From the Muck to the Mighty; My Journey with Jesus

Can you hear it? The subtle rumble in the spirit. The distant thunder that's shaking ground like never before. Foundations full of cracks and compromise, crumbling publicly. Cries of the prophetic saying this or that for 2024. Declarations flying through the air like words in war. Lord what are you showing me, what do you want Me to see? It's a dry, open space and there's smoke from smoldered fires in the air that appears to be mixed with dust kicked up in battle. I see a Large Aztecan temple to the right with a Red carpet going up the stairs. I see many different men and women, dressed in the finest robes, making the climb. Ministers, Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers, Leaders, and those claiming the name and message of the Lord Jesus; rising higher and higher, not realizing that they're climbing to the trap of notoriety. The battle in the air was WAR, nothing like I have been shown before. War in the HEAVENS, WAR OVER GODS PEOPLE. WAR OVER GODS MESSA...

I’d say the hardest thing about this walk with the Lord is actually being like the Jesus we so eagerly preach about. We see leaders turning on other leaders, exposure videos going viral, sheep calling other sheep wolves, wolves truly revealing themselves; and the heart cry I keep feeling from the Lord is that we are all one gun to our head, “deny Jesus or else” experience away from being a Peter before the rooster crows.  And we all act like it couldn’t happen to us. Maybe the whole point of all of this, is that we can never be enough like Jesus to ever not need Him.  Do you realize how much we need His blood to save us from ourselves?  I’m in a season of seeking, taking things to the Lord in ways I’ve never had to before. Taking my own questions, questions from the world and praying for wisdom on how to move forward.  I’ve been told to keep quiet by man because man calls me a leader, and leaders don’t dare talk about doubting their faith; but when I take it to the L...

  Faith. It seems simple enough. Believe in Jesus. Believe in Him as the son of God made flesh. Believe in His life, words, crucifixion and resurrection. Believe that His promise is truth. Live life like you believe those words, and ta da, heavenly ever after, right? But what if it's not that simple even when it is? What if life throws us curve balls? What if the foundation you think you are standing on begins to crumble beneath your feet? Can you praise Him in the valley the same way you do on the mountaintop?  As, I am taking a much needed break with the Lord, I am reminded that a break with Him doesn't mean a break FROM Him. I think that's what so many of us seek when we are struggling.  We want the Lord to nurture us, to placate us, and to hold us, rocking us so we can find some sort of comfort in our woundedness. We expect Him to patch us up, to sit with us agreeing with us in our mess and then provide some sort of solution out of thin air that makes everything bette...