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The Lord Seated On The Throne, Cheryl Allen (Isaiah 6)

Frontier Church

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  1. you're here, so. Thank you. Thank you.

  2. So good to be in your new home. I um

  3. just felt as I was um

  4. worshipping with you guys, uh just that

  5. your name is Frontier, and I feel like

  6. you've been put in a new frontier, and I

  7. just feel like the spiritual

  8. realities,

  9. um there's a lot of plowing.

  10. I feel like the building is beautiful,

  11. but I feel like plowing is needed. And I

  12. just sense like in this season, there's

  13. going to be great spiritual plowing. Um

  14. because I just sense there's a fruit

  15. that God wants you to experience that he

  16. wants you to partner with him in.

  17. That could be an intense word that I'm

  18. sharing, but I feel it. I feel like the

  19. Lord just saying, you want spiritual

  20. things to happen here. And I feel like

  21. God's saying, yeah, and I want very

  22. spiritual things to happen here. Not

  23. just oh, I have friends. Oh, this is

  24. cool. What a cool building. You know

  25. what I mean? It's like, no. No, no, no,

  26. no, no. Like the Lord's going to do

  27. tremendous things here. And I feel like

  28. it is a season to plow with him. And and

  29. like I just feel like um the serving,

  30. like getting the building ready is done.

  31. Now we do spiritual preparation. And or

  32. whatever. I don't know. Something like

  33. that. I feel like God's saying, I called

  34. you Frontier for a reason. And I really

  35. feel like there's something beautiful

  36. that's going to happen in the midst of

  37. that. And with this worship leader, I

  38. just sense

  39. uh

  40. I feel from you and and Hannah, I just

  41. sense the Holy Spirit just speaking

  42. um Psalm 110. The Lord said to my Lord,

  43. and I feel like he's saying it over you.

  44. Sit at my right hand. Sit at my right

  45. hand. Watch what I do. I feel like it is

  46. a season of waiting on the Lord, and as

  47. you you wait, I just feel like the fruit

  48. that's going to come out of your lives,

  49. as well as the things that you've been

  50. waiting on, he's going to do. And I just

  51. feel like he's going to get all the

  52. glory. But I felt this phrase um

  53. so special. You are a priest forever. I

  54. feel this over both of you. You have a

  55. priestly anointing to lead people into

  56. the presence of God, and you are priests

  57. forever according to the order of

  58. Melchizedek, which is out of Psalm 110,

  59. and I just sense with that, it's like a

  60. heavenly order to escort people into

  61. heaven. It's not necessarily to bring

  62. God down, it's to go up. And I feel the

  63. Lord just saying, you have that of

  64. escorting people up. And I just feel it

  65. is a season that you're going to go up,

  66. up, up. And I just feel like you're

  67. going to spend many hours just in his

  68. presence. And um yeah, I just feel like

  69. the Lord's zealous over you two, and I

  70. feel like he is like he has set you

  71. apart for himself. I

  72. yeah, amen. I just feel that over you

  73. guys, and um I feel like leading people

  74. into priestly things. Yeah.

  75. Amen.

  76. Um yeah, today I love the songs that

  77. were picked. Wow, so beautiful. I just

  78. was relishing who Jesus is and that he

  79. sits on the throne. And that is my main

  80. message tonight today, sorry, tonight.

  81. Um this morning is that

  82. he is on a throne, and he is seated.

  83. And this is the Isaiah 6 experience. In

  84. the year that King Uzziah died,

  85. I saw the Lord seated

  86. on a throne,

  87. high and lifted up.

  88. And so I want to take some time just to

  89. unpack that. I definitely feel like

  90. in the midst

  91. of so much transition, God has called

  92. the 20s transitional years.

  93. I mean, he's he's shaking everything

  94. that can be shaken. He's allowing things

  95. to quickly transition.

  96. Um and with that, he is doing stuff

  97. personally in our lives.

  98. Um and part of that is to get us

  99. stabilized only in him.

  100. He wants his church stabilized by

  101. himself.

  102. Not stabilized by anything else but

  103. himself.

  104. And I think all of us think we're

  105. stabilized by him, but then we have

  106. things happen, and we're like, oh.

  107. I'm shaken.

  108. I'm kind of like move like I'm I'm kind

  109. of affected in ways I didn't think I

  110. would be. And I feel like God's allowing

  111. this in order to prepare us for the next

  112. season of history. I mean, we are in an

  113. interesting time of history. I don't

  114. want to go into all of that, but we are.

  115. And he wants his bride in the Western

  116. church ready.

  117. He wants us so ready in a in a land that

  118. is filled with comfort. He doesn't want

  119. us

  120. like in a place of, oh, I get my comfort

  121. the same place that my neighbor gets

  122. comfort.

  123. He wants us in a place that my comfort

  124. comes from above.

  125. And so with that being said,

  126. uh I have so many things to to go

  127. through, but I will will yeah, I'm going

  128. to pray. Father, I just thank you. I

  129. thank you for this time. I thank you

  130. uh

  131. you are good, and your mercy endures

  132. forever. I ask, Holy Spirit, would you

  133. move in this time? You have so much that

  134. you want to pour into this beautiful

  135. congregation, and I ask that Lord, you

  136. would do it according to your purposes.

  137. I ask that Lord, you know what I've

  138. planned, but your plans are so much

  139. better. And so I ask that you flow

  140. through this time. Flow in the name of

  141. Jesus. Amen. Amen.

  142. So,

  143. there's there's this negative situation.

  144. A king has died. And in the midst of it,

  145. he sees

  146. God sitting on a throne.

  147. Now first King Uzziah,

  148. um

  149. do you guys know about him? He was an

  150. interesting guy. He actually got filled

  151. with pride. I'm going to show you a

  152. scripture. It's out of um

  153. 2 Chronicles 26:16.

    2 Chronicles 26:16

  154. Let's just look at the history of King

  155. Uzziah.

  156. It's really interesting.

  157. I don't know, do you think it's going up

  158. on screens? If not, turn to your Bible.

  159. >> [laughter]

  160. >> Um

  161. 2 Chronicles 26:16. This tells the

    2 Chronicles 26:16

  162. background of this guy. He's this godly

  163. leader.

  164. So godly. He's doing really wonderful

  165. things, and then all of the sudden, in 2

    2 Chronicles 26:16

  166. Chronicles 26:16,

  167. but when he was strong, his heart was

  168. lifted up to his destruction.

  169. For he transgressed against the Lord his

  170. God by entering the temple of the Lord

  171. to burn incense on the altar of incense.

  172. So interestingly enough,

  173. he was this guy who's known as this a

  174. godly king, and then all of the sudden,

  175. pride just started entering his heart,

  176. and he's like, you know what? I'm going

  177. to do what the priests do. Even though

  178. I'm not a priest, I'm going to do it.

  179. And he goes in to do it, and they're

  180. begging him, do not do this. And as soon

  181. as he does it, leprosy fills his body,

  182. and he's never seen again.

  183. So he'd been this amazing king, and now

  184. he's not. And what happened?

  185. His heart was lifted up.

  186. And

  187. interesting, cuz we're right in the

  188. midst of a bunch of falling leaders.

  189. As the church, we have seen so many

  190. fall. I mean, I have seen one of my

  191. personal favorite leaders in the body of

  192. Christ fall.

  193. Um but I feel like it's it it's hitting

  194. every aspect of the church.

  195. And it's interesting when you see

  196. falling leaders, a lot of reaction can

  197. happen.

  198. Especially in this current scene, where

  199. you have like TMZ for Christians. You

  200. know what I mean when I'm talking about?

  201. TMZ, you know,

  202. I have a special interview with this

  203. person who and it's like, oh my

  204. goodness. It's it's it's an interesting

  205. experience, and God doesn't want us in

  206. the midst of that. He wants us in a

  207. different place.

  208. But in the midst of it, it's

  209. interesting. Last year the Lord said to

  210. me,

  211. um just as I was preparing to speak, we

  212. were in a prayer time, and the Holy

  213. Spirit just said to me,

  214. I don't have issues with tables anymore

  215. in my body. I have issues with stages.

  216. And he said, I am coming to flip the

  217. stages.

  218. I am coming to flip the stages.

  219. And then he said very clear, they will

  220. all fall down. They will all fall down.

  221. And I knew those were the elders of the

  222. church.

  223. And I was like, oh yeah, like the elders

  224. in the yeah, everybody's falling. And

  225. he's like, no, it's also the falling and

  226. the failings of men. I will use it to do

  227. what I am doing in this season of the

  228. church.

  229. I will flip the stages.

  230. God is This is not a season to promote a

  231. stage.

  232. This is a season to decentralize

  233. in some ways. Why?

  234. Jesus wants all the glory.

  235. It is Luciferian. Okay, maybe I

  236. shouldn't say that, but I might move on.

  237. There was an angel that wanted a lot of

  238. attention.

  239. In the midst of THE PRESENCE OF GOD, HE

  240. WANTED ATTENTION.

  241. And that was Lucifer, who now has become

  242. our biggest enemy. And he in some ways

  243. has affected the church to say the same

  244. thing, "Look at me.

  245. Look at me.

  246. In the midst of the presence of God,

  247. look at me."

  248. That's going to shift.

  249. Woo.

  250. What's about to happen?

  251. I don't know, but I feel like the

  252. falling of man, whether it was

  253. the devil and all the different things,

  254. but God is using it. He will use it.

  255. It's not the only way he's coming, but

  256. he will use it.

  257. To flip stages.

  258. Ooh, all eyes on Jesus.

  259. All eyes on Jesus.

  260. Amen.

  261. So,

  262. in the midst of

  263. Oh, I'm disappointed. Oh, that's hard.

  264. Oh,

  265. economic downturn. In the midst of

  266. Uh,

  267. I don't like my workplace. In the midst

  268. of whatever those things are in your

  269. life,

  270. God is saying, "I want to stabilize you

  271. in a different way.

  272. I want to stabilize you, and I'm

  273. allowing the shaking to expose where you

  274. are being stabilized."

  275. Does that make sense? Okay.

  276. So,

  277. let's just look at Isaiah 6 just so we

  278. can we we have our eyes on it.

  279. Amen.

  280. Oh, it is there. Okay, cuz I'm like,

  281. "They don't move They don't move." When

  282. I say turn. Okay.

  283. >> [laughter]

  284. >> I saw the Lord high and exalted, seated

  285. on a throne.

  286. I want to talk about being seated on a

  287. throne.

  288. Because that throne is eternal. I'm just

  289. going to wear my glasses.

  290. I'm an older person, anyway.

  291. >> [laughter]

  292. >> This was not my life before. Um

  293. >> [laughter]

  294. >> The throne is permanently set.

  295. It will never move. It has never moved.

  296. I can't do it. Um

  297. cuz you're all blurry.

  298. It's been forever and ever and ever. It

  299. is never moved. It is permanent fixture.

  300. Now, the house I grew up in, it is still

  301. there, and my family still owns it. And

  302. the furniture is exactly as it was when

  303. I was 3 years old. You know I mean, like

  304. it's exactly the same.

  305. I mean, it changed a little bit, but

  306. it's placed in the same places. The

  307. painting is still there.

  308. And guess what? It brings peace to me.

  309. If I go to that favorite place, if I go

  310. to that place that has always been the

  311. same, I feel secure.

  312. And God's like, "Yeah, I want that place

  313. to be my place.

  314. I want that to be your favorite spot

  315. where you get stabilized." Some people

  316. are like, "Well, I go to um the spa."

  317. You know or whatever. You know I mean,

  318. or I go to wherever that is. But God's

  319. like,

  320. "I want to replace that with myself.

  321. That I am your stable place, and I am

  322. seated on a throne."

  323. That throne, I love this scripture. It's

  324. out of Jeremiah.

  325. It's verse um

  326. 17

  327. verse 12, chapter 17 verse 12. A

  328. glorious high throne from the beginning

  329. is the place of our sanctuary.

  330. It's been from the very beginning, and

  331. it will always be. It brings stability.

  332. And part of it is in the midst of

  333. um the shaking, in the midst of

  334. uncertainty,

  335. instability,

  336. he's immovable and unshakeable.

  337. I love that. Psalm 45 verse 6, "Your

    Psalms 45:6

  338. throne is forever."

  339. I mean, there's this fun scripture out

  340. of Psalm 93 where it says, "The floods

  341. have lifted up. The floods have lifted

  342. up." But guess what? God is on high.

  343. His throne is still there.

  344. Now,

  345. evil kings, they they tend to do

  346. different things. They conspire in the

  347. midst of instability.

  348. God does not want us given to

  349. conspiracies

  350. in the midst of instability.

  351. Ooh, I don't think this is the

  352. conspiring church, but there's a lot of

  353. the conspiring.

  354. And God's like, "Don't waste your time

  355. in conspiracy.

  356. Don't go down that rabbit hole. It's a

  357. hole.

  358. Be lifted up.

  359. Be lifted up and be seated with me.

  360. Experience my security where I am not

  361. plotting.

  362. I am secure.

  363. That is so important.

  364. And then

  365. it says that the people plot in vain.

  366. Meaning we can strategize, we can plot,

  367. we can try to figure it out. And God's

  368. like, "No, that's not what I've called

  369. you to either. I want to stabilize you

  370. in my presence."

  371. Now, he may give you strategy in the

  372. midst, but that's not number one. Number

  373. one is peace and grace just flowing from

  374. his face.

  375. Amen. Okay.

  376. And then

  377. I love the idea

  378. of him

  379. being seated.

  380. Because I think a lot of times we run

  381. around or we're or we're doing this. And

  382. God's like, "No, that's not going to

  383. bring security to your life. That's not

  384. bringing stability to your life. That

  385. scrolling is not helpful."

  386. He said, "I promise you in the midst of

  387. your insecurity, I want to secure you by

  388. my presence."

  389. Now, the idea of going up versus him

  390. coming down.

  391. It is an important difference. Does he

  392. do both? Yes.

  393. Do we need both? Yes.

  394. We need to practice going up and

  395. experiencing stability from there. I'm

  396. just going to show you a quick verse.

  397. I felt this while we worshipped. It

  398. wasn't planned, but I felt it. So, we're

  399. going to just look at Colossians 2.

  400. Amen.

  401. While I turn,

  402. Colossians 2, I don't know I don't know

  403. the reference really quick. But I know

  404. where

  405. I I buy the same Bible every time. So, I

  406. know where it is on the page. Do you

  407. catch what I'm saying? I've never for 25

  408. years, same Bible.

  409. So, no matter where I am, I can see like

  410. exactly where it is the page. Okay, it's

  411. Let's look at verse 20.

  412. It says, "Therefore, if you died with

  413. Christ from the basic principles of the

  414. world, why as though living in the world

  415. do you subject yourselves to

  416. regulations? Do not touch, do not taste,

  417. do not handle." I just want to go to

  418. that cuz these are sometimes the things

  419. we run to to get stabilized, where we

  420. run to to get and then we're like, "Oh,

  421. no, no, don't do that. Don't do that."

  422. That doesn't work.

  423. Don't do doesn't work.

  424. If we're dealing with pornography, don't

  425. do doesn't work.

  426. We need a substitute.

  427. Okay? So, it's like whatever that is,

  428. don't eat a lot or don't go shopping or

  429. don't whatever that is, okay? He's like,

  430. "Don't go buy some things." You know

  431. what I mean? Like whatever that is that

  432. we want to feel powerful, stabilized,

  433. he's like, "The don't do it. You can say

  434. don't do, don't do all you want." It

  435. looks kind of humble. It looks kind of

  436. cool, but it doesn't work. Okay, here we

  437. go. It says, "Which all concern things

  438. which perish with the using according to

  439. the commandments and doctrines of men.

  440. These things indeed have an appearance

  441. of wisdom and self-imposed

  442. religion, false humility, and neglect of

  443. the body, but are of no value against

  444. the indulgence of the flesh."

  445. If then you were raised with Christ,

  446. seek those things which are above, where

  447. Christ is sitting at the right hand. It

  448. says, "Set your mind on things above,

  449. not on the earth."

  450. So, when I say you need time up in

  451. heaven, some people would be like, "Oh,

  452. that's that's sweet. That seems a little

  453. esoteric. It seems like a little extra."

  454. But he's like Paul's like, "No, it's not

  455. a little extra.

  456. You're actually going to deal with some

  457. of the indulgences of your flesh, where

  458. you run for comfort, you're going to

  459. deal with it if you come up high.

  460. If you come and spend time in my

  461. presence, you will deal with some of the

  462. indulgences of the flesh. It's like

  463. amazingly practical.

  464. Because it says do not do not doesn't

  465. work. It looks like it should work, but

  466. it doesn't. And he's like this is

  467. therefore

  468. come up.

  469. Amen? Okay, with the come up

  470. we see him high and lifted up.

  471. God is high. He is so high. His ways are

  472. higher than ours. His His thoughts are

  473. higher than ours. Therefore, it is wise

  474. for us to look at him high and lifted

  475. up.

  476. Higher than what's going on around us,

  477. higher than our smartest thought, higher

  478. than our greatest emotion. He is high

  479. and lifted up.

  480. Another way of saying this

  481. is he's big.

  482. HE'S A BIG GOD.

  483. NOW, I'M GOING TO SHARE my story.

  484. So, I was in pain over the falling of

  485. men.

  486. Like I was in massive pain.

  487. Cried my I mean anyway, I cried for

  488. probably 2 weeks straight.

  489. Tried to enter into a conversation,

  490. start crying.

  491. Could not and Mike fault like obviously

  492. it was Mike Bickle was that fault for

  493. me.

  494. And I couldn't stop. I mean I was crying

  495. crying crying crying crying.

  496. Um and

  497. interestingly enough

  498. weeks before that I'm in a place in

  499. Central Asia.

  500. I break my ankle. Never broken anything

  501. before.

  502. End up having to be flown to Dubai to

  503. have emergency surgery.

  504. I mean so I'm in an interesting place. I

  505. just got hurt, hospitalized in another

  506. country, never been hospitalized before

  507. and for and interesting in like anyway

  508. just happened again.

  509. Taji anyway, that place is not for me

  510. right now.

  511. >> [laughter]

  512. >> But anyway, so I'm in the midst of my

  513. own like whoa, what just happened and

  514. then I come home, get a phone call from

  515. a pastor telling me, "Hey, this is

  516. coming down the pipe." Then I get a

  517. phone call from Jane Doe, "Hey, this is

  518. what happened." Then it becomes publicly

  519. exposed. I'm like

  520. you know, not okay.

  521. But I know it takes a year to mourn

  522. things like this.

  523. We can't have a quick fix.

  524. It's like you just have to feel the

  525. pain.

  526. And you're like, "But you love inner

  527. healing." I know I do, but guess what?

  528. Inner healing can't touch it yet.

  529. Because I got to mourn it out. I've just

  530. got to mourn it out, you know what I

  531. mean? So, I take a year till I get inner

  532. healing.

  533. And so when I go to get inner healing, I

  534. get four sessions of Emmanuel prayer.

  535. I'm in Nashville, Tennessee.

  536. And it's the last session.

  537. You guys know Emmanuel prayer?

  538. I'm going to share it really quick. You

  539. You You ask the Lord for a positive

  540. experience. Like

  541. when is the time you felt loved? When is

  542. the time? And so this is my last time

  543. doing that. So, I go, "God,

  544. share a play you know, a time I felt

  545. loved or felt time I felt joy."

  546. And immediately a One Thing conference

  547. comes to mind. I'm like, "Well, God,

  548. that's kind of big." I mean I did have

  549. fun there, but that was kind of big.

  550. He's like, "Go with it." I was like,

  551. "Okay, I'll go with it." And so then I

  552. see God and he's massive. He's filling

  553. this entire There's 25,000 people there.

  554. He's filling the whole thing. And I'm

  555. like, "Wow, you're so big, but you're so

  556. personal." Ah, that's amazing. And so

  557. then he's it's time for him to come into

  558. the room that I'm in. Well, I'm in a

  559. tiny room. Like there's only like room

  560. Yeah, it's it's small. I don't know.

  561. It's like very small. And so then he

  562. tries to get in, but he can't get in.

  563. He's still big. So, his little his face

  564. is barely coming in.

  565. And

  566. >> [laughter]

  567. >> so then his face is like this and I'm

  568. like, "Whoa."

  569. And I go, "You're still big." And Yeah,

  570. he's like, "I'm really big."

  571. And so then you're supposed to ask the

  572. person says ask him what he wants to

  573. share with you. So, I go, "God, what do

  574. you want to share with me?"

  575. And this

  576. He's so interesting. He says, "Get on my

  577. shoulders."

  578. And interestingly enough, I was dating a

  579. guy at that One Thing and that guy and I

  580. were having so much fun. He's like "Get

  581. on my shoulders." I forgot about that.

  582. But he did. He's like, "Get on my

  583. shoulders." And I'm like, "We're going

  584. to be massively tall. Like nobody can

  585. see after that." LIKE HE'S LIKE, "COME

  586. ON, GET ON MY SHOULDERS." And I was

  587. like, "Oh my

  588. Anyway

  589. I forget about that. God did not.

  590. But God then says, "GET ON MY

  591. SHOULDERS." RIGHT? SO, then I'm like

  592. "Okay." And as soon as the person says,

  593. "Well, what did he say?" And I go to say

  594. it, I laugh for 1 hour. I cannot stop

  595. laughing. I cannot say it and I I keep I

  596. just start laughing.

  597. And so while I'm laughing, the Lord says

  598. to me

  599. "My church

  600. is on my shoulders.

  601. The government is upon my shoulders."

  602. He said, "You're going to be fine.

  603. You're going to be fine. Men can fall,

  604. but I WILL NOT CHANGE. WATCH ME." HE

  605. SAID the govern He's like you the church

  606. is fine. Watch. And I was like, "Wow,

  607. okay." And then while he's saying that

  608. he's like giving me the blessing of

  609. Benjamin that Jacob gave his son and

  610. said

  611. "Oh, you can rest between my shoulders.

  612. You can rest right here."

  613. And I just feel this for many of you in

  614. this room, where you have been

  615. overwhelmed by some of the things

  616. happening in the midst of the body, some

  617. of the things happening in the midst of

  618. your life. Your God is big.

  619. YOUR GOD IS BIG and guess what? He's

  620. like, "It's all on my shoulders. It does

  621. not belong to a man. It I can change the

  622. characters so quickly. Watch what I'll

  623. do."

  624. Amen.

  625. >> [laughter]

  626. >> I'm just so touched by that. Our God is

  627. big, so big so big

  628. that the train of his robe fills the

  629. temple.

  630. Now, interesting that word train of

  631. robe, one word in Hebrew.

  632. Sul.

  633. S U L is how it's sul. I don't have for

  634. sure how to pronounce it.

  635. Hebrew scholars, you can tell me later.

  636. Um

  637. that word means hem of garment.

  638. Okay, hem of garment.

  639. I always thought it went long robe.

  640. And it could be used for that.

  641. But it literally is the same word used

  642. where the priests hem of their garment.

  643. Right? So, guess what? Only his hem can

  644. fit here.

  645. And guess what you have to DO THEN?

  646. LOOK UP.

  647. UP. ONLY HIS hem fits in here.

  648. Do you get what I'm saying? Like that

  649. makes it then you have to look up. When

  650. you look up, guess what? You feel

  651. better.

  652. >> [laughter]

  653. >> Because then you realize, "Wow, you're

  654. really high. You're really big."

  655. And I love that it's the hem of his

  656. garment. Because we remember the hem of

  657. his garment.

  658. Remember that woman? She's having an

  659. issue with blood. What What when you

  660. have an issue with blood, guess what

  661. you're called?

  662. Unclean.

  663. Guess who else felt unclean? Isaiah.

  664. In the presence of this hem, he felt

  665. unclean.

  666. BUT GUESS WHAT? THAT HEM IS making him

  667. clean. Oh my gosh, they there is a coal

  668. involved. But I love this I love this

  669. idea. There is a coal. I'm not going to

  670. deny that. But I cuz I love the idea

  671. that the woman who felt unclean went to

  672. the hem.

  673. When you we feel overwhelmed by our own

  674. stuff, our own brokenness, he's like,

  675. "Come to my hem."

  676. Come to my hem and look up.

  677. I'm so much bigger than you.

  678. You need a God that doesn't just relate

  679. to you as a friend that is high and

  680. lifted up.

  681. That is high and and and and and that is

  682. so much bigger than what you're walking

  683. through, so much bigger than what's

  684. happening in America, so much bigger

  685. than the war in Iran, so much bigger

  686. than any of these things.

  687. We need that so much bigger than those

  688. gas prices. You know what I mean? SO

  689. SO MUCH BIGGER. He He wants to stabilize

  690. us with His presence.

  691. And looking up, I think there's

  692. something about that that we take time

  693. because I was thinking of your children.

  694. When they're little

  695. and they have something happen, they

  696. fall down.

  697. They They There's a person who comes

  698. near them that they feel

  699. like

  700. Where do they look?

  701. They look at you.

  702. You are their stability.

  703. You tell them what to feel.

  704. They look right at you.

  705. >> [laughter]

  706. [gasps]

  707. >> If you're scared, too, they'll be

  708. scared, too. But if you're stable and

  709. feel peace, they'll feel peace.

  710. That is this God.

  711. That's what he wants to be to us. That

  712. when we are overwhelmed, when we are

  713. feeling unstable, we look at him.

  714. And he stabilizes us.

  715. Wow.

  716. And he's like

  717. I'm beautiful.

  718. I am the most beautiful God.

  719. And I feel like there is something that

  720. God wants to reveal to some of you today

  721. that

  722. Maybe you don't want to look at God

  723. because you're afraid of what he might

  724. say about you.

  725. You're afraid that you're not doing

  726. enough for him.

  727. But I'm promising you the righteousness

  728. of Christ gives you access to experience

  729. his presence in this wonderful way.

  730. I mean, he is so kind.

  731. And he is so truthful.

  732. Now, for me sometimes, I'm overwhelmed

  733. by the lying that happens in the world.

  734. And it's good for me to be in the

  735. presence of truth.

  736. Can I make everybody be truthful? No.

  737. Can I like make sure that person gets

  738. exposed? No.

  739. But what do I do? I look up.

  740. I look up.

  741. Amen.

  742. I feel like I have a few more things.

  743. He's far above. Oh, that scripture out

  744. of Ephesians 1

    Ephesians 1:20

  745. verse 20

  746. It says

  747. which he worked in Christ when he raised

  748. him from the dead and seated him at the

  749. right hand in heavenly places, far above

  750. all principalities and powers and might

  751. and dominion and every name that is

  752. named not only in this age but in the

  753. age to come.

  754. Okay, I want to say one last thing. The

  755. song being sung by these burning ones,

  756. these are seraphim. It's not the same as

  757. And um

  758. But actually, let me say that really

  759. quick. In Revelation 4

  760. he just saw a lot of bad news about the

  761. church.

  762. Now he's going to see a lot of bad news

  763. about the earth.

  764. What does God do?

  765. Look up.

  766. He said, "Come up here."

  767. And then what is the first thing he

  768. sees? A throne.

  769. A throne.

  770. I saw a throne

  771. and a man who sat on it.

  772. This is for us.

  773. Now these ones who are singing

  774. the cherubim are singing holy, holy,

  775. holy, Lord God almighty, who was and is

  776. and is to come.

  777. These seraphim

  778. are singing similar but not the same.

  779. Holy, holy, holy

  780. Lord of hosts. That's so interesting.

  781. And then it says, "The whole earth is

  782. full of your glory."

  783. I love that.

  784. Because he wants to affect the way we

  785. see the earth.

  786. And he will do that by himself, not

  787. through your See, you know, I have

  788. friends, their number one strength is

  789. positivity.

  790. I appreciate that.

  791. >> [laughter]

  792. >> But at the same time, I feel like they

  793. have back pain because they're not being

  794. honest. You know what I mean? I'm like,

  795. "Okay, you're so positive, really

  796. positive." But they're not being honest

  797. always.

  798. And so then I even say for the positive

  799. person who already sees the cup half,

  800. you know, full

  801. you still need this. You need this. Why?

  802. Cuz you won't have back pain.

  803. Your positivity will come from a

  804. heavenly reality.

  805. And he wants that for you. He doesn't

  806. want it to be dependent on your

  807. personality traits. He wants it

  808. dependent from his perspective.

  809. So then this Lord of hosts, I want to

  810. bring this up cuz I feel this for some

  811. of you in this room.

  812. I've kept this from some people when

  813. I've taught this, but you guys, I feel

  814. this.

  815. Lord of hosts

  816. that word, I think it's El Elyon,

  817. it's only it first time it was used is

  818. by Hannah.

  819. Hannah in the Bible.

  820. She is in the midst of barrenness.

  821. And she calls upon El Elyon.

  822. The other one is Haggai.

  823. I mean,

  824. Lord of hosts is used After Hannah says

  825. it, it's like it gets a it it it becomes

  826. popular. It's like she's trending. You

  827. know what I mean? It's like she's really

  828. trending. Like, you know what I mean? It

  829. becomes a very popular word.

  830. But Haggai really calls upon Lord of

  831. hosts. You can check it out, but in that

  832. scripture where it says, "Once again,

  833. I'm going to I'm going to shake

  834. everything that can be shaken." He uses

  835. the phrase Lord of hosts like five

  836. times.

  837. And the latter glory shall be greater

  838. than the former and da da da da like and

  839. there great will be their peace and all

  840. of these things and I will give you

  841. money, you know, it's like there's a

  842. phrase like you're going to get money,

  843. too. And all of that is attached to the

  844. phrase Lord of hosts.

  845. El Elyon.

  846. And I feel like the Lord is saying, "You

  847. need to call upon El Elyon."

  848. Like some of you, it's like the Lord of

  849. hosts, the Lord who's over the stars,

  850. that's hosts, but then the Lord that's

  851. over the angels, that's hosts. And both

  852. of them require what? Looking up.

  853. And God is right now just saying to some

  854. of you like you've been looking around,

  855. you've been looking down, but I'm going

  856. to cause you to look up.

  857. And I feel like even some of you who are

  858. overwhelmed by motherhood or overwhelmed

  859. by just so much responsibility, God's

  860. like, "No, I have it for you."

  861. But I also feel for some of you who have

  862. experienced barrenness and I'm not just

  863. talking about not able to have a child,

  864. but just barrenness in your life. The

  865. Lord's saying, "Come and worship with

  866. the seraphim saying, holy, holy, holy,

  867. Lord of hosts."

  868. Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts.

  869. I think that's a good one.

  870. Like cuz I like Lord God almighty, it's

  871. awesome, you know what I mean? But this

  872. one's cool. Like Lord of hosts. Not one

  873. star is missing. He holds them with his

  874. own strength. I mean, that's that's out

  875. of Isaiah 40, but there's lots of

  876. scriptures about that. Where it's like

  877. the stars, LOOK AT THE STARS, THE

  878. PROMISES STILL REMAIN. HE'S LIKE, "YEAH,

  879. I'm the Lord over those." But then he's

  880. also the Lord of the angels' armies,

  881. which we need more than we need

  882. practicality. And you're like, "No,

  883. Sheryl, this is a very practical

  884. people." And I'm like, "I get it, but

  885. we're spiritual." And we have to call on

  886. the spiritual ones.

  887. El Elyon.

  888. The Lord of hosts. Amen.

  889. Okay, there is no clock in here. This

  890. could be very dangerous. Um

  891. >> [laughter]

  892. >> I think I'm good, right?

  893. Um

  894. I'm going to call up the worship team.

  895. As I do that, I'm going to call you. I

  896. don't No, what time is it?

  897. Are we good?

  898. It's what time? I'm Am I ending early?

  899. Oh, good.

  900. Right on time. Okay.

  901. I feel a few calls.

  902. I feel for some of you, it's like, "Wow,

  903. she's very interesting what she's

  904. talking about." And like that it's it's

  905. like foreign to think about like, "Okay,

  906. I need to go spend time looking at him

  907. on a throne."

  908. If that is new and and and I I feel like

  909. the Lord just wants to I'm just going to

  910. have you stand.

  911. And I want to pray for grace to behold

  912. him that way. If that is for you, just

  913. stand up really quick.

  914. Cuz I just sense in the last days, I'm

  915. going to pour out my spirit.

  916. And old men, you're going to dream

  917. dreams and young men, you're going to

  918. see visions. God wants to impact eyes.

  919. And when I say eyes, it's the eyes of

  920. your understanding. It's the eyes of

  921. your heart. It's where I When I say

  922. tiger, you see the tiger. It's not a

  923. movie. It's just that place inside of

  924. you that God wants to awaken to behold

  925. him in that place.

  926. So I'm going to pray for the Holy Spirit

  927. just to rest upon you.

  928. The Holy Spirit who is the eyes of the

  929. Lord

  930. who dwells within you.

  931. Holy, holy, holy spirit

  932. would you just come and touch? I just

  933. ask for grace, grace upon the eyes.

  934. Grace, grace upon the eyes of our

  935. understanding.

  936. To behold you.

  937. To look upon you.

  938. To see your throne.

  939. For some of us

  940. it's just the knowing I'm in I'm in

  941. light.

  942. It's not like you see every line, but

  943. there's an experience of being

  944. lifted up.

  945. And so I just ask that God that you

  946. would show.

  947. Yeah, show.

  948. Show us your ways.

  949. Show us your ways of how to behold you.

  950. How to look upon

  951. the throne. Whoa. Thank you, God. Touch

  952. each one.

  953. Yeah, Holy Spirit, come.

  954. I'm just going to

  955. sing in in the spirit for just one

  956. moment.

  957. >> [singing]

  958. >> If you want to sing with me, that's

  959. fine. Just sing in the spirit for just a

  960. moment.

  961. I just ask for the release of power

  962. over this part of their being. I ask for

  963. might in the name of Jesus. Release your

  964. might.

  965. >> [music]

  966. >> We need might on the inside

  967. to not be bored with you, Jesus. I ask

  968. in the name of Jesus. We will ask for

  969. fascination.

  970. Fascination,

  971. the ability to be fascinated by

  972. beholding. In the name of Jesus. Whoa.

  973. Freedom. Freedom in this part of their

  974. being. Freedom. Thank you, God.

  975. Yeah, the Lord just saying, "I'm going

  976. to lift you up." I feel this over the

  977. people standing up. I'm going to lift

  978. you up out of that miry clay. I'm going

  979. to lift you up what keeps pulling you

  980. into mud. I'm going to lift you up. I'm

  981. going to lift you up to behold the

  982. patient one. The one who is patiently

  983. sitting on a throne.

  984. Patiently waiting. Patiently sitting.

  985. Patiently loving.

  986. Ooh, patiently. Yeah.

  987. Ooh, and filled with love. Filled with

  988. love. Yeah, I just feel like he's

  989. casting [music]

  990. out fear. Casting out fear. Whoa.

  991. Casting out fear. Thank you, God.

  992. Yeah.

  993. Now I want others to I feel like

  994. if the Lord is saying, "Yeah, I want you

  995. to set time to behold me and to be with

  996. me where I am."

  997. Ooh, this was the the Lord's prayer

  998. right before he died. Father. Father, I

  999. want them to see me in my glory. And I

  1000. want them to be with me where I am.

  1001. I'm going to say Frontier Church, you're

  1002. going to answer that prayer. Yeah, God

  1003. is going to answer that prayer through

  1004. this congregation. And give Jesus what

  1005. he wants that you would be with him

  1006. where he is and behold him in his glory.

  1007. So if that's if you're like, "Yeah, I

  1008. want to set time for that where I can

  1009. just be with him where he is." If that's

  1010. you, I want you to stand, too.

  1011. Thank you, God. Whoa. I ask in the name

  1012. of Jesus.

  1013. I ask for yeah.

  1014. Just

  1015. grace to be before your face. Grace to

  1016. be before your throne.

  1017. I ask that you would God, yeah, give

  1018. them grace. I just feel the Lord just

  1019. saying, "Speak to the mountains. Grace,

  1020. grace." So [music] I speak to those

  1021. mountains that have been in the way. And

  1022. I just say, "Grace, grace. Grace, grace.

  1023. Grace, grace. Grace, grace. Move out of

  1024. the way, oh mountain. Move out of the

  1025. way, oh mountain. These ones are coming

  1026. to be before your throne. Yeah, grace,

  1027. grace. Grace, grace." And I just feel

  1028. like the Lord just saying, "You

  1029. continually ask for my grace, I will

  1030. give it to you. I'm going to wake you up

  1031. early. I'm going to keep you up late.

  1032. I'm going to give you grace to be before

  1033. my face."

  1034. Amen.

  1035. Let's just wait on the Lord as we

  1036. worship. I want us to worship just

  1037. before you go get your kids. Just take a

  1038. few moments just to respond to the Lord.

  1039. Amen.

  1040. Okay.