Habakkuk 2: 2-3 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. (3) For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
“Answered prayer becomes the rule and not the exception for those who abide in Christ and are immersed in His Word. Jennifer Eivaz
As I stared into the darkness, I reflected on the biblical text that I had been reading. I noticed that all the battles won were due to men and women trusting in God. For instance, Josiah became king at the tender age of eight, while Samuel was just a boy when he responded to the voice of God. On the other hand, Joseph, Jacob’s son, fell victim to his jealous brothers who stole away thirty-one years of his life. To make matters worse, his mother passed away before he could see her again. It all seems so unfair. However, by reading chapter 39 in Genesis, you will see how Joseph’s life in Egypt played out.
Deborah, on the other hand, was not only a prophet but also a judge of Israel. I observed that all the minute details of their lives depended on them following God’s instructions. It amazes me how imperfect mankind is, yet God still desires to call us into His glory.
“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.” John 15:16 KJV
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” James1:17 KJV
Last night, during my study, the enigmatic title “Father of lights” finally unraveled its mystery to me. I was perplexed as to why the word “lights” was plural and not capitalized, as there was no mention of any other light. However, the Word never disappoints those who seek answers. It was then that I recalled Jesus’ words: “While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light” (John 12:36 KJV). And that’s when the realization hit me like a bolt of lightning. We are His lights; hence, He is the Father of lights.
As children of light born through Christ, we are entitled to every good and perfect gift. God is not unsettled, and He won’t deny us any promises. He promises to make a way, and He will pave the way. He even challenges us by asking, “Is anything too hard for me?”
Of course not! He parted the Red Sea, wrapped Himself in flesh, was born of a virgin, healed the lame, and performed countless other miracles. I often imagine God rolling up His sleeves, saying, “Give me something else to take care of. I’m ready, and I’m unchallenged.”
He has countless great treasures stored for us in the future, and our faith in Him will lead us to those treasures.
“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” 2 Corinthians 1:20 KJV
Thank you Tommy for the use of your photography. God bless you you!
The bond between David and Jonathan was unique! 1 Samuel 18:1-4 describes the friendship between David and Jonathan. “And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. “Though the two were not blood by relation they were bonded through a covenant.
2 Samuel 9
Mephibosheth was injured at the age of five. His nurse dropped him as she fled in panic permanently damaging his ankles. News traveled that Saul and Jonathan were killed in battle with the Philistines.
Years later when David became king he asked, “Is there any descendants living of Saul’s that I may honor for the sake of Jonathan?” In those days it was a custom to destroy the former king’s bloodline. Jonathan’s son remained alive in Lo Zibo, which means the land of nothing.
Mephibosheth was summoned to court; I’m sure stricken with fear. It wasn’t a summonsing of condemnation instead, restoration. Everything he lost land, crops, and living in redemption. He would eat at the king’s table. “Why would a dead dog like me be offered to sit at the king’s table to eat with him?” (2 Samuel 9:8)
He no longer lived in a land called nothing but dwelt in Jerusalem. Ziba, who was Saul’s servant, had orders to farm Mephibosheth’s land and bring in the crops.
He sat at King David’s table as a family member and he was treated with kindness, with love.
When the Lord gave me this I cried, I understood the message. God will take us out of the land of nothing, set us at his table, remove all the labels, and restore what was lost. It dawned on me that someone else’s mishap saved Mephibosheth’s life. He didn’t die because of his disability.
Whatever may be hurting you know that God is going to turn it all around for His glory!
“I just wanted someone to love me.” Jeffery’s words carried the heaviness of pain due to rejection. He had heard, “You should’ve been a girl,” from his mother.
His unforeseen turnaround unfolded by an elderly couple he saw at a hospital in the waiting room. The lady filled with compassion came to him and put her hand on his shoulder, “Do you know Jesus? “Oh, I know him well,” he said shrugging her off.
Jefferey’s story is one of many who struggle with an identity crisis. When I typed, “What are the statistics of gender surgery regret,” in the search engine, it will relay one percent. If you go to YouTube and type in transgender regrets, you’ll find a rabbit hole. To write about what God has assigned for a chapter in my book about identity crisis I had to start there. I struggled as a child. “I wanted a boy!” My dad always made sure that I knew how much I was a mistake. That affirmation was spoken into my life.
The elderly lady’s question didn’t leave Jeffery. “Do you know Jesus?” He searched for himself to find out who Jesus was. He encountered the love of God. It was through his search to understand who Jesus was that unraveled the confusion. His story is an inspiration.
If you know someone who is struggling with their identity, pray for them. They are wrestling with false affirmations spoken into their lives. Let them know they aren’t a mistake.
It really is a living hell to wrestle with an identity crisis!
I’m grateful that someone prayed for me. I surround myself with praying people because I will always need prayer. Everything that I am is because of Christ, nothing of my ability.
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Luke 19:10 KJV
…“If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” Matthew 19:26 KJV
God chooses impossible situations to reveal His power. There is a song titled, “Keep Believing, sung by the Gaither Vocal Band. These words stick with me the most, “You can take God at his word, He is faithful kind and true, not a prayer will go unanswered In His time He’ll see you through. Keep believing in what you know is true, you’ll be fine if you just keep believing.
It’s hard to believe that the impossible can become possible, only through natural eyes. One of our habits by nature is taking scientific proof to apply to everything unmanageable.
Here are things to remember John 2:4, it’s not time yet to answer. There are thirty-three verses in the Old Testament explaining God’s time is appointed. This means it’s chosen, when, where, who, how, and what. Be encouraged to know Jesus is in control when He has the wheel
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” Jeremiah 29:11KJV
“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” 1 Corinthians 2:14
“None of this makes sense to me God!” Reluctantly I pushed aside the determination building within me. I’m not a fan of the unknown.
The very moment we approach God with our petition is the moment things begin unfolding, everything! Pray for the Lord to let you see people, places, and things through His eyes. We can’t assume God isn’t working because of outer appearance. Our ways take us completely off course. Our lives become frantic.
Isaiah 55:8-9 says, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
“Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.” Psalm 147:5 He knows all and sees all. Thankfully He sees things differently than we do; however, we can rightly ask Him to see through His eyes.
“For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.”1 John 3:20
This message is short but it’s to encourage you to trust God with your life, family, and situations.
From my soon-to-be-published book, The Identity in the Closet
Author Darlene J. Conard
“Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.” Job 39:26- 29 KJV
Eagles are majestic creatures! Unlike other birds, it has characteristics that we can apply from a spiritual perspective.
The eagle has excellent vision! In the chapter, as a Man Thinks, I mentioned that imagination is a noun for, the mind’s eye. I will break down some scriptures that lead to an extraordinary key! The eagle’s eyes are made to see all angles and even see
Several years ago, I noticed something filling out an online form to get my glasses. Single vision was one of the choices. After researching single vision, the scriptures in Matthew 6:22-23 became clear!
Single Vision is seeing one distance, near or far away. Not separate, which means your sight in both eyes will become as one view. “The light of the body is theeye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” As Christians, we should have our minds set in one direction.
Psalms 32:8 God says, “I will instructthee andteachtheein the way which thou shalt go: I willguide thee with mine eye.” Eyes are not plural it’s single. God’s direction is one way, no confusion! If imaginations are evil, and imagination is the mind’s eye, if not taken under captivity darkness will conquer affecting not only the inward but outward body. God is saying He will guide us with His eye, not eyes.
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! (Matthew 6:22-23 KJV)
Eagles can target their prey in high altitudes. Their vision is four to five times better than a human’s. Once they spot their prey, they can dive at one hundred and fifty miles per hour!
Fearless and determined, they go after what they are targeting. Size, consequences, and hindrances are nothing! Eagles have the skill of preciseness. They can dive one hundred and fifty miles per hour without smashing into obstacles. Eagles are conquerors!
Eyes are one of the five gateways. The eyes, ears, nose, and mouth all play a significant role in the spirit realm. Hebrews 5:14, KJV … “strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.” We strengthen our vision through prayer, fasting, and reading God’s word.
Eagles do not eat dead things; they eat fresh prey. Several years ago, I dealt with wrestling in my spirit concerning a past situation. I was so angry at myself for not walking away, I was angry at God because I obeyed. “God, I obeyed you and I trusted You!” I felt like I lost seventeen years of my life! I began complaining to the Lord about how I could’ve been doing this, I could have been that. During my confusion, He replied, “How long will you mourn over Saul?” (1 Samuel 16:1-3) His question stilled my sobbing. Laying silently in bed, I waited for Him to reveal the answer to this question. Samuel mourned for Saul, but what was done was done. Saul took a wrong turn as a leader. He replied, “It wasn’t me that failed you Darlene, it was man.” He let me know that I was mourning over something dead.
We aren’t to feast on dead things. He’s doing a new thing as He spoke in Isaiah 43:19. “Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.” (KJV) God gives us fresh food, nurturing our spirit.
Eagles fly alone. They do not allow themselves to be hindered. It has its uniqueness. Eagles can fly at a high altitude that no other bird can. The majestic bird has advantages over its enemy. When another bird is on its back attacking, it goes to high altitude until the bird falls off. It loses oxygen. That’s so amazing to me! Eagles don’t fight snakes on zero level. Instead, they take them into the air where they are powerless!
Let this sink in! Psalms 32:7 says, “Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.” His presence conceals us surrounding us with a heavenly orchestra!
What a perfect example of how intercessors should be! To win this battle we have to step into a higher realm. We can’t fight spiritual battles being earthbound. No, we must push into that place until we lose awareness of our natural surroundings, a place where Satan and his demonic powers have no authority! That’s when he’s under our feet because we are walking above the air in the spirit realm. Hell’s power is limited. He can’t access the holy place.
Through worship, declare the Word. In that place, we can see, hear, and know the enemy’s attack strategy!
God had Nehemiah and his men on the wall watching with a weapon in one hand and working with the other. (Nehemiah 4:17)
The eagle is faithful staying with its mate for life. God wants the same commitment from us. They chose to nest in high places near water. Eagles choose high places to protect their nest from predators. Apply this in a spiritual sense. God gives us revelations, dreams, and plans to incubate. Remember what I wrote in the chapter, In the Mantle of Darkness? Those seeds must have a dark, safe place to sprout.
The parent eagles do not push their young out of the nest. Instead, they stop bringing food to them. The baby eaglets have no choice but to come out of their comfort zone to eat. They either fly or fall. Father Eagle is there to catch them.
God is a loving Father He will pull back each time saying, “Step out away from the nest.” “Fear not, He will catch us if we fall.
Speaking of flying, an eagle’s wings are six to eight feet long. This gives them the advantage of soaring. The wind beneath their wings carries them so they use less energy. God is that wind that carries us.
… “the Spirit of the Lord may carry you off to some place I don’t know.” (1 Kings 18:12 KJV)
“But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:” 1 Corinthians 2:7 KJV
The Pharisees had no clue what Jesus meant when He said, … “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” (John 2:19-20 KJV)In no time they began to fill in the blanks with a natural meaning. “It took forty and six years to build this temple and You say, You’ll build it back in three” he wasn’t talking about stones and concrete. He was referring to His death, burial, and resurrection.
This morning a reel of images circulated in my thoughts. Sometimes I feel as though the blow of an invisible hammer has come down on me crumbling me into a pile of rubble. I wouldn’t say I like those encounters. But I’ve had to accept that those are necessary for our remaking.
Nehemiah didn’t rebuild using Israel’s damaged material. Everything became new. Rebuilding had to be done right with diligence, watchfulness, and determination. What happens if new material is placed on the rotten and beaten foundation? The work is in vain because it will not hold and affect the new.
You see, when it feels like an invisible hammer is coming down God is resurrecting something new within us. That’s what the purpose of His death, burial, and resurrection is about. A new beginning.
“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” 1 Corinthians 3:11-16 KJV
He is doing something new in all our lives! There is a hidden glory within all of us that is dormant.
Yesterday morning at 4:46, I was awakened by a vision. I saw an eagle standing watchfully on a cliff a half foot above the clouds.
In the distance, he saw a storm coming. The Spirit of the Lord said, “Prepare and position your wings for flight. As the eagle began unfolding his wings to take flight, he opened his beak and let out a screech. The sound echoed in the heights making it possible for all ears to hear. I heard the Spirit of the Lord say, “As the eagle blew his trumpet you do so, declare to the storm that it will not prevail.” I saw the eagle fly above the storm aligning himself with the eye of the storm letting out another screech. The Lord again spoke and said, “I have given you power with the sword, My Word, thrust it in the eye of the storm.” Within the eagle’s talons, he held the sword’s handle, he dropped perfectly pointed at the pupil of the storm. The sword’s sharp point and double edge not only pierced the eye of the storm but split asunder the darkness that was in it. A mighty boom shook the earth. As the terrifying storm imploded it swallowed the darkness and cries of demonic entities and their forces cut it asunder, it became as though it wasn’t.
“I’m not finished,” says the Lord. I have heard the cries of My people and I answer speedily. “I’m not finished for great work is ahead. My glory will come upon the earth as it did in the temple of Solomon. For the earth has not seen Me work in My fullness.”
I will not give My glory to another and the enemy shall not say, “I prevailed.”
That morning talking to a minister over the phone, about my vision she was on her way to check on her son’s home. After checking everything on her way out she said, “Darlene, I hear an eagle!” She looked in the tree near his property and saw two eaglets. We silently listened together. She said the eagles unfolded their wings and gave out a screech and flew away. She contacted the group of prophets and prophetesses about the vision. Yes, God is healing America! There is a storm upon us and something devastating is about to take place, pray! Because the darkness doesn’t have the last say so.
Eagles let us prepare ourselves to fly and align ourselves with the eye of darkness and prophesy against it! Let out your voice says the Lord, “I will answer speedily! God is healing our nation.
God isn’t finished with America. Right now he is exposing darkness. We are hearing and seeing things about our country that are terrifying only if it’s looked at through natural sight. Remember God is spring cleaning! We must stay in His Word and pray without ceasing.
I wasn’t going to post this but in obedience to God, I must do what He says. It doesn’t matter what others think of me for Jesus is my Lord, not people. I understand this puts me in line of persecution I am used to it. I’m used to being falsely accused, I’m used to losing friends but I’m also aware that God will never leave me or forsake me. When you experience visions, dreams, and seeing in the spirit realm there is a price to pay. To God be the glory, He is worthy of all praise!
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
“Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:” Luke 12:8 KJV
Jesus sat down with His disciples urgently talking with them about His identity. “Who do men say that I am?” I imagine they looked at one another talking back and forth, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
“But who do you say that I am?” Without hesitation, Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Peter knew that Jesus was the anointed One and acknowledged He was not any son, but the Son of the Most-High God. Peter identified His Savior and His Savior revealed his identity to him. “I say, you are Peter,” Jesus goes on to decree, “On this rock I will build my church. Remember Hannah? Her prophetic gifting transpired and she declared the Lord as the Rock of her salvation. “There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.” (1 Samuel 2:2 KJV)
Peter is known for being the first one out of the disciples to speak up and step out. Jesus is often correcting Him.
Jesus warned Peter (Simon) in Luke 22:31, … “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat,” … Satan has desired, meaning he had reserved his plot to shake Peter up. Wheat sifting involves shaking back and forth, then it’s tossed in the air. Here is the key, this process is to get rid of chaff. Jesus declares something that Satan can’t contend with, the power of prayer. Jesus interceded for him changing Peter’s outcome. “But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.” Paraphrasing, Simon, you’re going to be shaken, your faith is going to be tested but when you come out of this attack, you’re not going to come out the same way you went in.” Satan planned to shake Simon (Peter) up to the point that he would turn away. God says, “Satan you may seek to destroy him but what you meant for harm is going to be for his good. Your shaking is going to unloose the chaff so that he can become Peter for the next season. When you endure the violent shaking of the enemy Beloved, things within you are going to loosen what doesn’t belong. “Peter replied to Jesus, “Lord, I’m ready to go with You both into prison and death.” Jesus knew him better than he knew himself. “I tell you, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before he crows you will deny you know me three times.”
God knows us. Proverbs 20:27 KJV, “The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.” The NASB version says this, “The spirit of a person is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the innermost parts of his being.”
Peter (Simon) did know Jesus but not himself. “For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.” (Psalm 103:14 KJV)
We have no idea what we are capable of until tested. Even in my walk with God, I have failed Him. I don’t hide it. I want to share with you my unforgettable experience studying about Peter years ago. In my broken, crushed state I believed that I failed God and would be banished for good! I felt unworthy to publish a book.
One afternoon sitting at the kitchen table with my laptop, the Holy Ghost whispered to my spirit, “Lovest thou me?” tears trickled down my face. “Yes Lord, thou knowest. He began ministering to me highlighting although Peter failed, He never said, “You failed me. You are a disgrace to Me.” No, nothing of that sort came from Jesus’ mouth.
Three times Jesus asked him if he loved Him. Peter the third time sorrowfully replies, “Lord, You know all things. You know I love you.” Jesus loved Peter with agape love, not philia love[. There are tremendous differences between the two. Agape is a selfless, sacrificial unwavering love that will stand in all circumstances. Philia is a brotherly love, love that Christians have for one another. But to follow Him wholeheartedly, Peter would have to love Him with agape love.
Jesus wanted to hear him affirm this because Peter would be sacrificing everything without conditions. Jesus already said that what lay dormant in Peter would flourish. “Arise Peter out from beneath the fist of condemnation and receive My mercy, grace, and healing!”
Peter the one the devil entered in, the one who doubted, the one who disobeyed led the people into the greatest revival, the Day of Pentecost!
We are not defined by our failures, praise the Lord! God sees who we will become, not what we are. All that chaff is going to be blown away by the wind of prophecy!
Then said he unto me, “Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.” So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. (Ezekiel 37:9-10 KJV)
When we declare who Jesus is, He will reveal our identity in Him.
WRITING GOD'S VISION----AUTHOR DARLENE JUANITA CONARD 
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