We are as saints in the season where God longs for people who are fully submitted to Him and trusting Him that He puts them on His higher ways to bring them into His higher plans for their lives (see Isaiah 55:8-9 i.c.w. 1 Peter 5:6-7; Genesis 12:1-4a; Hebrews 11:8-9).
Isaiah 55:8-9:
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
1 Peter 5:6-7:
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
Genesis 12:1-4a:
1 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.
2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
4a So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. …
Hebrews 11:8-9:
8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
9 By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
In link to walk on the high ways of God I want to mention one statement of the Thora teacher Benjamin Sufiev who describes the leaving process of Abraham similar like this:
=> To step into our place of divine destiny it is crucial that we are ready to overcome three hindrances in our lives.
It is our limited nature, the norm of our society, the established education of the parent's house and the present habits/behaviors that we have acquired from our environment.
These three areas form the shaping of the personality of man.
This is what Abraham did as he obeyed God. He left his country (note: the natural qualities with which man is born, the ground of his being), his people (note: the habits and behaviors that man has acquired from his environment => limited nature) and his father’s household (note: the education of the parents' house) to come into the new land that God showed him (note: divine destiny). <=
Walking To Jesus Christ Into The Good Future
These higher ways of God are linked to the presence of Jesus Christ who is the Alpha and the Omega.
Jesus Christ is already present in our future and calls us to walk in confidence into our good future similar as Peter was called to come to him on the water (see Matthew 14:28-29).
Matthew 14:28-29:
28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
29 “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.
Jesus, The Rabbi And The Burning Heart
The place of the future is linked to Jesus Christ in the facet of the Rabbi. It is the characteristic of Christ who touches our innermost being, that is our heart by divine knowledge. The result of it is that our feelings, our will and even our intellect are getting adjusted in the center of His calling similar as it happened with the Emmaus disciples who walked the new way with the fresh testimony (see Luke 24:32-34).
Luke 24:32-34:
32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
33 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together 34 and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.”
In the spiritual realm the moment of the visitation of Jesus as the Rabbi is linked to the place where Abraham was called by God (see Genesis 12:6-7a).
Genesis 12:6-7a:
6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh (“spring rain, teacher”) at Shechem (ridge). At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, …
The Great Tree And The Living Sacrifice
It is the place that is linked to the divine living sacrifice that is caught by a plant – tree.
The reason is because the Hebrew word for “great tree” that is used in Genesis 12:6 has the same root word as the "ram", that Abraham gave as a living sacrifice to God instead of his son Issac (see Genesis 22:13).
Genesis 22:13:
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram (“ajil”) caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
The Hebrew word for “great” in link with the tree that is used in Genesis 12:6 is “'ēlôn”. The word is derived from the Hebrew word “ajil” which means “power, strength, male sheep, ram, powerful one, mighty one, influential citizenship, pillar of the gate, mighty tree”. (note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder study bible for the Hebrew word „'ēlôn, ajil“; language code number: 451, 361, 362, 363).
Letting Go The Old Way Of Thinking
With this word explanation we can see that the new call of God is connected to a living sacrifice that has as its result power, strength, access and divine influence.
The living sacrifice means that we have to let go the old way of thinking to receive the new way of thinking (see Romans 12:2 i.c.w. Ephesians 4:22-24).
Romans 12:2:
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Ephesians 4:22-24:
22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
If we let go our old way of thinking, we go through the portal of God to see His higher plans for us.
This is in link with the back of God and His glory who reveals Himself as the Ancient of Days and brings His beginnings of the “past” into our now time (see Daniel 7:9 i.c.w. Exodus 33:22-23; Isaiah 41:4).
Daniel 7:9:
9 “As I looked, “thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.
Exodus 33:22-23:
22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”
Isaiah 41:4:
4 Who has done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord – with the first of them and with the last – I am he.”
The Place Of Strength
After we have gone through the mighty portal of God we will step into the place that is filled with His strength. It is the divine strength that will strengthen us for the future tasks (see 2 Samuel 22:32-33 i.c.w. Philippians 4:13).
2 Samuel 22:32-33:
32 For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God?
33 It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.
Philippians 4:13:
13 I can do all this through him (note: Christ) who gives me strength.
The New Sound Of Worship
This place leads us into the new phase of worship and as well to the expression of our love to the Heavenly Father and to Jesus Christ – the Lamb of God (see Genesis 12:6-7 i.c.w. Revelation 5:8-10).
Genesis 12:6-7:
6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
Revelation 5:8-10:
8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.
9 And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”
The “Room” To Build Up The Ruins
The new sound of worship brings divine expansion by the pressure of the new wine that is in link with the “room” to equip the people of God for building up the ruins (see Genesis 12:8 i.c.w. Isaiah 58:12; Isaiah 61:4).
Genesis 12:8:
8 From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel (“house of God”) and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai (“heap of stones, a ruin”) on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
Isaiah 58:12:
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
Isaiah 61:4:
4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations.
The New Understanding About The Priesthood And Kingship Of Christ
This process is linked to the renewing phase of God that creates a new understanding about the priesthood and kingship of Jesus Christ through the light of His Menorah as well by the fragrance of the twelve shew bread (see Matthew 24:27 i.c.w. Numbers 8:2-3; Leviticus 24:5-7a).
Matthew 24:27:
27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Numbers 8:2-3:
2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.’ ”
3 Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 24:5-7a:
5 “Take the finest flour and bake twelve loaves of bread, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf.
6 Arrange them in two stacks, six in each stack, on the table of pure gold before the Lord.
7a By each stack put some pure incense …
The Portal Of Remembrance
Then a new portal of time opens up to bring the power of remembrance into the earth realm so that believers begin to remember the benefits which God did in their lives (see Genesis 13:3-4 i.c.w. Psalm 103:2).
Genesis 13:3-4:
3 From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier 4 and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the Lord.
Psalm 103:2:
2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits – …
Divine Appointments
During this time people will recognize the importance of divine appointments and because of it they will allow old relationships to go which would not work rightly in the future (see Genesis 13:8-11).
Genesis 13:8-11:
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.
9 Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”
10 Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
11 So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company: …
Amen and Amen.
In His Wisdom,
Daniel Glimm
