"The Place Where Visions are Kept" - Conception to Birth - Part 1

There is a place where visions are kept, this place reminded me of an kennel, an orphanage and a prison. As the Lord revealed this place, He unfolds what happens when we choose not to pursue His intended purpose for us.

Each of us have been assigned a God given purpose, and as we journey through life naturally, some discover and walk into their purpose early, others get distracted along the way with the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. Some of us right now are in that state; walking with the enemy but not fully embracing all his devices, he wants you to go all the way with him, but you know you belong to God, that you are married to Him and you know its wrong. Nevertheless, you continue to walk with him, he does not look bad, very pleasing to the eyes, and he excites the flesh, but your spirit is crying out for your husband, so instead of giving in fully, you just walk with him. The place you are walking is a dry place, a place that does not feed your spirit, it feeds the flesh; because your eye is on this deceiver that looks good, you do not notice where he is taking you. He is trying to devour you so you will not pursue your purpose. He does not want God’s vision for you to manifest, he intends for you to die outside of your purpose.

Job 1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walketh about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Matthew 12: 43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

Now as you walk your journey, the vision, your purpose, is waiting for you to concede, and in that waiting, the vision goes through different stages. There is a stage of Conception, this stage begins when God first quickens you to your purpose and you make the choice to take hold of it or dismiss it. This is when your faith is activated. An example of this is when God first call Abram in Genesis 12:1-3

Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Abram allowed conception to take place, by believing the vision, conceding to the word of God. God allow it to be born when he moved in faith. In the end his testimony came as a result of him not aborting his vision, and serving his purpose in God.

Miscarriage, Partial Abortion and Abortion of the Vision

Sometimes you can have a miscarriage, a partial abortion, or a full abortion of the vision. A miscarriage means that it was not its season to manifest or come forth in your life. An example of that is with the first king of Israel, Saul, the vision started with Saul but was miscarried early, the vision was carried on in King David and made complete in Christ the Messiah.

A partial abortion happens when you intend to abort but stopped the process of abortion; this happens at a point of intercession. At this stage in the process, the vision can still grow if its not too late. If the person decides to pursue it with a pure heart, with hope, they may recover. However, there are instances where it will not fully manifest to its full intended purpose in that person’s life if God is not pleased with the person’s heart. God’s purpose will be fulfilled, it might start with you and end up with a different carrier of the vision. Sometime with partial abortion, it can come forth but does not reflect the full picture of the vision, it may be deformed.

There are people who initially believe and are capable but decide that they no longer want the vision and decide to abort it for selfish reasons. The prophet Jonah was an example of someone who tried to abort the vision after receiving, and accepting that it was from God but decided to not obey. Jonah then repented and decided to pursue what God intended for him to do after intercession was made. In Both of these situation there is hope because there is acknowledgement of the vision that God gave. If repentance takes place and a decision to heed the word of God and pursue it despite reservation, the vision can be accomplished. Jonah 1:1-4

Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. 4 But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

A full abortion of the vision happens when you know that God gave you the vision, you recognize that He intends for you to carry it but you changed your mind and decided to not pursue it. For example being pregnant and deciding to abort the baby. A decision to abort is self motivated, and it is often a move of fear due to lack of faith. This is not what God intends for us.

Who does your vision reflect?

An imperfect or warped vision is a vision that reflects your nature, a clear vision reflects God’s nature and His intended purpose. God’s way is perfect.

For those who believe but also want to do what they want, can cause the vision to not fully develop. although they have a reflection of the vision, it did not fully manifest as intended in their life, this happens when you get the vision and choose to not nurture it as intended and pursue your own desires. It is like being pregnant and drinking at the same time, you want the baby but you still want to party, if you choose to have it both ways the baby may not develop as you hoped it would because you fail to focus on carrying it as intended. An example of this happened in the Garden of Eden.

Gen 3: 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

This world reflects the wisdom of man and what it creates. The church should reflect the vision of God, which is Christ.