to mess with you.  Knowing that FATHER is with you allows you to rest in the midst of your enemies:

Psalm 138:7 ​​Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;

​​You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,

​​And Your right hand will save me.

My daughter recently shared a quote with me: What we fear most often reveals where we trust GOD the least.  Only you and FATHER truly know what is in your heart.  Whatever your area of weakness is, let FATHER turn it into a strength.  Do you have a hard time praying?  If so, consider that you don’t have a deep enough relationship with FATHER or you could easily carry on a conversation with HIM.  If you knew HIS Ways you could and would proclaim them as you present the request at hand.  If you knew Christ The Healer, you would pursue healing through Him rather than a man or woman with a white coat who is practicing on you.

Many are predisposed to focusing on politics, sports, hobbies, etc. whereas I am predisposed with knowing FATHER and HIS ways to the point I can make a blessed difference in people’s lives.  When you have a solution to a problem that truly works, you want to share it with others.  When you encounter a difficult situation and you are led out of it in a peaceful and positive fashion, you rejoice and seek to share it to the benefit of those willing to listen.

The world is in a persistent state of turmoil now and we must ask who has a solution to all of the problems plaguing mankind today.  Only FATHER can bring us out of the muck and mire for there is none with the ability to do so other than HIM.  Love is the only answer and the question is will you participate in HIS deliverance as a vessel of honor or will you simply be one of the untold recipients.  If you are in the latter group, what will be your excuse for missing out on the most exciting opportunity of a lifetime?  Once you begin to know HIS Way, HIS Truth, and HIS Life, you will be at peace in any situation you find yourself in.

Jesus spoke:

John 13:34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Let FATHER flow through you to the benefit of others.

Healing for All?

January 27th, 2016

Is it FATHER’S Will to heal everyone or are there a select few slated for HIS blessing?  Are the rest of destined to spend their life savings trying to manage a chronic infirmity that the medical profession has yet to find a cure?  Is our CREATOR just not big enough to fix the very ones HE created?  Have we simply lowered our expectation to the point of unbelief?  It’s time for the Truth to come to the forefront of our consciousness and no longer accept our current situation.  Let each of us deal with the uncertainty of FATHER’S willingness to heal us all.

How can you walk in boldness if you are not sure of FATHER’S Will in the area you are being confronted with?  Let the following verses taken from only one of the Gospels minister to you that FATHER’S will expressed by HIS Son Jesus is to heal all who come into HIS Presence:

Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.

Matthew 8:16  16 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick,

Matthew 9:35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

Mathew 12:15  But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.

Matthew 14:14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.

Matthew 14:34 When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret.

35 And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent out into all that surrounding region, brought to Him all who were sick,

36 and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.

Matthew 15:29 Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there.

30 Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them.

Matthew 19:1 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

2 And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.

Matthew 21:14 Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

Yes, that was Jesus doing the healing but how can I be expected to walk in the same manner?  Jesus included us in the Great Commission of Mark 16:14-18, Matt. 28:16–20, Luke 24:44–49, and Acts 1:6–8.  Faith comes by hearing, reading, and dwelling on The Word so let your faith be built up by meditating on the Scriptures found in these writings.  Make this a priority in your life and your life will finally align with FATHER’S Plan, Will, and Purpose. 

Quit worrying about what the world is doing and start concerning yourself with serving FATHER and responding to HIS Voice and mandate for you.  Be your brother’s keeper by embracing the Great Commission and begin walking in it.  See yourself as Jesus sees you.  Let not unbelief and your history of failure prevent you from rising up to HIS Standard.  Reestablish your priorities and HE will respond.

Do you feel like you are missing something in order to walk out the Great Commission?  Embrace the following verse in Hebrews 4:

14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Jesus knows your problems and He knows how to resolve them so you can fulfill your calling.  Muster up a little boldness and your day will change for the better.  The masses are in desperate need of healing and we have the answer to their problem if we will simply respond to FATHER’S Call.  Yes, it is HIS Will for all to be healed.

A Superior Ministry

January 26th, 2016

Under the Old Covenant, every one of the 3 million children of Israel were walking in full and complete health for FATHER healed them all.  This population had been enslaved by the Egyptians and made to toil under severe conditions.  It was not easy for any of them.  FATHER performed miracle after miracle and they believed HIM to be their Deliverer and HE was.  HE provided for them in the wilderness and they were able to see an expression of HIS Presence.  Life was good versus the bondage they had suffered previously.  Yet the New Covenant provides us a more excellent ministry than that of the Old Covenant:

Hebrews 8:6  But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises.

By HIS Love, FATHER established a better promise and ministry through HIS Son Jesus Christ:

1 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

2 a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.

Jesus performed over 30 individual healings recorded in the Gospels as well as “mass” healings of larger groups.  All of this was done under the Old Covenant for He had not yet gone to the cross.  We are now under a more excellent ministry yet where is the fullness of the fruit of this more excellent ministry?  Shouldn’t we expect more than the disciples who were able to go forth while Jesus walked among them?  What is preventing us from producing greater fruit than the disciples on behalf of the Kingdom?  Unbelief, fear, and lack of trust in FATHER.  An unwillingness to fully embrace the revelation of Love, the most primary characteristic of FATHER.  Let us pursue change in our lives that we might fulfill the great commission:

Mark 16:14 Later Jesus appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

15 And Jesus said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;

18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

This is a call to no longer cower under the pressure of “political correctness” and remain silent.  It is time to be bold in your belief and walk in faith, no longer accepting the conditions the world has placed you under.  Earnestly seek FATHER’S Face and HE will respond and begin instructing you of which path to take, who is ready to hear the Good News, and when to rebuke the devourer.

Gideon was in hiding and minding his own business when his visitation came forth.  You can run but you can’t hide from your designated calling.  Everyone has a calling but the question is will you grab hold of your calling and walk it out in its fullness or will you just sit on the couch with the TV remote in your hand biding your time?  Are you an undercover Believer?

Acts 4:31  And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

Do you think this boldness was only for the first few years after the resurrection of Jesus?  Think again.  We have full access to a superior ministry provided for by Jesus being at the right hand of FATHER so let’s embrace it and establish HIS Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven.  Fear not and get rid of your unbelief, it’s time!

3 Million vs. 7 Billion

January 25th, 2016

It is estimated when FATHER delivered the children of Israel out of Egypt, there were about 3 million.  Psalms 107 speaks of this deliverance:

19 ​​Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,

​​And He saved them out of their distresses.

20 ​​He sent His word and healed them,

​​And delivered them from their destructions.

How many of the 3 million were healed?  All of them!  As Psalms 107 proclaims, there was not one feeble among them:

37 ​​He also brought them out with silver and gold,

​​And there was none feeble among His tribes.

38 ​​Egypt was glad when they departed,

​​For the fear of them had fallen upon them.

39 ​​He spread a cloud for a covering,

​​And fire to give light in the night.

Is FATHER willing to heal all 7 billion of those inhabiting the earth today or is HE restricted to 3 million, 10 million, or just a few?  Can the CREATOR fix HIS creation?  Certainly.  FATHER is no respecter of persons as Peter spoke in Acts 10:34.  HE will heal anyone who believes fully IN HIM.  Traditions of men have diluted the Word in the area of healing and thus there has been resistance to standing on HIS Promises in the area of healing.  Over the last 10 years, I have seen the very same reluctance to pursue the revelation of Love to the point of resistance in some cases.  Why?  Once you receive the revelation, you become accountable and possibly afraid FATHER might require much of you.  It reveals a lack of trust IN HIM to look out for your best interest.

In 2014, it is estimated that the U.S. spent 3 trillion dollars in healthcare.  How much did the children of Israel spend in their first year in the wilderness?  Zero.  There were none who were sick among them.  What would $3,000,000,000,000 do for an economy if spent in a more productive fashion?  That works out to $9,500 for every man, woman, and child.  We are not meant to die from sickness, we should simply quit breathing on that appointed day.

Do you fully believe FATHER’S Words and promises to you?  Unbelief and compromise must be removed.  If under the Old Covenant FATHER managed to heal 3 million, how much more under the New Covenant should HE be able to heal!  The fulfillment of the Blood of Christ should empower us to the point where we no longer accept sickness and disease as the norm but instead we should expect complete healing of our bodies to manifest.  Consider what the Beloved Disciple wrote in 1 John chapter 4:

17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

19 We love Him because He first loved us.

20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

We should expect FATHER’S power and authority to come forth as we establish HIS Kingdom.  People will respond when they see the fruit of this power.  Until then, they will laugh under their breath and continue spending their $9,500 per month for a poor substitute to FATHER’S healing power.  Let each of us become willing vessels of Honor for HIS purpose.  May fruit come forth in abundance for all to see HIS Love, mercy, and power.

Walking In HIS Fullness

January 24th, 2016

“Like FATHER, like Son” as the saying goes.  But let’s take it to its completion- “Like FATHER, like Son, thus like all Sons”.  It is time we fully embrace what being a mature son (as well as daughter) truly means.  We should expect to take on FATHER’S characteristics in all areas.  Jesus had no problem in proclaiming this Truth when He said in John chapter 14:

9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority;but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.

11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.

We have no problem in believing that Jesus had the power and authority to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out demons yet very few are walking in this manner today.  Instead the healthcare industry has become the first resort for those in need.  Isn’t it time to wake up and seek FATHER about this very issue?  Millions of people are suffering and having their meager life savings stripped from them in an effort to stay healthy.  Where is the Love in all this?

FATHER said in Exodus 15:

25 So Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.

There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them, 26 and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

FATHER is still in the healing and deliverance business for HE is the Great I AM, not I was or I will be.  Jesus is still in the healing business just as He spoke the following words in Luke 4:

18 ​​“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,

​​Because He has anointed Me

​​To preach the gospel to the poor;

​​He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,

​​To proclaim liberty to the captives

​​And recovery of sight to the blind,

​​To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

19 ​​To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.”

​20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

I would suggest that all of us agree that FATHER and our elder brother Jesus are ready and willing to heal and deliver.  Can we see ourselves with the same power and authority?  If not, why?  Do you believe that you are being raised up as one of the Sons of FATHER to establish the Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven?  Before the Day of Pentecost, Jesus gave the disciples power and authority similar to His own.  In Matthew chapter 10 Jesus spoke the following words:

6 “But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7 And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.”

The problem is not that FATHER is withholding HIS power and authority, the problem lies with our willingness to walk in HIS fullness.  I am convinced that as we align ourselves with FATHER’S Plan, Will, and Purpose, we will begin to walk in the same anointing, power, and authority that Jesus walked in, the twelve disciples walked in, and the “seventy” walked in.

Luke 10:17 Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”

What are we waiting for?  The Feast of Tabernacles in some appointed year?  The twelve disciples (including Judas) had sufficient power and authority before the Day of Pentecost had fully come.  What is the point of walking in this power and authority?  It is not to gain notoriety.  As my friend Kemper describes it, it is about “horizontal” ministry.  It is actually to walk out the new commandment Jesus proclaimed in John chapter 13:

34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Do you really want to be a fully mature disciple, a son who is willing to wholly serve?  When Love has fully enveloped our lives and we come into the fullness of this new commandment committed to Love one another and be our brother’s keeper, we will be empowered to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out demons.  We must renew our focus toward being one with FATHER.  The issue is not HIM giving, the issue is us receiving.

Some People want snow, others don’t

January 23rd, 2016

Disregard any commercials and other ads.  We never know what youtube is going to throw out there.

Revealing The Truth

January 23rd, 2016

In Exodus 23, we find FATHER’S promise to the children of Israel:

25 “So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.

26 No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.”

Has FATHER’S Divine Intent changed from the time HE spoke those words until now?  Absolutely not!  Those words are as true and filled with power now as the day they were spoken to the children of Israel.  So, what has changed?  The answer is: Us.  HE changes not for HIS Love for mankind is never failing and we must grasp that reality if we are to walk in those promises.  It is our choice.

FATHER gives us a warning:

31 …”For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

FATHER tells us what TO DO and tells us what NOT TO DO as any loving father would.  Worshipping idols is “serving” their gods.  Money is at the top of the list.  The current economic situation is all about money and greed by a select few.  The masses have no clue how ugly the situation is… yet.  You can be assured that there will be some unhappy campers when the Truth is fully revealed.  We are at the time of the “apocalypse”.  This word means:

  1. laying bare, making naked

  2. a disclosure of truth, instruction

    1. concerning things before unknown

    2. used of events by which things or states or persons hitherto withdrawn from view are made visible to all

  3. manifestation, appearance

This word is found in Revelation 1:

1 The Revelation (apocalypse) of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.

The end of the world is brought forth by the spreading of the Kingdom by the revealing of Christ.  How simple!  Fear has caused people to do nothing since they expect some cataclysm to occur on earth with no solution in sight.  They can’t see clearly because the groves surrounding their idol worship impairs their sight.  Get rid of the idols and allow FATHER’S correction to take place in your life.  No longer allow the perverse views to prevail in your household for it is time to cleanse the house of anything that would hinder the purity of purpose.  The fiery Word will do the job if you will only submit to its Truths by taking action as directed.  Give up your idols and let HIS Truth permeate your being.  HE will heal you, bless you, and instruct you in regard to others.

Embracing FATHER’S Love For YOU

January 22nd, 2016

If you will rise above the fray of the world’s chaos, you will be able to receive the fullness of FATHER’S Love and mercy for you.  What is HIS Intent for you?  Proverbs chapter 4 tells us the key:

20 ​​My son, give attention to my words;

​​Incline your ear to my sayings.

21 ​​Do not let them depart from your eyes;

​​Keep them in the midst of your heart;

22 ​​For they are life to those who find them,

​​And health to all their flesh.

23 ​​Keep your heart with all diligence,

​​For out of it spring the issues of life.

FATHER’S Living Word contains the key to life, health, and prosperity.  HE is our Creator Who has the solutions to our problems if we would only align ourselves with HIM.  We need to focus on HIS Word to us and believe it more than the temporary circumstances we find ourselves in.  If you are disheartened, then read Psalm 103:

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul;

​​And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

2 ​​Bless the LORD, O my soul,

​​And forget not all His benefits:

3 ​​Who forgives all your iniquities,

​​Who heals all your diseases,

4 ​​Who redeems your life from destruction,

​​Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

5 ​​Who satisfies your mouth with good things,

​​So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

What man or group of men have the answer to the overwhelming problems of the world?  None.  Only FATHER has the plan of deliverance from the mess mankind currently faces.  Cry out to HIM and let HIM show HIMSELF mighty in your life.  Get rid of all the weights that the world would cause you to carry.  Those weights are intended to restrict you from rising up to a higher place where you can see clearly.  FATHER gives you the right to choose:

Deuteronomy 30:19  “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;

20  that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”

Removing The Fearful

January 21st, 2016

In Gideon’s Army there were 301 men including himself.  Our Beloved Sister Bonnie Gaunt wrote about this number,

“It was on a lonely hill outside the walls of Jerusalem that this Heavenly One, who came to earth to be born, to suffer, and to die as a man, hung on a cruel cross that afternoon. The hill was called Calvary. Its Greek name was Kranion, whose numeric value is 301.

“At 3:01 in the afternoon, as he looked heavenward and said, ‘It is finished,’ the moon began to eclipse. It was at 3:01 Greenwich Time that the eclipse began. God makes no mistakes with His timing, nor does He rely on coincidences. The word ‘moon’ in the New Testament is Selene, and its Gematria is 301. Yes, He who had formed the moon and put it into its orbit around the earth, now had given up His human life at 3:01, on a hill called Calvary (301) precisely when the moon (301) began to eclipse. It was the exact hour when the priests were killing the lambs for Passover. ‘Lambs’ [in Hebrew] has a numeric value of 301.” [The Bible’s Awesome Number Code, p. 55]

Thus the number 301 also speaks of deliverance by going through the door of death as Jesus did.  We must die to the flesh in order to fully conquer fear and His act at 301 brought to us the ability to be fully led by THE SPIRIT.  Gideon was hiding in fear when his calling was “activated”:

Judges 6:11  Now the Angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites.

12  And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, “The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor!”

Gideon’s story points to the transition between the Age of Pentecost (threshed wheat) and the Age of Tabernacles (winepress).  There were overwhelming odds against him doing anything to change the current situation:

13 Gideon said to Him, “O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”

14 Then the LORD turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?”

15 So he said to Him, “O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”

16 And the LORD said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.”

FATHER does not need great numbers of men and women to bring about the Kingdom.  Actually HE only needs a few who are “all in”.  HE proves this very point by the deliverance of the nation of Israel with just 301 men PLUS HIS Power and Anointing on them.  In the past we have asked FATHER to bless our endeavors but now we must focus on aligning ourselves with HIS Divine Intent and Purpose.  We must rise above the fear that presents itself in our face and move beyond those hindrances that the adversary places before us as a diversion.  How do we do this?

1 John 4:18  There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

Some will finally embrace this reality and be selected as one of the 301 to take on the strife and contention represented by Midian.  If you can’t get beyond fear, the door will be closed to you making the cut in the first squadron.  Don’t worry, the 301’s purpose was to bring deliverance to the rest of the nation so you will be taken care of.  That is what Love does.