God's Promises

The speaking of the Lord of late was very subjective. This time it is not to me personally, but corporately for the ones with I am coordinating. When applied individually it does mean very much, but I felt it more subjective and enjoyable when applied corporately. The speaking is from Isaiah 35.

1 The wilderness and the desert will be glad; And the desert will exult and blossom Like the rose.
2 It will blossom and blossom, And even exult with exultation and a ringing shout. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, The splendor of Carmel and Sharon; They will see the glory of Jehovah, The splendor of our God.
3 Strengthen the weak hands, And confirm the shaking knees.
4 Say to those who are of anxious heart, Be strong; fear not; Indeed your God Will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God; He will come and save you.
5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped;
6 Then the lame will leap like a hart, And the tongue of the dumb will give a ringing shout; For water will break forth in the wilderness, And streams in the desert.
7 And the desert mirage will become a pool, And the thirsty ground, springs of water; In the habitation of jackals, their resting place, There will be grass with reeds and rushes.
8 And a highway will be there, and a way, And it will be called, The Way of Holiness. The unclean will not pass on it, But it will be for him who walks on the way; No fools will err in it.
9 There will be no lion there, Nor will any ravenous animal go up on it; They will not be found there; But the redeemed will walk on it.
10 And the ransomed of Jehovah will return And will come to Zion with a ringing shout, And eternal joy will be upon their heads. They will lay hold on gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away.

In our distribution service, this season is kind of dry. The challenges ahead of us are like herculean tasks, as we prayed and planed to comb through the whole of North India, beginning with UP, with the ministry of the word. We didn't even know how and where and when to begin; but just planned it. As we pray-read these verses before our fellowship, the Lord enlivened us and gave us a new direction. The pray-reading was so enjoyable that it went on for about an hour, until finally we started fellowship. There was not much to fellowship, for through the enjoyment of God's rhema word we got the answers already. Within seconds we made decision after decision, and later I compiled them and sent it for prayer, to the churches. 

It was no longer "thus spake the Lord",  but is rather, "the Lord promises and thus it will be." 

A week later, in our propagation in Gurgaon when we had our prayer, the Lord spoke through these verses again. With all the trainees, the Lord reconfirmed His promises for the break through and increase in the church in Gurgaon. With much joy we pray-read these verses and declared them as facts already accomplished! The word of God is true and living and it has been fulfilled!