YEAR OF TIME AND SPACE

Pastor Prince just declared the theme for our church for 2020. It is the year of time and space. You may wish to refer to his sermon notes on 5 Jan 2020 for more details. https://www.josephprince.com/sermon-notes/the-lord-of-time-and-space

We were all very excited about what God has in store for us this year and trying to better understand the theme for our church. This was my initial understanding of the year of time and space. I just like to share with you all.

As we all know, when we crossed over to 5780, we are crossing over to a new decade of Pey or the mouth. The last decade that ended was Ayin or the eye. Now we have heard about how we are not only entering into a new decade but a new era. So what does entering into a new era or time gate mean for us personally?

I feel that God is about to accelerate things in the Kingdom. We are going to see the miraculous operate right before our eyes. The prayers we have prayed for years will suddenly begin to be answered in incredible ways. Many will see their destinies being fulfilled and opportunities open up effortlessly.

We will be able to hear and know what God is saying and doing at a much higher level, not only for ourselves but for cities and regions. Why? Because we are at the right time gate where God is moving. It is the kairos time. Pastor mentioned that we have moved on from talking about the tabernacles of Moses in the past years to the temple of Solomon. I see this as an indication of how God has moved us from the wilderness to our promised land. We have really come out of our wilderness!

So what about space? Space is also like territory or land that God wants you to possess. Remember how Pastor said that there is still much land to be possessed. In 2020, the Lord will cause you and direct you into VICTORY. There is such a strong sense of "TAKING YOUR PLACE in preparation for the NEW SPACE (2020) that's taking place NOW!!!!"

Be sure to obey the Lord and follow His direction and His leading. Remember Mary told the servants: Do what He tells you. One act of obedience to the Lord's leading and command is going to ignite and activate a domino effect of momentum and breakthrough in your life to see you enter into 2020 completely different to how you walked in 2019. 

I believe the Lord is also saying "You are coming up higher". As in the spiral staircase, when we come up higher in the spiritual realm, we see treasures of revelation opening up to us which will cause us to view time and space very differently from how God sees them. 

So the key really is to spend time with the Lord in His word. As we do that we will begin our spiritual ascend faster than other years. We will receive such revelation that we will be bold to step out in faith and witness the miracles that God is going to perform this year. Miracles that transcends time and space.

I was just pondering upon the link between taking small steps and the year of time and space. I think the link is in the winding or spiral staircase. It connects the first to second to third floor.  Time is made up of three elements: past, present and future. This correlates to the three chambers. 

The chamber on the first floor is used to store the grain, wine and oil. This was collected during the year of latter rains. So the first chamber symbolises our past. 2019 or even the past decade. The second floor is where we are currently at this year. God wants us to rest in Him as typified by the place of rest for the priests.  The third floor could be talking about what is to come. It may happen within this year, when the glory of God is manifested in us, the temples of God. 

Space is also made of 3 elements: length, depth and height. Notice the chambers get wider with each level: 5,6,7 cubits. This speaks of God enlarging our space. He can do it for us in an instance.  The secret of the winding staircase is that it only brings is to a higher place one step at a time. Because it is winding we can't see the final step. We can only see the next few steps. 

The Holy Spirit will lead us step by step. As we co labour with Jesus, He will work miracles of time and space through us. Many times we may not even realise it as we take small steps until the miracle happened. Then we see that we have actually taken giant leaps in our spiritual ascendancy. The winding staircase indicates the greatest height in the smallest space in the shortest time. This is truly a miracle of time and space.

FINISHED WELL

Last night I was looking through my past journals and I realised that I had been expectant of a promise since end 2011. I was already talking about the end in sight. Then when this vision tarried, I felt out of steam in end 2012. I was crying out to the Lord. This was what I wrote in Oct 2012. I felt like now is a full circle moment.

I came to a point that I told The Lord I can't make things move but He can. I told Him I am tired for I have waited so long and I felt that I had walked a long journey. I said 'Lord, I am tired. Please take over. You carry me to the finishing line if necessary. I run to You for rest.' I know that when I rest in Him, I will rise up like wings in eagles. I know I will finish well and give Him all the glory. In the final analysis, it is not about me but about Jesus.

Then in Jun 2016, I read Doug’s prophetic forecast for that year. He was also talking about how weary he had become due to the long journey and at one point he couldn’t carry on and told Jesus to carry him across the finishing line. I was so encouraged to hear that word because the warfare was so fierce in that year.

But little did I know that I still had some way to go. I really didn’t know how I made it through those years, especially when I already felt like I couldn’t take it in 2012. I still had so many more years to journey. At that time I had like just begun and I already felt weary! Honestly if it wasn’t God sustaining me, I would have given up in those years.

As I was speed reading Doug’s prophetic words for 2016 and 2017, I then realised that God’s word is timeless. As in, He works in a different timeline than we expected. Most of the times when He gave us a word, we would expect it to happen like straightaway but it doesn’t usually happen this way. There is usually an incubation period to the word.

God may have given a word ten years ago, five years ago, three years ago that is still valid now. Or maybe it is only coming to pass now. We may have thought His word was delayed but in fact it is right on time. But these are things we couldn’t have discerned when the word was first given. So when it didn’t happen soon enough, we assumed that we heard Him wrongly or that it wasn’t coming to pass.

What is interesting is after a passage of time had passed, God will bring to remembrance those things He said years ago. That is also the reason why He wanted us to write those things down so we could refer and run with it. Else we would forget. But He doesn’t forget. So when He comes to us again with those words, we should sit up and pay attention. For usually that is the time He is about to perform His word.

It is a bit like Deuteronomy when God reminded the children of Israel about the law He gave in Exodus. People called it the second law. It was a reminder of the first law. The timing of it was given at the point when God was about to move the Jews into their promised land. After all it had been 38 years so they would have forgotten about the law. Besides this was a new generation arising.

This was exactly how I felt this year. God opened my eyes to see the things which I didn’t understand in past years. He also gave me the answers to the questions I asked Him years ago. I now realise why I could not see it at that time was because I haven’t reached my destination yet. But once I came to where God wanted me to, everything became much clearer to me. This is called hindsight.

Now, ten years is considered a long time to wait and journey. So many things could have happened in a decade. You cannot even imagine the amount of things God told me over the decade. The secrets of His heart and the things in the future. Things to come. This year I see many things which He told me in 2011 coming to pass so I don’t take prophetic words for granted. I know that God has an uncanny way of making His word come to pass.

In a timeframe that we didn’t expect. We probably thought we had missed it or that it was all too late for us. But in God’s eyes, nothing is too late. He sees time unlike we do. He is timeless. He created time. The things He spoke ten years ago were still fresh. When He brings it to remembrance it is almost like He just said it yesterday. Like it was the first time He said it.

And so, in this aspect, I was reminded of my desire to want to finish this race well more so than seeing this promise manifest. I know this journey was never just about a promise fulfilled but so much more. I don’t know the extent of my spoils yet but I know it is very great. Anyway at this point in time, I am at peace for I know I have finished well. This is what truly matters. 

I have gotten what I desired all these years. To finish well. Now I am crossing my finish line. This is my part to play. The promise is up to Him to deliver. All I know is that He does not lie to me. If He still wants me to bring forth this promise then no man or devil can stop it from manifesting. All I have to do is to avail myself and just believe. 

Well, I can start rejoicing for a fact that I have completed the journey. Yes. That is a mega milestone. I have come to the end of the super long journey. Yes I have made it. I have crossed the finish line. So all that remains is for Him to perform. He is able and most willing to give me the manifestation. And yes, the enemy cannot taunt me anymore on the timing issue. He has been using this to torment me for years. Now he is totally silenced.

The enemy knows I have come to the end of the tunnel. He knows that God has shifted my season. So that cannot be used against me anymore. Praise the Lord! He has released me from this torment! The enemy I see today I will see no more! I have indeed passed through the passage of time. No matter how long it took, I made it through by His grace. I have paid a price so to speak. I have passed through the passage of time. Now what awaits me is my prize. 

(Lana’s post on 13 Dec confirmed this. The Lord is saying this to us: The hard toiling is coming to an end. Your faithfulness and obedience to Me has brought you into a place of great reward and increase. Now I shall entrust you with much. The enemy attempted to ruin your vineyard that I had you place your hand to, but you remained. Well done! The season has now changed and I am moving you into a place of tending many vineyards with greater empowerment of My Spirit, ease, joy, peace and favour. You shall know abundance in these vineyards like you have never known before.)

MY BLOG GOING INTO THE TENTH YEAR!

I know I haven’t been blogging frequently this year. The last one was about exponential growth in July. Yet so many things had transpired since then. After we visited a new CG, God also brought us to our tribe. Yes, we were finally plugged into a group of believers who were like-minded, and they were very hungry for the presence of God and His word. And yes, they also greatly desired to see signs, wonders and miracles manifest on this earth as much I did.

After God connected us to this group of believers, I really felt that our lives are forever changed. We have never felt as on fire as we did before. Previously we were feeling like flickering embers but when God joined us to this group, He fanned into flames the dying embers in us and we felt like going through a personal revival. I had been praying for years for God to bring me to my tribe and He finally answered my prayer! It was amazing how He led us to such divine connections. More exciting things are coming!

Well, I was suddenly reminded that today my blog is nine years old. Tomorrow it will be entering into its tenth year. Time really flies. A decade was almost over. Talking about this, we had just crossed over a Jewish new year 5780 and a new decade. This is a decade of Pey which symbolised a mouth. The decade that had just passed was a decade of Ayin or The Eye. We had just been through a decade since 2010 when God had been sharpening our spiritual eyesight and now it is time for us to speak forth what He had shown us in the last decade.

Yes, we just have to speak forth the word of God in our lives and see things change. No more longer prayers of contending or travail but praise and worship for what He has already done. Many are also saying that this is a season of the prophets. I also believe that the prophets are coming out from hiding and their voices would be heeded, no longer ignored. In this new era, worship seems to also take a renewed importance in which we can expect prophetic words to be given during such times.

And when the word of God is decreed, there is inherent power in that word to break through any situation. All we have to do is to align our mouths with His word and to speak forth that word. Yes, the speaking part cannot be understated. This season we shall see the importance of speaking words carefully for life and death is in the power of the tongue. God is teaching us to call those things which are not as though they exist. Hence the creative power of our tongue.

In the days to come I hope to be able to blog more and share about my revelation of the word, during the times of my silence on the blog. Meanwhile I just like to thank you all for your support.