Agreement With God

Amos 3:3  Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

A few years ago I had an experience where I saw a vague picture of the back of a person that I believed to be the Lord Jesus.  I heard, “Come, walk with Me.”  Then I saw myself step up beside the person and put my hand in His.  At that moment I heard, “How can two walk together, except they be agreed?”  With that I found myself on the floor with my face planted in the carpet repenting concerning the many ways I was not in agreement or alignment with Jesus. I really thought I had been doing ok with God, but I was soon well aware that it was the little things that were out of agreement or alignment with God.  It is the little foxes that spoil the vine.   

Song of Solomon 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

The dictionary defines agreement as harmony of opinion, action, or character.  Alignment is defined as the proper positioning or state of adjustment of parts in relation to each other.   

FOREVERNESS

At times I have been impressed and touched by the "foreverness" of God and my relationship with Him.  Some time ago I woke up one morning with a joy in my heart in relation to being with my God, Savior, and King FOREVER.  I will get to worship Him forever and ever and ever.  I will get to experience His love and glory forever and ever.  Forever is beyond the ability of my mind to comprehend.  Yet the thought of being with Him forever stirs my heart.  I will be with the one who loves me unconditionally forever.  Hallelujah!!!

Revelation 1:6  And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 4:9-11 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, ¹⁰ The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, ¹¹ Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.   ­­­­­

Revelation 5:13-14 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. ¹⁴ And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

The Coming Harvest

There is a coming harvest in the days ahead.  I have shared previously about seeing a huge field of grain that went as far as you could see.  God told me we would need new updated equipment for this harvest.  

 http://thentheharvest.blogspot.com/2015/09/new-equipment-for-harvest.html

There will be a need for all hands on deck for the coming harvest.  I think of when the nets were so full that the fisherman had to call for help from boats nearby.  (Luke 5:5-7)  They needed to work together. I don’t believe that was the first time they worked together to bring the nets in. Now is the time to learn to work together within ministries and between ministries. Now is the time of preparation. We need to learn to work together as one body.  It is not about our individual ministries and who can out do who.  There is no place for competition.  It is time for a unified work in which only Jesus gets the glory for what is accomplished.  For it is really His work and we are co-laborers with Him to bring in His harvest. 

Recently I have been thinking quite a bit about a dream a friend of mine had about 20 years ago as we prayed for revival.  She saw this huge wave come in and drop a very large amount of fish on the shore.  The sad part was that the fish just laid on the shore and rotted.  There was no one to do anything with them.  The Lord was telling us that we needed to prepare for the harvest of smelly fish that would be coming in. We needed to be ready to minister to the needs of the vast harvest that would be coming.

Some may say, “Yes, we have been praying and believing for a harvest for many years and decades, and where is it??” A few years back I was asking God about the coming harvest and the fact that it has often seemed like we were on the edge of something and then it receded.   God caused me to know that it was like when the tide is coming in each wave comes up a little further on the shore until the full tide comes in.  I believe we will soon see the full tide come in and we need to be ready. Actually, I think the waves that have been coming in were for the purpose of preparing us, if we would embrace what the Lord brought in with that wave. 

We must continue to look to God and prepare for the coming harvest. We must patiently and diligently continue to seek God.  God is looking for prepared people in prepared storehouses to receive the coming harvest.  Will you submit to the preparation of the Lord in order to receive the coming harvest?  

(I share about this at the beginning of this video.)

The Next Step

Recently while attending a meeting at a House of Prayer, I saw a vision of a set of about 4 or 5 steps and someone was standing on the top one.  There was a sense that there should be more steps because the destination the person was headed for was higher.  But the steps were not in view.  As the person stood there the next step appeared and they stepped up onto it. Then the person waited and another step appeared.

The Lord was saying to them corporately and to each of us individually that as we ascend into the fullness of what God has for us, sometimes the next step is not in view.  We need to stand and wait for the Lord to put the next step in place.  Then we step up and wait for the next until we enter into the fullness of His promise.

Often the wait for the next step can be difficult.  It can test our faith and our patience.  Sometimes we may even try to find another way to get to the destination.  The destination generally being a promise from God or a vision that God has given for our lives or ministry.  We need to be careful not to produce an Ishmael.

Abraham entered into His promise by faith and patience, although he did produce an Ishmael on the way.

Prayer:

We call forth the faith and patience to wait for the next step. We call for eyes to clearly see the next step and the courage to take the next step as we progress higher and higher into the fullness of God’s plans and purposes for our lives.

Hebrews 6:12 & 15  so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. ….And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Psalm 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.