The Tabernacle

Last night I was listening to a Podcast from Bethel church (17/11/08) when I had the following revelation.
We can tend to think that something that we ask God for is answered only when we see it. But this thought really is leaving us as god and only what we see with our eyes as real. But what I want to propose is that a prayer is answered when God says that ‘He will do it’, or ‘Yes’, or ‘it is done’. Have you heard that still small voice as you have prayed? “Yes I have done that, it will be so.” I believe that is the point that prayer is answered. Not when we see it ourselves. That may be months or weeks after God has answered and acted.
So once we have heard God say ‘Yes’ then we need to switch from ‘persevering in Prayer’ to ‘Standing in Faith’. Because what God says always comes into being, so the prayer is answered at that point, we just then need to stand in Faith until we then see it for ourselves. God is very very GOOD!

There is so much in this for us, another quote from the podcast is this.

Fruitfulness comes out of Rest.
Warfare comes out of Romance.

Resting in God knowing that it is He that does it, (1 Thess 5:24) and understanding the awesome power of our romance with God. There is nothing that you can do that is more devastating to the enemy than letting it all go and Resting in God and holding nothing back in your romance with Him.

I have just been sent and read a chapter from a Book called Punk Monk. It tells of the writers journey (24/7 Prayer, England) with God of discovering ‘Sacred Space’ or thin places. This is exactly the language that we were using as God first took us to Europe and then took us into Tabernacle and started to teach us that He wanted spaces set aside for Him here on Earth. They are great reflections and I highly recommend reading the chapter and then spending some time asking God what He has for you from it.

You can download the pdf of chapter 2 here.

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Here is a good comment on supporting leadership and the value and place of our words.

link to Kris Vallotton’s Blog

I believe we have much to learn from America in their treatment of leaders and supporting those that labor over them. Our words and even our casual comments are so important.

“Some people come to God with only a very small idea of His fullness, & a lot of people are satisfied with just a thimbleful. I will not stoop for small things when I have such a big God!”
Smith Wigglesworth (1859-1947)

“We maintain our sharp edge as we recognise our need & passionately pursue Jesus. God is a God of new things. Hungering for Him requires us to embrace the change bought on by His new things. Being in a place of great need enables a person to detect when God is doing something new.” 
Bill Johnson (1951- )

The Lord keeps saying to me, “I will come like the rain.” Two things create hunger:
1. Hearing & seeing what someone else has
2. Not having it yourself 

These two men quoted above were or are currently seeing God’s fullness expand in their lives & their worlds to phenomenal levels. The result of that is quite frankly world changing. Hearing their testimonies makes me crazy hungry.

But I am also challenged by God’s word. Acts says, “And God gave special, unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs & clothes that had touched him were taken to the sick, & their illnesses were cured & evil spirits left them” (19:11) & 1 Kings, “So Elijah DID WHAT THE LORD HAD TOLD HIM. He went to the Kerith brook & stayed there. The ravens brought him bread & meat in the morning & meat in the evening..”(17:5-6). This is a day of increasing creative miracles by God. Cause this is what a good Father does when the ‘normal means’ shakes or disappears!

 I am pursuing this because this is what drought can produce!

Are you ready for this?