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Saturday, June 25, 2011,9:08 p.m.
WORD - April 21, 2011 (PURSUE GOD)
Here's another word that God recently spoke to our local congregation of the Body (actually just before the one recorded in the previous post), in response to a request from the pastor to seek the Lord for what He wanted from our leadership team. But it seemed more of a general word for our entire congregation, and again, I feel it not limited to only us but something for the whole Church. I believe this is from the Lord, but as always, be diligent to check prophetic words against the scripture. The Spirit of God speaking to us will never contradict the Word of God. It's not possible. If you believe this is a word from the Lord, put it into practice.
My desire is that you pursue Me with all your energy. Not that you would pursue doing things, nor even pursue each other, but that every aspect of your lives as a group of My children together would reflect your great desire to pursue Me. Whether worship music, fellowship, games or prayer, Your actions and decisions ought to reflect a deep passion to pursue My name, My presence, My face and My glory. As you spend time with each other in the congregation, it should be to pursue deeper knowledge and relationship with Me. As you worship, it should be with a heart and mind focused on bringing Me honour, pleasure and trust. As you play sports, it should be with the knowledge that you are my representatives in the earth. Pursue knowledge of Me and seek to reflect My glory even on the field. Do not be ashamed of Me – there is not one thing to be ashamed of in Me. [As I hear that last sentence, I sense once again that idea that the world and all its perspectives are unbalanced and backwards. It is the things of God that are right-side up and not the world. So the world will not understand our pursuit of God on the rugby field or anywhere else, and they may offer mockery and disdain in response to our choices to exalt God in our entire lives. But the sense is that we should remember that their perspective is not the correct one. Therefore we have nothing to fear from their mockery or their disdain. Though we look upside-down to them, we are, in fact, pursuing being right-ways up by our pursuit of the Lord.]
Your leadership team represents and guides your congregation. In this you have been given a great deal of authority and responsibility in the spiritual realm. It is not just about organizing pot lucks and making worship team schedules. It is about releasing an awareness of Me in everything. Your team, in its essence, is not administrative but rather pastoral. In everything you do, you must have a focus of creating something that will take people deeper in knowledge and relationship with Me. Even in the time you all spend together as a Body, you must spent time with each other with the foundation of using that fellowship to further your pursuit of Me. Strengthen one another and build one another up – so that you are each more ready to know Me. Filter all of your plans through this purpose. This is when you will see growth – the kind of growth you desire. I, too, desire your inward growth. Come to Me often and seek My face together. Seek My will and seek My wisdom. Your leadership also is to seek Me first. I will run My church. Seek Me and I will use you to help Me. Do this on your own and we will be working at cross purposes. Do not pull against Me; run with Me.
My desire is that you pursue Me with all your energy. Not that you would pursue doing things, nor even pursue each other, but that every aspect of your lives as a group of My children together would reflect your great desire to pursue Me. Whether worship music, fellowship, games or prayer, Your actions and decisions ought to reflect a deep passion to pursue My name, My presence, My face and My glory. As you spend time with each other in the congregation, it should be to pursue deeper knowledge and relationship with Me. As you worship, it should be with a heart and mind focused on bringing Me honour, pleasure and trust. As you play sports, it should be with the knowledge that you are my representatives in the earth. Pursue knowledge of Me and seek to reflect My glory even on the field. Do not be ashamed of Me – there is not one thing to be ashamed of in Me. [As I hear that last sentence, I sense once again that idea that the world and all its perspectives are unbalanced and backwards. It is the things of God that are right-side up and not the world. So the world will not understand our pursuit of God on the rugby field or anywhere else, and they may offer mockery and disdain in response to our choices to exalt God in our entire lives. But the sense is that we should remember that their perspective is not the correct one. Therefore we have nothing to fear from their mockery or their disdain. Though we look upside-down to them, we are, in fact, pursuing being right-ways up by our pursuit of the Lord.]
Your leadership team represents and guides your congregation. In this you have been given a great deal of authority and responsibility in the spiritual realm. It is not just about organizing pot lucks and making worship team schedules. It is about releasing an awareness of Me in everything. Your team, in its essence, is not administrative but rather pastoral. In everything you do, you must have a focus of creating something that will take people deeper in knowledge and relationship with Me. Even in the time you all spend together as a Body, you must spent time with each other with the foundation of using that fellowship to further your pursuit of Me. Strengthen one another and build one another up – so that you are each more ready to know Me. Filter all of your plans through this purpose. This is when you will see growth – the kind of growth you desire. I, too, desire your inward growth. Come to Me often and seek My face together. Seek My will and seek My wisdom. Your leadership also is to seek Me first. I will run My church. Seek Me and I will use you to help Me. Do this on your own and we will be working at cross purposes. Do not pull against Me; run with Me.
