Mentee, I’m learning that money and food have ensnared many a leader, including myself at a point in time. When I wondered and inquired of Yahweh, He revealed this: Both are appetites that need to be under the control of His Spirit.
If you and I were to take a look around the body we’d see a lot of leaders unsubmitted in these two areas of their lives. I’ve come to know through firsthand experience that it is one of the most stubborn areas of our flesh. When you don’t have a revelation on the purpose of money or food, you’ll abuse, misuse, and eventually lose everything and find yourself on the road to destruction (Proverbs 23:21).
Beloved, our appetites can never be satisfied (Eccl 4:8, 6:7), which is why we must depend on Him to be our bread and meat and the sole source of satisfaction and joy. He’s blessed us with richness (Proverbs 8:18, 10:22, Isaiah 45:3, Romans 11:33, 2 Cor 6:10, Ephesians 1:7, 2:7,3:8, 3:19). Any leader who is seeking His glory will be tested and tempted by money and food. These trials and tests are common to all; the issue is will you submit your greed for food and riches to Him? If so, you’re headed straight for His glory. If not, you’ll find yourself spinning y our wheels chasing things that don’t truly satisfy.
Father, I lift up all of your leadership today praying they come into a revelation and deep understanding about Your purpose for money and food. May they surrender the false appetite for what they see for a true appetite for Your true riches that are seen, recognized, and realized by those with spiritual eyes/ears. Loose them from the snare on their soul to lust after, crave, and seek money and/or food. Bring them into the place where their meat is to do Your will. Quench and satisfy every longing that is pure by Your Spirit. Ruach HaKodesh, stir them to find comfort in Your and You alone. May Your embrace satisfying more than the allusion of the warmth and safety of food and money. Lift them beyond reliance on the natural into reliance on the supernatural fruit that brings richness, joy, and peace. I thank you for destroying false kingdoms they’ve built and for erecting Your true Kingdom in them, and we know that all things will be added according to Your word, will, and way. Protect their eye gate from the realm which stimulates their senses to develop an unnatural and ungodly longing, craving, and desire for money and food.
More meat for healing and deliverance: Psalm 52:7, 62:10, 119:14, 36, Proverbs 11:4, 28, 13:27, James 1:9
Your people will offer themselves willingly in the day of Your power, in the beauty of holiness and in holy array out of the womb of the morning; to You [will spring forth] Your young men, who are as the dew. – Psalm 110:3
Many of you know I’m called to the office of a prophet and that means different things to different people based on their personal experience with those professing or aspiring towards the office. Well, the Bible clearly portrays prophets paired with kings (i.e., leaders, rulers). Some were exceptionally blessed to be assigned to a good king, but most were assigned to wicked kings. The role of the prophet in either case is to tell them what Yahweh says about their kingdom (e.g., their leadership). In the latter case, their sayings were unwelcomed judgment of the wicked king’s kingdom.
In prayer yesterday concerning a wicked king I’ve been assigned to in the marketplace, I heard Yahweh say, “Tell them Psalm 109:8-9, 12-18.” Emotionless, I wrote down verbatim what He instructed me to do from that passage. My flesh started to ask, “When, how, etc.?” I quickly shifted out of the flesh into His Spirit and said, “Yes, I’m willing!” The next day in prayer about the situation, I heard Him say, “This is what I’ve been waiting for!” Immediately, I knew He was referring to an opportunity to manifest His glory through me. Will you be utterly willing when He calls on you to display His glory? This is what He’s been waiting for! I am, and so I step into the true glory of the prophetic office. How about you . . . have you stepped into the true glory of the office (e.g., pastor, prophet, evangelist, apostle, or teacher) He’s called you into? This is what I have and He has been waiting for!
Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face and I heard a voice of One speaking. – Ezekiel 1:28 AMP
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so [was] the appearance of the brightness round about. This [was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw [it], I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. – Ezekiel 1:28 KJV
Recently in prayer regarding trials and tests I’m facing now, and truly, I didn’t know how to pray about the situation at all anymore, so I asked Ruach haKodesh (Holy Spirit) to pray through me and He did. Then I said, “Get me through this test with . . . and the word “victorious” came to mind. Of course, that’s not it; I’m always victorious (He causes me to triumph in Christ Yahshua). So, the next thought came to mind with the words “with flying colors.” Immediately, Ruach haKodesh said, “Not flying colors, but glory colors.” Yes, I exclaimed that’s what I need and want. I want to come through with the rainbow spectrum of your glory shining brightly in, on, and upon me! What test or trial are you facing right now? Ask Ruach haKodesh (Holy Spirit) to help you come through it infused with the colorful nature, power, and character of Yahweh. What colors do you think glory is? He showed me there’s blue for healing in case you get wounded, white for purity, yellow for His wisdom, purple for your royal Sonship nature, black for wholeness/peace, and red for war because the violent take it by force and some blood will be shed.
It’s time to come through whatever we are going through with glory colors!
You may or may not be aware that this blog focuses on the glory of Yahweh defined primarily as His character and nature. Reason being, what good is wisdom, deep revelation, and the ability to expound on heavenlies mysteries and yet possess unGod-like shallow character? Many of us look to 1 Corinthians 13 as a measuring element of how loving we are and many of us disqualify merely by the bolded portion in the below verse:
It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. – 1 Corinthians 13:5
I’m guilty of seeking my own way with God and others. Forgive me, oh LORD; wash me. Help me Ruach Hakodesh (Holy Spirit) to please Yahweh in this way. We should be seeking Yahweh’s way, not our own way in every situation, interaction, and relationship. This is the heart of loving glory for others as well as how we demonstrate our loving commitment to deny ourselves, take up our cross, follow Yahshua, and become true disciples and sons.
6 On that day I lifted up My hand and swore to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, [a land] which is an ornament and a glory to all lands.
7 Then said I to them, Let every man cast away the abominable things on which he feasts his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.
The land that flows with milk and honey is a land free from defilement and idols.
>>>>– A glorious land honors Yahweh’s (God’s) name
>>>>– A glorious land is an obedient land
>>>>– A glorious land forsakes all other gods
>>>>– A glorious land is a land that is separated and consecrated for Yahweh’s use
A land with these attributes shines brightly with Yahweh’s glory. This used to be true of the USA, but it isn’t anymore. We have turned to the god of sex, religion, fame, perversion, success, etc. Can it be said of you that you are Yahweh’s ornament and a glorious land?
I’d rather have secret place promotion any day than public empty promotion. Yes, secret place promotion. Said differently, promotion in prayer, elevation in who you pray for and what Yahweh reveals about them to you, and greater service via intercession. This is the greatest promotion. It’s greater than promotion in title only, but no power. You can do exploits, stop rain, and other supernatural works in prayer. Can your title do that? Can your promotion do that? Id’ rather have a ministry of powerful prayer versus a powerless ministry full of grandiose titles and worldly, materialistic trappings. Today, I stand in my place of power and delegated authority and that place is prayer . . . a prayer room, on the lap and by the side of my Father.
Room (The below is that of which He speaks through me today.) Strong’s 4725 (a condition of the body or mind, home, country, place, a standing spot, open locality, station, post, a region, a quarter, a direction, a place to exist . . . an abode, habitation)
O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place [where it will cease being heard]. – Job 16:18
Thank you, Yahweh for this resting place of prayer you’ve given me and thank you that there will be no delay when I cry out in prayer. My prayers come before you immediately. There is no tarrying, no obstructions, and no delay in them reaching your throne room, and You answer and hear me straightaway. My prayer for you is that through this post, ministry motives have been purified and that the heart of ministry has gripped you and caused your eyes to be wide opened to what’s really important and where the true power lies in ministry.
Go to your room, mentee! Yes, today momma is sending you to your room. It’s for your making, transformation, and for those who are assigned your hands. They need you to habitate, linger, and stay in your room.
8For Jerusalem is ruined and Judah is fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of His glory and defy His glorious presence.
9Their respecting of persons and showing of partiality witnesses against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil [as a reward upon themselves].
10Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with them, for what their hands have done shall be done to them. - Isaiah 3:8-11 AMP
There are professing ministers of the gospel who deceive themselves and others about Yahweh’s glorious presence abiding and dwelling and moving amongst them. As the scriptures shows their actions (and speech) are against Yahweh. Of course, it’s not the actions and speech that we see that matters, but what Yahweh sees with His eyes, and what He sees them doing and saying is provoking His glory and defying His glory, not reverencing, but irritating His glory. So, then how could His glory be dwelling, abiding, and moving in their midst?
Two times this week alone I’ve encountered several ministers of the gospel who were articulating how they know there is more than what they have been experiencing. In prayer Yahweh, responded by saying, “It’s building can you sense it? Can you hear through others who are tired of same ole same ole and who are articulating their hunger for My power, My glory to manifest through them? He’s aligning His glorious army. He’s making them ready. We are starting to groan right along with the rest of creation. ABBA is saying, Yes! This is where I long for you be and stay. Can you hear the groaning and the hunger pangs? The manifestation of His glory is near . . . on a larger scale, not just a small group of one here or there, but as an entire body of ready-made vessels. Because not everyone that’s groaning and hungering is going to see His glory manifested through them. They might see it (and it’s going to be undeniably hard not to), but it won’t be through them. Are you one in this glorious ready-made army?”
We know that until now, the whole creation has been groaning as with the pains of childbirth; – Romans 8:22 CJB
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. – Mark 16:17-18 KJV
Have you ever heard, said, or thought, “I’m anointed all by myself.” We are talking glory here, not anointing! No one is a complete and entire manifestation of His glory by themselves. Some aren’t familiar with the prophetic team ministry concept. When prophetic teams work together in a presbytery or in a service, one team member will bring forth what Yahweh is saying to the corporate body or to a particular individual. Well, that team member prophesied in part, but then Yahweh will speak to another team member and that member will come forth and prophesy in part. By the time the entire team has ministered prophetically to the congregation (e.g., the corporate body) or the individual, you’ll see one message from the Father that was building through each vessel He spoke through.
It reminds me of this scripture:
9 For our knowledge is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect), and our prophecy (our teaching) is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect).
10 But when the complete and perfect (total) comes, the incomplete and imperfect will vanish away (become antiquated, void, and superseded). - 1 Corinthians 13:9-10
The total team is a manifestation of the complete and perfect Word, message, and will of God. This is why haSatan (Satan) tries to destroy unity in the body, working together, and team ministry. Look at what happens in choirs. I know, I know, we’ve been told it’s because Lucifer was the minister of music in heaven and now he’s jealous of the fact that we still have the opportunity to worship Elohim (Ezekiel 28). Hmm . . . could it be he wants to stop the choir from coming forth worshiping in unity until one sound, one voice, and one prophetic message of the Father comes forth. Yes, it is so. Read 2 Chronicles 5:13-14. Okay, that’s for the worshipers. Now let’s go back . . .
If you’ve read the above-referenced scripture, you found out that when we go forth as a team the glory manifests.
So then, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you may do, do all for the honor and glory of God. – 1 Corinthians 10:31 AMP
Yesterday, we discussed the fact that our phone conversations should bring Yahweh (God) glory, but the only way they will is if we set the tone spiritually and mentally. In fact, you need to have a certain type of posture that you bring to each conversation and here is where glory conversations come into play. Your conversations are glorious when they focus on the nature, power, and character of God. In other words, your conversation should be filled sharing all the miracles God is doing in you and through you and for others. The conversation should hone in on glorifying His words and name. This is the posture you need to bring to your calls. Have you considered sharing in His majestic splendor and reflecting on that on your calls? This is glorious conversation!
