November 3rd, 2022 – 8:03am – Outside my classroom in the University Of Haifa, Haifa, Israel:

“He who is not with Me [believing in Me as Lord and Savior] is against Me [there is no impartial position]; and he who does not gather with Me [assisting in My ministry], scatters.” – Luke 11:23 AMP

If you stopped for a moment and listened you would hear the Spirit of God calling all His children to come and taste and see that He is good. It isn’t too late. We can all stop the whirlwind of this world and listen in a quiet place and hear His still, small voice speaking directly to us. I am beyond convinced of this. He speaks to those who listen.

Do you listen?

What are you filling your days with that is more important that listening to the One who created you? I wonder in the end… when you stand before Him how you will account for the moments of your life?… How will I account for the moments of my life?

I am also convinced that the reason we choose not to listen is because we know that our ways aren’t His… and the moment He speaks… we will be faced with a choice. Choose Him and His ways or choose to continue in your own way. It is really as simple as that.

I am so far from all that is familiar to me and yet somehow I am so close to where I was created to be. To Go. If you looked at all the parts of my story so far these past 40 years you would see one common thread… movement. Not just movement from place to place but movement inside as well. From the darkest places into places of greater light. From the depths of deep despair into the broad open fields of unshakable peace. The river of His love moves me quickly from place to place… inside and out.

For a purpose. That is why He created me. For a very specific purpose. That has been the most frequent thing He has said to me, “I have created you for such a time as this and placed you right where I wanted you your whole life to speak my words to those who surrounded you.” This is the purpose of a prophet. A bridge between the eternal and the natural, that is the role of His prophets. It is a lonely calling… one that is filled with the between things. Between heaven and earth. Between this place and that. Not ever part of but separate somehow. Giving voice to the Eternal One on this big blue sphere. It is not a role I chose but one chosen for me… and I’ve been contemplating this a great deal lately. As I pass through life… through one life after the next. If you know me you’ve probably experienced it… the passing through nature of who I am.

So much of my life before was spent trying desperately to grasp ahold of anything to ground me into time… but to no avail. Everything passing through my hands as if it was all water. Being pulled onward and to the next place by the pull of the eternal call of a prophet. Very specific purpose.

I am sharing all this hopes of encouraging others called like I am. So that you, called as I, can know you are not alone in your journey. Others carried the call before you and others will carry it after. You stand on the shoulders of those who came before you and there will be those who stand on your shoulders after you. I am realize this in my own life more and more as I hurdle toward my ultimate purpose… I stand under the mantle of the prophets before me and through these pages others will carry on the mantle after I am gone.

I imagine that whatever your unique calling is it is the same for you. God created you with a specific purpose in mind… and you have the choice to say Yes or No to that purpose. And I imagine some of you have already said your eternal yes or eternal no.

The suffering of my journey is the refining fire that is forging me into what He created me to be. My place in the eternal universe is already secure. My eternal Yes has already been established. I have already been claimed by Him. So now the full force of all my God-given gifts can find their foundation and power in Him alone. And when the time comes and He releases me to step onto the world stage… although I don’t know what that will look like… I know it is coming quickly.

I imagine also that my task is to be like a comet blazing through life and for just one single moment illuminating lives I pass by… pointing upward to Him. “Wake up!”, My testimony speaks… “Wake up and look up! Look to the One who made you!”

Since I was a child I have always known that my calling would cost me everything… that is why I ran from it for so long. But His grace… and His love… stepped in. And now I pay the eternal price to say my eternal Yes. For the sake of my brothers and sisters in Christ and those destined for salvation all across the world.

My prayer is that you will read these writings of mine and it will encourage you further on in your journey with Him. That somehow by His eternal wisdom and power you will see Him a little clearer in my story and desire to know Him more each day. And if I am dead when you read this, know that I am watching and cheering you on in your carrying of your own mantle.