What Heaven is Saying Today
As soon as I was lifted up into the Lord’s presence, He took some of us on a trip to visit people He had gifted for ministry. The people we visited today were not actually using the gifts the Lord had given. They had devised very clever ways of hiding their gifts. Some of them thought they were honoring the gifts by carefully wrapping them in expensive fabrics and hiding them in secret places. I was particularly fascinated by one person who had devised a false bottom in a cabinet drawer in the kitchen. This person proudly brought out the gift from its hiding place and unwrapped the velvet cover to show the Lord what He had given. I was reminded immediately of the man who received one talent and hid it out of fear. Matthew 25:24-25, “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’”
The Lord said, “This person was afraid that the enemy would steal her gift, so she hid it. When she went into fear and hid the gift, the enemy’s work was done. He has stolen the effectiveness of the gift, because it does no good for the Kingdom in that drawer. He has in effect killed and destroyed the her witness and ministry. You must break off the spirit of fear! Do not fear man! Do not fear the enemy! Now is the time to use the spiritual gifts which I have given you in order to promote the gospel of the kingdom of God! Now is the time for the gospel message to be validated with the power I have given! Now is the time for healings, miracles, signs and wonders to accompany and confirm the gospel message! Now is the time for a powerful church to arise from the ashes of fear!” I remembered the message of James 1:22-25, “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.”
When we arrived back in heaven, I saw the Lord in His priestly garments. He was carrying something which looked like a basket filled with small loaves of bread. As He got closer, I saw that it was not bread as we know it. The loaves were glowing as fire. They were not red hot, but had been elevated to the level of white hot. The Lord began to take out whole loaves and push them into the chests of each of us present with Him this morning. The white hot loaves seemed to be inserted into our hearts. I saw how hot they were and felt the heat as Jesus came near. I expected a powerful burning sensation when it was inserted into my chest. However, I felt something different. I felt an empowerment, a release of supernatural energy, and a zeal to share the gospel with the lost.
I remembered Jeremiah 23:29, “Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?” and James 1:16-21, “Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.”
Both Jeremiah and James see this as an implanting of the Word of God which is like a fire in our hearts. Wow! I want this implantation! How about you? Are you ready to receive some fresh fire – an implantation of the Word of God like a white hot fire in your heart? I read again the prayer of the saints in Acts 4. They prayed for boldness to share the gospel in spite of danger, imprisonment, and death. The Lord’s response is given in Acts 4:31, “And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.” I remember the outcome of this prayer recorded in this chapter and chapter 5. Great grace was upon them all so that there was no lack, and with great power they witnessed to the resurrection of the Lord (Acts 4:33-34).
I pray for you to witness with boldness! I pray for great grace to be upon you so that you will have no lack. I pray that you will witness with great power using fully the gifts of God in you so that many souls will be brought into the kingdom of God! I pray for fire and power! May you have fire power today and always! Amen and Amen!
James
Pastor James Durham
Higher Calling Ministries, Intl
P.O. Box 292335
Columbia, SC 29229-0335
Jesus is the KING of Kings and LORD of Lords!
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