A Journey In The Prophetic

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???
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