Intensity and Intentions
by Dr. Randall Worley (Real and Relevant)
I have not posted anything in several months on our site due to being tested by intense situations. My dispearance from the site was critical to the timing of reapearing. Elijah was out of circulation for 31/2 years after delivering the word to Ahab. Paul was out of circulation for 14 years before emerging again. Sometimes we need to be covert rather than overt. The title of this writing was forged out of what I have experienced in the last several months. I have come to understand that we can endure the intensity of any situation if we have unmitigated trust in His intentions.
This is a time in which anyone with a revelation of the coming of His kingdom will endure much tribulation. Jesus said "through much tribulation we enter the kingdom." I am in no way glorfying pain and struggle but it is a part of the curriculum. Paul said that his "thorn in the flesh" was a messenger from satan sent to buffet him because of the revelation he had received. Third heaven revelation or transcendent insight does not come through a painless download.
Psalm 105:17 says concerning Joseph "He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: Whose feet they hurt in with fetters: he was laid in iron: Until the time that his word came: the word of tried him.
Joseph had received unparalleled revelation of things to come that immediately thrust him into years of unconscionable misunderstanding and mistreatment. His perspective on what he endured reveals his trust in God's intentions. The years of wearing prison manacles on his ankles had not crippled him. The manacles composed of iron by osmosis gave him a transfusion of strength to endure. Joseph was the Old Testament equivalent of a apostle and prophet. He was given a dream as a seer or prophet of the destiny of his people and was sent before them as an apostle. The word of the Lord will try those that are sent as fore runners to prepare the way for those that will follow.
In the last few months I have talked with some of the premier prophetic voices in the country that have gone through protracted seasons of feeling deaf and blind. Again the tone of these words are not intended to sound as if pity is being solicited The real issue is not drowning in pity but seeking perspective.
In Luke 9:62 Jesus said "No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom." The image of a farmer and the back-breaking work of plowing illustrates the focus required to accomplish kingdom purpose. The rough leathery hands of a farmer calloused by hours of tightly gripping the crude wooden handles of a plow remind us to hold on when we want to let go. His concentration on an immovable object at the end of the row, such a tree or a rock keeps the furrows straight. No matter how fallow the ground maybe he will not relent until the soil is soft and receptive to seed. The hard places we go through are to sharpen our focus on the immovable promises he has placed before us. And to strengthen our grip on what He uniquely put in our hands.
Breakthrough is a word that has been loosely used through the years. Many times it has been used by those that are desiring a quick fix. It requires more faith to be delivered "in" a situation than to be delivered "out of" it. Breakthrough does not always come in the form we expect. Brokeness may occur before you receive your breakthrough. A desparate woman laying prostrate at His feet breaks open a priceless alabaster box pouring out her life savings and experiences a breakthrough of intimacy with Him that is legendary to this day. A weak and anemic woman ostracized for her incurable hemorrhaging breaks through the rejection and receives healing.He breaks through in us penetrating our shell of pride and self reliance so that he can manifest breakthrough through us.
by cleallyJeda
August 13th, 2010 (02:08)