Lisa Great

Did you know there are many views of who God is? He is multifaceted, so there are times we need the back of His hand not His face like Moses did in Exodus 33, for the sight of His face would kill us. There are times we need to be told to shut our mouth when in His presence like happened to Peter on the Mount of Transfiguration in Matthew 17.

There are times we need to sit at the table and let Him wash our feet like happened to the disciples in John 13 so we can learn what real service looks like. And there are times we need to stand on our feet like Daniel was told to do in Daniel 10 so we can hear what God wants to speak to us.

There are times we need to be told to go back and look again like Elijah said to his servant, for we missed what we were supposed to see as noted in 1 Kings 19. And then there are times we are told to go and wash in a certain pool so we can gain our sight for we are blind as happened to the man in John 9.

I do not know where you personally are and what God is speaking to you in this moment, but what I do hear is what God is speaking to the body of Christ corporately. There is a collective call to strength for the body of Christ.

I sense the Lord is speaking over us Psalm 18:32-36, “It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect. He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places. He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great. You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.”

Cultural Christianity has made us weak, but Biblical Truth is infusing us with strength. Not human strength, Biblical strength, where gentleness makes you great. God is making his body fit for longevity. This will include a diet change in the word and exercising our authority in the spirit. This will make us feel better. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Understanding the language of the ones who would have written it and who would have understood it, unlocks realms of reality that cannot be understood by only seeing it and hearing it through our western eyes and ears.

Humility is going to be paramount for us to move forward as the church in this hour. The church has read the bible through the eyes of the west, not through the ears of the Hebrews. (Hebrews 4:12)

When we place our western worldview on the bible, we miss the truth that is in the word of God that will set us free. We have no excuse for ignorance, we must admit it is laziness which is why humility is lacking in those who say they know more than they actually do.

If one goal is to reach Israel with the gospel of the kingdom, we must think like a Hebrew, understand the mindset of the people we want to reach and we must admit they know more about the bible than we do. This is humbling in a way many are not willing to admit.

One of the pastors at our church said a couple of weeks ago that 80% of Americans have not read through the whole bible, not even once. What that says is we are biblically illiterate people trying to be bible teachers and scholars.

We tend to recycle what we are taught rather than seek out truth we do not know. Humility is remaining teachable, not locking into one reality and calling it biblical literacy.

One of the changes we must make in our thinking is about Jewish cosmology. “In Jewish cosmology, heaven is the realm where things are kept safe from earthly corruption. It’s a vault, not a destination.” (Claude) This one statement alone changes every verse we read about heaven. This takes humility to pivot our thoughts from somewhere out there.

I pray we find a posture of humility, no matter our gender or title, for what is about to be reveled is going to blow our minds. Truth has been hidden and is now being revealed. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

When life is more about legacy rather than about immediacy we can look at it historically, in reality and futuristically. As humanity we have the ability to see the past, present and future simultaneously and it is actually a remarkable gift we have been given.

The blinder that hinders our sight and the beauty of multi visual ability is pride. Pride says, everything is about this generation, this year, this week, my life, my money, my city, my church, my nation. Does God care about all of those things related to you, absolutely He does, but He is God and He has a macro view of things He wants to share with you.

When we gain a heart of wisdom, we will find a macro view that is so stunning, the micro view will lose its grip of fear, anxiety, doubt, worry, and every other negative emotion that seeks to keep us out of hope, joy and peace. The macro view is obtained through wisdom and wisdom is a builder.

Proverbs 9:1 says, “Wisdom has built her house.” Proverbs 24:3-4 says, “By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established; / through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure. Proverbs 14:1 says, “Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.”

Wisdom is personified as female in scripture, not as a gender as a language and so is the church. She is the bride of Christ and she is called to be a builder. The macro view of what God is doing is a building project. It will not be completed in our generation, but we are given the privilege of partnering with God to build lives, build cities, build nations, build families, build companies, build communities, build churches.

We are seeing the manifesting of a building project under way led by the kingdom of God, not the destruction. The breach has been sealed, the foundation is being laid and the building project is well under way. Grab a hammer, strap on a tool belt, hop in a dump truck, because we are constructing a kingdom that knows no end. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Many many years ago while I lived in Missouri, I would spend 8-10 hours a day for years reading my bible and praying. These years changed my life forever. The word of God detoxed me of the doctrines of men and gave me wisdom and revelation of the likes I did not know was even possible.

Encounters with God were documented in handwritten form in journals and as this river of revelation continues to flow, I continue to write. Some for posts like this and some for private correction and alignment.

When there was too much to hold back, but nowhere to pour it out, the Lord had me write books. Books that never got published, for they were not for publication but for documenting revelation. It was like they were my training wheels as I was learning to ride the bike of revelation and wisdom.

One of the books I wrote was called Five Fold Ministry in the Marketplace. The Lord showed me how Ephesians 4:11-13 was not for the building we call church but for the body of Christ of which most work in the marketplace. The Lord showed me how each five fold ministry gift functions in the marketplace.

Yesterday, the President of America put out a statement that on the surface is Presidential, but in the spirit is Apostolic. He said, “Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade. Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!”

Blockades removed, toll free opening, ships of the world start your engines and let the oil flow! Yes we know in the natural what this means, but in the spirit this is an apostolic announcement for Hormuz means wisdom. Ships in prophetic language are people, ministries, that carry a spirit of wisdom.

Whatever was holding us back has now been removed and the call is to start your engines and let the oil flow. No more blockades, no more toll fees, no more hinderance. Start your engines, let the oil flow!!!! Everything that has been held back is now released. This was an apostolic declaration for those who have ears to hear. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

LOOK AGAIN AND KEEP ON LOOKING

We have presets in our mind that cause us to see the preset, so to really see what God is trying to show us, we must look again and keep on looking if we are going to see what He is trying to show us.

We read in 1 Corinthians 2:9 “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” We must look again, for we have yet to see what God has in store for us. He so loved the world, He loves us, and He has something for us we have not seen yet.

The prophet Habakkuk opens his prophecy by speaking of a burden he saw. The burden he saw was violence, iniquity,, trouble, plundering, strife and contention. This is what he as a prophet saw, which is why he was carrying a burden, but Yahweh told him to look again and to keep on looking.

Habakkuk 1:5 “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.”

Watchmen who look at only see the burden are being invited to look again. The Lord was not showing the prophet the burden he was already carrying, that he had already seen. He was being invited to look again and to keep on looking until he saw something astounding. He was to look for the work God was doing in the nations.

What was going to astound the prophet, Habukkuk 2:14 tells us “The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” He was to look again and keep on looking until He saw the glory of God over the nations.

Watchmen, Intercessors, friends we are being invited to be astounded not afraid. Look again and keep on looking until you see the glory of God rising over the nations. It is a glory you will not be able to deny and it will astound you, but you must push past the presets in your mind to see what God is trying to astound you with. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

The mighty Missouri River has multiple nicknames one of which is the Muddy MO or the Muddy Missouri River. The river is brown in color so it has garnered this nickname as the Muddy MO. The river is wide, it runs through various locations and has people standing on its banks watching it rush past them. But the brown color is undeniable and the reason for it is the mass amounts of mud it kicks up as it runs.

The Holy Spirit spoke to me the other day and said, “Remove the mud from the mystery and you will find yourself marveling at the One in whom the mystery is speaking about.”

The mud that is making the mystery of many truths in scripture is the doctrine of men that muddy the waters of truth. This week, one denomination in Christianity darkened the muddy waters of the mystery of the role that women play in the church as value added people. When a whole gender is written out of Leadership constitutionally as a gender, it muddies the waters of the mystery of the role they play biblically.

When people write end times timelines, charts and books about cosmic realities that they believe are pointing to a specific moment on a calendar it muddies the waters of the mystery of eschatology. Proverbs 30:5-6 says, “Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.”

Just as the reflection pool in Washington DC has been drained and refilled with clean water. I see the river of God on earth that has been muddied by the doctrine of men being drained and refilled with the pure unadulterated word of God, so that we can again see the reflection of Christ in the word of God.

These waters are pure, clear, struck, transparent, rich in minerals, and will quench your thirst again. This river leads to trees that have leaves for the healing of nations according to Ezekiel 47. God is removing the mud so that the pure living waters can flow again. I see Crystal Clearwater flowing from under the threshold of the temple door again and bringing healing to all that drink of it. Www,apostolicresourcecenter.org

Many people are looking for a job, not in the marketplace, but they are trying to figure out where they fit in the kingdom of God. Church job openings are few and far between, yet the number of people seeking to work for the church is plentiful. Pastors are asked consistently, can I do this, can I do that. I know I used to Pastor a church.

The kingdom of God has plenty of job openings, but the applicants are few. Jesus said, the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. The challenge with the kingdom is, Yahweh who is the King of this kingdom is not looking for Ephesians 4:11-12 five-fold ministers for He already gave those functions out at His ascension to mature the body of Christ.

What God is looking for is people who want to be valued added kingdom people, not paid on staff church people. Are you interested in working for the kingdom of God? I can tell you as one who has worked in the kingdom since 2013, this is the best job I have ever had. The Psalm 103 benefits package is undeniable, the owner and His son are gracious, and the people are all teachable, humble and helpful.

Here are some of the job openings in the kingdom if you are interested. The Lord is looking for:

1. Counselors of peace who have joy (Proverbs 12:20)
2. Ministers of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:11-12)
3. Doorkeepers of hope (Hosea 2:15)
4. Gatekeepers of glory (Psalm 24:7-10)
5. Carriers of water (Proverbs 11:25/2 Kings 3:11)

While others are jockeying for the stage, the microphone, the title, the paycheck, the reserved seat, God is looking for those who would enjoy being value added people. These opportunities are available in the kingdom of God, but they work in every area of earth. And if you need a title, the kingdom calls you an Ambassador of Christ (2 Cor. 5:20). Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

I had an open vision I in which I saw a valley named Achor (muddy, turbid, gloomy, dejected, trouble) and in this valley was water. Still, unmoving, water just sitting in the valley called Achor. The water was pooled in the valley called Achor because there was a dam holding the water back.

As I looked at the dam in this vision, I saw the dam as double doors and on the doors it had the word HOPE written on them. I continued to watch in the vision and the double doors opened and when they did, the water in the valley called Achor rushed out and it became a roaring river called Hope.

The river called HOPE was rapid in its release and its movement, unlike how still the water was behind the dam of double doors. I watched the river called HOPE rush through the riverbed and I heard in the spirit the words of Psalm 46:4-5 “There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her at the break of dawn.”

I watched this river of HOPE rush into the city of God and I heard the sound of joy and gladness coming from the city as the river came rushing in. It was so vivid, so vibrant with color and vibrated with sounds like I cannot describe.

Hosea 2:15 says, “There I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.” God is opening the doors of hope to release the river of hope into the city of God and gladness is going to be the result. The wilderness, the ache, the hope deferred is being told to open the double doors of hope, for rivers of living water are going to flow out of our bellies and cities are going to be glad. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

When verses are popular, it causes me to pause and ask the question what does this verse actually mean? How did the rabbi’s hear this verse? What did it mean to the ones who heard it originally and how did the author speak it in its original context? In asking these questions it unlocks truths I did not know and puts the scripture in the proper context.

One of those verses is Proverbs 10:22, “The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow to it.” I asked the above questions about this verse and what I learned was biblically fascinating to me.

Did you know this verse is about the Genesis 3 economy being overturned in our lives by the blessing of the Lord on us? The Genesis 3 economy is what most people live by. “He is saying: there is a kind of wealth that still carries the curse-weight of Genesis 3 with it — acquired through striving, manipulation, human cleverness — and then there is covenant wealth, which is birkat YHWH, that comes without that curse-texture.” (Claude)

The Genesis 3 economy is found in Genesis 3:16-17 and was spoken as a curse. “To Adam he said, …cursed is the ground because of you;
in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken.”

We are not people who are to live in the Genesis 3 economy, we are called to live in the blessing of the Lord, not the sorrow of the curse. To switch economies you must switch the way you think. We are not to go from one ditch of striving to the other ditch of lazy, do nothing, we re to walk on the road of partnering with God. Only doing what we see Him doing. Staying in our lane.

God is blessing us, wants to bless us and will bless us, but we must be in the economy of blessing, not the Genesis 3 economy and this takes trusting the Lord with all our heart, leaning not on our own understanding (Proverbs 3:5). I see a people who are blessed without sorrow, they have entered the new economy of God. http://www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

One of the consistent messages of the prophets in scripture was the tearing down of the high places. High places are “what the prophets called high place worship — taking the forms of God’s dwelling and reorienting them around human ascent rather than divine descent”. (Claude)

The exaltation of self in our society has made room for high places in people’s hearts and they do not even recognize it as such. Self-promotion; self-preservation; self-identification; self-help; self-serve; self-self-self. The love of self has caused many high places to be erected and it feels so right, but it produces nothing of substance. It does not bring about transformation.

1 Chronicles 14:2-5 speaks of a king who brought peace to a people, “Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God, for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and the high places, and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images. He commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandment. He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet under him.”

In the midst of all the promoting of self, there has been an increase in competition, division, anxiety, FOMO, betrayal, loss of identity, confusion about sexuality, and the bending of Biblical truth. Promoting self has actually made us weaker, not stronger, sicker not healthier, and many are saying peace, peace but people know they have no peace. Jesus said, “He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.” (Matthew 10:39)

God is tearing down high places in our lives. It may feel like you are losing your life, but what is actually happening is you are finding real life. A life that is not self-centered. Once the high place is torn down, once self is dethroned, abundant life will flood your heart and soul. Peace will be your portion and joy will be your reality. Do not resist the removing of the high places, they are for your peace. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org