Today, we are in a huge moment in time and we are thankful to be a part of it. Yahweh is transforming us into a completely new wineskin - a new nature - that is ready and willing and able to receive the new wine He is pouring into us. Yahweh is doing something incredible and truly awesome…not for our glory, but His. We say a resounding, “Yes” to this opportunity, this reformation, this glory.

This house, known as The Rock since the mid-80’s, was established by pioneers who laid down their lives and made a way for the builders. Christ is building His church upon “the rock” through His people who are re-identified with a new name that signifies a new nature, a new character, a new authority and a new wineskin that is pliable for expansion, able to receive the new wine being poured out. For this house, it is in our new nature to be established as “Tribe.”

If there is an issue in the entirety of the Church world, it is an issue of hunger - not for want of food to feed the body, but of the lack of hunger for more of Yahweh and His Kingdom. There are so many conveniences and vices that are vying to fill our minds with everything but Abba, quelling the cry of our spirit from deep within that longs to be fed at His table. Spiritual hunger works the opposite of physical hunger: when we eat food, hunger goes away. When we feed our spirit, we eat and want more…more of Him.

What are we here on the earth to do? We are here to represent the King…to be about our Father’s business. He has set us here to tend and keep this garden He has given us, keeping ourselves separated from the fights of this world’s culture, choosing instead to bless and pray for others, including our enemies (Matthew 5:43-48). The earth is His, we are His, and the battle is His.

Super-deep revelations are great and awesome, but it’s easy to get lost in seeking the deep mysteries and fail to see the depth of the simple, foundational words that are the framework to manifesting and sustaining the deep things. Focusing on the One Thing - the simple desire to be in His presence, seated at His table - is perhaps the greatest and deepest revelation of them all. Without that, we cannot walk this earth as representatives of Christ and His Kingdom.

Yahweh’s word to us — past, present, on-going — is not a tool for us to get what we want or need. His word is an invitation into His will… into a “be it unto me according to Your word” heart and lifestyle. As we rehearse the word spoken to us and read the living, written Word, and always be open to and listening for an on-going word, it will propel us into a deeper relationship with Him.

Some of the most life-changing revelations come from prophetic seeds that were spoken and planted a long time ago. Yahweh is responsible for the seed, we are responsible for the soil. Before we were ever consumers, made by this world, we were meant to be gardeners. Remembering and rehearsing the word He has given us is how we tend and keep the garden He has given us.

In the Bible, it seems like Yahweh always chose the most unlikely of heroes and called them to do the impossible. When His Spirit fell upon them, He anointed and called them for a purpose. He also does that for us. When Christ came to dwell within us by Holy Spirit, we became the anointed ones. This anointing is not just reserved for a preacher, but for all of His sons and daughters here on the earth. Don’t pass this call off to someone you think can speak more clearly or is more articulate than you. The mighty Spirit of the Lord is wrapped around you, calling you to impossibility.

Our calling is to be counter-culture, with a way of life that is opposite of the prevailing social norms. We are like streams in the desert, flowing from a source that is different from what we see around us. The beauty and glory of Abba’s presence streaming through us will be an oasis to the weary and thirsty soul.

Nothing in this world can open the gate of breakthrough like thanksgiving. It is the qualifying hinge that opens this gate. So go home. Sit down. Relax. Talk to God. Rehearse all that He has done in your life, and then say: “Thank You.”