Day Eight: How Does Your Future Look Like?

 

In the story of David and Goliath, we see David emerge from being a shepherd to one who kills Goliath with one stone. From there on, his future was sealed. His aim was so secure that it killed Goliath immediately. Beheading the Philistine showed the nation of Israel that fear and despair had no control over them. He broke the lie Goliath had let them believe. Fear and despair can leave you powerless. As long as you believe these lies, you will not overcome. That is why you have to get back into the Word and eat it daily. It must be part of your daily routine.

Life is hard and trying. If you find it easy, then you must get out of this river. In this river you will be washed by the Word until you are smooth like a stone. Which means you will experience trails.

Rejoice in your current battle, circumstance, and trial. Move fluidly and without fear as David did; for each step will only make you smoother—an exact representation of Christ.

When I battled with these lies, I got back into the Word and used communion every day. In fact, I still use it because I have realised the benefits of taking it daily. The more you “eat” the Word, the more these lies or mindsets bow its knee. Communion reminds you who you are, what God has done for you, and it becomes a reality that heals you.

I want to leave you with the following passage from the Book of Revelation. This section speaks about our future inheritance (nachal). Like David, we can draw from this truth.

Rev. 21:9-27 

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. Her brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a stone of crystal-clear jasper. It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. There were three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south and three gates on the west. And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, and its gates and its wall. The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal. And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, according to human measurements, which are also angelic measurements. The material of the wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. In the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed; and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Our future is in Christ. He is our final destination. In Revelation 21, we see that everything is precise and accurate. It is transparent and clear. We are all equal in God’s eyes, doing exactly the same thing.

Being the bride of Christ, we walk in God’s fulness. There is no need of the sun or the moon because Christ’s light will shine through us. We will walk in constant light. There will be no idols, no fear, no crafty schemes to keep us from our task. It will all be equal.

God’s purpose is to bring us to this place of Zion. This city called Jerusalem, not the geographical one in Israel, but a spiritual city. It will be on the mountain and not in the valley. There is no victory in the valley. There is only victory when we stay next to the River of Life, walking with the right mindset. In complete faithfulness and oneness with God.

Here are a few things that you can do when you are in the valley.

· Thanksgiving Ps 69:30

· Rejoice Phil 4:4

· Intercession Dan 9:3-19

· Acclamation and adoration Ps 34:1

· Loyal Ps 78:8

· Self- examination 2 Cor13:5

· Repentance James 4:8

Laying down any man-made achievements and glory will bring us that much closer to God’s plan for us. We are called to be a remnant that will break the hedge for those who are not part of the Kingdom yet. No matter how we look, or our age, or what position we held on to this earth. God is looking for the Johns, Josephs, Gideons, Elijahs, Samuels, Zechariahs, Ruths and Esthers, etc. that will stand in the gap. People who will set everything aside to be an exact representation of Christ on this earth.

These people erected the gates in their lives, setting the example for others to follow.

There are many who are still out there in the wilderness, in despair, unsure of the future. They need a shepherd’s voice; one who is familiar to them, to take them through the hedge into victory.

Matt 28: 19 -20, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Discipleship is a huge part of our work. The labourers are few. Will you be part of the remnant, whose voice will capture those who is calling out? Will you be a David who will take the lead and kill the Goliath in order for your people to be set free? Are you that disciple that will bring direction and clarity to the lost?

Ask the Lord to show you how to be an effective stone, ready to be used, so that you, too, will be part of this plan of God. And overcome the valley as soon as possible.

Grace and peace to you.

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