Day 8 of 40: Boston
Deposits from the Everlasting Father
are being released among us. Incline your ear.
4pm-ish. Commuters and shoppers enjoying the balmy 45 degrees. As I was heading my short commute from our house in Boston to Ruggles (we live about 1.5 miles only away,) I was thinking upon... the Lost. The Lost of my CITY Boston. Of the many students on the Campuses. I thought of the high suicide rate at MIT. I thought of the many destinies. Probably someone lonely that very moment. I thought of the homeless walked past each day. A cry escaped from my lips even outloud getting off of the train, "Daddy, bring them HOME to YOUR HOUSE. The Prodigals. The Lost. The Church. Bring them HOME to your ARMS!"
"For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.
And if we are [His] children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory!" -Romans 8: 15-17
Once inside, it was as if a certain effervescence was cloaking the place in sweet Presence. Peace. Different from the past week. A shifting. I began sketching in a sketchbook and praying.
I received an email alerting people to pray about another large scale earthquake in Turkey! What in the world, the third major earthquake in 3 separate regions of the earth in only a few weeks? Lord, I thought. I could not help but think of the verses:
"The creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children..." -Romans 8:21-23a
The revealing of the Sons of God.
This retelling of this day is crazy the synchronization & unity of God weaving a theme comprehensively throughout the day. Must have been what HE wanted to say...
Quietly people came and went. Some bowed. Some with the Word open in their laps. Some children intermittent mingling, smiling and happening upon you. The worship leader was lingering upon "Lord of Creation, of Uncharted Galaxies, I am Your Creation, Your Daughter, who You LOVE. How blessed are His Sons and Daughters: Whose Hearts are Completely His."
I began to study the last portion of the book of Hosea. My God! The YEARNING of the Heart of God... to faithless and unfaithful Israel. (Us.) Yet... the IMPLORING LOVE.
Boom. Boom. Heartbeat of Abba:
"Sow with a view to righteousness, reap in accordance with kindness; Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, until He comes to rain Righteousness on you." -Hosea 10:12
"When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and I called my son out of Egypt.
But when I called the people of Israel,
they went away from Me.
They offered sacrifices to the Baals
and burned incense to the idols.
It was I who taught Israel to walk,
and I took them in My arms,
but they did not understand
that I had healed them.
I led them with cords of human kindness,
with ropes of love.
I lifted the yoke from their neck
and bent down and fed them."-Hosea 11:1-4
I am wrecked reading that even now. I sat stunned today. Listen to My Daddy's HEART! So beautiful, I thought. Look at HOW He loves...
Then, a few verses down, this completely undid me:
"How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me,
All My compassions are kindled.
I will not execute My fierce anger;
I will not destroy Ephraim again:
For I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst,
And I will not come in wrath. " v. 8-9
WHO IS THIS DADDY GOD???? I sat stunned.
I prayed "Spirit of Adoption, come."
People started to fill the place.
Bethany prayed and this stood out to me, "God, thank you for the SIMPLE gift of Prayer. For by it you hear and move."
Chris Berglund spoke, (respected council to JHOP Boston, Lou Engle, etc.,) bringing a Word of the Lord. I can't write to give justice here to his incredibly powerful word.
But the main point was... the contending is after the "seed" the Promise, the Inheritance, and that Jesus Himself, was the Seed... And we are His. He, being the Perfect Forerunner. Because He was fully man. Acquainted with temptation and the flesh. Yet, transfigured in Glory. And that the reason for the contending after the seed, it is that God is a COVENANT KEEPER. So Satan knows, where there is a "Sure Word of The Lord" God intends to bring His promise to pass. And this is US.
As Chris said about Jesus and the Church. "We are HIS MANDATE."
He then began to describe a few pieces of prophetic/seer revelations, including perhaps even words from Enoch, (yah, the one that didn't die in the Bible) having made supposed visits to a few in this very generation. It was heard that he said:
"When you cease to HURT PEOPLE with your thoughts and with YOUR WORDS, you enter into the River of LOVE. It is there you are in the Spirit and become TRANSFIGURED by Glory."-Enoch
This thing of transfiguration.
And Chris spoke of "bondservants" the ones with "no rights" but all devotion having COMPLETE SPIRITUAL ACCESS in the Spirit.
And that it is the establishing of IDENTITY that releases us into the promises/inheritance.
That God wants to, "Take the lid off of the Mercy Seat WITHIN each one of us and show HIS Glory to a generation." Transfiguration!
So, we moved back into worship and Jesse Engle (Lou's son) along with Shelley Hundley from IHOP, felt the Lord wanted us to "LINGER in the revelation of identity as sons & daughters." This before pressing into further intercession. Because from that place: WE RIGHTLY KNOW GOD, KNOW OURSELVES, KNOW HIS HEART... Know His Will. Know His Love.
(Key of David)
So, the Spirit began to move all over the place. I found myself with a few others praying for a young woman to find herself as a daughter of God. It was so beautiful to see a face of "I hope so, but I just don't know," be visibly moved before our eyes as the Spirit hovered and ministered. I began to sing HIS song over her:
"Did you not know? Had you not heard? I love you. As My Own. You are Never Alone. If you have never been told, I tell you now, I sing it loud, Daughter of God, You are My own. This place prepared is lost without you. You are never alone."
Rounding out the night, were waves of rapid fire intercession as the travail of His heart was birthed in the place. Rightly so. Cries for mercy. That He is Mighty.
Was faith imparted to believe in a God of Mercy because we had encountered our Abba of Love?
"God, thank you for the SIMPLE gift of Prayer. For by it you hear and move."-Bethany Temple
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