"Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it." Habakkuk 2:2 Prophetic Insight and Wisdom is for today! "For I, says the LORD, will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst."Zech 2:5
I believe that Offense is one of the biggest hurdles this Church Era will have to overcome. It’s fierce. It’s Devicive and it’s Deceptive.
Causing Gods people to cling to hurt and anger, and not HIM. Let’s be Awake and Aware of Satans devices today Church! Don’t let him steal from you and all HE wants to bring through your life! It’s time to Repent of bitterness, pride and offense! For, How can two walk together unless they agree? How can the Church walk together if she’s disconnected, disjointed and offended?
Brothers Sisters these things should not be so. We KNOW that Where Unity is, the Blessing of God and the Anointing Flows! Hallelujah.
“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony! It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes. It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the Lord has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.” Psalms 133:1-3 BSB
So we must be watchful and aware of satans devices.
And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold Matthew 24:10-12
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Therefore, we must become more militant and aware of this tool of Satan and guard our hearts against offenses. So that Love may rule and reign among us and we can keep our hearts free offense, and be Glory carriers in these last days of GODS Great Outpouring.
We can do this by…
Getting Free Ourselves through Truth and Deliverance
Seeing others in Christ. The way He sees them.
forgiving quickly and easily will be the modes that will allow you to soar higher and over those low level walls that desire to keep you bound.
We are eagles! Not vultures. We are overcomers not competitors. Let JESUS bring Light and Truth to your heart as you begin to act upon these truths to go higher! Lean into Him and walk in the Reverence of the Lord and in Humility. This is our key. Our position is to be low. For He lift up the humble.
Let’s stay on the straight and narrow Church! And not bite the bait of Satan to be offended, backbiting and self seeking. Let’s not Cause offense or even be to proud to hear a rebuke. Because the Lord lives those whose He chastens and corrects every son He receives.
The Lord loves us and will always offer us the shining light of HIS Truth upon a situation or thought. It’s my prayer you are encouraged blessed and strengthened to become the fullest version of you. You, who are created in His Image!
There is a funny little bold bird called the Mockingbird. He’s got a pretty grey coat and a distinguished white undershirt like a gentleman in a suit.
But looks can be deceiving. Although he appears dapper and wise, he is not like other birds, which have their own distinct sound and call. God gave the fowl of the earth these specific sounds for the purpose of everything from finding a mate to raising and calling their young. Each species has a different call. Or sound.
But not this little mockingbird. He can pick up in the range of up to 200 different bird calls and mimics them uncannily with only a slight difference. The thing with this bird is unless you are aware of the mockingbirds true nature, you will assume you’re hearing the real McCoy. You’ll think a bluebird or a cardinal is close by.
And when you find out it’s just the mockingbird can’t help feeling disappointed when you learn you’ve been tricked.
But this post isn’t just about birds, it’s about voices. Sounds matter in humans too. They are distinct and meaningful. In the realm of Christians and the Prophetic over the last few years since Covid people began to disdain the voice of the Prophet. And words of a prophetic nature. But there was something happening and I believe the mocking bird is the prime example of how you can begin to believe something is real- that’s not. Many fake people, sources media.
But just like the mockingbird we have endured erroneous voices and sounds that seem to sound just like the real thing. Saying the right types of words but in a different spirit, or in a spirit meant to bring fear shame or bondage again into religion. they are copycats, deceived and deceiving.
They are not a true voice sent from God but are more like a distorted overplayed record. Which if carefully played you can hear the cracks and warps.
Why do I say all this? Because a true word and voice is a lamp stand, a guidepost that really does need to be heard and heeded. A true word brings warning, correction and direction. It does not stand there, just to make a sound like the mockingbird. But actually has a message to say! According to the way it was designed by God. A true prophet, by design Will align you to the Father and not just tickle your ear .
Pay attention to purpose pay attention to real and do t let copycats ruin your taste for the prophetic. Because God is still speaking!
“The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?” Jeremiah 23:28-29 KJV
“But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.” Jeremiah 23:22 KJV
“And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.” Numbers 12:6 KJV
The doorway to the heart of the Father, is thankfulness. And the doorway to a happy heart in man, is gratitude.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. Psalm 100:4
When I choose to ‘enter His gates with thanksgiving and come into His courts with praise’, I am rightly acknowledging the King of Kings. I am seeing and addressing Him for who His is, A Good Father. No matter what I may feel like or what my situations may be saying.
When the disciples asked Jesus ‘how should we pray?’ He answered them..
“In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:9-10 NKJV You might ask, What does prayer have to do with worship?
I will say, that worship is the very first step in prayer, it’s how to approach the Lord, these verses are Jesus teaching His disciples that.
He taught us to seek and worship Him before we petition Him for anything. To seek Him as being our Father. Our Good Father. And to seek will above our own. With honor and reverence.
To Worship is to Rejoice!
In Philippians it says, “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:4-7 NKJV
We have a two fold promise in these verses. That if we arrest our anxious hearts and bring them under submission to the knowledge of His goodness, and then, offer up our prayers and petitions with a heart of gratitude, The Lord will then, in turn, bless us with His insurmountable peace, guarding our hearts and minds from a fearful, anxious spirit. It’s a privilege and an exchange that belongs only, to the children of God. In right right standing with God we keep our peace. Holding fast to what is lovely, good, right, pure and holy. We steward it well. We abide. We stay in His peace. In this way, we enter into the fruit of true worship, His peace which brings joy. The presence brings joy. If your worship doesn’t bring you here. It’s time to reevaluate it. For, In the presence of the Lord is fullness of joy.
“You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Psalms 16:11 NKJV
“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.” Philippians 4:8-9 NKJV
The heart posture and decision to Rejoice, and not let the enemy get the best of you, tells the enemy and the spirit realm to Back Off! This is a child of God, and we will worship Him. It brings confusion to the enemies camp. And It also ushers in the Presence of God. For He comes where He is honored.
“Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” Philippians 4:4 NKJV
Thanksgiving is a Sacrifice
‘And when you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, offer it of your own free will. Lev 22:19
Thanksgiving should be of our own free will, let it be your choice, sometimes its a sacrificial act. To worship and to give thanks. Sometimes we must speak to our own spirits, and encourage ourselves in the Lord, as David did…
“Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him For the help of His countenance.” Psalms 42:5 NKJV
Giving thanks was mentioned in the Old Testament as a specific type of offering..And when you sacrifice an offering of thanksgiving to the Lord, sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. Leviticus 22;29
Psalm 27:6 And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me; in His tent I will offer sacrificesand shouting of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.
“Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in the Lord.” Psalms 4:5 NKJV
Thanksgiving is Ministry to the Lord
People were chosen and appointed for the soul purpose of giving thanks to God. It was their job. Worship was not about a talented or famous person, a beautiful song or an anointed worship leader, it was about honoring the Lord. It is suppose to be about giving Him what is due His name. The praise and thanksgiving that’s due Him, by the leading of His Spirit, with the angels and with consistency, skill and purpose. If its happening in heaven, why is it not happening here more frequently and with greater purpose and seriousness?
1 Chronicles 16:7 Then on that day David first entrusted to Asaph and his brethren the singing of thanks to the Lord [as their chief task]:
1 Chronicles 16:41 With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen and expressly named to give thanks to the Lord, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever.
2 Chronicles 7:6 The priests stood at their posts, and the Levites also, with instruments of music to the Lord, which King David had made to praise and give thanks to the Lord—for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever—whenever David praised through their ministry; the priests blew trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
David led, the priests knew their position, and the people honored by following and standing when the trumpets were blown. They were all of one mind and one accord, to worship Him, to give THANKS to the Lord. Not to receive anything from Him. Although they would receive, because God responds to praise.
2 Chronicles 20:21 When he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to sing to the Lord and praise Him in their holy [priestly] garments as they went out before the army, saying, Givethanksto the Lord, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!
Certain people were appointed, only the priests. They were anointed to do this, God is the one who chooses, clothes and appoints and anoints people to serve as priests to offer sacrifices of praise to Him.
Not only that, but it was worship that preceded military might. God went first.
Exodus 29:28 It shall be for Aaron and his sons as their due portion from the Israelites perpetually, an offering from the Israelites of their peace and thanksgiving sacrifices, their offering to the Lord.
Thanksgiving creates gratitude in the giver
There is a saying ‘You become what you behold’. I actually named a painting this a few years ago. But the fact is, we cannot behold His face in gratitude and thanksgiving and go away empty handed, unchanged. The mere act of worship changes us. It changes our brain chemicals. Increases our joy and builds our faith. Rightly seeing the Lord automatically inspires worship. We see Him as He is, and we become what we behold. We reflect Him. Just as the moon reflects the sun.
This is the painting. ‘ You become what you behold’
“Come and see a man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” John 4:29
In John 4 the Woman at the well gives us some stunning insight about Jesus, religion and ourselves.
Often like her, we can find ourselves living in confined places within our own lives with what seems like no way out. Where we have inadvertently agreed to mindsets and ways of living that are the opposite of life giving. In fact maybe even life choking. When Jesus found this woman she was swimming in the drama of her own life story. Visiting the ‘well,” but going around the same mountain over and over again.
But, it only took one encounter with Jesus to turn her into an unstoppable witness for Christ. What was it that changed her?
4 Now when the Lord knew (learned, became aware) that the Pharisees had been told that Jesus was winning and baptizing more disciples than John—2Though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples—3 He left Judea and returned to Galilee.4 It was necessary for Him to go through Samaria. 5 And in doing so, He arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the tract of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.6 And Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, tired as He was from His journey, sat down [to rest] by the well. It was then about the sixth hour (about noon)7 Presently, when a woman of Samaria came along to draw water, Jesus said to her, Give Me a drink—
We read that Jesus found it necessary to visit this woman in Samaria. He came to rest at a particular well. A well that historically was a gift to the people of God. A well that was passed down from generation to generation. Much like religion can be. I believe that God always visits old wells. But also HE reveals deeper water in them.
If Jesus came to our dusty towns today would He find faith? Or just an old pattern of religion. If He came, would anyone recognize Him? Or would they cling to their traditions.
I am glad it was a necessity for the Lord to visit Samaria. He will bless the old wells with new fresh faith. But let them recognize His coming! And not reject it.
I am glad that He looked beyond her religion and doubt and found her hungry heart for more. Hunger always pulls on the Lords garment.
But, Religion or the spirit of religion will often keep you stuck in the traditions of man. Thinking that your past is where your God is, that He only worked miracles in Bible days.
Or, that by knowing the scripture, you think you know Him! But He had to come to Samaria. And He came to reveal His heart to her heart. She asked Jesus, if He superseded what her sense of knowing God was.
“The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?”” John 4:11-12 NKJV
The well that passed from their father Jacob was enough. It was enough to know she and her people were called by a name. But here was ‘Living Water’ Himself offering to give her a drink! There was much more! It was much deeper!
“Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”” John 4:13-14 NKJV
How often we become satisfied and indifferent In our traditions, When there’s so much more the Lord wants to give us! He wants us to have life! And life more abundantly. Not just names and history and titles. But real life giving encounters in His presence, in His love.
He was sitting on the edge of a dusty well, Jesus the very one Jacob prayed to and Joseph got his dreams from. Having gone out of His way, and Defying social protocols He came to speak to this woman. Divine appointments sometimes come in peculiar ways.
An encounter with the Living God, with the True and Living Water will change you. It will, all at once energize you and also make you deeply hungry for more. He is the fountain of life Jehova Jireh our ‘Provider’. Not only did He satisfy her thirst and change her identity but He gave her a purpose. With new life comes new direction and the woman at the well ran in an entirely new direction not realizing she was actually a witness and an evangelist in Gods kingdom. One visit. One moment at the well satisfied a life and a rejuvenated a city, Jesus fulfilling its heritage, not destroying it.
“Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” John 7:38 BSB
Often in life, we can mistake the big things, for the things that matter. And miss the little things.. but the voice of God.. is in the little things. They can be the most important things. For Elijah, God was the still small voice.
In 1 Kings 18 Elijah stood on the mountaintop of victory, he had just experienced what was probably the apex of his prophetic journey. Victory over Jezebel and the prophets of Baal. He stood in great boldness and saw FIRE hit the altar that was just drenched in water, he single handedly, through the power of GOD shifted the course of a Nation.
The children of Israel saw with their own eyes, the God who answers by fire come and lick up the water and the sacrifice quicker than the false prophets of Baal and their long hours of chanting cutting and dancing ever could. The lying prophets of Baal had a vacant absent god much like the gods of today, who was not responding. And in that day and hour, the fire proved who the real God was much like this era will prove to the people of today.
In one day they went from Baal worship, to worshipping the One true God, Yahweh. The Lord had showed Himself strong that day, and it was Revival!
Elijah advised the king, prophesied the end of a three year drought and then prayed in the rain, in true Apostolic form he reestablished truth and fact of monotheism and not polytheism.. the very fire of God proving who HE is, that He was with the prophet and that He was very much concerned about kingdom affairs! But not many days later we see him running for his life and camping out under a broom tree, physically, mentally and spiritually exhausted and about ready to give up . What happened? Where did the fire go?
19 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” 3 And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a [a]broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”
Elijah was confronted with a lie from the servant of the witch herself, sent with a message with one tactic, FEAR and its the same type of stunt the enemy has used for decades and centuries. The message was fear based. Not truth based.. But when your on top of a mountain, the only way to go is down. Before you can go back up of course. Strangely it seems to be the “in between” places, in the hollars the places between the victories, where the good Lord does His best work. Later on Elisha learned he wasn’t the only one like he thought he was. The Nation didn’t rest soley on him, as he had thought. There were still seven thousand more who had not bowed the knee to Baal. The Father knew them, knew exactly where they were. Kinda like an end times army!
Things are not as they seem, we can be on the mountain of victory one minute and running from witches the next but God is God in the mountain and in the valley, He will bring us to our expected end.
At this moment Elijah had run out of options he was the end of himself. And then Lord sent an angelic messenger to deliver good food, sustaining food. Provision for the journey, Jesus says ‘I am the bread of life’, He sustains us on our wilderness journeys. He had to arise though. He had to receive the gift of the bread of life, and that’s where his strength came from and it lasted forty days, the length of the rest of the journey. We can expect our God to give us strength and endurance, enough for the entire journey. Sometimes he sends angels to help us, real ones and some in the form of people. But Elijah would fulfil his purpose.
“Are not theangels all ministering spirits (servants) sent out in the service [of God for the assistance] of those who are to inherit salvation? Hebrews 1:14
5 Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an [b]angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat.” 6 Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on [c]coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again. 7 And the [d]angel of the Lord came back the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.” 8 So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God.
9 And there he went into a cave, and spent the night in that place; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
10 So he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”
11 And He said, Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake;
12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire [a sound of gentle stillness and] a still, small voice.
We can mistake the voice of the Lord for being in the circumstances and in the things we see. When he came to meet with the Lord in the mountain after his long journey into the wilderness, three things came… the Wind, the Earthquake and a Fire. But the voice of the Lord was not in those things! ‘But after… ‘A Still Small Voice’.. listen for the Still small Voice and not the chaos or circumstances around you. God is faithful.
“Don’t let the dark lie to you, the sun will still rise in the morning.
It just so happens it’s your turn to be a star
Not only did the Lord sustain him on the journey through the wilderness, but he gave him a plan. Seeking His face will give you a plan. Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. To give you an expected end.” The Lord would highlight Elijah’s predecessor, show him His plans to rebuild the Nation of Israel and direct his efforts to see a new king rise. God always has plans, and its His plans that prevail and not the enemies plans.
13 So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
14 And he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”
15 Then the Lord said to him: “Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria. 16 Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.
16 And anoint Jehu son of Nimshi to be king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah to be prophet in your place.
17 And him who escapes from the sword of Hazael Jehu shall slay, and him who escapes the sword of Jehu Elisha shall slay.
18 Yet I will leave Myself 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.
19 So Elijah left there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, whose plowing was being done with twelve yoke of oxen, and he drove the twelfth. Elijah crossed over to him and cast his mantle upon him.
“What are you doing here Elijah?’… This question became the shifting moment. The contact point for Elijah’s miracles and what catapulted his future..
..”See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent curtains”… 2 Sam 7:2
David’s desire was to build a house for God. He wanted a good thing! But God is not contained in houses made with men’s hands. And He never asked for men to build Him a house. He is not contained, but He moves like the wind and leads men by fire and by glory. He’s wild and He’s love.. and He makes His home in our hearts with true intimacy and relationship. David desired a good thing but it was his successor, his son Solomon, who would build the house of the Lord. And so David handed the plans down to him and instructed him.
“Now it came to pass when the king was dwelling in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies all around, that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent curtains.” Then Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.” But it happened that night that the word of the Lord came to Nathan saying, “Go and tell my servant David, “Thus says the Lord; “Would you build a house for Me to dwell in? For I have not dwelt in a house since the time that I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt, even to this day, but have moved about in a tent and in a tabernacle.” 2 Samuel 7;1-6
..”Also the Lord tells you that He will make you a house. “When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom forever.” 2 Samuel 7:11-12
One generation builds for the next. One lays a certain foundation, like David did, for the next one to build on and go higher. David’s love and zeal for the Lord conquered the land and in essence prepared the soil of the hearts of Gods’ people for what was coming. He loved God deeply but was by nature a man with a war-like spirit. He had blood on his hands, and so, by the will of God, he handed the torch down to the next generation to build with. This is how important it is to rightly represent the Lord. God lives in and among men, and uses them. But we humans are fallen in nature, and so God will move into a new generation with new movements to show us His heart, to keep us on track and keep Himself un-boxed. It is His-story! He used and uses prophets, judges, priests, kings, apostles and teachers, worship leaders, pastors and mothers and fathers of the faith. All for our good and His Glory to build His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. We are His literal dwelling place!
“in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of Godin the Spirit.”
Ephesians 2:22
Now, once again, we are in a new era , where old wineskins won’t be able to carry the new wine. But we don’t throw away the foundation. We build upon it. We dig down to the purity of the foundation and we build with what the Spirit of God is empowering us to build with… because God’s heart has always been to dwell with men and He surely calls us His living stones. From the garden until now He seeks fellowship and union with mankind. We are the literal dwelling place of God. To know Him and be known by Him and to bring Him glory is everything. It’s our chief end.
The Lord really started to lead me in this through a vision I had while in prayer. I saw mighty bulldozers preparing the land to build and I heard the Lord say…’We’re building’.
It denotes both a personal and a corporate mandate. If God was preparing to come dwell among us, then we must both get out of the way, and learn how to partner with Holy Spirit again in these last days for a mighty outpouring of His Spirit and revival. We must make room for Him! servants, pastors, leaders, evangelists, prophets, apostles, laymen, and teachers. He desires His position, His Bride, His house once again.
“Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as God directed Moses to make it according to the pattern which he had seen. Our fathers also brought it in [with them into the land] with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations whom God drove out before our fathers, [and so it remained here] until the time of David, who found favor (grace, spiritual blessing) in the sight of God and asked that he might [be allowed to] find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. But it was Solomon who built a house for Him. However, the Most High [the One infinitely exalted above humanity] does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the Prophet [Isaiah] says,
‘HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, AND EARTH IS THE FOOTSTOOL FOR MY FEET; WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?’ says the Lord, ‘OR WHAT PLACE IS THERE FOR MY REST? WAS IT NOT MY HAND THAT MADE ALL THESE THINGS?’
Acts 7:44-50
And yet again, He will ‘tabernacle’ among men. To tabernacle is to dwell to abide to live with! Jesus prayed and asked the Father for this in John 17:20-21 He said, “I do not pray for these alone but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me and I in You; that they also may be one in US, that the world may believe that You sent Me.”
“It is the goal of heaven to have union with His bride, the church’
So we look at the builders in the Word, What kind of people did He used to bring spiritual revival? What kind of heart does He choose to visit as His dwelling place? We look into the Word. There are clear patterns and protocols layed out for us. David says this in Psalms 24:3 ..”Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His Holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the LORD, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.”
Throughout time God has touched men and women with pure hearts for Him, and clean hands to work good things for Him in this earth. They have shaped the way we think and the way see the world. As we watch their interaction with the Lord we learn and gain wisdom about ourselves.
So, Solomon built, standing on the foundation of his father David’s heart, his zeal for God and his conquests had brought peace and corporate worship back. David had brought back the ark and was a worshipper. But now the Lord had downloaded Solomon with the Wisdom of God. There had been none like him before, neither would there be any like him after. And he would build the infrastructures of God in the earth with wisdom. People all over would clearly see God’s hand with Solomon and the Nation would come into glory at that time. So if I can add anything to this revelation it would be to keep building with Holy Spirit. Because right now is also a time of great transition. So keep building, not with the tools you saw your grandfathers build with. Though we don’t forget them, we honor and remember them. But we also know that with new wine comes new wine skins and the Holy Spirit is seeking those who will partner with Him in building, not a physical building but the very tabernacle of God in the earth. Those who carry and spread His Glory and revival.
“but just as it is written [in Scripture], “THINGS WHICH THE EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND THE EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND WHICH HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, who obey Him, and who gratefully recognize the benefits that He has bestowed].” 1 Corinthians 2:9 amp
Just like David, God is searching for men and women who run hard after Him. They are men and women after His own heart. Uncommon leaders who have put God first above all else, they have hearts full of worship and humility. They have been through fire and through floods to be made into steal weapons and polished shafts, hidden away in His quiver. In due time, He takes them out and uses them.
“For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” says the LORD”.
‘But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.”
Stephanie Weir Ministries 