REALMS OF PROPHECY

This prophecy was spoken to me three years ago and I didn't have a clue what it meant. I thought God was going to do something wonderful in my life. So I waited for Him to do it, not considering I would need to play a vital role. It never occurred to me to nurture or feed the child or watch my diet. I never sang, read or even spoke to the infant. I basically ignored this God-given gift.

In Luke 1:35, speaking of her child it says, Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

I never pondered if my baby would be healthy. I never questioned who the child would resemble.... if I would see my likeness or Father's.

I once heard a pastor say, "There are dreams in the heart of God that he wants to fulfill, but no one will ask him." Finally, I asked.
"What treasure have you entrusted to me, God?"

Now, I am in full-blown pregnancy, burden bearing and about to deliver.
"Like a woman in childbirth I cry out. I gasp and pant." Isaiah 42:14

Why am I in such travail? Because the burden I bear is for women to learn to worship.
For the most part, women have never learned to praise God. We simply do no know how.
It begins with a grateful heart.

Listen to these words.... and let them resonate to the innermost fiber of your being:

He (God) has never let you down, never looked the other way when you were being kicked around. He has never wandered off to do his own thing; he has been right there, listening. Psalms 22:24-- The Message

If you believe this to be true, then you have reason to praise Him.

From the four corners of the earth, people are coming to their senses, are running back to God. Long lost families are falling on their faces before him. God has taken charge; from now on he has the last word. All the power-mongers are before him-- worshiping! All the poor and powerless, too-- worshiping! Along with those who never got it together-- worshiping! Our children and their children will get in on this as the word is passed along from parent to child. Babies not yet conceived will hear the good news-- that God does what he says.
Psalms 22:27-31-- The Message

So God's word is passed along from parent to child. And babies not yet conceived will hear the good news.
But how will they hear unless we tell them? Give God the glory. He is faithful. He loves us. And he alone is worthy of our highest praise!

In awe of my Creator,
Julie Strunk