Eating my words

Well if you have been wondering where I have been then I have been eating my words. Bitter in the tasting without a doubt.

Nearly two weeks ago I and a few friends spoke our the declaration below; without a doubt one of the biggest days of my life. Bold words indeed.Thought I had fully digested them but alas they got stuck somewhere on route. Still, we all need to nail our colours to one mast or another and I have nailed mine.

Regrets? Actually, in my darkest moments, yes. However I can’t actually afford such indulgence. So I set my face, even as I did seven years ago.

A declaration to Arabia, the trade routes and economic systems

We come today as children of the living God, knowing O Lord that our destiny is completely secure in you. You are our provider and you are our Kinsman Redeemer; the one who has the last word over our lives. We have considered the lilies and the ravens and are completely confident of your provision. We therefore refuse the lure of mammon and agree that in casting our bread upon the waters it will not return void.

We rest this day from our labours.

Today our testimony is one of no fear. No room for worry about what we shall eat or what we shall drink for our Father in heaven knows what we need. Ha! That is enough! We declare today we trust you for our old age and we trust you for our children. We refute the fallen systems of this world and refuse to be measured as economic units. Instead we stand in the blessing of Abraham; a blessing that is for us and our children and for those who are far off. Let it flow!

We come to you Arabia as indeed we come to the Square Mile of London, Wall Street of America and every other so called storehouse across the face of this world declaring you are not our keeper. We need you less than you think for our destiny and inheritance is secured………..but you have need of us and our Lord and the story of grace and redemption that we carry. You think you are rich but we humbly remind you today, you are blind wretched and poor.

Our invitation to you is to leave behind your self-serving agenda and to rise into your true identity. We therefore speak to you trade routes and declare we will not partner with you in service of the god of mammon for there is a different story to rise and a different flow to be found.

• A flow that is from heaven to earth; one that has the power to break famines over lands and deliver whole nations from cycles of poverty.
• A flow that brings freedom in the place of captivity and decrees an exposure and unravelling of child labour, bonded labour and every other form of economic slavery across the face of this world.
• A flow that releases the gold to go to the source of all that is truly glorious……………..for to him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honour and glory and power forever and ever.

We therefore stand with Jesus at the door and knock. You Laodicean lands be unlocked to enter your rightful inheritance. We say let blind eyes be opened and purses be unstrung. We stand with pen in one hand and story book in the other declaring let a new story begin to rise up and down the length of these global trade routes; a story of laughter, justice and the glorious provision of our Lord and God. We say to you trade winds that there is a wind far more powerful than you. It is the wind of heaven and the wind from the storehouses of heaven. Let it be heard again across the face of the globe.

So this is our decree today. Hear O lands the word of the Lord. Amen