Quote from Smith Wigglesworth:
"You will be tested as though some strange thing tried you. You will be put in places, where you will have to put your whole trust in God. There is no such thing as anyone being tested beyond what God will allow. God will be with you in every temptation to deliver you, and when you have been tried, He will bring you forth as gold. Job 23:10 - But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
Every trial is to bring you to a greater position in God.
The trial that tries your faith will take you on to the place where you will know that the faith of God will be forthcoming in the next test. No man is able to win the victory, except by the power of the risen Christ within him. You will never be able to say, I did this, or that. You will desire to give God the glory for everything. You can laugh when you see things getting worse. God wants you to be rooted and grounded in Christ and to become steadfast and unmovable in Him."
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As Firstfruits, who are we to think that we're ready and we can just go ahead and go at this moment?? Well...we’re already chosen as Firstfruits, so everything’s all good, right? Really? Are you sure? Are we God, that we know every little hidden place in our own hearts? In the last month or so, the Lord has given us several messages that He is getting rid of self, self will, and pride within Firstfruits. We need to remember, there's a difference between standing in your call…in who you are as a Firstfruit… and allowing pride and self will, to cause us to think "it's all good". We must - must stay humble, obedient, and teachable...always in FULL submission to the sanctification process.
How many times, how many times has each one of us said...”I'm ready Lord! Let's go!” How many times have we sat down and wondered why He hasn't picked us up to be transfigured and transformed, and head out into the Harvest? Why are we still sitting here watching things unfold? He has given us all of these amazing revelations, and He's given us this huge big amazing picture of what's about to happen...yet...we're still here. Why? Can we all really answer that? Well let me tell you, the Lord answered me this morning. And He answered me in a way that I didn't expect, but it was beautiful, and I had tears streaming down my face.
You know I haven't talked about Pieter Kirstein in a while, and the Lord brought him back up this morning through an amazing sister by e-mail. (she also sent me that Smith Wigglesworth quote above) And I just have to send a humongous thank you to this sister for her humility and obedience in sending me such a wonderful loving and encouraging e-mail that lifted me up, and answered some heavy prayers that I have been recently praying in regard to several things. So I'm going to open this up by posting a clippit from part of a message that she shared in her e-mail this morning:
Pieter Kirstein Firstfruits message clippit:
"I visit those who hunger and thirst for more of Me in a time when dense darkness covers the people. I will come as a mighty rushing wind in the inner chambers and ignite My kings for war. And you will rise and shine with My glory displayed strong upon you. This is not for your own glory and fame, but for the honor and glory of My Name. And this is why there has been a delay. The waiting season sifts out the insincere in your ranks. The flesh does not do well with waiting. And so as time has ticked by, masquerades have been unmasked and exposed. This has been the proving of my remnant for many claim this title, but few have passed the test of time. Only when the fourth man appears in the fire in your midst is it time to be removed from the flames. Many assign themselves to the remnant clan, but few bear the hallmark of proving under trial."
So why has there been a delay? Because He wants Perfection. Oh yes….I said Perfection. That's what spotless and blameless means. (1 Thessalonians 5:23) It means that we must...must...as Firstfruits...come to, and walk in His Perfection...through full and complete surrender. Then…and ONLY then….can He complete His sanctification process in us, so that we can be transfigured and transformed. And let me tell you, we are not going to see His Perfection by holding on to self will, control, and our own understanding. We will also never make it if we are unteachable, in a place of pride, thinking that we have all the answers and there's no possible way that we could be wrong. These are all the things that God is breaking off in every Firstfruit. And don't think that any single person is somehow 'special and excluded' for whatever reason, or if they think they've been through it all and everything's all good. Every single one of us are going through it right now guys. In one way... or another. No, maybe it's not fire, but maybe it's a learning experience, maybe it's learning how to step in faith and doing things in obedience. Maybe it's answering His call...when He calls...not when our 'worldly schedules' allow. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, we don't schedule God around our lives, we schedule our lives around God. We are Firstfruits, and more is expected of us, and we are at a moment where we better start showing that, and showing Him our commitment.
These last few years have been amazing. It has been a time of unprecedented amazing revelations, the Lord revealing things he's never revealed in history! But now we are here. We are at the moment when He's ready to take His Fristfruits. He needs to get his Harvest started here pretty quick guys…and He's just waiting on us.
You know maybe a month ago, I had a vision of Him standing on the other side of the door knocking ready to come in and get us. And I kind of stood there looking saying... "Why haven't you come through the door Lord?" And He explained that He is waiting for ‘US’ to answer the door. And ya know, I did deliver that message in a video and on a post here, but I never really did fully understood what it meant. We often speak of this vision within our team family, but we haven't really known what to do with that information. Well today, the Lord has answered that.
The way the 288,000 Firstfruits are gonna be able to open that door is doing one, very simple thing. It's very, very simple...it's dying to self completely. Every single Firstfruit needs to get flat on their face, prostrate before the Father, give up every part of their own will, every part of who they are, every single last piece of their heart...and they have got to give it to Him…in complete humility and obedience to His Perfect Will.
How do we get to that? How do we accomplish that? Through the fiery trials that we are all going through right now. For some, the fiery trials have been beyond comprehension in every way. For some they have been traumatic, sad, or hurtful. And for some they have been more like learning experiences. But no matter what level of fiery trial you're going through right now we need to accept and receive every single thing that we are learning through it, and literally give up everything, allow God to change us, to mold us, and to sanctify us wholly. Stay in prayer, allow Him to work out the "tarnishes", and He will help us to know when it's time to get on our face before Him…give it ALL up…and give it all to Him.
THIS is what He’s waiting for. For too long, may in His Firstfruits army have allowed distraction to get in the way. Work schedules, school schedules, baby schedules, jobs, finances, worldly responsibilities, spouses, children, friends, church, oh yes... church...and anything else that tries to block them from making this full and complete commitment to the Father.
I'm led to post a scripture:
Matt 10:37-38: 37 He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.38 And he that takes not his cross, and follows after me, is not worthy of me.
Nothing…I mean nothing should be preventing you from committing EVERYTHING to The Father at this moment in history. We are at the END OF TIME. NO MORE FUTURE here as we know it. There's no more time for a five year plan for your family and your financial future! There's no more time to plan your teenagers college career. And there's no more time to run out and buy a new property and build a new house! Everything in this world is about to completely fall apart, and nothing is ever, ever, ever going to be the same again. It's time for all of us to get serious, very serious about our commitment to Him, and to the call He has on our lives. In 2 Corinthians 6: 16 it tells us…”What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols (THE WORLD & EVERYTHING & EVERYONE IN IT…YES, INCLUDING OUR FAMILIES)? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” 17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” 18 And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
He is “sifting out the insincere in our ranks”. Are you gonna be one of them? Or are you gonna make that commitment. It's time to make your choice. 100%...it needs to be a 100% commitment to be a Firstfruit. If you're not ready for that, you're not going to miss God, you will still go with Him when He comes for the multitude, you will still be his bride... but you will stay here and endure the rest of the Trubulation Judgements, and you will not be able to be a Firstfruit. It’s time to get serious…He’s coming….we need to answer that Door…it’s time to go.