January 28, 2012 

IT'S TIME TO STEP OUT 

Yesterday someone had told me that "Groundhog day" is only one week away. Groundhog day is when a groundhog is let out of his cage at the local zoo and according to popular legend, if the groundhog sees it's shadow, it will scare it back into its burrow for six more weeks of winter. If it's cloudy, the groundhog will remain outside and there is an early spring in store. There is no truth to this folklore, but as I read that, I received this word from that metaphor.  

The Lord says I am calling you to step out of your place of hiding. This is the season for My body to rise up, come out of that place of obscurity and release all that I have equipped you to do. Do not cower back in fear, but use the gifts that I have given to you. This is the day to raise your voice to proclaim My word throughout the nations. Do not think for a moment that you have been disqualified. My gifts and calling's are irrevocable and My word will come to pass. Put aside your man made agenda's and allow Me to have dominion over every area of your life. Be at peace knowing that I have not come to destroy your dreams, your plans, your purposes or your destinies but to bring them to fulfillment. This is the season for My promises, My plans and My agenda's to be fulfilled. Now is the time for gifts to be released.

 

I will remove that which is obstructing your spiritual vision. I will loose those shackles of fear that are binding you so that you will freely release the gifts that I have placed in you. Do not allow them to become stagnant any longer. Stir up that which is lying dormant on the inside of you. Resurrect those gifts that are available and accessible. Seek Me for understanding to be able to discern My directives. Seek Me for wisdom in the process. Never forget that I have not called you to competition. I have called you to be unique in what you have been created to be. My plan for your life has not been delayed neither has it be annulled.  You have been created for this and called for such a time as this, for the days of great expectation are at hand says the Lord.  

Proverbs 18:16  

A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

2 Timothy 2:15 

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Romans 11: 29 

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.