A Prophetic Word for 2014

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The importance of having a

Vision

vi·sion (vzhn)n.1.a. The faculty of sight; eyesight: poor vision.

b. Something that is or has been seen. 2. Unusual competence in discernment or

perception; intelligent foresight: a leader of vision. 3. The manner in which one sees or conceives of

something. 4. A mental image produced by the imagination. 5. The mystical experience of seeing as if with the

eyes the supernatural or a supernatural being. 6. A person or thing of extraordinary beauty. tr.v. vi·sioned, vi·sion·ing, vi·sionsTo see in or as if

in a vision; envision.

What are the ideals or the plans that are in your heart?

Are they worthy of laboring for them?

Not all the plans that we have are good, even that they look great.

Some of them can bring trouble for ourselves, our families or for people around us; some times even for the natural environment around.

On the spiritual realm, vision is:

To have a clear understanding of what the Lord wants to do in my personal life, in my family; in my work, in my Church, around me.

The vision that God gives is not only spiritual related, but is a general display of different stages and strategies that will take us to a fulfillment of dreams, longings and aspirations that He has put in our hearts for our enjoyment.

He uses us so that His vision in us is fulfilled and so we can obtain our purposes, and in the process He will be glorified in us!

His vision will take us to live a John 10:10 type of life.

His vision will help us to abort the plans of the enemy to steal, kill and destroy.

His vision will firstly help us to understand that it is His Purpose the one that needs to take place in our lives, putting aside our own ideals.

In the realization of the vision, since the starting point to its completeness, the Lord will reinforce His vision in us by different means, so we can keep up our faith in Him, and hope in attaining our vision.

Is what God has for my life, for my family, my work, my personal ministry, for my church, for society, for my country.

The Vision is not only centered in a near future, but instead will display in front of us the magnitude of the plans of God for our lives.

Many times our senses will try to leave God’s Vision aside, as it could be seen as out of reach, and in fact on our strength it is. But He will work it out to fulfillment.

But the Spirit of God in us will testify of the authenticity of the Vision.

He will edify us.

He will comfort us.

He will console us.

He will grant us understanding of His Vision by means of the Holy Scriptures and the revelatory gifts that He puts for our service.

We will speak of a Vision given by God.

God starts in us a Vision of His plans.

We must keep the vision alive.

God will reinforce the Vision, enlarge it, modify it and help us out so it may become true.

God grants us the desires of our hearts. The desires that He puts in our spirit.

The Bible is full of examples where the Lord puts visions in His people to guide them to attain what He wants to give them.

Let’s study some of those examples so they may serve as models.

Hosea 4:6 (NKJV)

6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

Lack of knowledge of the plans of God implies lack of knowledge of His word.

His word grants revelation, place where the spiritual vision is birthed.

Let’s study some biblical characters and find out what drove them to keep going forward until they obtained what God had promised them.

God will always give us a vision of the plans He has for us.

27 Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

28 Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”

God presents the vision to us, but is up to us to accept it or put it aside.

It’s our choice to believe God, to know that He can do what He is showing us; or we can center our attention in the problems and in that way invite the spirit of fear who will tergiversate the given vision.

Ten of the twelve spies, even that they saw and reported the wonderful products of the land, they magnified and centered their vision in the negative parts of the project.

In this way they put aside God’s plan, they didn’t trust in the mighty power of their God; they chose to see their human limitation, consequently they declared themselves unable to have success in conquering the land that God was giving them.

30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”

31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.”

Caleb silences the negative comments and makes a positive declaration,

Let’s go up, let’s get moving, let’s not fix our eyes in the power of the enemy, we know who are God is!

For sure we can do it!

To silence negative comments and negative reports, based on God’s truth is what we must do.

32 And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature. 33 There we saw the giants[a] (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”

A negative vision just increases negativity.

Fear makes the Israelites to lie.

Fear makes them see themselves miserable in front of their enemies.

Fear makes them magnify extremely the enemy and their power.

Fear makes them forget completely about the miracles, signs and wonders that their God did to take them out of Egypt.

5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”

6 And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.

7 Then He said to him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”

God gives Abram a physical view so he can keep his faith in Him.

Abram chooses to believe God.

This action makes God see him as just man.

He gives him revelation of who He is:

“The Lord”

He reminds him from where He took him, and

He proclaims that he will possess the land where he is!

Genesis 13:10-11 (NKJV)

10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD DESTROYED

Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.11 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other.

Our natural sight can show us marvelous things. These things can look so attractive to our senses, however; if we don’t have an affirmation of the Holy Spirit; that vision, if we pursue its consecution can bring us problems.

That happened to Lot, we know the consequences of his speedy decision.

14 And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; 15 for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants[a] forever. 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. 17 Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”

When we centre our eyes on God, He will extend the perimeter of our vision.

The higher that we are in Him (Eph 2:4-6); our radius of vision will be multiplied greatly.

God will reinforce the given vision, but at the same time He will increase it, because He is a God that knows no limitation.

Abram obeys God and goes to live in the place that God said, and walks through all the land that God has assigned for him and his descendants.

Once we accept God’s vision and declare it as ours, it is time then to walk on it, knowing that the vision is already ordered in the spiritual realm and that in the natural the process of its execution is on march.

2 And the Syrians had gone out on raids, and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman’s wife. 3 Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.” 4 And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land of Israel.”

5 Then the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.”

So he departed and took with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.

We are not only receptors of visions, but we are as well creators of visions.

The slave girl speaking with her Mistress about the power of the Prophet in Samaria, creates in her the vision of seen her husband free of leprosy; this vision doesn’t stay only with her, but is transmitted to her spouse as well.

Naaman appropriates the vision of been free from leprosy, and transmit his vision to his King.

The king believes the vision of his General.

God grants Naaman favor in the eyes of his King, who not only gives him permission to go to Samaria, but even finances his travelling.

20 And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. 21 For she said to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.” 22 But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, “Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.

Jesus said: “Daughter; your faith has made you well.”

What is faith?

“Strong or unshakeable belief in something, especially without proof or evidence.”

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

My natural eyes don’t see it, but my spiritual eyes grant me the vision that propels me to attain my goal!

Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. 3 Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. 4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.

5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”

The paralytic’s friend’s vision was: To see their friend healed. For this they had to take him to the feet of the Master.

The obstacle of the crowd didn’t diminish the burning desire of their vision. Knowing that their vision was close to fulfillment they weren’t stop by the crowd; climbing to the roof they drilled a whole and lowered their friend to the feet of Jesus!

Their vision was fulfilled.

As k the Lord to send you and surround you with people that accept your vision.

People that will help you without interest to obtain your vision.

Surround yourself with friends that believe your vision.

Envy, egoism, lack of faith of others can be as water thrown out over the fire of your vision.

Stay away from those who don’t believe in you and are a stumbling block on your path.

Jesus Vision was his sacrifice on the cross to bring salvation for Jewish and gentiles.

He experimented so much trouble and opposition coming from the Church Leaders of the day; But it didn’t diminish His vision.

He knew He was going to suffer and be tortured, but he kept His eyes on the cross.

He knew His Father at one point would not respond to His plea, but He knew that at the end the victory was His.

While they were with the Master:

Be in His inner circle.

Learn and practice His teachings.

To see the Kingdom of Israel restored.

To see Jesus’ Kingdom established in their days on life.

To be partners in His Kingdom.

After Jesus ascension to heaven:

Pray and wait for the promise made by The Master.

Stay safe.

Gather together away from the Romans and the Pharisees.

After the coming of the Holy Spirit:

To live in unity, obedient to the teachings of the Apostles.

To share all their belongings.

To spread the good news even to the expense of their lives, demonstrating the power that Jesus has conferred them.

To reach peoples in other cities.

To wait for the returning of the Lord.

To expand the Good News to all the tribes, tongues and nations of the world.

To extend the message of salvation and make Disciples of Christ.

Get ready as a Bride pure and without spot, waiting for the Bridegroom Jesus to come.

To reign and judge with Him.

Your Spiritual vision?

To know God, love Him and serve Him?

Your vision as an individual?

Your person, your family, your ministry, your health economy and prosperity?

Your vision of the Church.

Receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit, be trained, and serve?

Will you allow me to share with you the first part of what the Lord Has put in my heart to be transmitted to those who are disposed to receive?

This is a Word of encouragement that will help you out to be ready to receive what He has for you along 2014.

Keep reading please.

I’m giving you a new vision.

I’m giving you a new spiritual perception.

My desire is that in you become reality my Word:

I want to show you what no eye has seen, what ear has not heard, what no human mind has conceived; I want to show you what I have prepared for those who love me.

Lift up your face and see, in the heavens there is a Door that is open. Here my voice, I say to you: "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."

Come and look at my plans, I want you to watch the plans I have for you, let me tell you where you fit in the plans for My service.

Look the gifts and talents that are available for you to receive.

See the immensity of anointing that I have available for your use.

Let me show you the abundant ways that I have preordain to be carriers of My blessing.

They will deposit onto your lap the prosperity that I have destined for you to have.

Stop looking at your mistakes and failures of this year and those that are behind.

I have destined double success for you and your household. Double honor, double victory, double blessing, double favor, double harvest.

See at yourself as I see you.

You walk in my favor, you are privileged with My presence around you, and you walk crowned with glory and honor, crowned with mercy and compassion.

You are special to Me.

You are the Apple of My Eye.

You are my delight and I rejoice with songs around you.

Accept my double blessing.

Do you wish that I put My vision in you?

Just ask me and I will give it to you.

I will give it to you and I will help you to obtain it, because in doing so, I will be glorified in you!

Father I give you thanks for your Word, for Your desire to give us the vision that You have for each one of us, for our families, for our Church, our ministries and our community.

Thank you Father because as You opened the eyes of Elisha’s servant, You are now ready to open our eyes.

And Lord I believe in your Word and humbly I ask you: open my eyes, give me Your vision and help me to walk to obtain it. Also Father I ask you for those who receive this Word and are ready to receive their personal vision that You have for them.

Lord, I give you thanks for You are good, and your love endures forever.

In Jesus name,

Amen.

Part 1 It’s time of a New Vision.

Part 2 The open Door.

Part 3 Field and House of God.

Part 4 2014 = 20 + (2x7)

Next week:

THE OPEN DOOR