It's Time
to Birth Your Future
by Ryan Wyatt
In
my last writing, I talked about the necessity in this time to "Turn Aside Into
the Flame of God". If you missed reading that article then I encourage you to
visit our media section of our website and check it out. It is a key word for
the Body of Christ right now. I want to follow up today with a continuation of
that timely word.
God
has been speaking to me about this being a season of germination or birthing of
the things we have been contending for in the last season. As believers, we are
the birthing agents of the promises of God.
Most everything God does in the earthly sphere, He will do through His
people. There is a process that he takes us through in order to birth things
from the heavenly realm into the natural, earthly realm. It all starts with a
seed. God comes to us at different times in our lives and he "overshadows" us
in some way. Sometimes it comes as a prophetic word. Sometimes it comes in a
moment of intimate worship. However it comes, God's glory comes upon you and
implants a seed of destiny and promise within you. Within that seed is the full
potential of your entire future! Within the seed of an oak tree is the entire
potential of that tree. You could say that the full oak tree already exists
within that seed. All that seed needs is to go through a process of time and be
nurtured properly and then the time will come for that seed to break forth, or
germinate, and begin to show signs of its future coming into visible reality.
The Process of Incubation
We
could also use the analogy of a baby being conceived. A seed is planted and
then there is a season where the seed is incubated and nurtured. Then the day
comes for that baby to be born! The process many of the Body of Christ have
been going through in the last season is the process of incubation or
pregnancy. This is a season of great stretching and testing. You know you have
a dream, a purpose, a destiny from God but you see no visible fruit of it in
your life. Instead, you find yourself being tested in every way and going
through all sorts of tribulation.
Here
is a key of the Kingdom for you today. God always plants seeds of incredible
destiny into people who are no where near the person they need to be in order
to actually fulfill that destiny at that moment when the seed is planted. God
plants something in you that is so much bigger than who you currently are.
Joseph was given a true dream from God and suddenly he was cast into a pit by
his brothers, sold into slavery, bound as a servant, accused of something he
did not do, and went through years of testing before one day his day of destiny
was upon him and God "revealed" him as a leader throughout the entire nation of
Egypt! God gave Joseph a dream and in that moment something was conceived
within him. A seed of divine destiny was planted. However, immediately God
thrust Joseph into a turbulent season where he would be tested and transformed
into the person he needed to be in order to fulfill this great destiny.
Many
of you reading this can relate to this because this is exactly where you have
been for years! I'm here today to tell you that the last season of your life
was not in vain. You may have looked around and felt like there were no signs
of destiny forming anywhere around you, but massive kingdom growth has been
happening in your life. It's been taking place within you! As you've gone
through the fire, God has been shaping and forming you like a master potter.
When you've been going through such a season of refinement, it can be very easy
to lose hope and expectancy for your future to be born.
It is Closer Than Ever
Before
I
want to tell you today that your destiny and your future are closer at hand
today than ever before! It is time to put all lack of hope and expectation
aside and make a decision today that you are going to believe in God and
believe in your glorious future more than you ever have in your life. It is
closer than ever before!
God
has really been speaking to me recently about some things that we can do right
now in this season to posture ourselves for this fresh release and birthing of
those seeds that have been incubating within us for so long. God spoke to me
from the story of Elijah on the mount of Carmel in 1 Kings 18:41-46:
And
Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance
of rain. So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of
Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his
knees, And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up,
and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. And
it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a
little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto
Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. And
it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and
wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. And the
hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab
to the entrance of Jezreel.
Keys to Birthing Your
Future
Now
read carefully because I want to give you some keys to birthing your future
destiny right now in this season. It is so important that you understand here
that there had been a severe drought in that land for three years! God remedied
the situation by finding a man that believed in him. The bible says that Elijah
heard the sound of the abundance of rain. Some bible versions say that Elijah
heard the sound of a roar of a heavy shower! There was not one drop of rain in
the natural. Elijah didn't see or hear anything in the natural that would cause
him to believe for rain in the midst of a severe drought. Elijah heard the
sound of abundance of rain in the "spirit". He picked up on the heart of God
that it was time for the rain to be released.
What
did Elijah do? Elijah realized that if God revealed a sound to him from the
spirit that God was wanting him to partner with heaven to see it released.
Elijah immediately went into a "birthing position" and began to call on heaven
and decree rain in the land. He did not give up when he didn't see any sign
after a little bit of contending. Elijah sent his servant six times to look for
a cloud and there was none. Even after all that contending, Elijah did not
waver about what he heard in the spirit. He sent his servant a seventh time and
he saw a cloud the size of a man's hand in the sky.
Don't Give Up
There
are some valuable lessons we can learn here. When you get a promise from God,
don't give up! Don't lose your
expectancy for it's birth and release! God spoke so clearly to me recently and
said it is time to assume a fresh birthing position and to begin to believe
again that what He has prophesied will indeed come to pass. We are to co-labor
with God to see His promises birthed from the spirit realm into the natural
realm. Elijah saw a tiny little cloud that looked no bigger than the size of a
man's hand and he believed that was the beginning of the promised release from
heaven.
What
happened next is one of the biggest keys of this article and one of the biggest
secrets to advancing into your next season with God. The bible says that Elijah
told his servant to go tell Ahab to get on his chariots and get his horses
running full steam down the mountain so that the abundance of rain did not stop
him from getting down. Elijah had only seen a little token of God's promise but
he believed with incredible faith that the heaven's were about to bust open and
release the fullness and Elijah decreed and acted accordingly. Just as the
prophesied release was coming upon him. Just as the heaven's were opening and
forming the clouds of outpouring, Elijah did something so important.
Supernatural power and acceleration were about to come on Elijah like never
before. So much supernatural power was going to come upon Elijah that he was
going to outrun Ahab and his chariot of horses, on foot!
Here
is the key! Just as this power and acceleration and the prophesied release was
coming upon Elijah, it says that he girded up his loins. Now at first reading,
this doesn't seem to be significant, but it really is huge. The Lord spoke to
me not to long ago and gave me a word for the Church. He said, "I love you, but
it's time to gird up your loins. In the past season of your life I allowed you
to live a certain way and act a certain way, however, if you continue living in
this new season like you have in the last season, you will not make it or
advance. It's time to gird up your loins!"
When
Elijah girded up his loins, it means that he reached down and pulled up his
robe so that nothing would hinder him in this new season of running with
supernatural power and acceleration. Elijah heard a sound that conceived and
planted a seed within him. He began to co-labor with God and birth the seed. As
the birth of the seed was taking place, Elijah had to change some things in
order to advance into the next season.
Hear the Fresh Sound From
Heaven
This
is a word for the body of Christ today. It's time to hear the fresh sound from
heaven and begin to birth it in prayer with a fresh sense of hope and expectancy.
It's time to decree the fullness of what God has prophesied. It is also time
for us to gird up our loins. We can't live in the season of the birth of the
seed like we did when we were incubating the seed. God is calling us higher!
It's time to remove all those things from our lives that would hinder us from
advancement.
I
hear the Lord saying that he is simplifying the lives of His people. He is
releasing fresh assignments in this time that are different from your last
assignment. Tune in to the voice of God because so many people are continuing
on with an old assignment because they didn't sense the shifting in the wind.
This doesn't mean that we are to abandon the work that the Lord has had us
doing. This simply means that for each season of your life, there are
priorities that the Lord gives you for that season. It's time to tune in and
receive the priority assignment from heaven for this very season of your life
and then begin to gird up your loins and make the adjustments necessary in
order to run with efficiency and focus into your next level in God!
My
last article was about turning aside into the flame of God and allowing Him to
cause your heart to burn again! Once you turn aside and begin to burn again,
God is going to speak fresh things to you for this time. Gird up your loins.
Receive fresh focus from heaven for this season. Re-prioritize your life.
Simplify your focus and receive fresh wind to advance into the divine purposes
of God!
If
you are not signed up to receive our weekly Abiding Glory Podcast audio
messages then I encourage you to do so today. Along with this article, we have
also released a podcast message of a recent message I preached entitled: The
Key to True Success: Seek First the Kingdom. This audio messages comes
alongside this article and goes into more detail about how to prioritize your
life for greater Kingdom advancement.
Ryan Wyatt
Abiding Glory Ministries
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