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I don't know anyone who wants to be sick. Everyone wants to be healthy. That's evident in the huge amount of money that flows into hospitals, doctors' offices, and pharmacies. People will do just about anything to retain or regain their health. That is a universal desire; you could easily say it's one of the most compelling desires of everyone who has ever lived. That's because mankind was created by God to live forever. There is a God-given aversion in every one of us to sickness, disease, and death. God didn't create us to be anything less than perfectly healthy.
As a child, I don't know how many times during church services I sang the old song, "I Surrender All." I'm not sure what I thought the words meant back then. I probably thought they were defining what I did when I accepted Jesus at age seven and gave up my life of crime as a candy thief. I stole some penny candy from the grocery store and Dad marched me back there to confess to the store manager. That's when I realized I was a sinner. I was like all the bad people the preacher yelled about every Sunday night. I needed salvation because I didn't want to go to hell.
My wife and I took a drive, and I received an open vision about a repeated cycle of time that has been occurring since 2001. The Lord has been moving in seven-year intervals and it coincides with some major events in history. In 2001, terrorism hit the United States (September 11th) and it sent a shockwave that impacted the entire world. When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. Isaiah 59:19 NIV Earlier that year, the late prophet Bob Jones had an encounter, and he was given specific strategies for a coming move of the Lord in the US and Canada. That vision hit me so powerfully that my wife and I launched our ministry, InLight Connection. We literally sold everything we had to go after this vision of the Lord.
Jesus gave us authority "to overcome all the power of the enemy, nothing will harm you" (Luke 10:19). We all face the complication of walking that out on earth; we've all experienced failures trying to do things "in Jesus' name." Here are a few of the pitfalls: When our initiative has roots in our own will, it works if it coincides with God and fails when it doesn't. The seemingly random process feels like pinball, and our "misses" naturally back us away from initiative.
"For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him." (Colossians 1:16) There is another world that exists at this very moment on a parallel plane. It is invisible to the human eye, but just as real as the world we see. This invisible world influences everything that goes on in the earth. As a matter of fact, the earth itself was created from what we cannot see. "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." (Hebrews 11:3)
I dreamed I was in the section of the zoo that houses all the snakes and scorpions. It was a zoo where you could get into the pen with the animals, and I stepped into a pen designed to look like the jungle. I sensed that I wanted to test the truths that God had been giving me about His eternal power and dominion on earth. I began to roll around on the sandy ground, and I could not see any of the snakes and serpents, yet suddenly, different kinds began to pop out one by one. I would wrestle one and think, "Whew, I am so glad I defeated that." Then I would roll over like I was waiting for another one, first under some trees and then on some grass.
The FINISHED WORK WAS COMPLETED BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN AND BROUGHT TO MANIFESTATION AND REALITY AT THE CROSS when Jesus said, "It is Finished." We must catch and apply these truths for ourselves. Many Christians do not understand what transpired on the Cross. Many think we have to wait to get to heaven to inherit His promises. The Cross is the pivot point, centerpiece, conclusion, and centrality of the ages of why Jesus came to earth. The Finished Work means that the work of Jesus Christ on the Cross fulfilled what had been planned from before time began.
"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'" Luke 15:4-6 Do you remember the parable of the lost sheep Jesus told in Luke 15? When the shepherd found the lost sheep, he lifted it up and laid it upon his strong shoulders.
The Spirit of the living God would say to you this day, Dead bones must rise again! Shake off the sleep and the slumber. Press toward the mark of our high calling. Unleash the resurrection power of My Spirit within you. No longer be timid and shy. You have entered into a time when there is no turning back for My beloved - My church. I have empowered you for this time, this day and this moment. No longer will you remain silent as the world passes away. I have given you a voice; it is time to lift it up and use it for My glory.
My child, don't walk away. Stand by My side. Look into My face and receive My sweet embrace. All your sins were washed away. With My blood you were set free. Forever rest in My finished work of Grace. Be set free to live endlessly. Forever you will reign with Me seated at the Father's right hand...the place of victory. There never has been a moment as precious as the one when you came to Me to receive My love for you at Calvary.
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