GOD’S EDITORIALS

 #322
SEIZE THE DAY!

"CARPE DIEM ---  SEIZE THE DAY!"

"Make your lives extraordinary!”

"This is a battle and a war and the casualties could be your heart and soul.”

"Words and ideas can change the world.”

"I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rest all that was not life -- and not, when I came to die, discovered that I had not lived.”

“DARE TO BREAK OUT!"
Dead Poets Society

IN THE MOVIE, "DEAD POETS SOCIETY"
A TEACHER IS BROUGHT IN TO TEACH AND EXPLAIN
THE AUTHORIZED TEXT BOOK
BUT THOSE WHO ATTEND HIS CLASS DISCOVER QUICKLY
THAT HE IS MORE A MAN OF FREEDOM AND PASSION
THAN A MAN OF RULES AND TRADITIONS

HE CHALLENGES THE KIDS
TO FIND THEIR PASSION AND PURSUE IT
OF COURSE, THERE ARE BARRIERS
ONE MUST ALWAYS BREAK THROUGH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS,
EXPECTATIONS AND NORMS OF SOCIETY
TO ACTUALLY BECOME GREAT
BUT HE CHALLENGES THE KIDS AND MANY COME UP TO HIS LEVEL
BUT NOT WITHOUT SACRIFICE

WHAT IS SACRIFICE BUT THE GIVING UP
OF THAT WHICH IS OF LESS
IMPORTANCE FOR A GREATER GOAL?

THERE IS A GREATER GOAL, PEOPLE
AND ONLY THOSE WHO WILL SACRIFICE WILL MEET THIS GOAL
AND WILL KNOW THE ULTIMATE REWARD

THE TEACHER TAKES ONE YOUNG MAN
A BOY WHO IS AFRAID TO EXPRESS HIMSELF
FOR TRULY HE HAS BEEN RAISED UNDER TYRANNY
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING WITHIN HIM THAT MUST BE SPOKEN
AND RELEASED FOR HIM TO BE MADE WHOLE
AND FOR THE WORLD TO BE MADE BETTER
WHO CAN GO TO THE DEPTHS OF THIS CHILD, THOUGH?
WHO IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO SCALE THE WALL
TO THIS YOUNG MAN'S SOUL
AND PAY THE PRICE FOR WHAT IS RELEASED?
A TEACHER

I AM THAT KIND OF TEACHER
I DIED SO THAT ALL MAY BE FREE
SO THAT ALL MAY KNOW AND RELEASE
THEIR TRUE AND PURE POTENTIAL
I DIED SO THAT YOU MAY REALLY, REALLY LIVE
BUT MANY OF YOU SIT AT YOUR DESKS OF LIFE AND JUST LISTEN
TO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE TELLS YOU

FIND THE TRUTH, PEOPLE
AND BE WILLING TO LIVE AND DIE FOR IT

A YOUNG MAN WAS BROUGHT UP FRONT
EMBARRASSED AT FIRST, BUT HE REALIZED
THAT WITH THE TEACHER'S INSTRUCTIONS
THAT HE WAS FINALLY RELEASING THE GIFT WITHIN HIM
IT WAS NOT EASY
HE WAS IN GREAT FEAR
BUT THE TEACHER TAUGHT HIM HOW TO RULE OUT
ALL THE DISTRACTIONS
AND HE SPOKE EXPERTLY AND WITH REASON AND CALCULATION
AND THOSE IN THE CLASS WERE DRAWN IN TO HIS GIFTING
BUT WHAT DID IT TAKE TO RELEASE THIS GIFT?

TIME WITH THE TEACHER
COME TO ME, KIDS
I AM YOUR TEACHER
I AM YOUR MENTOR
I AM YOUR CAPTAIN

"O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN"
I LONG TO HEAR YOU SAY
AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO DO ALL THINGS
TO HAVE YOUR GIFTS RELEASED UPON THIS EARTH

YOU CAN SIT AT YOUR DESK THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
AND BECOME LIKE EVERYONE ELSE AND ACCOMPLISH
NOTHING
OR YOU CAN COME UP FRONT AND I'LL TEACH YOU
HOW TO STAND UPON YOUR DESK IN FRONT OF ALL
AND PROCLAIM THAT THROUGH
MY DEATH AND RESURRECTION
THAT THERE IS
POWER
AND
LIFE
AND
LOVE
AND
TRUTH
SO REAL, SO POWERFUL THAT THIS WORLD
COULD BE CHANGED IN ONE DAY
BY JUST A FEW WHO WOULD BE BRAVE ENOUGH
TO PROCLAIM IT
UNALTERED

BREAK AWAY, KIDS!
BREAK AWAY NOW!
THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING
FOR YOU SEE
IT IS TRULY TIME
TO
SEIZE THE DAY
FOR ME

ONLY YOU CAN RISE UP AND DEFEAT
THE CONTROL THAT RELIGION AND THIS WORLD HAS ON LIVES

RISE UP!
DON'T SIT STILL

FIND THE TALLEST PLACE
AND STAND THERE IN FULL VIEW OF YOUR PEERS
CATCHING THE WIND
AND SPEAK TO THE WORLD
OF MY LOVE AND MY FREEDOM

BREAK AWAY, KIDS
IT'S TIME
IT'S SURELY TIME!


***
It's very early Sunday morning as I awake
but I'm feeling quite smug because I know that I can sleep another hour or so
After all, I don't have to rise up early to go to church
but instead, God has another "church service" planned for me
In my vision, I am playing quarterback and as I throw each football
I shout out to the receiver, "Come on - PROVE that you Love Him!"
and  the whole analogy unfolds and I must get up to write this "story"

Young men and women, even boys and girls are lined up on the line
behind me and they have just seconds to prepare themselves
for when it is their turn to receive a pass
I don't look back to see who it is, I simply prepare the ball in my hand
and shout out the plan
The person runs from behind me to the appointed place
and I rifle the ball to their chest
Why?
Because that's my job
Their job is to catch the ball, run through any opposition
and to go the distance for the touchdown

Some of the people who miss the pass return with excuses
but I don't want to hear any of them
None of them

Some of the people who catch the ball and fumble it return with excuses
but I don't want to hear any of them
None of them

Some of the players don't even leave the scrimmage line
for they are examining one of the balls to make sure it's official
I don't want to hear anything that they have to say
None of it

I want - ALL I want
is for a player to leave the line with PASSION and INTENTION
to catch the ball and run with all that they have
until they score

Think of it this way,
A mother gathers her children about her
They range in age from very young to college age
and she says,
"I'll see what I can get out of your Father for you.
I know how much you should have and I will try to get all that you deserve."
or
there is the mother that says to her children,
"Let's see what we can do for your Father as he returns from work
to show him how much we love him and appreciate what he does for us."

I am the second type of mother or "prophet"
I do not defend the people and their many excuses and
wanton desires before the Father
I only want to work with people who have a desire to Love the Father
and repay Him for all that He has done
If you are a child raised under the first type of mother
You are most likely a spoiled brat and your type of "religion"
I want no part of

You can surely find it in abundance at any church or conference these days

I hear of people who read this page
and I wonder why
They are the ones standing behind me when I'm ready to rifle the ball
and they're studying my form, what I'm wearing, who made the ball, etc.
and if I had time I would simply turn around and say,
"Get off the field - you're taking up valuable space!"
But I don't have the time
for the next person is already in position
and ready

I will not give you sympathy for you see
I know history and I know the many people who were crucified and tortured
and fed to lions for being CHRISTIAN
and yet, this generation of selfish people
is still trying to figure out WHEN God is going to begin to BLESS them

Come on, people
Prove to me that you Love Him just as much as He Loves you
or you might as well read another website
Is this too harsh?

I just watched "Remember the Titans" movie
and there were two types of coaches
One demanded a perfect team and the kids rose to the occasion
The other coach would have been happy with a team who simply did what they could
or what many call "their best"
but within each of us is more
especially because we are to operate in the supernatural
not the natural

We're not just talking about a ball game, but life
where Jesus Christ has promised to be our Strength in all circumstances
So, what excuse do we have for not
"catching the ball and running through all the opposition
for the touchdown?"
We no longer have any excuses
None

In the movie, before the kids went to football camp
the main coach let them know firmly that he was now their "daddy"
They did not exactly warm up to this news, but it was fact
and from that fact  - everything was built
I ask you today,
Who's your Daddy?
And if your Daddy is God then why don't you listen to Him and obey Him?
There will be no more excuses
If you read this page - you are fully accountable for its content
and whether you follow it or not
you will be judged

I cringe at some of the people that I have heard that read the page
and I wonder if they have even thought of what is being charged against them
for not obeying what they read
They take days, weeks, years to examine the ball
and then stand there when I'm ready to throw  
speaking questions behind me
I don't hear any of it and I want you off the field
Understand?

So, God, why do I wake up on a Sunday morning so tough?
Good thing I don't go to church
I wouldn't be very popular AGAIN

AND SO, WHAT IS POPULARITY?
CHECK THE VISION ONCE MORE
LOOK AT THE YOUNG MAN WHO RUNS FOR THE BALL
THE ENTIRE TIME HIS EYE IS ON THE BALL
HE CATCHES IT AND THEN LOOKS FOR HIS PEERS' APPROVAL
AND IS SLAMMED TO THE GROUND BY THE OPPOSITION
SOME WOULD SAY THAT HE IS POPULAR
BUT HOW CAN HE ENJOY IT FROM THE GROUND?
AND SO, THOSE WHO SEEK THE RECOGNITION IN THESE DAYS
WILL ENCOUNTER MORE OF THE OPPOSITION THAN THEY CAN HANDLE
FOR HOW IS A PERSON TO BE HUMBLED
BUT THROUGH PERSECUTION?
MUCH, MUCH PERSECUTION

SO, CHILD, YOU WANT THE ONES WHO WILL NOT
TRY TO PLEASE ME OFF THE FIELD?

I even want them out of the stands
I don't want them in my presence
They remind me of spoiled brats just looking for a hand-out from You
even though You have already done EVERYTHING for them

IS THAT "CHRISTIAN?"

Now, You've made me think
I have no defense
I just know that I have work to do and I don't want people
to surround me who don't honor You
or have the potential to honor You
or even the desire to honor You

HAVE YOU HEARD OF "SECOND STRING" PLAYERS?
WHAT IF THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT MEANT TO BE FIRST STRING
BUT CAN SIT ON THE BENCH AND PLAY FOR THE INJURED?

I don't see it that way
If people are truly honoring You - there are no accidents - no injuries
that are not for Your perfect purpose
and despite the injury they would not need to be replaced

HOW WAS YOUR ARM PERFORMING IN THE VISIONS?

Magnificently

SO, YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN HAVING PLAYERS OR EVEN SPECTATORS
WHO ARE NOT MY TRUE PEOPLE?

Yep, that's what it comes down to
Am I wrong?

NO, YOU'RE JUST FIRMLY AND SOUNDLY
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RIVER AND READY TO GO AT FULL SPEED
SERVING THOSE WHO ARE TRULY MINE
DO NOT PAY THE OTHERS ANY ATTENTION
FOR IT WILL TAKE FROM YOU THE NECESSARY TIME TO WORK WITH
THOSE WHO TRULY LOVE ME AND HONOR ME

WE HAVE A GAME TO WIN
AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL ONLY THROW TO THOSE OF MY TEAM
ONLY THOSE SHOULD BE ON THE FIELD
OR IN THE STANDS
YOU RUN A TOUGH CAMP
BUT WE HAVE A GAME TO WIN, DON'T WE?

AND WE WILL
WE WILL

ALL THIS WEEK
YOU WILL PREPARE "BALLS" FOR MANY TO RECEIVE
I WILL MAKE THEM READY AND YOU JUST THROW ON TARGET
OK?

Got it, Coach!

One more question - who are in the stands?
Why do I care so much that they are Your people?

THEY, MY FRIENDS, ARE THE INTERCESSORS
THEY MUST HEAR MY PERFECT WILL SO THAT THEY KNOW THE GAME PLAN
AND CAN PRAY IT THROUGH
IF THE INTERCESSORS PRAY THEIR OWN DESIRES
OR THE DESIRES OF WANTON PEOPLE
THEN THE SIGNALS EVEN ON THE FIELD CAN BE DISRUPTED AND CHALLENGED
MORE BY THE OPPOSITION
NO, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOUNG ONE
EVERYONE ON THE FIELD AND IN THE STANDS
MUST BE FOR THE SAME TEAM
MY TEAM

Go, TEAM, Go!

_____
Part II

As I left for my weekly trip to the Coast
I saw in my vision - many, many, many stadiums
all filled with people
Above each one was the announcement of the "Voice" they listen to
There was the Christian TV station, Ministries, School of Prophets
with all the best represented, and countless church names
I passed by each one in the vision and every one had much
noise and excitement to be heard by any passerby
but I kept going for the doors were closed to me
I could not see an entrance to any of these stadiums

Finally, I found the one that I belonged to
There was no announcement above this stadium
and the entrance was wide open
What was this one?
I asked the Lord
and He simply replied
"THIS IS THE STADIUM OF THOSE WHO HEAR MY VOICE AND OBEY”

There didn't need to be a main speaker or name pronounced
for each person heard His Voice in their Spirit and all did His will
There were players and many in the stands
The ones in the stands were not just spectators,
but as God explained before they are intercessors
All had important jobs - no responsibility was deemed more honored than another
I remembered back to the days when God was training me as an intercessor
Those were surely the hardest and most challenging days of all
Even this day, when I hold the ball in my hands
it becomes me in the time before
I send it on its way
I am a part of the ball for a time until it is received
I would die for the words
That is my job, but it is not more important than any other job
I thank the many intercessors that pray for me when I get "roughed up”
by the opposition
Every time God raises the Anointing upon me
the opposition rises up instantly to test it
and oftentimes I'm not ready and end up lying in the dirt
It's the part of the team that prays and intercedes that helps me get back on my feet
Every day I call out to God to take me to the "stadium" in the sky
but He just smiles and says,
"WHEN THE GAME IS OVER”
and I pass the balls

This stadium is not something new
but certainly something that is hidden to those who want to follow man
It is hidden to the self-righteous and those with ulterior motives
but it is wide-open to those who will hear His Voice and obey

You know what, God?
I do love the "game"
I love this stadium and now with these visions
I see the division of the people so clearly
Thank You for Your patience in explaining it all
I love to stand at the entrance and see the people arrive
This is it - isn't it?
This is what You planned from the beginning
A people who know You and listen to You and obey You
God, please fill my vision with the ultimate
A stadium full of Your people rising from their seats to Praise You
all the day long

AND THAT IS THE FINALE
AND IT WILL COME IN YOUR LIFETIME
AND YOU WILL SEE AND KNOW THE RESULTS OF ALL YOUR PASSES
YOU WILL KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO HEAR MY VOICE AND OBEY
FOR NO ONE ELSE WILL GAIN ENTRANCE

JUST AS YOU HAD VISIONS BEFORE OF ENTERING A CHURCH
AND YOUR PICTURE PREDOMINANT IN THE HALLWAY
WITH THE WORDS WRITTEN IN LARGE LETTERS BELOW
"NOT WANTED"
IT WAS FUNNY AT THE TIME
BUT YOU SEE NOW THAT THERE IS A STADIUM
WHERE YOU CAN COME AND PLAY
YOU WERE NOT WELCOME IN THOSE PLACES
FOR YOU DID NOT BELONG

YOU ARE NOW FULLY WHERE YOU BELONG
AND YOU NO LONGER DESIRE TO ENTER THE OTHER STADIUMS
FOR THEY FOLLOW A DIFFERENT VOICE
YOU ARE HOME, CHILD
AND READY FOR ACTION
MUCH ACTION

THE PEOPLE WILL COME AND BE AS READY AS YOU ARE
THEY WILL COME FROM NEAR AND FAR
THEY WILL FIND YOU FOR I WILL LEAD THEM TO YOU
GIVE THEM MY WORDS AND WATCH THEM RUN
TO SCORE
NOW, THE GAME BEGINS
ENJOY!

And may the day come shortly when all in this stadium of Yours
RISE UP
in WORSHIP that pleases You
for unto that day I long
for my heart looks and looks for new ways to Love You
and all I can think of
is if more of Your kids came together to Love You

We Love You, Father, we do!
Teach us how to Love You exactly as You desire
May we rapture Your heart until You know that the Cross was worth it
May we become the team of players that You always imagined
in Your "Coach dreams"
May we play with Passion
Passion to win and to score on every play
May the ball not ever leave our hearts but may we cherish
every word that You give us unto its completion

RISE UP AND THROW, YOUNG QUARTERBACK
THE INTERCESSORS ARE IN POSITION TO BACK YOU UP
AND ALL IS READY
FOR THIS GAME TO COMMENCE

THE WORSHIP WILL COME
BUT FOR NOW
MAKE THE GAME EXCITING AND SOON THE STADIUM
WILL BE FILLED TO OVERFLOWING
THROW EACH PASS EXACTLY AS I SAY
AND TIME WILL COME
WHEN THE GAME WILL BE OVER
AND THE TRUE WORSHIP WILL BEGIN

THIS IS TRULY THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN
TRULY IT IS!

Amen!

CHECK OUT YOUR FOOTBALL COLLECTION, FRIEND
DO YOU SEE THE ONE STILL ENCASED?
I BOUGHT IT FOR YOU LONG AGO FOR THIS DAY - FOR THIS TIME
IT IS AN OFFICIAL STADIUM FOOTBALL
AND NOW I WILL REMOVE ITS CASE AND WE WILL
PLAY THE GAME FOR REAL

ON TOP OF YOUR DRESSER YOU HAVE KEPT IT
WHILE THE OTHER FOOTBALLS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO YOU
AND IMMEDIATELY THEIR PROPHETIC ANOINTING CAME TO PASS
BUT THIS ONE HAS REMAINED RESERVED
UNTIL NOW
TAKE IT OUT OF ITS CASE FOR TODAY IS THE DAY
AND EVEN AS YOU ARE PRESENTED WITH THE STADIUM BALL
REMEMBER THE FOOTBALL OF LAST WEEK
IT REPRESENTS THOSE WHO WILL COME TO YOU
FOR THEY WILL SURELY GO THE DISTANCE
"THROW WITH THE PROS" IT SAYS
AND WE ARE SET

ONE MORE FOOTBALL TO PURCHASE FOR THE COMING DAYS
AND THAT WILL BE A SURPRISE
FOR SURELY YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE END FROM THE BEGINNING
FOR THIS FATHER IS FULL OF BLESSINGS AND SURPRISES
ONLY I KNOW WHAT WILL TRULY BRING OUT YOUR POTENTIAL
YOUR FINAL CALLING
ONLY I

As I take the stadium football from the case
I remember so long ago when I bought it
and I wondered how it would come to pass that You would finally
let me take it out of its case
Other footballs have come and gone
There were footballs with promises of Scripture
There was the football which glows in the dark which represents
this website for You give me words night and day to light up this world
I wrote the number 375 on the side of it for there will be 375 weeks
in total of Your words
There were footballs which represented a group of people
like the Aloha football for the Apostles - the "hello" - "goodbye" football
There was the football with the grab-it grip that helps you hold on
for those who contact me and remain close until they fulfill the word
There are even footballs for other people that I haven't given away yet
but soon - so soon
and the game continues
but now I see the BIG PICTURE
Now, there is actually a PLACE where I belong
and I can continue my work unto You
and know that everything will work together for Your Glory
It's not all individual acts anymore, but there is a game plan
and all of us work as one to complete it
to bring You
ALL THE PRAISE AND GLORY
THAT YOU ARE SO WORTHY OF
Cool, God, --- oh so cool!

AMEN!
ENJOY THE GAME!
FOR NOW AND FOREVER MORE THE ACTION WILL PICK UP
FOR SURELY THOSE WHO ARE WORTHY ARE COMING TO THE STADIUM
AND ARE READY TO PLAY BALL
TAKE THE BALL AND THROW, BABY
I'M WITH YOU ALL THE WAY

ALL THE WAY!



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