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Month: August 2018

The Waves

August 18, 2018 /

Great day friends. I’m going to get started by saying that this has been a challenging week.  My work has taken me to Lake Forest, Illinois each day. Not to bad its about a 30 min. drive each way. At the job itself I have felt inadequate for the work due to a lack of experience. On  one occasion I had a partner for a day and he argued about politics for about 10 min. This is not an area I like to argue about. No point in it as I see it. Very fruitless when its one sided and the other person is not going to listen. Then I get stuck sitting on Hwy.41 for a hour because of an accident. Later that evening (yesterday) my truck broke down about a block from my destination. Either the suspension or maybe a ball joint broke. In any case its not drivable until I find a way to get it fixed. All of this is after I made up my mind to get alone with God for some quiet private time with Him. Well guess what? I got some quiet time this morning as planned. Not as long as I planned, but time all he same. So glad I did.

A week ago at our church prayer time on a Saturday night I was given some prophecy and direction. I was told of a “calling” on my life. That I was to ask God for what its all about. That I may even already know what it is. Or at least partly. This morning is te time I took to do so. The details are for me and In am not one to be a self proclaiming person. It will be confirmed by witnesses as God directs them. But, while I was sitting by Lake Michigan this morning I paid attention to the waves. Talking to God and listening, he pointed some stuff out to me. First is that today is 8/18/18 and the number 8 is symbolic of new beginnings. There are 3 of them in todays date. Secondly, He had me focus on the waves themselves. They were “rough” by our lake standards. Then He reminds me of an earlier word about the cleansing flood (see previous post) coming. They were splashing high and rather fun to watch as I like to see this type of wave. The strength of them is impressive. As I was sitting about 8 ft. back from shore and about 4-6 ft. up on some rocks. Yet, I could still get wet at times. After some rough ones there would be softer ones. Then back to rough and so on.

Next I noticed the algae floating in the water being tossed by the waves. At that i was impressed that this is the junk that God has been taking away from us with His cleansing flood and waves. Evidence of being stripped clean. This quickly brought me to Ezekiel ch. 47 verse 11 where the swamps are not fresh. They were left for the salt. Seeing the algae and stuff floating at the edges gave me the thought of the sin being pushed from us with the force of the waves. Its that removal of sin from our lives. During all this time the sun would shine on the lake in spots. Not everywhere, just in spots. For it was a cloudy morning by me over the lake. It was God saying that He is there through it all. He knows whats happening. We are never alone. For the sun didn’t shine all over just in small area’s of the water. That is a nice sign to have.

My friends do not be afraid of the waves of cleansing coming over you. For it is not to harm you, but get you ready for His will and work to be done. I believe God is preparing to make a mighty move in this area. Its just that somethings need to get done first. And that is to get His people ready for it. Cleansing is just the first step of this. As it comes over you go tom prayer, get into worship and thank God for it in your life. The more you are willing to receive it, the better off you will be. These are not hollow words. It is coming. There will be a draw  for people to go to the alter and weep. They will get on their knees and worship. They will fall before the Lord and cry out. If you see this and your not being moved, then its time to get on your knees and ask for forgiveness. Repent and be restored. The cleansing will come. Just receive it.

Be blessed, Ken

Water, Water Everywhere

August 8, 2018 /

Hey folks, I apologize for taking so long in between posts. Either I have been distracted with work, taking time to draw closer to our Lord and Savior or just plain distracted. But, I have been listening to God and what He has been saying.  Much of it has to do with water. Like this is unusual. It all started on Fathers Day. The Lord gave me a picture of a river with a large healthy tree growing next to it.  Then there was a tree far off in the distance. Barely within sight of the river. It was very dead looking. You wouldn’t know it to be alive. With this came the warning of not being to close to the world. The healthy tree was feeding from the river. This river is our Lord. After saying this, our pastor brought up some text from Jeremiah ch. 17. This section of scripture had about the same story and picture detail in it.

On July 1, 2018 Our Lord gave me this. “There is a flood coming. It will cleanse away that which is undesirable, which is unwanted and not needed. It will strip down to the core, leaving only a shadow of the former. With this core, I will work with. I will provide a way and means to do my will. Just climb into the boat and go fishing. Reaching out to those who need me. Healing both body and soul.” What a picture this is. First come the cleansing and then the work. We can’t do the second without the first part. To many people this may seem a bit harsh. But it is necessary in order to be ready for the work to come. For when we are stripped down to the very core we have nothing left. We are totally dependent on God for everything. There is nothing of ourselves left to get in the way.

Two weeks later on the 15th. I received this ” I see a coin in a fountain. I see many coins in the fountain. I see people making wishes. Relying on hope and luck. I say jump in. I am the living water. I am the fountain that flows. I am the stream. I am the river that moves. I am here.” Once again a warning about the world and going there for your needs. Of this prophecy I like the part about jumping in. Yoyu need to fully trust God when you do that. No worries or fear to hold you back. Just do it and let God take care of it.

Now a couple days later I was given this thought. God told me one word. It was the word “furrow.” So, I looked up the definition on my phone and found a noun version and a verb form. The noun was the trenches and or grooves made in the ground for seeds. The verb form is the act of making these trenches or grooves. Right after settling on the verb form God said ” Prepare for rain.”  Followed by “Direct its path.” So are we scattering seed anywhere. Just throwing it around. What we should be doing is sowing it in a trench that leads somewhere. One example would be discipling a younger person. Praying for particular family members or friends. And wouldn’t you know it two days later I heard God say ” His rain falls on the just and unjust alike.” There may be some unexpected growth coming. Areas we can’t see or even thought about. Thats why we need to be obedient and just do what He asks of us.

Then this last Sunday I shared a word with another couple. Part of it was about drinking water. If you go to the faucet and get the water, you will end up with water filled with chemicals and other stuff.  If you go to the RIVER and get it, you will be getting the purest, cleanest and bast water available to us. In this process of getting water from the RIVER, a person needs to get own on their hands and knees in order to get it. This puts you in a humble position. One also of worship. For rivers usually don’t have much of a shore. Most likely a river bank and the water below this.

This is a lot of water for us. Please take the time to  read and meditate on the water and River. Do not be afraid of cleansing or what our Lord wants to do. He will not harm us, just prepare us for His will.

Be blessed, Ken

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