Going to church, reading the bible, listening to Christian music will not advance your spiritual life. These activities may give you more understanding but until you are ready to lay down your life and take up your cross this leads nowhere.
What I am talking about is the sacrifice of self to advance the cause of Jesus Christ in the world. There is a destiny that God had for each of us that only we can personally discover. We can discover it only by detaching from the world and making ourselves available for the Holy Spirit. By detaching from the world--now you have time--the commodity that most Christians are not willing to give.
Jesus said, "Self-help is not help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, to finding yourself, your true self. (Matthew 16:25)
"God has planted eternity in the human heart." (Ecclesiastes 3:11)
"Anyone who lets himself be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of God." (Luke 9:62)
"The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me." (Acts 20:24)
"We have been sent to speak for Christ." (2 Corinthians 5:20)
"We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:10)
Albert Finch
www.thekeys2kingdom.com
What I am talking about is the sacrifice of self to advance the cause of Jesus Christ in the world. There is a destiny that God had for each of us that only we can personally discover. We can discover it only by detaching from the world and making ourselves available for the Holy Spirit. By detaching from the world--now you have time--the commodity that most Christians are not willing to give.
Jesus said, "Self-help is not help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, to finding yourself, your true self. (Matthew 16:25)
"God has planted eternity in the human heart." (Ecclesiastes 3:11)
"Anyone who lets himself be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of God." (Luke 9:62)
"The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me." (Acts 20:24)
"We have been sent to speak for Christ." (2 Corinthians 5:20)
"We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:10)
Albert Finch
www.thekeys2kingdom.com
Embracing The Vision
Posted 05-18-2024 at 12:31 PM by Albert Finch
"Where there is no vision, the people perish; but happy is he who keeps the teaching" (Proverbs 29:18).
God is looking for those with a Habakkuk spirit who will not only see and hear, but record and proclaim – and keep proclaiming until they come to understand God’s next move for them in their Christ calling.
Once, when Habakkuk stood on the wall, He heard the Lord say this:
"Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who reads it may run. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but it speaks of the end and does not lie. If it delays, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay" - Habakkuk 2:2-3
A REMNANT RISING WITH CLEAR VISION
This is a right-now word for those in the Body of Christ. There is a remnant rising with a clear vision from the Lord. Not everyone will catch that vision, but we must continue to speak it forth. It's not man's vision, it's God's vision.
In Habakkuk 2:2, the Lord told the man of God to write the vision. God intended for the prophet to make a record of what he heard. This is important for the sake of accuracy. Vision in this verse comes from the Hebrew word, "chazown", which means vision (in ecstatic state); vision (in the night); vision, oracle, and prophecy (divine communication).
Clearly, we need to embrace the Lord's vision for us – taking the kingdom-building action required to advance and bear fruit that remains for His Kingdom. Unless the Lord builds the house -- they labor in vain who build it (Psalm 127:1).
ROCKING RELIGIOUS MINDSETS
Because these prophetic visions will rock religious mindsets and shake the status quo, you'll have to be determined to write them down, meditate on them day and night and, as Habakkuk 2:2 says, make it plain.
In other words, you need to rely on the Holy Spirit to interpret the vision rightly so that you can declare it clearly to those who are called to run alongside you in the vision. As Paul the apostle wrote, "If the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?" (1 Corinthians 14:8 ). Prophecy always brings response and movement as well as warfare because the devil is after the word.
EXERCISING PATIENCE FOR THE PROPHETIC VISION
Habakkuk 2:3 says the vision is for an appointed time. The Hebrew word for "time" in that verse is "moade", which means "appointed time, sacred season, appointed season, appointed meeting, appointed place and appointed sign or signal."
When God gives you a prophetic vision, it's inspiring. Waiting is the hard part. We must remember not to grow weary in well-doing because we'll reap in due season if we don't faint (Galatians 6:9). We must also remember that we inherit the promises of God through faith and patience (Hebrews 6:12) as we fulfill our assignment.. And we walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).
If you don't give up, if you're diligent to keep declaring the prophetic vision, it will come to pass in the kairos moment. God is not a man that He should lie or the son of man that He should repent. As the Lord told Habakkuk, "If it delays, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay."
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
God is looking for those with a Habakkuk spirit who will not only see and hear, but record and proclaim – and keep proclaiming until they come to understand God’s next move for them in their Christ calling.
Once, when Habakkuk stood on the wall, He heard the Lord say this:
"Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who reads it may run. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but it speaks of the end and does not lie. If it delays, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay" - Habakkuk 2:2-3
A REMNANT RISING WITH CLEAR VISION
This is a right-now word for those in the Body of Christ. There is a remnant rising with a clear vision from the Lord. Not everyone will catch that vision, but we must continue to speak it forth. It's not man's vision, it's God's vision.
In Habakkuk 2:2, the Lord told the man of God to write the vision. God intended for the prophet to make a record of what he heard. This is important for the sake of accuracy. Vision in this verse comes from the Hebrew word, "chazown", which means vision (in ecstatic state); vision (in the night); vision, oracle, and prophecy (divine communication).
Clearly, we need to embrace the Lord's vision for us – taking the kingdom-building action required to advance and bear fruit that remains for His Kingdom. Unless the Lord builds the house -- they labor in vain who build it (Psalm 127:1).
ROCKING RELIGIOUS MINDSETS
Because these prophetic visions will rock religious mindsets and shake the status quo, you'll have to be determined to write them down, meditate on them day and night and, as Habakkuk 2:2 says, make it plain.
In other words, you need to rely on the Holy Spirit to interpret the vision rightly so that you can declare it clearly to those who are called to run alongside you in the vision. As Paul the apostle wrote, "If the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?" (1 Corinthians 14:8 ). Prophecy always brings response and movement as well as warfare because the devil is after the word.
EXERCISING PATIENCE FOR THE PROPHETIC VISION
Habakkuk 2:3 says the vision is for an appointed time. The Hebrew word for "time" in that verse is "moade", which means "appointed time, sacred season, appointed season, appointed meeting, appointed place and appointed sign or signal."
When God gives you a prophetic vision, it's inspiring. Waiting is the hard part. We must remember not to grow weary in well-doing because we'll reap in due season if we don't faint (Galatians 6:9). We must also remember that we inherit the promises of God through faith and patience (Hebrews 6:12) as we fulfill our assignment.. And we walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).
If you don't give up, if you're diligent to keep declaring the prophetic vision, it will come to pass in the kairos moment. God is not a man that He should lie or the son of man that He should repent. As the Lord told Habakkuk, "If it delays, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay."
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
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