The Hand Of The Lord

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Shirley Weaver wants to take you and now yesterday's episode I am glad to hear tiny podcast titled it mining with horses because I believe that the believer has a role as a catalyst for biblical outcomes of God's love and power that are both unusual and unexpected. We can talk about that today, but running with horses drawls from the passage in first Kings 18 bread the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah so if we have the mind of Christ we had the thought life of the king and the hand of the Lord is on our life. We know that when the hand of the Lord comes, his presence comes with it so may just relate that with a personal experience. It was Christmas Eve.

Actually, the afternoon of Christmas Eve.

I was out of town to visit friends and deliver a few gifts. The weather was unusually cold and wet, but the forecast deteriorated. Once I began to travel so halfway through my plan stops that day. Darkness was actually coming earlier than expected so I thought I'd just go ahead and gas the car in anticipating the return drive home any emergencies that might occur in the meantime because of the weather, so I just pulled into the first gas station and I noticed that besides the dreary weather.

That station looked especially dreary and at that moment, I just thought golly, I sure would like to be home right now, so it was a feeling sort of a sense of soda in a sort of awkward but very alone. So when I realize that was happening. I just resisted I thought that's silly.

And then when at the then at the pop I noticed again just how stark everything was, the station was dimly lit, there was not another car in sight, not at the station, not on the highway and it was a little bit threatening so I just sort of did a mental check of the surroundings, and again it was bordering on an anxious thought unit. This seems odd to me are things seeming so I did. So I just resisted all that again and once I stopped the car open the door and besides the strong wind.

It was really a driving rain, so the cover of her head didn't really help much. So heard with the nozzle activated the pop and then scooted back into the shelter of my car and and something totally unexpected and unusual happened in that confined space with all of that going on on the outside of my car presence filled my car. It actually took my breath total silence complete silence, it shut out everything else I forgot what was going on around me and just realize this presence and it was like my sense is expanded like this presence dominated everything and it seemed like I was sealed in this place for a long long time.

In fact it was only minutes, but I realized how powerful it was that I saw that the transaction was completed and so I opened the car door to finalize the payment was met with the same whether remove the nozzle from my car placed it back in the pump and without requesting receipt. You know you always have to request a receipt and then you may not even get one but without requesting a receipt. This paper ejected from the pop. The wind that was blowing so hard caught the receipt and began to began to travel I actually lost track of it so I turned to return to my car open the car door and saw that there was something extremely bright and sparkling on the top of my car. I mean it was extremely bright and sparkling. It was undeniably grabbing my attention was drawn to it. There was a spotlight there. Is it worse so obviously and automatically adjust reach to retrieve it to see what it was and it was the receipt. The receipt that was rejected without request traveled in the air and was plastered facedown to the top of my car.

So as I retrieved it. I returned to the car and looked. I was just drawn to this receipt and the first thing that I noticed was that the timestamp was exactly one hour earlier than the actual time so I mean you would think possibly in this function are maintenance era on the pumps computer clock right but the bottom line is the hardcopy documentation of my purpose of my purchase clearly showed that the transaction had not occurred yet and I was flooded with this thought God has gone ahead of me where I am going. He is already there so the result was this feeling discomfort. This sensation that the Lord is going ahead of me and at that moment. As I sat in his presence. His presence overwhelmed everything else.

It nullified all of the apprehension the sense of dread are fear or doubt on any level and also in the meantime, again, not another car was at that station on that Christmas Eve.

While I was there I was totally completely alone. Obviously not at all. The spirit of God. The presence of God was manifested with me in that setting. So sharing those details later.

As I finished my visits with my friends we really experience the same thing again. Each time I related what had happened. He confirmed his presence again and again affirming it in the hearts of not just me, but others so needless to say I still have that receipt actually I have it framed is a testimony to the hand of the Lord, and a manifestation of the hand of the Lord evidenced completely unexpectedly on my part. I did not ask for it.

I was not seeking it, but you might say that the Lord wanted to answer my situation. He wanted to speak into where I was. What was taking place and to say not only am I here but I am ahead of time and civil again the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah and that Christmas Eve, the hand of the Lord came upon me. That's my testimony. And so as I relate that story to you I bet you felt the very same thing before you might not talk about it or have an opportunity to talk about are really even feel that you can talk about it but you felt similar things.

Most probably are. You may not have noticed the presence of the Lord coming at a time that is unexpected a time that you didn't ask for or seek but I can almost guarantee you like. I am 100% sure that that has occurred in your life, probably multiple times so you know we've emphasized in earlier episodes of this podcast. Three things God's presence, your alignment with him, which would mean alignment with his presence and as a result of that are from that a preparation for the future, not just today but for the future and of course we are looking for the return of the Lord. That's as a believer that is our great hope.

But right now we're living in the world in a world system. We need God's presence. We need to align with his presence, and we need to be prepared for what he has threw us at this time. So reading from the introduction of our book running with horses and by the way, if you don't have a copy of our book. You can find it. It many online sources and also at our website.

A clear trumpet.org so from the introduction of our book quoting Jeremiah 12 verse five Jeremiah 12 verse five.

If you have run with the footman and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses and if in the land of peace in which you trusted, they wearied.

Do you then how will you do on the floodplain of the Jordan suggest a little interpretation there. Jeremiah is asking why can we expect or how can we expect to respond with confident and bold faith in a time of crisis at a time when were under pressure right when in days of peace and the absence of crisis or trouble our pressure.

We have neither. We don't have confident faith in God in his presence are his power nor do we have bold faith.

So if in the day of peace. You don't have bold faith. What makes you think you can expect to have bold faith in the day of crisis in the day that the future day so that's the day were preparing for.

So the hand of the Lord upon your life is really important that you pay attention to that that you acknowledge when that takes place.

The presence of God is important because we answer to God. Think of Mark nine, the Transfiguration. Remember that on the Mount that day. This is what Mark nine says that they saw the close were radiant and they heard a voice from the cloud so they saw Radiance and they heard a voice literally from the cloud. On that day on the Mount of Transfiguration, so if you apply that to your life in his presence aligned with him.

You see, radiance, and you hear his voice mean I'm comparing this passage about the Transfiguration to my experience that Christmas Eve and it's very applicable it's very similar. I'm not taking it lightly. I don't mean to take it out of context at all, but you can believe in the presence of God hear me in the presence of God you can believe for anything that you ask of him, trusting that he will do all that he said in his word and because of his promise to you and your faith in his love for you.

You believe him. That's a lot to say it again because of his promise to you and your faith in his love for you, then you believe him against all odds in every way, so we had these experiences in the presence of God. I love first Corinthians 1545 reading their and so it is written, the first man Adam became a living being the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. And so, hence the rest of that passage goes on to say.

First, the narrative natural and then the spiritual and in this context that is true.

There was, first of all the natural Adam.

He was a living being, but the last Adam.

Jesus Christ is a life. He is a life giving spirit, the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ is life-giving. Remember though it spirit so when the spirit when the presence of God comes. It is the spirit of God flooding you overwhelming. You just as was my experience that Christmas Eve. I mean, is undeniable and absolutely sealed in my memory seared in my memory. So applying the truth. Applying actually the principle of this truth as disciples of Jesus Christ.

We receive his spirit literally the power and presence of Almighty God.

God is with us. Emmanuelle God with us. God in us to rise above any circumstance with the insight needed. That is beyond natural reasoning or even intellect. So his disciples, we are able to realize that any limitations we place our anyone else. Places on the Spirit's presence and expression. I mean it sort of speaks for itself. It's because we know too little about it and we know we we don't recognize experience with the Holy Spirit are you have to say.

To be completely honest, despite knowing about this presence of God.

We don't believe it.

We do not believe his presence are his power. So either way that's not where we want to be. We are practicing the presence of Almighty God, not just once every 10 years, but as a lifestyle align with his presence and then from there today, tomorrow and in the days ahead, recognize the future.

He unveils is showing and the path carved out for you and just a word, just a heads up word here. Your path is not necessarily someone else's maybe someone close. Maybe someone in your household, not necessarily the same because every individual. Here's the Lord individually receives from the spirit of God, individually and then he impacts you to influence both your culture and the whole world. With this dynamic that he's releasing into you when light is happening. I believe prophetically at have to say is in gatherings, gathering of people together because admittedly over the last two years in our culture and our world. There is a major shift. Major a major shift so in that setting. Speaking of the wisdom of God the visitation of God.

There are concentrations of anointing's groupings.

I would say like minded individuals coming together where you might even say there is the fivefold expression the fivefold gifts and that gathering of people. I'm saying to you is prophetic and it's not something that is sort of a knee-jerk reaction to the shift that has occurred in our world, the Lord had it planned all along.

Keep in mind the Lord is ahead.

He is not catching up. He is not responding to less happening on the world scene. He is ahead in his allowing things to play out so that he can administrate his plan in the highest and best way possible. And let's face it, that means many sold slaves. Many souls saved with Che, you know, that's a shock to the enemy right so you need to discern the place where the Lord is gathering others to himself where you fit where a group of two or more continually proclaim the spirit of God, his presence alignment with him and this future plan and in that place you find those who invest their lives in building up this truth and they'll build you up as well. So watch for them, for you know there on the Lord side they are on the side of his people and their humility is so precious because it encounters skis make counters doesn't encounter while maybe it does encounter but it counters the pride of this age, so this people fear the Lord and is the word says their fear of the Lord goes ahead of them to fight for them. And if you think of it this way, the spirit of man your spirit is drawing from something all the time your drawing from something natural or something supernatural. The influences that go with that. These things either encourage or quench God's plan.

So your drawing from something all the time. Either you are encouraged in God's plan are his plan is quenched in your thinking in your lifestyle. So remember to guard your heart, since from the heart from what is stored in the heart, life, and all matters of life come forth, they are birthed and come forth. And what is stored in the heart comes forth today as God's breath for your soul as well as eternal life for your spirit that means now plus forever.

See, that's why we don't live in the now only.

We do actively occupy. Now the present, but not just the present we reach for the future.

We reach for God's plan that is ahead again. As believers, our greatest hope is the return of the Lord the catching away of the church.

So we are not frozen in today limited back today are myopic just concerning today.

Our view is fast, the view, God is giving you today is vast, and remember in this.

Not every voice represents the Lord. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit reveals which voice you are to receive. You hear about the Holy Spirit you discern that spirit so godly standards are raised in this time when individuals discern their part in the mission. As you discern your part in the mission.

Godly standards are raised around you and then is the Lord directs he actually reveals to you the path that is the highest and the best way possible.

The best way forward that is possible. You've heard that expression God's highest in his best.

That's not just an expression that is covenant language highest best so this mission path he reveals in and covers to you is both his highest and his best like the spotlight that was on that piece of paper that really in that really treacherous weather condition. I still am amazed at how a piece of paper remained intact in in that window could hardly stand in the wind.

How did the paper stay intact so that I could both see it and retrieve it because that was God's plan.

It was is his highest in his best so say this is how you counter negative influences. God has already decreed that darkness can never overtake light the darkness of that night could not overtake the light that he was revealing the darkness can never overtake the light revealed in your life that is evidenced right now as you hear these truths and put them into action.

The word says that strength and beauty are in the Lord's sanctuary. I love that actually is to pray that over my children that they had strength and beauty admit that strength and beauty, place them in the Lord's sanctuary so that excellence and that beauty thrive wherever he is. We want his presence. That's where strength and beauty lie. Matthew five verse 16. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. So both your good works are seen. God is glorified your light shine before men, they see your good works and God is glorified. Psalm 96, six, honor and majesty are before him strength and beauty are in his sanctuary and just one last point here really want to drive home is really important to draw from spiritual sources as well as secular sources you need.

Many sources I need many sources and here's why.

Because in the word we read that sometimes the secular profits are more accurate than God's prophets.

I don't want to take that out of context.

I believe God's prophets. But I know like King Cyrus. There is an anointing on those who are not spiritual at all to rally for this day and time and to advance God's purposes and sometimes a secular profit will speak truth that may be of a prophet that we might consider to be God's prophet might sort of shot away from. For whatever reason, there can be many reasons, I'm just saying here's my point.

Listen to spiritual and secular sources because this shift that is upon our culture and world these last few years will require more of you than ever before in your life will require of this generation, more than has ever been required before it will require every capacity that you have incomplete including intellectual and in every way so that this transition time as we have said in earlier episodes corresponds with the way that God is actually opening doors for his kingdom for his people to go through that kingdom come, thy will be done right here on earth just like it is. According to the blueprint in heaven. And so we you and I God's people we govern and rule with the mind of the Lord the mind of Christ. Remember, that's the thought life of the king so that people everywhere experience blessing again you have the mind of Christ. Therefore, you have the thought life of the king and when the king invades your space, and his presence manifest you recognize it. So we say that the blessing of the Lord here is to think clearly. With the mind and the heart of one who governs and rules to advance the kingdom of God that Congress remember we said to mature. You need right teaching an authorized message observable authority. A disciplined lifestyle increasing knowledge of God's word and you need to pray big prayers big prayers forget those little prayers big prayers so I pray blessing on your day and week. Thanks for being here for episode four of running with horses. See you next time by explicitly if you enjoyed this episode and you'd like to help with this project please share it with others.

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