“It is a matter of timing. My Timing is Mine, not your own. There is more than one aspect contained within My words to you, My People. In speaking of events, I tell you what is to come. Seldom do I tell you when. The Time has come for you to better learn My Timing, My People. Too often – most of the time – you who listen faithfully to My words and heed them insert your assumed timing into My statements and Promises. Let me ferret this out for you.

“First, look to what you know about Me. You know that I AM everlasting. You know that to Me a thousand years is but a day. This is a concept of My everlasting nature written in My Book. I want you to remember this concept of Me as I tell you of things to come. Think not only of the literal words of this statement, think also of their opposite. A day to Me is as a thousand years. Do you grasp the difference?

“I AM outside of your time. I created time for you – and one day I shall end it. What is important in My spoken Promises to you is the absolute assurance that I will bring them about. I do need your participation in the matter. Why do I even tell you things in advance? I tell you so that you may join your words of prayer in agreement with My Will – and pray for My execution of these Promises. Your faith is built as you come alongside what I AM doing and stand in agreement with Me amid the process – whether the fulfillment comes soon or takes many years.

“I want you to adjust your understanding regarding this. I want you to focus on My calling out to you to join your declarations with Mine regarding My Promises. Yes, rejoice in the ultimate Victory of such Promises brought to fruition. Rejoice in the ultimate fulfillment of My words. But understand that your greatest focus is not even to be on the fulfillment, but rather your assignment in bringing these promises to fruition. Your daily assignment is to pray and declare these Promises shall come. Even if you in your own life on earth do not live long enough to see the fulfillment of a certain Promise – you still have a great responsibility for future generations to stand and declare its fulfillment with Me.

“Do you understand what I AM telling you? Praise Me and rejoice in My ultimate fulfillment. But focus on your part in the fight to bring about such fulfillment. As long as you do this, you will be able to stand in Victory and Joy – even as the fulfillment seems in your eyes to delay. Perhaps there is no delay at all. Perhaps your assumption of My Timing was never correct.

“I spoke to you a few days ago, My People, regarding your place along the continuum of My timeline of TIME. This word to you today sheds more light on that concept. You fight with Me for the tomorrow of My Kingdom – while keeping your eyes on your fight of today. Remembering that I have called each of you to a destiny, a purpose and a place in My Kingdom that only you can fill. Think on your walk with Me as a daily fulfillment of that purpose. Herein lies your Joy and Victory, no matter the present circumstances surrounding you.

“To God be all the Glory. For He and He alone holds TIME in His hands.”
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Notes:

Ecclesiastes 3:1: There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.

Psalm 90:4: A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.

II Peter 3:8-9: Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead, he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

Psalm 27:14: Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.

Proverbs 19:21: Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

Galatians 6:9: Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Habakkuk 2:3: For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Psalm 130:5: I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word, I put my hope.

James 1:4: Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

I Thessalonians 5:16-18: Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Romans 12:12: Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Ecclesiastes 3:11: He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

“‘Mary had a little lamb.’ In this rhyme, why a lamb? Why not a dog, a puppy? See how the lamb who followed wherever Mary went becomes a sign and a symbol for complete trust of the one who owns him.

“I want you, My People, to be My lambs. To follow Me as did Mary’s lamb. Follow Me in complete Trust. In complete knowledge that I hold only Love for you. That I AM able to guide you, to train you up in the way you should go. Lambs are young and weak. But they grow up and grow strong. So you shall do under the care of the Loving Hand of your Shepherd.

“Why do you fight against Me, My People? ‘How do we fight against You?’ you ask. I laugh at the question. My People fight against Me all the day. You fight against Me when you go your own way in the moment, make your own decision without asking Me what may be My opinion. You fight against Me when you open your mouth to speak disbelief–which amounts to curses–against the Promises I have made you. You fight against Me when you harbor offense on your soul. When you lie. When you withhold Truth. When you doubt. When you refuse to give Me, your Shepherd, all of yourself. When you take certain situations into your own hands, by your very actions declaring that you know better than I.

“How well do you think it would work for a herd of sheep to say to their Shepherd – ‘On that issue I listened to you and knew you were right. But this is today. This issue before me requires MY knowledge, MY own response and choice.’ How protected would be such a flock of sheep? Yet you place yourself so often as such.

“It is a work of contending. I have given you the choice in every detail to listen to Me or not. I do not force Myself upon you. Yet I always stand ready to help when you cry out to Me, willing to listen for My answers.

“How do you know you are judging rightly about any thing you see? Tell Me, the Lord your God, how do you know that you are right? What in your finiteness of mind and understanding leads you to believe that your opinions and judgments are stronger and more on point than anything I could pronounce? You respond – ‘But I don’t believe that.’ Yes, you do. Every time you jump to a conclusion and judgment of your own making – you do.

“This is a task of utmost diligence, to come to Me and ask My opinion about every thing you encounter. Only through such diligence can you have ‘the mind of Christ.’ My Word calls you to have ‘the mind of Christ.’ Do you expect to build such a mind through your own thinking?

“I weigh scales and balances so big, so intimidating, so inconceivable to you, that you cannot begin to see the correct balance without Me. And yet you go through your days acting as if you can. This has become a habit among My People. I DEMAND THAT YOU BREAK THIS HABIT. Ask Me to lead you in building the habit to always come to Me for understanding and discernment in any situation. I AM happy to answer such a request. I long to answer such a request. My Mind is boundless and infinite, beyond even the range of your imagination. So how does one who is human have ‘the mind of Christ?’ I give you My mind, My thought, on each issue as you ask. I lead you point by point. I lead you in the moment, affording you all the discernment you need.

“You say – ‘But that is too hard. How do I do this all the time?’ Only with My help and guidance. Only through walking with Me throughout your day, following Me like Mary’s little lamb. You cannot follow Me if your eyes are not on Me. Your eyes turn away…you veer off. You must build into yourself the habit of keeping your eyes on Me. You must take the time to listen to Me. How much time do you spend listening to Me in comparison to the time you spend listening to the world?

“These are not easy questions, My little lambs. They do not carry easy answers. They demand a lifetime of learning to Trust Me over yourself. To Move such declared Trust of Me out of your mind and into your daily actions.

“‘And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.’ Think on this, meditate on this little nursery rhyme. It carries great TRUTH for you, My People.”
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Notes:

Since the Lord told us to meditate on this rhyme, I looked it up to see if there is more than this one verse. Wow. The nursery rhyme surely has more to say about us as lambs “white as snow,” the loving Lord as our Shepherd, and how the world fights against our following Him. I encourage you to meditate on each line, asking the Lord to show you His symbolism. “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” by Sarah Josepha Hale:

Mary had a little lamb,

Its fleece was white as snow;

And everywhere that Mary went

The lamb was sure to go.

It followed her to school one day,

Which was against the rule;

It made the children laugh and play

To see a lamb at school.

And so the teacher turned it out,

But still it lingered near,

And waited patiently about

Till Mary did appear.

“Why does the lamb love Mary so?”

The eager children cry;

“Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know,”

The teacher did reply.

Psalm 23:1-3: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.

John 10:14: I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me.

Isaiah 40:11: He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.

Matthew 15:18: But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.

Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

James 1:5: If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

John 5:30: I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.

Proverbs 18:2, 13, 15: A fool does not delight in understanding, but in revealing his own mind…One who gives an answer before he hears,
It is foolishness and shame to him…The mind of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Psalm 32:8: I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Proverbs 16:9: The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.

Proverbs 14:12: There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Romans 12:1-2: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Proverbs 2:6-11: For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, guarding the paths of justice, and He watches over the way of His godly ones. Then you will discern righteousness, justice, and integrity, and every good path. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be delightful to your soul; Discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you.

John 7:24: Do not judge by the outward appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

I Corinthians 2:16: For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Psalm 9:10: And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.

“I will speak revelation. I will speak revelation to you, My People. But will you hear? Will you receive? Will you lay yourselves before Me, lay all your beliefs of Me on My altar – and receive?

“I do not doubt you. I do not doubt your sincerity or your love toward Me. I KNOW you. I know that even in your heartfelt adoration of Me, I have perfecting to work within you. The perfecting of My Spirit, who leads you to all Truth.

“This is a New Day. A New Day for you, My People, in America. The working of My Spirit now quickened, now deepened. Will you stay with Me? Will you go where I go? Where I lead you? I have new assignments and glories for many of you that you have not dreamed of. Will you open your hearts to receive? Will you open your ears to hear what I have to tell you, even to what is completely unexpected and inexplicable to you in the moment? I open a direct line of communication to you, if you will only receive. My Hand is upon you now, oh America, in new and violent ways. Yes – the Violence of My Love for you and My Recompense against your enemies. You, My People, must now rise with Me and take My Kingdom come in your nation of America by force – MY force. Your way lies straight before you. Do not wander from it. Eyes on Me, one step at a time – to fulfill and receive My Promises for you. This is a time of high refinement, in you individually and in your nation. In your leadership. In the very inner workings of your government and nation. I now lay you bare, America, in order to rebuild.

As you seek, you will find. Seek out the promises I have for you individually. Seek out the promises I have for you as a nation. Seek and pursue. This is a time of great warfare for you. Warfare – and yet REST in Me. The greatest warriors know how to battle even as they REST in Me. Ask Me for the meaning of this for you personally. Ask Me – and pursue My answers. I AM no longer ‘in the mood’ to accept from My People the excuse that I do not speak to you. I SPEAK TO YOU. Some things I speak – but you do not listen. Also true: some things I cannot speak because you don’t know how to listen. Therefore – LEARN HOW TO LISTEN. This is a pursuit of Me. This is spending time and focus on Me. The complacency of yesterday no longer is tolerated today. I require more of you, My People, because I now pour out more of Myself upon you. Revelation requires – demands – obedience.

“I Love you, My People. I Love you far too much to leave you where you now stand. I take you, each of you, ever higher with Me – as high as you will allow. Only YOU can hold yourself back. For I have MUCH for you in this new age of My Kingdom. DO NOT MISS OUT. Seek Me. Pursue Me with all your heart and strength and mind. And watch My blessings and My glory pour out on you such as you would never have imagined. Amen. My Word is True.”
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Notes:

John 16:13: But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

I Corinthians 2:9-12: …but just as it is written, “Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him.” For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God.

John 14:25-27: These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. 

Matthew 11:12: From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.

Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Luke 11:10: For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Jeremiah 29:13: You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. 

Matthew 7:7: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Lamentations 3:25: The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him.

Ephesians 1:17: [I pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. 

Isaiah 30:21: Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’

Jeremiah 33:3: Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Isaiah 48:17: “This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.” 

Psalm 32:8:  I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

Hebrews 4:2: For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.

Deuteronomy 28:1: And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.