Birthing the Vision

 

Birthing the Vision

 

Isaiah 66:7-12

“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; Before her pain came, She delivered a male child. 8 Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, She gave birth to her children. 9 Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the Lord. “Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God. 10 “Rejoice with Jerusalem, And be glad with her, all you who love her; Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her; 11 That you may feed and be satisfied With the consolation of her bosom, That you may drink deeply and be delighted With the abundance of her glory.” 12 For thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, And the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream. Then you shall feed; On her sides shall you be carried, And be dandled on her knees.

Sometimes a birth can take twenty years or even forty when it’s predestined by God. He knows the end of a thing before He creates it. Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’ There is a process before the birth comes. Before we are placed into our mother’s womb, He knew every one of us and declared who we would be and have ordered our steps to accomplish it. This is the Spirit and power of God who rules with a mighty iron fist who rebukes the wind, thunder and nations that rise against Him.

We cannot see how much God loves us, because we measure Him by how people love us. Our hearts have been broken and for many shattered into pieces. Leaving us hurt, wounded, angry and alone. The fear of giving our hearts to someone else is impossible to fathom. Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ Life has so many twists and turns, and ups and downs, which is a long road with many stops along the way to our destination. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

The Lord was with us before our natural birth and still is, but we have no knowledge of it until He reveals it to us. Sometimes, He uses people to give us these messages “God loves you” or “pray to God.” But in most cases, we are not thinking clear because our minds and hearts are feeling heavy from disappointments, tears, and pain. And yet, He still is watching over us because we belong to Him. Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

There is a word planted within everyone of us that was spoken by the Lord. That word is a blessed seed by God. We came here to manifest God’s greatness within us. He hid it within us so that the world will not receive the glory nor take it and trample over it. We are precious souls to the Lord and have a purpose that He wants to birth out of us. That is why we must go through the crushing, hard times, pain, suffering, setbacks, etc. We must be reshaped and molded according to the original Masterpiece that we’re becoming. Psalm 29:9-11 The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth, And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!” 10 The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood, And the Lord sits as King forever. 11 The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace.

This birth is spiritual, and it will be manifested in our lives as we grow to understand where it all begin. We were created by God and have been given an assignment, to do for the Lord. He created us in His image and likeness. John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” We have a spirit inside of us that God wants to make new. We are only familiar with our physical bodies and our five senses after we are born into this physical world. But there is more to why we were created. That is the journey that we are on when we turn to God for His help, love, and forgiveness.

We are blind as sheep to spiritual things and that’s why we are always falling into temptation, entanglements with the wrong people, wrong relationships and doing things to appease ourselves and others. This is the carnal side of us in life not realizing that we need a Savior to rescue us from the works of darkness, sin, and Satan. The Lord knows at the right time when to step in to make His presence known to us. We must cry out to Him to help us and surrender our will. Because there is no other way to be free from all the negative thinking, destructive behavior, baggage, fear, and trauma that we’re masking to the world.

When we throw up our hands and cry out to the Lord this is the part that says we are ready to die to self, so that we can find a new life. The Holy Spirit awakens us through an encounter of His choosing to create a new spirit within us to open our spiritual eyes to seek the kingdom of God. This is God, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit working in our lives to show us how to enter the kingdom of God. Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. John 6:44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. John 3:5-8 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

The Holy Spirit is the one who is helping us and teaching us to renew our minds with the Word of God. The Word is the new knowledge that we must learn to build up our new spirit man. This is how we follow Christ to learn how to live in the kingdom of God. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Our spirits are made new through the born-again experience with the Holy Spirit. There is no going back to the old life or the past. The Lord is showing us that we are His children through the Word and Spirit. He is revealing that He wants us to know Him as we did before we came here. Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

We have a spiritual abundance now that we’ve entered the kingdom of God. The Lord is guiding us along the path and the Holy Spirit is showing us how to walk in the Spirit and how to use our faith. There is divine order in God’s kingdom. Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Our minds must be renewed daily, and our bodies must now be used for the glory of God. Because that’s where the Holy Spirit dwells in our temples. Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

There will be seasons of separation, purging, long-suffering, the wilderness, consecration, to birthing the vision. These things are happening in the Spirit because God is perfecting in us His Word as He prepares us for His good works. Isaiah 43:18-19 “Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert. The natural process to giving birth entails pain, pressure, water breaks, intense levels of pain, one contraction after another until the cervix is at 10 centimeters dilated. It’s birthing time and here is where we are engaged in pushing the baby out. Well giving birth in the Spirit is like a natural birth. However, in the spirit we could be pregnant for nine years or longer before our water breaks and its birthing time.

During our spiritual pregnancy the Lord is preparing us and revealing through the Holy Spirit revelations, dreams, prophecies, signs, and wonders of what He’s going to do in our lives. Joel 2:28-29 “And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. 29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. We must walk closely with the Holy Spirit and yield our will to Him. He is the Spirit of truth. Our salvation is secure in Him after we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior. We are sealed to Him until the day of redemption. Our adversary Satan is watching us and his work is to steal, to kill and to destroy us. He does not want us to give birth in the spirit. We are warned about him so we must be sober-minded and vigilant in obeying the Word and Holy Spirit.

Saints, we must keep the faith and press toward the call of God in Christ Jesus. We must continue to grow in our intimacy with God and write down the dreams, and journal. Habakkuk 2:2-3 “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. The Holy Spirit will birth the vision that He showed us. There will be multiple births for many. We must continue seeking the kingdom of God, giving our praises, pray, write, intercessors we need your prayers, fasting, forgiving, and loving others, meditating in the Word, and walking in humility is kingdom. We cannot fall back at this hour. Romans 8:22-25 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. 23 Not only that, but we also who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. 24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.

 

We are in the birthing canal for many, and our waters have broken, there’s an intense level of warfare, things are going crazy, we must follow the Holy Spirit’s leading. But for some they’re still in the trimester stages and new souls are becoming impregnated in the spirit, hold onto God’s unchanging Word. Ephesians 5:26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, We are victorious because we’ve seen the dreams, platforms, healings, miracles, the audiences and the light of God on our faces. We will testify about Jesus saves, heals, and delivers. Isaiah 55:11-13 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. 12 “For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

 

 

Secret Visions

I trust in Your power to bring it to pass

Every vision that You send

A new life filled with love

Through the Word and Spirit

There is power in prayer 

While I continue to search

I thirst for more to be revealed

Lord open my spiritual eyes

While I patiently wait

Today my life has changed

As I reminisce You made all things new

I’m seeking Your kingdom and righteousness

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