March 1 , 2007
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Danny Steyne: "COATTAILS VS. THE HEM--THE HEM IS WHERE THE FAVOR OF GOD RESTS!"
I heard, "The coattails are going to tear off and only those who hold onto the hem will realize true destiny and purpose!"
 Riding the Coattails of Others
Sons are not always like their fathers. The "Fathers" of the Jewish people pressed into their inheritance in the Promised Land, whereas the "sons" simply received inheritance without passionate pursuit of desperation to apprehend God's Promises. Many of the sons never fully completed the destiny God had for them, and they simply rested on their forefathers accomplishments. They had the land, the houses, the buildings, the people, the gold, and the former dream that they could modify to fit their own life. Others did the work while the sons simply relaxed in someone else's previous endeavors.
The issue is a distortion within the heart. It's the sense that we have entitlement and privilege because of position rather than a humble undeserving grace that God has given us.
This is reflected in many facets of the Church in this hour. There is a sense that, "I deserve whatever it is you have, and I don't care how much it cost you!" The attitude has resulted in a plethora of "echoes" and very few "voices" even in the prophetic realm. I have witnessed this even in regions, where because others are significantly pressing in, there is a sense that we, like them, have made it too! We've got it based upon others coattails. We get to ride the wave because others swam to where the real waves were, while we rode on their surfboards. We didn't really see the need for the swim, or the waves, but now that we are here, we want to press through as experts who know how to do it!
It's an ancient problem. Lucifer had the same issue in his heart. He saw all that God had done, and his heart changed and became lifted up in pride and it resulted in his demise. "But you said in your heart, 'I will ascend to Heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly in the recesses of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High'" (Isaiah 14:13-14). Lucifer wanted to ride the coattails of God all the way to the throne!
Haman and Herod
Others also had this insecurity and desire to have others honor them to "higher positions" in order to fulfill ego. Haman was one of them. Haman so reveled in the accolades of men that he fell into the error of pride and lost his way.
"So Esther answered and said, 'My petition and my request is: If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition and do what I request, may the king and Haman come to the banquet which I shall prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king says.'
Then Haman went out that day glad and pleased of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, and that he did not stand up or tremble before him, Haman was filled with anger against Mordecai. Haman controlled himself, however, went to his house, and sent for his friends and his wife Zeresh. Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the number of his sons, and every instance where the king had magnified him, and how he had promoted him above the princes and servants of the king.
Haman also said, 'Even Esther the queen let no one but me come with the king to the banquet which she had prepared; and tomorrow also I am invited by her with the king. Yet all of this does not satisfy me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.'" (Esther 5:7-13)
Insecurity often breeds this sort of response to coattails. If we do not have clear revelation for ourselves, we follow the whims of others, and often we perpetuate the wills of others. The desire is for recognition, fame, and place. God desires us to be in the place of humility--grace with no name! History records that the "Herods" often killed siblings and children in order to secure their position. The Herods held to position and entitlement based solely on birth and survival. It is the antithesis of true ministry.
"But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod. Thereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. And having been prompted by her mother, she said, 'Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.'
And although he was grieved, the king commanded it to be given because of his oaths, and because of his dinner guests. And he sent and had John beheaded in the prison. And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl; and she brought it to her mother. And his disciples came and took away the body and buried it; and they went and reported to Jesus." (Matthew 14:6-12)
Examples of riding close to the coattails of others would include: When people are carried along by names (including church affiliations and ministries), even their own family name, or if they are carried along because of their title or position granted by a spiritual father, or even if people are carried along because of words spoken over their life and "important" relationships that may have formed around their lives to give them credibility. The end result for coattails is simply an echo--someone who is operating on the anointing of those who pursued God before and met Him on their own.
Elisha was not satisfied with the simple mantle of Elijah; he pursued God for himself beyond the parameters of the anointing that others earned in the Promised Land and into the place of desperation that made him a voice and not an echo.
Pressing into His Hem
 "God has further places for us to go, places unknown to us now, but found in His Presence."
The place of God's purpose is birthed solely out of personal desperation and pursuit. Revelation doesn't come from hands being laid on us, or sitting under someone else's anointing, which is simply insight and wisdom. Revelation comes from pressing through into God ourselves. It is there that we attract His attention. God isn't looking at the coattails of others to find the sons that will release the Kingdom. He is looking at those who have pressed through to grab His hem for that destiny!
"And a woman who had a hemorrhage (KJV "an issue") for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone, came up behind Him, and touched the fringe of His cloak; and immediately her hemorrhage stopped. And Jesus said, 'Who is the one who touched Me?' And while they were all denying it, Peter said, 'Master, the multitudes are crowding and pressing upon You.' But Jesus said, 'Someone did touch Me, for I was aware that power had gone out of Me.'
And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling and fell down before Him, and declared in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she had been immediately healed. And He said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.'" (Luke 8:43-48)
The issues of our hearts will never be resolved by inheritance; they will only be resolved by passionate pursuit of Him. It's not the anointing of men that we should seek and it's not by adhering to the principles of those who pressed through themselves--it is by our own pressing that we touch Him. My heart is not to follow after the anointings of God on men; my heart is to follow the anointing of God that flows from Him. I don't want the coattails of position, but rather, I want the hem that is His!
When we enter into a realm of simply being given an inheritance without ever pressing through ourselves, we don't understand that it is His Presence alone that gives revelation. It is His Presence alone that releases the purposes of God through our lives. It is His Presence alone that heals and delivers and saves. Everything else is simply an echo of what another man or woman heard--it is simply the articulation and reformulation of what has already been pressed into by others.
God has further places for us to go, places unknown to us now, but found in His Presence. "And wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and entreating Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured." (Mark 6:56)
Heavenly Warehouses
Recently, I was caught up in His Presence and was taken to a place that He indicated was "His Warehouses." Inside each of these beautiful buildings were things I had never perceived before--things unheard of, things unseen--and there was an atmosphere of "newness" in each of these buildings. I realized there was so much more that I needed to explore--things I didn't need to read about in books by others who had been there, things I didn't need to hear about in a conference by those who had experienced them, and things that I didn't need to watch happen to others. But rather things I pressed into on my own with Him--the Lover of my soul!
The coattails are the trains of men; the hem is the train of God! It is this we contend for. It is there that the issues of our hearts are healed, restored, resolved, and undone!
Danny Steyne
Mountain of Worship
www.mountainofworship.com
Email: worship@MountainOFWorship.comÂ
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Danny Steyne's Itinerary:
March 1-3, 2007
Supernatural PowerShift: Invasion of Love
Vineyard Christian Fellowship
Cape Girardeau, MO
Contact: 573-335-8463
March 16-17, 2007
The Blackstone Valley Awakening
Alpha & Omega Ministries
Woonsocket, RI
Contact: click here or 802-375-3817
April 10-13, 2007
The God Conference: Invasion of Love
Mountain of Worship
Columbia, SC
Contact:
803-665-8990 or click here
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