works of faith

This morning the Lord asked me to “go back to the beginning, and led me to read Hebrews 11; the faith chapter. He there teaches us about what faith is, and that without faith it is impossible to please Him (vs 6). The foundations of our faith have their “beginnings” in the examples set down by the fathers of faith, and without their works, ours are incomplete (vs 40).

The forefathers of our faith were willing to go to a place where God was going to do something, later. They did not see the reward of their travels, yet looked for those things God was building. Instead of devising plans to build, they trusted that God would build. Some only needed to make the journey and claim the land, others needed to speak words of righteousness. But they all lived as though the unseen would materialize, and they were willing to trust God to make that happen.

After reading in Hebrews I remembered that in 2007 I had a dream about standing in the house of the Lord, high atop a mountain. The house had its rough carpentry finished and a table saw was set up in the living room, with saw dust on the floor. Yet no man was working. I understood that the labors of the men and women who had gone before us were left for us to continue. And that is where the dream ended . . . with no man to do the work. Perhaps the works we think proceed from faith are not what the Lord had in mind.

The Lord has often talked about faith in the written word, and Rhemas word. Below is the Rhemas word that the Lord brought forth today, about our current times, and faith;
“The fathers of this generation have devised a plan whereby they encourage the young to have faith for what their senses can validate, and for what they can imagine in their minds. Therefore, the ministry of the forerunners and forefathers of this time lies unattended, and no one is building on the greater fathers’ foundations. The current fathers’ thirst for the tangible has eliminated the unseen, of which I am Lord. They have forgotten what faith is.

Faith is following Me, not leading Me. It is trusting that I have a plan, not developing one’s own plan. It is desiring, yes, longing for a glimpse of what I will build, even if one does not have a major part in the building of it.

Some people think they need to have great faith and do great things in order for My kingdom to settle upon the earth. This leaves Me out of their equations, for Man has a different idea of great works than I do. Man’s imagination of great works does not include completion of his works by others. They do not include working out of the sight of others, unanimously. Man’s imaginations are based on the rewards of results, and the comfort of progress. Man would never destroy the tower of Babel. Most men have thought Me mean for stopping their works, letting them fall into ruin. But their works are not founded on the eternal foundations. And if a man does not build with Me, he labors in vain.

I build with eternal materials. They are found hidden in the clay vessels of Man. This generation is being taught that the hidden treasures within are not as valuable as what a man can produce, for the treasures are not tangible. Yet all a man can produce is nothing if it does not come from the wealth contained within. The discarding of My wealthy ones is the discarding of Me, for how you treat the least of your brethren is how you treat Me.

This is a time when I am turning the hearts of the generations towards each other, and not away. The younger will not obtain the kingdom apart from the labors of the elder. Let all men submit to My order and stop seeking to build on their own. Then the kingdom’s works will be done. Amen.”