One morning last week, I awoke at 4am. I tried to go back to sleep for a few minutes, however, sleep eluded me. As I lay there, God began to speak to me about the season we are in. He said it was birthing time. He shared with me that if we are to successfully birth during this season, we will have to press in. If we do not press in, we may miss this harvest season.
After God stopped speaking to me, I got up and walked down my hallway. My plan was to ponder these words in a few hours after I had a little more sleep. I thought about turning on a movie I watch at times to help me go back to sleep. We have limited clean movies on television. For that reason alone, I have watched this one many times.
As that thought went through my mind, God again began to speak to me. He said, “Although they (movies) may not be hurting you, they are not helping you.” He continued talking and said, “They will not help you breakthrough, they will not assist in giving birth. You’re going to have to keep your eyes and ears on Me alone during this season…get your eyes on Me and keep them there.”
They are not hurting you – but they are not helping you. How many things do we partner with in life that may not be hurtful but are not helpful in our spiritual walk? Things that aren’t sin yet aren’t conducive to advancing in our walk with God. I am reminded of a scripture in 1 Corinthians.
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. (1 Cor 6:12)
Everything is permissible (allowable and lawful) for me; but not all things are helpful (good for me to do, expedient and profitable when considered with other things). Everything is lawful for me, but I will not become the slave of anything or be brought under its power. (AMP)
When I did a word search on the word, expedient, I was enlightened. It means to bring together, to bestow an advantage and to be profitable. It comes from root words that mean to bring to completeness, to bear and to bring forth. AHA!
So, God was telling me, although the movie isn’t harmful, in this season of birthing, they will not help you come to a place of completeness. They will not assist in bringing forth what you are about to see in this season. Wow! That is so good, don’t you think?
Again, I ask. How many things are we involved in that are not sinful but are not helping us to reach where we desire to go in God? What things are we spending our time on that are not conducive to giving birth to all God has for us? Take a moment and think about it.
Are those things worth your time? Especially in this season of birthing? Moments after God spoke these things to me, I came across a prophetic word by Lorilei Cooley. I want to share it with you today.
Many are at the cusp of seeing such monumental change take place in their lives, that it is prodigious in size. The magnitude is beyond what you can comprehend, that is the enormity of it. You have waited a very long time for this season, this moment, and this appointed time. What you must do now is push through and birth, it is imperative and relies heavily upon what you are about to step into. It may seem that this is the hardest birthing yet, but the Lord is calling your name forth in this season. For your time to be elevated and receive all that He has promised you has arrived.
I heard the Lord say, “This long-awaited fulfillment of promise is closing in on you, and it will be all that I said that it would be. I will exceed, surpass, and multiply all that was stolen as I restore and fulfill, with the fullness of the power of my spoken word. You will see the manifestation of how my word never fails. That I am the promise keeper. I the Lord am doing only what I and my word can do. I’m invading your life with my word, my power, and my glory. You will know and see that I alone can change the most barren desolate places of your life. I bring life to the void. I am fulfilling and bringing things together suddenly, as my word has gone forth and doing that which I sent it to do over all areas of your life. No area of your life that I the Lord am bringing change too will be left untouched. My glory will be seen in, over, and through life as I bring complete fulfillment.” LC
Are there things in your life that are time consuming yet are not conducive to birthing all God has for you? If so, in this season, we need to lay them aside. We need to, just as God said, get our eyes and ears upon Him and keep them there. It is vital we see His plan and purpose. It is important we hear His voice alone.
I understand harvest seasons and I realize if I miss this harvest season, I may very well have to go through another time of sowing, tilling the ground, hoping for rain, removing weeds and waiting for the harvest. I don’t want to do that. If God says harvest season is here and it is time to give birth, then it is. May we embrace this season and see all God has for us come to a place of fulfillment. It’s time to give birth – let’s press in together and bring forth the abundance of God.
