Stripping away everything that isn't THE ROCK

I spent last Saturday touring this estate in North Carolina. The Biltmore. It was very impressive. But, I see Jesus everywhere. There was inspiration and confirmation being downloaded as I walked and listened.

This house has no foundation. At least not one made by man. When the site was selected to build it they had to push away everything that was in the way of getting to the bedrock. Overlay, dirt, trees, other rocks....tons were pushed aside to get down to the bedrock on which the house would be built. This enormous house was built simply on the rock that was hidden, always there but out of sight.



When it came time to build, the builders had to see past the mountain that was in the way. With bulldozers and dynamite they had to say unto that mountain "be moved and cast down", and it was.

Then the master's plan could be executed.

I heard the Lord say to me as I walked around,

"that is exactly how it is for my people. They have much detritus and debris covering the place I need them to build upon. They have tried to build on the shifting sands. They have tried to build using man made foundations and methods. Those will all fail. Those are all less than MY plans for them.

Let ME by my Spirit move aside those things that are between ME and them so they can be established on the true rock of stability and destiny.

IF they hear MY voice they will be established. If they hear the voice of the prophets they will be successful and create mighty works".

This Biltmore house could have ended up a little shack. It would have been built on the rock, it would have been a solid little shack. Stable. Established.

Yet it would have been less than the vision, the dream of the prophetic visionary who created it all. The builders listened to the vision and the dream now stands on a rock.

Our lives must be that way. Be established on the solid rock, but look to the word of the Lord by the Prophets and Prosper, have success.

Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.” 2 Chronicles 20:20