CELEBRATING HIS LIFE MINISTRIES

“PREPARE FOR THE RESURRECTION OF YOUR VISION"
A Fresh Word by Al Thomas

“SOME CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR VISION IS NOT COMING TO PASS OR BEARING FRUIT. OTHERS ARE WONDERING WHY THEIR MINISTRY IS NOT GROWING LIKE THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD. HERE ARE CONDITIONS FOR A VISION TO COME TO PASS…”

God Says: “REALIZE THERE MUST BE A DEATH…”

“Remember, before a resurrection can take place, you must have something that is dead. If you are not sure your vision, hope or dream is from Me, lay it aside, bury it, cover it up and walk away. If it is from Me I will resurrect it. How can you tell if you have really walked away from it? It is very easy to tell if something is dead. It isn’t moving. If you have tried this and that and then another thing and still nothing has worked (no fruit), then I am telling you to die to the vision so I can prepare you for resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:36). If you allow your vision to die (and it was from Me) it will not remain in the grave (1 Corinthians 15: 56). For some, the reason I demand them to bury their vision is because the vision became more important than Me. The vision (ministry) was given more attention than I was. It became an idol. Does your vision have you or do you have your vision? No matter how glorious the vision is it cannot be bigger than Me…the One who gave it. You are coming to the place of knowing you don’t need ministry to be fulfilled in your heart. You need Me.”

God Says: “REALIZE THERE MUST BE A TIME OF WAITING…”

“A weed can grow overnight, but an oak tree will take years. Some, (because they did not wait on Me) wilted away quickly like a weed when the sun (pressures) beat down on them. But, for those who know how to wait, I will make them trees of righteousness (Isaiah 61:3). I am teaching you to not rush into things that are either not in My will or timing (Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 7). My timetable is often different than yours. You are learning that My ways are not your ways (Isaiah 55: 8-9) and only by sitting in My presence can you learn My timing. My ways (Psalm 25:4) are teaching you that you don’t have to ‘run things’, ‘be in charge’, ‘make things happen’ or ‘go take the hill’. You’ve learned to wait on Me before you start anything of significance. A time of action will manifest and only then will you move out, but now I have instructions to give that can only be heard when you become still (Psalm 46:10). You have come to the conclusion that it is a mistake to rush out to ‘do’ for Me before you have ‘heard’ from Me. Some of you have been criticized for doing nothing; people thought your faith was dead or that you gave up. But, you and I will know that your faith is not dead, just on pause. Soon, I’ll push ‘play’. Yes, I can move suddenly (Acts 2: 2) but only after a time of waiting (Acts 1:4). I never run. Some would call Me a slow poke. So many misunderstand My timing, not realizing that I go slowly because I am love (1 John 4:8). Love moves at a different pace. It is an interior speed. My speed is designed to allow you to slow down and fellowship with Me, not for Me to catch up with you. Some are accustomed to achieving success through going fast. I go slowly (2 Peter 3:4), but effectively.”

God Says: “REALIZE ONLY I CAN DO THE RESURRECTING…”

“I am going to resurrect many ministries that have gone dormant. I am going to restore some who had previously fallen or been rejected by others. Some will be so amazed because of the many doors being opened that they will think it is a dream, but it is not. For many the delays are over because you have put your vision and calling in My hands. You have died to it. You no longer will try to walk it out in your own power. You’ve learned not to simply analyze how people grow, or try to facilitate growth, or calculate growth and evaluate growth. Instead, you’ve come to the realization that I cause all growth (1 Corinthians 3: 6, 7). I will resurrect your vision because you waited for Me. I am about to resurrect your vision because you’ve learned not to receive joy from it, but from your relationship with Me (Psalm 35: 9). An army is about to be raised up because this great truth will be reverberating in their spirit: ‘I love the Lord more than I love to minister.’ Prepare to be resurrected; you’ve learned to get strength from Me and not your vision. You’ve learned not to focus on the vision but on Me. That’s a light coming towards you (John 8: 12) and it is showing you the way (2 Peter 1:19). That sound you hear is Me pushing aside all of the obstacles that hindered you from reaping a great harvest (John 4:35, 36). I’m removing the things you thought were unmovable (Mark 9:23). The vision of ministry that used to be an idol is now a tool. Perk up, look up and prepare to get up, you’re about to enter the land of promise!”

“For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the
end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because
it will surely come, it will not tarry”
(Habakkuk 2:3)