It's Time to Advance
We may have entered the season of autumn, but the Lord says, "No longer will you be as an automaton—no longer just going through the motions, waiting for the escape, or fearing that it may be too late" (fearing that you're too old, or the world is too far gone into evil). For I hear the Lord saying, "Now is the time to move out of the gate, advance My Kingdom, and make the paths straight. For there is a harvest in your field. Follow My leading, and you will bring forth the yield."
Recently, the Lord took me to two separate and seemingly disparate places in Scripture: 1 Kings 19:9, 13 and Habakkuk 1:5 and 2:14.
Elijah's Kingdom Advancements
1 Kings chapters 17–18 are full of great Kingdom advancements through the prophet Elijah. Chapter 19 of 1 Kings brings a turning of the story. Ahab told his wife Jezebel what happened to her prophets, and she sent a messenger to Elijah threatening to do the same to him. Elijah went at once to the wilderness and asked God to take his life. He was done because of a threat from Jezebel, after all that God had powerfully done through him.
An angel came and ministered to him with food and water; he ate and slept. This repeated, with the angel exhorting him with the message to arise and eat, because the journey would be great—a new assignment! I believe he went forty days on that meat of the word of the Lord.
"The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, 'Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.' So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God." (1 Kings 19:7–8 NIV)
Hear this! It's not over. Jezebel (or any other enemy) can't win when God has another assignment. In fact, if you are under attack, good news! The enemy knows you are about to do some mighty Kingdom works. Advance! If God sends you, He will equip you, provide for you, and protect you!
After forty days, Elijah went to Mt. Horeb, the mount of God, and hid in a cave. God came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" (1 Kings 19:9). Elijah responded in a negative discourse about all that he had been through in his jealousy for God and the state of God's people, and how he was the only one left. Then the Lord brought a great wind, an earthquake, and a fire, but His presence was not in those. He revealed His presence to Elijah in a still, small voice.
"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" (Psalm 46:10 NKJV)
Some time ago, I heard that verse by the Spirit this way: "Be still, and you will know I Am." We sometimes have to still ourselves to be aware that He is with us now. (Photo via Pexels)
What Are You Doing Here? There Are New Assignments in Store!
God asked again, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" Elijah gave the same response as before. God answered with new assignments and a needed reality check for Elijah: there were 7,000 more who never bowed before Baal!
You are not alone. God is with you, as are millions more throughout the nations of the earth who are about the Father's business, as well as the multitude of witnesses who have gone before you and are cheering you on, and Jesus, who is always with you and has given you authority and power! (Matthew 28:18–20).
Raise up your thoughts in great expectation of God's goodness and set your face to go forward. God will bring others alongside you to further the mission. He is waiting for your right response—belief in His faithfulness, goodness, and covenantal promises, and your willingness!
God was ready to bring a multiplication to Elijah. He sent him forth to 1) anoint Hazael as king over Syria, 2) anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel, and 3) anoint Elisha as prophet in Elijah's place. Because after that, he was translated directly to Heaven!
Remember Who You Are and Whose You Are
When God asked Elijah the question "What are you doing here?" He was not referring to a physical place. God knew Elijah was in a cave, just like He knew Adam and Eve were in the garden. He knows right where you are, always! The question was intended for self-examination. The prodigal son awakened to the reality of where he was in relation to his rightful place with his father.
What are you doing here in this state of being—spiritually, mentally, or emotionally?Anything less than faith, love, joy, peace, etc. is not entering into the reality of the glory within!
What are you doing here in false identity, forgetting the calling of God on your life?
I heard the Spirit of the Lord say, "Walk circumspectly, redeeming the time. For I know you, and I have called you Mine, not just for 'good moments' but for all time!"
"See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is." (Ephesians 5:15–17 NKJV) (Photo via Unsplash)
What are you doing here in despondency, depression, hopelessness, vain imaginations, triggered and stuck?
I heard the Spirit of the Lord say, "Have you forgotten? I AM with you, and I AM doing something! Remember how I saved you and delivered you, how with My help you overcame great trials. Remember how I showed up before, brought an open door. I am the God who goes before, and I am the One who is more than enough for what is in store."
What are you doing here? There are new assignments awaiting you—a Kingdom to advance, souls to save, and lives to transform. Remove the cloak of mourning for the past and replace it with joy. Shake off the serpents of fear, depression, and dread. I break the cloud of oppression from off your head. Now get up out of the bed of despair, child of the living God; you have no place there!
I pray going forward you will hear the Holy Spirit saying to you, "What are you doing?" or "What are you doing here?" whenever He knows you need to awaken, to be aligned to His presence and with what He is doing!
In These Times of Trouble, You Will Prosper
We are in troubling times full of war, rumors of war, uprisings here and abroad, evil abounding, earthquakes, floods, fires, etc. However, there is a river of goodness available to the faithful!
"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper." (Psalm 1:1–3 NKJV)
A person without Christ or one who isn't anchored in the hope of the Gospel could be paralyzed in fear, be driven to fight, strive frantically to prepare for the future, or run and hide, among other things. These are times to stay in faith! One word from Jezebel and Elijah ran, even after how powerfully God moved in his life. He had a human nature, just like us. We have the benefit of the full counsel of God and a whole Book containing testimony after testimony of God moving mightily on behalf of His people to encourage us to stay the course. (Photo via Rawpixel)
Remember that you are in the world but not of it (John 17:15–16), and as you seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, all you need will be added to you (Matthew 6:33). Do not fear; do not hide. God is at work to bring all into line with His Kingdom purposes. Nothing can stop what He has ordained!
God Is Doing a Work in Your Days—Will You Believe It?
The Holy Spirit reminded me of this verse: "Look among the nations and watch—be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you" (Habakkuk 1:5 NKJV).
The reality is always that God is doing a redemptive work in the current day to bring about what He has determined beforehand!
In Habakkuk's time, evil was abounding, but God was at work in the midst of it. God would bring deliverance after a time, but He instructed Habakkuk to write the vision and make it plain so that all who read it could run with it (Habakkuk 2:2). He then gave this beautiful instruction for all who wait during the time that the vision tarries, "the just shall live by his faith," (Habakkuk 2:4), as well as the final result: "the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea" (Habakkuk 2:14).
I heard the Spirit of the Lord say, "Do not be bound in consternation, for I have declared you a Holy nation; your fruitfulness I receive as a Holy oblation. Do not be fearful or dismayed, and My glory you will see displayed."
It's Time for the Increase!
I decree a resurgence of faith is coming to you, for the Lord is opening your eyes to the reality of His glory! Even as Elisha prayed for his servant's eyes to be opened to the spiritual realm, I pray, "Lord, open their eyes to discern greatly by Your Spirit and see Your glory in the midst of darkness."
The time is now for you to advance the Kingdom of God right where you are! The Holy Spirit is hovering over you right now, revealing the places of doubt and confusion, the chasing of illusion and forming a wrong conclusion. He is reviving the vision to complete the mission, breaking off indecision and sharpening you as a tool of great precision. It's time for the increase!
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Alane Haynes
Eternal Truth Now Ministry
Email:Â eternaltruthnowministry@gmail.com
Website:Â www.alanehaynes.com
Alane Haynes was radically saved in 1981, when the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to her. She immediately received salvation, deliverance and a supernatural healing of her body and mind. Alane is an apostolic and prophetic author, teacher, speaker, blogger, broadcaster and podcaster. Alane has authored four books. The first, Moses – Shocked in the Desert, was birthed from a prophetic dream and many nights of Holy Spirit waking her to "Write what I tell you." Her podcast show is "Stirring of the Waters." Alane and her husband Kerry co-founded "Eternal Truth Now Ministry." They produce YouTube video broadcasts and lead monthly five-fold ministry gatherings for the equipping of the saints. They are passionate about the power of God's word and desire to see people fulfill their God-given destiny and bring His Kingdom to the earth. When they are not ministering, Alane and Kerry enjoy spending time with their children and grandchildren, and outdoors, enjoying the beauty of God's creation. You can read more about their ministries and resources on her website.
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