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The Chambers of My King

10/11/2017

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I answered an altar call and received a much needed word of confirmation and encouragement. I will keep what was spoken to me before the Lord, but there is one piece that I would like to share. The minister of the Lord said “you can’t be too tired to pray”. Everything that I’m believing God for lays in the balance of these words…..
 
Don’t get me wrong. I pray. I pray all day long. I pray in my head while I do almost everything. I mumble throughout my day like Hannah. I talk to Jesus about it all. The only way that I get through most of my days is through my conversations with the Lord (and a little bit of coffee).
 
But there is a place. A place of intimacy that I have neglected in my fatigue. A place where I once intentionally met with God.
 
I have many reasons to be tired. 6 children makes me tired just saying that I have them, lol. Add the other stresses of life, and throw in challenges in my health that cause fatigue, and I have a recipe for some good excuses.
 
God speaks to me all day long. I call Him my friend. But there is a difference between casual conversations with a friend and an experience in the chambers of your Bridegroom. There is an intimacy that can only manifest past the threshold of the secret place. There is a knowing of revelation that can only be received as a bride.
 
My healing is on the other side of that threshold. My promises are on the other side of that threshold. My manifested purpose is on the other side of that threshold. They all sit in His chambers like a treasure waiting to be found. It is up to me to contend for them.
 
At this moment, I am being challenged to push past my flesh and prepare myself to receive from the Bridegroom.  I’m being called into the chambers of my King.
 
While I love my casual fellowship with the Lord, it no longer satisfies my purpose. There is more. There is supernatural power and heavenly encounters that can only come from being impregnated with seeds of greatness in His chambers.
 
I’m not the only one. There is more for us all. He says come. Come and lay in my presence. Let Me whisper Words of greatness. Let me affirm who you are. Let Me fill you with instructions for your purpose. I’m waiting for you to enter. Everything that you need is in My chambers.
 
Revelation 19:6-8 (NKJV)
6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the[a] Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
 
It’s time to lay down our excuses and pick up our crosses. We have to fight through our tiredness to receive our refreshing. Wholeness is ours. Perfect love belongs to us. It is time to drink the cup that we have been given and fulfill the plans of the Lord for our lives.
 
Father, we thank You that You have prepared a place of intimacy for us. Forgive us for making excuses and not entering into Your chambers. We want to be a prepared bride that has made herself ready to receive from her King. We want to intentionally cross the threshold of Your chambers into the secret place. We want to purposely contend in prayer and pursue your thoughts and instructions. We want to encounter You in new ways and grow in Your nature. We want the full power of the cross. Everything that You have intended for us is ours. We crucify our flesh and we seek Your Spirit and Your strength. We are yours. Have Your way. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen! 
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Waiting To Mature

10/5/2017

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There is a set time. A time where everything seems to be put in motion and operating with momentum and accuracy. A time when our gifts, talents, and training meet our call and purpose. This time does not just happen, although it has been set. We have a part to play in entering into our predestined purpose.
 
Jesus was 12 years old and He had left His mother and father to be in the presence of the wise scholars in Jerusalem. His own parents didn’t even notice that He was missing until they had traveled an entire day! This tickles me as a parent in today’s society. I can’t imagine how it would feel to misplace any child, but they lost Jesus!
 

Luke 2:46-47 (NKJV)
46 Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. 47 And all who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers.
 

Of course, Jesus wasn’t in danger’s way. He was amongst leaders who were fascinated with His knowledge and understanding. Even in all that He knew, He was there to learn more!
 
At 12, Jesus probably had enough knowledge to run circles around our modern day Christian leaders. He probably could have led services and taught the scholars a thing or two.
 

Luke 2:49-50 (NKJV)
49 And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” 50 But they did not understand the statement which He spoke to them.
 

The reality is, it wasn’t time. Jesus’ own parents, knowing He was the Son of God, couldn’t yet understand His message. He would not have been received out of His timing. There were things that needed to take place before His big reveal.
 

​Luke 2:51-52 (NKJV)
Jesus Advances in Wisdom and Favor
51 Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
 

His mother kept all that Had happened in her heart. I’m sure she prayed and fought in the spirit to keep Him in line with His purpose!
 
Although Jesus was knowledgeable, He was not yet mature. He had to go through some life lessons to gain wisdom that can only come through experience. He had to really know His flesh and learn practical things. He had to walk in perfect obedience during this time of growth to become a pure sacrifice. He had to grow naturally and understand what being a man is like.
 
The Bible doesn’t list all of His experiences. We can only imagine the kind of things that He did. He probably helped His Dad with his carpentry, He might have helped His mom get food and cook. Whatever it was that He learned, it added to His ability to have compassion for people.
 
I know some of us are tired of waiting. Some of us have been standing on prophetic promises for years. Jesus waited. He waited until He was mature. He waited 18 years from the time that He was left at the Temple being about His Father’s business.
 
It’s time to allow God to perfect us. We may have the knowledge for our call, but do we have the wisdom?  Have we grown in favor with God and man? Have we allowed God to work compassion into our hearts to the point of death? Do we have a yes so secure in our souls that when we face our garden of Gethsemane, we will still keep pursuing our assignment?
 
I want to do what God wants me to do, but I don’t want to do it in my own strength! So we wait. We pray. We repent. We grow. We mature. We make connections.  We grow in favor. We be about our Father’s business!
 

Father, we thank you for our prophetic promises. Thank You for our gifts and purpose. Forgive us for becoming anxious and getting frustrated. We do not want to be out of Your timing. We want to grow in wisdom and stature. We want to be about our Father’s business and always be teachable and pliable. Align us with our purpose. Help us grow in favor. Pour out Your wisdom on us. We want to know the fullness of our purpose and the depths of Your love that will cause us to move with compassion. We wait for Your timing and settle a yes in our soul. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen!
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    Bonnie Kay Rimpson

    I am a married, mother of six. My desire is to see the brokenhearted healed, the captives set free, and gifts and callings activated by the power of God through prayer and prophecy.

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