Representation of Water Author Alexis N. Washington

I am preparing to speak at a Gala tomorrow evening for a non-profit organization that serves and equips the homeless citizens in the community of Savannah, Georgia with bottled water, food, and clothing.  I met the founder of the organization about a year and a half ago and what a remarkable woman she is!  Ms. Georgette Jackson of Divine Rest. Inc. is on  a mission to build a place of rest for those who find themselves living in the homeless campsites in the community.   During our telephone conversation, the Holy Spirit intervened and gave us both revelation on the mission of taking bottled water into the community for the homeless.

In the natural sense, water is used for medicinal purposes, cleansing, purifying, to quench thirst and also used to cook with.  It is an essential of life- one cannot go without water for a very long time.  A person may survive for a month or so without eating food, but only a week or so without water.  Plants need water to survive, animals need water to live.  In fact, water is so vital that three-quarters of the Earth’s surface is covered with water and the human body is more than 60% water. Water is an ancient symbolism of refreshing, irrigation, and growth.

However, in the spiritual sense, Jesus gives us the best use of water.  Symbolically, water is Eternal Life; it is the representation of the Holy Spirit, and it is the Word of the Lord!

Jesus admonishes in John chapter 4 that, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give will never thirst.  But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

If we read a little further in the 7th chapter of John we see Jesus crying out saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.  He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”  But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive.

The message is clear, Jesus is not offering a physical quench of thirst with natural water!  The water that Jesus speaks of is the Holy Spirit.  The promised Comforter that will dwell in the believers after Jesus was glorified.  This water will never leave you thirsty, it is fulfilling and offers hope for an expected end-Eternal Life.

Every mission into the homeless campsites to deliver water is symbolic of taking the Holy Spirit to meet the needs of those who need impartation and intervention with the Comforter.  This is a mandate that takes a very special person to execute…Ms. Georgette is that very special person.  We love you and we love the people that you serve!

Enlarge My Territory Author Alexis N. Washington

While worshipping God, I heard these words—“The place you are in up until now is too small for you”.  Wow!   Tears began to stream down my face in slow burning streams as I received these words, I wondered what does this mean?  I have always been taught that if you receive a prophetic word in the spirit it should always be confirmed through the Word of God, so I began my search and here is what I found:

And Jabez called on God of Israel saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!”  1 Chronicles 4:10 (NKJV)

For your waste and desolate places, And the land of your destruction, Will even now be too small for the inhabitants; and those who swallowed you up will be far away.  Isaiah 49:19 (NKJV)

 

Enlarge the place of your tent, And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, And strengthen your stakes.  For you shall expand to the right and to the left, And your descendants will inherit the nations, And make desolate cities inhabited. 

Isaiah 54: 2,3 (NKJV)

 

A couple of definitive key words come to mind as I meditate on these scriptures are expansion, growth, new areas, opportunities, change,  protection, crossing over, strength, power, leadership, blessings, open wombs, and harvest.  I can continue as I write this blog however, this is a start of what the Spirit is speaking hot off the press.

When you are in a place that is too small for you, one can begin to look around at his/her current situation and realize that I have outgrown the place that I am in right now so I must gather my belongings and move to something more spacious that have the capacity to hold all that belongs to me.

I can use the analogy of shoes that have gotten too small for an individual to better explain this.  You brought the shoes and you got them in your correct shoe size.  You wear the shoes and they protect your feet everywhere you walk.  As time passes on, something happens!  You cannot physically see your feet growing but one day, you put those same shoes on and you discover that they are too small for you.  They no longer fit.  You continue walking around in them and notice increasingly that your feet hurt and you are very uncomfortable.  You take the shoes off to inspect them and maybe even blame the tightness to swelling in your feet.  Then you wear them on a different day for another occasion and the realization that you have outgrown your shoes have become a reality in your life.  The most obvious thing happens at this point,  you toss those shoes to the side and you go and purchase a new pair of shoes that provide the comfort and protection that your feet deserves.

If you notice the picture of the tent above, it has cords and stakes.  I chose this picture to illustrate Isaiah 54: 2,3  so that you can visualize the expansion and stretching that is getting ready to take place in this season.  Take a moment to meditate on that visual and take note of what comes to your mind as the stretching, pulling, and the increase, and the harvest, and the ability to store more of what God is about to pour out in this hour over your life.  Let those thoughts resound quietly in your inner man – yet allow them to burst forth within you on every side because another glory is on the way!

More anointing, more power, increased discernment, new and profitable businesses, witty ideas, the abundance of rain, an exceeding harvest of soul winning, abundant blessings, divine protection, more finances, more of Him, more, more, more, more, more of whatever God has in store for you.  What are you believing God for in this hour?  In the words of Bishop T.D. Jakes, “Get ready, get ready, get ready” because God is getting ready to shake the very foundations  in order to move those stakes and cords further out on the right  and the left side.

You may not understand what is taking place in your life right now.  Your inability to adapt to your current environment and the very fact that you are out of your comfort zone is the first sign of growth.  The hurt and pain of your present trial is a good indication that you are growing and the place that you are in up until now is too small for you!  God is still in control and He has you inscribed in the palms of His hands therefore He has not forgotten about you.  Begin to see yourself expanding, growing, your territory being enlarged as new opportunities come your way.

Until next time…

It Is Scriptural To Put A Demand On The Anointing! Author Alexis N. Washington

A question came to me in September 2014…”Is it scriptural to put a demand on the anointing?”  For the past 8 months I have been revisiting this and I can definitely say with assurance – Yes, it is scriptural to put a demand on the anointing!

In the book of 2 Kings chapter 2 we read a historical biblical account about a mentor and his mentee -Elijah and Elisha.  Elijah knew that his time was drawing near for him to be taken up in a whirlwind to heaven thus, he tried to part ways with Elisha on several occasions as his earthly mission culminated.  Elisha was forewarned from the sons of the prophets at Bethel and Jericho that the Lord was going to away his master from him on that very day.  However, Elisha’s determination to stay close by his leader was evident when he repeatedly said to his master, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!”

After Elijah performed his last and final earthly miracle by striking the waters of the Jordan river with his mantle so that he and his servant Elisha could cross over on dry ground, he asked, “What may I do for you before I am taken away from you?”  Elisha’s response was direct and to the point, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.”  The very fact that he followed his spiritual mentor closely both spiritually and physically was the onset of putting a demand on receiving his mantle or anointing.  Elisha understood that in order for him to inherit the mantle he had to be in close proximity and nothing was going to cause him to miss the opportunity to become the spiritual successor of all that Elijah possessed.  He put a demand on the anointing by being in positional authority and asking directly and specifically for what he wanted.  He did not allow people or circumstances to deter him from going after what he wanted;  he remained focused and steadfast.  Most importantly, he witnessed and learned from his mentor on how to operate in the gift that he sought after.  He paid close attention on how Elijah functioned in his God-given ministry and he remained teachable.  Matthew 10:24 (NIV) admonishes us that, “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.”

Elijah’s answer to his servants request only reinforces the truth that in order to receive a double portion of his spirit, Elisha would have to be in position and within close proximity at the appointed time.

So he said, “You have asked a hard thing.  Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.  2 Kings 2:10 (NKJV)

Interestingly, after Elijah was taken up by a whirlwind into heaven Elisha saw it because he was in the right place at the right time!  Elisha did not hesitate to test the proof that he received what he demanded- the anointing!  He took hold to his master’s mantle and went back to the Jordan river and struck the water and saw the manifested miracle that his mentor had just performed.  How did he know to do that?  He watched when Elijah was teaching…

My pastor always instruct us in getting “proofs” in prayer, our gifts, talents or whatever God has called us to do.  The scriptures says that even the sons of the prophets recognized upon his return that, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha”.  They did not need to confirm the spiritual transaction that took place because they were not present when it happened.  However, they were confirming the  manifested “proofs” that they witnessed through the miracle that Elisha performed by striking the waters of the Jordan and crossing over on dry ground.  They saw immediate proof in Elisha’s ministry that he possessed Elijah’s anointing.

Elisha, putting a demand on the anointing is evident; it is recorded in the scriptures that he performed more miracles than Elijah.  His putting a demand on the anointing and immediately receiving what he specifically asked for brings a final conclusion to the question, “Is it scriptural to put a demand on the anointing?”  Yes, it is scriptural to put a demand on the anointing!

As a final word,  I received this in my spirit last week during my time of devotion and I want to share it with my readers:

“But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.”  Obadiah 1:17 (NKJV)

Now is the time! Put a demand on the anointing or mantle that you seek after and you shall possess your possessions.

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