You Get to Choose!
At what point did you stop believing Yahweh’s promises? Are not His promises yes and amen? The delay in seeing His promises come to fruition is on us, not Him. We blame Him for lack of miracles and presence by saying He’s sovereign. When He’s ready he’ll do it. The thought of this belief rattles me. Obviously, He is sovereign, but He designed this relationship to work together with us. The real question you must ask yourself- do you want a regular Sunday morning relationship, or do you want the Kingdom of Yahweh relationship? They are not the same.
Regular Sunday morning looks like this- you dress up, show up and nothing in your life really ever changes except you adopt a mask the church handed you at the door your first Sunday. Why a mask? It is for hiding and pretending. There is no freedom in participating in something Jesus never told us to do. When you read the teachings of Jesus, He never gave instructions for us to label ourselves with titles such as Pentecostal, Catholic, Baptist, etc. Etc., etc., because there is a lot. The saddest thing about this is the American church is the most segregated group of people. This is not the heart of Jesus. You can never truly be who He designed you to be if you put this coat of religion on. We are so thankful it is not and never will be like that at The Wilderness Place.
The Kingdom of Yahweh is where you and your family come to encounter His presence. You get to be honest about where you are and what you have done. You’ll never have to fear rejection from Him or a Kingdom family. This Kingdom operates on honesty. Yahweh shows up and transforms your life when you are honest. How do we know? Let’s look at the story of Gideon. “Yahweh’s Angel suddenly appeared to Gideon and said, “Yahweh’s presence goes with you, man of fearless courage!” “Me?” Gideon replied. “But sir, if Yahweh is truly with us, why have all these troubles come to us? Where are all his miracle-wonders that our fathers told us about when they said, ‘Did not Yahweh deliver us out of Egypt?’ But now Yahweh has abandoned us and put us under the power of the Midianites.” Then Yahweh himself faced Gideon directly and said, “Am I not sending you? With my presence you have all you need. Go in the strength that you now have and rescue Israel from Midian’s power!” Judges 6
Yahweh sends His angel first to speak with Gideon but when Gideon is honest, real and raw it says, “then Yahweh himself faced Gideon.” We can no longer afford to hide behind the masks. We must give Jesus his due reward for laying his life down. As we learn to surrender every area of our lives to Him, we begin to see transformation in us first, then our families, and our cities. Just like Gideon, Yahweh will send us with His presence, and we will have all we need.
Jesus said in John 14:12, “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.” Why are we not seeing greater works than Jesus? We stopped believing it is possible. Jesus raised people from the dead. He delivered people from demonic oppression. Oh yes, we pray for the sick from a distance, but we have come into agreement with oppression. Like anxiety, depression, ADD, ADHD, and so many more. I am not saying these things don’t exist, they do but we stopped believing the Kingdom can change it. We stopped demanding on earth as it is in heaven. This is what Jesus said we can have. Why are we not seeing it? Did He lie, absolutely not! We stopped believing and began to agree with darkness. There is no anxiety or depression or sickness of any kind in heaven. We want the promises He paid for. Therefore, we must begin to agree with the Kingdom of Yahweh.
We are so thankful for the leadership and example of Pastor Tim at The Wilderness Place. His passion for Jesus is contagious, awkward, beautiful and provoking. All the things Jesus was to those when He walked the earth. The truths we are being taught is life changing if you will lean into it. Understand these truths are an invitation for you to RSVP to the dinner table of the Lord. You are being invited to a banquet to taste and see that the Lord is Good!
Will you accept the invitation to a transformed life for generations to come?
