Showing posts with label time of preparation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label time of preparation. Show all posts

Sunday, June 8, 2025

The Time of Preparation Has Been Completed. It Is Time To Go. Steve Martin

 

The Time of Preparation Has Been Completed. It Is Time To Go.


"And he will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God. "It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, TO TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS BACK TO THE CHILDREN, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." Luke 1:16-17, NASU

Have you ever really stopped to think about how long it takes to prepare a meal, only to have it consumed in minutes? For example, I know someone very close to me who takes hours to prepare a delicious offering for family and guests, and then when it is all made and set before all, it can be devoured in less than half an hour. Sometimes even less.

Over 14 years ago, a man of God, a genuine prophet of the Lord who was remarkably accurate in his prophetic words to individuals, named Robbie Phillips of Lexington, South Carolina, spoke a word over me in a home group setting here in Charlotte, North Carolina. I have kept that transcribed word in my 3-ring binders, among the many other spoken words I have received over the last three decades of receiving personal prophecy. I now also say that Robbie passed onto glory on Oct. 7, 2017, just 10 days before his 71st birthday.

On that specific night, he said these while ministering to me, “I see you as a rocket ship having been launched. First, there is the one stage let loosed after the launch, and then the second, followed by a third, finally boosting you into orbit. Once that final stage has been completed, you are released. And then the short work you have been preparing for will start.”

For a while I was troubled by that word, as I thought to myself, “You mean, Mr. Robbie, that it would take all this time to prepare that rocket ship and the capsule attached at the top, to only then be put into orbit and once launched, it would just be used a short time?”

I am still waiting on the Lord for that fulfillment, but I truly see it coming. In fact, it may already have.

As I approach my 68th birthday near Thanksgiving in 2022, I more and more see it coming. The word is becoming flesh and is dwelling among us. We are to be like Him.

Jesus said we would be like Him. He came to earth 33 years. It took 30 years of preparation before His Father released Him into that which He had been sent to do.

How amazed we are at the length of time the Lord takes to prepare us for that which He has apprehended us for.

“Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13, KJV

We have become so accustomed to having things this minute, this hour, this day, or this week. If something takes more than a year to be prepared, we think, “Man, why is this taking so long.”

Have you ever considered how long it took the Lord to prepare the Grand Canyon? Have you ever been in awe of Pike’s Peak in Colorado or the Grand Teton Mountains in Wyoming? There is a small photo of the Grand Canyon I have had for many, many years, since 1977. The caption on it says, “God’s work takes time.”

A painting we have had hanging in our guest bathroom is of two bluebirds. In beautiful, scrolled writing it reads, “It takes time to make old friends.” What a picture of the Lord’s love and patience. Just like the Grand Canyon.

A young boy or girl (having been given their gender specifically by the Lord Himself) at the age of 7 or 8 is wondering what they will be like when they are all grown up. I remember thinking about how many kids I would have, and what they would look like. (Now I know. Beautiful and handsome!)

Kids do not know it will be decades to see more fully what the Lord has planned and purposed for them. But it will take decades. And it will come. (I have meant some grown-ups who are still wondering what they will be when they are grown up!)

Each of us has been born, for some that were many, many years ago, for the exact plan the Lord had in mind for us even before we were born.

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I separated you for myself. I have appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5, Complete Jewish Bible

It was true for the prophet Jeremiah. It is true for us.

The preparation time is lengthy. But there is a finish line, an ending point when the preparation is complete. The cake is cooked. The turkey is done. The fine wine is ready to be served.

You are that one. As for me, and the rocket being launched, you too have come to the point in your life when it is “time to go.”

Go do that for which you have been prepared to do. It is time.

Ahava and shalom,

Steve Martin, Love For His People Founder

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*Originally Published: Message #101 in this series – in the year of our Lord 08.28.2022 – “Time of Preparation Completed”, Sunday, 6:15 am in  Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Strategies of the Conflict & Countering Evil Strategies - Morris Ruddick

Morris Ruddick

Strategies of the Conflict

Spiritually, at the core of the dynamic unfolding is the battle between God's blueprint and the blueprint of the devil. The heroes of faith are the ones who identify God's blueprint. They pay the cost and prevail so that God's purposes are established. The bottom line in Kingdom leadership is discerning God's blueprint in a situation and in a people and then bringing it forth for those they lead.


One of the more subtle deceptions operating in the Body today is the myopia of those whose focus is in discerning the devil's blueprint for a situation and then trying to stamp it out. That was never the pattern for God's best; for establishing His order. The heroes of faith face the fire and give birth to restoring God's order.

The subtlety is that it is never about what we can do for God, but rather what we allow God to do through us. Otherwise, when the fires come, we are overwhelmed; we're blinded and fall victim to the full impact of the devil's blueprint.


There are firestorms raging in the heavenlies. It's important to be discerning the right things. It's important not to be overreacting. It is likewise vital when God tell us to act, to be prepared and to know how to do it decisively.

Countering Evil Strategies

So it is when I see something in someone else, such as a blind spot, that I begin by searching my own heart for blind-spots. EVEN if it is only at a 1% level, I first repent for the beam in my eye, before I can truly begin to intercede for them.


This truth ties into a subtlety with which witchcraft/sorcery tries to entwine itself within those who love God. This process, in intercession, of first removing any elements of a "beam" in your own eye, helps to flag and remove the subtle snares that so mark the times we have entered.


This process helps eliminate the defilements that can be picked up when penetrating enemy territory. It keeps us in that place of fearing God and no other; a dimension that is needed to break the bondage of corruption.


It is the reason why judgment first comes to the household of faith. When properly responded to, the judgment that first comes to the household of faith, becomes the means of "turning" that brings the restoration of God's order. It's another reason why we fear God and no other.

Signs of the Times

Less than two weeks before this Indonesian mission, I received a revelation. It bears on the timing of this, our first mission to Indonesia. In short, there is a network, an evil infrastructure in the natural that parallels and fuels the activities emanating from the dark spiritual world; being orchestrated by high-level principalities; which has been subtly preparing for intrusions to spread its tentacles.


It targets seats of power and influence. It has epicenters around the world, recognizable only by the "swirls" of confusion, division, counterfeit religious influences, along with demoralization and the dismantling-type of destruction that is manifesting like huge "sink-holes." This evil infrastructure involves shrouded, entangled funding and investors from interests with legitimate business covers which reflect very subtle and distorted connections.


Its largely unreported and shrouded activities range from human trafficking; to the abortion trade, but also pograms reemerging in places like Russia; and initiatives to undermine Israel; and strategies to divide the Body. Insights into this shadowed, creeping evil can be gleaned from the stories of Gideon and the sword of the Lord against the Midianites; as does the story of Joseph in preparing; as does the story of Daniel and his influence in changing the spiritual culture of an infrastructure of sorcery.


A Time of Preparation

The Joseph-type preparations underway by those with ears to hear are a significant counterforce to these hidden gateways of evil. That's why the mobilization of the marketplace is so key; it's one of those "secret things" that the Jewish people have wielded over the centuries. So it has been, as we've ministered around the globe, the Lord is connecting us with those who are mobilized and those who are preparing.


An important key in all this will be the ones to be given a voice and influence that counteracts and disentangles these hidden gateways of evil. The importance of Jew and Gentile, operating as "one new man" in all this is going to be very strategic. Likewise, there is emerging, a very significant and unexpected impact that will result from heretofore under-the-radar and new, unconventional Christian media initiatives; along with alliances with "righteous" mainstream secular media outlets.


All this calls for heightened discretion and discernment; and a need NOT to give in to, nor especially to overreact to the enticements and diversions of "blind passions" or religious spirits. The snare is in premature action which short-circuits the needed preparation.


Back in 2006, after hearing of the tsunami that had hit Indonesia, I cried out to the Lord for the people. The Lord then gave me insight into this event. It came from Psalm 107. Knowing of the tragedies of persecution against believers that had preceded this event, Psalm 107 unveils that when God's people are "brought low through oppression, affliction and sorrow," there comes a time when the Lord pours out "contempt" (His judgment) on princes (those who abuse power). Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction and makes their families and communities like a flock. The righteous see it and rejoice and all iniquity stops in its tracks. So it has happened in Indonesia. The church in Indonesia is a forerunner for our times.


Discerning the Shifts and What's Next

There's more. But in short, there has been a paradigm shift. We need to understand that shift as we discern the times; and glean from the wisdom of what has been unfolding in these most vibrant Asian segments of the Body. We need to understand what's next.


 

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Morris Ruddick has been a forerunner and spokesman for the call of God in the marketplace since the mid-90s. As founder of Global Initiatives Foundation and designer of the God's Economy Entrepreneurial Equippers Program, Mr. Ruddick imparts hope and equips economic community builders where God's light is dim in both the Western and non-Western world.

He is author of "The Joseph-Daniel Calling;" "Gods Economy, Israel and the Nations;" "The Heart of a King;" "Something More;" and "Righteous Power in a Corrupt World," which address the mobilization of business and governmental leaders called to impact their communities with God's blessings. They are available in print and e-versions from Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and other popular outlets. 

Mr. Ruddick is also a contributor in the just released five-volume "Aligning with the Apostolic," edited by Bruce Cook with Forwards by Peter Wagner and Bill Hamon. It is available throughwww.KingdomHouse.net.

Global Initiatives Foundation (www.strategic-initiatives.org) is a tax-exempt 501 (c) 3 non-profit whose efforts are enabled by the generosity of a remnant of faithful friends and contributors whose vision aligns with God's heart to mobilize the least of these our brethren. Checks on US banks should be made out to Global Initiatives and mailed to PO Box 370291, Denver CO 80237 or email us at sign@strategicintercession.org for access information on our secure web-site.

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Morris Ruddick
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