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Posted: 2004-06-25
By:
Undrai Fizer DominionToday@aol.com
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Divine Connections and Significant Purposes
(Blue bold = Quick-Read)
What may seem like a blessing to you may look ridiculous to others perspective. Imagine being
"exceeding in age" and pregnant! Instead of being attracted to the youthfulness and newness of expected motherhood, there would be stares, wonderment, and
questions.
It probably would not look to attractive in another person's viewpoint. There would be more expressions of
worries and doubt, than joyful expectation. It would
be something that would take some "getting used to" (if we could get used to it).
It is [really] something when you become pregnant past the "respected season" of
ones life. [It] is something when you are producing life when other's (and even
yourself) are not expecting you to.
There wouldn't be the playful "rubs" of the womb, but a look of a person
"past the season of productivity." It would look foolish and be received as dangerous,
unhealthy, and out of place. It would produce more questions about the one who is pregnant instead of inquiries on the pregnancy itself.
[Instead of questions such as,] "Is it a boy? Is it a
girl? Is this your first? Wait until they turn two
. . ." The questions would probably be, How did this
happen?" "Why did this happen?" "Did
your doctor say this was OK? What prompted all of this to
happen?
There times when God will put you in a place where "you" will be talked about more than the "anointing" that resides within you. You
will be talked about more than the "purpose" and the Spirit
that you are obeying.
[There are times] when the purposes of
God will take you to dangerous and unhealthy places,
in the eyes of others. There are no "safe zones" in the sphere of destiny, when it relates to SIGNIFICANT purposes in a person's life. There are words that
will be spoken to totally restructure a person's lineage, household, and DNA, that will take an incredible belief in order to get it done.
It will require a belief that is past the ability of the person and the sanity of their own mind. There are some things that have been prayed for and labored for that
will require a belief and an obedience that transcends all of our previous spiritual experiences in the Father. You cannot move into a new destiny while eating the food of
"past experience."
There comes a time when the things that we are believing for must be
endured and broken through by
a process that will try our
own sanity, reputation, relationships, and spiritual experience. Elizabeth and Zacharias were promised a child by the Lord. But she was "old"
and barren.
However, in order to receive this promise, they would have to believe this word "beyond their age, ability, family, and priesthood (spiritual experience)."
They would have to give up the fear of what they "would look like to other people" in order to at least have the "sanity to believe God." There are some people whose
opinions "don't matter to us anyway." However, there are some "opinions and perspectives" out there that "do matter" to our everyday life. We may not all admit it.
("I don't want this person to get the "wrong" impression of what I'm doing).
They had to believe beyond what "they would look like to others." They had to believe beyond the interrogation that would
come from others questioning his ministry, his wife, and their marriage. Elizabeth had to be able to endure questioning of the "timing" of this pregnancy, and her
health. But inside, she knew that God had taken away her "disgrace." (Lk.1:25)
There are some things
that God has promised you and spoken within you that will make
you look "foolish" and "dangerously unhealthy." We are not
talking about scheduled meetings to prophesy. We are speaking of
words and the counsel of the Lord that will strategically redefine the natural, spiritual, and future dimensions of a
person's life and experience. This transcends "routine" and "church" as we know it to be.
This transcends "creating one's own significance" by their own "works." When the season of Significance
is upon you, you may not know it. You won't think to ask, "Am I in this season now?" God will find you and the Spirit will begin to
transition some things in your mind, heart, and life. They may not make sense in the beginning. They may be hard to articulate.
So, you will have to write
them down on paper. Later, your tongue will be loosed with the proper impartation, and purpose will be defined.
The Glory of the Promise of God is already here. However, the endurance to believe to the point of releasing fear and spiritual
understanding of the past have not consistently been manifested. When seasons of Significant Purposes are upon you, then you will see unity of a different
perspective.
Purpose draws individuals together. Mary received her word of Significant Purpose and was drawn to Elizabeth.
While Elizabeth was "shut off from others" (Lk 1:23), she was "opened unto" Mary. Their
words drew them together. It changed their lineage from a
"familiar bloodline" to a destined, eternal kinship.
(Lk.1:36, 39-56) You must be able to handle the pressure of being identified with your purpose. You must
be able to endure being ridiculed while in the process of purpose. You must be able to endure the perceptions of those you esteem while looking obvious in purpose. (I
didn't say you were going to like it) Some promises
will be manifested when we get beyond the fear of self-image
and reputation.
You must endure the viewpoints of others while you are in a time of Significant Purpose. You must endure the loneliness that comes from believing radically for
what was promised. You have been shut off from the outside even though you can still be seen. You are invisible to others help. Only those who have
received something on the inside that has also stirred their purposes as well, will come to visit you.) These are the divine connections needed for Significant Purposes.
NOTE: Mary had the ability to become pregnant, but had no husband. Elizabeth had a husband, but no ability to become pregnant. And she was, "well in age."
They had
something in common: An impossible
word that created a Significance in their lives. It created vision and purpose. They could
"relate" to one another.
They both received words that would cause an uproar in their religious customs. Mary could have been stoned (DT. 22:23-24) and
Elizabeth and Zacharias named their "promise" outside of the lineage (Lk.1:61).
Faith does not sidestep this process. It intensifies the process. |
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