As I was preparing to write this prophetic writing, the first line of a quote by Charles Dickens came to mind from his novel “A Tale of Two Cities”. I will include the whole quote in this writing so you may get an understanding of what Holy Spirit is speaking to us in this end-time hour. “It was the best of times and it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom; it was the age of foolishness. It was the epoch [era, age, period, time] of belief, it was the incredulity [skeptical, disbelief, unwilling to admit, or accept what is true] It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. I will first lay down some background information to give a big picture view of this writing by defining the word epoch. Epoch is defined as a period of time in history or a person’s life typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics. In this writing I will be discussing past times and current times as it relates to various biblical people in the Old Testament such as; Daniel, Moses, Joseph and David and how their gifts opened doors for them and brought notability. God has endowed us all with a gift that is to be used for his glory, and bring us to our place of purpose and destiny. During the month of September, the scripture from Proverbs 18:16 kept coming up in my spirit. A person’s gift opens doors for him and brings him before the great. (Prov18:16 CSB) As I began to write down what the Holy Spirit was speaking to me, has actually turned into a series of writings concerning this scripture. We as the people of God must understand the times that we are living in…we are in the end-times and Christ is about to make his return. What we are seeing take place in this current world is nothing new. Eccl.1:9-10 NLT History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new. Sometimes people say, “Here is something new!” But actually, it is old; nothing is ever truly new. In Old Testament readings we observe that Israel was in a continuous cycle of sin, slavery, supplication, and deliverance time and time again. In the midst of their cycles God always raised up deliverers to turn them back to God. He sent them prophets but, they still refused to follow the one and only true God; they chose to bow down to worthless idols and walking in disobedience. God used prophets such as Isaiah, and Jeremiah to prophesy what would take place if they continued to disobey God’s commands. (for the tale of these two nations see 2 Kings 17 and 2 Kings 25). Ultimately God had to finally send these two nations; Israel and Judah into captivity for 70 years, and Jerusalem the Holy city was destroyed. In current times we observe much sin and rebellion against God in every aspect of our society; but in the midst of this God is still in control and is raising up prophetic people who are mighty in their giftings that will be used to gather in a mighty end-time harvest. These prophetic people will make an impact in our society that the world will not be able to deny that the Spirit of God does reside in his people. The work of the Holy Spirit in the earth has not ceased as some theologians teach. There is a mighty move of God taking place right here, right now in the earth! It is the best of times for the people of God who have the Holy Spirit in their lives and it will be the worst of times for those whose hope and trust are not in the Lord. I am not being a doomsday prophet but I am making reference to what the Word of God has already written and spoken by Jesus when he was present here on earth in the Gospels.
Holy Spirit spoke to me to use the life of Daniel as an example; to reveal what the Spirit of the Lord is doing in these end-times. God wants to use ordinary people to do an end-time work. People who are equipped with gifts and talents who are willing to be used for his glory, not their own glory. People that are sold out to Spirit of God, using their gifts in service to His will being done here on earth.
In Daniel chapter one we read of four young men being taken into captivity to Babylon to serve king Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel was one of those young men. He chose not to partake of the king’s food and wine and fared better with just vegetables and water, proving that God will keep his servants that are sold out to him wholeheartedly. Although, Daniel was in captivity that didn’t stop him from using the gift that God had equipped him with. He did not allow his gift to become contaminated by the environment he was in. The gift Daniel had was ten times better than all the false enchanters/psychics in that kingdom.
Daniel 1:17,19-20 to these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning, and Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.
The king talked with them and found none equal to the four young men.
In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers in his whole kingdom.
As you read about Daniel’s life and how he was used of God, King Nebuchadnezzar recognized and said three times “the Spirit of the holy gods was in Daniel.” (Daniel 4:8,9,18) What we have been given by God will open doors for us and bring us before the great. Those of us who are born again believers have the Spirit of the living God within us and in the coming days those that are in darkness will recognize the Spirit of God operating through us just like the king recognized it operating in Daniel. It is when we allow our gifts to open doors, not we opening doors with our charisma, that the world will have no doubt there is a God who rules and reigns with miracles, signs and wonders through his people. I have observed people who were striving to open doors to get in the inner circle of big name prophetic ministers; I heard some words of wisdom from Holy Spirit, he said to me “don’t strive for people to open doors for you to use your gift, the doors that man will open will be limited, instead lay your gift, abilities, talents at the feet of Jesus, he will open doors that are unlimited and it will automatically open doors and bring you before great men.
What is a gift? It is defined as: some quality or endowment given to man by God; a special talent or aptitude, or power. There is a quote that I like which states “your talent is god’s gift to you, what you do with it is your gift back to God, Leo Buscaglia.
Purpose of a gift? To serve others:1 Peter 4:10 ESV as each has received a gift, use it to SERVE one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.
What to do with a gift? Use it: Romans 12:6a ESV Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us USE them.
Yes, the Lord wants us to use the gifts/talents/abilities he has given us. I am reminded of the parable of the talents, Mt. 25:14-30; the one who had a talent went and hid it and was called a wicked servant. It was the servants that took what they were given and made it fruitful that made the master say “well done.” I want to admonish the people of God to USE your gift! Don’t hide it, someone somewhere need what you have!
Prophetically God is raising up some Daniels and putting them in positions to reveal his will and purposes in this end-time hour. Daniel had some character traits that allowed him to be promoted, he never allowed his situations to change his heart for the things of God, he was firm in his faith in the God he served…he would not bow to a false god when facing the threat of a fiery furnace or stop praying three times a day knowing he would be thrown in the Lion’s den. In each situation Daniel was promoted…will you dare to be a Daniel in this end-time hour?
I will end this section of writing about how God powerfully used Daniel and his gift to reveal his will to three different kings during his captivity, and brought him before great men. I will continue this series of prophetic writings in other posts about the life of Moses, Joseph, and David to show how God used them to bring them before the great. He wants to use you too!
Blessings to all,
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