The Controlled Burn by the Father! Your Field is Ready!

This morning I asked the Father if anything could grow again after a fire. He reminded me of the mountains in Colorado where fires have burned thousands of acres throughout my lifetime in the Rocky Mountains and the NEW GROWTH THAT ALWAYS EMERGES! Growing up in Colorado I often watched as some of my relatives would orchestrate CONTROLLED BURNS in the cornfields and especially in the irrigation ditches. He reminded me of the simple pinecone and how the lodgepole pine, a tree common to Colorado, requires heat in order for the cone to open and release its seeds into the soil. According to Britannica, "These cones/fruits can only open to release their seeds after the heat of a fire has physically melted the resin."

The prophetic and spiritual always manifests itself in the physical. This word is not to take lightly the loss of lives we have expereinced as a result of the fires, rather it is to offer insight into the season we are leaving and the new season we are entering. My heart goes out to those who have expereinced loss as a result of the fires in California, Utah, Colorado and other states. Much like the many forests, planes, and domestic fires we have all been witnessing or experiencing around the world, I see that many in the body of Christ have been also experiencing the all-consuming fire of the Father in their personal lives. These fires are three categories: heart, idolatry, and the old call or last season's assignment.

Category 1 Fire: The Heart

Where people have been personally hurt and have harbored unforgiveness or experienced resentment or jealousy the Father has taken his children through the intense heat of conviction, repentance and forgiveness and melting away of the wax he describes in Matthew 24:12

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Matthew 24:12 AKJV

Part of enduring is cultivating a rich prayer life that includes admitting to old hurts and releasing them via repentance and forgiveness. This is all for a greater purpose- to KNOW the Love of Jesus.

Category 2 Fire: Idolatry

Many have experienced a disillusionment ( freed from an illusion) that in order to be free and remain free you must follow certain people or certain doctrines, certain institutions, the illusion of provision, and WHO is our Provider. Many have learned and experienced for themselves Who their help comes from:

Psalm 121:1-3

A song of ascents.

I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber;

In the middle of having to rely on only Him for everything (that flame is going to get even hotter by the way) since the world was placed into quarantine, many followers of Christ have realized they weren't following after Christ at all but were following after something or someone else. The Flame of Repentance has made the soil rich for those who are blooming in this next season.

The spirit of religion that has twisted the order of the Kingdom of God, has been responsible for encouraging people to follow a man or a woman. The pastoral office has been misappropriated as a type of governing seat. The Father is replacing the single person pointing a single way with a full hand and a strong army of fully matured sons and daughters who understand they are Sons as they understand they are the Bride. In this new season, as we step over the threshold and into the new era we are going to witness Freedom Fighters release others into their place in the body. Groups of 5, each holding an office will work together to mobilize the Sons of God by establishing an order that does not operate through a ranking system. The old systems of the hierarchy are disintegrating to ashes from the Refiner's Fire. The intention is no longer to be famous, but it is to prepare the way for The Famous One, giving the Bride full access to everything her Bridegoom has gifted her. Do not be disillusioned- this is going to take work, in the same way planting a field and caring for it takes hard work.

The Controlled Burn: Last Season's Growth

Last season was the kindling for the fire that burned and brought about conviction into the hearts of many of God's people. Many ministries were exposed for their injustices. Many were initiated last season, many new insights and new growth occurred as a result of these new ministries. The Father has worked with apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers in the church to burn away the old systems- in many cases, we will see ministries finetuning and ridding themselves from money-making platforms and self-interest groups transform into Christ Presence Platforms. Give me God! That is their cry!

The church is not going to look like it looked before. I feel caution in sharing what I see. What I can share is this: I can see the Father taking the strategies of survival from many cultures who experienced slavery and using it for the advancement of the Kingdom of Heaven here on earth. Truly what the enemy used for evil and destruction the Father is going to use for giving life and life more abundantly. The Father is going to turn the tables on the enemy. Those who were once the least among us are going to be used mightily by the Father because of their love for the Father, reliance on their God, and especially because of their humility. The desire of the Father is to demonstrate that there is NO DISTINCTION AMONG US. Favoritism, abusive leadership, money-making schemes, megachurch contests- even during Paul's time the Sadducees and Pharisees worked these scams- We are going to see this play out in the same way we saw the Sons of David and the Sons of Saul go to battle. The old way of doing things, the mixture is all burning away for the new thing. As the heart of David emerges in battle, the Heart Of JESUS will become tangible, accessible to all, by all and for all. Unity in Christ will be the final blow to the enemy!

God’s Sons Inherit the Promises

23 So until the revelation of faith for salvation was released, the law was a jailer, holding us as prisoners under lock and key until the “faith,” which was destined to be revealed, would set us free. 24 The law becomes a gateway to lead us to the Messiah so that we would be saved by faith. 25 But when faith comes the law is no longer in force, since we have already entered into life.

26 You have all become true children of God by the faith of Jesus the Anointed One![a] 27 It was faith that immersed you into Jesus, the Anointed One, and now you are covered and clothed with his anointing. 28 And we no longer see each other in our former state—Jew or non-Jew, rich or poor,[b] male or female—because we’re all one through our union with Jesus Christ with no distinction between us.

29 And since you’ve been united to Jesus the Messiah, you are now Abraham’s “child” and inherit all the promises of the kingdom realm!

I hear the Father say,

"Beloved, I am smiling because now you understand. You thought I was destroying you when all along I was releasing you. The fire you have experienced has come as blasts of fire breath from the mouths of dragons and vipers- they hoped to destroy you when actually they were releasing you! You thought the venom of their words destroyed you, but like a controlled burn it burned away the dry dead debris caused by the fear of men and the things of this world. When you cried out to me I watched in anticipation, thinking, Will you finally believe? Will you believe me that everything I allow is for your good?

The Australian grass tree blooming in the ash!

"Out of the ashes has emerged an answer: a nutrient-rich field. The fire, My all-consuming fire has provoked a bloom. Behold the new growth! See the new growth within you- notice the new skin where once there was damage. Notice the new strength coming from within you. I am not an out of control God. All of this has been intentional and for YOUR benefit! I am not out to

destroy you, I am out to bring you into the abundance I have promised for all of your life.

"Did I say that I would never leave you? Did I say I would never forsake you? Did I promise you a future? Did I promise you hope? Did I give you my authority to use on this earth? Now you know. I am a God of My word! Now you rise up Freedom Fighter and BLOOM! My promises will not return to Me- they will land in the soil and grow!

"In the world, there are reports of destruction, demise, opposition- but this pressure has produced a hot burning oil that has been precisely poured out and lit all ablaze. I am the Controler in the field, precisely directing the flame of a controlled burn. I have burned away the weeds of doubt that were accumulating and clogging up the irrigation for water from my heart to yours. I have burned away the dead husks from last season's growth and released the nutrients into the field for this season. Now let loose your seeds as I come close, as My all-consuming fire melts away the resin-covered casing and provokes your seeds to come forth. As I am melting away the protective casing, I am melting your heart. I am melting your heart and the places that were hidden and even hardened by last seasons' winter and last season's lengthy summer. Now I am melting your heart. The love of many may wax cold, but not yours," says the Father.

"I have found you on your knees blessing the soil," says the Father. Let the tears of relief be the first watering as you receive this new growth. Rise up Daughter of Jerusalem- I am in your midst! Rise up young men of valor and embrace your Beloved. I have found my treasure, the pearl I hid so very long ago will now grow into an Oak Tree of Righteousness. The seeds are in the field. Now is time to tend to the soil. No bird of the air will steel this seed, no sun will scorch the earth and stunt your growth, and no water will wash it away- you are good soil, My son, my daughter. It is time to bloom! declares the Father."