I just finished John Bevere’s book, “God, where are you?!” And it’s been riveting. It’s exactly what I needed to hear and I found it randomly as I was just looking for a ray of hope after I came back from SEA. Regardless, of your theological leanings, I believe that God is living and speaks to His people through various means. I’m always cautious when I hear people say I hear from the Lord but I never simply cast it off.
I know everyone is a bit different in how they hear from the Lord. It can be through wisdom God gives. It can be through reading His Word. It can be a faint whisper or thought at the exact moment you need to hear something. If we are genuinely seeking the Lord, I believe we’ll “hear” His voice. We can’t force Him to speak to us, but if we are genuinely and earnestly seeking the Lord, we’ll know.
I’ve never heard the audible voice of God. God speaks to me through the Word, people, situations, and I feel that God speaks to me through books. I believe that the book by John Bevere is exactly what I needed during this season. I feel like this is the theme I’m hearing everywhere I look. I’m not sure if I’m at the tail end of a desert season or if I’ve just entered it but I do know that I’m being matured.
I’ve been untrusting of the Lord ever since I took a massive leap of faith back in 2013, trusting that I heard correctly from the Lord, and made some extreme decisions. This is one of the few times I felt I strongly sensed the Lord and I took the leap of faith. I genuinely just wanted to follow God regardless if I made a fool of myself…
Sure enough, I did make a fool of myself and I starting distrusting the Lord since then in my heart. I wanted to shake it but I couldn’t. I eventually made another decision that I felt was from the Lord. I went to San Diego to go to the one year discipleship program with Impact195. It was an incredible year but I felt afterwards I was so behind in my career. I made two huge decisions that I felt put me incredibly behind. I was angry coming back to LA with what I felt was nothing to show.
I was genuinely depressed coming back from SEA, but it wasn’t until I read the excerpts from John Bevere’s book through the Bible app that I saw what God was doing. I cared more about the gifts than the giver. My heart wasn’t in the right place and God was showing me that. I wanted Him to make the vision I feel He gave me come to pass more than I cared about having a relationship with God.
I repented and I feel I can genuinely trust the Lord again. I know His plans are greater than my plans. I learned a lot during the time I’ve been back. I know God is working on my character. I know that God loves me and has plans for my life. I know that God has given me a vision for my life and it will be Him to make it come to pass. We can do nothing for the Kingdom of God if it isn’t God leading.
At that point, I learned to relax. God wants the vision He instilled in me to come to pass more than I do but He cares more about my heart and our relationship than anything I can “do” for the Kingdom.
I’m always wary of prophetic stuff but I always listen. I scrolled through Facebook and a friend of mine had this post on their Facebook page. I thought it was so spot on to what I felt God was doing in my life and many others. It’s exactly what John Bevere’s book is about too.
PROPHECY: I know many of the Saints of God are going through some serious pruning at this hour. The entire Church is in the travails of transition that’s shaking many to the core. God is no doubt shaping us into a Bride He longs to see pure and perfected. It’s a process many of us desire to bypass; however, unless we yield to the stripping away of the flesh, our true identity and calling won’t come into full manifestation.
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. John 15:5-6
I heard someone say recently that we must run into the fire at this hour! It’s the fire that’s perfecting and preparing us for greatness. My first thought was, Lord how do we run into the fire? The ‘fire’ can take on two different meanings. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego ran into the fire and God showed up (Daniel 3). The Israelites complained about their hardships and when the Lord heard them, His anger aroused against them and burned up their camp (Numbers 11:2).
For our God is a consuming fire. Hebrews 12:29
I believe we will see many turnarounds this year! Just like Jesus overturned the tables of the money changers in the temple courts; God is bringing new order to His Church through unexpected means. Where the Saints of God have gone through the purifying fire to prepare them for the greatest outpouring of the Spirit we have ever seen; a remnant of Esther’s, Joseph’s, and Jeremiah’s, are arising as vessels of honor at this hour.
Justice will reign supreme for those who yield in humility and repentance this year. God is looking at the heart …. not what’s looking back at you in the mirror! (1 Samuel 16:7)
A scripture that’s been ringing in my spirit in a new way over the last few days is, Forget those things of behind…. The word forget means to lose out of your mind, or no longer care for. It means to unwittingly be hid, or be ignorant of its existence.
A New Chapter Has Begun …… Prophetic people run with the vision and carry the blueprints of the future. It’s time to walk through the MEGA DOORS of 2019! You were born for such a time as this (Esther 4:14).
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, Ephesians 3:20
– Holly Watson
I don’t know much about the author but I felt this to be true. Take everything with a grain of salt and test it with the Word but this to me felt like God confirming that He’s doing a work in my heart and on my character.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:6)