The Voice of Destiny

The Great Exchange

One of the principles of God’s kingdom that I have always preached is that He never asks you to relinquish something without replacing it with something of greater value. The things of greater value are spiritual treasures that enable you to walk in dimensions that create an atmosphere of possibilities. The definition of a dimension is space or the quality of spatial expansion. We must have faith to believe that God wants to expand our lives beyond the borders of human limitations.

Jesus walked in this dimension of faith and was not limited by a mind or thought process of impossibilities. Therefore feeding five thousand people with a few loaves of bread and a small number of fish was not impossible. This is only one example of many that Jesus demonstrated for us of what was to be our normal daily living. By walking in this dimension of faith, He influenced the spiritual climate of those around Him. Meaning His life caused them to change the way they thought about life! An entire belief system was being created in those who would believe in Him. He was producing a different culture for them to live in. It is this culture that creates behavior.

Culture is the governing ideas and images that shape a society’s understanding of reality. It shapes our thinking, guides our actions, and informs what we make. We make culture, but more importantly, culture makes us! It becomes second nature in our lives. Meaning we don’t even know what we are doing, we just do it!

Jesus lived in the Kingdom culture of His Father. It was second nature to Him and He lived to die so we could enter into this same relationship with our Heavenly Father and His Kingdom culture. Our responsibility is to demonstrate God’s Kingdom culture thus changing the atmosphere around us and ultimately changing the culture of the world around us. This is not accomplished in a moment of time, but through a sustained atmosphere of possibilities that influences the overlapping networks in our society that create culture. The Church use to be a part of that network, but no longer has this status because we have abdicated strategic networks in our society to worldly influence.

Our task today is to equip individuals who are called to work within these centers of cultural productions, within the institutions that serve as our public storytellers. This was and is the great commission that Jesus gave the disciples. “Go into all the world and preach the gospel!” The gospel is still good news that creates dimensions beyond our limitations. Now more than ever we must believe that we can make a difference, but we must be patient and persevere as we model the reality of God’s Kingdom culture. Now that is a great exchange!

No More Church As Usual!

Many have been sensing a shift coming in the Church over the previous two years. No doubt God has been shaking all that His people have rested in to bring them to Him IF THEY ARE HEARING WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING TO THE CHURCH! I emphasize the hearing aspect of our relationship with Jesus Christ to be the most critical aspect of our walk with Him. Sermonettes to Christianettes on Sundays will never prepare you for what we have just entered into!

The plumbline has dropped (see Amos 7:7). I hear in the Spirit “Who is on the Lord’s side?” The astonishing fact is that a darkness or deceptive fog has been released by Satan himself called the antichrist spirit that has many deceived. Paul the apostle warned of this happening in 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12.

The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

God is saying wake up Church! Do not be deceived! The challenge of truly following Christ has just increased significantly. You can’t vote for unrighteousness and walk with a righteous Savior (see James 3:9-12). I also encourage you to read the book of Proverbs and record how many times God speaks of “righteousness” and notice the contrast with evil or unrighteousness.

This is why Paul wrote “Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame (1 Cor. 15:34).” There is no greater message than the love of God who sent His Son Jesus Christ to reconcile us to our Heavenly Father so that we could, if we so choose, be His ambassadors to represent the King of kings on earth and work toward the establishing of His kingdom. The purpose of the Church is not just about populating heaven! The Church is about a people crossing over into the promises of God, His righteousness here and now that enables you to fulfill your destiny by bringing heaven to earth!

 I encourage you to read Daniel chapter 7. Notice that the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever (vs. 18). Then Daniel watched (vs. 21) the same horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them, “until the Ancient of Days came and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom.”

There are two “possessings” of the Kingdom of God. The first is one of possession by faith, just as we possess His righteousness by faith. It is that righteousness that enables us to possess His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven! The second possessing will take place when Jesus, the Ancient of Days will come and make judgment in our favor.

If we don’t stand by faith, which is the position of Christ on the earth, we will never receive His judgment of favor when He returns. Until Jesus Christ returns we are Him (1 John 4:17) on the earth. THIS IS NOT CHURCH AS USUAL! I hear clearly “I am waiting on a people (you) who will speak My Words, work My works, love like I love and be Me on the earth!” This does not come without a cost! The plumbline has been dropped. Who is on the Lord’s side!

The Day of Your Destiny

   In the same hour the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Then the £fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written. “And this is the inscription that was written: £MENE, MENE, £TEKEL, £UPHARSIN. Daniel 5:24,25  

I was praying the other day and I saw in a vision the old fashion scale where you would place weights on one side and whatever you were weighing on the other side. God immediately brought me to the above scripture in the Book of Daniel and I heard Him say, “The United States is being weighed in the balance and is found wanting. Only prayer for My mercy can tip the scale in your favor!”

The entire chapter of Daniel 5 is a word for us to ponder today and cry out for God’s mercy as we head to tomorrow’s election. Daniel spoke to Belshazzar of the prosperity and judgment that had come upon His father to show him that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and appoints over it whomever He chooses. I feel as if we can identify with this message from God to the king’s son. Our fathers have prospered and been taught through difficult times that God is surely the one who has made the United States who we are. Yet, just like Belshazzar we have not humbled our hearts, even though we have known this all the time.

Having said all of this I don’t believe it is too late. If we will humble ourselves and pray and turn from our wicked ways, He has promised that He will hear our prayer and heal our land. Many have been fasting and praying for weeks, so I know this is not a surprising word. What is important is that we don’t stop praying even if we don’t see the results that we want to see in this election. God’s Word does not return void. He will have His way no matter what. We must be Daniels, Josephs and Esthers at this specific time in history.

What are the people of the world hearing about you? This was Daniel’s reputation. I have heard of you, that the Spirit of God is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you (Dan. 5:14). You must understand that Daniel’s destiny was part of the Babylonian captivity! Even though the circumstances were much different than he would have desired, he was faithful to the destiny and call that God had placed on his life!

 Do not let your circumstances or that of our nation hinder you from being what you were created to be. Nothing can hinder your destiny from coming to pass but you. Do not doubt, but have faith in God! While Israel was in captivity God spoke to Jeremiah and said, “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh, is there anything too difficult for Me?” When Israel faced an impossible situation of drought in 2 Kings 3 the Prophet Elisha said, “This is a simple matter in the sight of the Lord!”

Let me encourage you this day that God is in complete control. Take the authority that Jesus has given to us and use it as an ambassador of the King of kings! We hold the destiny of our nation in our hands. Not only how we pray, but how we live out those prayers will determine the future of our nation. Though in the natural I may not see a preferable future, in the heavens I see great things taking place. It is time to come into agreement with heaven. I declare this is the day of destiny for you and for our nation!