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Monday, March 31, 2025
WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?
Hebrews chapter 11
Today we are walking in: Where Is Your Faith?
Proverbs 20:6
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful H529 man who can find?
FAITH
Today we look to the word FAITH-- H529- emuwn--faithfulness, trusting, faithful
The Torah testifies...............
Deuteronomy 32:20
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith H529
The prophets proclaim..................
Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith H529.
The writings bear witness............
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CHAPTER ONE
WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?
“Faith makes all things possible…love makes all things easy.”
Life
is full of mysteries. Questions on the nature and meaning of
life are universal in every culture and in every generation.
Everyone ponders the purpose of life to one degree or another. Like
our ancestors before us we stare into the starlit night sky in awed
wonderment at the majesty of the heavens and ask, “Where did I
come from? Why am I here?” We share a common bond with the
psalmist of old who wrote: “When I consider Your heavens, the work
of Your
what is man that You are mindful of him, the son of man that You care
for him?” (Ps. 8:3-4). We gaze into the face of a newborn baby and
marvel at the mystery and magni
mystery
expressed it well: “There are three things that are too amazing for me,
four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of
a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a
man with a maiden” (Prov. 30:18-19). Mystery surrounds us. Mystery
is part of what makes life worth living.
Many people don’t see it that way, however. They want life
broken into bite-size pieces for easy consumption. Uncomfortable
with mystery, they want the meaning of life distilled into diagrams
and bullet points with no confusion, no uncertainty, and nothing left
to chance. Unfortunately, they are bound to be disappointed
because life simply isn’t like that.If we want to build ful
meaning, we must be willing to embrace mystery. We must accept
the fact that we will never know everything we would like to know.
Some things will always be out of our reach, some issues perpetually
beyond our understanding. This means we must approach life with a
healthy dose of humility and admit that we do not—and cannot—
know it all. Our attitude must be like that of David, the poet-king of
ancient Israel, who wrote, “My heart is not proud, O Most High, my eyes are
not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too
wonderful for me. But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned
child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel,
put your hope in the Most High both now and forevermore” (Ps. 131:1-3).
Humility and faith will help us deal with the mysteries of life.The Mysteries of Life
What do you do when life hits you on the blind side? How do you
react when the unexpected happens? Imagine what you would think
if your newly married spouse dies. Your father takes his life. Your
mother turns out not to be your biological mother of 30 years. Your
sister is a prostitute. Your father reveals his secret homosexual
lifestyle. Your new house burns down. Your healthy child suddenly
dies, or your
savings and investment in a company or institution is lost. Your
family members die in a plane crash leaving infants to care for. How
do you ever explain or understand these tragedies?
There are questions in life we can never answer. Some people insist
on knowing the answers to everything. They assume that no area of
knowledge is beyond human understanding. Consequently, when
something stumps them, they become depressed. Our insatiable
pursuit of knowledge and understanding is perfectly natural—to a
point. After all, our Creator designed us to be curious about
ourselves and the world we live in. The key is to keep everything in
proper perspective. Part of that perspective is acknowledging that
there are some things we simply will never understand.
People sometimes ask me why I never seem to be depressed or
frustrated. One reason is because I realized 30 years ago that there
are some questions I will never be able to answer. I search out
whatever answers I can, accept the fact that some things elude me
(and probably always will), and move on. There are some questions
we will never be able to answer. Acknowledging this truth makes
life so much easier.
There are things in life we can never explain. Some things we see or
experience in life defy rational explanation. Just accept them. You
will enjoy life more. Psychiatric wards are full of people who
cracked under the strain of trying to explain the unexplainable.Settle in your mind now that there are some things you will never
be able to explain. Otherwise, you will be depressed all the time.
There are things in life we can never change. Today I enjoy life no
matter what happens because 30 years ago I realized that there are
some things that I cannot change, so it is useless to try. It’s been
said that 90 percent of life consists of things we cannot change.
Most of us live frustrated lives because we spend all our time
fretting and worrying about the 90 percent of life we cannot change
instead of focusing on the 10 percent we can change. Weeping,
worrying, and wailing about the unfairness of life will change
nothing except, perhaps, your blood pressure, so don’t fall into that
trap.
There are things in life we cannot control. Some people are obsessed
with control; they have to micromanage every aspect of life, not
only for themselves, but also for everyone around them. We all
know someone like this: a boss, a parent, a child, a spouse. Most of
us have witnessed or experienced the devastating e
domineering personality can have on the lives of others.
Ultimately, however, none of us can control what anyone else
does, not even those closest to us. We can teach them our values,
make known our wishes, and even “lay down the law,” but in the
end they make their own choices and bear responsibility for those
choices. And we do the same. Maybe your spouse has decided to
leave you. You can beg, bargain, cry, cajole, and even pray, but if he
or she is determined to leave, there is nothing you can do. Perhaps a
sibling or a son or daughter is abusing drugs. You can rant, rave,
preach, and pester, but you really have little control over the
choices he or she makes. Let’s face it; there are some things in life
we cannot control, no matter how much we wish it were otherwise.
Accept this fact.
There are things in life we cannot stop. If you are standing on a
railroad track with a train coming toward you at full speed, you
have two choices: get out of the way or get run over. Life is like that
sometimes. Some things that come at you are unstoppable, so you
must learn how to make arrangements for them to pass you by. Ifyou try to stand in the way and stop it like a person facing down a
speeding train with his hand raised, it will continue on to where it is
going, and you will be destroyed in the process.
There are things in life for which we are not responsible. No matter
how well we raise our children, they still may make unwise
decisions or foolish mistakes that carry severe consequences. No
matter how carefully we prepare for the contingencies of life—
completely unexpected quarter and knock it down. Sometimes we
do our best and bad things still happen. We are not responsible for
those things. We are responsible only for how we respond to those
things and for what we do with the time and resources we have.
There are things in life we cannot exceed. Some people don’t know
their limits, while others refuse to accept any limitations. Such an
attitude is both arrogant and foolish. All of us have limits, and we
will be much happier when we acknowledge those limits. One of my
favorite statements in life that has kept me at peace is: “I don’t
know” That is one of the most powerful and empowering statements
any of us can make in life.
A prayer written many years ago by American pastor and
theologian Reinhold Niebuhr captures perfectly the attitude we
should take toward the mysteries of life. The
is very familiar to most of us, but the second part is just as apropos:
Yah grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot
change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to
know the di
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this lifeand supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.1Facing Life Successfully
With so much mystery and uncertainty in life, how can we have
any hope of facing life with con
success in life when so much is hidden from us? The secret of
success is knowledge. This is just as true for life as for any other
endeavor. The key to successful living lies in knowing four things.
First, we must know our limitations. The Bible says that if we
believe we are more than we are, then we lack wisdom and are
worse o
eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him” (Prov. 26:12). The
original Hebrew word for fool here literally means “stupid” or
“silly.” In other words, the stupidest people in the world are those
who think too highly of themselves. Everyone has limitations, and if
we are wise, we will recognize our own. We have to know where
the line is drawn, where we have to stop. We must know when we
have gone as far as we can go.
Yah never expects us to move beyond our limitations on our own.
Anything He asks of us, however, He will empower us to
accomplish, even if it seems impossible from our vantage point. We
have limitations, but Yah does not: “For nothing is impossible with
Yah” (Luke 1:37). Knowing our limitations frees us to walk and live
in Yah’s in
we tap into His limitlessness.
Second, we must know what we are responsible for. For example, we
are each responsible for the decisions we make every day. Many
people today like to play the “blame game” by refusing to accept
responsibility for their own choices and actions. Instead, they claim
to be victims of their environment, their upbringing, or the behavior
of other people. This game is as old as Eden, where Adam and Eve
blamed each other for their own disobedience to Yah. In all
honesty, we cannot blame anyone but ourselves for the decisions we
make and the consequences they bring. Not only are we responsiblefor our decisions, we are responsible also for how we respond to the
adversities that life sometimes throws our way. We often have little
control over what happens to us, but we do control the way
adversity a
Third, we must know what we are not responsible for. This is just as
important as the previous point. Just as we are responsible for some
things, we are not responsible for other things. For example,
although we bear responsibility for our own actions, we are not
responsible for the actions of others. Our free will is under our
control, but the free will of others is not. Even Yah Himself is not
responsible for our free will. He will do everything He can to
in
Yahusha Hamachiach died on the cross for us. He freely gave His life for us,
shedding His blood so that we could be forgiven of our sins and
become eternal citizens of the Kingdom of His Father. Then He rose
from the dead as a guarantee that all who turn to Him will receive
eternal life. Yahusha did all of this—yet He still cannot save us without
our permission. He knows His limitation; it is self-imposed.
Violating our free will is a line He will not cross. There are some
things we are not responsible for, and successful living means
knowing where those boundaries are.
Fourth, we must know what we cannot do. Basically, this sums up
the other three. Success in life means learning not to walk in guilt
over circumstances or consequences that are beyond our control.
Many parents waste year after year blaming themselves for the
foolish decisions of their adult children. And how many of us get
caught up in the “if onlys” of regret, often over matters we could not
have changed then any more than we could change them now.
That’s no way to live. We cannot keep blaming ourselves for things
we cannot change. Contentment and success in life come when we
acknowledge that there are some things we cannot do. Our greatest
point of weakness is when we arrive at the wall of our limitation.What’s Your Motive?
Once we acknowledge the mysteries and unknowns of life and
accept the fact of our own limitations, what are we left with? How
do we live successfully under such conditions? There is only one
way: faith. It is my conviction that mankind was created and designed to
live by this essential principle called faith. It is belief in the unseen and
hope for the unknown that energizes the human spirit. Our Creator, the
King of the universe, is looking for strong faith on the part of the
people He created in His own image. Whenever He
strengthens it even more: “For the eyes of the Most High range throughout
the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him”
(2 Chron. 16:9a). At one point, Yahusha Himself asked, “When the Son
of Man comes, will He
looking for strong faith. It is interesting to note that He did not expect
to
education, or traditions, but faith. Perhaps He sees faith as the most
important component on planet Earth.
Your faith is only as strong as the tests it survives. How strong are
you? Strength must be tested before it can be considered reliable.
You are only as strong as what you can lift, so never brag about
your own strength unless you have tested it
On one of my many trips around the world, I sat next to a middle-
aged gentleman on the plane. After settling in for the 11-hour
to London, I asked him what he did as a profession. He said. “I am a
test driver and pilot.” I was immediately intrigued and dove into an
enlightening conversation that became a college course in the art
and science of machine testing. He proceeded to educate me on the
purposes, preparations, skills, and thrills involved in his work. Then
I asked him the big question: “Why is it necessary to test a new car
or aircraft engine?” His answer changed my life! He stated that
every credible manufacturer invests in testing their products in
order to guarantee its performance and to verify their claims
regarding the product. He said testing was necessary to establish themeasure of trust you can promise the customer. In essence, testing is
a prerequisite for trust. Simply put, tests verify claims.
Many believers walk around daily making claims and praising and
worshiping Yah—testifying to how good He is and how much He
has blessed them—but their faith has never truly been tested. It is
easy to say, “Yah is good” when things are going well, but what
about the bad times? What about the times when you can’t pay your
rent or your light bill, or when you lose your job? Under those
circumstances can you still say, “Yah is good”? Just as He did with
Job, Yah allows our faith to be tested so we can see how strong we
are. Yah had blessed Job greatly, yet He allowed satan to strip Job
of everything he had—family, wealth, health—to see whether Job’s
faith would stand the test. If you say, “I believe Yah,” get ready,
because Yah will allow the testing of your belief so that you and
others will see whether or not it is true. His purpose is not to
humiliate you or to catch you in a lie, but to help you grow because
He knows that untested faith is not valid faith and never amounts to
much.
The testing of our faith serves not only to show the strength of our
faith but also to reveal the motive behind our faith. If you say, “I
trust in Yah,” why do you trust in Yah? Is it because of who He is or
because of what you hope to get out of it? Satan accused Job of
following Yah only because Yah had blessed him, so Yah allowed
Job to be tested. He wanted to reveal the motive behind Job’s faith,
to reveal whether or not Job would continue to follow Yah even
after he lost everything. In the Kingdom of Yah, as in any country,
your belief in the nation’s constitutional promises and privileges can only
be veri
system. The testing of your faith in the Kingdom of Yah occurs through
circumstances which provide an opportunity for you to validate your
belief in the political, economic, social, and cultural system of Heaven on
earth.The Power of Motive and Faith
Have you ever watched a report on a tragic murder or horri
incident and wondered why the
authorities would be “what was the motive?” This is because the
most powerful force for human behavior is motive! Everything we
do is generated by some motive. What is motive? Motive is the
hidden reason or desire that initiates, sustains, and justi
action. All human action, no matter what we claim to the contrary,
is a product of a motive. Motive is internally justi
matter of fact, the absence of motive is a sign of death. Life itself
depends on motivation to give it meaning. Where there is no
motivation, there is no passion or energy. We all do everything for a
reason. It is motive that moves us. We are victims of our motives,
and we protect them from exposure.
Why is motive so important to the subject of faith? Motive is
birthed by our beliefs and convictions.
What is your motive for following Yah? The answer to that
question lies at the very heart of life. What motivated you to
acknowledge Yahusha Hamachiach as your Most High and to enter His Kingdom?
These are important questions because they test the motive of your
faith. The sixth chapter of John’s Gospel opens with an account of
Yahusha feeding a crowd of 5,000 people with only
and two
His disciples sailed their boat to the other side of the sea of Galilee.
Later that night He joined them in the boat by walking to them on
the water. The next day, the crowd who had been fed so
miraculously the day before went looking for Yahusha but could not
Once the crowd realized that neither Yahusha nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats
and went to Capernaum in search of Yahusha.When they found Him on the other side of the lake, they asked Him, “Rabbi, when did You get
here?”
Yahusha answered, “I tell you the truth, you are looking for Me, not because you saw miraculous
signs but because you ate the loaves and had your
food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On Him Yah the Father has
placed His seal of approval (John 6:24-27).
The people were looking for Yahusha not because of who He was but
for what He could do for them. He could feed them; He could heal
their bodies; He could cast demons out of their lives. Their motives
were self-serving, and Yahusha knew it. He told them, in e
why you’re here. You aren’t looking for Me; you’re looking for a
blessing. You’re looking for more free
conceals and reveals the quality and nature of your faith.
Don’t we love it when Yah blesses us? And He has promised to
bless us. He has promised to add things to us. But blessings should
not be our motive for following Yahusha. What if He doesn’t bless
today? What if He doesn’t add anything today? What then? Do we
turn away and go somewhere else? Or do we continue to follow
Yahusha even when we’re not being blessed? What’s our motive? This
is the question of Kingdom faith: “Can you follow the light even in the
dark?”
Yahusha said, “Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that
endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.” In other
words, we should not waste our faith on things that can go away in
the morning. Instead, we should place our trust in the “son of Man,”
upon whom “Yah the Father has placed His seal of approval.” The
only thing in life that is sealed and secure is Hamachiach. He is the only
trustworthy and reliable object of our faith—not His blessings, His
provision, or His healings, but Yahusha Hamachiach Himself. Even the
blessings of Yah are temporary, and thus we should place no faith in
them.Faith in Hamachiach: the Work of Yah
Like the crowd that sought out Yahusha in Capernaum so long ago,
many people today follow Him only for His blessings. You may trust
in Yah because He heals people, but will you still trust Him when
He doesn’t heal someone and that person dies? You trust Yah to
provide your rent money, but will you still trust Him when the rent
is due and the money is not there? You trust Yah to protect your
children, but will you still trust Him when one of them starts doing
drugs or gets in trouble with the law? Where is your faith? Is it in
Hamachiach or in what He can do for you? In the Kingdom of Yah our faith
is more in the nature of Yah than the products of Yah.
Yahusha’ response to the crowd that day must have ru
feathers because they followed up with some challenging questions:
Then they asked Him, “What must we do to do the works Yah requires?”
Yahusha answered, “The work of Yah is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
So they asked Him, “What miraculous sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you?
What will you do? Our forefathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written: ‘He gave them
bread from heaven to eat.’”
Yahusha said to them, “I tell you the truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven,
but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of Yah is He who
comes down from heaven and gives life to the world” (John 6:28-33).
The people were confused. In essence they said to Yahusha, “Well, if
we are not supposed to follow You for bread or
we can get from You, then what are we supposed to do?”
“Simple,” Yahusha replied. “Believe on the One the Father sent.” In
other words, don’t believe on the bread, don’t believe on the
don’t believe on the miracles. Don’t put your faith in the activities of
Yah because He may not act in the way you expect. This does not meanHe is unfaithful or untrustworthy. It simply means that His purpose
and will are not always completely visible from our limited vantage
point. Yah’s purpose is always greater than any of our personal
perspectives or circumstances. This is one reason why He calls us to
trust in Him and not His works. He is shifting our motivation from
things to Him and His nature because things change. Things
deteriorate. Things rust and break and fade away and are consumed.
Things are temporary and therefore unworthy of our trust. Only Yah
Jehovah and His Hamachiach are eternal, and only that which is placed in
His care will last.
The people around Yahusha that day tried to compare their
experience with bread and
the desert, when manna (bread) came down from Heaven to feed
them. Apparently they were trying to convince Yahusha that they
followed Moses because of the miracles: manna, liberation from
Egyptian slavery, the parting of the Red sea. Yahusha countered by
reminding them that the manna did not come from Moses but from
Yah. It is dangerous to trust in miracles because miracles are
temporary. The mortgage payment is temporary. The car payment is
temporary. We never know what Yah is thinking unless He chooses
to reveal His thoughts. He can provide the mortgage payment or car
payment, or He can test us to see if we can still be at peace in Him
even if we miss a payment.
This is why Yahusha tells us to put our faith not in the things of Yah but
in the Yah of the things. He says, “It is My Father who gives you the
true bread from heaven. For the bread of Yah is He who comes
down from heaven and gives life to the world.” There are two kinds
of bread being discussed here. First is the “bread” of blessings, such
as manna or the bread the people ate that Yahusha provided. The
second kind of bread is the “true bread” or “bread of Yah” that
came down from Heaven. Both the bread of blessing and the true
bread come from the same place—Heaven—but the bread of
blessing is temporary. We are not supposed to become satis
it. The purpose of the bread of blessing is to whet our appetite for
the true bread. And what is the nature of the true bread? Theprinciple of this discourse with the people is to teach us that the Source is
always more important than the resource and the Manufacturer more
important than the product. This is critical because the resource is
dispensable, but the Source is permanent. We should never put our faith
in the resource but in the Source. Yahusha explains,
“Sir,” they said, “from now on give us this bread.” Then Yahusha declared, “I am the bread of life.
He who comes to Me will never go hungry, and he who believes in Me will never be thirsty. But as
I told you, you have seen Me and still you do not believe” (John 6:34-36).
In the Kingdom of Yah the issue is not how much faith you have, but
where your faith is placed. Are you following Yahusha Hamachiach, or are you
following signs and wonders and prosperity? Is your faith in Yahusha
Hamachiach the “bread of life,” or are you satis
blessing? Are you seeking to satisfy your spirit or merely trying to
in the One who satis
faith on the bread and not the Baker. The principle of Kingdom faith is
to trust the Source and not the resource.
Make no mistake about it: the Kingdom of Yah will meet our
every need, absolutely. But it is for this very reason that we are not
to trust in those things that will meet our needs but in the King who
provides them. As Kingdom citizens, our business is to trust, obey,
and serve the king; His business is to take care of us. This is what
Yahusha meant when He said,
So do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we
wear?” For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need
them. But seek
as well (Matthew 6:31-33).
We don’t follow Yah for what we can get from Him. Kingdom
faith is faith in the king, not the king’s favor. It is faith in Him, not
His gifts.Faith in the Midst of Hardship
Living in the beautiful islands of the Bahamas in the Caribbean all
my life, I have enjoyed the pleasure of the crystal clear ocean,
abundant sea food, the perfect annual average temperature of 75
degrees, the economic and political stability that makes our nation
the envy of many, and the warm spirit of our people that drew over
where life is like a dream every day is also in the path of the annual
hurricane or cyclone track. During my life in these beautiful islands,
we have had to endure many major hurricanes that test not only the
durability of nature, structures, and people, but most importantly,
the trust we have in our governing system to guide and protect us
through these horri
not just for good times, but also for di
child and even today as an adult, our family gathering together,
riveted to the radio, listening to minute-by-minute reports of the
storms provided by the government national Radio Broadcasting
Corporation. As the 130 mph winds howled and the trees fell all
around us, our roof would shake, and the crash of thunder and
lightning would make us wonder if we would survive.
Our entire con
building codes which were warranted to protect us and ensure our
survival. The government building codes of our country were
determined by our location in the hurricane and whether we obeyed
the code, building our foundation and structure in accordance with
it; if so, then the government guaranteed the houses would stand the
test of any storm. I am pleased to report at the writing of this
manuscript that we have never had a house structure collapse on us
during a major storm. In essence, the government codes build the
nation for the inevitable tests. Our obedience to the codes brings us
peace and con
The spiritual-supernatural country of the Kingdom of Heaven with
its established colony on earth is no di
its citizens and establish building codes for the community of the
Kingdom which are designed for the storms of life. Many Kingdom
citizens assume that if they are going through di
means they do not have enough faith. Not so. Kingdom faith does
not remove us from hardship; it preserves and protects us through
hardship. Once again, the key is where we place our faith not how
much faith we have. On one occasion the King of Heaven addressed
this very issue of faith in the building code of His Kingdom:
Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man
who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and
beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone
who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built
his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against
that house, and it fell with a great crash (Matthew 7:24-27).
The concept of tests, trials, and storms in the life of the Kingdom
citizen on earth is not one that should be foreign and unexpected
but rather anticipated with con
embraces storms and proves its worth in trials. The King of the
Kingdom in relating this concept said to His citizens on another
occasion:
I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have
trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world (John 16:33).
Another governmental promise assures the Kingdom citizen,
I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of
the enemy; nothing will harm you (Luke 10:19).
Has anyone ever asked you, “Well, if Yah is so good, why is this
happening to you?” Yahusha answers that question right here. Perhaps
you have questioned why you are facing di
wondered if the King of the Kingdom knows your circumstances.
Our relationship with Yah has nothing to do with what happens to
us as it relates to trials, tests, challenges, and assumeddisappointments. The Most High doesn’t spare us from the hardships of
life just because we are citizens of the Kingdom. On the contrary, He
allows trials for the purpose of testing, strengthening, and purifying
our faith. Learning to persevere through hardship molds and
matures our character.
If you
Daniel. How would you feel if you were in Daniel’s place and had
just been told that because of your faithful obedience to Yah you
were going to be thrown into a den full of hungry lions? Maybe
Daniel prayed for deliverance and expected an angel to come. No
angel showed up. Perhaps Daniel then thought that he would be
translated supernaturally to safety, vanishing before the very eyes of
King Darius and his court. No vanishing took place.
As they led Daniel in chains toward the lion’s den, he may have
thought that Yah would catch him halfway down the hall, loosen
his chains, and set him free. It didn’t happen. By the time he heard
the growling of the lions, Daniel may have begun to wonder where
Yah was. When he was thrown into the den and surrounded by
hungry lions, he found out where Yah was—right there in the den
with him! Yah had sent an angel ahead of Daniel to shut the lions’
mouths, so that no harm would come to his servant. He saved
Daniel, but not until Daniel had faced the trial of the lions’ den
without knowing the outcome beforehand. Where was Yah? Daniel
had to shift his trust from the works of Yah to Yah Himself. (For the
full story, see Daniel chapter 6.)
Daniel’s quality of Kingdom faith is very rare today in the religious
community as many of our contemporary doctrines and belief systems
promote a shallow version of faith that focuses more on “avoidance
faith” than enduring and overcoming faith. It is a faith built on avoiding
troubles, trials, and tests rather than facing, enduring, and overcoming
these temporary opportunities to prove the eternal power of our
Kingdom. We need the faith of Daniel to be restored to our world today.
The same was true for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who
had to endure a
and discovered that Yah was with them in the chapter 3). This story of these three young Hebrew professionals
should serve as a source of great encouragement and an outstanding
example of true Kingdom faith. Let’s recount some of the details of
their encounter with the government of another Kingdom and see
the superiority of the currency of their faith as it activated the
economy of Yah in their favor:
Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court o
the royal family and the nobility—young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing
aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and quali
the king’s palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians. The king
assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king’s table. They were to be trained for
three years, and after that they were to enter the king’s service.
Among these were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. The chief o
gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael,
Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego (Daniel 1:3-7).
Moreover, at Daniel’s request the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
administrators over the province of Babylon, while Daniel himself remained at the royal court
(Daniel 2:49).
…So these men were brought before the king, and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true,
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my Yahs or worship the image of gold I
have set up? Now when you hear the sound of the horn,
kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if
you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what Yah will
be able to rescue you from my hand?”
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to
defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the Yah we
serve is able to save us from it, and He will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if He
does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your Yahs or worship the image of
gold you have set up” (Daniel 3:13-18).
The amazing thing about the faith of these young Kingdom
citizens was their expression of belief that even if Yah did notrescue them, the integrity of the Kingdom of Yah remained intact.
This is true Kingdom faith and must be restored in our daily lives in
the Kingdom. We need faith that is stable even when our
expectation of Yah’s strategy is miscalculated, faith that is willing to
be burned in the
ambassador, the apostle Peter said,
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to su
kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes
even though re
when Yahusha Hamachiach is revealed (1 Peter 1:6-7).
The more your faith is tested, the more your Kingdom con
grows. This is also true in the experience of the hurricanes in the
Caribbean where I live. Every time we survive a major hurricane,
the less fear and trauma we have in facing the next one until we
come to see them as a normal part of life in our region and actually
appreciate the bene
remove structures not built to government code, destroy rotten
trees, cleanse pollutants in the air, and inspire new growth and new
beginnings.
In the city of Philippi, Paul and Silas were beaten, thrown into
prison, and locked into stocks for preaching the Gospel of Hamachiach.
Instead of whining and bemoaning their circumstances, they
worshiped and sang hymns to Yah right there in the prison. Yah
sent an earthquake that released all the prisoners. As a result, the
jailer was converted to Hamachiach along with his entire family (see Acts
16:16-34).
If our faith is in Yah, it doesn’t matter what happens around us
because Yah is stable. He never shifts or moves. He is the same
yesterday, today, and forever (see Heb. 13:8). Yahusha said, “Eat My
‘drink’ the blessings of life; drink Me. If you do, you will have life” (see
John 6:53-57). When our faith is in Him, we can endure anything
because we trust in His power, not our own, and because He will
not allow us to be tested beyond our ability to endure: “Notemptation has seized you except what is common to man. And Yah is
faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But
when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can
stand up under it” (1 Cor. 10:13).
How strong are you? You are as strong as whatever your faith
survives. Kingdom faith will always be tested; that’s how it grows
strong. Just as muscles develop strength the more they are used, so
too our faith gets stronger the more we exercise it. The greatest tests
of faith—and therefore the greatest potential for growth—come
during times of hardship. So if you trust in the Most High, get ready for
the tests. Examination day is coming. If you were to lose a job or a
house, or if your child were sick and continued prayer produced no
observable results, would you still believe in Yah’s omniscient goodness?
Would you still be con
in the a
In the Kingdom of Yah, many citizens only follow the King for the
good times and the good things. In fact the majority of the people I
have encountered in the Christian religious community seem to
have a relationship with Yah based on how they can bene
personally, rather than living as a citizen in a country with
responsibilities, obligations, and commitments to obey the laws,
maintain community, and function according to the principles of
Kingdom society. Many religious believers treat Yah as a genie in a
bottle whom they manipulate to meet their private wishes. This was
the attitude of the people in the village of Capernaum when Yahusha
visited them after providing them with free bread and
revisit that encounter:
Yahusha answered, “I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous
signs but because you ate the loaves and had your
food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On Him Yah the Father has
placed His seal of approval.” Then they asked Him, “What must we do to do the works Yah
requires?” Yahusha answered, “The work of Yah is this: to believe in the one He has sent” (John
6:26-29).
His assessment of their motive for following Him was for what
they could get from Him. They had no concept of Kingdom
citizenship and their obligation to serve the Kingdom despite of any
condition. The King’s statement, “do not work for bread that spoils”
implies that belief in Yah should not be motivated by the positive
bene
and nature of the benevolent King who loves His citizens. Consider
these words as Yahusha continues His discourse:
I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your forefathers
ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,
which a man may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyoneeats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is My
world (John 6:47-51).
He was testing the quality and object of their faith and correcting
their misplaced focus.
Many of the people in Capernaum with Yahusha that day failed the
faith test. After all, the call to Kingdom faith is a call to rise to
challenges, overcome obstacles, and triumph over hardships, and
many people simply are unwilling to pay the price. This certainly
was true of many in Capernaum who were put o
eat His
On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
From this time many of His disciples turned back and no longer followed Him. “You do not want
to leave too, do you?” Yahusha asked the Twelve.
Simon Peter answered Him, “Most High, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We
believe and know that You are the Holy One of Yah” (John 6:60,66-69).
Why did the people consider Yahusha’ words a “hard teaching?”
Because they realized He was calling them to follow Him with no
guarantees of
and Him alone; calling them to follow Him without knowing
outcomes in advance, content to leave the future in His hands.
Once again Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego demonstrated this
kind of faith when they stood before King Nebuchadnezzar,
threatened with death in a
king’s command to worship a great idol he had built. The arrogant
king demanded to know what Yah could rescue them from his hand:
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to
defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the Yah we
serve is able to save us from it, and He will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if He
does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your Yahs or worship the image of
gold you have set up (Daniel 3:16-18).That’s Kingdom faith: faith that trusts Yah whether He blesses or
not, whether He delivers or not, whether He heals or not. Kingdom
faith trusts Hamachiach no matter what because it knows that He has the
“words of eternal life,” and has discovered the same truth expressed
by King David who wrote, “Because Your love is better than life, my
lips will glorify You” (Ps. 63:3).
In the Kingdom of Yah when you don’t know what to do, trust Yah!
In another psalm, David declared, “The Most High is my rock, my fortress,
and my deliverer; my Yah is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my
shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold” (Ps. 18:2). If you
are anchored on the rock, the storm doesn’t matter. If your trust is
in the living Yah, you are going to win no matter what happens
around you. Many of Yahusha’ disciples turned back from following
Him. Many today have done the same. Why? They were “
sandwich” disciples. They turned back because Yahusha took away
their
They didn’t want Him. He took away the gifts and gave them the
Giver. They didn’t want Him. He took away salvation and gave
them the Savior. They didn’t want Him. He took away the blessings
and gave them the Blesser. They didn’t want Him. In a kingdom, the
king is more important than the kingdom, for it is from him that the
Kingdom derives its legitimacy. The Kingdom does not make the king a
king, but the king makes the Kingdom a kingdom.
We are not here on earth just to get
change the world by feeding others the living bread. Where is your
faith? Is it in the works of Yah or in the Yah who works? Are you a
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answer will determine whether your faith fails the test or stands
Here in the Bahamas where we enjoy the beauty and quality of
life of this tropical paradise, the government cannot guarantee
immunity from hurricanes, storms, or other natural disasters, but it
does guarantee protection, provision, resources, and restoration
where necessary. The country and colony of the Kingdom of Heaven
on earth is no di
guarantees they will come. Yahusha said,
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man
who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and
beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone
who hears these words of Mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who
built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat
against that house, and it fell with a great crash (Matthew 7:24-27).
Kingdom faith is not afraid of storms, tests, and trials because
citizens have built according to the construction code of the
heavenly government and have ensured that their foundation is the
unmovable rock of the integrity of the King’s Word, character, and
promises. Kingdom faith is anchored on the rock of Yahusha Hamachiach.
Kingdom faith is faith that faces the storm and still stands
the storm has passed. Where is your faith?
Kingdom Principles
Your faith is only as strong as the tests it survives.
The question of Kingdom faith: “Can you follow the light even in the dark?”
In the Kingdom of Yah, the issue is not how much faith you have, but where your faith is placed.
The principle of Kingdom faith is to trust the Source and not the resource.
In the Kingdom of Yah, when you don’t know what to do, trust Yah!
ARE YOU READY???
Jeremiah chapter 29
Today we are walking in: Are You Ready?
Habakkuk 1:11
Then shall his mind change H2015, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
CHANGE
Today we look to the word- CHANGE- H2015- haphak- a primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert:—become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow overturn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
The Torah Testifies…………….
Genesis 35:2
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that werewith him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change H2015 your garments:
Leviticus 27:10
He shall not alter it, nor change H2015 it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change H2015 beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
Leviticus 27:33
He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change H2015 it: and if he change H2015 it at all, then both it and the change H2015 thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
The Prophets Proclaim………
Jeremiah 2:36
Why gaddest thou about so much to change H2015 thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
Zechariah 3:4
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change H2015 of raiment.
Malachi 3:6
For I am the LORD, I change H2015 not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
The Writings witness……………
Job 14:14
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change H2015 come.
Psalm 102:26
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change H2015 them, and they shall be changed:
Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change H2015:
Grand Rising Fiveamprayer Family! Happy Day 2! I come to tell you this morning Something you have been praying for is About to Happen. Remember on Day 6 we walked in Jeremiah 29 I know the plans I have for you! The question to you this morning is ARE YOU READY! There comes a time in your life that heaven opens its door that what you have been waiting for! What you have been praying for! What you have been hoping for! You don’t see it yet, but the shift have already begun! The prayers you whispered in the silence! The tears you wiped, when no one was watching! The burdens that felt to heavy to carry! The Most High has been listening all along! There’s something stirring in the spiritual realm! Something so powerful that it will change the course of your destiny! But Are You Ready For It! Because when The Most High moves He doesn’t just answer prayers! He transforms life! I’m about to tell you why your breakthrough is closer than ever before! When The Most High sets something in motion nothing in the universe can stop it! The winds may rise! The storms may rage! And obstacles may stand in your way, but if The Most High has decreed a thing! It will come to pass! The enemy has tried to convince you, that your prayers are in vain! That your waiting is pointless! That heaven has forgotten you! But let me tell you something faith is not measured by how long you wait! But how much you trust the one who you’re waiting on! See we serve a Most High that operates outside of time! He is not define by deadlines nor is He restricted by human schedules! What may seem like a delay is often divine preparation! The Most High doesn’t just want to give you what you asked for! He wants to make sure you’re in the right position to receive it!! Because a blessing given at the wrong time can feel like a curse! The Israelites prayed for bondage from Egypt, but before they went to the promised land! They were taken through the wilderness! Not because The Most High was punishing them! He was preparing them! Their minds had been conditioned for slavery and The Most High needed to transform them into warriors! And that is where some of you are at right now! You’re standing in the wilderness questioning why The Most High hasn’t answered yet! You’re wondering if He even heard you! But what if I told you The Most High has already released the answer! What if I told you that everything you’ve prayed for has already been set in motion! But The Most High is waiting for you to be able to handle it! Some of you are praying for opportunities but The Most High is teaching you discipline! So you don’t waste them when they come! Some of you are praying for financial blessings, but The Most High is refining your character, so money doesn’t control you! Some of you are asking for relationships to be restored, but The Most High is working on your heart so when reconciliation happens it’s build on the right foundation! The Most High doesn’t just gives He PREPARES!! That why when you pray! You must also posture yourself for what is coming! Because when The Most High moves! He moves SUDDENLY! One moment Joseph was in prison! The next moment He was standing in front of Pharoah! One moment Esther was an ophan the next a Queen! One moment David was a shepherd the next anointed as King! The Most High doesn’t mind in small measures! He moves in ways that we cannot comprehend or understand! This is why you cannot afford to lose faith now! The enemy know that you are on the verge of breakthrough and he’s trying to make you give up right before it happens! This is why the attacks have intensified! The doubts have been coming into your minds! He’s making it seems like things are falling apart, but listen to me! The closer you get to what The Most have for you! The stronger the battle will become because the enemy is terrified of what happens when you step into the fullness of what The Most High has promised! But here’s the good news HaSatan does not have the final say over your life! No setback! No detours! No obstacles can override the will of The Most High! If Yah spoke it I! It will happen! The question is will you remain faithful in the waiting!!
Will you keep pushing forward when everything in you wants to give up! Because right now at this very moment your breakthrough is closer than you think! The spiritual shift is taking place! What once was blocked is now opened! The windows of heaven is opened! Your delay is now being released! What was once out of reach is now be handed you, but Yah is asking you to remain steadfast! To stand stern in Faith! To keep declaring His promises even when you don’t see them yet! Because faith is not about seeing! Remember it’s about believing! Do you remember the story of Elijah when there had been a drought in the land for three years and Yah told him rain was coming! Just like He’s telling us now the windows of heaven is open! Elijah didn’t see a storm! He didn’t see storm clouds forming! All he saw was a tiny cloud no bigger than a man’s hand! But Elijah didn’t wait for the storm to believe in the rain! He knew that only a small sign was proof that Yah was moving!! Some of you are waiting for Yah to show you the full picture before you will believe! You’re waiting for every problem to disappear! For every sign to be clear, but faith doesn’t work like that! Faith says Yah I trust you even when I can’t see how this is going to work out! I trust you even when the evidence is small! I trust you because you have never failed me before and you won’t stop now! Right now the heavens are opening over you! Right now things are moving in your favor! Right now the prayers you thought was unanswered are now being answered! But you must get ready, because when the answer comes you won’t have time to prepare! You must be in position now! You must be spiritually aligned now! You must be ready to step into what Yah has already set in motion! They are people who will not understand the season that you are in! They will try to convince you nothing is happening! They will try to plant doubt in your heart! They will try to keep you stuck in the past! When Yah is calling you into the future! But this is not the time to listen to voices of discouragement! This is the time to hold on what Yah has spoken! This is the time to walk by faith and not by sight! I don’t know who I am speaking to this morning, but you are on the break of a supernatural breakthrough! You are about to walk into the impossible! The struggles have been hard! The nights have been dark! But the dawn is here! Breakthroughs are happening! The promise is being fulfilled! Yah is about to shock you with how fast He turn things around. But I must ask you again? ARE YOU READY!! Are you ready to step into what you’ve been praying for? Are you ready to move when Yah says move? Because when the flood gates open! When the windows are wide! You won’t have time to second guess. You must walk boldly towards what Yah has for you! This is not the time to shrink back! This is not the time to doubt! Because what Yah had planned for you is bigger than you have imagined! What He is above to release will exceed every expectation! What He is about to do in your life will bring Him glory like you have never experienced in your life! But He is looking for those who will say Yah I am ready for the open windows of heaven! Rain on all the seeds which is your word that I have planted in good soil! I’m ready to walk in Your purpose and WILL! No matter what happens I will keep praying! No matter what obstacles I will keep moving forward! Something is shifting! Something you’ve been praying for is happening! Keep believing! Keep standing! Because Yah is not finished yet! The very thing you’ve been praying for! The breakthrough that you need is now! You may not see it, but it’s done in the spiritual realm! The foundation is laid, but here comes the most important part! Your faith must not be shaken! Because the moment before the windows are open! The hardest the enemy will work to make you walk away! The moment before the manifestation is when doubt start speak the loudest! This is where people give up they pray, stand, trust and believe! But when the wait becomes too long they question if they heard from Yah at all! But let me remind you! Yah is not a man that He should lie! He does not make empty promises! If He said it He will do it. If He declared it! It will manifest in your life! ALL PRAISES TO THE MOST HIGH YAH!!
Saturday, March 29, 2025
New Year’s: The Keys To Maximizing And Redeeming The Time
Ecclesiastes chapter 3
Today we are walking in: New Year’s: The Keys To Maximizing And Redeeming The Time
Habakkuk 1:11
Then shall his mind change H2015, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
CHANGE
Today we look to the word- CHANGE- H2015- haphak- a primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert:—become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow overturn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
The Torah Testifies…………….
Genesis 35:2
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that werewith him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change H2015 your garments:
Leviticus 27:10
He shall not alter it, nor change H2015 it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change H2015 beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
Leviticus 27:33
He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change H2015 it: and if he change H2015 it at all, then both it and the change H2015 thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
The Prophets Proclaim………
Jeremiah 2:36
Why gaddest thou about so much to change H2015 thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
Zechariah 3:4
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change H2015 of raiment.
Malachi 3:6
For I am the LORD, I change H2015 not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
The Writings witness……………
Job 14:14
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change H2015 come.
Psalm 102:26
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change H2015 them, and they shall be changed:
Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change H2015:
The most common gift that Yah ever gave any human is time. The word common includes all humans on Earth. The only thing that we are given that is common to everyone is time. All of us have different heights, weights, colours of pigmentation, economic status, families, ethnic backgrounds and cultures. All humans share the same common commodity which is time. Time plays a very important role. Because what you are, and what you become depend on how you use your time. Time works for everyone. The billionaire and the beggar both have 24 hours every day. The old and the young, the black and the white, the Indian and the Asian, are all given the same amount of time every day.
Time cannot be stopped but humans can control it. You cannot stop a day. You cannot stop an hour. Time has no respect for you. But you can control how it will be used. This means that even though time is unstoppable, it is controllable. And what you do with it determines who you become. Time is life and life is time.
And every time a year passes, you are measuring time. Because a year is the passing of time in our cultures. And an opportunity to redefine your priorities is why new year’s come. Firstly, a new year is an opportunity to refine your purpose. Secondly, a new year is an opportunity to redefine your life's vision. To see if you are still on course, or if you need to adjust. Thirdly, a new year is an opportunity to re-establish worthwhile goals. The term "worthwhile" is because some of our goals may not be worth pursuing anymore. Fourthly, a new year is an opportunity for you to bury the past and move into a new future.
The word “New” on New Year's Day means that there was an old one somewhere. In other words, time can be a blessing or a curse. Depending on how you manage it.
The truth about time is time is life. We measure life in terms of time. We define life by time. Life is measured by time because life is determined by what we do with time. Life is lived out in time. Life is qualified by time. Life is also the passing of time. What have you become is dependent on how you use time. Life is also stopped by time. When you die, time stops. When you die, you move out of time into what is called eternity. In essence, death is life leaving time. Time is temporary, but life is eternal. We were put in time to live a portion of life.
What is time? Time is an interruption in eternity. Time is also defined as a small measure of eternity. Time is a piece of eternity. Time is a slice of forever with a beginning and an end. Time is the limited period during which an action or a process exists or takes place. In other words, time is a measure of space. Time itself has its own power.
Ecclesiastes 3:10-11 have seen the burden Yah has laid on the human race. I have seen the burden Yah has laid on the human race. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom what Yah has done from beginning to end.
The word beautiful in the above verse is the Hebrew word that means mature. Which means that Yah matures everything in its time. So, there's a time for maturity. In other words, Yah created time, but he doesn't live in it. Therefore, when Yah speaks to us, we have to be careful. Yah lives forever, but he placed us in time. He designed time to make life easier for us. Yah created time to give a piece of eternity a measure. Yah created time for us to live in it so that we could experience relief from eternity. If you live in eternity, it's a tough place to live. Because if you make a mistake in eternity, it's an eternal mistake so time is a relief.
We see in Genesis 1:14 that Yah created time. Genesis 1:14 Yah said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs and seasons, and days and years. So, Yah created time by literally designing the universe to keep time. Many scientists interpret the universe as a big clock, and they say that someone must have wound it up. They try to explain that there must have been a creator because the universe is running with such precision that the planets not only revolve around stars, but they don't clash with each other. Someone seemed to have set this in motion. And Yah has designed all of that so that they can be measured for days and years. In other words, Yah says in Genesis 1 verse 18, that this is good.
What's the purpose of time? First of all, time was given to us to take us out of eternity. Secondly, time was given to us to protect us from forever. If you had a pain in your back in eternity, it would be an eternal pain. Time has a beginning and an end. Time is also given to us to measure the existence of life, to define life, and to measure the quality of life. Time is given to us to account for our lives, and to define the distance between our beginning and our end. Time is given to us to live life in doses. Time is given to us to measure the purpose of our life. Why do we live?
But time has some limitations. This verse is worth remembering if you're still breathing. Job 14:5-6 A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed. 6 So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer. In summary, Yah is saying, look, when I brought you on this earth, I hired you to do something, and I appointed a specific period for you to do it in, and you can't exceed that. Yah has set limits that you cannot exceed.
Time is determined. Psalm 39:4 “Show me, Most High, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.
Most High, make me know mine end and the measure of my days. Most High, let me know my destiny. Let me know what I'm supposed to do with my life. Psalm 90:12 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.In other words, let me know how long and how much I have to do, so I can use my days effectively. Ecclesiastes 8:6 For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a person may be weighed down by misery. This is a deep verse. In other words, there's a proper way and time to do everything. Time is so powerful in the hand of Yah. Time is measured in seconds. We are amazed sometimes at how fast time can leave us. And we measure time in minutes and hours and days and decades and centuries. But time measures life also in yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Whatever happened in the past separates you from the future. Time measures life in the past, present, and future. Time separates your past from your present and your future. Time measures life in seasons: winter, summer, autumn, and spring. Time protects us from living in a permanent condition. Time can resolve our problems – our hurts, our grief and our pains. With time things change. Time gives you the time to change relationships. Time can sort things out. Time changes everything. Nothing is permanent in time.
Time is the only commodity on earth given equally to every human being. Time is therefore the only commodity every human possesses. We don't possess the same amount of money. We possess the same amount of time. So, the key to life is what you become in life is determined by how you use the time you have. And that's why we use terms like spending time. Time is a currency. Every human has the same amount every day. And time, like currency, must be spent. And here's the problem. Time is used to buy life. So, whatever you are, you spend your time buying it. Even if you're broke, you use your time to become broke. If you're fat that means you use your time eating the wrong thing. You use your time not jogging. Time determines everything. If your marriage is under stress, it's because you haven't used your time in your marriage properly. Time is so powerful that whatever you invest your time in you become. Treat time just like you treat money. Time can be stolen. Time can be misplaced. Time can be shortened. Time can be wasted. Time can be misused. Time can be abused. Time can be put to good use. Time can also be lost. You can lose it. Just like money. Time can be squandered just like money. How you spend it didn't take you closer to your goals, didn't take you closer to your vision, didn't accomplish the things you wanted, and you spent it and squandered it on stuff that didn't count. Time is more important than money. That's why the businessman says time is money. Time can be depreciated just like money. Time can also be devalued. Every hour is important. What are you spending your time on? You can reduce the value of your life by the things you spend your time with, who you spend your time with, where you spend your time all day. The time can also be revalued. You can actually increase the value of your time by choosing what you do with it.
You can become a victim of time. You can never stop time. You can also never control it. You can't resist it. You can't compromise with time. Time doesn't adjust for you or anything. You can never buy time. You can't buy time. You can never slow time down. You can never speed up time. Until then, you are stuck in time. You are a victim of time. And therefore, all you have to do to make time for your friend is to manage it. You can measure time in life. Psalm 90:10 Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. The average age of a human, Yah says, would be between 70 and 80.
What do you do with time? First, you can manage it. Secondly, you can use it. Thirdly, you can invest it. Fourthly, you can convert it. In other words, you can use time to develop build and construct things. You can turn your life into value by the way you use your time. You can use time to fulfill your divine purpose. Time itself is given to you as a gift from Yah. Ephesians 5: 14-16 says, This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Hamachiach will shine on you.” 15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Redeeming the time means maximizing every minute of your life. You are a product of how you use your time. Your life is how you use your time. Look at the next verse, he says what? Therefore, be not foolish, but understand what the will of Yah is. And be not what? Drunken with wine, where there is, there's riot, and be filled with the Holy Spirit, he says. Redeeming the time. Using it properly. Making sure that you invest it in a way that benefits you.
The word "deem" actually means to own something. To redeem something means to own it again. So when the Bible says redeem time, it means you had some time that you messed up. You lost it. You threw it away. He says now spend the next year making up for what you lost. That might mean you may just stay a little later. Cut off some friendships. Shut down some clubs you were part of. Change relationships with some of these organizations that are not taking you anywhere. Take an evening class. To redeem means that you can't have a normal life anymore. Cause you lost some time you got to make up for it. To redeem time means you have to work a little harder. To redeem time means that you have to be more focused and more disciplined. To redeem time means that you may need to throw off some things that were so nice and pleasurable to do some important things. Redeem the time. It means to recontrol time. It means to repossess and reclaim time. It means to fulfill the pledge that Yah promised you to fulfill. To redeem time means to convert time now into value. To redeem time means to fulfill or pay an outstanding debt. To redeem means to pay the debt that you owe. Not just to Yah, but to your life. If you wasted five years, you have a debt to yourself. You have to pay yourself back the time you lost. Everybody trying to get your time. And half of them don't deserve it. You have to assess who you will give your time to. People will abuse your time. To take ownership and control of your time. That's what it means to redeem time. To convert into an opportunity to fulfill your purpose. That's how you redeem time. In other words, you design your days to create value in your life. And the way you control time is by planning. You have to plan your day, or your day will be planned by somebody else. Time, like all commodities, must be managed. Time must be protected. It must have a focus. It must have a purpose. It must have a vision. It must be measurable in results.
Here's how to redeem your time:
Document a plan. Put a plan for what you want to accomplish in the year you are in. Put it on paper.
Establish your priorities based on that plan.
Pursue your passion only. Identify your passion and go after it, because so many people will distract you. You better stay with your passion. Not every invitation is a blessing. Not every opportunity is a blessing. The devil's greatest weapon to a disciplined woman and man is distraction, not sin. The devil knows you're too smart to commit sin. So, he does something more dangerous. He distracts you to do things that you are not supposed to be doing, even though they're good. Matter of fact, the enemy of doing the right is doing a good thing. And not everything good is right.
Protect your plans and your priorities. You will be attacked by so many opportunities. You must protect your time and your priorities from other people's interests.
Identify your value. In other words, identify what's valuable to you. If you don't do that, you're going to waste time.
Make decisions based on your destiny. If you know where you want to go, then design your decisions accordingly.
Inventory your associations. Spend the first day of this new year just making a list of all the people you're associated with, all the organizations you're associated with, all the places you're associated with, and see how many of them are taking you to your vision. You'll be shocked who is wasting your time.
Review your investments. Question, what are you investing your time in?
If you want to redeem your time, stop trying to make everybody happy. You cannot make everybody happy. Half of the folks smiling at you don't like you. Get over it. And the rest of them, they only putting up with you. Stop trying to get everybody's approval. Everyone will not like what you do. They don't even want to do what you do. Forget the past, design and pursue the future. Become an architect of your life. Anything that happens should be in association with where you want to go in life. You have been wasting enough time. It's over. Do something. Get back on track. Control your future by making a plan. Forget about what you didn't accomplish.
Today we are walking in: New Year’s: The Keys To Maximizing And Redeeming The Time
Habakkuk 1:11
Then shall his mind change H2015, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
CHANGE
Today we look to the word- CHANGE- H2015- haphak- a primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert:—become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow overturn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
The Torah Testifies…………….
Genesis 35:2
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that werewith him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change H2015 your garments:
Leviticus 27:10
He shall not alter it, nor change H2015 it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change H2015 beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
Leviticus 27:33
He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change H2015 it: and if he change H2015 it at all, then both it and the change H2015 thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
The Prophets Proclaim………
Jeremiah 2:36
Why gaddest thou about so much to change H2015 thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
Zechariah 3:4
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change H2015 of raiment.
Malachi 3:6
For I am the LORD, I change H2015 not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
The Writings witness……………
Job 14:14
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change H2015 come.
Psalm 102:26
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change H2015 them, and they shall be changed:
Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change H2015:
The most common gift that Yah ever gave any human is time. The word common includes all humans on Earth. The only thing that we are given that is common to everyone is time. All of us have different heights, weights, colours of pigmentation, economic status, families, ethnic backgrounds and cultures. All humans share the same common commodity which is time. Time plays a very important role. Because what you are, and what you become depend on how you use your time. Time works for everyone. The billionaire and the beggar both have 24 hours every day. The old and the young, the black and the white, the Indian and the Asian, are all given the same amount of time every day.
Time cannot be stopped but humans can control it. You cannot stop a day. You cannot stop an hour. Time has no respect for you. But you can control how it will be used. This means that even though time is unstoppable, it is controllable. And what you do with it determines who you become. Time is life and life is time.
And every time a year passes, you are measuring time. Because a year is the passing of time in our cultures. And an opportunity to redefine your priorities is why new year’s come. Firstly, a new year is an opportunity to refine your purpose. Secondly, a new year is an opportunity to redefine your life's vision. To see if you are still on course, or if you need to adjust. Thirdly, a new year is an opportunity to re-establish worthwhile goals. The term "worthwhile" is because some of our goals may not be worth pursuing anymore. Fourthly, a new year is an opportunity for you to bury the past and move into a new future.
The word “New” on New Year's Day means that there was an old one somewhere. In other words, time can be a blessing or a curse. Depending on how you manage it.
The truth about time is time is life. We measure life in terms of time. We define life by time. Life is measured by time because life is determined by what we do with time. Life is lived out in time. Life is qualified by time. Life is also the passing of time. What have you become is dependent on how you use time. Life is also stopped by time. When you die, time stops. When you die, you move out of time into what is called eternity. In essence, death is life leaving time. Time is temporary, but life is eternal. We were put in time to live a portion of life.
What is time? Time is an interruption in eternity. Time is also defined as a small measure of eternity. Time is a piece of eternity. Time is a slice of forever with a beginning and an end. Time is the limited period during which an action or a process exists or takes place. In other words, time is a measure of space. Time itself has its own power.
Ecclesiastes 3:10-11 have seen the burden Yah has laid on the human race. I have seen the burden Yah has laid on the human race. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom what Yah has done from beginning to end.
The word beautiful in the above verse is the Hebrew word that means mature. Which means that Yah matures everything in its time. So, there's a time for maturity. In other words, Yah created time, but he doesn't live in it. Therefore, when Yah speaks to us, we have to be careful. Yah lives forever, but he placed us in time. He designed time to make life easier for us. Yah created time to give a piece of eternity a measure. Yah created time for us to live in it so that we could experience relief from eternity. If you live in eternity, it's a tough place to live. Because if you make a mistake in eternity, it's an eternal mistake so time is a relief.
We see in Genesis 1:14 that Yah created time. Genesis 1:14 Yah said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs and seasons, and days and years. So, Yah created time by literally designing the universe to keep time. Many scientists interpret the universe as a big clock, and they say that someone must have wound it up. They try to explain that there must have been a creator because the universe is running with such precision that the planets not only revolve around stars, but they don't clash with each other. Someone seemed to have set this in motion. And Yah has designed all of that so that they can be measured for days and years. In other words, Yah says in Genesis 1 verse 18, that this is good.
What's the purpose of time? First of all, time was given to us to take us out of eternity. Secondly, time was given to us to protect us from forever. If you had a pain in your back in eternity, it would be an eternal pain. Time has a beginning and an end. Time is also given to us to measure the existence of life, to define life, and to measure the quality of life. Time is given to us to account for our lives, and to define the distance between our beginning and our end. Time is given to us to live life in doses. Time is given to us to measure the purpose of our life. Why do we live?
But time has some limitations. This verse is worth remembering if you're still breathing. Job 14:5-6 A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed. 6 So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer. In summary, Yah is saying, look, when I brought you on this earth, I hired you to do something, and I appointed a specific period for you to do it in, and you can't exceed that. Yah has set limits that you cannot exceed.
Time is determined. Psalm 39:4 “Show me, Most High, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.
Most High, make me know mine end and the measure of my days. Most High, let me know my destiny. Let me know what I'm supposed to do with my life. Psalm 90:12 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.In other words, let me know how long and how much I have to do, so I can use my days effectively. Ecclesiastes 8:6 For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a person may be weighed down by misery. This is a deep verse. In other words, there's a proper way and time to do everything. Time is so powerful in the hand of Yah. Time is measured in seconds. We are amazed sometimes at how fast time can leave us. And we measure time in minutes and hours and days and decades and centuries. But time measures life also in yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Whatever happened in the past separates you from the future. Time measures life in the past, present, and future. Time separates your past from your present and your future. Time measures life in seasons: winter, summer, autumn, and spring. Time protects us from living in a permanent condition. Time can resolve our problems – our hurts, our grief and our pains. With time things change. Time gives you the time to change relationships. Time can sort things out. Time changes everything. Nothing is permanent in time.
Time is the only commodity on earth given equally to every human being. Time is therefore the only commodity every human possesses. We don't possess the same amount of money. We possess the same amount of time. So, the key to life is what you become in life is determined by how you use the time you have. And that's why we use terms like spending time. Time is a currency. Every human has the same amount every day. And time, like currency, must be spent. And here's the problem. Time is used to buy life. So, whatever you are, you spend your time buying it. Even if you're broke, you use your time to become broke. If you're fat that means you use your time eating the wrong thing. You use your time not jogging. Time determines everything. If your marriage is under stress, it's because you haven't used your time in your marriage properly. Time is so powerful that whatever you invest your time in you become. Treat time just like you treat money. Time can be stolen. Time can be misplaced. Time can be shortened. Time can be wasted. Time can be misused. Time can be abused. Time can be put to good use. Time can also be lost. You can lose it. Just like money. Time can be squandered just like money. How you spend it didn't take you closer to your goals, didn't take you closer to your vision, didn't accomplish the things you wanted, and you spent it and squandered it on stuff that didn't count. Time is more important than money. That's why the businessman says time is money. Time can be depreciated just like money. Time can also be devalued. Every hour is important. What are you spending your time on? You can reduce the value of your life by the things you spend your time with, who you spend your time with, where you spend your time all day. The time can also be revalued. You can actually increase the value of your time by choosing what you do with it.
You can become a victim of time. You can never stop time. You can also never control it. You can't resist it. You can't compromise with time. Time doesn't adjust for you or anything. You can never buy time. You can't buy time. You can never slow time down. You can never speed up time. Until then, you are stuck in time. You are a victim of time. And therefore, all you have to do to make time for your friend is to manage it. You can measure time in life. Psalm 90:10 Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. The average age of a human, Yah says, would be between 70 and 80.
What do you do with time? First, you can manage it. Secondly, you can use it. Thirdly, you can invest it. Fourthly, you can convert it. In other words, you can use time to develop build and construct things. You can turn your life into value by the way you use your time. You can use time to fulfill your divine purpose. Time itself is given to you as a gift from Yah. Ephesians 5: 14-16 says, This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Hamachiach will shine on you.” 15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Redeeming the time means maximizing every minute of your life. You are a product of how you use your time. Your life is how you use your time. Look at the next verse, he says what? Therefore, be not foolish, but understand what the will of Yah is. And be not what? Drunken with wine, where there is, there's riot, and be filled with the Holy Spirit, he says. Redeeming the time. Using it properly. Making sure that you invest it in a way that benefits you.
The word "deem" actually means to own something. To redeem something means to own it again. So when the Bible says redeem time, it means you had some time that you messed up. You lost it. You threw it away. He says now spend the next year making up for what you lost. That might mean you may just stay a little later. Cut off some friendships. Shut down some clubs you were part of. Change relationships with some of these organizations that are not taking you anywhere. Take an evening class. To redeem means that you can't have a normal life anymore. Cause you lost some time you got to make up for it. To redeem time means you have to work a little harder. To redeem time means that you have to be more focused and more disciplined. To redeem time means that you may need to throw off some things that were so nice and pleasurable to do some important things. Redeem the time. It means to recontrol time. It means to repossess and reclaim time. It means to fulfill the pledge that Yah promised you to fulfill. To redeem time means to convert time now into value. To redeem time means to fulfill or pay an outstanding debt. To redeem means to pay the debt that you owe. Not just to Yah, but to your life. If you wasted five years, you have a debt to yourself. You have to pay yourself back the time you lost. Everybody trying to get your time. And half of them don't deserve it. You have to assess who you will give your time to. People will abuse your time. To take ownership and control of your time. That's what it means to redeem time. To convert into an opportunity to fulfill your purpose. That's how you redeem time. In other words, you design your days to create value in your life. And the way you control time is by planning. You have to plan your day, or your day will be planned by somebody else. Time, like all commodities, must be managed. Time must be protected. It must have a focus. It must have a purpose. It must have a vision. It must be measurable in results.
Here's how to redeem your time:
Document a plan. Put a plan for what you want to accomplish in the year you are in. Put it on paper.
Establish your priorities based on that plan.
Pursue your passion only. Identify your passion and go after it, because so many people will distract you. You better stay with your passion. Not every invitation is a blessing. Not every opportunity is a blessing. The devil's greatest weapon to a disciplined woman and man is distraction, not sin. The devil knows you're too smart to commit sin. So, he does something more dangerous. He distracts you to do things that you are not supposed to be doing, even though they're good. Matter of fact, the enemy of doing the right is doing a good thing. And not everything good is right.
Protect your plans and your priorities. You will be attacked by so many opportunities. You must protect your time and your priorities from other people's interests.
Identify your value. In other words, identify what's valuable to you. If you don't do that, you're going to waste time.
Make decisions based on your destiny. If you know where you want to go, then design your decisions accordingly.
Inventory your associations. Spend the first day of this new year just making a list of all the people you're associated with, all the organizations you're associated with, all the places you're associated with, and see how many of them are taking you to your vision. You'll be shocked who is wasting your time.
Review your investments. Question, what are you investing your time in?
If you want to redeem your time, stop trying to make everybody happy. You cannot make everybody happy. Half of the folks smiling at you don't like you. Get over it. And the rest of them, they only putting up with you. Stop trying to get everybody's approval. Everyone will not like what you do. They don't even want to do what you do. Forget the past, design and pursue the future. Become an architect of your life. Anything that happens should be in association with where you want to go in life. You have been wasting enough time. It's over. Do something. Get back on track. Control your future by making a plan. Forget about what you didn't accomplish.
5785 Prophetic Word: A Year of Grace, Breakthrough, and Stepping into Your Spacious Place
2 Samuel Chapter 22
Today we are walking in: 5785 Prophetic Word: A Year of Grace, Breakthrough, and Stepping into Your Spacious Place
Exodus 40:35
And Mosheh was not able to enter into the tent of the assembly, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of Yahuah filled the Tabernacle. SHEMOTH (EXODUS) 40:35 את CEPHER
ENTER
Today we look to the word ENTER--H935 bow' -- Come, Bring, In, Enter, Go, Carry, Down, Pass, Out
The Torah testifies.........……
Deuteronomy 23:2
A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Yahuah; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the assembly of Yahuah. DEVARIYM (DEUTERONOMY) 23:2 את CEPHER
The prophets proclaim..................
Jeremiah 17:25
Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Yahudah, and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim: and this city shall remain forever. YIRMEYAHU (JEREMIAH) 17:25 את CEPHER
The writings bear witness............
Psalms 45:15
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 45:15 את CEPHER
He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me.”
2 Samuel 22:20 (NIV)
As we enter the new Hebrew year on Yah's prophetic calendar, the Most High has placed a few powerful words on my heart to speak over your life—words that will guide you into a season of promise and expansion. The phrase the Most High is highlighting for this new year is "spacious place."
Between March 2nd and 4th, many will begin to sense a powerful shift in the spirit, signaling the start of a new chapter in life.
The Holy Spirit is breathing new life into you! This is a time to step confidently into the fullness of Yah’s plans for your life. Most importantly, it’s time to speak the name of Yahusha with boldness and authority!
The year 5785 will be about stepping into a spacious land, a place where you can breathe deeply, where burdens are lifted, and where there is freedom to move in the fullness of our Father’s plans for your life. The Bible has a ton to say about the spacious place.
Job 36:15-16: “But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction. He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place, free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.”
Exodus 3:7-8: The Most High said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt…So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
Psalm 31:8: “You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.”
David knew all about the spacious place.
After years of being relentlessly pursued by King Saul and forced to take refuge in caves and strongholds, David finally stepped into the moment Yah had long prepared for him. Though he had been anointed as king, the path to his destiny was anything but smooth—it was marked by trials, uncertainty, and seasons of waiting. Yet, in Yah's perfect timing, there came a moment when the Most High led David into a spacious place of peace and security where the fullness of Yah's promises began to unfold. Why? Because the Most High delights in His children! Isn’t that amazing?!
In 2 Samuel 22:20, David sings, "He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me."
The "spacious land" represents more than just physical territory—it symbolizes a spiritual breakthrough, where the weight of past struggles lifts, and Yah's abundant blessings are poured out. The Hebrew word refers to a broad, open, or wide space. It symbolizes a place of freedom, relief from distress, and liberation from tight, constraining circumstances. It conveys the idea of being set free from oppression or restriction into a space where one can move freely and thrive.
A person evolves from a place of suffering to wholeness.
Psalm 118:5: “When hard pressed, I cried to the Most High; he brought me into a spacious place.”
A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
The year 5785 is symbolized by the Hebrew letter "hey" (ה), the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The shape of the letter resembles an open window or an open space, inviting us to look through and see things from Yah's perspective.
We are being called to return to a spacious and grace-filled relationship with our Heavenly Father, where His love, provision, and purpose flow freely into every area of our lives, bringing both restoration and expansion. I encourage you to literally start looking out the window, seeking the voice of our Father even in creation. He is speaking, and He wants to reveal wisdom and truth through what you see with your eyes.
In 5785, many will begin to see Yah’s plans with greater clarity, experiencing revelation that opens new possibilities for their lives, relationships, and callings.
Yah is shining His light into the areas of your life where there has been confusion, darkness, or misunderstanding, bringing divine revelation to guide and direct you into a future filled with hope. He sees the ways you've been mistreated, and He desires to set you free from every form of bondage, fear, and stronghold. In this season, Yah is going to reveal hidden truths, expose lies, and give you the understanding you need to walk in perfect alignment with His will for your life.
It’s important to remember that we are called to love our enemies, but that doesn’t mean we’re required to accommodate or appease them. When Yah instructs us to separate from someone or something, it’s vital that we follow His direction. Yahusha Himself set clear boundaries, never running after those who walked away but remaining focused on His mission.
Likewise, when Yah leads us into a spacious place, it demands our obedience and trust, even when it's challenging.
As you open your heart to the Holy Spirit’s guidance, you can expect breakthroughs in areas where you once felt stuck. Yah is going to clear the path before you. The fogginess from a past season will be replaced with clarity as King Yahusha brings peace and purpose to your life. You are Yah’s child and He cares about your heart. He is going to show you the way!
1 John 3:1 (NIV)
"See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of Yah! And that is what we are!"
Prepare: You Are Entering A Spacious Land!
“I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey...”
In both the stories of Moses and David, we see a profound journey toward spaciousness—a journey from narrow, confined spaces into wide-open territories, both physically and spiritually. For Moses, the people of Israel were bound in Egypt, enslaved under heavy burdens with little room to move or thrive. But Yah delivered them into a spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey, one that promised abundance and rest.
In Exodus 3:7-8, the Most High says to Moses, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey...”
This scripture shows Yah’s heart for His people and His desire to lead us out of a place of suffering and into a place of blessing and freedom.
David also experienced moments where he was trapped in tight, constricted situations, running for his life and hiding in caves. Yet in Psalm 18:19, David declares, “He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me.” Yah didn’t leave David in those narrow places of despair; instead, He delivered him into wide-open spaces where he could thrive and fulfill his calling.
Beloved, Yah is calling you forth from the cave at this time. The training and hiding had a purpose, but now it’s time to stand and teach others how to evolve from merely surviving to truly thriving.
As we look to 5785, I believe Yah is inviting you into your own spacious place. This is a place where old limitations fall away, and new opportunities emerge. The Holy Spirit is saying that this year will be marked by divine expansions—spiritually, relationally, and even in your physical circumstances. Just as Yah enlarged the territories for His chosen people, He is expanding the spaces in your life where He wants to dwell, work, and bring you deeper into His purpose.
If you’ve felt like you’ve been in a tight space—emotionally, financially, or spiritually—this is the year to believe in a breakthrough. It’s important to trust in the Most High’s leadership. He is your Commander-In-Chief and your steps are ordered by Him. The spacious place He has for you is one of peace, joy, and abundance. It’s a place where you’ll be able to flourish and experience the fullness of His presence without the weights and restrictions of the past.
The spacious land will also allow you to be the hands and feet of Yahusha as we build His Kingdom together. We are called to love others and preach the gospel to all the earth. Through Yahusha, we are given the strength, wisdom, and courage to accomplish more than we could ever imagine, impacting lives for eternity.
5785: Prophetic Insight
As we step into 5785, it’s significant that the year begins and ends with the number 5.
In the Bible, the number 5 holds deep meaning, symbolizing grace, Yah’s unmerited favor, and divine empowerment. As we enter this new season, we are reminded of Yah’s abundant grace that surrounds us both in the beginning and the end of this journey.
Beyond grace, the number 5 also represents the five-fold ministry outlined in Ephesians 4:11—apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers.
These roles are essential in building up the body of Hamachiach, equipping the saints, and helping the church grow in maturity. In this year of 5785, I believe the Most High is calling His people to step more fully into their specific roles within this ministry. Whether you're called to lead, teach, speak, write, sing, or serve in any capacity, Yah’s grace will empower you to operate effectively in your assignment.
What’s also fascinating about 5785 is the presence of the numbers 7 and 8 at the center.
Seven, the number of completion and perfection, and eight, the number of new beginnings, are pivotal markers this year. The Most High is speaking that this year will be one where the completion of past trials, seasons, and lessons will give birth to new beginnings and the fulfillment of His promises. It’s a transition from a time of refinement into a time of renewal and breakthrough.
In this year, the Holy Spirit is also saying that many will be released from the bondage of past seasons.
Just as Yah heard the cries of the Israelites, He has heard your cries. This is the year He’s not only bringing you out, but He’s also bringing you into a new, wide-open space where you can breathe, grow, and thrive. Expect to see the hand of Yah moving in areas where you’ve felt stuck or pressed down. His grace is bringing expansion, and He is faithful to complete what He has started.
Yahusha loves you more than you can imagine. He is always near, watching over you with the tender care of a loving Father. His love for you knows no limits, and nothing in this world can separate you from it. Yah wants you to walk into every room with the assurance that you are cherished by the King of kings—fully known, fully loved, and completely accepted. You are His precious child, and He takes great delight in you. It’s time to step confidently into your future, knowing you are guided by His hand.
As you move forward, open the window and breathe in the fragrance of this new season. Yah's love and grace are like a fresh wind surrounding you, carrying you into spacious places filled with new opportunities and blessings.
Remember, as Yah’s child, you are also an heir to the throne, called to fulfill His purposes. Romans 8:17 says, “Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of Yah and co-heirs with Hamachiach...” And Ephesians 2:10 reminds us that “we are Yah’s handiwork, created in Hamachiach Yahusha to do good works, which Yah prepared in advance for us to do.”
You are not only loved but chosen, equipped to carry out the good works Yah has destined for you in this season of grace and expansion. Go forth in the mighty name of Yahusha!
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