Framing Our Destiny

"Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."  Hebrews 11:3 KJV

The "idea" is that the world that we see has been "framed" (Greek: Katartizó - put in order, arrange, adjusted, prepare, to fit, frame for oneself, complete, mend, to strengthen, perfect, or make one what he ought to be), by the Word of God. There is a "Life Force" holding all things together and that Life Force is His Word that comes out of His mouth.

This morning, while in prayer, the Lord took me back to the seashore of Galilee where I frequently meet with Him. There is a certain place on the shore where you can walk up on the hill. There is a large tree with a small but beautiful grassy meadow. I climbed the hill and to my surprise there He was waiting for me. The Lord was wearing His white robe and had long dark hair. As He stood beside me, He pointed towards the sea below. It was picturesque. It was so beautiful to behold the blue sky upon the blue sea with the land cascading around its edges. There were sea gulls flying above the water, I'm sure in search of their breakfast. The sun was already creeping up and glistening brightly upon the water's surface.

Then He said to me, "I brought you up here because I want you to see this."  He was referring to the breathtaking scene which I just described. He continued, "Everything you see is being upheld by My Word." I thought about what the Lord just said as I scanned the scene. All of this was formed or "framed" from His spoken Words. They are being held together even by that same "Life Force" that created everything. His Words are that Life Force. I knew that He was also reminding me that nothing is impossible with Him. He still creates. He is well able to create a way out of nothing on my behalf. He is able and will "frame, put in order, adjust, prepare, mend, and make one what he ought to be" by the same Life Force, His spoken or written Word. Whenever we hear His voice speaking to us, that is His Word, His Rhema Words to us. We can stand on His spoken or prophetic words to us because they are filled with His life and they are framing or creating our destiny and bringing it into manifestation from the unseen into what we see. Hallelujah!!!

I have a box filled with cassette tapes and cds of prophetic words spoken to me over the last 20 plus years. A few of them have come to pass. Many are manifesting at this time. I had to stand on those Life Force words and agree with them over the years and be careful not to doubt what He had said. I failed many times, but I repented, got right back up and kept believing His Words to me because they were framing my destiny.

His Words are the Life Force that create and hold all things together. The written and spoken Word of God to us individually is framing our destinies and bringing them into order. So, don't give up. Continue to stand on His Word to you because it is "making you and I into what we are called to be."

Prayer:  Father, we repent of all doubt and unbelief that we have spoken because of weariness. Please help us to believe. We believe and receive every Word given to us through Your written and prophetic gifts. We hang onto to them because You, Lord, are framing us and bringing us into our destinies. We love you so much Lord and we say, Yes Lord, Yes! Have Your way. We believe!

Doors and Gateways

There has been much written lately about doors and gates.  I thought I would jump right in and add my thoughts on them also.

When I think about a door or gate, the first thing I conclude is that both are points of entrances and exits into or out of a place.  Usually if you're entering into a new place the door has a handle on the outside in which you have to pull open and if you're exiting you usually have to push on a bar across the middle of the door in which to push the door open.  Either way it requires action on the part of the one moving through the point of entrance or exit.  There is most of the time some kind of lock on the door which requires its own specific key to unlock it.  Gates have latches in which you lift a handle and it opens the gate.  They too can have locks on them.  Usually padlocks or if the gateway has a door, then it will also require a key to unlock the door.  Doors have thresholds.  Thresholds are simply a board that runs across the entranceway at the bottom.  It helps seal the door from air coming in or escaping from inside.  It also establishes a place of entrance from outside to inside or vice versa.  You have to cross over the threshold in other words to get to the other side.

I believe that there are spiritual doors and gates in the Spirit in which we can go in and out of.  Jesus said in John 10:9 KJV, "I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture."  This is the most important door in which all of us must enter first of all.  In order to be saved and part of the Kingdom, God has established His Son as the Door or Gateway in which we must enter in order to be saved.

As we grow in our relationship with the Lord, He will certainly bring us to other spiritual doors and gateways in which to enter and sometimes exit.  The Lord has told me many times in my walk with Him that there is a new door in front of me.  It is time to transition in the spirit or move to a higher place in Him.  As we go through these doors and gateways, you will notice how things in the natural change also.  A few months ago, I knew that I transitioned or moved through a spiritual doorway into a much larger place in Him.  This has been a long time coming.  After I stepped over that thresh hold, then things in the natural started to change for me.  First of all, I got to minister again.  Then I got registered as a non-profit ministry and this blog set up for the ministry.  The Lord had me trade in my small car for a SUV in which the insurance for it was less than the car.  Amazing!

A few years ago the Lord sent me to a church in southern Alabama.  As I was talking with the pastor and his wife, I saw in the spirit outside in front of the church a very large gate.  It was closed.  I knew that it was there because at some time in the future the whole church is going to pass through the gateway to a place of elevation and abundance in Him.  This is about His manifested presence or Glory along with the provisions needed in the natural.

I want to challenge you.  If the Lord has told you that He has placed a door or gateway in front of you, then wait for Him to tell you when to move through it.  Because when you do, then you will begin to see Him manifest provisions and answers for this new place that you will transition into.

There isn't any stopping in the Kingdom of God as far as growth, only progression.  Let's continue to keep our ears to His heart and move with Him and cross over those thresholds as He brings us to them.