March 24, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John
David Hauser’s Testimony
All Roads Lead through Jericho Series
At the end of 2016, I felt God say that in the following year there would be a monumental move of God. Do I dare say ‘A Year of Jubilee’, an entering into God’s promises? Sometimes we wonder if we are hearing God speak, or is it a form of indigestion.
Does the Lord tarry when we feel He is giving us a distinctive word through the Holy Spirit? I found, as I read recent articles from many important men and woman of God, that God was going to do something unique in the Body of Christ. So I felt I was not alone in my desire to hear what God was saying in the coming year, 2017.
This wasn’t about politics or about what I was seeing in the Church, but it was a heartfelt belief that God was going to move in a dynamic way to fulfill His word to believers and to Churches who in some cases felt that that they were barely hanging on.
I have been waiting a week trying to decide whether to send this writing to my friends in the ministry. Tonight I saw this Scripture found in Amos 4:13 NIV" …that God makes His thoughts known to mankind."
In the last few days God quickened to me a word that I had heard through my friend Steven Wentland, "that all roads that lead to our promise land, must go through Jericho.” The Jericho of the Bible is an amazing history.
The walls of Jericho were so formidable that houses were built upon them. It was the strongest fortress in all of the land of Canaan. It was the one-major stronghold of the enemies of Israel that stood to prevent the fulfillment of what God had promised. (Of course, there were other places that had to be taken also by Israel.)
The city was close traditionally to the scene of Christ temptation. It was also in the ‘lot’ given to the tribe of Benjamin, which means "son of my right hand," which symbolizes strength through the Holy Spirit. It takes the ‘living power’ of the Holy Spirit, with our spirit responding to Him, for victory to be realized. (There is much more to be said and to be learned, and you can explore this later in your personal Bible study time.)
The point I am making and what I will call a ‘prophetic promise’ is that God wishes to do something for you, for your ministry, for your family, and for your church.
Fulfillment of God’s promises cannot bypass ‘Jericho’. What is our Jericho? For me it is something very distinctive that He said to me. For you it could be something else, on your road to the fulfillment of God’s promises in our ministry, our life, or our family.
We cannot bypass what God is speaking to us, ignoring what God has said, if there is going to be a fulfillment of God’s best in our lives or the ministry He has given us.
When God speaks it is often in two stages. First He is looking to our willingness to obey and then when we do; then He will speak a second time to bring us into a place of fulfillment. For the Israelites they had to hear first the protocol of what to do. Then they had to by faith move in unity, moving responsively, and learning to keep guard over their mouth until they shouted and blew the trumpet. Then God in response to their faithfulness brought the wall down.
2017 holds the promise of fulfillment, if we will not bypass Jericho!
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