Mandy Woodhouse: "Look Up, Stay Humble and Keep Going"

From the Desks of Steve Shultz and Julie A. Smith:

This is an incredible word that we all need to hear and be reminded of in this hour. Mandy Woodhouse of Australia recently heard from the Lord:

"LOOK UP, STAY HUMBLE and KEEP GOING."

We are coming into a time of incredible blessing, favor and reward from the Lord... Many prophetic voices have said this.

So how do we prepare ourselves for this?

Mandy says: Look up and stay humble – especially you reformers... He can use me most when I stay humble and yield my heart, my mouth and my agendas to Him.

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"To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens." (Psalm 123:1, ESV)

At the end of March, 2023, my husband and I had packed up a few belongings, that the Lord allowed us to take, and we began our three-day driving journey from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia down to Adelaide, South Australia. We were about to begin the next chapter of our adventure in Him. We spent the first night in a rural town in New South Wales called Coonabarabran, which is also called the "stargazing capital of Australia." We had been told by numerous friends to be sure to check out the skies while in Coonabarabran. Though exhausted from a long day's drive, we started our second day of driving at 3:00 a.m. from Coonabarabran, so we decided to take this opportunity to look up.

We found ourselves on a very dark, very rural back road and decided to pull over to have a look at the stars. It was indeed the most brilliant, breath-taking view of the Milky Way that I had ever seen. The clarity was truly astonishing and incredibly humbling.

The God Who Calls the Stars by Name

Back in the car on our next long drive, I heard the Lord begin to speak from this experience outside of Coonabarabran while looking up. (Photo via Pexels)

You see, as my husband and I drove into unknown territory, both of us being pioneers and reformers, we had just come out of a week of things seemingly going wrong in the natural. We felt tired and excited, all at once. Yet, this experience made us see, with clarity, how so very small we and our circumstances were compared to the BIGNESS of our God, who calls the stars by name. Even more mind-boggling was that this BIG GOD wanted to speak to little me.

"When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet." (Psalm 8:3-6, NKJV)

Look Up!

First of all, the following word is for those who feel that they are entering into something unknown. Secondly, it is for those who are called as reformers in the global Church, and who are wrestling with this call. Finally, it is for those who are struggling to see beyond the temporal right now.

I heard the Lord say, "LOOK UP, STAY HUMBLE and KEEP GOING."

"Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these stars, the One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, not one of them is missing." (Isaiah 40:26, NASB95)

Look up. Take time to really SEE and reflect upon the "greatness of His might and strength of His power." Your Creator has created each star and calls them all by name. As Psalm 8 says, "what is man" – WHO AM I – that you would be mindful of me? And yet we have access to this Creator. The "unknown" need not feel so frightening when we LOOK UP for a fresh perspective.

"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the cords of Orion? Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, and guide the Bear with her satellites? Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, or fix their rule over the earth?" (Job 38:31-33, NASB95) (Photo via Pxhere)

Look up and stay humble – especially you reformers. I had a similar interaction with the Lord as Job had in this passage. It left me humbled, but also confident that He knows more, sees more and cares way more about His Bride or the state of the Church than I do. He can use me most when I stay humble and yield my heart, my mouth and my agendas to Him.

"To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens." (Psalm 123:1, ESV)

Looking up to see so many stars, planets and moons, and then realizing how very small I was in relation to these things, made everything in the temporal world fade away. I felt the love of the Father in that moment, and understood that He is seated above it all.

"...He does not forget the cry of the humble." (Psalm 9:12, NKJV)

Look up. You gain strength, courage and perspective when you stop and look up. And then you MUST keep going. Keep going into the unknown. Keep going into the next season of your calling. Keep going, regardless of what comes at you.

Look up, stay humble and keep going.

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Mandy Woodhouse
Outrageous Hope
Email: outrageoushopegirl@gmail.com
Website: www.mandywoodhouseoutrageoushope.com

Originally from Lafayette, Louisiana and now living in Brisbane, Australia with her amazing Aussie husband and three miniature schnauzers, Mandy Woodhouse runs an itinerant ministry called Outrageous Hope (www.mandywoodhouseoutrageoushope.com), where she runs online courses in identity, prayer, and the prophetic as she burns to see the world awakened to the truth about both personal identity as well as Who Jesus truly is. Mandy is a published author and a prophetic voice to the nations.

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