MY BLOG IS 11 YEARS OLD

Today I was wondering about the significance of 14 Oct but I could not recall what day it was. Then a precious sister in Christ sent me an email to wish me blessed 11th anniversary of my blog. So sweet of her! God must have sent her to encourage me. And to remind me that I haven’t been blogging for the past four months. So many things happened in between. It would take some time to unpack them. Well, I am reminded to give thanks to the Lord for what He has brought me through. 

Firstly I thank God that the process of healing my soul wounds had been finally completed. There is a certain release and cutting off incumbrance so that I could move on to a new season. There was a freedom or liberty in Christ. I was just saying that from Feb this year, my wilderness journey came to an end. The past four months were actually times of transition. I had to cross my Jordan for the final time this July. And I thank God that I finally crossed my Jordan after so many years of missing it. 

Secondly I am grateful to the Lord for causing me to overcome certain adverse circumstances in my life in Aug. It was an ordeal that our family went through which I would share in time to come. But it sufficed to say that we went through the fiery furnace but God brought us out victorious. Through the experience, He taught us to overcome. Not only to stand and not bow down to the enemy’s attacks, God put the very thing that Satan threw at us under our feet. Now it has become ashes and it will no longer be able to burn us.

I learnt so many things about faith and endurance and trusting in God’s word through it all. I also can testify to the finality of God’s word regardless of the contrary circumstances. God caused my faith to go up a few notches after all these months. It hasn’t been easy for me and my family as we chose not to be vaccinated but the Lord has more than enough grace for us. Through it all I also learnt that it really was not just about me and my family from now onwards. It was a shift to kingdom perspective. 

Thirdly the Lord showed me clearly my assignment for the new season after moving us on in Oct. There has been a clear and undeniable shift since Oct. For some reason, this Oct seemed to be very significant. Like a momentous time in history. We are finally stepping foot in the promised land after crossing Jordan and having consecrated ourselves. Our hearts are circumcised. There was time for healing after the circumcision which was painful but after recovery, we become so much stronger. 

The Lord convinced me that I am really no longer stuck in the old season. In fact the old had passed away. The new season had come. He has solidly shifted us into the new season. I had to let go of the last bit of baggage in the past season because they cannot follow me into the new season. While God is doing so many things in my life over the past few months, He is also dealing with things in the world. There is a shaking going on right now. 

So yes I am in a very good place now. The best ever in the past 11 years. Primarily because I have finally completed the faith journey, fought the good fight and finished the race. God is pleased with me. I have also passed whatever tests needed to move on to the new season. He is promoting me to new realms of authority and anointing. He has also brought my tribe to me. The days ahead are going to be so exciting. Beloved, I just want to encourage you to see through the eyes of God. Only then can you be encouraged that things are not what they seem. Not dark and gloomy. God is coming on the scene. Watch and pray.

WHAT FINANCIAL FREEDOM MEANT FOR ME

I was reading the book ‘The Abundance Code’ from Julie Ann Cairns and I just wanted to do some reflections. Before that I thought of bringing out some good points the author mentioned. The money myth is that work = worth. You have to work hard for your money. So the prospect of risking our hard-earned money on a venture can easily fill us with a sense of anxiety and fatigue. Because if we lose the money, the only way to get those funds back is by working hard.  

The idea of working hard for money is not a bad one but we can fall into the trap of thinking that money which comes easily is somehow dishonest. That could be akin to cheating or pure gambling. We don’t want our minds to be closed and reject an easier path to wealth creation. If you make a lot of money relatively easily, without working hard for it, then the question of whether of not you deserve it will be raised. 

 

Others may be critical of you and they may feel that you don’t deserve financial freedom without working hard for it. You may even feel that you don’t deserve it. It can be quite tempting to stay where you are and not upset the beliefs, knowing that the beliefs and judgements of others can have a powerful effect on you. If you want to be different from the rest, you need courage to get to a place psychologically where you can handle being different. 

 

This was what happened to me. In fact when I came out of the rat race at age 36, I was financially free in a way. We had a good rental income while my personal expenses was way below that income. Granted that though Heng wasn’t earning that much back in those days, we were still quite comfortable compared to many families with only one breadwinner. Of course my decision to quit and stay home wasn’t well-received. 

 

Many people including my own parents felt it was such a waste for me to stay home after going through university education. My own brother even compared my job to a maid. My previous boss and colleagues all felt that I might regret my decision as I gave up a good career path. Some people probably felt I was lazy and selfish, enjoying my life while my hubby was slogging at work. 

 

Well, you see, after I resigned, I was very happy for a while. It was a huge relief not having to work and not facing deadlines. Plus the freedom to spend as much time with God as I liked. It was heaven on earth. But after a while I became bored and I needed to find some sense of significance and contribution to society. I knew the value of spending more time with Joshua but deep down I kept wondering if I could do more than just that. 

 

Besides back in those days there weren’t that many stay-home mums like me. And at times I also wondered if I should go back to the workforce. While I was swimming in the pool, enjoying the leisurely afternoon, many times I questioned: Was it right for me to live the good life? Did I deserve such a good life while others are slogging away? I couldn’t even accept luxury gifts from Heng because I didn’t feel like I worked hard for it. 

 

You see, I used to be so stingy about spending money on myself. After 15 years of working, I finally convinced myself to buy an LV bag as a reward. You can imagine how guilty I felt when I received those luxury goods without working for them. God had to show me what is true grace. This goes against the grain of what I believe. In the past I will feel more satisfied about what I had achieved if I had to work hard for it. 

 

This sense of satisfaction applies to things I do for money and things I put effort to even if I don’t get paid. I used to attach my personal sense of significance and worth to what I do for work and how hard I have worked for something. But after a season of practically doing nothing, I had learnt to put my self-worth in my identity and not what I do for a living. God told me that even if I do nothing, I am still His beloved daughter. He is still proud of me. 

 

The author had a similar experience as mine. She quit her high paying job in a top bank at the peak of her career because she wanted to disconnect from the time = money equation. She didn’t want to commit herself to a life on the hamster wheel. Of course she faced much criticism from her family and friends. They felt like she was making a stupid mistake by quitting. 

 

This was exactly what I faced when I announced my decision to quit, even though the reason was to stay home for my son. Well the fact is we both know this: even if a job didn’t feel quite the right thing for you, time can just get chewed up in the daily grind. You get up, go to work, come home, fix dinner, do some housework, watch some TV then go to bed. You go to church, catch up with friends on the weekends, go for holidays and before you know it, a few years passed. Nothing much has changed in your life. 

 

It was exactly what happened to me. I knew my last workplace was a transitional place as early as Oct 2008 but it wasn’t time for me to leave yet. Then life happened. We changed church, CG, got caught up with parenting Joshua and settled into a routine. It was only because of the shaking, the re-org in my company that pushed me out of that nest. At one point I even tried to convince myself that my new season had started in that place. I was becoming delusional because I couldn’t see a way out of my stuck situation. 

 

That was why God pulled me out of work for three weeks to speak to me at length and give me clarity over my next season. I didn’t want to just get stuck in that pattern. I knew I had to break myself out of that endless cycle. It had been almost two years since I had the strong desire to leave the company. So I quit. But thank God for providing us with the rental income before I quit. He made it easy for me to take that step. 

 

Well, like the author described, initially it was fun and she loved it. But what came up emotionally as the weeks turned into months and months was something unexpected. Giving up my sense of significance and contribution for such an extended period of time, with nothing really concrete on the horizon, was actually very challenging for me. Soon I was facing a mid-life crisis. What was I doing with my life? Was I idling it away? The whole world seemed to be passing me by.

 

Well, looking back I was glad I did it. I never regretted this decision. It was an important season of reflection for me. I couldn’t continue working in the corporate world, and I had to do things differently moving forward if I wanted to get ahead as much in the next season. Yet at times I felt like a ship without a compass. I couldn’t really see the next step, let alone God’s plan for my life. All I looked forward to in those early years were family holidays, which were a break from the mundane and routine. 

 

And yes the questions other people ask like what do you work as are awkward for me. In some way it became a dreaded one because I was concerned about how people looked at me back in those days. Thank God I am much better now. But yes deep down I still do care about what people think. After a decade I am used to the look on these people’s faces.

 

Well, now that I have found my purpose and calling in life, I am no longer lost for direction. Besides my self worth doesn’t come from what I do but who I am. Yet God knows my need for a sense of significance or purpose in my life. So He had been preparing me for this ministry in the past decade. I must say it did boost my confidence as I felt more fulfilled doing something bigger than myself or my family. 

 

Back to the question about do you believe you deserve to be financially free. Do you feel worthy of it. Do you feel it in the core of your being. Because if you don’t, then most likely you won’t have it. If you are planning to have a paradigm shift about God’s grace, to escape the rat race and attain financial freedom, then pay attention to the way in which you derive your sense of significance and contribution. That would also determine if the shift would be permanent or whether you will lapse back to the old ways of thinking.

 

The author said the great news is that financial freedom means we can get our personal sense of significance and contribution from wherever we want. Freeing ourselves from what we have to do is what gives us both the opportunity and the need to find out what we want to do. By freeing ourselves from the game that everyone else is playing, we can discover a new and more fulfilling way to play the game. 

 

I fully agree with her. I thank God for the luxury of time. If I was stuck to a nine-to-five job, coupled with parenting demands, I would never have the time to read widely and think about how life should be lived from God’s perspective. I also wouldn’t have the courage to allow myself to think independently without any influence from the world or people around me. To form my own judgement about how my life should be lived and not how others want me to live my life. 

 

And precisely because I was free from the demands and burdens of earning a living, I could get creative about my work. I was able to have a lot of time to journal and reflect on different aspects of life. I thank God for putting some of those insights into books and my blog. Eventually I see myself as a pioneer and trailblazer. I took the road less travelled. 

 

While it was tough, it had been a most fulfilling journey. I learned so many things along the way and whatever I experienced didn’t go to waste. By daring to be different, I was able to challenge the norms and not take things for granted. I wasn’t afraid to step out of my comfort zone to explore the uncharted territory. Even if I made mistakes, it was ok because I learnt the lessons and moved on. 

 

These experiences just enriched my life and made me a better and stronger person overall. As such I realised that I developed understanding beyond my age, with the wisdom of God not the wisdom of the world. My thinking is usually shaped by what the bible says or God’s revelation from heaven. Hence it is untainted and out of this world which makes it all the more precious and refreshing. All glory to Jesus! 

 

 

 

 

 

A TRIBUTE TO THE HOMEMAKERS

I was just watching a video broadcast by Lana Vawser and they were talking about the topic of motherhood. I felt it was so apt as this Sun is Mothers’ day. Specifically how a women in full-time ministry is able to juggle ministry-related assignments and raising children. I would encourage you to watch it if you are interested. I was really blessed by their sharing. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=316998269794164&id=100044519792813&anchor_composer=false

During the broadcast, Lana said something that shifted my perspective. It was the word ‘homemaker’. God spoke to her about her being a maker of home not just for her own family but also in the family of God. Wow! God just expanded my job definition! God said a homemaker is someone who makes a home comfortable and welcoming not just in our own family but also for the body of Christ.  

In a way this is so true. In the Joseph ministry I am making a home for the brethren to be comfortable in the family of God. A place where they can be vulnerable, to be loved, to love and pray for one another, to share in each others’ dreams and visions, to support and encourage one another in this journey of faith. I am like the connector who connects various members of the family to one another, who sees where their role fits in the kingdom of God. 

 

Once I used to think of a homemaker job as a lowly task, that which was relegated to a maid, now I see it so differently. A homemaker is such a key and important role in the family. One that cannot be underestimated. She is not just a wife, a mum but also the hub that connects the spokes. Suddenly the Holy Spirit gave me this perspective of the seven mountains that just sits so well with the notion of family. You know the Father’s heart is all about family. His family. 

The mountain of business is like the breadwinner’s role. The one who brings in the bacon. The mountain of education is like the role of a coach or tutor in the family. One who teaches the children in the ways of the Lord so that when they grow up they do not stray from that path. The mountain of media is akin to the role of the communicator, be it within the family or to the outside world. This person will need to have the wisdom to know what to say and how to put a certain message across. 

 

The mountain of church is like the role of the homemaker in a sense. Her primary role is to equip the family members for their calling and their work in the kingdom. This role is different from the mountain of education in that this is more about discipleship. It is a lifelong process. The mountain of arts and entertainment is like the role of the entertainer. Someone who plans out the leisure activities and fun things in the family. 

 

The mountain of government is likened to the head of the household, the one who makes the key decisions and sets the direction in the context of a nation. There needs to be certain structures and boundaries at home in order to have godly order. Last but not least the mountain of family is exactly what it is. In a smaller context it is the family unit or the household. In a larger context it is the family of God or the Body of Christ. I see this role more of an intercessory one, as someone who lifts up prayers for the family. 

 

In the natural sense, many of such roles are fulfilled by the mother, whom indeed is like a ‘superwoman’. She is the coach or tutor, the one who equips her kids and disciples them for their calling. She is often the entertainer, thinking of activities for the family so they can have wholesome fun bonding together. Most of the time she is also a communicator, as she is like the epicentre of all communication within the family, even outside of it. 

 

Then she is also the faithful prayer warrior who offers up prayers for her hubby and her children. She is like the glue in the family, connecting everyone together. The only roles she probably didn’t take on is that of the breadwinner and governor. Well in a way she is helping her hubby to earn some side income through good investment choices. She is like a business woman too. Even in the area of setting up rules for the family, she might not be the face of the governor but she certainly has influence over her husband’s decisions. 

 

In closing I just like to pay a tribute to all the homemakers. May the Lord bless the work of your hands, may He give you joy in the midst of the mundane tasks, may He give you meaning and purpose in the seemingly thankless job you are doing, may you find favour with your hubby and children, may your hubby and children arise to call you blessed, may you see yourself as the Lord sees you as one who excels them all, may He show you the fruits of your labour in your family during this new season and may you find joy and fulfilment in Jesus always! 

 

 

 

IS THIS REALLY GOD’S BEST FOR US?

I came across a post in my 2015 journals and felt ministered by it. Hope this will bless you and cause you to meditate on what is God’s best for your life. 

I just read a chapter of a book in the library and I was so ministered by it. The author talked about this lady who is happily married to a believer, has three beautiful kids, lives in a beautiful farmhouse, has a close group of women fellowship, serves in church and is well off financially. She seems to be very contented and grateful in life. She enjoyed those play dates when she would interact with other mums like her in her neighbourhood. All seems well and good except for one thing, she isn't really growing in her relationship with the Lord.

The author said her happiness is build upon the fulfilment of the things she wanted for her little Kingdom. She is glad to see that she is able to fulfil her dreams and desires easily. Everything in her life seems to be going her way, well under control. She doesn't have much challenges in her simple and contented life. She is thankful to God for a nice hubby, beautiful kids and her life as it is. But it never crossed her mind to desire or want more. 

Her life is limited by the size of her life and expectations. Her close female friends are happy to talk about everything under the sun like weather, politics, activities, recipes, how the kids are doing etc. But they don't go deeper into the things of God. Of course there is nothing wrong with such things but if they impede us from growing in the Lord, then it isn't good. Sometimes the very thing we hated like our weakness or challenge or frustration is the thing that drives us to God. It became a good thing in His hands, when we surrender it to Him. 

Obviously she isn't one of those who is groaning, always waiting for dreams and desires to be fulfilled in her life, who travail like a woman heavily pregnant and about to give birth. She might not know what it means to wait upon the Lord for His timing when she seemed to have no problem fulfilling her own desires and needs. She wouldn't have struggled in such areas of heartaches and pains, of hopes deferred. She couldn't relate in areas where one has to press on for the goal set before us. The problem with her is she is too easily contented.

Is her life considered joyful and happy? On the surface yes but it could be dangerous because if her happiness is predicated on external things then it could easily be shaken. All it takes is a bad thing to happen to her family and she will be devastated. Of course the Lord will still turn all things for her good but sometimes it may take certain shaking in our lives to realise that there is a bigger dream for our lives than what we think we want or need. 

Have you seen such believers in your life? I have and there are many of such examples. I don't know is it because of the calling and purpose of their lives or they chose to think of life in that way. One sister used to tell me that if having a great calling in her life meant great trials and tribulations, then she rather not have it. She would pray to ask God for a simple, uneventful but peaceful life. She wanted her life to be smooth sailing. But is that even a prayer that God will honour? I really don't know. After all we cannot choose our calling right? It's all by His grace. 

But of course we can say we don't want His calling. We want our lives to be led in our ways. Sure, God will not force anything on us but does it mean that this will exempt us from all the trials, challenges and difficulties in our lives? Absolutely not! Wake up and smell the roses! We live in a fallen world. By the mere fact that we are made in the image of God, we are already in a war with the devil. Plus the fact that we are saved. Do you think the devil will just leave us alone? I don't mean it to sound scary but these are things that are out of our control. The only place that is really safe is in the refuge of His wings. 

The only way out of this challenges is not by avoiding them but by facing them headlong and overcoming them with God's strength. We cannot be running away from problems all our lives. This is not how God wants us to live. He has given us His power and authority and we are to take dominion of this earth. The devil won't have mercy on us, make no mistake about that. Remember that he hates us as he hated God. Only God loves us and is long-suffering towards us. He is the only One who always longs to do good to us, not harm us. 

So sometimes when I hear of people who are so incredibly blessed and contented with their lives, I don't know whether to be happy for them. It isn't that I am jealous of their blessings or cannot believe that all is too good to be true. On the contrary, I am wondering if such blessings are keeping them from seeking His kingdom rather than their own little kingdoms. And oh yes, the superficial talk about weather, kids, recipes, motherhood, activities...I have been there and done that. Years ago after I gave birth to Joshua, I was engaged in such conversations and I realised long ago that such things don't satisfy me. 

I don't know if it was me or my calling was different from others. I just couldn't relate to them, I couldn't get excited about these things. For a while I was ok but very soon there was a hunger, a discontent in my spirit that craved for more. Except that I didn't know what was it, I had to discover it for myself. Later on I realised that I craved for a deeper relationship with God. For a while I didn't like who I was and why I behaved this way. I wondered why I couldn't be similar to other women. Why I couldn't be easily contented with my life? Why do I have to be so difficult on myself by craving for more? 

Why was I often in travail, experiencing birth pangs, struggling, waiting, pressing on, pressing through when others seemed to achieve their dreams easily? Why do I always have hopes deferred that made my heart sick when others are enjoying their answered prayers? Why do I always have to be the last one to receive my miracles? (Actually I am not the last...) Why do I struggle so much with heartaches and pains, always having to deal with disappointments? It seemed so unfair. I am not being ungrateful to God because I know I am already very blessed. But deep down there was always a yearning for more, not that I am not contented with what God has blessed me with. 

Many years later and only recently I realised it wasn't a bad thing, it was actually very good in God's eyes. Now I am thankful that I was made differently. Honestly I really could kid myself and pretend to be very engrossed and contented with such things in my life but it would all end up in a bubble. I would go around in circles chasing for things that couldn't satisfy and end up in the starting point. Thank God Jesus didn't allow me to do that. Thank God He gave me perspective in knowing my divine calling and why I went through things others didn't all because of my calling. In order that my experiences could bless many others in future. 

So friends, be encouraged that if you are one of those who have suffered great losses or been through many hopes deferred and disappointments, God will not let these experiences go to waste. The reason why you go through such trying challenges is closely associated with God’s calling on your life. Even before you knew your purpose, the enemy already saw the spiritual activity in your life. That was why he attacked you first. You might be in the dark, wondering why such things happened to you and not other people. You might thought God has forsaken you or played a cruel joke on you. But no, this is not God’s doing. And God will restore to you the years the locusts had eaten. He will make the enemy pay you back seven times more!  

MEDIA MOUNTAIN

I was reading about the first enemy nation of Hittite which was the media mountain to be conquered from Johnny Enlow’s book ‘Seven Mountains of Prophecy’. Well I learnt that the word Hittite comes from the name Heth which means ‘fear’ or ‘terror’. These spirits are having a heyday being released over the air through various news outlets. They are causing more damage than the real terrorists, resulting in men’s hearts failing because of fear.

A disproportionate fear creates a false battlefield. Bad news is Satan’s speciality and twisting news is his delight. His goal is to flood the airwaves with bad news, bringing the battle to his home ground where he can easily pick off the fearful and anxious then inject sickness into a weakened immune system. Satan constantly sets scenarios that distract us from the true battlefields. He uses the media to create infighting and division at all levels of society. 

The evil principality on this mountain are twisting events and making things seem like not so. Their sting is in their tales. They have created a battlefield and convinced us that is where we must act as priority but what they say is far from the truth. Bad news conditions a soul to respond to evil influences while good news condition a soul to respond to a good God. 

 

The airwaves should be filled with that which is good, noble, lovely, of a good report in which the Lord’s school of journalism grows from. Instead of just reporting on a disaster, a positive response to negative news can be highlighted to show the silver lining in every tragedy. It is the kind of narrative or story angle that releases hope. We meditate and are motivated by whatever is before our eyes. 

 

The past few months was a very good depiction of how the enemy was flooding the airwaves with bad news of the pandemic, economic recession and chaos in the world. The confusion and distractions that we faced last year was never experienced before. Firstly there have been many conspiracy theories about the spread of the virus, the end times and the one world government. Though there was an element of truth in some of these reports, the angle in which it was presented was doom and gloom. That was how I knew in my spirit that it couldn’t be from God. 

 

Even believers are playing into the devil’s hands to spread rumours and inject fear into the body of Christ. This is not surprising because the bible already warns us of great deception in the last days. And yes the enemy used the media to cause strife and infighting not just at all levels of society but especially within the body of Christ. It was a major distraction because that battlefield is just a smokescreen, not the real one with spoils. 

 

Amidst all the confusion, I was even more determined to seek the Lord for the truth, for what is actually happening behind the scenes. Deep down I know that God already has a solution for everything that happened. It didn’t catch Him by surprise. And yes His narrative is always one that brings hope to the soul, not doom or gloom. That was how I sensed the talk about rapture coming soon was a cop-out. 

Not that I didn’t believe the rapture was coming in this generation but that it was like the panacea to bring believers out of this troubled world. And the talk about how we have entered into the seven-year tribulation or that the anti-Christ has already surfaced in the world was also not backed by biblical teachings. As long as the church (who is the restraining force) is still in the world, the anti-Christ cannot emerge. 

 

The enemy wanted the believers to buy into this narrative so that we would be helpless and powerless to stand against his wiles. He wanted us to believe that the only way out of all these trials is to look for Jesus to save us through the rapture. That has never been God’s best for us. Besides God is awakening us to the truth of what had been happening in our world. The evil and all the injustices. 

 

Some prophets and great men of God were hoodwinked by believing that God is already finished with this matter and urged the rest of us to repent and move forward. There has never been so much hatred and violence in the world caused by wrongful representation of facts by the media. At some point I didn’t even believe all that the media was telling us. I couldn’t be sure if that was the truth. 

That was when I knew my source of information had to come straight from the Lord. If the Lord said so then it must be true. But if He remained silent or didn’t correct the news then I will take it with some level of credibility. Like for example God never told me that the vaccine was evil or that it bore the mark of the beast. He only said not to worry for He will bring good out of the evil intended by the enemy. 

 

Though this was not exactly God’s best for His people (His best is still divine protection and healing), it has no power to harm the believers. And whatever evil that the enemy has planned, I really don’t think it could succeed. Not with the church praying against it. I have no problem with people trying to uncover the truth but I don’t like the after taste of it causing fear or certain hopelessness. 

 

And many times I find that we are being reactive in our prayers. Some of such news, especially when not verified had the effect of injecting fear and causing us to be distracted from what God has told us or instructed us earlier. Even if the person who circulated the news meant well, the end outcome was not intended by God. Unless the message comes with a solution or a redemptive hope, I would usually dismiss it. Or if it really bothered me so much, I would take it to the Lord and seek an answer from Him. 

 

I encountered the enemy twisting the narrative in my own life. Especially after God has given me a specific word or instruction. The enemy would then bombard me with a totally opposite story angle from what God told me. Even though I knew these were lies and it served to distract me, somehow the negative narrative had an adverse impact on my heart. I felt harassed and frustrated. Only by going back to the Lord can I have clarity over what was truly going on in my life.  

Many lessons served to remind me the importance of guarding our ear and eye gates. It is really for our own good. The constant bombardment of bad news will eventually cause our hearts to fail because of fear and anxiety. And this will affect our health. The lying symptoms will start to appear one by one. Constant bad news will rob one of the peace and joy, causing our souls to be downcast. That is also when we become most vulnerable to depression. Because we cannot see any hope in our situation. 

 

But the truth is there is always hope in Christ. God will not end a story in defeat. He has won the war and we are on the winning side. Yet the enemy kept trying to convince us that we had lost the battle. Honestly he has no power to stop God’s word from coming to pass so the only thing he can do is to cause obstruction and delays so as to wear us out from having too many hopes deferred. He wants to get us to a place where we blame God and give up on the promises. 

 

His ultimate objective isn’t just to rob us of our possession and inheritance, he wants to thwart our relationship with our Abba. He wants to destroy our trust in God so that we could never get back on our feet again. Through constant bad news and fear, he is trying to break our will and our spirit. He hopes to get us to a point where we become bitter with God and turn our backs against God. I have seen this evil tactic in my life. So many times. I have learnt so much about his warfare tactics over the years of being attacked.   

 

I really thank God that when I was so distracted a few weeks ago, He sent word through all the messages to tell me to get back to the secret place. In His presence is fullness of joy. It is only in God’s presence that I was restored to peace and joy. That I began to see things clearly so as not to be affected by the enemy’s lies. And the joy of the Lord is my strength. Indeed I had so much joy spending time with the Lord. I also was able to hear Him more clearly about His plan and instruction for me. 

SEVEN MOUNTAINS PROPHECY

Thank God for leading me to read this book by Johnny Enlow on 1 Feb. It indeed has given me a deeper revelation about how to respond during the end times and answered many questions. I don’t think it was a coincidence that this book was published in 2008, the year when my wilderness journey began. As early as 2008, the prophets were already talking about this seven mountains prophecy and about possessing our inheritance.  

But I didn’t have any understanding about this so even if I read this book back then I wouldn’t have the revelation. Now things are different. I have a hunger to seek an answer to the problems and evil doing that is in the world. I want to know what role I can play in His kingdom. Besides my spiritual understanding has increased over the years. Precept upon precept, revelation upon revelation.

 

So now when I read these books, I can better absorb what the prophets are talking about. These are very real solutions to the issues the world is facing. This book reinforces my understanding about the shaking happening since last year, the great awakening of the church and how the prophetic movement would provide a solution in this new era. I also see how it is a fine line between a revolution for the sake of rebelling against the current world systems versus a well-articulated nature of the replacement system.

 

I was not contented with our reactive way of praying against the many things that seem to threaten our biblical standards, our privacy, loss of freedom and efforts to push us into a one-world government. I felt it was very reactive, like putting out fires. I also didn’t like the notion of coming against all these things without having a bigger picture or a solution to the woes. I want to be clear what I stand for, rather than what I am against. I need a strategic structure or blueprint to guide me through such confusing times. 

 

While I know that some churches need a new wineskin, I don’t wish to give up totally on these mainline churches. I am glad to see that the Elijah Revolution will confront these churches, either resurrecting them or burying them for good. As early as 2008 there was a rapidly expanding house church movement sweeping across US. But some of it carries the spirit of rebellion and independence.

 

I don’t want to be just opposed to the dead church system offering only entertainment but no discipleship, but also to extract the precious from the worthless and allow myself to be built into something definable. I now see why the shaking and a tsunami has come because of this Elijah Revolution that is unstoppable. We need to understand the life of Elijah and how it applies to us today.

 

Bible talks about how Elijah must first come and restore all things but more significantly the last part of the OT in Malachi talked about the returning of the fathers’ hearts to the children and the children’s hearts to the fathers. This showed that a revolution will take place before the Lord returns. It is a grace revolution because its purpose is to avert a catastrophic judgment. And we know the grace revolution had long begun. 

 

I believe the key restoration is for the hearts of the children of God to be restored to our Abba God. Earlier I understood why the need to talk about our relationship with our Father because it has everything to do with inheritance, with possessing these mountains. Another part that was clearly illuminated in this book was the notion of what would happen preceding Jesus’ return. 

 

I have always held on to the notion that there must be a restoration of all things before Jesus returns. It is a restoration of the original intent of God. Jesus is retained in Heaven until the Elijah Revolution is complete. This movement will prepare His Bride for His return, just like how John the Baptist prepared the way of Jesus’ first coming. An original plan and design of God will triumph and establish Him as the Ruler of this earth. It entails the crushing of Satan here on earth before Jesus returns for His bride. 

 

Matthew 22:44 gives us critical information about God’s timing, the until factor. God is saying to Jesus that He will sit at His right hand until God makes His enemies His footstool. He will remain in heaven there as the Head and His body on earth will crush the enemies. The last generation will be the ‘foot’ generation and will rule on earth over His enemies. Until they do so, Jesus is not going back to rescue, save or rapture us. The restoration of all things and making of Satan as a footstool are the same works.

 

Earlier in Jan I wrote this. The great uncovering of the evil works was like a miracle. Things that remained hidden for decades or even centuries were all brought to light. After the initial shock, I saw how this was a very good thing for the Lord was forcing the devil to show hand. The devil’s greatest deception is to make people think he doesn’t exist. Too bad he has been caught! And now he has to repay sevenfold! For this specific battle, I am convinced the devil has lost. It will all become evident in the days and weeks to come.

 

But he will not stop at this. He will bide his time, build his army and try to bring back the one world government agenda in the future. So the church cannot remain passive. We must continue to advance His kingdom in the meantime. We must take our place to pray and watch, binding the enemy’s plans in advance. The Lord will continue to bring us to greater levels of glory. This is truly the beginning of the end before the rapture. 

 

The church will continue to take dominion over the seven mountains and will be in her most glorious state, seeing such miracles and conversions of millions as a daily occurrence. Then the rapture will come and bring us back to Jesus. After we leave this earth, the anti-Christ will rear its ugly head and resume the one world government agenda again. This time round the Illuminati will succeed in world dominion because the restraining force (the Church) is no longer on the earth to stop his plan. Hence the start of the 7-year tribulation. 

 

This is how I see the end time will pan out though I have no indication of the timelines. And it shouldn’t bother me as long as I continue to walk closely with Jesus. I will have no fear of what’s happening in the world because we are not of the world. I know that God will take good care of His people no matter what. Of course those who don’t want His protection He would not force them. In any case, I believe revival has already began. 

 

OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ABBA GOD

Yesterday some of us were talking about how to develop a closer relationship with the Father, how to talk to Him etc. Of all the topics this one is probably my favourite, more so than dreams and visions or prophetic. Because this relationship with my Abba is my vital connection, my life force, without which everything else is moot. One sister was saying that she could picture herself walking very closely with Jesus but somehow was distant with the Father. Previously I didn’t give much thought to it. 

 

I thought the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one so there wasn’t a need to split hairs to find out who I am speaking to. The three are interchangeable. But yesterday the Lord showed me that our relationship with God has everything to do with our inheritance. Heng also said how we see the Father has to do with how we receive from Him. It was true. 

 

I saw how when believers seemed not to have such a close relationship with the Father, they probably weren’t as emboldened to reach out for their blood-bought inheritance. Last night as I was praying to the Father, it dawned on me why most believers had no issue talking to Jesus. Though Jesus came to show us how our Father is like, it was still hard for believers who didn’t have a good relationship with their earthly fathers to imagine how good our Heavenly Father is. 

 

It was easier for us to relate to Jesus because He is our Saviour, He died for us on the cross and He is our great high priest in heaven, always making intercession on our behalf. As for the Father, some believers still had the image of the harsh and just God in the Old Testament even though we are now in a new covenant. The name that Jesus came to reveal about God is Abba, Daddy God. 

 

Well, it wasn’t difficult for me to see God as a loving Father. Whenever I am downcast or discouraged, I would imagine myself climbing onto his lap like a little girl and curl up in His presence. I would find strength and encouragement by just being in His presence, looking at His face. Nothing else in the world matters when I sit at His lap. I would feel so safe, so protected and so loved by my Father. I know I am always His beloved daughter. 

 

All this points to our identity, which God has been impressing me recently. Without being rooted in who we are in Christ, how we are God’s beloved children, we would not be able to inherit all that He has for us. Galatians 4:7 says this: ‘Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.‘ As sons of God, we are no more His servants but we are heirs of God through Christ. 

 

And we are mature sons of God, having come of age to inherit His possessions. This topic came up at this time because we are about to be launched into our ministries and about to possess our inheritance. We need to know that the Father is well pleased with us even before we did anything. His approval isn’t in our performance but we are the beloved, well accepted in Christ. It takes a David (whose name means Beloved) to kill a giant. 

 

When Jesus was baptised at River Jordan, God spoke from heaven and said: ‘This is my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’ This was before Jesus even started his ministry on earth. God wanted Jesus to know He is well pleased with Jesus not because He was doing His will but because He was the Son. Similarly it is all about our identity in Christ, which is something the devil can never take away. It is in our blood when we are born again.

 

I understand for some believers who had harsh earthly fathers, it was hard to imagine themselves approaching God in this way. God is the righteous Judge, He is the Supreme One, so we have to approach Him with utmost reverence. That is correct but this Judge is also our loving Father. Some believers approach the Father in a solemn manner because this is how they approach their earthly fathers. But God wants us to approach the throne of grace with confidence to find help in times of need. (Hebrews 4:16)

 

I believe it is the Father’s heart to draw near to all His children at this time, more so than ever before. In the midst of the conflict and confusion happening in the world, there is a safe refuge in His presence. Everything will be ok in His presence. There is also joy in His presence. When we come to Him with tears in our eyes, He will wipe them away and replace our sorrow with joy. We will also gain His perspective after an encounter with Him. We will have the peace to know that He is still in control and all shall be well. 

 

Not only that, we will be strengthened in His presence, emboldened to do His will and stand on His word because we know His heart for His people. Many people know God’s ways but they don’t know His heart. They see His power through signs and wonders but they still don’t see His heart. But when you see the Father’s heart, even in the absence of such signs and wonders, you will know what He will do next. This is very important because you know the character of the Father, how He is like from your walk with Him. 

 

Personally I also observe that my disappointments and doubts are all directed at God, not Jesus. I know Jesus fully understands and knows what I am going through but as for whether God sees and understands, at times I couldn’t be sure. Or even if He saw how I suffered, I would then wonder why He didn’t deliver from that when it is all His power to do so. But God is so good. At times He allowed Himself to be grossly misunderstood by His people in order to achieve a greater purpose. And I saw how it was me who limited Him, not God. 

 

But at the end of it, when I looked back, I would realise that He wasn’t just standing by the side, watching me suffer. He was right there in my suffering, like the fourth men standing with the three Hebrew teenagers in the fiery furnace. He was always there even when I didn’t sense His presence or when He was silent. Even when I don’t see it, He is still working behind the scenes, causing all things to work for my good. When He finally did the great reveal, I would always be in awe and repent that I had misunderstood Him. 

 

Suffering and pain is very real. But in the midst of it, many people think God has left them alone. He has forgotten them or turned His face away from our sufferings. Or that God no longer loves them. But this is far from the truth! We should never judge God’s love for us by our circumstances but on what Christ has done on the cross. That is already the greatest demonstration of God’s love for us. If He did not withhold His only begotten Son but sent Jesus to die for us, why would He withhold anything else from us? 

 

And so, what my own journey in the wilderness taught me is this: never judge God’s love for us by our circumstances. He has not forgotten about you in the wilderness. He is there walking with you every single step of the way. Remember how He was with the Israelites through a pillar of fire by night and pillar of cloud by day in the harsh wilderness. It was only when they crossed over to the promised land that the pillar of fire and cloud was no longer there. Instead they were told to follow the small ark of the covenant, which is a representation of Jesus. 

 

Beloved, it is not surprising that the enemy will keep trying to attack our relationship with our Father because he doesn’t want us to inherit our inheritance. The enemy will always try to cause our trust in our Father to be shaken. He will cast doubts on the absolute goodness of God. He will make us think that we are forsaken, like orphans, left to fend for ourselves. But in Christ, God will never leave us or forsake. The sun is still shining even when dark clouds cover our skies. 

 

Even for me, someone who has no problem picturing God as my loving Father, at times I would still be shaken in my trust of God. But God doesn’t hold it against me. He totally understands what I went through because Jesus already walked through it. I have learnt that in times of suffering and pain, seeking an answer from the Lord didn’t help. It wasn’t what I needed to hear. What I needed most is to be assured of the Father’s great love towards me and to just hide in His presence. It was His love and presence that carried me through the tough years of wilderness. Nothing else could. 

OFFICIALLY OUT OF THE WILDERNESS!

Today is 18 Jan and it marked my official exit from the wilderness. It is a great day of celebration because an important milestone in my life had been crossed. The preparation and training had been completed. I had passed the faith test and graduated. God is not only moving me on to my new season, He is also promoting me. He has crowned me with honour and glory, restored my strength and trust in Him and given me a new mantle. 

More than just ministering to the Joseph people, I sense that God is also setting the stage for the prophetic movement. It really wasn’t a coincidence that the moment I exited my wilderness, the moment God released me from my prison, this year’s church theme was about the seer anointing! This is all part of God’s plan and His divine timing. It was perfect, just like how Joseph was brought to Pharaoh to interpret his dreams. 

 

I was so encouraged that not only am I out of the wilderness, out of that narrow and stuck place, God is catapulting me into the palace. It wasn’t something I had expected but now I see how my obedience in stepping out as He leads was bringing forth fruits. At a time when the enemy was attacking the prophets and discrediting their words, God came on the scene to mightily defend His prophets. 

 

God has affirmed that we, as a group, are moving in the right direction. We are really on the right track. Not only that, I saw the Joseph ministry has a great potential to be a blessing even to our church. Purely because it will meet a gap in equipping the people in the workplace ministry.  I am excited about where God is bringing us in the days to come.

 

But today will be my rite of celebration with the Lord. I will not be thinking of any new plans. I just want to enjoy the sense of completing this big chunk of my life, reflecting on the journey I had walked through with the Lord. I know I have been declaring the end of this season and reflected upon the journey at various points in the past. Yet I still didn’t seem to have crossed the finishing line. There was always a little more to press on. 

 

There had been so many false closings in my life until I didn’t dare to get my hopes up again. But the Lord is faithful. If He said there is an end to the stretching and tests, then there will be an end. Last Dec, God impressed upon me that the end has truly come. We had been studying the life of Joseph and saw the significance of 13 in his story. There are 13 chapters in Genesis talking about Joseph and he suffered 13 years in the wilderness. 

 

Not only that, other great men in the OT like David also wandered in the wilderness for 13 years before he was crowned king of Judah. It was significant because God has to convince me that 13 years is the finality. Else I would be wondering why not 7, 10, 12, 15 or 20 years. Besides the timing issue, God also showed me the signs of me being released from the prison. Clearly He has set me in position in this Joseph ministry while I was still in prison in 2019. But He has launched me out this year. 

 

Of course I could choose to focus on the fact that I still hadn’t seen my manifestation yet but to me, that didn’t matter anymore. The most important thing is God has moved me on to the new season. I was just very relieved that I was no longer stuck, no longer circling the same mountain year after year. The enemy could no longer taunt and torment me about that. God has restored my strength and healed my battle wounds. He has also opened my eyes to see what He has been doing in the last 13 years. 

 

Many things He said to me in those years finally made sense now. Clearly those experiences were so precious and didn’t go to waste. There is a greater anointing released in my life because God has caused me to overcome those areas that used to hold me hostage. I believe this would be used to help others get out of their bondage in future. Now He has set me free! Oh how sweet is that freedom! Only God knows how much I needed to be set free from those incumbrance than to see the manifestation. 

 

To Him, the manifestation is easy but to get me to cooperate with Him in the purification process was the tough part. Many people had given up in the midst of the crucible. But to those who overcome, a crown of rewards is awaiting them on the other side. So yes I am expectant of the rewards God has in store for me. And I know He is not holding back this dream from me. This promise will manifest very soon now that all this is finally over. My appointed time has come. 

 

I am going back in time to 18 Jan 2008. Back then I was so expectant of a promise coming to pass but got discouraged when I looked at my external circumstances. I felt my work in my previous company was meaningless and I was restless again, hoping to move on. Then I went for a company’s strategic planning exercise and it got worse. Hence I sought the Lord and asked Him what is His will for me in the next season of my life.

 

God said: ‘Can I not show you now? I want you to trust me. It is a faith test for you.’ Then I asked if He could give me a verse to hang on to in the meantime. ‘Be still and know that I am God’ was His answer. I was satisfied with an encounter of God even though I didn’t have an clue about His will for my next season. I totally had no idea what He has planned for me. I thought it was only about my baby plan. There was so much more at stake. 

 

He was bringing me through a personal journey with Jesus. I thought I already had a history with God in my waiting for a previous promise which came to pass in 2005. But obviously that history wasn’t going to take me where God is taking me to in my future. I needed to know the Lord in a much deeper way and He needed to root me in my identity. The entire wilderness process served to bring me closer to Him and for me to know my identity. 

 

My identity in Christ and my personal history with the Lord are things that the enemy can never take away from me. Because these are not based on my performance. The devil can never steal my identity. It is who I am in Christ. He may strip away my ministry, my role as a mum or a wife but He can never take away the truth that I am always a beloved daughter of God. Even if I do nothing, the Lord is pleased to have me by His side. 

If God has shown me His will for me in that season, I would have said no to Him right there and then! No wonder God, in His wisdom hid His will for me. God wanted me to trust Him to reveal bit by bit, and to take one step at a time. How does one eat an elephant? One bite at a time. And now as I look back, I would have it no other way. I saw how God caused all things (even the painful and senseless things) to work for my good. 

Through it all I saw His faithfulness even when I was faithless. His love for me and His faithfulness were the only things I could hold on to during the tough and challenging seasons. In the toughest times, I held dearly on to this verse Psalms 27:13 ‘I would have despaired of heart had I not believed I would see the goodness of God in the land of the living.’ Now I can say that the Lord has shown me His goodness in my life. God is really so good. 

 

REJOICE AND CELEBRATE NOW!

https://www.facebook.com/TheVictoryChannel/videos/421275119184623

After I watched the latest victory channel video (in the above link) I was so encouraged. So fired up and so filled with expectancy! Yesterday when I wrote the post on encouragement for Trump before watching this video, I didn’t realise what I wrote was in line with what many of them said! It was really inspired by the Holy Spirit! I was most encouraged by Kat Kerr, who imparted such a spirit of faith to me. She said now is the time to celebrate, praise and worship!

 

Indeed I had such joy rising up inside of me because I really sensed victory coming. In fact I understand why God kept saying we should rejoice now because we have come to the end. I was also reminded of the story that David’s greatest victory occurred just 72 hours before his greatest defeat at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 30). We probably thought it was the end on 6 Jan but actually we are in the kairos moment when God is just about to act. 

 

We are at the defining moment when we are about to see God part the Red Sea for US and drown the enemies in the waters so that the enemy we see today we will see no more! No wonder God told Moses in Exodus 14:15: ‘Why do you cry out to Me? Tell your people to move forward.’ Truly this is not the time to cry or to be discouraged to the point of giving up hope. This is the time to stand on God’s word and continue to press forward. 

 

For those who have eyes of faith to see, we should know that nothing caught God by surprise. Things had to get worse before they get better. It was always the darkest before dawn breaks. This is really the final exam for many of us. At a point when we saw death and all seemed lost, will we still stand on God’s side and believe Him or will we give up. If we continue to stand on His word, we will pass the test and be promoted. 

 

We will also see the glory of God when He resurrects the dead situation. Even though there seemed to be a delay now, this too shall pass and we shall see God come on the scene in a powerful manner. The angels are being dispatched to complete the assignment of God’s word spoken through His prophets. The appointed time has truly come. This is why we should start rejoicing and celebrating now! The best show is coming on!

 

AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO TRUMP SUPPORTERS

Yesterday wasn’t a good day for many of us. The US Congress has certified and confirmed Biden’s win. It was sad that Mike Pence didn’t object or stand up for Trump. It was also sad that the riots at Capitol Hill was turned into an act of violence though I believe it wasn’t started by Trump supporters. We saw thousands and thousands of people travelling to Washington DC to support Trump but in the end there was such an anti climax for them to go home without seeing the outcome they wanted. 

Even though we knew this wasn’t the end, there was still two more weeks to Presidential Inauguration but still, this wasn’t the outcome we expected. Trump went through all the possible routes like Supreme Court and Congress. He did all that he knew to do. It was all an act to flush out the people who are not for him and not for God. It was amazing how many people, including notable ministers who had turned away from what they initially declared that Trump is God’s choice. 

 

All this just taught me to put my eyes on Jesus rather than on man. At this point all of us are totally powerless. We really didn’t know what else we could do but to look to God. We had prayed, bound, declared and stood on our faith. There is nothing else to do but to continue to stand on what God told us. This is like another test that we have to pass before promotion. 

 

God didn’t tell us to win the election for Trump. That wasn’t the reason why He got us to pray for US. He told us to do our part and He will do His part. I believe we are at this place where all hopes seemed to be gone, everything seemed to be hopeless and dead. Just like the time when Lazarus died. Yet Jesus told Mary in John 11:40 that ‘If only you believed, you would see the glory of God!’ 

 

God is still asking us whether we can believe when all seemed to be lost. Like the defeat seemed to be imminent. Can we still stand on what He said? Can we trust that even though things don’t turn out the way we expected, God’s will is still going to prevail? Eventually God will work all things out for our good. Besides victory is already assured at the cross. It is only a matter of time that He comes on the scene in power and glory.

 

The world, the media, the people behind all these lies and injustices act as though God is dead. But God is very much alive! And He is laughing in heaven at the plans of the evil doers (Psalm 2:4). Though it didn’t seem like victory is on our side in the natural, we ask God to open our eyes to see that more is with us than against us! God is on our side and angels are being dispatched to turn things around now.

 

I don’t believe that God has turned a deaf ear to the millions of His people crying out to Him and praying for truth and justice to prevail in US, even all around the world. I don’t believe His hands are too short to save. I believe there is more than meets the eyes. Right now, God is planning a comeback. The greatest turnaround that no one could imagine. So that when it happens, all the world will know it can only be through the hand of God. 

 

And so this is my response to what happened yesterday at the Congress. I am not giving up on God’s word. I still stand for justice and truth. And I still believe Trump is God’s choice. I believe God is still looking for a group of people, perhaps a remnant who doesn’t give up, who continue to stand and pray. I don’t need to justify my faith to others. I also don’t believe that God needs me to safeguard His reputation or His name. He alone is powerful to defend Himself. He is God. 

 

On the contrary I will praise and worship. I will rejoice in the Lord for victory belongs to us! I ask for eyes of faith to see what God is doing and not what I am watching from the media. This is my encouragement to those who are weary and losing hope right now. This is not over yet! It cannot end on a defeated note. This is not God’s ways. It will always end in victory. We continue to rest in His faithfulness. Watch and see how God comes on the scene! God will turn our sorrow into joy! Those who trust in the Lord will never be disappointed! 

TWO STRONG THEMES FOR 2021

I was just thinking about the initial impressions I had for 2021. This was what I wrote in Dec. 

• Year of giving birth to new things (John 16:21), sorrow turned into great joy
• Acceleration, things moving fast all at once (Amos 9:13)
• This is when harvest time comes, hundredfold return (Mark 4:20)
• Avalanche of blessings began, floodgates of heaven open over us (Acts 10:11)
• Time of restoration and repayment (Joel 2:25)
• Good days ahead because we have been through the fire and water (Psalm 66:12), enemy overplayed his hand 

 

Recently I realised two very strong themes coming out from the messages I had been receiving. The first one was about victory. How we had won the battle. The walls of Jericho came down, the angels marching on the mulberry trees. The attack and battle is over. We shall have rest in our land. We have won. Victory will manifest itself this year. It is time to take the spoils. 

 

The other recurring theme was about harvest. Now is the set time for harvest. We can expect the hundredfold this year. There will be an avalanche of blessings because the heavens are open over us now. The time of waiting for our harvest is finally over. And when the blessings start pouring, they would all happen around the same time. 

 

These are years of pent up blessings so when they start coming, it would seem like a fury. Acceleration because God is making up for the lost time. It would seem like a time of great restoration and repayment for all the pain and trouble we had gone through. The sense that our joy will be turned into sorrow because we had sowed with tears, now we reap with joy.

 

God is also rewarding us for our labour of love and faithfulness to Him. In this new season we shall see much fruit coming out of our lives. The barrenness is over, replaced by fruitfulness and abundance. The drought-stricken areas of our lives will suddenly become fruitful. We shall see that we are like trees planted by the rivers of water. We bear fruit in every season. 

 

This year we shall testify to the goodness of the Lord and His faithfulness. We will say that we have seen the goodness of God in the land of the living. We will acknowledge that His word never returns to Him void. That He is not a man that He should lie, nor a son of man who should change His mind. He has spoken so He would act. 

2020 WAS ONE BIG TEST; SENSING ABOUT 2021

Blessed new year to all and welcome to 2021! I had been asking the Lord about the new year for the past week. The only strong sensing about 2021 was about acceleration and a time of being launched out. In 2020 many people seemed to be put on a pause button but once the pause was released, there would be a pent-up acceleration of God’s plans. 

When God pressed the GO button, just like when He showed me the green light, things cannot be held back anymore. It would be released with a fury, a vengeance of sorts. There would be such a momentum to launch us into our new season. Enough of waiting around. It is going to be action time all the way, from now onwards. We have been in a holding pattern for a long while but get ready to take off. We are no longer stuck.

 

Another sensing about 2021 is that there will be an avalanche of blessings. Like the floodgates of heaven open. A heavy downpour is coming. Also the era of signs and wonders and miracles. Like all the pent-up blessings all these years suddenly released in 2021. And when the miracles reached flood stage, we have to be grounded in His word in order not to be swept away. Keep our focus on Jesus and stay close to Him at all times. Especially during harvest times when things get much busier and hectic.  

 

It just occurred to me that 2020 is one big test. It is like the final exam before promotion or graduation. It is the culmination of what I had learnt in the past 13 years. God prepared this final test before launching me into my new season. So if I passed this test I am positioned to step into my calling. Step into all that God has prepared for me in the next season. It was a big massive test because it was the final one. Along the way I had mini tests to assess my progress but this one would determine if I could graduate. 

 

No wonder God was so pleased that He kept saying well done since Nov. Passing this test was no small feat. It was crucial for God to see if we are truly ready to run with Him in the new season. Also for us to know if we are truly ready. Because we would have known if we passed the test by how we responded during the storm this year. The manifestation is really secondary to Him because that is the easy part. The difficult part is to pass the test and now that we have graduated we really don't have to worry about being released to our new season.