Sunday Message, Session 2 - Rachel Hickson (June 24, 2007) | Life Bible Church

It has indeed been a real pleasure to be with

you. And as is my tradition a little bit, I have

brought my family with me digitally. There's

my precious Gordon. And yeah, we are seriously

talking. And I think the way we'll do it is mostly

I'll bring my husband on vacation for two weeks,

maybe come for a holiday, come do some ministry

and then spend some time. But that's our 25th

wedding anniversary. And that was 18 months ago

now. That's my boy David, he's my 20 year old

and he's doing maths and business study at university.

Then that's my daughter Nicola, married to Tim

Douglas and they have just emigrated to Australia

about three weeks ago where they've just become

the pastors of a satellite church out of Hillsong,

Sydney. And so she's already, they're 25 and

23 now and got their first church. So that's

my terrible three. But they haven't given me

a grandchild yet, so I've got the next best thing.

Beautiful chocolate puppy who's growing up fast.

And if you listened to the tape last night, you'll

know how to get fat and break yolks. And all

good Christian households should train their

dogs. I think it's so funny. So there you go.

But I started last night to look at Isaiah 58.

And in each service, in many ways, I want to

carry on the theme, but look at different mirror

images of what I believe God is saying from this

passage. And I most probably focused on verses

6 and 7 last night, doing them as an overview

of this chapter. And this morning, I want to

actually focus on verses eight onwards and referring

back. And maybe if you get the series, you get

three for the price of one or whatever. But I

just believe that this chapter somehow, as I've

just read it in the Northwest, I've just kept

feeling God saying this is a chapter that he

wants to write in history. And he wants to begin

to out... Write this chapter with your lives

and especially coming up July the 4th. I know

you do a lot in the community and there's that

interface. Well, why do we do these things sometimes?

Why? What is it all about? But I believe God

is just doing something in these days to put

the church footprint back in the community. And

it's that time of linking church, commerce and

community together so that the power of God can

flow in a greater dimension and capacity. I was

thinking about July the 4th and yes, the British

are coming and the British are going, but we

did leave you red, white and blue. And I think,

you know, July the 4th wouldn't look very good

without red, white and blue. If you don't like

it, we'll take it back. It's funny, I was just

thinking about that. It's really interesting,

actually. As I look across the nations, the red,

white, and blue nations, and God spoke to me,

actually, a little while ago and said, watch

out for the red, white, and blue nations. I'm

doing something. Norway is one. Italy is one.

France is one. America. And it's just there's

something, I believe, of almost the balance.

Many of these red, white, and blue nations, they're

almost like in the balance. Which way are you

going to go? Which way are you going to go? Who

are you going to seek? And actually, the red,

white, and blue, I don't know if you know, but

it was done very biblically, prophetically, way

back before America picked it up. You know, Norway,

actually, picked up red, white, and blue. And

it really was given to them by the bishop of

Oslo, working with the government. And God gave

them the colors red, white, and blue. Red to

be the blood of Jesus Christ. White to be the

purity of the bride of Christ. And blue to be

the color of revelation in heaven touching earth.

And so they, you know, the very bishop as they

sat down to design their flag were given those

colors prophetically. And so maybe, you know,

there is something more in it than sometimes

we realize. So Father, we just pray that you'll

bless the word as we come to study this word

this morning. And we pray that you will give

us. Your view, your pattern, your design of what

you want to do in these days. Because we do believe

there is a breakthrough season coming. And we

thank you for it. And everybody said, Amen. And

so I want to actually read from verse 8 today.

Then your light will break forth like the dawn.

And your healing will quickly appear. And then

your righteousness will go before you and the

glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then

you will call and the Lord will answer and you

will cry for help and he will say, here I am.

If you do away with the yoke of oppression and

with the pointing finger in malicious talk, and

if you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry

and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then

your light will rise in the darkness and your

night will become like the noon day. So I'm going

to ask God to just reveal some of this. Last

night, I picked up very much the whole, the chains

of oppression and how God breaks chains of injustice,

how he unties yokes that come upon us and how

he releases oppressive atmospheres. But he does

the spiritual work, but he also asks us to cooperate

with him to do the practical work of verse seven.

He says, come on, share your food with the hungry,

provide shelter. And I finished off really by

saying, and don't turn away from your own flesh

and blood. And how often in our first world nations,

both Britain and America, we've been missionary

sending nations, we've been generous, we've been

very humanitarian in supporting the poor and

needy of the third world nations. But often we

turn away from our own flesh and blood in our

own streets. And we need a fresh revelation of

how do we turn towards our own and provide practical

help and care for them, as well as the spiritual

and the natural coming together. How does heaven

touch earth and then earth touch heaven? How

do we create those lightning conductors for the

power of God to break through in our communities

and our parts of geography? And so we looked

at this chapter and how from verse two to verse

five, God is wrestling with this people saying,

you think you can tick a lot of boxes and you're

doing well, but I've got issue with even your

your fasting and your sacrifice. You think you're

a spiritual good people making sacrifice, fasting

and praying, but actually so much of your motivation

is self -motivated. Because if God doesn't turn

up when you want in the way you want, your fasting

and seeking, which appears to put God first,

actually ends in an attitude of fighting God

and accusing him. And so you say, look, God,

we're doing all this for you. Where are you when

we need you? You know, your attitude is very

quickly, God, I've humbled myself. God, I prayed,

but you don't keep your side of the bargain.

And God says, you know what? That isn't the attitude

that draws the heart of God. And he wants us

to have a whole yieldedness that doesn't demand

of God, but is far more complicit towards him.

And so that's the beginning of it. And then we

looked at breaking the chains of injustice and

beginning to look at our social responsibility.

And then we come to verse eight. It says, then,

in other words. Because of those changes of our

heart and the changes of our behavior, it then

triggers something in the heavens which gives

a season of release. And I spoke last night and

again today, I just feel that there is a breakthrough

that God wants to give in the West Coast of America.

I've most probably traveled in and out of the

States very regularly over the last 10 years.

My parents are actually American citizens. They

changed their nationality in 1990. And so my

parents live in Texas. My brother, his wife,

and three kids also live in Texas. But I've never

really felt a great sense of call spiritually

to the south except to go home but i've always

felt this connection to the west which is more

inconvenient it's much longer flight greater

time shift and everyone says why don't you go

to you know old england new england all that

i said i don't know i'm west coast girl I feel

there's something in the West Coast that I want

to just break through. There's something here

of a breakthrough anointing. I believe in this

geography. There's something of the mandate of

God. Prophetically, the pioneer forerunner spirit

is in this land, both in the natural and I believe

in the spiritual. And so there needs to be the

then. It will break through. How many of you

want that then? Then, and I believe in the spirit,

then your light will break forth like the dawn.

And I have such a sense that there's that pressing

urgency for the then of God. And so God is refining

motivations, refining activities, refining what

we're doing and saying, come on, it is time to

work both in the spiritual and in the natural

so that we can live in the then of God. Then

your light will break forth like the dawn and

your healing will quickly appear. Then your righteousness

will go before you and the glory of God will

be your rear guard. And you see, when we look

at Isaiah 58, it's that transitional chapter

in the prophetic flow of Isaiah. If you read

back about Isaiah 35, the book suddenly takes

a step up. The first chapters of Isaiah, much

more about sin, about nations and all sorts of

stuff. And just giving a general overview of

the spiritual state of nations. And you get to

Isaiah 35 and suddenly the prophet Isaiah begins

to say, but there's something going to break

forth. This wilderness is going to blossom like

a rose. rose and the lame will leap. A highway

of our God will be made there. Then you come

to Isaiah 40. Comfort, comfort my people. Prepare

a highway for our God. Again, let that prophetic

sound cry out. Out in the wilderness, prepare

a way from our God. Every valley will be made

low. Every mountain will be lifted up. Verse

five. And the glory of the Lord will be revealed.

And all mankind can see it. That's verse 40.

And then you transition, you know, 42. This is

my servant, the one that I've called. You know,

I'll be with you when you go through the fire,

et cetera, et cetera. And you get to Isaiah 49.

And then there's that incredible scripture from

about verse 20 on about the restoring of God.

And it says, you know, I looked around me and

I said, where did these come from? When I was

barren, you enlarged me. And now they will say,

this place is too small. You know that scripture,

Isaiah 40. Then we come on to 55. Ho, everyone

that's thirsty. 54, which is sing, O barren one.

Enlarge the place of your tent. And so it goes

on. And then you feel the crescendo and suddenly

it's 58, which says, whoa. If, if, if, if, then,

if, if, if, then. It's a transition. It's like

the prophet is seeing something so incredible

that it's going to break forth and suddenly there's

a little pause button. on a minute. Don't just

think this is for granted. We've got to do some

ifs and thens, ifs and thens. And then we're

back into Isaiah 60. Arise, shine, for the light

has come, the glory of the Lord. Isaiah 61, for

the spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me,

because he has anointed me. Isaiah 62, come on,

you're no longer called deserted or desolate,

but now Hepzibah, etc. I mean, you don't need

the whole of Isaiah, but you get the picture.

And you see, there's such a cry. I am this prophet.

I want to see breakthrough. I want to see this

desert barren place. Break forth. But Isaiah

58 is that transition. And it's almost like in

this incredible flow, he just stops himself and

says, I so want this to happen for you. But if,

if, if, then, then, then. And that's why I believe

it's so important for Oregon. Because I believe

many of those Isaiah scriptures, arise, shine,

have been prophetic words. But there's an if

in there. There's a then. And so God is saying,

come on, then if you begin to get hold of the

understanding of the deliverance anointing that

really breaks through, if you begin to understand

the generosity to the poor and needy, the practical

expression of helping little people look better,

practically, not just spiritually, then something's

going to break through. And this light that will

arise and shine is greater than even that dawn.

When it begins, how many know when dawn begins,

you can't push it back. There's no backwards

button. Only Joshua made working with God made

it go back. But we know once the dawn is pressed,

we get breakthrough. It comes to the zenith.

It comes to the full noon day sun. Then your

light will begin that increase. And the wonderful

thing about light is, and my background is, I'm

a scientist, the wonderful thing about light

is it always overcomes darkness. It's made that

way. Light overcomes darkness. And I believe

there's such a battle in this northwest area

against the darkness of occultic power and the

darkness of sexual perversion. But when we get

certain pieces in place, then this light will

break forth as the dawn. And it cannot be stopped.

It will come to the zenith, the noonday sun.

Light always overcomes darkness. And so I believe

that God wants to put a new, I don't know, an

understanding of faith that when we're in the

right place at the right time, the right thing

cannot but help but happen. Light always overcomes

darkness. And so I believe there's a consistency

that God wants to put in us in doing the right

thing. And so often the intimidation of the devil

stops us just consistently doing right. And we

begin to think, well, what is the purpose? But

you see, it's when the darkness is dark that

then the light begins to shine. Do you get what

I mean? It's nighttime that comes into day. And

I believe that there are many dreams and promises

that have gone through that nighttime. But then

if we hold fast and do not give up, the light

will break through. And it's very easy to get

distracted by the darkness, but we need to get

focused on the light that will break through.

If we turn all the lights off in here, it will

be dark because there's not much natural light.

It will be pitch black. Now the instinct won't

be, ushers, get rid of this darkness. The instinct

will be, hit the lights. And if it's still not

enough light, the instinct will be, find more

lights. Increase the number of lights. And so

when we live in a dark place, yes, we do need

to have that spiritual discernment that can discern

the darkness that's about us. But if we get so

caught up in the darkness and we forget the light

that will break forth, I think we get overwhelmed.

And I believe that God wants you to begin to

focus on the light that will break forth. There

is a light that's going to break forth. And as

we do what's right, as we do fast, as we do see

those chains break, as we do give into born needy.

You see, July the 4th is not just doing the cute

thing to be in church. Actually, it's spiritual

activity. How many of you know that? It is actually

light going forth. Every time you give something

away, whatever is of faith. Be it unto you. I

mean, if you're just chucking stuff away, then

that's all you're doing. You're chucking stuff

away. But if you give with faith, you're putting

spiritual things. You know, every candy you give

out, give it with faith. Sow it as seed. If you're

just chucking it out the bucket, that's all you're

doing. But come on, we can do more than that

because then the light's going to break forth.

We put a spiritual and a practical dimension

to everything we do. Then it has power to break

darkness in Jesus' name. Light shines forth.

Then your light will shine forth as the dawn

and your healing will quickly appear. I really

do believe that there is a power for healing

to break through. Even last year when we just

prophesied and began to command life and babies

to be born, we saw a breakout of healing. And

I believe that's the first. I'd say the next

one is cancer. This year, that's what I had in

me. I thought, now it's time to hit the cancer.

It's time to hit the C button. That cancer word

has become such a curse. We just hear, you know,

in fact, some people will only call it the C

word because we've almost become superstitious

about it. But we've got to break that yoke of

cancer. We've got to see that healing will quickly

appear and we've got to put our foot on it and

not run away from it. We've got to step in, not

step away. And we've got to see that our God

is well able to break that wretched curse of

cancer. And then your righteousness will go before

you. And the glory of the Lord will be your rear

guard. Then, then, then. What are all the thens

about? Because you're positioning yourself with

right attitudes, which we spoke about last night.

But righteousness, what is righteousness? Again,

we make it such a religious word. Your righteousness

will go before you. Then the glory can come behind

you. So what is the righteousness? Well, the

righteousness is a right standing, a right positioning

in the presence of God. It is a consistency,

I believe, of walking your life out right. And

sometimes righteousness is not not doing things.

It is making a positive decision to do things.

Do you get what I mean? And if you go back, righteousness

is the absence of sin. So what is sin? Sin is

not just a religious word. Sin was used, if you

go back to the everyday Hebrews and Greek sort

of classic communities, all those thousands of

years ago, before the Bible was written, every

word that's in our Bible was used every day.

Do you get what I'm saying? And so it's a bit

like computers today, we know. Well, the sin

word was not just used in church. The sin word

was an everyday word, and it was used mainly

in two dimensions. The word sin was used by accountants.

It was used as an accounting word, and it literally

meant to go into the red, really. Every time

you went into the red, your bank manager would

say to you, excuse me, Pastor Ron, your account

has just sinned. You know, you've gone negative.

And so anytime you are negative, you are in sin.

So I'm not going to ask you how many of you are

sinners today. But you see, it was an everyday

accounting word. It meant anytime you go into

debit, anytime you go beneath the nought line,

anytime you are in debt. That's why it calls

about, he breaks the debt and releases you from

the debtor in older translations. How many have

read that? Because you see, the sin word just

meant to go into the red, to be below the line.

So that was the first thing. And that is most

probably the interpretation of sin we're more

familiar with. I came up negative. I didn't do

so well. I've got a demerit rather than a credit.

I missed the mark. You know, I'm not very good.

The other. definition of sin is what I've just

said, to miss the mark. And it was actually used

every day as an archery word. And so if you're

into bows and arrows, then maybe we take today's

sort of picture of me more darts, you know, a

dartboard and darts. And so if you would state,

I'm going to hit a bullseye and you take back

your dart and you throw it. And instead of a

bullseye, you hit a double 20. You have just

sinned. That dart has sinned because it missed

the mark for which it was destined. And so whenever

an archer pulled an arrow and shot the arrow,

the cry would come back, sinned or hit. And you

see, so many of us, our lives are sinning because

we're not really letting our life be thrust by

the flight feathers of the Spirit of God. We're

not hitting the bullseye of the destiny that

God's called us to. And so if we want our righteousness

to appear, we've got to be right standing in

the presence of God in both dimensions without

sin. And so the sin is dealing with the negative

and the debit. We've got to deal with everything

when we know we're coming below the line, below

the par. But also we've got to deal with everything

where we're not doing totally what we know we're

made to do. Then you see our righteousness will

go up in front of us. And we've got to deal with

everything that withholds from that real cry

and purpose of God. And if you want your righteousness

to go up in front of you, then you find something

else comes behind you. And the rear guard is

going to be the glory of God. Isn't that amazing?

So you see, if you step out on that perfect path

of righteousness, isn't that Psalm 23? I think

I taught that. And he, you know, he'll make paths

of... righteousness for his name's sake. And

so every one of you have got a path of righteousness.

It's not just the path that's absence for sin,

but it's a path that leads you to perfectly fulfill

the destiny of who you are. So that when you

step into heaven, God the Father can look at

you and say, wow, well done, my son. You have

lived every dimension. Your bullseye, you hit

the mark. Do you get what I'm saying? And so

you see, there is a righteousness that is different.

Of course, there's the basic things don't sin,

the 10 commandments, thou shalt not. And if we

live with those things, then we're in sin. But

there's other areas. How many of you know that

something for you is a sin and for something

for someone else isn't a sin? You see, that's

how it works because every single one of us are

uniquely destined and planned. And if I want

to hit the bullseye of God, for me at that time,

God might be saying no chocolate, or God might

be saying no TV, or God might be saying no this,

this, this. And that becomes a sin for me because

it's a distraction from the bullseye of God for

me at that time and season of my life. And how

many of you know that at other times, you know

you're perfectly free to do it? So there's no

rules, but there are principles where we walk

hearing the sound of God so that we are always

hitting the bullseye. Then our righteousness

leads us. And when we're walking like that, something

else is following us. The rear guard of his glory.

Because guess what? God always blesses what he

orders. And so when we are walking in the perfect

alignment of the will of God, God can't help

but be the presence behind you. Again, Psalm

23. Even though I walk through the valley of

the shadow of death, I fear no evil for thou

art with me and your rod and staff, they comfort

me. You see, how many of you know you've got

to walk into death situations? You've got to

walk into some ugly places. Maybe your marriage

feels ugly. Maybe there's family relationships

that are just not the best. Maybe your work situation

is just fretful. And you've got to walk, not

away, you've got to walk through. Because you

know that this is your time and place for this

season. God hasn't always promised that the bullseye

of God always is in nice places. For even Jesus,

he saw the cross, but he knew that was his bullseye.

And so he says, I fixed my eyes for the joy that

was set before me because I knew I had to hit

it. And so even though I walk through, not walk

away, walk through the valley of the shadow of

death, I fear no evil. For right in the middle

of this... Conflict zone. You have set a table

in the presence of all my enemies and opposition.

And you walk through that season of opposition

and you say, surely what? Goodness is now following

me and mercy. Because you changed an atmosphere.

Do you get what I'm saying? You just changed

the atmosphere. You walked into a valley of death,

but you've left behind you goodness and mercy.

And this is exactly what Isaiah 58 is saying.

Come on church, get a revelation. As you begin

to break the chains of justice and oppression,

as you begin to practically minister to the practical

needs of the hungry, poor and needy, then light

begins to break and the glory of the Lord rises

upon you. Healing begins to come forth. And as

you are rightly designated to the perfect, destiny

and function of your life then a whole new level

of the glory of God is going to be your rear

guard and everywhere you walk out suddenly God

is behind all you do and so when you walk out

of a place people are just going to see the presence

of the manifest glory of God residing and hanging

where you've just been And I believe that that

is the atmospheric change that God wants to bring

in these days. And then it says, And the Lord

will answer. You will cry for help and he will

say, here I am. And so the breakthrough is happening

at both dimensions. It's happening vertically

towards God. Suddenly heaven draws nearer, earth

draws nearer. And you just know that when you

begin praying, suddenly breakthrough is happening.

But when you're speaking, you're also seeing

healings happening, light into the dark places,

the glory and the presence of God in places which

had just been conflicting and difficult. So you

get the vertical. And the horizontal breakthrough.

And then what's so fascinating is you can feel

Isaiah's back on the roll. Now the glory is going

to come through, etc. And then he goes, oh, oh,

if, if. Can you see? This is such a transition.

So we come back to verse 9. But if you do away

with the yoke of oppression. If you do away with

the pointing finger and malicious talk. If you

spend yourself on behalf of the hungry. If you

satisfy the needs of the oppressed. Then you're

light. So twice in this chapter, he's like, you

could feel the prophetic urgency wanting to say,

come on, Northwest, it's breakthrough. But if,

if, if, oh, it's breakthrough. Oh, no, I've still

got to underline. If, if, if, if. If you do away

with the yoke of oppression. So I looked at this

yoke of oppression. And interestingly, it's different.

from the set the oppressed free at the end of

verse 6. There, setting the oppressed free is

much more about demonic atmospheres. It's the

oppressive atmospheres. But this yoke of oppression,

when you look at it and look at other translations,

it's to do with the oppression that we as people

exert over others. It's mainly the yoke of oppression.

Let me just read here. This is not the enemy's

oppressive spirit, but this is the oppressive

atmosphere felt by injustice. And it literally

is unreasonable expectation of authority and

powers that can bring abuse or difficulty. And

so God's saying, I want to give you such a breakthrough

of glory and breakthrough, but you must get off

that yoke of oppression. Because how many know,

if we want to be those that carry the signs and

wonders of God, if that power goes to our head,

we are dangerous people. And so it's like the

prophet says, oh, God wants to put such glory

on, but you must deal with every yoke of oppression.

We must deal with leadership that begins to lord

over rather than serve. And we must make sure

that our authority doesn't become abusive, but

rather serving. And you need to do away with

the yoke of oppressive leadership or oppressive

government. It's got much more that sound. It's

that sort of yoke. It's the picture of the slave

drivers, the masters, you know, where we just

master people and say, you will do it. I'm the

boss. And all of us have been in those environments

where suddenly when the breakthrough of God comes,

we begin to think the power belongs to us. It

says you've got to deal with that attitude and

that propensity or that sort of weakness that

goes towards. As soon as power comes, we want

to own it. We've got to deal with it. And then

the other thing it says, you've got to do away

with the pointing finger and the malicious talking.

And how many of you know, when God begins to

move, how many have discovered he usually doesn't

do it our way? And usually he does it the way

you hate most. You watch God move and you think,

well, I could handle it as long as it's not like

that. And I love the way God makes sure it is

like that. And so you see, as this glory begins

to break full, as this light of the dawn begins

to break full, again the prophet says, now, whoa,

whoa, whoa. You must deal with these ifs if you

really want to see the full acceleration. And

God spoke to me a while ago and he said this.

He said, gossip. And I've forgotten the other

one. Are luxuries that the church cannot afford.

Competition. Luxury. The spirit of gossip and

competition are luxuries that the church can

no longer afford. That's quite profound. I didn't

think of it. That's what I can say. Gossip and

competition are luxuries that the church can

no longer afford. And all of us, if we're honest,

how many of you know you've got a pointing finger

inside you? There are times you watch something

and you could go, that, I'm not sure I like.

And every time that pointing finger comes out,

we've got to really deal with that cynicism,

that nasty thing. Because how many know, yes,

the tongue, Proverbs 18, verse 21, has the power

Proverbs 18:21

of life or death. And how many of us want to

kill the move of God? We don't want it. But you

see, what a responsibility that that pointing

figure and malicious talking has the power of

death and destruction. Do you agree with me?

And so the prophets begin to say, now come on,

if, if, if, you must do away. These are luxuries

the church can't afford. But you see, in our

environment, in our humanistic, secular way of

thinking, we're constantly told we have the right

to think and give our opinion. You know, the

Bible doesn't agree. The Bible actually doesn't

agree that we have a right to our opinions and

ways of thinking. The Bible says, no, my ways

are never going to be your ways. My thoughts

are above your thoughts. Get used to it and get

in line. And so are we really going to see this

breakthrough? We've got to deal with that, almost

our education of the first world that just says,

well, excuse me. If you will do away with a pointing

finger in the malicious talk. And then there's

the other if comes back. If you will satisfy,

spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and

satisfy the needs of oppressed. Don't you find

it interesting how all the time the spiritual

and very practical, spiritual and very practical,

if, if, if, if. And then we come right back round

in a circle. Then your light will rise in the

darkness. And your night will become like the

noonday. You've accelerated from dawn now to

the breakthrough of noonday. And I just feel

that God is wrestling with the Northwest. Come

on, Northwest, you can do bigger. I've got such

a destiny for you to break through. I've got

such a purpose of breakthrough anointing, such

a desire to see the light of the glory of God,

of healing signs and wonders. But we really need

to do with some of the attitudes of the ifs,

ifs, ifs. And how many know it's a price we've

got to pay. We've really got to let God deal.

with that. And then it goes into verse 11. It

says, for the Lord will guide you always. He

will satisfy your needs in a sun -scorched land.

He will strengthen your frame. You will be like

a well -watered garden, like a spring whose waters

never fail. I remember as I've traveled into

the Northwest, nearly everyone says, well, this

is the graveyard. This is a place where it's

hard to do church, really hard to get the flow

of the Spirit. It's hard to really feel the water

consistently. You feel it in your head. It's

difficult. It's at your face. But you see, if,

if, if, if, if we can tick certain boxes, then,

then, then, then, then, then, then. Then we will

actually be in a place where we can just know

the guidance of God. Isn't that amazing? Verse

11, guidance. So many people say, just tell me

what to do. Rachel, you're a prophet. What should

I do? No, I believe that there's going to be

such a breakthrough of the heavens that we will

know because God will be speaking so clearly.

He will guide you. You will absolutely know you're

in the right place at the right time and what

to do. You will know the ear of God and know

his voice in your ear. He will strengthen your

frame. That's healing. Again, the healing thing.

He will provide for you. He'll satisfy your needs

in a Sanskrit provision. That even when other

people are going through economic hardship and

stuff is going up and down and the stock market's

not doing well, he will satisfy your needs. He

will strengthen your frame. And he will give

you spiritual life. You will be a well -watered

garden. Because he promises that to you. But

he says, come on. Because I want to give you

all the blessings, all most of us. I feel that

sense of it's time. Let me break through. Let

me do this for you. It's time of breakthrough.

But will you tick the ifs? Then he will tick

the thens. And he will come to you. It's time

to break through. I want to just come. I've had

some prophetic stuff. I want to pray for you,

Aaron. I asked what your name was. So can you

just come? All weekend I've seen you worshipping.

And so I asked Pastor Brad, I said, what's the

name of that young man? He said, it's Aaron.

I just want you to know that wasn't word of knowledge.

That was word of asking. But I didn't ask anything

else. And I just felt it's a whole new season

for you to know that your God is with you. I

almost saw you all weekend. There's such a passion

inside you to be released. But there's also like

you've gone through a season where you felt there's

also like a dam where you think, well, I don't

know where to let it go. And it's like this conflict

of passions inside, but opportunities of almost

restriction. You've sort of been vacillating

inside. God, which way? How? Where? And I just

feel that God says there's a deep, deep well

in you. Deep, deep well in you. And sometimes

you've looked at that deep well and you said,

but I want it to be a river. I want to go almost

like White River with surfing. I want some activity.

I want it to be a little bit more. But he says,

no, I've been digging a deep, deep well in you.

And he's taken you deep before he takes you wide.

And I just feel that he says, just be at peace

in your soul. Don't worry that it's just seemed

to be very narrow. And he thought, but I just

feel restricted. But God says, no, no, no, I've

taken you deep, deep, deep, deep, deep. But I'm

going to stretch you wide. And I believe there

is a call to nations in you. And there is a call

to touch the West. Touching the east. The east

touching the west. And even the north touching

the south. And the south touching the north.

And you've said, but how does it all work? And

even financially. And I just can't see how it

all works. And you've sat at different times

at night. And I just felt that God just says

to you, you know what? You've served me faithfully.

And it's almost like I saw an electrical switchboard,

you know, where you've got all the fuse boxes

and how different lights have to go on. You have

to go flick the switches. And I just feel that

the Holy Spirit's standing at this fuse box of

your life. And at this time, it's only certain

rooms feel lit, but he's just going to suddenly

flick switches and it literally is going to be.

that there will be alignments that come and suddenly,

oh, this week's end, flick, flick, flick, flick,

flick. And the lights are going to come on to

release you to do what's really in your heart

to do. But God just says, you've been faithful

and you've been a faithful servant. And I will

open the doors of that teaching. I believe there's

a real teacher trainer from the deep well. And

he will bless you. And he will satisfy you in

the sun scorched down. And you've often felt,

well, it's just got dry and it's got a bit hard.

And I'm not sure, but I'm just going to stand

and be faithful. I'll be standing and be faithful.

And standing and be faithful. And standing and

be faithful. And God says, and in a moment, that

which has gone deep will stretch wide. And the

eagle wings. We'll see the nations. So Father,

I bless for the nations. I bless for the nations.

I bless for the nations. I feel also you've really

wondered, well, how much should I do practically?

And how much should I do for the ministry? Because

you've always thought, well, maybe it's a ministry.

Maybe I should just get a job. Maybe I should

train this and that. And I just feel that God

says, no, just keep getting every gift and calling

to go deep. And there is just practical, natural

training. He wants to skill your hands in the

natural workplace. And he will then equip you

in the ministry place. But this is that season.

It's a mixture season. And you've sort of, you've

vacillated. Well, this doesn't look so spiritual.

But I just feel God says to you, no, just dig

in there. Dig it deep and do it well. And he

will stretch the ministry to you later. But I

feel it is a practical season of just putting

your feet under the desk and table and all that

sort of stuff. And you thought, but why? And

I just feel God's going to put all these bits

together later as he flicks the switchboard.

And it will make sense. But it's actually a season

of quite frustrating sort of normal for you.

But God says it's not a waste of time. This is

an investment to take you deep. to stretch you

wide so that you can carry all that I've got

for you in the years ahead. Because I'm going

to make you a pillar that's a load bearer. And

he loves you, Aaron. You're very, very precious.

Maybe a couple of you men could just come and

just pray over him. Very, very precious. Very,

very precious. Blessed, blessed, blessed. Bless,

bless, bless, bless, bless. We thank you Father

for Aaron. Thank you Father for Aaron. So for

the rest of us, why don't we just stand in the

presence of God. And if you know this morning

that there are some ifs that need to get right

so that the then of God can come forth. Maybe

you know in your life you've made some bad choices.

Maybe you know that sin. You just know you've

made bad choices and you're not living on the

cutting edge of what God's called you to be.

And so this morning you need to say, Jesus, I'm

sorry. I want to change. the destiny direction

of my life. I need you in my life. Because the

only thing that can help you really hit the bullseye

of God is the water and the breath of his spirit.

That's what carries you to hit the mark. And

so if you're not leaning upon God and you're

trying to make it on your own, you usually end

up in the wrong place. But God's here and he

doesn't want you to live a life of sin. He wants

you to live a life of satisfaction. And maybe

you just feel in your life, I just never seem

to hit it. It always goes wrong. Well, I know

a man, his name is Jesus. He can let you live

with the satisfaction of a life that hits the

mark. And if you're here this morning and you

know, I'm just missing it. I just feel I'm missing

it. And there's something in you that's saying,

oh God, I just want to know that you're with

me. Then I just ask you to put your hand right

up to heaven, wherever you are right now. And

I want to pray for you. You know that God bless

you, bless you. All around this place. God bless

you, bless you. I want to pray with you. And

so as you put your hands to heaven, Father, right

now in Jesus' name, I pray. That every one of

these lives will be like an arrow that hits the

mark. And this morning we pray that they will

make the right choice to know that their life

has hit the mark. I would just like to invite

those of you who've got your hands up and you

just know that there's an area that God's just

showing you. We're a safe house here. We're not

going to embarrass you. But if you could just

come down the front and pray with me, that would

be great. I'd just love to pray for you down

the front. You just know God spoke to you this

morning and you're just saying, you know what?

I want to make sure that my life hits the mark.

Wherever you are, you know what God said to you.

Just come. If you want to come with a friend,

just come with them. Just walk down together.

That's fine. You don't have to come alone. Just

turn to someone and say, you know, I would like

someone to pray for me this morning. Just come.

Just come. We'd love that opportunity. And then

the prayer team, if you could just come. Men

with men, women with women. And just begin to

agree in prayer with them that their life will

hit the target of God. That every sense of dissatisfaction,

loneliness, that they will know, just as you

put your hand on them, they will know the hand

of God come upon their life and satisfy them.

If you can stand around the front of them and

just look at their face, let them know. that

you're representative Jesus. Find out their names

and just pray with them so that they know God

is with them today. And do just come. And for

the rest of us, just take hands together and

let's just pray. Father, this morning, let's

just pray with me. Father, this morning, we ask

you, let us be people positioned to carry the

glory of God. Let us be those that do away with

the ifs so we see the then of God break through.

And everyone said, Amen. We'll give at least

two people a hug and bless them in Jesus' name.

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