This morning in my communion time with the Holy Spirit He continued a conversation with me on the word consider which He reminded me of yesterday. When the Holy Spirit brings up a word and asks a question about the use of that word it is time to listen and pay attention because one is about to learn a life changing truth that takes you from wondering and contemplating what may happen to assurance and confirmation of things changing and becoming a reality in your life.

Let me now share what the Holy Spirit was bringing to my attention concerning the word consider.

In Luke.12:24 we read these words Jesus says to His disciples: Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds? Jesus does not engage in idle conversation so when He speaks we need to pay close attention because we will receive life if we heed what He says. To consider means to think of especially with regard to taking some action, or to give serious and careful thought to.

Why would Jesus want us to pay close attention to the ravens? Probably because Jesus wants us to recognize that a raven on this earth even though it does not have the capability to sow and therefore reap anything. Though it has no ability to store its harvests safely in a storehouse or barn, the Lord feeds them regardless of their inability to use the law of seedtime and harvest which the Lord said will remain as long as the earth remains. Genesis.8:22. Let this truth overtake your old thoughts on seedtime and harvest.

Jesus also wanted us to know the value of our lives to Him in respect to our mission on the earth. The human soul has tremendous value to the Lord because it is through us that the Lord gets to rule in the affairs of men and establish His Kingdom on earth. A raven can’t preach the good news of Jesus to a lost generation.

The Lord created us humans to rule the earth in union with Him so why would He withhold what we need to survive and live with on the earth. Romans.5:17. Rather than doubt the ability of God to provide, just consider the ravens and make up your mind that you are of more value to God than them and allow the Lord to make a way for you regardless of how it looks to be provided for.

Elijah in 1 Kings.17:4 & 6 And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.

Ravens are takers by nature but when the Lord steps in they become givers. Let that truth wash over you completely and receive the miraculous working on your behalf in Jesus name.

I experienced the Lord making financial provision for me in Botswana and Sierra Leone in a way that was startling. They are not givers by nature but the provision they made towards me as I preached the gospel was a true testament to the Lord’s ability to release unusual kindness through the most unlikely vessels to show how great His ability to provide for us actually is.

This even though I never preached a single message on finances because at the time I was aware the countries were suffering financially but the Lord knew the needs of the people and wanted to show how He could make a financial difference in their lives as He caused them to sow financial seeds and reap harvests immediately to bring much financial recovery and restoration.

Did you ever wonder where the ravens got the bread and meat from as there was a famine in the land and men were dying. The Holy Spirit wants us to see the Lord from His perspective of abundance, not our limitations and concerns about supply and availability. The Lord uses ravens to provide for Elijah and Jesus uses ravens to remind us about His willingness to provide what we need in any and every situation. What a powerful God we serve.

Let’s go further with the Holy Spirit to discover what He is looking to get across to us going forward on what we choose to consider. Further in Luke.12:27 & 28 Jesus speaks again on what we should consider: Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?

He also goes ahead to give the conclusion to this matter of provision we struggle with. Will God not feed and clothe us? Jesus brings it down to reality!

We are the ones who lack the faith necessary to receive what God has available for us in the now and the Holy Spirit wants to help us develop great faith so we are not left out on the outskirts of His provision for us. Jesus wants us to experience our inheritance of supply from Him and live in the place of all sufficiency in all things. As the Divine Power of God has given to us all things that pertain to our lives and godliness according to His power we allow to work in us through faith.2 Peter.1:3 & 4.

The Holy Spirit took me one step further in this conversation on what I need to consider in Romans.4:19-22 which speaks of Abraham: And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. 22 And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Just look at the stance of consideration Abraham made here.

He refused to consider the present human reality his body was facing, death and natural inability, but focused his consideration on what the power of God could do for Him and Sarah’s womb in order to fulfill His promise to them.

He set his mind on God’s ability to perform what He promised and excluded any other thought in his mind of it not happening and his result was that he had what God said he would have and Sarah conceived and bore him Issac at 100 years old she being 90 years old. The same Lord remains today still capable to do what He did back then and more because of the sacrifice Jesus made for us to inherit life and that in its fullest measure.

The Holy Spirit said to me only consider what I promised you I would do in your life and throw out all other considerations that rise up to question what thus saith the Lord. Refuse to consider any doubt or unbelief and remain steadfast in your confession of what the Lord has said because His faithfulness will be standing over the grave of doubt and unbelief with a triumphant manifestation of the promise God spoke.

You are not the first to doubt and you will not be the last. However, choose to repent for doubting and get rid of that thought and focus on God’s ability to perform what He said. Go ahead and absolutely refuse to move from that stance no matter if the earth is removed from under you. God will still do and perform what He said. Psalm.46:1-3

Let the grace to focus only on what God promised and consider that alone flow towards you today as you hear and receive these words and go right on believing right through to the manifestation of the promise of God for your life as the Holy Spirit performs signs, wonders and astonishing miracles on your behalf and you become a manifestation of the glory of God on the earth for men to see and turn to Jesus. Amen.