Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Police Escorts and Apple Seeds

I was in our little town today running errands. On my way home I must pass by the entrance to the interstate and a couple of truck stops. There really isn't a whole lot of traffic on this road, except for travelers getting on and off the interstate and locals who live in the area.

As I came up the road, I could see a white county police car sitting along the right side of the road with its lights going, although there was no one pulled over. I kept to the left because a little further up, I'd make a left turn. So as I am now sitting at my light waiting for it to turn, I hear a siren behind me, I look up and over to see a black unmarked police vehicle some alongside of me and then in front of me and sit catty cornered( diagonally) int he intersection, effectively blocking all flow. And here come a white county police car flying up the road, iwth lights going and behind it 2 SUV's with dark tinted windows! It was obvious that someone was receiving a police excort.

I immediately said alound, "Abba, WHAT is going on? What are you trying to show me?" And this is what I saw/heard: "When you praya nd speak MY WORD, then I send the angels to escort that Word to its destination, just as you saw the police escorting those 2 vehicles."

Did I know who was in the vehicles? No. Do I know their destination? No. I was ot privy to that information. But God had ordered my steps so that I would witness the demonstration of what HE wanted to show to me.

Do I always understand everything that happens that I am praying about? No. Do I always know what is His will? Not in every instance! There are basics that we know never change: It is His will for all to be Saved ( but not all will choose to be.) It is always His will to Heal ( but not all will walk in manifested healing.) It is His will to deliver and set free, (but some will remain in their bondages.) I don't understand the whys and wherefores of how everything works and why some receive and others do not. But I KNOW HIS HEART is for good and not evil and so I trust HIS HEART, even when I don't understand the circumstances.

So when I pray His Word, I am sending His power and authority and His very life essence into those situations. Jesus said "My words are Spirit and they are life." God spoke through Isa. and said, "So shall My Word be that goeth forthout of My mouth: it shall not return unto me void, except it accomplish that which I please, and make the thing whereto I sent it prosper." (Isa. 55:11 Jewish Puplication Society)

I watched the police act in conjuction with one another. One was an unmarked car. Intercession is soemtimes liek that. We may not know what we are praying for, just a burden to pray. Without his lights flashing, I would have never known that car was police. When he got close enought ( he was directly in front of me) I could see the driver wore a brown uniform, that of our County Police, not the gray of the State Police. See, each branch has it's authority and delegated duties. And whatever was going on, these officers were performing their duty.

Our duty is to pray and believe. God will honor our prayers. He will take our miniscule faith and act on our behalf in ways we never would have dreamed of! Is it any wonder Jesus said, "If ye have the faith of a mustard seed..." a mustard seed is a very small seed. It does not matter how small the seed is, it matters if there is living substance inside of that seed.

Is your faith alive? Is is it living? God isn't asking you to have skyscraper faith, just LIVING faith. If the seed has died inside itself, it will rot in the ground and produce nothing. But if it has that spark of life, it will push its way through dirt and stones to reach the surface and the light and produce a harvest. You can count how many seeds are inside of an apple. But only God can count how many apples are inside each of those seeds!

You see it does not matter how many obstacles you face. How hard things look. If you have living Faith, you can make it! Speak the Word and attach Faith to those prayers. When you speak the Word, get a mental picture of a police escort... God has angels escorting His Word that YOU just spoke, to the destination that you sent it to! Once there it will go to work and do what only God can do. We can't change people's minds or hearts. But God can! God can change situations! He can wipe out judgements. He can do so much more than we often believe Him for!

So, how many apples are inside the seed You're planting? You may never know this side of Heaven! Just keep speaking the Word, planting those seeds and watch for the fruit to manifest. It has to manifest, because it is locked inside the seed, waiting to be relased. Release your harvest today! Plant some Godly seed!

1 comment:

Opal said...

This paints an unforgettable picture of so very much Truth! Thank you, Nancy!

Opal