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"Recovery or Division -- You Decide"
By Jon & Jolene Hamill
Oct 15, 2005
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October 15, 2005
"Recovery or Division -- You Decide"
By Jon & Jolene Hamill
Lamplighter Ministries
Email:
lamplighterjon@earthlink.net
 Recently,
we have been sharing a call from the Lord to "Fall Forward" this season in
worship and repentance. Many prophetic voices in the body of Christ have also
been trumpeting this call: that the decisions made during this season are
extremely significant in determining our future and that if we don't fall
forward, we could fall backward with significant -- and perhaps long-term --
repercussions.
Last week, the Lord gave Jolene and I a very sobering picture related to falling
forward or backward. Through this revelatory walk, the Lord showed us that in
this season, many will choose either division or recovery. Before I share with
you this warning, let me make it clear that it's totally God's heart to
propel us into a season of recovery.
Understanding Recovery
The definition of recovery paints a significant picture of what the Lord wants
to give. Recovery is "the act of regaining something or saving something that is
lost or in danger of becoming lost."
In legal matters, recovery is "compensation…of a right obtained as a result of
the formal judgment or decree entered by a judge." Beloved, our Righteous Judge
longs to position us to receive the legal compensation of what the enemy has
stolen from us! The formal judgment has already been made by the Father when His
Son was slain for our sin.
How do we position ourselves? In the vulnerability of repentance and
supplication is how -- falling forward.
In rowing terms, recovery is "the part of the stroke when the blade of the oar
is out of the water, and the rower is getting in position to take the next
stroke." Maybe you've felt that the pace of your journey has slowed. That may
actually be a sign of recovery! Christ the Breaker is positioning you for a
mighty thrust forward. Lean into Him -- in rowing terms, He's about to take
the next stroke!
The Two Sticks
A few weeks ago, helping to lead a Solemn Assembly in our home church, I felt
led to bring a personal memorial the Lord had given Jolene years ago. The
memorial didn't look like much -- just two sticks in a red vase.
But what those two sticks represented to Jolene, and to us, was huge. Years
before we met, while Jolene was walking in the woods, Holy Spirit drew her to
these sticks. The Lord then gave her the Ezekiel 37 passage where, after the
winds of awakening had blown a dead army to life, the Lord told the prophet to
take two sticks in his hand.
"And you, son of man, take for
yourself one stick and write on it, 'For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his
companions'; then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of
Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.' Then join them for
yourself one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand."
-- Ezekiel 37:16-17
By the joining of these two sticks, God prophesied the
joining again of Israel to Judah. He promised to recover a divided kingdom from
the perpetuation of consequences due to their idolatry, abortion, and other sins
(see Ezekiel 37:22-23).
North joined to South. Supernatural stewardship -- the Joseph anointing --
joined to prophetic praise. Worship joined to intercession. Bridegroom joined to
bride. . . and a divided land recovered its covenant heritage as one Nation
under God.
Reconciliation and reconstitution, deliverance from division, and two sticks
joined together -- that's what this meant to the Lord and to us. What an object
lesson for prayer!
So when we accidentally left the sticks in the sanctuary after the Assembly, we
were confident they would be safe. You don't have to be prophetically inclined
to figure out what happened next. When we finally returned to the church to
retrieve our covenant memorial, our worst fears were realized. In the process of
cleaning the sanctuary, the sticks were thrown out. Only the vase was kept.
Through this journey the Lord gave us a pertinent warning to share with the
broader body of Christ. But before we discuss the implications on a larger scale
-- my own carelessness should be the first issue addressed. The sticks, usually
kept in our home prayer room, were missing for more than a week. Yet, I didn't
even notice their absence!
A Warning Sign
We endured a long night after discovering the sticks had been thrown out. Jolene
wept because the sticks she had so long held to her heart in prayer -- for her
personally, for our family, our church, our nation -- were gone. I was weeping
because I feared the loss of these sticks was a warning sign that the broader
body of Christ was facing an attack of division and that the very blessings the
Lord had entrusted as weapons against this attack had been discarded.
Jolene initially felt different about the warning and shared a kind, but firm,
suggestion not to jump to conclusions. Then morning came. Her Year through the
Bible reading Sunday morning happened to be full of scriptures on warning signs
from the Lord -- prophetic expressions communicating God's warnings to His
people.
Here's the warning: in this season, the enemy has been releasing targeted
assaults to bring division in the body of Christ. A primary tactic of the enemy
is to persuade God's people to discard precious gifts He gave in previous
seasons of our walk.
Satan wants to abort your promise by negating your heritage. Worse, he
wants you to make this choice! Whether your gift is a ministry call, an
inheritance, a marriage, a best friend, or a baby in the womb. . . do not
let the enemy persuade you to sabotage the covenant blessing Jesus has entrusted
to you. You are ultimately betraying Him.
Beloved, this warning is for ministry leaders especially. Where are the two
sticks in your midst? Remember that they are more valuable than the vase. In
other words, make sure not to undervalue, discard, or betray the covenant
relationships and promises God has given you. Watch compromise and negligence
from self-pity. Remember that a victim mentality will validate compromise, and
many times, it results in sabotage.
Dig, Son... Dig!
After receiving the warning Sunday morning, Jolene and I walked somberly into
the sanctuary . Usually, I'm enthusiastic to share revelations from the Lord
with my friends at church; but this time, I was desperately trying to avoid
conversation (except to ask if anybody had seen two sticks)!
Someone suggested that we look for them in the bags of trash that filled the
dumpster behind our church. Maybe the garbage collector hadn't come yet. . .
A recovery effort was immediately underway. Digging through the trash that fine
Sunday morning, amidst the kleenex tissues, wires, boxes, and soda cans, we
actually found the two sticks!!!
Recovering Covenant Heritage
Please don't turn from this picture. To recover your covenant heritage, you
might have to plow through some hard places. David did. In Psalm 132, he
lamented searching through faraway fields to recover the Ark of the Covenant.
Imagine the Ark out of sight, laying in a field!
In this season of threshing, the Lord is also wanting to launch a massive
recovery effort. I cannot emphasize enough that the Lord has entered His
repentant body into a season of recovery of covenant inheritance. Your
sticks may be in the trash or even in a faraway field. Ask the Lord to guide you
in a strategy of recovery. Do not avoid the hard places or the hard questions.
It can make the difference between division and recovery.
When the prophet Elisha was asked to help recover an axe-head, he responded to
his friends with a question God is asking His body in this season. "Where did it
fall?" An honest answer is the first step to recovery.
It's interesting that the prophet then threw a stick into the water, and the
axe-head floated back to the top. I feel, prophetically, that the Lord is
recovering His sticks now in order to simultaneously recover the axe-heads of
power that have fallen in previous seasons. As division is conquered, and
covenant heritage restored, look for the re-emergence of ‘power tools,' building
tools, harvesting tools, and weapons of war -- previously lost to the body of
Christ.
By Jon & Jolene Hamill
Lamplighter Ministries
Email:
lamplighterjon@earthlink.net
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Learning
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Learning to Pray
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I was just with JoAnn McFatter down in Ontario, California for a Conference just
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you to jump deep in the middle of the river of the Spirit and flow. It has a
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1. Interesting Intro (Cloud By
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2. Whattayagonnado?
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3. Better is One Day (written by Matt Redman)
4. In Your House
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5. Get Above It!
6. Doesn't That Feel Better?
7. Come Out
8. Take Me Away
9. Marshmellow
10. Better Get Ready
"The Wind blows
wherever it pleases. You hear its SOUND, but you cannot tell where it comes from
or where it is going...So it is with EVERYONE who is born of the Spirit!"
- John the Beloved Disciple
What you are hearing is a true, live,
prophetic worship happening. We have purposely left in some of the imperfections
and some moments of "treading water" as we wait for the next wave of the Spirit.
It is unhurried, raw, and full of expectation. If you will relax, and try to
temporarily turn off your
microwave-get-it-fast-hurry-hurry-I've-only-got-fifteen-minutes-to-worship
mentality, and let yourself be carried by the Wind, wherever it blows you, for a
while, then you will receive maximum spiritual benefit from this experience
yourself.
"If you listen closely
with your spirit, you may be able to hear voices and instrumental sounds that I
know we did not make!"
We believe that we can stop, listen, and hear the
songs and sounds of heaven in our worship. We can actually hear the prophetic
Spirit (who is the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of the Father, the Holy Spirit
of God, the Testimony of Jesus) singing beautiful heavenly melodies and words.
The musicians can hear the heavenly music and play along. There are even moments
on this recording, if you listen closely with your spirit, you may be able to
hear voices and instrumental sounds that I know we did not make! This means
that, somehow, heaven was joining us as we worshipped the Worthy One. Or maybe
we were listening, and joining heaven? This is the goal of every worship
gathering of the Saints. To become so captivated by His Presence, and so
interactive with the Holy Spirit and the will of God in the moment, that we
collaborate in a glorious symphony of praise! The Bible says that we are
participants in the Divine Nature. The music and creativity in God is such a
beautiful part of His Nature.
Join us as we journey together into the
happy, deep realms of the Spirit of Jesus Christ in whom are hidden ALL the
treasures of wisdom and knowledge. He alone is our source of life and happiness!
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and Sanna Luker have long been numbered among the finest of worship leaders in
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enthusiasm and desire for His Presence is contagious. They have always
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realms of faith and spiritual experience." - John G. Elliott, Dove
Award winning producer
"...music that is
full of improvisation, loose conversation, and an unapologetic love for Jesus"
- Ben Pasley, Enter the Worship Circle
 "Keith
and Sanna are pioneers in prophetic worship, and have collaborated with some of
the best over the years. They are some of the most passionate and tender people
I know. Keith and Sanna are among the 'burning ones' that are in it for the long
haul...and two of my dearest friends." - Will Ford, Co-Author "History
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