Dream 38
I am walking on the prayer path. Many people walk and pray, stopping to read a scripture from time to time. I stop before a woman who lies on top of Ephesians 3:20.
‘Now unto him who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly…’
The woman weeps as she prostrates herself upon the scripture.
Builder appears next to me.
Builder:
“The most common prayer is the prayer for provision. Not only for needs – like food and shelter, but for luxuries, wealth and material things that are a blessing to have but are not worthy of brokenness.
Striving for material wealth does man put himself under truly heavy burdens.
Gatherer:
“The deceiver has sent his son mammon to cause mankind to equate love with provision. To create a such a desire for material things that if those things are not owned or achieved, the heart is broken.
For even the elite are fooled by things taken out of context as Ephesians chapter 3 is.”
Uriel:
“Surely does wisdom and great stewardship produce wealth and surely will favor with God and favor with man fill up your barns. But the fullness of love is more than enough. Riches are a blessing but they are not the alpha and omega.
Ephesians chapter three, in the right context, confirms all that the son speaks but taken out of context contends against the son.
For he shall supply the love that you need, not the selfish desires of your heart.
For this reason must you know first the words of the son, so that you may not be led astray by the deceiver who so deviously twists scriptures into things that cannot satisfy the soul.
Yes, God can bring forth the most incredible things beyond your imagining but these are not a measure of His love, these are a measure of your faith in what you are shown and your obedience to his word.
Now not knowing the words of the son leads to not knowing the heart of the Father and reading the prophets and the letters from Paul without knowing the words of the son leads to a counterfeit gospel that produces hope in the counterfeit truth.
Many place hope upon scriptures taken out of context and mourn with frustration at their not producing fruit.
Know first the words of the son, have them engraved upon your heart. Then shall you read what Paul and the prophets have to say with full revelation.
For hope deferred makes the heart-sick and hope placed upon the counterfeit word will bring much frustration. And when the heart is sick and trust in the power of the word is broken, the deceiver moves in confirm that the word is not enough.
For mammon is the spirit of not enough and the children of mammon will seek and seek never finding that which satisfies their hunger and thirst.
For only the Holy Spirit can satisfy the thirst of man’s soul and only the word can fill you up.”
We watch the lady stand up and start declaring the scripture angrily into the air.
She declares ‘it is written that I will receive more than I can imagine!’ And ‘satan you must submit to the word’.
Uriel:
“Even in the beginning of Ephesians chapter three does Paul speak of the unsearchable riches of Christ but these riches are riches not of this earth but the riches of grace and love and wisdom of faith. Surely wisdom manifests physical riches on this earth but earthly riches are the fruit of legacy, diligence and obedience.
Some people have chased after wealth and pierced themselves with many griefs, attempting to bend the word to their will.
And many would grab hold of a scripture and demand authority with total sincerity, not knowing that this authority is counterfeit and thus not authority at all. Just false hope in a false God. And having this form of godliness that has no power leads to hope deferred and they begin to lose hope in God and in their own ability to fulfill their call.”
The lady gets tired of shouting and drops to her knees, begging God to help her.
Lady:
“Please Father, if I get this deal, I will bless your kingdom with ninety percent of the money. If this deal does not come through, I lose everything. Help me Father, I beg of you!”
She is so sincere, I actually stand there wishing I could help her.
Uriel:
“People are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Utterly devastated by ignorance. Pure of heart and filled with love, are they led by the deceiver like lambs to the slaughter.
A man may throw tantrums and scream all he likes, it will not bring one cent of wealth for wealth is created through wisdom and discipline.
Do not underestimate the simplicity of the gospel. The son has spoken plainly in commands and parables. So reading thus and learning thus is made easy and plain. But many attempt to eat the entire Bible in one sitting, plucking and pulling at it as if it were a turkey with feathers. Then pulling a thing out of context do they end up disappointed in the result. For they have a thing in their mind that they desire and so choose which scriptures may line up with the getting of that thing. But we are to submit to the word, the word does not submit to us.
Truly must you heed this instruction: First lead them to the son and then to the rest of the word.”
Gatherer:
“Woe to you who complicate the simplicity of the Gospel. You are as lazy hirelings and bad stewards.
Lead those who are young in the faith to the words of the lamb and let them stay there until they have the maturity to venture further. For Acts without revelation of the son may well end up counterfeit acts.
For every man writes his own book of Acts when he first steps out in obedience to the son, and all of heaven stand as witnesses to every deed. Be careful to protect them from writing the book of counterfeit acts.
Teach them to focus upon the words of the son so that their prayers shall break through the heavens, for knowing the son’s heart and the son’s word bring forth love that is exceedingly abundantly above all you can ask, think or even imagine.
Indeed, the revelation brought forth by knowing the son makes the counterfeit gospel of mammon totally irrelevant.
For the counterfeit gospel equates provision with love but the true gospel creates a joyful willingness to sacrifice yourself for the advance of the kingdom of God.
The fullness of love cannot be counterfeit. And when you have a revelation about how deeply the Father loves you, your time upon the prayer path shall be spent in fervent, righteous, powerful prayer for the kingdom!”
The kingdom is all!”
Builder:
“His kingdom is all!”
Uriel:
“His kingdom is all!”
Me:
“His kingdom is all!”
I wake up.