We are walking in today: The Key to Your Potential
Witness vine throughout the Bible: H1612 gephen--vine, vine tree; of Israel; of prosperity
The Torah testifies...............
Deuteronomy 32:32 For their vine H1612 is of the vine H1612 of Sodom, and of the fields of
Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
The prophets proclaim..................
Jeremiah 2:21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine H1612 unto me?
The writings bear witness...........................
Psalms 80:8 Thou hast brought a vine H1612 out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Ezekiel 17:8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. H1612
The Key to Your Potential
The secret to a happy and productive life is remaining attached to your Source. A grape vine is an interesting plant. The vine, which is the thick wooden part running from the ground up the pole, is the only part of the plant that contains life ability. None of the life is in the branches; all of it is in the vine. There is no life in the little green things you see on the side with the grapes hanging on them. They are getting their life from the vine. They have no root in themselves. If you were to break one of those green branches off and plant it in the ground, it would never grow because it has no life ability in it. Each small branch has to depend on the life flowing up and down the great branch, the vine, to give it life. Thus the branches cannot live without the vine. The relationship of the vine and its branches is reflected throughout The Most High’s creation. Life is not possible when a thing is separated from its source.
ALL THINGS HAVE A SOURCE
When The Most High created the world, He first decided what He wanted His creation to be made out of. Then He spoke to that source, and whatever The Most High said came out of what He spoke to. Whenever The Most High wants to create something, He first decides what He wants the thing to be made out of. Then He speaks to whatever He wants it made out of, and whatever The Most High speaks comes out of what He spoke to. When The Most High wanted plants He spoke to the soil, and out of the soil came what The Most High spoke. Since The Most High wanted plants to be made out of soil, every plant is dirt. When The Most High wanted animals He spoke to the ground. Because animals came out of the ground, they are 100 percent dirt. The principle is simple. Whatever The Most High wants He speaks to what He wants it made out of. Whatever The Most High speaks comes out of what He spoke to. Whatever The Most High speaks comes out of what He spoke to. When The Most High wanted animals He spoke to the ground. When The Most High wanted plants He spoke to dirt. Because The Most High wanted man to come out of Himself, He spoke to Himself when He created man. Then The Most High said, “Let Us make man in Our image, in Our likeness, and let them rule over…all the creatures that move along the ground.” So The Most High created man in His own image; in the image of The Most High He created him; male and female He created them (Genesis 1:26-27). When The Most High wanted man, He spoke to Himself. Therefore man is what The Most High spoke to. Man is spirit because man came out of the spirit realm.
SOURCE DETERMINES POTENTIAL
Everything The Most High creates has the same components as its source. Wherever something comes from determines it components. Or to say it another way: Everything is made up of the same stuff as what it came out of. Therefore plants are made up of 100 percent dirt. They consist of the same things as the dirt. Animals also are one hundred percent dirt, or whatever is in the soil. Everything is made up of the same stuff as what it came out of. So when a plant dies, it goes back to where it came from—you can’t find it. When an animal dies, it goes back to where it came from—you can’t find it. When man dies, he goes back to the spirit realm. So whatever something comes from determines the components of which it is made. And whatever something comes from determines its potential. Potential is related to source. A plant can be no more than the dirt can be. Likewise, animals can be no more than the dirt can be. Since you came out of The Most High, you have the same components as The Most High and your potential is determined by The Most High.
LIFE IS MAINTAINED BY ITS SOURCE
Wherever something comes from, it has to remain attached to where it came from in order to fulfill itself. All created things must be maintained by their source. Thus plants need soil to live. They can’t live without the dirt. If a plant decides, “I’m tired of the soil,” it also decides “I’m ready to die.” Animals also need the dirt. Because they must live on what they came from, they have to eat plants and one another (dirt) to stay alive. If an animal decides, “I’m not going to eat any more dirt or anything that is made from the dirt,” he has decided to die. Therefore, if you decide you don’t need The Most High, you have also decided never to become all you are capable of being. The potential of everything is related to source; everything must be attached to its source if it is going to fulfill its potential. If you decide you don’t need The Most High, you also have decided never to become all you are capable of being. Like the branches of the grape vine, our life depends upon our Source. When The Most High wanted human beings, He spoke to Himself—The Most High is our Source. We came out of The Most High and contain a measure of His ability. But our only hope of fulfilling that ability lies in The Most High. We must be hooked up with The Most High if we are going to tap any of our true potential. Yeshua came to bring us back to The Most High so The Most High’s original intention when He took man out of Himself could be fulfilled. Thus the key to your full potential is staying related to The Most High.
I AM THE TRUE VINE
As a plant cannot fulfill its potential without being in relationship with the soil, so you cannot fulfill your true potential without being related to The Most High. Thus Yeshua says in the fifteenth chapter of John: “I am the true vine” (John 15:1). Yeshua calls Himself the true vine because there are a lot of other vines around to get hooked into: education, philosophy, science, even religion. The word vine here literally means “source of life.” Like the grape vine for its branches, Yeshua is our Source of life. If you depend on education, all you are going to have is what education can offer—an intellectual stimulation. No matter how many degrees you get, you are living below your potential because you are feeding on a false vine. You will never know your true information capacity if you are stuck on education. There are people who have been out of school for 50 years who don’t know any more now than they knew when they were in school. Yeshua says, “I am the True Vine.” By this statement He implies that there are vines or sources that are not genuine.
PRUNING FOR POTENTIAL
The potential of the branches and the vine needs the attention of the gardener. The gardener works in the vineyard trying to bring as much life as possible out of the vines. Often he prunes the vines because he knows there is more life down in the roots. Since he is aware that he isn’t getting the full capacity of the vine, he begins to clip some of the branches. Cutting off the old leaves that stop the vine from producing its full potential, the gardener starts to clean up the vine. In Scripture, The Most High is described as our gardener. Like the gardener in the vineyard, the Father comes into your life and starts clipping at the habits that are hanging on and the attitudes that are killing you. He trims a little bit here and a little bit there from the bad relationships that are stunting your potential and restricting your growth. The Gardener says, “You can do better than you are doing.” Clip. “Stop lying.” Clip. “Stop disobeying me.” Clip. Carefully and steadily, The Most High cuts off those things that are holding you back, because He knows you are not living up to your possibilities. He knows you’re not measuring up to the Source from which you came. The ability of the One to whom you are hooked up is much greater than you are displaying. There is more in your roots. You’re not measuring up to the Source from which you came. Are there some old leaves in your life that have been hanging around for five, ten or fifteen years? Do you need to quit a habit or two so your life more truly reflects the potential of the One who made you? Are you wasting time planning, setting up, committing and feeling guilty about sin? How many hours in a day are you losing to disobedience and rebellion? Prune your life through discipline and obedience to The Most High, who desires your potential to be maximized. Remember, all The Most High’s commands and laws are given to maximize your performance and free your potential.
FREED TO OBEY
When The Most High placed Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, He said, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die” (Genesis 2:16). The Most High gives you freedom, but He also puts some limitations on you. Whenever you violate your limitations, you are in rebellion against The Most High. The only limitations of your potential are violations of The Most High’s Word. If you do anything that doesn’t violate the Word of The Most High, you are within your freedom. The Most High gives you freedom to do anything except disobey Him. That’s a tremendous freedom. You are free to do anything within the context of The Most High’s Word. If The Most High says it’s cool, go for it, because the possibilities of your life are all connected with The Most High. The Most High gives you freedom to do anything except disobey Him. The Most High comes into your life with pruning shearers to free you from your disobedience and rebellion. He comes to take out those things that are stopping you from developing and growing and obeying. Imagine how different your life might have been if you had not wasted months or years on a particular habit. Imagine how different your life could be if you would let go of a grudge or clean up your language. Anything that is contrary to the Word of The Most High is subject to The Most High’s pruning. He comes into your life to help you clean up your act. He wants you to enjoy the freedom of obedience and life within His limitations. Bearing a pruning shear, The Most High trims the useless and dead wood from your life so you can draw from Him the fresh fullness of your potential. Then Yeshua says, “Okay, you’re clean. I’ve saved you. You’re hooked up, straightened out and fixed. You know who your Source is and your pipe’s been unclogged. Your holes have been mended and you’re ready to flow. Now stay that way by remaining hooked up to Me.” You are cleansed through the word Yeshua speaks to you when you ask Him to forgive you. The lid on your well, put there through your disobedience and satan’s deception, has been pried off. You are clean and free to do anything that doesn’t violate The Most High’s Word—free to be all you were created to be and do (whatever He says you can do). What freedom!— freedom that can last, so long as you remain hooked up to The Most High. The Son is Life and the Father is the Maximizer.
PREREQUISITE FOR POTENTIAL
Living a victorious life does not depend on us. It depends on who we are hooked up to. Yeshua said, Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me (John 15:4). There are many individuals who I expected to be successful in life—their lives showed tremendous potential—but they lost their relationship with their Source. Yeshua says, “If you abide in Me, you will be fruitful. But you cannot do it on your own.” No branch can live by itself; it must remain attached to the vine. Neither can it bear fruit apart from the vine. Yeshua is the true vine. You are a branch. If you remain in HaMashiach and HaMashiach in you, you will bear abundant fruit. If you do not remain in HaMashiach, you are like a branch that withers and is thrown away. No branch can bear fruit if it is not attached. It starts going in the opposite direction. No matter how talented or gifted you are, you will never be truly fulfilled and successful apart from a personal relationship with your Creator-Source. If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given you (John 15:7). Yeshua’ words are almost frightening—whatever you wish. The Most High will give you whatever you ask for so long as you remain in Him. What a promise! When you open your life completely to The Most High, the Holy Spirit’s crowbar firmly resists satan’s attempt to recap your well. The wealth of your potential becomes limitless and free. Whatever you imagine will be done, because The Most High won’t allow you to think it unless you can do it. Thus the secret to a happy, productive life is remaining attached to your Divine Source. If you abide in HaMashiach, His word will abide in you. You can ask whatever you wish and it will be given to you. The Most High will provide from the depths of His grace…freely, abundantly, victoriously. You don’t have to hustle. You don’t have to plead. The Most High is always waiting to help you live a full, fruitful, complete life. From His storehouse of riches, The Most High will supply all you can imagine, and more because He wants you to fulfill your potential. So long as you remain attached to the Vine and submitted to the discipline of the Gardener, you will know The Most High’s blessings. Your potential requires a relationship with its Source. The Most High created you to exalt and bring glory to His name. When you bear fruit, The Most High is glorified. His name is exalted whenever you use the abilities He stored in you. The whole purpose for your being—to reflect and increase the glory of The Most High—is fulfilled whenever you maximize your potential. The Most High works hard to keep us hooked up with Him. He wants His glory to fill the earth through us.
FOR DISCIPLES ONLY
What kind of life are you living? Are you in tune with HaMashiach or are you off doing your own thing? Is there sin clogging up your pipes, preventing you from accomplishing and achieving your maximum ability? Are you constantly hustling, struggling to make your way in the world? If you are, you probably have not become a disciple of the Risen HaMashiach. You see, you were meant to be a citizen of the kingdom of heaven. is not enough to fulfill your potential. The word “Christian” was given to us by pagans. Yeshua never called us “Christians.” This term was given to the disciples in the early Church by the pagans in Antioch. The Bible calls us “children of The Most High” and “citizens of the Kingdom.” We are The Most High’s offspring, a people who have been reconnected to their Source. Only disciples, those who are committed to abiding in HaMashiach, will maximize their potential. A disciple is a learner who follows a teacher everywhere he goes. His goal is to learn and keep on learning until he resembles the teacher. Only a disciple experiences full potential. Because his greatest desire is to know and resemble the Master, he spends hours listening to His words. He seeks new visions, revelations and understandings concerning the Master’s life and who He calls His disciples to be. Only a disciple experiences full potential. I do not consider myself to be great or superior to anyone else, but I decided at the age of 14 that I wanted to understand everything that The Most High has prepared for me. I invested hours in the Word of The Most High—large chunks…sometimes half a day. After 15 years, The Most High said to me, “That’s still not enough. Follow me.” Over the years He has blessed me with a greater degree of understanding and wisdom from His Word. He’s given me revelations of His life, and visions of who He is and who I am and should be. I don’t want to stop. I’m not great, but I want to be one of the few. I want you to be one of the few. I’ll lay down my life to have you be one of the few. Don’t fall for the limitations of the world—the lies and deceptions of the lower nature. Find your Source and get connected. Then stay connected. The Most High has chosen you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Abide in HaMashiach, and the Father will give you whatever you wish. Refuse to live below your privileged potential. Reach for the fruit that is still within the branches of your life. Drink deep from the vine and let your life feed others.
PRINCIPLES
1. What The Most High speaks to is the source for what He creates.
2. Everything has the same components as its source.
3. Nothing can live without being attached to its source.
4. Yeshua is your Source of life.
5. The Most High prunes your life to bring you into the freedom of obedience.
6. The key to fulfilling your potential is staying hooked up to The Most High.
7. Only disciples—those who are committed to abiding in HaMashiach—will maximize their potential.
8. The Most High is glorified when you use your abilities.
Shema selah we are never to be disconnect from our Source by disobedience!! Return to the Most High and His loving instructions for your life! https://www.facebook.com/fiveam.prayer/videos/2037882969623142/?l=2572564003526038748
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