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November 20, 2004
 GOD WANTS YOU FAT - HE WANTS A FAT CHURCH FOR
A TESTIMONY TO HIS GOODNESS! PLUS, FIND OUT HOW TO WATCH OUT FOR THE PHILISTINES... THEY'RE
AFTER YOUR HARVEST...
On my way to California last weekend, I had a very strange
vision! I saw a hand reaching into my heart, and when the hand withdrew, it held
a bunch of fat. Now wait a minute, before you get to thinking I've lost it. The
fat was GOOD - it was bright white and in the middle of the fat was a large key.
It took me by surprise, so I spent a couple of hours trying to figure it out.
The Holy Spirit gave me some scriptures. This vision was for California - but
God is God of all of America so obviously it is also for every other state if
you care to receive it. This move of God that is coming is to demonstrate the
goodness of God in the land of the living.
Proverbs 11:25 says, "The liberal soul shall be made
FAT. He that waters shall be watered himself."
Psalm 92:13,14 says, "Those that be planted in the
house of the Lord shall flourish (or get fat) in the courts of our God. They
shall bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be FAT AND FLOURISHING."
And listen to this: the main scripture the Lord gave me - Nehemiah 9:24,25,
"The children went in and possessed the land (more about
that below)...And they took strong cities and a FAT land, and possessed houses
full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit trees in
abundance, so they did eat and were filled, and became FAT, and delighted
themselves in thy great goodness."
Your
neighbors should be saying, "What is it with those people? They are so blessed!"
God gets glory from your testimony
to His great goodness. So, there! You have to be blessed. You have to live in
the goodness of God and delight yourself in Him and in His wonderful goodness in
your life. You are His demonstration. You are His sign and wonder. You are God's
sign - to make people wonder. Your neighbors should be saying, "What is it with
those people? They are so blessed!"
The scripture says, "The goodness of God...leads to
repentance" (Romans 2:4) - not beating
people over the head. There is coming a powerful move of God, like Niagara
Falls. It is called GREAT GRACE. A true revelation of the grace of God and what
that means will change your life more than any other thing. The church is so
geared to "trying" and "striving." It's yielding, not trying. Trying can be very
trying.
God's grace is still on America. Why? Because He loves YOU, and guess what? He
listens to you. He has inclined His ear toward you. Why do we have a Christian
President? Because God loves YOU, and He is moved by your prayers and petitions.
He loves to grant your prayers. America is still blessed because of the church
and the faithfulness of thousands and thousands of Christians. So many "words"
have come to bring judgment. Well, God is the Judge, not you or I. How would you
feel if you faithfully prayed your heart out like many Christians have been
doing, only to be met with, "Well, it's not enough. God is about to annihilate
America." No, no...you are His friend, those who have prayed and interceded. God
listened, He heard, He blessed and, what's more, He's going to bless some more.
His Goodness, you see, has to be seen by those around you. He shed His love
abroad in your heart by the Holy Ghost. "Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ."
If people don't have grace, they will not be able to receive truth. The truth
will beat them up instead of liberating them.
So many of God's people are due for a Harvest. You have planted, sown, given and
given and given again. Not just in finances, but in ministry, in love, in
compassion...in serving, in praying...He promised a harvest - your harvest. But
I tell you there are some Philistines waiting to steal your harvest. The
Philistines were great at doing that.
So now for the 2nd part: Your harvest is due...
DEFENDING YOUR FIELD AND KEEPING
THE HARVEST
GRRRRRRR...FRUSTRATION!!
Have you ever felt like that? Things looked promising...it looked like some good
things were happening. All your sowing and believing were about to bear fruit,
when suddenly - boom - it was gone. Disappointment, frustration...you don't have
the energy to start again or to fight anymore.
Well, one thing: If you can't see the enemy, you can't fight him. If you don't
discern his tactics, you will not see him coming.
When God talked to the Children of Israel about going into the promised land,
God told them there was an enemy there - they had to be prepared to fight for
their inheritance.
Then He said some interesting things about dealing with these "ites." In Deuteronomy
7:2 " ...you shall
utterly destroy them...make no covenant with them and SHOW NO MERCY TO THEM."
Many Christians treat their "ites" like pets. The Hittites (which means
"terror" by the way) caused a lot of fear. We get used to fear, don't we? But
the Bible says it is a sin. It's putting your faith in something negative
instead of the power of God. You have to declare war on your fear - SHOW NO
MERCY to those things which would rob you and rip you off of your inheritance.
Fear can stop you from moving on,
because moving on requires changes and leaving the comfort zone.
The promise is to you and your children. The goodness of God is your
inheritance. Eternal life (God's goodness forever and ever) also includes all
the blessings of Deuteronomy 7 - health, prosperity, fruitfulness, and victory.
But like the lady at the back of the crowd, you have to push through and POSSESS
THE LAND - not any old land - YOUR LAND. The land that God has promised you. In
verse 21 it commands us, "Not to be afraid of them
(those 'ites')."
This little lady at the back of the crowd had a need - quite a big one,
apparently. She didn't just stand there and say, "Well, God knows where I live
if He wants to bless me." No, she got a vision of where her help came from, and
she pushed through that crowd to possess what she saw.
In Jeremiah, chapter one, God asked Jeremiah, who incidentally was not an old
man with a with a white beard, but a teenage prophet,
"Jeremiah, what do you see?" Jeremiah spoke up, "I
see the rod of an almond tree." Did he
really see this rod physically? No, he saw it with the eye of faith, but he
spoke out what he saw. You know what? God liked his vision. He said,
"You have seen well. I will hasten my word to perform it."
In other words, God did what Jeremiah saw by faith.
So, friends, what do you see? By faith, what do you see? What can you see in
your faith? What has God shown you? What has He said to you that you haven't yet
received?
Some of you have sown and sown and prayed and been faithful. You are due for a
harvest in your life, in your ministry, in your family, in your finances.
There is an enemy who wants to
steal your harvest...
In 2 Samuel 23:11 it talks about
Shammah. Shammah had just been with Eleazar and had defeated the Philistines in a
battle. The rest of the Israelites fled from the Philistines. They had enough,
but there was a piece of ground, a field full of lentils. The Philistines
decided they wanted that harvest of lentils. The Philistines had a habit of
reaping other peoples' harvest.
Shammah didn't run away though. It says that he stood in the middle of the field
and defended the field of lentils. With a great army? No! By himself. God gave
him great victory. Well, you and I both know that there is no way that one man
can ward off a troop of Philistines. When Shammah made a stand and said "NO" to
those thieves, God showed up and defeated them.
At another time, Eleazar (one of David's three mighty men) defended a field of
barley. The others had fled, but Eleazar said "NO" when the Philistines came
after the harvest. It says that the "Lord saved them
(the three mightys) by a great deliverance."
So, what are you going to do about your harvest? Are you going to allow some
Philistines to rip you off? Or are you going to make a stand and defend your
harvest? It's harvest time...it's harvest time.
Two Women
I have some good friends in Florida. The older woman, Anita, got radically saved
and filled with the Spirit. Her daughter, Jill, was also radically saved. Anita
was on fire for God and her husband didn't like it at all. He didn't like her to
talk about Jesus. He didn't like her to give. He didn't like Jesus at all...not
His people. The husband did have money, but he didn't like Anita giving it to
Christians. So, he took all the money out of their accounts and then divorced
Anita, leaving her with nothing. The lawyer said that there was nothing that
could be done because the judge said she was to sign an agreement and sell the
house at about $20,000 less than its value, and her husband would have all the
money and she would have nothing. Jill yelled at the devil and said, "No, we are
not doing this."
Everyone was against Anita. The judge, her husband's lawyer, the realtor, and her
own lawyer wanted to give up. Anita wanted to give up too, but Jill yelled at
the devil and said, "NO."
Well, of course, a lot more things happened that were far worse than this, but
Anita got another lawyer who was willing to fight, but still nothing changed -
no one would budge. The judge stuck by his ruling that she would lose the house
and have nothing at all. The lawyer forced her to sign the papers to sell the
house, even though she was crying and saying she would not. The lawyer told her
the sheriff would come and lock the door and she would be out on the street with
no furniture or anything. The lawyer told her she would be held in contempt of
court and be put in jail. They made Anita so afraid. And Jill, who was there
also, eight months pregnant, went into labor, and was rushed to the hospital.
The baby was delivered by C-Section and put on life support and had to have a
brace.
Anita went to the hospital later to see the baby. She said it was the worst day
of her life. She wanted to give up, but Jill said, "NO. We will not give in. We
will stay focused," and she prayed for Anita.
There were many more challenges until the final court day.
Everyone
was against Anita...
When the final court day came, everyone was against Anita. Jill was outside in
the street, praying in tongues. Yelling at the devil and saying "NO" at the top
of her voice.
Suddenly, Jill began to weep, although she didn't feel like weeping. Inside the
court room Anita's husband's lawyer was going through the checks and demanding
to know why Anita had given money to various ministries. But every time she
tried to answer, the lawyer cut her off.
Suddenly, Anita began to weep. She didn't feel like weeping - she was getting
mad and frustrated with the lawyer who was hassling her. But these tears came as
Jill was praying outside in the street.
The judge held up his hand and told everyone to be quiet. He said no one was to
speak or interrupt Anita. For about 40 minutes Anita got to give her testimony -
uninterrupted. She told of how she was saved, how she was baptized in the Holy
Spirit, how she and Jill came to Ireland with me and saw angels...She
said the Angels would tell them what to do and show them what was happening in
the Spirit. She told why she gave money. She told of how even from the money
they borrowed to pay the lawyer, they took the first part of the loan to pay for
a well to be dug in Africa. She said she didn't stop to think what she was
saying - the Holy Spirit took over and words just rolled out of her mouth.
Conclusion: The judge overruled his own ruling and gave the house and all the
furniture and the Mercedes to Anita, with all kinds of other blessings.
Anita's lawyer
said, "Well, I guess your Angels came through for you...I've
never known this to happen." Do you know what else he said in the courtroom?
Anita's lawyer turned to the other lawyer (both Jewish men), and said, "You had
better be careful, because Jesus might be the Messiah."
Anita and Jill stood against the Philistine spirit and defended Anita's field
against all odds. God got glory even among the opposition. Everyone saw God
move. Anita's husband (ex) called last week and said he had bought a Bible and
was going to church.
His great goodness is your inheritance. It is not anything you can earn. Jesus
pre- qualified you on that cross. You can't un-qualify from something you never
qualified for, can you? The enemy of your soul will have you believe a lie.
Ask the Holy Spirit to show you what Jesus has really accomplished for you on
that cross. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you what is yours because of the
resurrection. The people outside the church, most often, aren't interested in the
church because they have a negative view of Christians and their God.
The word the Lord gave me this last weekend was, "Declare the goodness of God.
It is the key to unlock this move of God." Sometimes God's people come out of
church looking like they ate lemons. I would rather see them laughing. I think
God would too. He looks at His enemies and laughs in the heavenlies, you know.
Some people think they are "too mature" now to simply enjoy the Lord. What a
shame. He doesn't think like that. He loves you to love Him and enjoy His
presence. Your first calling - your ministry - must come out of that.
Balak took Balaam, the prophet, to curse the children of Israel. Balaam turned
to Balak and said, "I have received commandment to
bless, for He has blessed and I cannot reverse it" (Numbers 23:20). You
cannot reverse the blessing - it is already decreed by Calvary.
Yours in Jesus,
Kathie Walters
www.goodnews.netministries.org/
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