Our Callings Aren't Static (T)

Adam and Eve started off in the garden. They had a certain destiny that God had open to them. Part of this was to be the maintainers of the Garden. When Adam and Eve fell, their calling changed, because they no longer had access to the Garden. Now this is in a negative light, but it doesn't always mean our callings will change because of what we do.

What about Adam and Eve's sons Cain and Abel? God's original calling for them may have been to work part of the Garden as well; if things had gone right. But because a situation changed with people outside of themselves, the calling in their lives changed.

Now put this into perspective with our own lives. God may start us off in one location, but because of the choices other people make, God may request us to move to help in a different situation. We may have originally been asked to live in Canada, but since something starts happening in England, and God knows that we would be suited well to deal with the issues there, he requests us to go there and help. A person may have been originally called to be a pastor, but maybe he would get called to be an evangelist or missionary because a strong need arose due to people's choices.

Our actions also affect the callings of others, and others' choices affect our callings. God may not call someone who came from a broken home to the same level of leadership and role that he would have been if he had been raised in a christian atmosphere. Why? Because the former has a lot of baggage that he may spend years of his life having to deal with; the one in the christian atmosphere may get saved 10 or more years earlier and have a strong foundation. We could say something really hurtful and mean to someone that pushes them over the edge and has them leave the church for a year, or we could say something nice and it be the one thing that pushes them over the edge to stay in the church and keep going. Some of their destiny in God could be destroyed or fulfilled because of our actions. And so it is with everyone. Our callings aren't static, we live in a fluid world where God has to deal with people's choices and move people around according to what is needed. This is not to say that people's inherent gifts will just disappear and be replaced by something else from God, as each person has core features that make them who they are, but it does mean that the rate at which they use those gifts, and where, could be affected by the world around them.

The Mall (P)

Your Dream:

You were in a store/mall and you saw a piece of clothing/shirt and went to look at it. You desired to have the shirt but wondered how you were going to get it/pay for it. The clerk came by and asked you about it, but you acted like you were merely "just looking"/denied interest, even though you did want the shirt/piece of clothing. You thought to yourself "I could just take it." And so you do. And at some point, possibly after you left the store, you put it on. But it was like you were wearing your guilt. Then you became aware that God saw you with the shirt on, but you felt God's love when this happened, and not condemnation. And you hunched over on the ground, and the shirt disingrated off of you as you realized "Yea, what I did was wrong." Still, even after this, you did not feel God's condemnation. After that, you felt God's presence come and visit you, and it was like it made a piece of clothing out of his presence to replace the shirt. And God was saying with this "I will clothe you."

Interpretation: That no matter what happens, you can't sin more than he can love, and that he is always there to clothe you with his beauty.

A Tree and It's Fruit

"And if your heart was to test to see if I was of God, I would remind you that even though a tree will be known by its fruit, not every piece of fruit on a tree has to be good fruit for the tree to be known for good fruit in general. Sometimes trees can't help if bugs try to destroy the tree or a worm gets in one of the pieces of fruit. But it doesn't mean the tree needs to be cut down, it just means the tree needs better pesticides used on it."

People Who Believe for Miraculous Catches of Fish

One day I was in my prayer time and I asked God what was on his mind. I believe he said to me "I'm looking for people to receive this blessing I want to give out- miraculous catches of fish (people)." But obviously, since he was looking for fishermen, it told me he had not found them yet. This told me he had A) 'Miraculous catches of fish' destinies/moments waiting for someone to get a hold of them, and B) there had to be people qualified to take up this call. But God didn't say to me that he was waiting for a particular person or group of people to finally get around to "answering their doorbells" on this matter, so many people who simply pursue this open calling/searching could get the reward of this offer.

We see that in Luke 5:4-6, a simple command from God that was obeyed turned something that appeared to be unfruitful into something that became a large success:

"⁴When he [Jesus] had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch." ⁵Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets." ⁶When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break." Luke 5:4-6

And while Peter and his crew were trained fishermen, and so were able to handle with some skills the situation that God put them in, I believe God was saying to me that he can train anyone to get to this point. Moses became the leader of an entire nation of people, from one calling, and Moses had speaking issues, lacked confidence, and may not have had much administrative/leadership experience while living under Pharaoh or his father-in-law.

The Bible says:

" Can a country be born in a day
or a nation be brought forth in a moment? " Isaiah 66:8

And again,

"¹²I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father." John 14:12. How many greater works have we actually seen people accomplish? That passage says this is open to every believer if they are willing to believe for it. Do we dare to dream? We see that large groups of people have been saved in a day in the Bible (Acts 2:40-41). Or can we really dream bigger than God?

Can the Prophecies in the Book of Revelation be Changed?

So I was thinking about the book of Revelation one day, and was thinking about how horrible it seemed like it would be. I was also thinking about the many times that it appeared God was declaring/commanding for an event to take place in the Bible, but that in those same instances, someone changed God's mind (Hezekiah, Moses, etc.). This made me wonder, can the prophesies in the Book of Revelation be changed/prevented? Are some of the things God said would happen really God's will for that time? Or could God be moved like Hezekiah moved him, so that what was planned could be prevented? One thing I would really like to see is that the Anti-Christ not be allowed to overpower believers in the end-times. I mean, really, how could that be God's will? "Yes, that's right my angels, I want people to be deceived by a powerful looking devil who appears to be trumping me at every corner." That's something that I can't stomach as God's will, and so I would think that if people pursued it enough, that it very well could be changed. But for information's sake, let's look at the passages where at least Hezekiah and Moses changed God's mind.

2 Kings 20:1
"¹ In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover."

This is a command of the Lord. So if the Lord is always right, and what He says will happen will happen, then shouldn't Hezekiah simply have said "Okay, Lord" ? But maybe God doesn't want us to be just robots always simply obeying every word he says. Below is what Hezekiah does, and God's response to it:

2 Kings 20:2,3
"² Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, ...And Hezekiah wept bitterly."

2 Kings 20: 4,5,6
"... ⁴ Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him: ⁵ "Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. ...⁶ I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria."

So we see, the fabric of destiny was changed, as was the decision of the Lord, because Hezekiah chose to do something.

As for Moses' situation:

Exodus 32:8, 9-10
" ⁸ They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. ...⁹ "I have seen these people," the LORD said to Moses, "and they are a stiff-necked people. ¹⁰ Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation."

Again God gives Moses a command, but instead of simply obeying, Moses talks to God about it:

Exodus 32:11,13
"¹¹ But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God. "O LORD, ...¹³ Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: 'I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them"

And God's response:

Exodus 32:14
"¹⁴ Then the LORD relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened."

So here are two passages in the Bible that say that God's word isn't always a final word. We know from the story of David's sin with Bathsheba, that sometimes God's word is a final word, as God told David that the child Bathsheba had first born to him would die, and it did (2 Samuel 12). But who says the book of Revelation all has to be final? We know that God has at least two wills- the one he doesn't want to carry out but has to because he is a just judge (Ezekiel 22:30), and the one that he wanted to always carry out to begin with in his loving heart; so why couldn't the events in Revelation that certainly don't look like the perfect will of God be changed? Maybe they can. (And Jesus told his disciples to pray that the Day of the Lord would not take place in winter- Matthew 24:20)