Author: lisagreatenebeli

Thus says the Lord, “The test wasn’t to flunk you, the test was to prove you!” I heard this moments ago like a thundering statement from heaven. It was spoken with such authority as I read in 1 Kings 17 the story of Elijah and the widow at Zarephath. Here is the situation this word came in, “It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. Then the word of the LORD came to him (Elijah), saying, Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there.” As I read this verse the Holy Spirit said, look up what Zarapheth means, so I did. It means smelting place, refinery, goldsmith, purge away, to test and prove true. As soon as I read to test and prove true, the Lord said, “The test was not to flunk you, the test was to prove you!”

Friends, the wilderness was a test, not to flunk you, fail you, frustrate you, the wilderness was a test to prove you. It was to prove to you, who God made you to be. There is so much gold in you, but all that dirt hides the gold and the dirt speaks to you telling you things that are not true. The wilderness was to prove to you who you are. You are gold to God! The wilderness was also to prove to the enemy who you are. When you wanted to quit, you kept going; when you want to give up, you got back up; when you said I can’t do this anymore, hope came from an unexpected place. “The test was not to flunk you, the test was to prove you.”

In Luke 4 Jesus went through a 40 day wilderness test, in Exodus Israel went through a 40 year wilderness test, I don’t know how long your wilderness test was or is, but I am here to tell you, the Lord says, “The test is not to flunk you, the test is to prove you!” You are gold and He is refining you so He can distribute you to the nations. You are blessed because you went through or are going through the wilderness test. “The test was not to flunk you, it was to prove you!”

It’s a new day! I love that we serve a God that is continually creating new days for people. When you are born again, it is a new day. When you get married, it’s a new day. When you have a baby, it’s a new day. When you get a new job, it’s a new day. When you move to a new city, it’s a new day. When you meet a new friend, it’s a new day. There are so many things made new all time all around us. We experience new things all the time. It is so refreshing to see the new, feel the new, walk into the new. It is unknown, like going from single to married, or married to parenting. It is unknown going from being an unbeliever to a believer, the new day brings a lot of unknowns, but we know when it is a new day and we learn to navigate the new day.

When it comes from going from single to married, the new day means no more other lovers, for you have chosen the one. The new day always brings with it, the shedding of some old behaviors and the embracing of some new ones. No one made us get married, have children, take that job, give out life to Jesus, we said yes, we want the new day. Well, God has chosen a new day for us in our generation. It is going to mean letting go of some things we used to do in order to learn life in this new day.

Reading Jeremiah 3 this morning, put language to this new day. “I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will guide you with knowledge and understanding. And when your land is once more filled with people, says the LORD, you will no longer wish for ‘the good old days’ when you possessed the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant. You will not miss those days or even remember them, and there will be no need to rebuild the Ark. In that day Jerusalem will be known as ‘The Throne of the LORD.’ All nations will come there to honor the LORD.” The new day God has given us is not one of the Ark of the Covenant, but one of the Throne of the Lord. It’s a new day!

The kingdom of God has a king, henceforth, the throne of the Lord. We have lived with the ark, but now the new day has a throne. We have a king who is in charge, who provides, protects, heals, delivers. He is the King of kings, He rules with righteousness and justice. There is no need to rebuild the ark, for we have a King and His name is Jesus and we have entered the new day of His kingdom era. Welcome to the new day of the Throne of the Lord!

Prayer for this nation has been consistent for years. There has been assemblies in Washington, DC to declare 2 Chronicles 7:14, If my people, who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, turn from their wicked ways, I will heal their land. This has been the go to scripture for this nation and probably many other nations. The challenge is we have called abortion wicked, homosexuality wicked, Las Vegas wicked, Hollywood wicked, and the list goes on, but we have not called anything we as believers are doing as wicked. 2 Chronicles 7:14 doesn’t say if the world or unbelievers turn from their wicked ways, it says if my people do.

God is healing our land, I know it, I see it, I hear it, I know it. His mercy is falling like rain from the sky on this land and we are going to reap great benefits from His outpouring of mercy and grace. But the truth still remains, God’s people must turn from their wicked ways. The reason I think the church doesn’t turn from their wicked ways, whether leaders or congregants, whether at home or in a building, is because we do not see what we are doing as wicked. Wickedness has been described to us as behavioral, and it is. But not all behavior has been identified, so we do not realize what we are being called to turn from.

Jeremiah 2 gives us clarity into what the Lord is asking His church, His people to turn from, for to God it is wicked (twisted, out of order). Here is what Jeremiah says, “Has any nation ever traded its gods for new ones, even though they are not gods at all? Yet my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols! The heavens are shocked at such a thing

and shrink back in horror and dismay,” says the LORD. For my people have done two evil things: They have abandoned me— the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all!” My friends we need to repent of turning from the glorious to the worthless and for digging our own cisterns. When we do this, we will be able to carry the outpouring that is being released even as we speak.

When the Holy Spirit interrupts whatever you are doing, lean into it, for it is a well of revelation, a drink of water, a truth that sets you free. I was sitting at my desk this morning, journaling about my prayer time with Psalm 139 and the Holy Spirit showed me a convergence of the poetic and the prophetic. As I wrote these words down, the presence of God wafted into the room and rested on me. Tears began to flow down my face, because His presence was and still is so close in this moment. I leaned into these two words, the poetic and the prophetic and as I did this is what I heard.

The prophetic has had a cauphony or harsh sound to it in the past, but the Lord is giving the poetic euphony or pleasant sound to the prophetic. A new sound is arising in the earth, prophetic poetry will lead the way. It will involve imagery, story and beauty and it will elicit a response in people. The Holy Spirit went on to share with me that we have leaned heavily on the didactic in the church. We love to teach concepts, ideas and principles, but in this new day we are moving from the didactic to the poetic.

In Isaiah 60-62 we hear the prophet speaking poetically about instead of’s. In Isaiah 60 it says in stead of bronze, gold; instead of wood, iron; the Isaiah 60 instead of’s are related to precious metals. In Isaiah 61 the instead of’s are instead of shame, honor; instead of humiliation, joy; these instead of’s are internal not external. Then in Isaiah 62 its says this, “Go through, go through the gates, Clear the way for the people; Build up, build up the highway, Remove the stones, lift up a standard over the peoples. Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your salvation comes; Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”

This new day is going from rigid to fluid; from ugly to beautiful; from shame to honor; from poverty to prosperity; from death to life; from darkness to light; from insecurity to confidence; from dread to dancing. The convergence of the poetic and the prophetic is going to bring a freedom to us we did not know was accessible to us. It is a new day!

Ready or not here it is. We have entered into a new era, a new world, a new system of operation of the likes none of us have ever known. Some people have entered in sooner than others and some still have yet to enter in. But just like the cars of a train, we are all connected one to another and this train of God is pulling us all into this new era one car at a time. This reality is not negotiable, it was by God’s design and has been set in God’s time, which is right now. More and more people are saying we are living in days that can only be compared to the days of Jesus on earth. Amir Tsarfati, a Messianic Jew said, “I thank God for the privilege of living in the greatest generation since the time of Jesus Christ.” Whether you recognize it or not, our days will be talked about for generations to come.

With so much change happening at such a rapid pace, we will not be able to keep up with all of it. Amir said this, “The coming weeks and months are bringing with them a massive storm. A storm of the likes most of us have never seen.” It will be a flood of information we did not know. All seven mountains of society will see a crumbling due to the exposure of corruption that has taken place. This will include the church. But as we know from Jeremiah 1, and the destruction of the temple in AD 70, the uproot, tear down, destroy is for building and planting, which is what Isaiah 60 declares as the rebuilding. The reason the Lord has added to the church in the past decade apostles and prophets is because they are the builder anointings and when the old system falls, the new will need to be built. God knows exactly what He is doing, I call it a controlled implosion.

There is one caveat, because not everyone will know how to interpret what is happening, this is obvious even now, but we are not in charge of anyone but ourselves, so we need to hear Proverbs 18:2 “A fool does not delight in understanding, But only in revealing his own mind.” It is going to be easy to share your own mind on many things, but the Lord is wanting us to be wise and seek to understand what is going on, not assume we know. My friends, everything is changing, we know very little, so should seek to understand a lot. Listen, learn, watch, and live in awe and wonder, for God is doing something in our day of the likes none of us understand, at least not yet.

Hebrew year 5783, the decade of the mouth, the year of the camel. How do we know, 80 is the Hebrew letter pey, which is the symbol of a mouth, 3 is the Hebrew letter gimel, which is the symbol of the camel. The Hebrew language is letters, numbers and symbols. The Hebrew calendar is the calendar Israel follows and is important for us to watch, for it yields clues to what God is saying in this hour.

I have told you this is the year the Camels Are Coming, but what I didn’t understand until this morning is the word gamal or gemul is another spelling of gemil which is the word for camel. Many spellings same word, but what I learned this morning while praying Psalm 136 is the word for recompense is gamal or gemul which is camel. So 5783 is the year the Camels Are Coming and they are bringing recompense.

We are not coming out of Egypt, we are coming out of Babylon, knowing the correct biblical narrative is important, because it helps us with understanding what we are seeing in the news. The camels are coming and they are loaded with recompense for damages incurred, injuries suffered, and they are bringing rewards and benefits. Right now God is plundering His enemies, dealing with them fully and is gathering the spoils of the wicked to transfer them to the righteous. The enemy has swallowed up treasures that are not his and this includes people who belong to God.

Psalm 136 clarified it for me when it says, “O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us.” The enemy has treated us unjustly while we were in Babylon and God is repaying him for what he did to us. We have a Father in heaven who is truly for us and is not against us. His kindness toward us is about to bring us to our knees for the camels are coming back with plunder and people who belonged to God!

I was in a meeting yesterday morning in preperation for an event I am speaking at on Friday. During this meeting I saw in the spirit a jar of honey being tipped over. As I looked at it, I asked the Lord, what does this mean? The Lord began to show me that He is tipping the jar of honey and is pouring it out on the earth. This is not a new concept for me, because a couple of months ago while praying in church before service, the Lord said to me, “I Am raising up houses of honey!” I wrote a blog about this when I heard it and received great response.

For at least two or more years women have been told they have a Deborah anointing. Deborah who is spoken about in the book of Judges, was a mother in Israel and a judge. Deborah’s name means bee, which is another honey connection. There is even a book written called The Deborah Anointing, so that name is familiar with women in the body of Christ. But when we think of an anointing, we tend to think oil not honey, so when I saw this huge honey jar being tipped over and the Lord said, “I Am anointing the earth with honey”, I paused yet again and leaned into the Lord to understand what He is saying and doing.

While I was seeking the Lord about this honey anointing, He said to me, “Today is the 16th, read Proverbs 16.” I used to read a Proverb a day so this language from God was familiar to me. I open my Bible and start reading Proverbs 16 and here is what it says, “The wise in heart will be called understanding, And sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness. Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, But the discipline of fools is folly. The heart of the wise instructs his mouth And adds persuasiveness to his lips. Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” God is pouring out a honey anointing on the earth because it will increase our persuasiveness and bring healing to the bones and souls of those who hear it.

We know James 5 says, anoint with oil for healing, but now we know Proverbs 16 says, honey is healing as well and I see a fresh anointing of honey being poured out on the earth and it will be sweet to the taste, healing to the soul and bones, and persuasive to those who hear the words coming from the lips of those who have been anointed with honey.

One glance at the news and you will hear the words oil pipelines and nuclear war. North Korea is in the news, Russia is in the news, Ukraine is in the news, Iran is in the news, Saudi Arabia is in the news, Israel is in the news, China is in the news, and of course the United States is in the news. I just saw a headline that France has over 2500 gas stations without gas and 2000 with only partial fuel. You can look at the news and think the enemy is winning, but then when you open your Bible you read where Jesus said, ““I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.” (Luke 10:17-20) Now you have a choice to make, are you going to be intimidated by the works of the enemy around the world, or are you going to be enamored by the Lord of Heaven and Earth? One will create in you fear and anxiety, the other will create in you love and gratitude. The choice is yours.

We should not be ignorant of happenings around the world. We live in the world. Decisions that world leaders make affect us in many ways, they inconvenience us greatly, and they even trouble us for we have no control over any of it. Then we hear the words of Jesus in John 16:33 “These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” Yet again we have a choice to make, are we going to sit at home and watch our favorite news network all night long, just so our knowledge of something makes us feel “in the know” or are we going to head out and enjoy our friends and family, knowing we have prayed for the peace of Jerusalem and the world? I know for me, I pray for Putin, Kim Jung Un, Biden, Xi Ping, the Crown Prince, and any other world leaders name I hear. But I also realize, the Bible says, “The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes.” (Proverbs 21:1). Shalom my friends, God knows how to shift the hearts of world leaders, both wicked and righteous ones. Have a great weekend.

When Jesus breathed His last breath on earth as a man, the Bible says the veil of the temple tore in two from top to bottom, which opened the way to the Most Holy Place (Matthew 27:50-51). Then in Revelation 11:19 it says, “Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.” Hebrews 10:19-22 adds, “Since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith.” We have biblical precedence that tells us from three different authors, Matthew, John and most likely Paul, that we have access to the Most Holy Place in the temple of God.

He tore the veil of His flesh, so we could have access to the Most Holy Place, the ark of the covenant, the presence of God, the glory of God. Because this is truth that cannot be altered, what hinders this power, glory and access? It’s available, it’s accessible, but it is not always evident, why?

The veil is not in a physical building it is in the hearts of people. We have not torn the veil of our heart so the glory, power and presence of God cannot come out of us.

Fear keeps the veil up; unbelief keeps the veil up; sin keeps the veil up; hurt keeps the veil up; we walk into church with our veils up and therefore, we do not experience God in the way we could corporately. God is not sitting in a building waiting for us to come, He is dwelling in a people waiting for them to tear the veil. If we individually and then corporately could tear the veil, we would find the presence of God is easily accessible in the place we gather. The place hosts the people who have torn the veil and the presence of God comes out of us and others “feel” it and they begin to tear their veil. The more people who tear the veil in their own heart the more of God’s presence we will sense in the room for we are the temple of the Holy Spirit. We are long overdue to live without a veil.

Yesterday was a great day of shaking off residue of past seasons for me. It is amazing to me how as we go through life we pick up “nettles” (that was the word the Holy Spirit spoke to me) and those “nettles” attach themselves to us. We may not longer be in that season, that situation or that location, but the “nettles” hang on to us. I looked up what a nettle is, for it is not a word I use. Nettles = having toothed leaves; stinging hairs that cause irritation; to arouse to sharp or transitory annoyance or anger. Nettles, various shapes and sizes, stuck to you and you don’t always know its there until something irritates you. We should not be ashamed that we picked up “nettles”, but we do need to let the Holy Spirit and others remove them from us.

That was yesterday, now this morning, the Lord is very near and I can see a root He is digging up inside of me. It is a glass root, I can see Him, I let Him see me, but this root was creating a glass barrier between us and I wanted it removed. With tears running down my face, I allow the Master Surgeon to remove the root of pain, for every root affects our fruit. I don’t want any roots that will alter the fruit He wants me to produce. Once the root is removed, I open my Bible to Isaiah 55 which is where I left off in my reading yesterday and here come the word “nettles” again. The Holy Spirit is a Master Teacher, He leads us into all truth, all the time.

Here is what Isaiah 55 says, “So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire,

And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. For you will go out with joy And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Instead of the thorn bush the cypress will come up, And instead of the nettle the myrtle will come up, And it will be a memorial to the LORD, For an everlasting sign which will not be cut off.” We have entered the instead of season! What we have experienced up until now has been hard, but we are entering an instead of season. We know what “nettles” feel like, but we are about to know what the myrtle looks like. We are in a new season, says the Lord, who does not lie!