we are governed by the passion of God for us. We are his beloved, learning to be fully loved by him. His passion gives us identity. We are warriors, overcomers and more than conquerors. The nature of God within our inner man of the spirit causes us to rise up and occupy a place of anointing, power and wisdom. We are in Christ learning to become Like Jesus.
As we pursue the Lord our vision begins to unfold and we set out on our journey. On this road we shall meet blessings, giftings, opportunities, presence, anointing, power and authority. We shall also encounter great love, deep peace, fullness of joy, grace time our loving kindness and favor. We will also have tribulation, opposition, warfare, persecution and various kinds of apps tackles. But all of these things are good for us.
Every one of these situations is designed to enable us to grow up in all things in Christ. Each one is important and must become the subject of a dialogue with the father. It’s in our loving, prayerful conversations with God that we learn wisdom. In our relationship with God we discover how he perceives, how he thinks, how he sees, and how he likes to do things. The language he uses towards us is the baseline for our own proclamation. At some point along the road we hit an obstacle. An obstruction is designed to slow us down and make us think. Left to our own devices we will simply keep going in the same direction. A barrier it’s really causing us to pause and take stock, inventory. There are questions that need to be asked of the Holy Spirit. What is this barrier for? It has a job to do for us and quite possibly it has things to be released to us. The purpose of a problem is the point to who Jesus wants to become in US. With every problem there is a provision, a promise, an upgrade of life in the spirit. We must make sure That we receive what the father wants us to appropriate.
Vision is not just about direction it is also about the height at which we are expected to travel. Everything in Jesus is about elevation. We are seated with him in heavenly places. We seek what is above. We come boldly into the throne room of grace(Ephesians 2, 5, 6; Colossians 3: 1-3; Hebrews 4: 16).
Sometimes an obstacle is placed in front of us by God for the purpose of upgrading our vision and experiencing our dream at a higher level. We can only stay on this level for so long. If our identity has not grown we must revisit our growth opportunities on this particular plane of spirituality. If we have learned something on this level but have not practiced it into a continuous experience that transforms our lifestyle, we must repeat the lesson. All we have required is head knowledge without a strategic life exchange in Christ.
Some obstacles appear in front of us because the Lord wants to raise our sights and develop a larger vision. The obstruction is bigger than our current experience of God. We are made small initially by it, but not reduced. The obstacle can only be here by permission of God, so it has to help us become what he is seeing about us. To get above any problem we must see it from a different height. We need the viewpoint from where God is standing not from where we are obstructed. We are learning to ask great questions in our fellowship with the Holy Spirit.
A particular favorite of mine is the famous : “what do you want to do for me now?” It allows us to explore God’s heart towards us. What if the Obstacle is present to teach us elevation? Our vision needs to go to a higher level and we must see ourselves as someone about to grow into a larger place of relationship with the Lord.
An obstruction can feel like it is challenging our dream but it’s really disputing our identity. For any dream to be fulfilled we must grow into a more dynamic state of being. The challenge may be a little rough. It can feel like the dream is dying. We must remember that our chief opposer has always been a liar. Jesus is the way , the truth and the life. Be led by the spirit.
This obstacle is for our good! Therefore, we must seek God’s perspective. We see more clearly when we are giving thanks. We envision more powerfully when we know that God feels challenged also, on our behalf. What is this obstacle for? What needs to develop in US? How do I get above it? What is God’s provision for me at this time? Great questions provoke the spirit of wisdom and revelation.
Our dream must be made bigger. The obstacle therefore is part of the enlargement process.