When we are rooted in rest, it doesn’t matter if a storm comes, because a righteous man does not measure success by the absence of the storm, but by the presence of peace. Out of rest and peace comes an authority that we then carry– not just for us, but so we can pray for others and speak rest and peace over them. Freed people, free people.

Ben speaks about the progression of the glory to glory lifestyle, with ears to hear, a mouth to proclaim, eyes to see, and feet to walk it out; learning and growing together, discovering what this lifestyle looks like.

The Kingdom of Yahweh is not about isolation, it’s about family, centered around OUR Father. He desires that we be together, not alone, because there are keys within family that unlock a greater revelation of who we are. When we allow the culture of family to be created in our gatherings, the glory of Yahweh will be sensed by anyone who enters the room.

Sanctify yourself. Expect the impossible. Breakthrough will happen and access will be granted and permission then given to move into a deeper realm with Yahweh.

As I am transformed into the image and likeness of The Father, waiting on the Lord takes on a more intimate meaning. Instead of waiting for Yahweh to come and answer my prayer or need, I find that lingering and remaining in His presence...seeing Him as the source, not the solution...brings me to a posture of sonship, and I know that He is always there, always available.

There is an inherent power in the choices we make on the path of righteousness. Blessed is the man who sees today as not just his day, who sees his life as not just his life, who sees purpose in today as not just to benefit himself, but for everyone who will come after him...who sees his choices as seed, planted into the future.

Religion would convince us to see God only as austere, formidable, and unapproachable, when He is longing for us to see a new side of who He is. Yahweh is calling us into a deeper place of intimacy, a new revelation of Himself. It may be a little uncomfortable, but He is inviting us into the depths of simplicity, to become child-like, wide-eyed and full of wonder, anxious for nothing. He sees us as sons and daughters and He wants us to see Him as Father...and more intimately, as Daddy.

Yahweh put His breath in us, not to keep and hold, but to breathe in and out, over and over. It is His breath in our lungs that causes us to turn and give Him praise! It is His breath that changes us.

Yahweh’s ever increasing Kingdom takes us from glory TO glory, and when that “TO” is in process, it requires grit for us to be totally knitted to His heart and trust Him in the journey.