Stop running

This morning God took me to Jonah. Read the entire book of Jonah and stop running from God. Running from whatever He has told you to do will only hurt you in the long run.

I realized I have been running from the calling He put on my life. I have ultimately submitted but it was no easy task. Running has been in my nature and I think it ran in my family. I come from a long line of runners. Every time problems arise instead of hitting them head on and praying (depending on God) I would run. Not only would I run but I would hurt people before I ever allowed them to hurt me. Or, I would make their lives a living hell having to put up with my wrath. God sure taught me vengeance is His. It is not mine and He saved me from me. I am living proof God will get what He wants and change a person from within. I am still just as messed up as everyone else but a huge desire is to stop with all my sinful ways. I hate sin! Hate it! The flesh is so very weak and until you get a control on it it will constantly come up wanting to go back to old ways because those ways are comfortable.

God has also taught me being with Him is not comfortable. I struggle with smoking. When I get scared I want to smoke, when I get excited I want to smoke, if I drink I want to smoke (and I dont drink because of this) but I want to be excited. Jesus excites me and I dont want excitement to be a trigger to smoke anymore. I dont want fear of anything! I am not sure what this fear is yet but I intend to find out today. I do not want an ounce of fear in me. Fear is not from God. Jesus is against the grain of everything we have been taught. Man at the lies He has shown me. I have a degree in religion and when He started my process He told me to forget everything I had learned because I was about to learn from Him. This has been an intense year and I praise Him for this part being over. Things are about to happen so fast your head will spin. Don’t get out of line with Him. I have seen myself try to move without Him and I will kinda stumble. He lets me know He is very much in control and I love that. I am nothing without HIm. NOTHING! I get it. I get so many verses now. I have lived them.

Unbelief will get in the way too. Remember the story when the disciples tried to cast a demon out of a kid but couldn’t. Jesus had to do it and then they asked why? Why couldn’t we do this? It was their unbelief and let me help you for a moment – fasting cures this unbelief. God will show you so much when you fast. Whatever your having issues with fast it for 3 days and allow Him to remove it. Fasting is a mindset. I tell people all the time that their brain is power and it really is. Anything you can set your mind to can and will be accomplished. It is a mindset. We have been beat down so badly by the world we forget who we are and what He wants to accomplish through us. Whatever He wants to get accomplished I am willing to do my part.

Fasting doesnt just help you and neither does your praise. Praise sets people free. I do not totally understand how it works and I probably never will (to totality) but I will not get sloppy with my praise. In the Bible Paul’s praise set the entire prison free and got the guard saved. When we fast we must depend on Him to carry us through. Fasting without prayer is just a diet. You are not on a diet you are on a fast- pray!! Praise your way through the storm. I know it sounds insane. How and why would I want to praise God when all hell is breaking lose around me? I been in the eye of the storm but praise worked. I dont get how it works but it works. I dont need to know why anymore I just need to know it works.

I feel like I have gotten a holy butt whipping the last few days. We are seriously in the hour of repentance. Jonah had to go warn Nineveh but didnt think they deserved God’s compassion. In truth none of us do but His mercy and grace are never-ending. I feel kinda like Jonah right this second. Putting out words from God have not been easy. I see so many saying the prophets were wrong. That there are no modern day prophets and that is just not scriptural. If you have bad mouthed a prophet you need to repent. If you have badmouthed anyone you need to repent. We are in a serious hour of repentance. It is the acceptable year of the Lord (Isa 61) and we need to remind Him of our good works (Isa 38). The righteous will be ok but the ones that do not repent will reap what they have sown. Joel 3. Read Joel 3! He gave me that chapter when He started to tell me what’s coming. I realized it really scares me to put out words of judgment because I did not really want to scare people into the arms of Jesus but you know what? That is over! People need to know that hell is very real and if it takes some fear of the Lord to get people so be it! People need to humble themselves and turn from their wicked ways. God knows your heart. We have all had an idol of some sort but He is removing all of that, returning people to their first love, and coming back for a bride without spot or wrinkle. We are about to see so much happen with our own eyes. This is an exciting time to be alive. You’re gonna see people healed, come to Christ, and delivered in all areas of their lives. You’re also gonna see people fall- pray for them. Intercede for their souls because our prayers change things. Do not rejoice when you see them fall but maintain your posture in God.

I have been scared of this. Scared of moving with God; like Jonah. I have been scared and tried to run. I can relate to this so much. God has made me see His unconditional love, and I do not want to run anymore. Ask Jesus to allow you to see what He did for you. I have seen the gashes, lashes, and His body when they finished with Him when He was crucified. It is not a pretty sight and it breaks my heart that He did that for me. Personalize this. He died for YOU! Not only everyone else but for you. He died for me. He took those lashes (as my sickness) and I do not have to carry one thing in this body that He already paid the price for. You gotta know Who lives on the inside of you. The whole kingdom of God is on the inside of you. They made their place in you. Holy Spirit does it all! He is the above all, end all, power in our world. Satan may be over the world but God has the final say in everything. The Lord rebuke you, satan! This works!! The Lord lives on the inside of you, right? If not please tell someone and get the Holy Spirit. When the Lord lives on the inside of you satan will come at you but he should know better by now. When he doesnt remember that the price has already been paid remind him. Rebuke him from your place of highest authority – at the right hand of God because you are in Jesus! You are part of His body. You are Jesus in this world. If He couldn’t get anything done without you how would this make you feel? I felt rather small when He asked me that. I want His will to come to earth as it is in heaven but if He cant do it without my body … Oh, He got His vessel! I will not fail Him. When obstacles come, and they do, I praise Him. I ask Him what can I learn from this? What do I need to do to come out of this? What is my strategy to beat this? What is the blueprint to manifest victory in this area of my life? Sometimes it is praise, sometimes it is prayer, sometimes it is dancing, sometimes it is fasting- but we always come out on top.

Psalm 102- He is finishing you up. Not just me but you too. Whatever phase of your process you are in trust it! Trust the process! Do what He says because He will lead you. You already have victory you aren’t fighting for it.

I am fighting my flesh. You probably are too. Sometimes it isn’t satan coming at us but our own ego. Ego is etching God out and I do not want to do that anymore. This dying to the flesh is no easy task. I am also fighting the spirit of fear. Faith over fear. Faith is bigger than any fear you have. Fear comes in many different areas. Fear of loving. Fear of trusting. Fear of moving ahead. Fear of failure. Fear of success. Fear is a beast and I hate that damn demon! When you come into contact with fear talk to the spirit of faith. Faith will like rise up and it trumps it every time. I do not know exactly how this works to be honest but it does. Jesus has equipped us with everything we need – He is inside of us- to win every battle or obstacle we face. I’m telling you that all hell can be breaking lose around you, when all you can see is chaos and confusion, like your entire life is blowing up around you, but you are calm as a cucumber because you have learned to trust Him. Whatever is meant to be will be and if it isnt and He wants to remove it; so be it. It must not of been good for me. Don’t take it personal. Let Him move things in and out of your life.

We are about to come out of this on the other side. We are right at the top of the mountain and its time to reach!