While praying for direction for today and the next season of our lives, I first heard that I needed to go with whatever my wife, abortion survivor and pro-life speaker/author Carrie Fischer's decision would be. Then I heard "Rural 40", believing it to be a more rural path to where we needed to go, rather than interstate 40, which I know passed through our old home in Knoxville. I then heard the name, David Duke, and felt there was a spirit of racism we would need to face and defeat in Jesus' name. I then saw a big strong man wearing a black jacket, but like a flasher, he opened his jacket to reveal a white shirt with a black word on the left chest, which was "Contolversy ". I felt the enemy was trying to control us, but just like David and Goliath, in Christ, we can defeat any strong man in our path. When I asked Carrie what she had been given, she told me about two dreams in which she was in hell, and the enemy had said that she would never make it to heaven, and that she had missed her healing that was prophesied over her mom by a well known prophet in 1994, which he would have had know way of knowing Carrie's birth year, her facial deformity, and that she had survived a failed abortion, all of which he spoke over Carrie's mom before telling her that Carrie would one day be healed in a meeting, and would share her testimony on national television.
Carrie agrees that the enemy is trying to discourage her and keep her from her calling, but as the Lord says, "you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you".
Then I did some research to see if there was a rural 40, and came across the following map, which shows what remains of the former east coast to west coast road, which used to terminate in San Francisco to the west, and still ends in New Jersey in the east, but currently ends Northern Utah. Utah is the State where the essential oils company we began working for about a year and a half ago has it's headquarters, but to date, we have not had much success in selling our products, even though God clearly led us to that company. It is time to overcome the strong man, and press in for the victory!!
Also, when I first saw the read line denoting route 40 as it exists today, I could not help but remember the word I was given a couple weeks ago about a portal God was opening, and the scarlet rope that was used to lower the spies down out of Jericho just prior to the great earthquake which destroyed all the walls of Jericho except the one where Rahab and her family were staying for protection. I wa also reminded of two 40's in the Bible. The 40 years the children of Israel had to wander in the wilderness because they were afraid to enter the promised land because of the giants that were there, and how all but the two spies, Joshua and Caleb, died in the wilderness and only their children born in the wilderness entered with Joshua and Caleb. Also, Jesus' 40 days in the wilderness, during which He rightly used God's word to overcome satan at every turn, and began his 3.5 year ministry!!!
Oh, and route 40 would be at least part of the route we would travel heading to where we believe the Lord has been calling us to for the last 7 years, near the Seattle Area of Washtington State!
Who will stand with us as we face down the giants? Will you be for us or against us? Will you support our business and our ministry?
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