CROSS-OVER

We have been talking about a strategic crossing over on October 19^th. I wanted to give a bit more information and word concerning those things. The time leading up to the crossover is a constant push. Many of you that I have spoken with have been feeling that push. That is good as it will literally push us across. I saw in a vision that I was standing on a road. It was the size of one side of a railroad track. Suddenly the road stopped. There was nowhere to go. I curled my toes over the edge of the road to hold on so I wouldn’t fall. There was nothing. Things had not gone the way I planned. There were so many problems, and now I didn’t know where to go.

“Look behind you.” Jesus said. There was nothing. The road behind me had fallen away. There was nothing over me or around me, just the very small piece of road I was standing on in the middle of nothing. “What is holding the piece of the road in place?” The Lord asked. “What keeps it from falling into the nothingness? It is My hand. Jump into My hand.” I didn’t exactly know how to do that, but He promised that His word would fulfill itself if I were willing.

“I am willing, and He will do it.” I said. “I jump in.” But the Lord said, “Not until the 19^th.” But I could see ahead that when I do jump into His hand (the crossing over), I would feel as though I were falling, just non-stop falling. That was not encouraging. “But you are not falling.” Jesus said calmly. “You are in the depths of My hand. I give you the liberty to explore Me and learn Me.” Wow that would be great.

What Jesus was letting me know? He told me again today, that crossing over would be a hard day, and several days following would be hard. It might feel awkward, empty, lost, and alone, with no frame of reference. It is extremely important to press through in those days in order to find your new footing, and re-acclimate in the spirit to the new place the Lord has for us.

This is a very important word. If we are expecting something different, the truth of the difficulty we will face, could throw us off track. If we know it will be awkward and hard for a while, we will not be so moved by it. We will know it is temporary and that we must press through it to find the good that the Lord has for us.  

In another vision, I saw myself standing on a huge egg. I looked so old and decrepit. I was waiting for the egg to hatch and bring new life for me. But when the egg began to crack, I fell inside and it sealed back over me. Then the Lord said, “I have prepared a place for you to be renewed. The shell for protection and the white of the egg that you will feed on is My glory, but you are the yolk, the embryo. I have prepared a place for you to change and feed on Me. It will change you. It can’t help but change you. But it will be different and at first that difference will make it seem hard. Press through the hard to receive. Don’t lose the new life I have for you in the difficulties. I am warning you now that you will need to press through at first.
 

The Coin

Today in a vision I saw a strange coin. It had no imprint on the back or the front. We would call it a slug. When I was kid, unscrupulous kids would use a slug instead of a quarter. It was as heavy as a quarter but it had no value. When put into a vending machine, the machine couldn’t tell the difference. But when the company came to collect the money, they would see this coin had no value. Their machine had been tricked.

“Lord, why are you showing me this coin of no value?” I asked.

“You look at your life like that coin.” The Lord said, “as though it had no real value. You think things like; if I really had value the Lord would help me with my problems, finances, health, family, ministry, etc. But since He has not, perhaps I am a slug and have no real value to move His hand to help me personally.” I knew I had feelings like that, though I never formed the words. They lurk deep though I never give them voice.

“Lay your value-less-ness on the coin. I cannot move until you do.” The Lord said. I wondered what He would do. In obedience I proclaimed that I put my value-less-ness on the coin, my failings, weaknesses, and mistakes.

“Now I give you My value.” God said. He covered both sides of the coin with pure shiny gold. “Seal it.” He said to Holy Spirit, who imprinted it and sealed it. One side said simply “MINE” the other was a picture of God’s outstretched hand. “Find yourself.” The Lord said. I searched the coin to see if there was any of the worthless slug inside shinning through. None of the metal of my value-less-ness could be seen, even at the edges.

“I give you My value when I choose you to be MINE.” The Lord said, “You need no other value. You do not have to earn your blessings, I give them to you. Rebuke the devourer; you have an enemy who robs you. Never judge My love for you and My value that I give you, by what the robber has done. The coin is yours. I will not stack it in a dusty vault where it is just another coin in My treasury. What I have placed on it is Me. I am attached to it, like a finger to My hand. I will not forget you or put you in a bank. You are part of Me. You are My treasure. I keep you as the apple of My eye. I value you as a man protects his sight.

The coin sank into me. I thought I would lay on it and give myself to the Lord, but instead He put the valuable coin in me. He smiled and said calmly. “I already have you. Now you have ME. I give you My value. You must never allow yourself to feel value-less again or devalue yourself. To do so is to say that either you do not receive My gift or you do not believe My gift, which gives you My value. How can you be value-less when you have MY value? It is not possible, except with the robbing emotions the enemy pushes on you. Rebuke them and do not give the enemy My value in you, by saying you have no value or little value. You are Mine. What could give you more value than that?”
 

Conclusion

So now I know to guard my value in the Lord. I suggest you guard yours as well. To act as though I have no value or beat ourselves up is literally giving the enemy the value God has given us. We need to repent of that when it comes, and rebuke it. I know that by the end of 2010 we will see the fruit of this crossing over. Praise God.

We have financial needs. Please keep that in prayer for us. The Lord is faithful. We have been in intense battles. The enemy does not want this cross over to happen. But God has protected us and seen us through in every situation. Please Pray for Rev. Linda’s elderly mother, who is having health issues and for Pastor Jackie’s elder mom as well. Her mother is also having health issues. Both are in their mid to late 80’s.

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Rev. Carol J. Warren
Golden Ministries, Inc.
http://www.goldenministries.org
carol@goldenministries.org