WHOSE STUMBLING BLOCK ARE YOU?

April 19, 2008

Numbers 22:31-34

Then the LORD opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown. The angel of the LORD asked him, "Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me. The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared her." Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, I have sinned. I did not realize you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now if you are displeased, I will go back."

What I heard this morning was the Lord saying, "whose stumbling block are you? You have many who have been called to be lifters of the block who have become the stumbling block themselves." This is an area that I am calling My people to look at themselves, and see what is inside of them. For many shall not launch into their ministry until they themselves have judge their lives according to My word. Are you walking according to the word I spoke to you? Are you walking according to the word I have given you through My people, through the people that I have sent to you in the early stages of your walk with Me? You have not only become a stumbling block to others but a stumbling block to yourselves as well. This is not a word that shall pass, for I will require a level of holiness in My people, for this is the word I speak, be holy for I am holy, says the Lord. Remove the block that you have placed and I will remove the block that is before you. It will move when you remove your rock of opinions of man from your shoulder, the rock that holds you down and weighs you down," says the Lord.

"For I will require you to stay in My presence and know of Me, for I am the giver of life for many and this is what I say today. Stay in the secret place that you may know that I am God and before Me I shall have no other. Remove the block of your heart that many shall know God through you. For you have not known Me says the Lord, you have not known of My ways. For I speak life to those who love Me, and life to those who seek Me. For I require much of you in this season, much of what I say is to be still in My presence and lie and wait for the Spirit of joy to come upon you. For ministry shall be with the joy of the Lord, for I shall call upon many to take the yoke of ministry upon themselves and call out to their brothers and walk alongside each other as the advancement of the Kingdom comes to fruition. For I speak of a word that many will not understand, but to those who have the block of the Spirit that has come upon them, will know just what to do. For I speak to few though many will say this word is not for me, but know it is the word of the Lord for those who would receive what I speak."

Bless is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. Let he who has an ear, hear what the Spirit says....

Chrisena Perry
Prophetic Sword Ministries