Thu, Feb. 2, 2012 — Days of Double Favor

I dreamed I was entering my kitchen at nighttime. The lights were off, but I was so “familiar” with the layout of the space, I assumed I didn’t need to turn on the lights to navigate my way. I moved forward and suddenly stepped into something very slippery, and I almost lost my balance. I realized I must have stepped into a puddle of oil covering the floor. I peered through the darkness to see that a corner cabinet where we keep all of our oils was open. Two, brand new bottles full of oil had fallen out; the caps had come off and their contents had emptied onto the floor.

That's when I woke up. I asked the Lord if the dream had a spiritual meaning, and He immediately gave me understanding that the dream illustrates His Word, “This is God’s Year to Act!” and that we need to respond strategically.

Double anointing is opened upon God’s people in this season. We will find ourselves in the midst of His oil of favor when we least expect it and even when it seems we cannot see clearly where we are stepping. We will be stepping into His Presence and provision. Don’t assume the old familiar to be the predictable path forward. Realize the foundations God has given us up to now are firm but His Presence now may present the necessity of a new mode of approaching the way forward. We need His light in order to perceive how to navigate in the double portion of fresh oil He has poured on the old foundations.

This is what we are expecting this year as we enter the dimensions of His glory and favor.

“…when the Almighty was with me, when my children were all around me, my steps were bathed in butter, And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!” Job 29:5-6

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Fri, Jan. 6, 2012 — God's Year to Act: Miracles

“This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.” John 2:11

Want to know what God thinks about miracles? It’s simply this. Pray for miracles, look for miracles, expect miracles, and experience miracles because God reveals His glory through miracles!

Miracles are the outflow of His glory. They are part and parcel with the message we speak. They release faith for more miracles, and turn hearts toward salvation. The next time Jesus came to Cana, the father of a sick boy came to Jesus. “The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way” (John 4:49-50). The miracle happened as Jesus spoke, the father entered into the word as he took it and went away in full expectation of a miracle. His son was healed from that very hour. “And he himself believed, and all his household. This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee” (John 4:53). The final result was that the father and his entire household came to salvation through that miracle.

We are in a season where the Lord is releasing His favor. The atmosphere is pregnant with signs, wonders, and miracles. It is time to shift our thinking, and get in harmony with what God wants to do for you and through you. This is God’s year to Act! Let us all respond to the living word of the Lord, and enter into it today.

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you. And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising (Is. 60:1-3).

Tues, Jan. 3, 2012 — His Voice

What does it mean to be great in God’s eyes? It recently hit me that John the Baptist, who was the Elijah of the New Covenant, had a ministry built on one thing. It was his simple ability to recognize and obey the voice of the Lord.

You see it at its very inception when he leapt in Elizabeth’s womb. At the sound of Mary’s voice, baby John recognized the glory and everything in him responded. Then for 30 years, John and Jesus grew up, cousins, familiar with each other and I’m sure with each other’s stories of miraculous birth. But God kept Jesus’ identity hidden from John until the day the same Voice that had led him to the wilderness, given him the message of repentance, and drew crowds out in response, spoke and John recognized Jesus, the Messiah, with his eyes. John’s leadership came not from what he was familiar with. He heard the Voice of the Holy Spirit. And when Jesus came to stand before him in the waters of baptism, the Voice he had been following his whole life said, “This is the One. This is My Son.” And John’s eyes were opened in a different way. For John, it was Mission Accomplished. The key was the voice of the Lord.

This just exploded for me when I read it afresh. The simple and essential basic equipping for power ministry and moving in your prophetic gift and calling boils down to just being a disciple of recognizing and following the voice of the Lord.

Each one of us is equipped for greatness by the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit. He is in you and with you to speak to you and lead you. There is nothing to fear. His plans for you are good and to give you a hope and a future. Your pathway to get there is simple; listen to His voice as He speaks.

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Thurs, Dec. 22, 2011 — Your Extraordinary Glory Story