The Father Is Calling...
Religion Or Relationship???
Wendy M Christie  6-22-10

Many of us have been walking through terrible times, very painful, very scary times and we can't seem to see the road two feet ahead of us. For many of us, this is terrifying because we are used to being in complete control at all times and have never REALLY been asked to TRUST GOD COMPLETELY. Most of us do not understand the very fine line that exists between what is our responsibility and what is God's responsibility in our lives. This is one reason why some of us see Him as a "wish monger" (His words, not mine) instead of a Father. Many of us grew up in this "Fatherless Generation" where the Father figure was absent or if he was around he was an alcoholic, abusive, not present, or lacked the understanding of how to teach Respect, Order, Discipline, and Dominion. All very important tools that are part of having a well rounded and balanced life.

"Religion" has always told us to take the path of least resistance and if things are going wrong, well then, we must be on the wrong path right? We may think that taking the path of least resistance would be the way to go, but God is looking for more TRUST out of us than that. Without TRUST and RESPECT there is no RELATIONSHIP. Without relationship there is nothing. The road that Relationship is on, will be a trying one, but it is more than worth it, because this is where True FREEDOM lives.

In this season, God is looking to change our head knowledge of Him into a heart one and to Translate us from a system of compromise into Kingdom Sonship. He also wants to teach us the real role of a Father, since many never had the opportunity to have a real father figure before. Then we will be able to see Him as our Father and as our source for all that we need or desire, and really start to LIVE LIFE instead of just survive it. To Trust In Him with all of our hearts will take some refining and refining is a painful process. It involves taking a hard long look at our own hearts, not to condemn ourselves or to feel guilty,no, it is to be honest with ourselves and with God. When we do this and Trust Him with our hearts, healing and restoration will soon follow.

I almost made a horrible mistake this past weekend and looked to the worlds system and mans limited understanding for a very delicate situation in my own life. You see, EVERYTHING has a spiritual root and if we are only treating the symptoms of a thing, with man's system that is set up to make money off of people who are in need, we will always be stuck in bondage and in the same place - slavery and stagnet.

Many of us will "want" to stay right where we are because it is comfortable for us, and we have become accustomed to the rut we have been in. The problem with this, is when we become accustomed to something in this way, it can then become our SOURCE instead of God and if we translate this out, it is equal to idolatry. I know this sounds harsh, but it is true.

God is looking to pull us out of our rut and give us New Life In Him. No more accepting generational ailments and curses, complete FREEDOM!!! I remember hearing someone say that "Christians are the sickest and most messed up people they knew." (Again not my words). I know God's people are longing and groaning in their hearts for this Freedom, and I know it can be a scary thing to think about, but, we need not worry, or be afraid. God has us in His hands and He will not forget us nor forsake us. The enemy is only fighting us this hard because he can see that we are about to POSSES THE LAND!!!!

Once we start this journey with the Lord, He said we are to NEVER LOOK BACK! Once we have "come out" and started being refined - remember it will be painful and even seem like loss to us and the temptation would be to "look back" to our former place of comfort, but do not do it! DON'T LOOK BACK, DON'T LOOK BACK, DON'T LOOK BACK! Remember what happened to Lot's wife when they were coming out of Sodom and Gomorrah? She looked back and turned to a pillar of salt. When I was seeking the Lord about this He said that this "system" He is talking about is in direct correlation with Sodom and Gomorrah. If you remember, Sodom and Gomorrah was a city where homosexuality prevailed and fornication was thought of as something you just do. The Lord revealed to me that homosexuality and fornication in essence is the spirit of REBELLION. God's original design was to make man and then to make a woman to be with man - not man to be with man. And He made One man to be with only One woman in the sanctity of marriage. He said that these roots are REBELLION and LUST. God is looking to rid us of any and all Rebellion and rid us of any Lust on a HEART LEVEL. This LUST is the LUST OF Mammon or Money. Money is not our Source or our God! Jehovah is our Source or Provider and our God! Money is just a tool.

God is beginning the process of FREEDOM in our lives. Do not look back to a system that has enslaved us and made us its bond servants - do not be turned to a pillar of salt that has lost its savor, good for nothing but to be thrown out and to be trodden underfoot by men. We need to listen carefully to the Father and follow His voice and stay close to Him like a sheep would stay close to the Shepherd if it wants to have its sustainance or if it wants to stay alive.

I see judgment coming to this worlds system for trying to be the "replacement" for the Father in our lives. I see the Lord raining "fire" down on it, and it will start with the drug companies. If we continue to be a part of the worlds system, we may get burned just from the "fall out". You may see a lot of persecution when you go down the RIGHT PATH, still GO towards FREEDOM - RUN TO THE FATHER! HE IS WAITING FOR US WITH OPEN ARMS. There is Pain in the Process, but God is our protector and our comforter, do not go to people with something you should go to God with, you may be MISLEAD. Do not fear, HE IS FOR us and if He is for us - who can be against us? No one and No thing!!!


I am by no means getting down on Father's.  There are many Father's out there that have done a wonderful job raising their children and sometimes other people's children also. Part of this "alignment" process that we are going through right now will help us to finally understand our Identity In Christ.


SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
And when the dawn rose up, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, Rise up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city. And he lingered, the angel laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters (Jehovah being merciful to him), and they brought him forth and set him outside the city. And it happened when they brought him outside, He said, Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, nor stay in all the plain. Escape to the mountain lest you be consumed. And Lot said to them, Oh no, Lord, please now, Your servant has found grace in Your sight, and You have magnified Your mercy, which You have shown to me in saving my life. And I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me and I die. Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. And He said to him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken. Hurry and escape there! For I cannot do anything till you have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. The sun had risen upon the earth, and Lot entered into Zoar. Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from Jehovah out of the heavens. And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:15 - 26 MKJV

Blessed are they who have been persecuted for righteousness sake! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for your reward in Heaven is great. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt loses its savor, with what shall it be salted? It is no longer good for anything, but to be thrown out and to be trodden underfoot by men. Matthew 5:10 - 13 MJKV

Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. Deuteronomy 1:8 KJV

The Father Is Calling - Religion or Relationship???
Wendy M Christie © Copyright 6-22-10

The Bible says that the truth shall set us FREE. Sometimes that truth can be a painful thing for us to face. This is one of those Words that I "wrestled with God" with. I was thinking, that it may be a little harsh, so I waited and waited and the Lord told me to release it - He said now is the time for FREEDOM! You will not read this Word without being Changed! Lord, I pray that the spirit of Understanding fall on your people and allow them to receive the gift You are giving them through this Word. In JESUS NAME Amen...

"Your Provision for Your Vision
Is On The Path That I Have Set Before You
I am ‘Translating’ You
From A System of Compromise
Into Kingdom Sonship"
Wendy M. Christie
Original Date 2-23-08 Revised 5-23-10

I see a large, tall wall and at the top and middle of this wall is a door that is wide open. On the outside of this great wall I see endless stars and vast space with limitless and boundless opportunities; this represents the Generational Blessing of Abraham. Many of God’s people are standing at the door that He has placed before them and He has put a blindfold on them. Just behind them, there is a very small and restricted room of compromise and mediocrity that they have taken up residence and become quite comfortable in; luke warm even. This room can represent a job, a church, but also could be anything that we think we need, that will bring us sustenance other than God alone. This room has kept many people right where they are at; stagnate and paralyzed because it symbolizes some type of provision or self fulfillment to them and they see this “defiled provision” as their SOURCE instead of God. God considers this idolatry. For many, it has seemed like too much of a risk for them to LET GO & TRUST HIM - especially with their money. I can actually hear people saying, “Lord, you can have everything, but don’t touch my money.” Oh yes, we say God is our source, but do we really believe it in the depths of our hearts? You see, many of us do not even know what is in our own hearts and do not realize that fear is driving a “survivalist mentality.” The Lord called it a “Children of Israel Mentality.”

The Lord is about to reveal our own hearts to us. Many of us will be shocked and very disappointed. At what is revealed. But, hear me when I say this - Do not worry, God is in control and He has us in His hands. He will not allow us to go through more than we can handle. Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 1Corinthians 10:12 - 14 ESV

What are we willing to have exposed to us about ourselves, and what are we willing to give up for the call that Christ has placed on our lives? If our churches in buildings did not exist , what kind of RELATIONSHIP would we have with God? These will be questions that we will have to answer very soon. “For I am pruning My Body, says God, cutting away, that which is not needed, that which is dead, that which will not bear good fruit, so My Body CAN produce the good fruit that honors Me.” You see, we can be a people who “plays church” and “puts on an act” all we want for other people. Some can see through this facade, but God defiantly sees through it - no one fools Him. He sees our hearts motivation in all things. He is asking us to stop looking at each other and at the world with JUDGMENT in our hearts and look at ourselves with PERSPECTIVE. The more honest we are with ourselves and the more willing we are to give up that which has a wrong place in our hearts, the easier this “TRANSLATION” will be. In fact until we give something up in our hearts, we can never truly have it anyways. It is time for us to get real and grow up In Christ.

Each one of us has our own door that God is asking us to step out of and trust Him completely because there is a very far drop if we were to fall from this height. Just like a baby eagle is tossed out of its nest so its instincts or intuition for flying can kick in, so says the Lord “I am pushing My people through the door of FAITH , TRUTH and TRUST and into the next season; the season of DESTINY FULFILLED”.

And the Lord said, “I have placed before you a door – choose this day who you will serve – The Lord Your God - or mammon. I have gone before you and placed your provision, for your vision on the path that I have set before you and in this season I will “Translate” you from A System of Compromise or Whoredom into Kingdom Sonship.” For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption by which we cry, Abba, Father! The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. And if we are children, then we are heirs; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; so that if we suffer with Him, we may also be glorified together. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. Romans 8:13 -19 . MKJV & ESV For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die. But if you through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of God. For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputing, so that you may be blameless and harmless, the Sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation. Among these you shine as lights in the world. Philippians 2:13-15 MKJV

He then said, "I will give My people THREE chances to step through this door on their own, for this is NOT a door that they can ignore and ‘miss the opportunity.’ This door will CUT OFF the compromise that has been a part of their lives for so long, that they can’t even see it as compromise anymore. This door is one that they will have to go through even if I have to push them through it Myself and close the door behind them; just know that it will be a smoother transition for them, if they trust Me and go through that door on their own. Any time someone gets paid to Compromise it is Whoredom. If you are not in the original and true predestined purpose that I have planned for your life, it is compromise - it is elusive and hidden, but I will reveal these hidden deceptions that the enemy has so deviously intertwined into your life. I will show you what the correct timing is and when to make that move through this door and I will tell you where to go and what to do. Do not fear, I will catch you, I will catch you, I will catch you, for in this season I am also initiating the LAW of INTUITION. This will heighten your discernment to a level that you have never witnessed before. Your instincts will be sharper, you will have a greater insight into the spirit realm and your ‘ESP’ Extra Spiritual Perception will skyrocket as you take this next step of faith and come where I am for where I am is the UNDEFILED PROVISION that you now seek. Truly, SEEK ME FIRST and PUT ME FIRST and the provision you seek for your vision will be there waiting for you on this next route of access, for I have set the course for the direction that I want your life to take. Watch and see what I will do; for many of you have a much greater destiny than you have ever imagined or have seen and you are about to WALK in the TRUTH and LIVE in the TRUTH and you are about to see it come to pass for my NAMES SAKE and my GLORY. Be ready and watch for this door - this door of FAITH , TRUTH , & TRUST, for you will have to walk through it in the next two months – within the next two months – this is the manifestation of what you have prayed for and what you have labored over . The time is upon you now, your time is now; listen for My voice and be ready to make your move, Says the Lord”.

The Lord gave me the word “Reordering”. With this Apostolic reordering, He is putting things in our lives into the “order” they should go in. He also revealed to me that in stepping through this door we are coming back into covenant with Him in the area of our finances especially and being delivered from idolatry in this area of our lives; then He can bring “The Great Wealth Transfer.” We have been going to the worlds system for too long for something the Lord wants to provide for us and give to us. Gods system is one that GIVES and then those things will simply be added to us. The practical application in God’s system is, we give; this could be money, clothing, a smile - what ever you have to give to meet the needs of others, and by the way, give to non-Christians also, there is not any discrimination or judgment in the Kingdom. (I am giving this Word to you right now - this is something God gave to me as a gift, I am passing it on to you). Not for glory for ourselves, but for the advancement of the Kingdom and for His glory - then He makes sure we are taken care of. This doesn’t mean you do not work, it means that your work is not first in your heart; He is, and then God‘s FAVOR can be with you. With God’s favor you will be simply amazed at how much easier life can be. We will still have the trials of life, but we are able to overcome easier than before.

The Lord wants us to know “The Nature of a Shepherd”. He is our Shepherd. The Shepherd goes down the path the night before and sets the “provision” out for the sheep for the next day along the path so it will be there as the sheep “take the steps”, follow and obey what the Shepherd tells them. All they have to do, is follow the Shepherd and their provision will meet up with them as they come upon it. If the sheep continually disobey the Shepherd and decide not to trust Him – they would starve. Or, if they decide to go off on their own and become part of their own system or the “wolf’s system” – they will eventually get eaten… A question to ask ourselves… Where are our riches? Are they in the Kingdom; putting others above self and giving unconditionally, all for the call of Christ? (Giving unconditionally IS loving unconditionally, because you have to give to truly love). Or are our riches the money and the things of this world? If you love me, you will obey my commandments. John 14:15 GNB

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
Truly, truly, I say to you, He who does not enter into the sheepfold by the door, but going up by another way, that one is a thief and a robber. But he who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. The doorkeeper opens to him, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him. For they know his voice. And they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers. (The Lord showed me what this part of this scripture means. The sheep know their masters voice, whom ever their master may be. Who is your master? Is Jesus not just your Savior but is He also Lord of your life? Does He order your steps, or does your flesh or wrong judgment order your steps?) Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they did not understand what it was which He spoke to them. Then Jesus said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters in by Me, he shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. But he who is a hireling and not the shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away. And the wolf catches them and scatters the sheep. The hireling flees, because he is a hireling and does not care for the sheep. I am the Good Shepherd, and I know those that are Mine, and I am known by those who are Mine. John 10:1-14 MKJ

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; Genesis 26:4 KJV

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 ESV

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou would prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers. For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as you walk in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 3John 1:2 - 4 KJV

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things said He that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that opens, and no man shuts; and shuts, and no man opens; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Revelation 3:7 - 8 KJV

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' "And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation. "'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'“ Revelation 3:13-22 ESV

Then Jesus said to the disciples, "And so I tell you not to worry about the food you need to stay alive or about the clothes you need for your body. Life is much more important than food, and the body much more important than clothes. Look at the crows: they don't plant seeds or gather a harvest; they don't have storage rooms or barns; God feeds them! You are worth so much more than birds! Can any of you live a bit longer by worrying about it? If you can't manage even such a small thing, why worry about the other things? Look how the wild flowers grow: they don't work or make clothes for themselves. But I tell you that not even King Solomon with all his wealth had clothes as beautiful as none of these flowers. It is God who clothes the wild grass---grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won't he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little faith you have! "So don't be all upset, always concerned about what you will eat and drink. (For the pagans of this world are always concerned about all these things.) Your Father knows that you need these things. Instead, be concerned with His Kingdom, and he will provide you with these things. "Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the Kingdom. Sell all your belongings and give the money to the poor. Provide for yourselves purses that don't wear out, and save your riches in heaven, where they will never decrease, because no thief can get to them, and no moth can destroy them. For your heart will always be where your riches are. Luke 12:22 - 34 GNB

Speak to the sons of Israel and command them that they make fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribbon of blue. And it shall be to you for a fringe, that you may look upon it and remember all the commands of Jehovah, and do them; and so that you do not seek after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you prostitute yourself, that you may remember and do all My commands, and be holy to your God. I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am Jehovah your God. Numbers 15:38-41 MKJV

My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declared unto them: for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. Hosea 4:12 KJV

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredom is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. Hosea 5:4 KJV (The HNV says) Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don't know the LORD.

For He has delivered us from the power of darkness and has translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son; in whom we have redemption through His blood, the remission of sins. Col ossians1:13 - 14 MKJV

God blesses those people who depend only on him. They belong to the kingdom of heaven! (He is trying to give us the Kingdom). Matthew 5:3 CEV

"Your Provision for Your Vision Is On
The Path That I Have Set Before You
I am ‘Translating’ You From
A System of Compromise Into Kingdom Sonship"
Wendy M. Christie © copyright 2-23-08 Revised 5-23-10