Turning Challenges Into Victories

The greatest tests we face in life will come in the form of discovering the skill of transforming challenges into victories. If God’s hand is in it will be inevitable that we will face great decisive and unexpected challenges which will determine if you will go down the path Godhas laid out.

How you face those challenges will determine if you will have the courage to fight your battle and see God bring about a mighty victory in your life. That courage is the first step in a long journey full of ups, downs, sorrow, joy, and total dependence on God.

If we look at David’s statement of faith in the Bible we see David’s arrival to the battlefield after he had been sent by his father to bring supplies to his brothers and their regiment.

David saw the hulking Goliath taunting the Israelite army into a champions battle to determine who would be subjected to who. David unlike many of the soldiers apparently, demonstrated a willingness to stand up against this giant and stand up for God and His people. At first David was laughed at and scorned by his brothers and passing soldiers but one person overheard David’s words and told Saul about them.

“When the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul; and sent for him. Then David said to Saul, ‘Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine’” -1 Samuel 17:31-32.

In 1 Samuel 17:34-37 David recounts to Saul his previous victories against a lion and a bear, battles fought in secret in the hills of Judah as David protected his flock of sheep. David speaks of how he killed a lion and pulled one of his sheep from its mouth and how he grabbed it by the beard and killed it, a surprising feat for any teenager. David didn’t attribute those victories t his own military prowess or his great skill of strength but rather David gave all the credit to God.

“The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of the Philistine. And Saul said to David, ‘Go, and the Lord be with you!” -1 Samuel 17:37.

To David, God wasn’t an ideal to him but a living reality. God wasn’t some far off entity who occasionally checks in on creation to make sure he didn’t leave the light on. David saw God as an integral part of his daily life who was there to help. This is a truth that became even more entrenched in David’s life after he was anointed. David knew what he was called to be and from that revelation he trusted God to preserve him long enough to fulfill that calling (as long as he remained faithful of course).

David was ready to fight this battle, but the irony here is that it wasn’t his battle in the first place. Here the person who should have gone up against Goliath wasn’t a pint-sized teenage shepherd boy but the King of Israel Saul. Of all the people in the Israelite army Saul was the closest match for Goliath in terms of size, we know this because 1 Samuel 10:23 describes Saul as being literally head and shoulders taller than the rest of the people who are estimated to of had an aver height of around 5’3.”

Maybe Goliath’s taunting was to lure our King Saul to fight this battle, to have the largest Philistine (between 6 and 9’6”) and the largest Israelite fight for control under the watchful eye of each other’s gods to see where the true power in the region rested. Even after weeks of taunting and challenges King Saul was content to stay in his tent and hope someone else would fight this battle for him. The shackles of fear had tightened around the heart of the king following his abandonment of God’s anointing and how he was failing in his duty to protect God’s people.

On the other hand you had David who was ready and willing to step up and fight this batt against the people’s enemy. Here we can see how two people react to challenges in their lives.

At one point both David and Saul were anointed by God but only one of them remained faithful and was ready to work with God to bring about a victory. We have one person ready to take up arms and fight while we have another who is trying to pawn off their responsibility but still maintain the credit for the accomplishment.

If you look deeper that’s what Saul tried todo with David. After Saul agrees to send David to fight the Philistine Goliath he tries to arm David with his own royal armor. Maybe Saul was trying to trick the people into thinking he was fighting in the battle. Or trying to put his name on David and take the credit for a victory by proxy. Either way Saul was looking for an easy way out, he didn’t want to fight but he wanted the glory from the victory.

As you can imagine Saul’s armor was too large and cumbersome for David and he elected to go without it. David refused Saul’s armor, he didn’t need Saul’s covering or protection because God was with him.

How often do we trust other people’s armor or position of power in place of God’s in our lives. It’s a temptation because it’s easy to trust more in things we can see or seem to provide tangible protection.

After David refused Saul’s armor he goes outside and finds 5 smooth stones from a nearby brook (1 Samuel 17:41) Why 5? While some say it could have been one stone for Goliath and four more of his brothers, giant who were later killed during David’s reign as king (1 Samuel 21;15-22).

With a shepherd’s staff a sling and some stones David was ready for the battle. At first this may seem foolish but David had already shown that he could kill wild animals with his staff and the use of a sling was actually common in battle in that era. Judges 20:16 tells us that “among all these soldiers there were 700 chosen men who were left-handed. Every one of them could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.”

Now the pieces were set and David was ready to face off against Goliath a remnant of the giants that were driven out of Israelite territory by Joshua and into Philistine territory (Joshua 11:21-22). Israel failed to remove the Anakim from the land and now an old battle was about to repeat itself, but the players remained the same the forces of chaos would stand toe in toe with God and his covenant partner.

Then David said to the Philistine, ‘You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands” – 1 Samuel 17:45-47.

After making that declaration David rushed towards Goliath and hurled a stone with his sling and knocked out Goliath the champion who dared curse and test God and His people.

But the account didn’t end there David went one step further and ensured that the battle was over.

“So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it” -1 Samuel 17:51.

How often do we fail to complete our spiritual battles, how often do we get a taste of victory and then go home without completing the battle? It is common today, we stick around just long enough for God to show up and begin to do something and then we think that it’s good enough and go home. We take progression and advantages which God has given to us but fail to see them through into victories and fulfillment of God intentions for our lives. We are content to knock our proverbial giants unconscious but are unwilling to do the “dirty work” and eliminate those giants from our lives.

Do we resemble Saul? The giant is knocked down so we can all go home, amen hallelujah. But, Saul failed in God’s eyes because he didn’t see things through according to God’s plans. Saul took short cuts, spared the lives of enemy kings, acted as a priest to expedite the beginning of the battle and so on.

We need to be more like David who completed the job without compromise. David ensured the victory was complete and left no room for chance, and even went as far as to use Goliath’s own sword to do it.

We cannot continue to settle for half spiritual victories, it’s not good enough for God to only answer a part of our prayer we need to see things through. God is ready to continue to work with and through us but we have to remain persistent and be expectant that there is more to a battle than just the battle, after the battle comes a victory and then comes the reward. Because if we are unable to convert our challenges into victories we’ve only succeeded at inviting more challenges into our lives.

David’s victory over Goliath was complete and led to an even larger victory for the rest of the people. As we see in 1 Samuel 17:51, “And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.” Because of the actions of one anointed and willing servant of God the entire nation enjoyed a victory that day.

It all begins with servant hood

David didn’t do any of this for his own glory but he instead did it to stand up for God and His people. From what can be told by the scriptures David never received the promised gifts of riches, tax/service exempt status for his family or Saul’s daughter in marriage. But what David did receive was recognition from God, as David graduated from the season of anointing and entered into the season of apprenticeship, the second stage of the 4 A’s Anointing, Apprenticeship, Activation and Announcement.

David took this victory as an opportunity to not claim the throne by force but to continue serving Saul and the people. Unlike most people who would have followed up killing Goliath by next challenging Saul to the same battle. David instead continued to serve Saul as both a commander and as the royal mistral (one who could sing and play a musical instrument). David didn’t take his victory as an invitation to fast-forward progression and suddenly go from being anointed to being announced as king. David took his opportunity to serve and was faithful to the point of annoyance in Saul’s eyes, but in the eyes of God and the people he was growing closer and closer into the manifestation of his calling.

1 Samuel 18:5 tells us, “So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sights of Saul’s servants.

Technology I would be better off without

What technology would you be better off without, why?

The first thing that comes to mind is AI. AI will cause people to lose jobs. Also dumb down humans even more, so people don’t have to think for themselves. AI also makes it easier for a person to be scammed out of their money. AI is a sick invention by power hungry fools (my opinion).

The brain chip. The hype is get one of these things stuck in you, and all your worries will be go. “No health problems”, and they say you can have a super IQ. But what they don’t tells you, is that you can be controlled by that chip also, it can change your personality, the beliefs, and I’m sure a few other things as well. Just another sick ploy for people to gain power and play God.

The Father’s Love

Many people find if difficult to think of God as a loving Father. They see Him through eyes clouded with pain from their past experiences with an ungodly father or stepfather.

Thousands of believers do not believe God loves them because their earthly father abandoned, wounded, or grieved them badly. Many have not felt the depths of the heavenly Father’s love.

Many of us know the scriptures and theology behind God’s great love for His children. But, very few have learned to appropriate that love, and therefore can’t enjoy its benefits.

Listen to how God described Himself to Moses. “The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin” -Exodus 34:6-7.

When we are in the midst of trials, it’s easy to forget what God has said about His own nature. If we would only believe Him in such times, we would have great assurance in our souls. From cover to cover, the Bible speaks to us as God’s voice, revealing to us how tender and loving He is.

God is ready to forgive at all times,

“For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon you” – Psalm 86:5.

He is patient with us full of tenderness and mercy.

“Great are your tender mercies, O Lord” -Psalm 119:156.

“The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy” -Psalm 145:8.

When we go to the Lord in prayer and worship, we mush be very careful what kind of image of God you take into His presence. You must be fully convinced of His love for you and believe that He is all that He says He is.

The Hardest Decision

What’s the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make? Why?

My hardest decision I ever had to make was whether to stay or go.

As I’ve mentioned before my husband and I have had some rocky roads. When years of pain and suffering and fighting came knocking on my door. I knew I had to make a hard decision.

I thought about whether I could trust him, and whether I could ever forgive him for the things that had happened and if he could ever forgive me as well.

After running away from it all. Leaving without knowing where or how long I would be. I knew it had come the time which path to take.

Which Road

After the fourth day, I knew I had to go back and face the fact that I’ve avoided. After seeing a divorce lawyer. I came home to face my husband.

My husband and I sat down and talked like we haven’t in years. In the end the decision was made to start over. With a cleans slate. That meant forgiving each other, and choosing to move forward with a new plan that was based on respect, trust, and a whole lot more of communion.

So far I think it was a good decision to stay. Marriage is hard, it takes work, and each person giving 100% of themselves to the other. It’s not just about the gushy feelings that we have for each other. It’s choosing to love with your heart and head.

Why America Is Being Cursed

America had strayed so faraway from God that it doesn’t realize what blessings could be had if its people served Him. Doom is soon to strike because America reject him, while professing to worship Him.

The national today does not know what serving and obeying the ways of God are. The way, and the only way, that leads to increasing and perpetual prosperity, peace, and happiness.

America does not know that God’s laws are for our own good, and our protection. America’s false shepherds teach the people that God’s laws are bad for us. Therefore these false teachers had led this nation into unhappiness, discontent, suffering, and we are headed into chaos and doom because of it.

The Great Apostasy

America does not know, because organized religions had told them, that God made a second covenant with our national people Israel, just prior to the entrance into Palestine back in the days of Moses, 40 years, and in addition to, the covenant made with them at Mt Sinai. We are breaking this covenant today, we are dooming our nation into destruction.

Forty years after the making of the Old Covenant, just before Isreal entered Palestine -just before Moses death. God Almighty made a Second Covenant with our forefathers. The terms of which ad being carried out on our people today.

At that time, God said,

“O’ that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always. That it might be well with them and with their children forever” – Deuteronomy 5:29.

Then God commanded Moses to send the people to their tents, while Moses alone stood before God… “But as for you, stand here by me and I will tell you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances,, which you shall teach them, that they may be them in the land which I give them to possess it. You shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God has commanded you. You shall not turn away to the right hand or to the left. You shall walk in all the way which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.” – Deuteronomy 5:31-33.

Throughout the remainder of the Book of Deuteronomy are written the commandments and statutes and ways which would produces national and individual blessings, if followed, and national and individual curses if neglected, ignored, or disobeyed,

The Second Covenant

As the Gentiles (us) came into the church, especially in the second, third, and fourth generations, they brought with them their pagan customs, ways and beliefs. Which mixed paganism with Christianity. Soon the pagans professing Christianity greatly outnumbered those who held fast to the original Truth of Jesus.

The mixing of pagan holidays were substituted for Passover, Christmas,. And it is from this pagan apostasy that today’s so called “Christianity “ of organized religion had degenerated. People born into today perverted world, reared in churches professing to be true New Testament churches, are ignorant of what happened in those early years, suppose, erroneously, that the churches of this day are true churches of Jesus Christ. But prophecy says that long before our day they would turn away their ears from the Truth, and turn to fables. This has happened.

Our land is filled with false teachers, today, just ad Jesus for-told. Many of them, themselves are deceived.

So people today do not know that the nation is suffering, and facing Doom, because it is living in flagrant, violation of a second covenant which God made with America fourth years after the covenant made at Mt Sinai.

This is the first and most important precept America breaks today. No one will claim that our people as a nation love the true God.

America does not realize it or admit it, but they have forgotten the true God is Israel’s God. America is deceived and doesn’t know it. It is embracing a religion that embodies the essential beliefs, philosophies, customs, and ways of the religion of the pagan gods of Moses day.

Many people in America are insolent, stiff-necked, rebellious and are going their own way, and are being led away like sheep to the slaughter. If people would only listen to Deuteronomy 28 carefully to what the Eternal orders of God and be mindful to carry out God’s commands. Then the Eternal God will lift us high above all the nations of the earth, and all the blessing from Deuteronomy will come upon us. But, if we do not listen then all the curses will come upon us until we are destroyed.

Fear Not

Fear. You’ll find it splashed across the pages of the Bible. It is no small subject. From Genesis to Revelation, from Abraham to John on the Isle of Patmos, we hear the command from heaven ringing out over and over again: Fear Not! Fear Not! Fear Not!

That command was given to Abraham. It was given to Moses. And it was even given to Israel. It was given to David, to Daniel, and to the city of Jerusalem. The exhortation and command to not fear was given to the disciples as they were on the Sea of Galilee, to Mary when the angel Gabriel told her she would expect a child, and to the crowds who gathered to hear Jesus.

In Isaiah 41 God said, “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand,” In Him we can find strength, our help, and the one who upholds us forever.

If we believe in God and trust His words why then do we fear? I ask myself this question often. The Bible tells us not to doubt, yet we do. I’ve spend most of my life in fear. It’s what my mother controlled me with as a child.

Fear is Satan’s primary tool to keep us bound. It comes in all shapes and sizes. It can look like worry, despair, anxiety. But its greatest damage is done in our life with our ability to make decisions. Every decision we make based on fear will not be in accordance with God’s will.

God told us not to fear and not to be afraid. When God is with us, we cannot be defeated. When God is at our side, we can overcome all things. Fear requires no action and faith requires action. Fear paralyses us.

We have to choose whether we are going to live a life of fear or faith. Especially as our world gets darker with every passing day. We need to have a rock solid foundation that only God can give.

Exploratory activity and risk-taking are two things that sound like faith. When our fear system is active, our faith system is turned off. Fear literally shuts down our brain’s ability to live by faith.

Don’t allow fear to paralyze you. Let your faith mobilize you. It’s time to start standing on this scripture more than ever.

“Greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world” – 1 John 4:4

Choose Love, Even In A World Of Hate

Love is not a debate. Sometimes we get so caught up in being right, that we forget what really matters. This is especially evident on social media. It makes me sad when I think of the way many people treat each other on the internet, there’s so many sides, so many opinions, yelling back and forth at each other, each claiming they are right. Angry posts and unkind comments.

I wonder is it really worth it?

The only thing that matters in the end is not whether the other person is wrong or right, but that we showed them love, that we showed them who Jesus is, we have a freedom and a hope that is eternal, that is above anything that could happen in this world. So in the light of eternity. We don’t have to prove ourselves right on every issue. We can’t argue people into believing in God, but His love can draw them in.

Jesus died for the transgender person, Jesus died for that corrupt politician, Jesus died for the person who wrote that post that made you so angry. Jesus died from them because He loves them.

Don’t get me wrong, loving someone doesn’t mean you agree with everything they say, or do, or that you just accept everything as right. Sometimes loving someone means having to tell them when they’re wrong, which can be a difficult thing to do. But it is all about how you do it.

Instead of shaming someone for what they think, respectfully disagree. Instead of letting your anger or fear get the better of you on social media, stick ti what you believe while letting others know that they are loved. God hates sin, yes, but He infinitely loves all people.

Saying, “I may not agree with you, and I don’t believe what your doing is right, but I love you despite that, because God loves me despite all of my failings.”

If we live a life of love, people will notice, and they will wonder why we are different. Especially now, during a time of darkness, we need to let our light shine more than ever.

“Love is patient and is kind, love does not envy. Love doesn’t brag ; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

What do you want to be known for in this life?

Is it money, influence, safety, or freedom? Not even freedom is worth more than love. For even if we were in a prison cell with nothing left, even if the earth shook and the mountains fell, we have a freedom that is greater than all of that, a freedom that lasts. So let us live a life for love.

God gives us the power to love the power to be who Jesus was in this dark world.

This doesn’t mean we won’t mess up, and God doesn’t expect perfection from us. He only asks us to take that one small step, one act of love, and trust that He will grow us.

Love is God’s heart for each of us. Love is Jesus’s blood poured out for our sin. Love is God running after us, reaching out to save us. When we receive His love, we can let it overflow within us, so that we can give it to a world that desperately needs it.

Love is not easy, sometimes it can be painful and difficult, but it is so worth it. Love has the power to change hearts in this broken world.

Special Dishes For The Holidays

Do you or your family make any special dishes for the holidays?

I always make my father’s yam recipe. It’s not all that gooey marshmallow stuff in it. These are made with cinnamon, raw honey, vanilla, brown sugar, nutmeg, clove, and butter. Every Thanksgiving and every Christmas I make them. I think they are called Soul Food Style Baked Candied Yams.

I remember my grandmother making her Hungarian Walnut Cookies. They were delicious. But I can’t make them as good as her, hers were super moist, and mine turn out dry. So I stopped trying to make these.

No Sleep

If you didn’t need sleep, what would you do with all the extra time?

I’m not much of a sleeper now but if I didn’t need any I would be praying more to God. It’s at night my mind tends to be clearer. I would be reading and writing more.

I am a little bit of a night owl. I would love to crank up some music and clean on some nights. But there is someone else in this house who needs to sleep.

Our Own Worst Enemy

Has anyone ever told you that you are your own worst enemy? Chances are you’ve heard that a time or two in your life. If you’re a regular church goer you may have been taught to fight against satan, for he is the enemy of your soul.

But what do we do when our problems stem from the inner part of us and not satan?

Proverbs 14:12, says “There is a way that seems right to a man, but it’s end is the way to death.”

In other words, you are your own worst enemy. Sometimes we can cause ourselves more pain and trouble than 10 of our foes. Our own soul can be a deadly danger in our lives.

I can admit I was my own worst enemy for years, and I’m sure satan waited for that open door to sneak in and add to my pain.

We are our own worst critic. If you judge yourself too much, you sell yourself short, and by doing so you only hold yourself back from experiencing you’re full potential.

Stop beating yourself up over every mistake you make. Overcriticizing yourself only hold you back and dampens your confidence.

I lived this way for years, always criticizing myself and tearing myself down. It’s not a good place to be. It’s human nature to contemplate solutions, and then struggle between our mind, instinct, brain and heart. And over analyzing becomes an exhausting merry-go-round as solutions do a complete 180, which in turn, only serves to paralyze our progress.

Always making assumptions about situations end in disaster. Our brains love to fill in the gaps by forming a presumption that is most the time based on faulty facts.

But, we cannot place our own standards or morals on everyone else. Each of us is different we tick differently. It’s important to deal with only the facts rather than assumptions before deciding on a course of action.

We can never know the full story of another person. It’s not worth spending lots of time and energy on a particular outcome when we do not have all the facts -it’s exhausting.

Romans 8:28 tells us “And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, to them that are called to His purpose.”

Electric Cars

From my perspective: The biggest scam the world has ever seen?

Has anyone ever thought about this?

If all cars were electric…

And if we were stuck in a three hour traffic jam in the cold after a snowstorm, our batteries would be completely dead. Because electric cars basically have no heating. And the fact that we would be stuck all night on the street without a battery, heating, wipers, radio, gps the batteries dead along time ago.

We can’t call emergency services because they cannot come to help because every road is closed and probably every police car, rescue trucks, ambulance’s, and fire trucks will be electric. And when the roads are blocked by thousands of cars, no one will be able to move forward.

How do you change all those car Batteries on the spot? Traffic jams are the same problem especially during the holidays.

There’s also no way you could turn on the air conditioning for any length of time in an electric car, because the battery would be dead in no time.

Of course no politician or journalist is taking about this.

It’s just one more method to destroy the cretinous humanity.

Prophetic Integrity

If you have given your life to Jesus, you have an amazing privilege to be able to hear His voice and walk in fellowship with His Spirit. It was God’s delight to provide you with this gift combination so that you can have everything thing you need in your life here on earth.

I sometimes wonder what my life would have been like if I’d known about Jesus earlier in my life. Bur, then I realize that I wouldn’t be as strong as I am today without the past experiences I’ve had to endure. It’s our sorrow’s that we have in life that lead us to the Salvation God has for us.

It is by God’s design that we are able to know Him deeply. And as we grow through the journey of discovery. His plan is that we become His mouthpiece and become one of His prophetic people. Through our experiences and traumas in life, we may be able to become a bridge for others to come to Jesus.

God often leaves me awestruck by the people and situations He leads me to in order to be His mouthpiece to help a hurting person.

In order to walk out God’s plan for our lives and do it well there are five vital goals that every true believer in Jesus should have.

To remain tenderly aligned with God’s heart and be reflective of His true nature as we yield to Him and become a conduit to release His words of love, strength, and hope.

1. Protect Your Relationship With God

This has to be your highest priority. Life is like a grand buffet with endless, appealing choices you can heap onto your plate. But we all know how miserable it is after overeating, so in reality, there is only so much we can do with life while still maintaining good health. We should always keep God on the center of our plate.

Know sometimes we will have to forfeit other desirable things in order to choose God. God never said to believe in Him and then go into the world and do what ever we want to do. You may have to skip out on some social media time, or other social opportunities in order to enjoy extra time with God. But in the end you will see the blessings that are attached.

At what price will to pay to protect and prioritize your relationship with God? At what price will you pay to be a friend of God. How hungry are you to not just have the knowledge about God but to know Him deeply, and personally?

2. Study And Model God’s Heart And Character

When you decide you want to dive deeply into God. He will take you on a journey to teach you about who He really is. And He is like no one else. He reveals things to you about His nature and what motivates Him. If you give Him a chance He will strip away all the junk you’ve picked up in the world and give you a fresh new observation on life.

If you make it your goal to truly know Him, the God of the Bible will illuminate the truth of His word so that your heart can understand what your head knows. He will teach you the way to love, demonstrated by His every word and action toward you.

3. Learn God’s Language And Timing

As you dig into God’s Word, you will find that God’s messages to people often seem come from a shroud of mystery. From dreams to visions to parables you’ll begin to see that symbols are a common part of His language. Proverbs 25:2 tells us, “It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.” As God prophetic people, He invites us to search out what He has hidden. We can do this by pursuing God, not by reasoning with our minds, for interpretations belong to God (Genesis 40:8). To learn God’s language we must listen for His Spirit to unlock understanding of His revelation.

Likewise, we must depend on God’s wisdom to discern His timing. As with Joseph, who was a teenager when he received a symbolic dream from God that indicated that someday his family would bow down to him. Joseph likely didn’t realize that it would be many years before this would play out in his life. Our human nature typically seeks immediate application when we hear from God. At times we will have a deep witness in our spirit of the correlation of what God is saying with a present situation. But when His words seem puzzling it is best to protect the word by writing it down. Ponder and pray over it, knowing that when the time is right, the Holy Spirit will unlock what God has revealed.

4. Be A Conduit Of God’s Love

It doesn’t take great discernment to seethe negative in the world. But what makes an impact is Spirit-led truth that is sourced from the heart of God, who is Love. If we don’t speak out of His love, we become ineffective in speaking the truth of God, and therefore it holds no value. Jesus Himself said that on the last day some will remind Him that they prophesied and preformed miracles in His Name, but He will reply that He never knew them (Matthew 7:22-23). God makes it clear in His Word that He is looking for people to be His voice on the earth. Prophecy is in His heart. But if the prophetic is not fueled by the love of God, it will completely miss the mark of God’s intention and be worthless in His eyes.

“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing” – 1 Corinthians13:2.

On the other hand, if we are stewarding our relationship with God and studying His character with a desire to truly know Him, we will catch a personal revelation of His great love for us, which inevitably will cause us to speak God’s truth out of the overflow. “We love because He first loved us” – 1 John 4:19.

5. Humbly Walk In Fear Of The Lord

“Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom” – Proverbs 11:2.

Being a representative of God is a privilege that should have no pride attached to it. To hear from God is a gift that could be handled with the greatest humility. God tests our hearts to see what we will do with what He gives us. Revelation should never be paraded around or shared to glorify ourselves. Some personal whispers from God should never be shared. And others will be key to set the captives free.

The key to properly delivering God’s Word is to depend on His wisdom and to stay close to His heart, We can learn when God gives us the unction to speak what He has told you. He gives grace to the humble. If you always point people toward Jesus and stay soft and teachable, the Lord will train you as His spokesperson. As you protect your purity and maintain the right heart motivation, you will learn to serve God and His people and to represent Him well.

Humility and fear of the Lord go hand in hand. Jesus Himself walked with the Will of His Father. He said and did only as He saw His Father doing. God desires to align your life in reverence to what pleases Him and establishes His will.

God’s people should be sensitive and obedient to His promptings. They should depend on His leadership in every aspect of their lives.