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Topic: Joey LeTourneau: Drawbridges Opening: A Unique Kingdom Invitation and Advancement
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Julie Gilbert
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Posted: 06/06/2013 at 1:29am
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I was in a prayer time recently, asking God about a
potential open door that looked to be guarded. While
seeking to gain His perspective, I was taken aback by a
vision of a drawbridge that was being lowered for me. As
I inquired about such, I heard Him clearly whisper to my
heart, "Man may guard the doors, but it's the favor of
the King that opens the drawbridge."
A drawbridge is an invitation into the special favor on
our lives for this season, the unique identity we are
called to live out for this time. Drawbridges portray a
clear focus on kingdom, and no king invites you in
lightly without a special appointment.
Advancement vs. Placement
We are often looking for doors of advancement, but the
drawbridge is an even bigger entrance for the purpose of
your own special placement. I believe this is a matter of
authority. We are often seeking the Lord for how to move
forward, and from our perspective that usually requires
an open door. While we may be watching for such
advancement, God is welcoming us into the greatest access
of all to walk in the authority of our unique and
specific Kingdom placement. (Photo courtesy: Travels With
Nathaniel/Linda Orlomoski/Hawthorne Hotel)
If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will
ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. John
15:7
Advancement often requires striving, but true Kingdom
placement is about identity and creates advancement
through far fewer steps or strides. It is about knowing,
appreciating, and accepting the special "niche" He has
created us for and living this out toward the world.
Kingdom Alignment
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the
Body just as He pleased. 1 Corinthians 12:18
Think of a battery in an electronic device. You can put a
brand new, full, top-of-the-line battery into the hatch,
but if it is not aligned in its own specified way, the
light or power will not be generated. This usually only
requires the slightest adjustment and leads to a natural
and steady flow of light and/or power. It is about
alignment and knowing our own special grace for this
time.
Who has He made you to be for this season in the world?
How is He calling you to join Him? Such alignment always
begins with our intimacy with Him and surrender to Him.
The animal kingdom demonstrates this wonderfully. On a
recent trip to the zoo I couldn't help but take in the
beauty of how "difference" is so wildly scattered for
such strategic and even life-altering reasons. As you
watch the animals or read the descriptive placards, you
are reminded that they are created vastly different on
purpose. They are placed in habitats or regions that are
unique to their place in the animal kingdom. When an
animal is taken out of its special habitat there is so
much more necessary work just to help them function and
survive. To the contrary, when an animal is living freely
in its unique identity and natural alignment, it
flourishes and causes other surrounding species to do the
same.
Uncommon Unity
We often think of unity as an end that we pursue. It is
commonly seen as a state of existence where everyone
compromises to come into alignment. But unity in the
Spirit is different. Unity in the Spirit is a seemingly
misaligned alignment held together by the One who
celebrates our diversity and created us to come together
– not in spite of but because of our differences. Such
unity is uncommon and marked by intimacy, identity, and
difference. As we align with Him, He will align us in His
ways with one another.
...And the yoke will be destroyed because of the
anointing oil. Isaiah 10:27
Many of us are battling difficulties that seem to keep
hanging on. But it is the anointing that breaks every
yoke. When we step into our unique, different anointing
there is an alignment, a special kind of uncommon unity
with Christ, that releases the fullness of favor we
already have, breaks off the yokes we've been carrying,
and invites us in to the joys we've been waiting for.
Jesus' Final Prayer
That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and
I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world
may believe that You sent Me. John 17:21
Drawbridges are opening, calling us away from the few
doors we may all be crowding into, inviting us into a
Kingdom alignment that will bring ultimate glory to God.
You have been specially appointed by the King to walk in
a new grace for this time. Will you leave the doors of
the past to accept His special invitation?
Ground will not just be taken in the world by how we move
forward, but exponentially so through how we move into
and through intimate and diverse alignment. There is a
power in this kind of different oneness that Jesus prayed
for in John 17 that will cause the world to believe as we
each release ourselves to live out His image of us rather
than the one we ourselves have been chasing.
The sooner we understand such vital placement for
ourselves, the more freely we can bless and empower
others to live out their own – even, and especially, when
it is different than us! Do you know your grace for this
time? Are you struggling to accept it? Just say yes, and
watch how the light comes on!
Joey LeTourneau
M.A.R.K. 10:14 Family/Heavenly Hope Ministries
Email: joey.letourneau@gmail.com
Website: bringhishope.org / uncommonvision.org
Joey LeTourneau, his wife Destiny, and their four
daughters live near Denver, Colorado. They travel
extensively, empowering the Body of Christ to draw near
to their First Love and live out the life-giving
testimony of Jesus to the world around them. They desire
to see the Father's heart fully revealed to the world,
and through such see a multiplication of life so abundant
the whole world will know the true nature of our Father!
Joey has authored two books, Revolutionary Freedom, and
his new release, The Life Giver.
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See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you. Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See I am doing a new thing
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