One recent night the Lord gave me Luke 11:5-13, and then I heard, “Keep a good faith.” After writing this down, I fell back asleep and had a dream.
My husband and I were viewing a large reservoir of water. Oddly enough, even though water continuously flowed into it and there was no apparent outlet or overflow, the water level remained constant. It seemed important that we figure out a way for excess water to be released, and once we had done this, it was like a dam had broken!
As we watched from a safe vantage point with a group of people, a massive volume of water began cascading out of the reservoir. Apparently, even though the water level had remained constant, an enormous amount of unreleased excess water had built up and been stored out of sight, and now it was all being released at once. I remember thinking how a person would not want to get in the way of that!
Luke 11:5-8 is the story of a man who comes to his friend at midnight and asks for loaves of bread, and verses 9-13 are an encouragement to keep asking, seeking and knocking.
Luke 11:8-9 (NKJV) says: “I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs. So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
Friends, I want to encourage you to keep asking, seeking and knocking. If you have been “storing up” words and promises from the Lord for a long time without seeing evidence of their fulfillment, I believe remaining persistent in faith is the key to unlocking the backlog of your promises in this hour.
I hear the Lord saying, “Keep a good faith — the dam is about to break!” {eoa}
Diane Lake is a writer, speaker and minister ordained with both Christian International (CI) and Generals International. Her articles are regularly featured on The Elijah List, as well as platforms like Charisma Magazine, Charisma News, Intercessors for America and others. She and her husband, Allen, co-founded Starfire Ministries with a vision to see the kingdom established beyond the four walls of the traditional church. They host a podcast with Charisma Podcast Network and serve as Church Mountain, Regional, and Montana Coordinators for the Reformation Prayer Network, and as Media Mountain Leader/Facilitators for CI’s Culture Influencers. Visit Diane’s website at starfireministries.org.
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