Know Who You Are

My Beloved, many of you are emerging from an extended season of testing and preparation. I am proud of the long-suffering and faithfulness you have displayed during this time which has allowed Me to forge in you the character you need to carry your call. Where there have been degrees of hiddenness up to now, be assured that I am about to bring you out of the shadows and divinely endorse your life for the sake of the Kingdom and My glory.

Remember how I chose Aaron and his family to do the work of the priest, miraculously causing his staff, which was nothing but dead wood, to yield buds, blossoms and ripe almonds.  My People, you are entering into days of greater authority and leadership with unprecedented fruitfulness that will be seen by many.  You must continue to remain in the vine and place your confidence and security in who you are in Me. Apart from Me, you can do nothing.

If you remain in Me, not only will there be much fruit for the Kingdom, but it will silence the naysayers who would want to complain and undermine. When opposition comes, remind yourself that you are chosen and appointed to bear fruit. Do not allow the opinions of man to intimidate or define you. 

Remember who you belong to. You are Mine.  Declare over your life ‘I am loved, I am chosen, I know who I am, I know what God has spoken’. 

Application:

Read through Numbers Chapter 18. Ask the Lord if there are any areas of your life that still need pruning to prepare for the days of increased fruitfulness. Specifically, is He bringing new friendships or alignments that will bring fresh grace and strength for the days ahead?  Are there any relationships which now must come to an end?  Ask the Lord for wisdom as to how to be obedient to what He shows you and for the timing.

John 15:4 (AMPC)

Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me.

John 15:16 (AMPC)

You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, abide], so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name [as presenting all that I Am], He may give it to you.