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GOD
SPEAKS when we wait for CONFIRMATION
2 Cor 13:1 NKJV
"By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall
be established."
Seeking the Lord through confirmation is a very
important and exciting concept. The idea of seeking Him
for confirmation comes from the scripture, “In the
mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be
established.” When we are seeking God’s guidance,
or questioning whether we heard the Lord, we need to
verify that He has spoken and that we understood what He
said. This is a Biblical concept and He wants to make
us strong and stable in our hearing His Words.
His
Words will become like a hook, a nail, or an anchor on a
boat. If something comes against us to rob us of that
Word, (“hath God said?”) then we can run back and check
that nail. Yes, His Word is secure and strong, bearing
up against the weight because it has been confirmed,
clarified and established. It is safe. Enough time has
been given for Him to make His Word sure. It is
settled, strong and stable. If a storm comes against us,
we can come back to that place and know His Word is
solid. Confirming
and establishing is HIS business. He wants that. Your part is
to give Him time to do so.
He can bring confirmations to us in any form. The 101+
Ways God Speaks book is a list of confirmations, because
it contains the many ways God speaks. If we receive
something He has said to us, and it isn’t enough for us
to stand firm, then He will come again. He is very
patient with our needing to be made firm in His Word.
He will speak the Word to us as often as HE knows we
need it for it to become that anchor. The emphasis is
on the He knows, because being confirmed is a very cozy
place to be; our human nature likes to stay there!
There comes a time when HE says it’s time to move on and
GROW. The confirmations stop (in relation to that
particular Word) because He knows what He has given is
exactly enough to last through the obstacles that will
come against it.
I have a delightful story which spans a thirteen year
period concerning the Lord’s timing, sprinkled with His
confirmations, all having to do with the launching of my
first book. The Lord had previously given me a “writing”
promise of my launching out on the wings of faith.
Being given a picture-vision of a space shuttle, I knew
it had something to do with that promise. Then later
when we purchased a computer and turned it on for the
first time, there was a beautiful scene of a space
shuttle on the screen! I was tickled at the
confirmation.
One day, feeling I had waited forever for His promises
to come to pass, I was watching my son play a computer
game; the scene was inside a space shuttle. There would
be a few paragraphs of text, then a menu would pop up
saying, “Do you want to wait or continue?” He had a
choice to click on one of the boxes. He clicked on
“Wait.” Recognizing the allegory of the connection
between the space shuttle and the word “Wait,” I
certainly was interested in the outcome of this! To my
dismay, this same process of text, with the same
question must have repeated seven times! Each time he
clicked “Wait.” I became frustrated watching, and asked
him, “What are you waiting for!” [It was more of an
exclamation than a question!] He simply replied, “For
the countdown to start.”
Boy did that get me. It was another confirmation from
the Lord: “Yes, you will launch out, but no matter
how frustrated you are - it will be in My timing!” I
got the point and was tickled at His humorous way of
confirming me once again. Years later, when it WAS
time, He certainly reconfirmed His point, as you will
see with the following confirmations.
As a background to this story, I had previously placed a
little note in my Bible that was a prayer request to
the Lord. I asked that when it was time for the book
to go forth, He would send me at least three out of
the ordinary confirmations that it was time. That
little note stayed in my Bible over the years. Then
suddenly it was time and His series of confirmations
came.
I visited a church and my eyes glanced at the banner on
the wall. It said, “Now is the time.” It was so
quickened to me that I recorded it in my journal. A
short while later I attended a conference at the same
church, and the guest speaker looked up at a wall banner
and read out loud, “Now is the time.” He said that was
an interesting confirmation, because earlier that
morning he had heard the Lord say those exact words.
Then I took my little niece to church there. During the
service, she drew a picture of that banner hanging on
the wall, and wrote, “Now is the time.” I just shook my
head and grinned.
During the same week she drew that picture, I received
another set of three out of the ordinary confirmations
all in one day. I was listening to a tape and the
speaker broke his train of thought and said out of the
blue, “Oh by the way, there are some of you out there
who have been waiting upon the Lord for the right time
to be launched into ministry.” Then he yelled very
loud, “THE TIME IS NOW!” Then he yelled a second time,
“THE TIME IS NOW!” I was covered in goose bumps, and
the Lord thoroughly had my attention. Then the man
paused a long quiet pause and literally bellowed a third
time, “NOW! CONSIDER YOURSELF TOLD!!!” I was
really laughing and very blessed by this as I knew these
were very special love gifts from the Lord specifically
answering my prayer requests of long ago.
The same day I received a letter in the mail from
a friend. As she was sitting in her chair, having just
finished reading a draft of my manuscript, the Lord
literally opened her sense of smell and she smelled the
herb Thyme. [This is pronounced TIME.] She sent me
this as a Word that the Lord was saying IT WAS TIME,
along with the allegory of the different uses of thyme
as a herb. That night I went to bed early and cuddled
up in my blankets and pillows and pulled out a notebook
of past rhema. I turned with anointed hands to a page
and my eyes bugged out. On that particular day’s entry
I had written about cleaning out our camping trailer,
getting it ready to sell, and I had found an old,
yellowed, crinkled hand written note by Anna. Before I
read it, I knew it was something she had heard His still
small voice say to her in the middle of the night, many
years ago when we were camping. On the note was one
sentence: “Now is the time!” (Her note is a perfect
testimony of how the Lord’s Word never gets lost, but
bears fruit in the exact time and season of His
purpose.)
During the same two week period that I received
all these “NOW IS THE TIME” Words, a magazine came in
the mail. On the front cover was a full page picture of
a space shuttle. The headline read, “Launching into
1997.”
The final two weeks prior to sending the book to the
printer, He sent me four more confirmations. A friend,
not knowing my decision to go ahead and print the book
by July 1997, told me, “The Lord has a Word for you. He
says, ‘Now is the time!’ ” She did not know the above
story and I did not tell her as we were in a meeting. I
just smiled, thinking I can hardly wait for her to read
this!
A week later, I was in the midst of cleaning off my desk
and came across the original note I had in my Bible. I
started to throw it away and just couldn’t do it. I
read it once again: “If it is not time for the
book, I ask that when it is, I will have three
obvious, out of the ordinary confirmations, following
Your still small voice to me. In Jesus Name. (signed)
Sandy.” Thinking about the fact it had been in my Bible
for thirteen years, I said, “He’s answered this, I
guess I don’t need it anymore.” It was a reluctant,
kind of sad thought as I stood over the garbage can. It
was like letting go of an old companion. — Not the
piece of paper, but what it stood for - the joy of
seeing the Lord bring His promises and confirmations to
pass.
I thought, “I have really been blessed by all His
confirmations to me. But I’m just not ready to give
this note up yet. Maybe He will bring me one more!” I
felt kind of guilty thinking that when I had been given
plenty. But you have to understand that thirteen years
is a very, very long time to wait. And the child in me
just wanted one more - not for the lust of a sign but
for the joy of relationship. What I didn’t realize when
I was thinking these thoughts, was that He heard
me. It look Him about eight hours to answer that
thought.
The next morning I was creating some flyers for the back
of the book. I decided to search for a graphic in one
of my graphic books.
I opened the book to the section I wanted and my
eyes fell on the following three graphics, in the order
in which you see them here. Note, I did not look for
the graphics, my eyes just fell on them, one, two,
three. By the third one I was hysterically laughing!
After I was through laughing, (or so I thought) I
glanced again at the “Plan Ahead” graphic. I suddenly
noticed the calendar was the month of July. I was so
tickled! July was my hopeful book launching date. He
had previously given me rhema that I interpreted to be
that month. However, for the most part, they were Words
needing interpretation because they were not plain
speech. I needed confirmation that I had interpreted
them correctly, and here it was right on the page!
All these confirmations were so precious to me. And
even more delightful is my truly receiving His love
behind them. Do you see that it is the same wonderful
God, regardless of how long it takes for Him to answer
our prayers and desires? Do you see His love behind all
these wonderful and precious out of the ordinary
confirmations? All those years I had turned to the note
in my Bible expecting God to answer it and He certainly
did not disappoint me. He chose some very out of the
ordinary ways!
CONFIRMATION IS
IMPORTANT
1. When the timing in giving a gift is vital
to it being received.
2. When we are moving on issues of faith,
having no circumstances to support the move.
3. When we do not understand what God is
saying or why He is saying it.
4. When we are sifted or being tested.
5. When we are fearful and not sure.
6. When others do not agree.
7. When we are not yet established.
8. When we are wavering.
9. When He has spoken a promise.
10. When we wait for His promise to come to pass.
11. When we are seeking His guidance whether to wait or
to move.
12. When we are standing in the gap for others. If we
make a mistake it may have bad ramifications for them.
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