Understanding our Destiny:
To reach our destiny, we must submit our will to our heavenly father. David found out when returning the Ark to Jerusalem that Jah was very interested in the order of His people who carry His glory. There is much information in the pattern in the tabernacle in the wilderness on how we are to approach Jah’s glory.(that will be covered in a later installment)
The present model of man thought up and driven ministry will never be able to carry Jah’s greater glory.
The first great truth we must embrace as we repent unto His kingdom is that Jah moves on men, not buildings or organization.
In our fallen condition we struggle to see how truly important we are to Jah. We are made in His image and after His likeness. Men have hearts and consciences which are able to respond to the Lord. Our Lord does not need a building in order to be worshipped, he needs a heart. Worship is not a business. It is an art. The greater our unity of Spirit in a fellowship, the greater the effect of that ministry will be. No wonder our enemy hates worship. Worship is that degree of praise which brings men to the end of their plans. Worship requires submission. We can thank the Lord, and not be committed to his will. We can praise
Him , and not be submitted to His will. But worship requires a yielded will before Him.
The kingdom and worship go hand in hand. Demons cry out when true worship arrives-that is to say the presence of God. Unity of spirit is essential for continued power against the enemy. We need to have
a fellowship full of men and women submitted to the Lord’s perfect way. If we did, we’d see immediate change in church. Each church must have a single vision. Until we come to a place of bowing to the Lord’s vision for that ministry, we have no true fellowship.
There is no amount of coaxing, praying, explaining, or proclaiming a vision to a people that will work if the people have another agenda. Anyone who does not fit the vision of a ministry is trouble. If Jah called a ministry or the Set minister, then that vision is the vision. Two visions are division.
The heavenly pattern is clear as it is displayed in the older covenant.
-Priests are to wear their father’s robes for seven days before being sent into the work of the Lord. All ministry is to be called out by a Father.
-The church structure is to be saturated in oil. Without the Holy Spirit there is no ministry.
These two prerequisites disqualify almost all church-ministry done in this day.
Add to that, this:
- A church must be led in the vision of one (the set ministry) but held within the framework of a presbytery or elder ship. The vision is to be single, the work is to be shared.
If we fail on any of these points the ministry will fail.
No man has all a fellowship needs. The Ark is to be carried by a fellowship of priestly believers on their shoulders. If this is not the pattern we follow, the Ark will never return to its resting-place on Mt. Zion.
We must understand that a key to seeing the power of God is that true worship would be restored in the fellowship of believers. This cannot be over-emphasized. The Lord is not asking us to build a house for him made of wood. He wants a broken and a contrite spirit. He will build the house. (Heb 5:4)
The ministry of the body is multifaceted. It is as a diamond that has different facets that reflex light in a different way. The vision of a ministry must be single. This truth does not change. The call is without repentance. Singleness of vision is essential for success.
Anyone who comes into a ministry through any door but through the gate God has provided is a wolf. If a man will not submit to the vision in joy, that man will be trouble. If a man says he submits to pastor but does not honor the presbytery, he is a liar.
We all make judgments concerning right and wrong. We are not called to judge hearts. Anyone who judges the heart intent of another should be avoided liked the plague. Certainly all are required to take the preached word to the written, for witness and examination. This is a judging of the preached word.
We are not required or allowed to judge the heart of the priesthood. Yet we do know others by their works.
Prophetic prophet, hear my word. If we let men into fellowship without requiring them to pass tests of loyalty and unity to the vision, we will end up watching them lead our flocks over cliffs of delusion.
Our called destiny is to overcome this world with our faith. Our destiny is to glorify our father in all the earth. Our Father is glorified through us becoming “one” with the son. Two in peaceful-unity fulfill that call. Ten thousand gathered in quiet tension do not.
Beloved we are already sons of God. Faith and His grace have brought us thus far. Not only are we sons now, we are becoming sons. There is a progressive work going on in our hearts.
Rom 15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
Remember David restored the Ark to Mt. Zion:
Psa 69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.
David also gave organization and rules for worship. It matters how we worship!
Jhn 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. Jhn 4:24 God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth. Isa 6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory. Hab 3:3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. Jhn 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 1Jo 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith
1Ch 15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
There is no worship without the Holy Spirit. No amount of liturgy will suffice. Order in worship is to follow the spirit. Rom 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. In this Spirit and truth, Holy Spirit worship, we please Jah. In this we experience our destiny, which it to glorify Him eternally.
Worship and the wise heart:
Exd 28:3 And thou shalt speak unto all [that are] wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Without a committed group of wise hearted individuals in the church, you will not have a continuation of worship. We hold gifts in earthen vessels. Our ministries are to be worked in with the ministry of others.
Ministry to the body is multifaceted. Those who minister unto the body, are a “type”, of the OT Priests. Now we realize that in Newer Covenant reality, all who know our Lord and have His Spirit are Priests.
Wisdom is rare: Only Wise-hearted individuals are able to make up garments for set ministry priests so that they might minister continually in their office. If the priesthood is not covered by the prayers and gifts
of their flock they will eventually run out of anointing for that group. The priest is responsible to keep himself unto the word or full of Spirit-word. But the congregation is responsible to make up the garments that hold the oil on his skin so that the ministry does not dry up. As the set minister is a type of Jesus unto a congregation giving them teaching direction and word, the wise hearted in the congregation are to be
a type of Jesus who baptizes the man of God through pouring out of spirit upon him.
1Th 3:10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
Jer 23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.
All lack in the priesthood speaks of the lack of wise hearted among the fellowship. Without wisdom, we do not enter into Spirit and Truth worship. Without Spirit and Truth worship, the body will be lacking in many good things. Why do we not see more miracles?
To make up garments for the priest is to ensure his ability to operate in the anointing. With garments the oil will never dry and so long as the people minister to the minister the oil will not wain.
Every time you have fought the order of a house of God, you have ensured lack in your own life!
Ps 133:2 [It is] like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, [even] Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
The congregation of believers receive from the anointing that flows from the set ministry priesthood. Be wise!
Don’t Blow your Cover:
In the sixties there was an out of order doctrine going around called, “Shepherding”. In that system an elder took full responsibility for all the development of a learner. It was a bit over the top, but much to be desired rather then the pendulum swing that was to come. Which is the way it is now, where mere lads have become our princes and wisdom has been denied the people.
Today’s church is weighed in the balance and found wanting.
The yuppie church of today has completely thrown away the wisdom of the true apostles, who have not even been recognized in today’s out-of-order aberration, which many call church. We instead have boy teachers-though they may have seminary degrees- who have never walked with a father, therefore they do not have a double portion.
Blessing or Cursing will increase in each generation, according to the next generation’s willingness to
walk with the former until it is released unto its destiny.
Essential to walking in the fullness of our call, is the connection of generations. If we reject the teaching and mentoring of the former generation, the church will be stuck in immaturity and will never find its place of dominion over the earth.
We will cover that in a future installment of this series.
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