HAVE I FINISHED MY MARATHON - Part ONE - 1987
I alluded to God directing me back to things he said 20 years ago in a previous post. This prophetic word was one of the things he directed me back to.
In 1993 when I made the move to Mankato, I placed myself under a presbytery of leaders from the region, several leaders prophesied over my life, but one prophet from the region told me that God said, "David, you have run the 100 yard dash, You have run the 440,
You have run the mile, but God says, he is preparing you to run the marathon."
A Marathon is 24-26 miles historically, this is I believe prophetically a 26 year marathon. So I went back in my journals a little earlier and ended up in 1987. I received toe prophecies one month apart in the fall of 1987, one is listed below form a man from Delaware and the other one month earlier was given by a man from Kentucky.
Oct 25, 1987 - 26 years ago I received a prophetic word privately from the visiting speaker, who was a prophetic man, I was invited over to the home of my pastor and friend Bob, the plan was to take some refreshment and then afterward I would drive the speaker to his in-laws house, which was 20 miles away from the church and the pastor's home, but near my apartment in Roseville, MN.
The speaker came into the house and when he saw my face he said "ohh... it is you!
Then he asked, Are you involved in a Saul /David relationship? I responded well....
I don't know if it is that serious... there is some tension at work.
He went on...the Lord showed me this during the meeting about you and I was looking for you after the meeting...
- Trust me, You are in a Saul/David relationship, and
- You are not Saul
- Dodge the spears but
- Don't throw them back.
Oh that makes a lot of sense! - Mark Chironna
He then asked me if he had prophesied over me earlier during the meeting and I said, Yes, you did. and he said, I thought so ...
This word was in given to me October 25, 1987 an I wrote it all down and have kept it ever since but here is the interesting thing... I just received a similar word from a brother this last year, in the fall of 2013, which would be exactly 26 years later!
Twenty-Six (kaph-vav) = Power of Salvation
- To write twenty-six in Hebrew, they wrote two Hebrew letters: kaph-vav. These signify an open hand with a nail. The Power of Salvation is pictured by Jesus' hands being nailed to the cross.
Twenty-six is the number signifying the Power of Salvation. The Hebrew word translated “Salvation” is Yeshua, which is Jesus' Hebrew name. Thus, the Power of Salvation is also the Power of Yeshua (Jesus). Likewise, the Hebrew name for Yahweh (YHVH) carries a numeric value of 26. (Y = 10; H = 5; V = 6; H = 5)
The 26th time that David's name is mentioned is in 1 Samuel 17:39, where David is being equipped with the sword to go out against Goliath—the world system. Of course, he declines the use of the carnal sword in order to rely upon his sling and the five smooth stones of Grace. Grace is the Power of Salvation.
Excerpt taken of Dr. Stephen Jones
Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit says the Lord.So the question I am posing to myself here is...Have I finished the course laid out before me? I believe I have! The whole reason to jump through all these mental gymnastics however, to dig up the details of the past, is to properly discern the times. Looking back at the history of a life word helps us to determine, is this the Lord's time for releasing the new thing, that was prophesied, so we can join Him in what He is doing.
The men of Issachar were wise they knew the times and what Israel should do.
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I wouldn't have thought this public prophecy given during the meeting was connected to the David/Saul thing shared privately, until I looked at it again, from that prospective.
Here is the word as it was recorded Earlier in the evening when he gave me a word in public...
MY brother...There is a whole series of things that have gone on in the last several months of your life. I see stepping stones that God has placed before you and a sense of accomplishment is going to come to you in the days to come.
I hear the Lord saying, "the last three years" (Oct 84- Oct 87) I see certain times when you have come to a plateau, and you thought you were going to move on into a new dimension and the door was slammed in your face. And it didn't happen just once, it happened on a number of occasions.
But you are going to find that in the days ahead, that those doors are not going to slam in your face anymore, because there is a new sense of accomplishment, there is anew sense of direction and fulfillment that is coming to you.
You've paid a high price for what you have struggled with in your life. there's been a lot of times when people have mis-understood you, they have looked at you askance, you have been puzzled at times with the rejection you felt growing up.
But God is healing you of the hurts of the past, God is washing you of all those things that would rob you of seeing yourself as a man of God. You're going to find in the days ahead, that out of healthy sense of respect for who God has made you to be, that you are going to accomplish more than you ever thought possible.
There has been a sense in your life where you have settled for something less than your ultimate and you have denied the dream ...
You have had a dream since you were a child, and you have been saying No! God can't want that for me, its not...God would never allow me to walk in this dream. But I want you to know that, that dream that you have carried, from the time you were a child is THE WORD OF THE LORD and God is going to release you to believe that really that thing is the thing he created you for.
You are going to find with a new intensity and a new vigor you are going to run with faith towards the dream in your heart. Go is going to release you to a new sense of confidence. God is going to heal you from the past. And in the process God is going to tie up some loose ends... I just see loose ends being tied up.
But God is going to give you negotiating wisdom...you need to negotiate some things in the next couple of months. God is going to cause you to sit down at the negotiating table with a word of wisdom. God is going to give you favor, you are going to clearly articulate what's in your heart, and its going to be understood and they are going to say OK! you've got it!
God is going to give you an ability to negotiate... Somehow the blessing of the Lord in your life is directly related to your ability to negotiate, your ability to communicate it clearly. And your mouth is what is going to bring you into great places in terms of prosperity and in terms of the blessing of the Lord.
God is going to release you to new confidence in the words of your mouth. You are going to clearly articulate things that have had a hard time articulating in the past, and you are not going to be afraid, with dignity and integrity to communicate clearly the desire of your heart for fear that you will be denied. God is releasing you from that. There is whole new sense of confidence God is bringing you in Jesus Name. Amen, amen, Praise the Lord!
It appears that if the two words are connected the crux of the issue is to gain the confidence needed to speak boldly what God is saying and not being afraid if their faces. The Saul part is the jealousy and territorial spirit that is afraid of being taken advantage of. Saul was afraid of what the social media of the day was saying about him vs. what the girls were texting about David. Here are a couple of links on the Saul spirit from different sources on the web.
The Saul Spirit -
The Control Spirit
Serve with Gladness
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