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Many are called, but few are chosen. The "few" are the ones who "choose"
the call. There is a remnant generation from the Church about to emerge
from unknown places that have been hidden for many years.
These few are the ones who have been obedient to follow God's ways,
though they were not what they would expect, nor what they would have
chosen for themselves. As a matter of fact, these are the very people
who are on the edge of their seat awaiting to see exactly "how" God
is going to use them, and wondering "when" is that "set time" of God
releasing them. For many, the waiting has been almost unbearable, and
yet they have been at peace with staying hidden, staying in God's perfect
plan and will. They have been "shut in" so to speak, just like Noah
was "shut in" to the ark.
Gen 7:16 "...and the Lord shut him in."
A Lot of Time to be "Sea-Bound"
When God shut Noah in that ark, He shut him in for approximately a little
over a year. That's a long time to be "sea-bound" in a big boat with
the same people and a bunch of stinky animals!
The ark, in Hebrew, means "box."
Many of you have felt "boxed in." You have felt "boxed up," and you
have been confined to walls in your call. These are not bad walls; these
are walls of protection and preparation. For the ones who would not
submit to God's box as a set-apart time to Him are missing what would
have been the essence of the call; because it's in that box where He
can pour into you the mantles, anointing, and giftings, and begin to
grow you up solid in His word - where nothing will shake you or move
you except the Word. It's in the box where God takes you to the next
level in Him.
My friends, it takes faith and obedience to God to let Him shut you
into the box, to go into the ark. C'mon Noah had to be obedient to build
a big, huge boat when there was no rain. Noah had to be obedient and
move by faith to go into the ark once it was completed, believing and
trusting God would do what He said He was going to do. He had to believe
and trust that God is not a liar and nor should His word return to Him
void. God will do what He said He was going to do in your life and in
your call! Glory!
Questions on the Water
So, we have you and Noah traveling along in this box, the scenery is
the same every day, water and more water for as far as the eye can see
- a good place to have a chia pet! (Just add water!) And you are wandering
for months, and some of you for years. When Lord? When is the water
going to recede? Nothing seems stable in your life, as there has been
nowhere to anchor your ship, your box. In the box is quiet, just you
and God, with His still small voice. It has been many months now out
on that water, and you are desperately searching for the sight of land,
and still wondering "When Lord?" And are not hearing anything back!
After a while, not hearing anything back on "when," one may tend to
question the call, question if they heard God properly, question what
is really ahead for them, and even wonder if God may have forgot them.
Could God have placed you in the box and forgotten you??? I've got good
news for you my friends!
THEN GOD REMEMBERED!!! Hallelujah!!
Gen 8:1 "Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and
all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to
pass over the earth and the waters subsided."
My friends, then God remembered YOU! God remembered that He has predestined
and fore-ordained you since before you were in the womb! Glory!
Then God remembered that just as He chose you in Him before the foundation
of the world, that He will fulfill His word to you.
Then God remembered you were born for such a time as this!
Then God remembered the specific call and plans He had made just for
you!
Then God remembered all the mantles, giftings, and anointings He has
placed upon you and in you!
Then God remembered that He has plans to prosper His servants and not
to harm them.
Then God remembered how faithful you have been in that box. He remembered
how obedient you have been to follow His instructions and walk by faith
and not by sight.
Then God remembered how instead of you choosing to be offended, how
you chose to practice mercy, grace, and forgiveness towards others.
Then God remembered that you have kept His commandment to love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart.
Then God remembered how you sowed everything you had to follow the call
of God upon your life. He remembered how you have left all behind, how
you have left the past behind, pressing toward the mark of the high
call of God.
Then God remembered how you have persevered through many trials and
tribulations.
Then God remembered His word to save your household.
Then God remembered He has called you to a super abundant life.
Then God remembered that you have been a tither and a giver faithfully
unto Him.
Then God remembered you have been a God-pleaser and not a man-pleaser.
Then God remembered how you have not given up and have continually walked
a life full of faith and obedience, and He remembered when you failed
in areas that you were quick to repent and move on.
Then God remembered how you said, "Here am I Lord, send me!"
Then God remembered that He called you from darkness to light.
Then God remembered that He called you according to purpose and divine
destiny.
Marked for Release!
Those who have been in that box, surrounded by the waters, and have
been faithful and obedient to stay put where God has put them, God is
remembering you right now! Glory! The waters are subsiding and He is
getting ready to release you from that ark, from that box.
"Remembered," in Hebrew, means "to mark."
For God has marked you this day! He has not forgotten you! On the contrary,
He has remembered you. You have caught His attention and will not go
unnoticed or unrewarded. For those who have faithfully and diligently
sought Him, the winds of God are about to pass over you as the breath
of God comes upon you.
Everyone has their own, set time to come out of that box. But when God
says, "Go out," its time to "come out."
Gen 8:16 "Go out of the ark [box] you and your wife and your sons
and your sons wives with you."
Bringing Out the Living
When God releases you, and you come out of that box, you bring every
living thing, every living creature out with you! You bring out to the
world, out to the body of Christ, every living gifting God has given
you in that box, every living mantle God has given you in that box,
every living Word God has given you in that box; and you take those
things and you are commanded to be fruitful and multiply, going forth
to all the world making disciples unto all nations! Glory!
Gen 8:17 "Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that
is with you...and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
Also notice that Noah never came prematurely out of the ark. He awaited
his "set time." He tested the waters by sending out a dove. We relate
the dove to the precious Holy Spirit. So we must continue to check in
with the Holy Spirit, as it is His word to us, that He will guide us
into all truth and tell us of things to come in the future (John 16:13).
If we step out before our time, we will not be equipped with the mantles
and giftings that are needed to fulfill our purpose and destiny. For
He has prepared a "place" for you, He has prepared a "destiny" and "purpose"
for you - and yet it's not about you or "us," it's about His Kingdom.
It's about building His Kingdom with souls. (John 14:2)
Give an Offering
The last thing you need to do when you come out of that box, my friends,
is give God an offering! God doesn't command it, but I would strongly
suggest you follow what Noah did.
Gen 8:20 "Then Noah built an altar to the Lord...and offered burnt
offering on the alter. And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the
Lord said in His heart, 'I will never again curse the ground for mans'
sake...'"
Vs. 22 "While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest..."
Noah's offering got God's attention...and God declared he would never
destroy the land again, and He set up seed time and harvest time forever!
Noah's offering moved God to set up a system, where as long as we sow,
there will always be a harvest! Hallelujah!
Remember: God has remembered you today!
--Maria Magruder
www.womanofthelasthour.com
mariam@lifelineoutreach.com
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