Empty or Full?

It's a new year ya'll! I am so excited for the possibilities, the open doors, and the best that it is still to come. I've got an expectation for this year and for what God is going to do. The foundation was laid in 2015 for what God is building on in 2016. Vessels were emptied that are being filled. Fires were lit that had been just a flicker. Lives were set on course that had been drifting and focused on distractions. Blinders were removed and revelation of the power that comes with a relationship with the Most High was received. Yes 2016 is going to be an amazing year. Last night in my prayer time, my first war time of the new year...God was pouring out His purpose for this new year. When we ask God for an answer, we need to be ready to listen and obey. God gives us the desires of our heart, especially when our desire is to seek more of Him. John 14: 12-14 Greater things are still to come because He went to the Father. Boldness this year readers, boldness to pray specifically, boldness to plead the blood, boldness to walk forward knowing God's already walked every day of this year (all 366 of them) and ordained each and every step we should take. 

So last night in my quiet/war time God led me to the parable of the wise and foolish virgins(Matthew 25). God was speaking about this year and being wise. It had been a couple of months since I had heard a sermon preached on this parable...but that moment when God was putting it all together taught me something. When we receive a word in our Spirit...when God says this is for you, save it away...there will be a time when He brings back that word to remembrance. A moment when He connects the dots and says "Here's my glasses for a few Child, can you see it now". Thankful for revelation, for a clear purpose, and for a fire that was lit by the One whose flame is eternal. So back to the parable....for so long I saw this as a picture of those with Jesus and those without Jesus on the day of eternity. That is the picture on the surface, but there is more to the parable when we go deeper and let God speak revelation. The sermon that came back last night was on the oil being enough. For the five whom were wise, their oil was enough. They had prepared and filled up in preparation for the bridegroom coming. For the five whom were foolish, their oil was not enough. Is your oil empty or full? As we walk forward into this new year, is your oil full to the brim and ready if He were to come back tonight? or Is your oil empty? Have you sat in His presence, listened to His heart, and let Him empty you of you? Have you given Him you? I'm not talking about receiving His gift of salvation, that's the first step...the next is surrendering control. Giving ourselves to the One who knows us better than we know ourselves and loves us more than we love ourselves even on our best days. The bridegroom is coming back readers. His return is closer than we think, if you don't think so...look at the news and what's going on around us in the world. We are living in the last days, the days when God promised to pour out His Spirit on all men (and women!). God's pouring out, I've seen it, felt it, and experienced it in a corporate setting and personal setting. This year I want to be so full of Him that there is no room for me anymore. It's not enough to just sit in His presence weekly, He wants to walk each and every moment of 2016 with you. Let go and Let Him....