Out of the Ordinary comes the Extraordinary

If the key revelation that unlocks true sanctification and holiness and is the consummation of “Otherism” then we must search for this pearl of great price with all our hearts. This is the key that unlock’s the treasures of purity, that restores, innocence and repairs the soul. This is life well lived looking out with the mind of Christ at His world through His eyes to the abandonment of a self-centered and ego-centric appraisal of people, circumstances, and God Himself. This is the place of liberty and freedom that many have dreamed of and fight for with all their natural strength, anger, ambition and self-determination. It is the volitional choice to lay one’s life down for the sake of The King of the Universe, Yeshua, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This is a love and surrender that asks how may I serve, love and give to those whom He has brought into my life? Some would label this, “Death to Self,” however it is far more than the end of me, it is the beginning of my truest identity, purpose, and destiny. We have found the answer to the riddle of existence. We were born to love unconditionally and nurture life in everyone and everything around us. We become like our Father, who is love, light, and life itself.

Where are the proving grounds to develop this character? It is found in the solitude of the ordinary day and the mundane life. It is in the desert of what appears to be the lonely walk in the valley of the shadow of death. This is the place where there are no external stimulation to activities, validation, and approval. This is the place where the quiet soul settles down in the green pastures, alongside the still waters to hear only one voice, His voice. This is the classroom of the history makers, life changers, reformers, and transformation catalyst sons and daughters. As it has famously been said, “Champions are made when no one is looking.” Author unknown.

From the book, "Poetry of the Dance." By Danny Dean

There are heroes in the making for the end of the age. Right now, there are Samuels waiting to hear the His call. There are David's busy about the mundane tasks of life. There are Esther's waiting for the call to royalty. There is the aged Moses in preparation for the final call to duty. So many we cannot count. Silently praying, studying God's Word. Hidden in the wine presses of Gideon's threshing floor, day in and day out and always wondering, "Where are all His miracles?"

These are the holy ones, the consecrated ones. These are the ones no one is turning to today, and no one is calling out to. These are the ones who live only to please Him secluded in daily worship and sit at His knee. These are the ones who are being purified, sanctified, and are stepping higher and higher into realms of glory and faith. Faith and power unrealized in previous generations. These are the Luthers pouring over the sacred texts looking for the answers to the longing, nagging questions of their souls. These are the Noah's building in derision what no one has ever seen, and experiences they have never had. These are the Schindler's  ready to make their lists. The Ten Boom's with hearts ready to do their part. The conductors on the underground railroad whose morality is ready to do what it takes to protect the innocent. There is the ideal of love over hate, holiness over selfishness, and love of Jesus supremely over all other loves. These are the nameless, faceless, hidden few who know He is not in the earthquakes He is not in hurricanes and tornadoes. They know He is not in the wild fires; He is in the small still voice that calls out, "will you ride with Me? Will you follow Me wherever I go? Who will run to the finish line with Me? Come on, race with Me!"  

It is the faithfulness to pursue Him when there is nothing but quietness in your world. No cheerleaders, no applause, and no accolades. It the place where the common everyday life is lived in complete devotion, worship, and praise to our great God and King, Jesus. It is when in the daily consecration of all that we are and all we have to give is laid at His feet. We give Him what He is worthy of when no one is looking except all of heaven, the Great Cloud of Witnesses, the angels, and the Father who sees in secret and rewards openly. We come more earnestly to give Him our deepest love and adoration. This is not for anything He has said or done, but simply because He remains ever worthy of every breath and every heart beat we have been loaned from birth. These are His first and most precious gifts to us and for that alone we bow with faces to the ground, prostrate before Him, and with ever-increasing awe of this great God and King who created us and loved us into existence for His Glory. For this and this alone, in the solitude of the humdrum day to day life alone, we trod with our hearts filled with gratitude.

From the book, “Footmen to Horsemen,” Dr. James Brewton (Used with permission)

“God is not only shaking the earth, but heaven as well. Not because heaven needs shaking; there is nothing out of order in heaven. Rather, God is shaking from heaven (the eternal mind of God to His sons and daughters on earth as per their kingdom assignment) the Kingdom pattern that cannot be shaken or removed by ungodly people and the demonic world systems that seduce them. God is shaking from heaven, the new 21st Century, apostolic model that the Church must embrace in order to become the catalyst of the greatest revival of souls for the Kingdom of God of any time in history.”

We must learn to walk alone before we are called to ride with the King. He has prepared a horse for you to ride, will you let Him finish in you what He has been working on your whole life? Will you come away as His beloved and embrace this hour of testing, proving, training and revelation? The desert is where He speaks sweet nothings to His beloved.

You are right where you are supposed to be and yet we find the more we learn, and the more He moves in our lives, the weaker we feel. Weaker in the natural fleshly strengths we have and the more we depend on Him. We may even cry out, “Change me and make me strong,” and His only reply, “My strength is sufficient.” Therefore, we bow to His wisdom and say, “I can do all things through the Messiah, Jesus, who strengthens me.”

You are not alone, around the world millions of brothers and sisters are in the same spot as you. He is preparing a glorious end time army to rise at this dawning of a new day. The world has seen Him as the Morning Star when He first came, now they will see Him as the bright Sun of this new day and His return.

When He surveys the shelf and all the vessels on it, there may be the glamorous, jewel encrusted goblets and then there are the simple, everyday cups with nothing spectacular about them. However, if the goblet has been used so much it needs to be washed before reuse and there is the plane cup that is sparkling and clean which one will you reach for when you just need a drink of water? 

We come now with clean hands and a pure heart to lay are lives down for our friends.

“Not to us, not to us, but You be all the Glory”

Lift up your eyes to the Mountain of the Lord, that is where your help will come from.

At your side, in Him eternally and for His Glory,

Your brother, Dan