A Word in Season by Glenn Wharton

Our guest author today is none other than Elder Glenn Wharton. He and his wife Laurie, among many other talents that they collectively possess, serve as Life Coaches for people who are ready to seek and identify God’s purpose and plan for their lives. Glenn sent this to me after the March 18th post and I asked his permission to share it with you. It was a personal message, but also a Rhema word – I trust it will bless you as it did me.

Hi Maria,

After reading your message on March 18 called, “Facing the Giants – Part III”, particularly the part of the message where you stated your belief that you may have “missed God” when you were younger, because of your thoughts about women in ministry, and how God even sent a stranger to you on the “L” to tell you that you were going to be a pastor, I realized that I needed to share with you something that you already know, but may not have considered when you wrote that message.

When God gives us a vision, the vision has to die, and then God resurrects it. For example, God did this with Joseph when Joseph, as a boy, had his dreams. After receiving the dreams (vision), Joseph’s dreams (vision) had to die, and all Joseph’s pride regarding how his dreams (vision) would come to pass had to die, and then, once he had been tried by the word, and he no longer cared about his dreams (vision), God resurrected the vision and Joseph became second in command to Pharoah.

God did this with David. After receiving the anointing (vision) to be king as a boy from the prophet Samuel, David’s vision of being king had to die as he was constantly attacked and pursued by King Saul. Once David had learned all the hard character lessons that God wanted to teach him about being a godly leader, God resurrected the vision, making David king of Israel.

God did this with His Son, Jesus. After showing Jesus that He would save His people from their sins, the Father allowed Jesus to die. But then, on the third day, God resurrected Jesus and He now sits at the right hand of the Father making intercession for us, the ones whom He has saved from our sins.

In each case, after the vision had been given, much time elapsed before the death of the vision was complete. With each person – Joseph, David, and Jesus – they learned obedience to the Father through the things they suffered while the vision was dying. Once any thought of bringing the vision to pass in their own power was gone, God resurrected the vision because He is glorified by resurrecting the dead things. This is how His power and glory are revealed. And for each of us who calls himself/herself a child of God, the Father does the same thing in our lives. He gives us a vision of who we are in the Kingdom of God. He allows the vision to die as we learn obedience through the things we suffer. Then, when we know that there is no way for us to revive the vision (cause it is dead for good!), God does a miracle for us and resurrects our vision so that we can give Him all the glory!

You may think you missed God about being a pastor. What you really did was go through the process of learning obedience by the things you suffered as your vision died. Get ready for the resurrection, Pastor!

In Him and with much love,

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