Isaiah
46:9,
“Remember
the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am
God, and there is none like me, 10Declaring the end from the
beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done,
saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
11Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my
counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring
it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.”
I
love walls and gates. I love boundaries of protection with gates that
open to new revelation or new experiences. In 2013 and before, we
were praying, "Open the doors you want open Lord and close those
you want closed." We have learned His Ways are so much better
than ours and to Trust Him brings great Joy!
Now,
today we are giving so much Praise and Honor to our Lord who opened
the way for us to minister to the Whole World. We are so humbled and
feel like David...whom God pulled from the fields all dirty and
sweaty from tending to his Father's sheep...unworthy, unknown by many
and just hidden away from all the crowds...but yet remembering what
God had spoken to us on many occasions and He has made our calling
and election very sure (confident, positive, absolute, certain
without doubt, determine, ESTABLISH). We knew that in His time He
would reveal to us His Will for these Last Days. I was reminded by a
friend as she told me that God spoke these words to her 12 months
ago, "What God ordains He will establish." Those whom God
calls, He ordains, He consecrates with His anointing. It is not for
us to question but to yield to His timing. For He will establish (to
work or settle in a permanent place) build up, set up, install, to
prove, verify, and confirm.
David's
own family had no real confidence in him. When he went to the
battlefield to serve them food, they knew him as their little brother
doing the work that maybe they didn't want to do. He wasn't a popular
person but he was a person who loved God and had seen first hand how
God had protected him against the bear and the lion. David had a song
in his heart that God loved to hear and God chose him to be anointed
as the King of Israel.
To
be a “nobody” is not so bad when God knows you by name and knows
exactly where you are. He also knows He can depend on you to listen
to His voice, be obedient and follow His commands when the Gate
opens. At that point he will lead you into new and deeper revelation
of Himself that you can be the witness that He has ordained you to
be. Whatever the task great or small...such an honor to be used of
God to minister to others. What God Has Ordained He Will Establish!
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