Monday, August 14, 2023

Without faith it is impossible to please God..... God not interested in the lemons or our lemonade

God showed me a vision of a huge ship which was tossed and turned in rough seas, it went through a storm. Saw the captain of the ship extremely confident of sailing through this, he seemed trained, equipped, and having all the experience that was needed. However, I saw him stressed out, extremely busy with managing the situation during the chaos across. After all the struggle and hardship for prolonged period he did manage get the ship out to safety. In the end he had a pleased expression on his face about his achievement. However, it was as if the Lord was not pleased with it. While I asked God what it was, I believe the Lord spoke, what we did with our faith, what we did with all the power and authority that he entrusted us with. Christ Jesus not only walked on water but also displayed dominion and authority over the sea and the storm and I felt God saying that this was an opportunity allowed by God to display his power and glory, only if the captain would have operated in faith and in the supernatural and not just depended on his strength and ability.

 

I believe the Lord is speaking, He has given us authority and dominion and wants us to realize it and operate in it. Too long we have depended on our abilities, strengths, our training and experiences and in doing so we have allowed the enemy to keep us engaged with worthless and petty things. Rather God wants us to align with him and operate from the position that he has placed us into, seated at the right hand of the father, besides Christ and take authority and dominion and operate in the supernatural, with complete dependence on God. It would have been so much easier for the captain to just move in that authority and calm the sea and the storm. The Lord reminds us about the authority that he has given us over the scorpion and serpent.

 

This season, God wants us to look beyond things and walk in the supernatural, not getting caught up with the mundane things of life but operate in that authority that the Lord has given us. Our victories will come from God and He has bigger things in store for us. It has always been Satan’s strategy to keep us engaged and distracted and get us to work on petty things. We have heard the phrase ‘when life throws lemons make lemonade’. I believe the lord says that this season he is not interested in the lemons or our lemonade (things we achieve by our own strength) but he is interested in seeing what we do with the authority and power that he has given us, He wants us to see beyond these problems and focus on the kingdom of God and the supernatural. We can please God only by our faith, for our works are like filth rags before him.

Saturday, April 22, 2023

The Parable of the lost Son

 The Parable of the lost son – Luke 15:11-24
 
This story is not just about the sons return back to the father and repentance but is also about our God the father who longs for us to return back, and he not only forgives but restores us back.

Sin is nothing but wrongdoing or missing the mark that God has for you, missing God’s plan / purpose….
 

  1. Fathers heart is longing to have us back to him, return from our sin / mistake / missing the mark / deviating from his plan for your life…. And when we do that, he restores the below:
  2. Places the Robe – which speaks about taking away our shame and restoring back righteousness and honor.
  3. Puts the ring – restores our position & authority as his heir / son seated at the right hand of the father with Christ Jesus.
  4. Sandals on our feet – sets us back on track and restores protection, establishes us & directs us. Adam sinned and lost dominion and the serpent could bruise his heal. Father restores back the protection. Establishes us - Every place that the sole of our foot shall tread upon, he will give us Josh 1:3. Directs our paths - Thy word is a lamp unto my feet Ps119:105
  5. Sacrifices a calf – makes a covenant, forgives / erases our sins / mistake as far as the east is from the west never to be remembered again. (Sacrifice is made as a covenant to reassure that God / father would keep His word to him.)
  6. Celebrated and had a feast.

 
I believe many are going through this and God wants to restore back everything that we missed, he wants to restore back everything that the enemy stole from us. He will remove our shame, guilt and restore back our honor and protection, place us in authority as his son / daughter, establish us and direct our paths to lead us.