God’S Vision, My Vision
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May your testimony inspire readers to know the testimony of Jesus Christ: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
As you prophesy before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings: may this book be like the little book of Revelation 10 when eaten makes the belly bitter, but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey.
Your fellow servant and of your brethren and father in the faith that have the testimony of Jesus.
Pastor Houseworth
Gary, Indiana
Robert “Bobby” Florence
The voice of transparency, where he or she can relate to themselves. This author's boldness who speaks candid not only of victories, but failures, an setbacks, many think disqualify them but to the contrary, qualifies them for their purpose in life. One will hear the voice of one who knows it matters very little how others see you that determines your future, it's how you see yourself. One who wants he or she to understand we must come from behind masks we wear in our quest for acceptance and love. One whose purpose is to point one to where he or she can be accepted and remove their mask and find their true self and that's in the Beloved, Jesus Christ. Where he or she will discover the love of God in an intimate way that only God can present Himself. Inside of the book the reader will comprehend the power of personal choice, and he or she will understand like the author whose eyes have been open to the truth of we're asinine, and frivolous to point fingers at others for our lack of success. One will face as they read this book a very pertinent question he or she must ask themselves. Which is, how and why would he or she believe they'll ever be happy with inner peace if their living a life of deception not knowing who they were created to be? This book will allow one to see they were created to win, over come obstacles, test, adversities, and trials, and emerge victorious. The reader will hear loud and clear the voice of an encourager whose purpose in life is to point he or she to the one where the impossible becomes possible and that's to God the Father, and His Holy Son, Jesus Christ!
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God’S Vision, My Vision - Robert “Bobby” Florence
Contents
Dedication
Preface
Joshua Generation
Ai
Straight and Narrow
Permissive Will vs. God’s Perfect Will
Gifts and The Anointing
Who Am I?
Spirit of Expectancy
Sealed
Yielding to Conquer
Souls
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Dedication
T he word of God tells us in Proverbs 17:17, a friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. It has been said that friends who abandon you in winter and return in spring were never your friends at all. In life during some of our most difficult times we’ll find those who we assisted during their time of despair have turned their backs on us. We sit perplexed contemplating, trying to comprehend how those we went the extra mile with refuse to lend a helping hand. Anger tries to invade our chain of thought as we recollect on how the love and compassion we sowed seem to have went unnoticed.
Time seems to have stopped and it appears we’re trapped in the wilderness of darkness. Blindingly we saunter in this midst of darkness groping with hands of uncertainty. We pray and look for assistance but problems, discouragement, and heartache appear at our door. Isolation is what we feel because those in whom we trust are nowhere to be found. We fast and pray and yet our prayers seem as if they’re going unheard.
Our mind is in a state of befuddlement and we fail to understand that when the Teacher is silent it’s because we’re taking a test. Our loving Father is meticulously leading us from our familiar where faith is not required out into our unfamiliar, where faith is all we have. Our Father is taking us from faith to faith, and to glory to glory and shaking everything in our life that can be shaken. The God we serve is ordering our steps and showing us we belong to Him and not ourselves. Eventually we will see the darkness in our life give way unto light, and see our God can and will perform what He has promised.
I dedicate this book to my mother, Lillie Mae Florence who has loved me unconditionally in every stage of my life. I also dedicate this work of God to Pastor Jerome Houseworth and John Mullins, who when I was too weak to stand carried me with the Love of God. I thank God especially for Wilma Cooper, who I have nicknamed Faithful
. Wilma has been a constant in my life who in my darkest hours reminded me to hope against hope, because light will appear. I give thanks to these children of God, but I give all GLORY, HONOR AND PRAISE TO MY FATHER GOD AND MY LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.
Preface
T he book you hold in your hands is a testimony to the goodness and greatness of God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In the book of Habakkuk 2:2-4, the prophet wrote by the Spirit of God words that if not mixed with patience will have believers putting, as the old saying goes, the cart before the horse.
I’ve used that old cliché as a reminder to myself, which I hope and pray, will be a reminder to some and a warning to others. My reason for saying that is because for the few people who know one of the gifts of God that is within me they have encouraged me to write a book to the people of God. I’m thankful to God for the encouragement of those dear brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus, but Jesus said in John 10:4, And when He putteth forth His own sheep, He goeth before them, and the sheep follow Him, for they know His voice.
I must put the words of Habakkuk before your eyes and mine and expound on them as the Spirit of God has advised me, encouraged me, and warned me to take heed. Habakkuk 2:2-4 states: And the Lord answered me, and said write the vision, and make it plain upon tables that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie though it tarry wait for it, because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him, but the just shall live by his faith.
For over ten years I’ve been encouraged, pressed, and motivated to do what I’m doing now by peers in Christ, but not by the Spirit of Christ. In Romans 3:4 it says, Let God be true, but every man a liar.
I must explain because by no means am I calling my exuberant brothers and sisters liars, nor am I suggesting their encouragement is of the enemy, the devil. The two scriptures that I’ve mentioned will be explained and come to life. In John 10:4, Jesus said my sheep know my voice.
In Habakkuk 2:3 the prophet wrote that the vision is for an appointed time. I can’t express the importance of hearing and knowing the voice of Jesus. True believers understand that not being able to hear Jesus’ voice is a sign of us being out of fellowship with the precious Holy Ghost or we’re in the mindset of willful disobedience, because the Spirit of God is always speaking. I’m positive that God the Father has impregnated all of His people with a dream, vision, goal, plan, etc, that He wants us to birth in our lifetime. We must hear the voice of Jesus, by the Holy Ghost, that says: now is the appointed time and move so that we don’t miss our day of visitation that God has ordained the Holy Ghost to anoint the vision, plan, goal, etc. that He wants us to birth into the world.
In hearing the voice of Jesus, we must comprehend that our Lord said He goes before His sheep and they follow Him.
We must not make the crucial mistake of going before Jesus even though we might be doing a good thing. We must be cognizant of the fact that with God there is a vast difference between a good thing and a God thing. Good is always the enemy of best.
In the business world it has been said that the key to success is location, but in God’s Kingdom, success depends on faith mixed with patience and, most importantly, the ability to hear God’s voice. The word of God teaches us that the Bible was written to show us how to live. We must understand and see with our eyes of faith, the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night that God wants to lead us out of captivity, bondage, and helplessness into the abundance of promises promised to us.
I thank God for a friend and brother named John Mullins. The Lord placed the two of us into each other’s lives. The Holy Ghost spoke through John, which allowed me to understand that now this vision that I’ve been impregnated with was ready to be birthed into the world. John was aware as he spoke words of encouragement to me of keys to visions and dreams coming to pass. John stated the vision that God gives us is real but it only becomes real when it becomes real to us.
Some might ask how do we know when the vision is real? I believe that when we purpose in our heart to seek God and not the things of God, we’re headed down the right road. When we’ve decided to let the word of God become the controlling factor in our lives we’re in the right vehicle. When we comprehend that if we know how to get it done, we’ve made a wrong turn because we’re being led by the spirit of self and not by the Spirit of God. When we acknowledge to ourselves that God has a purpose for our lives and that purpose is to seek and find the thing He wants to do through us and not the selfish thing we want for ourselves. When we truly realize that God isn’t interested in understanding our plan unless our plan is His plan. When we have the determination of Jacob that says: I’m not letting this goal, vision, or dream, go until I receive the blessing. There are many more ways in which we will know, but if winning souls to Christ isn’t our main objective, we may be led by a spirit, but not the Spirit of God. I’ve entitled this book GOD’s VISION, my vision,
and purposely wrote my vision in small letters to remind myself and all believers that my vision and your vision only become large when it becomes God’s vision, and His will not ours.
The word of God can’t and won’t help you or me if it’s not applied and utilized in our lives. In Hebrews 4:2 it says, For unto us was the gospel preached, as well unto them, but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
The Apostle James wrote, Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead being alone.
We must understand that our Lord Jesus, the master teacher warned us, advised us, and encouraged us to know that not the hearers of the word are blessed, but the doers. This book is written for those that can hear the Spirit of God just as He said to King David, 1 Samuel 30:8: Pursue for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. This book is for those who at this moment might think that life has beaten them down. The book you hold in your hand will prayerfully- like the prodigal son in Luke 15:17 - quicken you to come to yourself and understand and know that greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world. This book is for those who know - not thinks or believes - that if God be for them who can be against them. I’m writing to the children of God who understands that our wounds might be self-inflicted, but there is forgiveness in and with the blood of Christ. I’m writing to the bold, courageous, daring soldiers of Christ who understand we are dominion people. The people of God who will say like prophet Micah 7:7, 8,
Therefore I will look unto the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation, and my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me O mine enemy, when I fall, I shall arise, when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me."
If you are a believer who is more interested in being spiritually correct, this book isn’t for you. This book is for those dominion minded believers who have purposed in their hearts to be spiritually active. For those children of God who know or are seeking their purpose and destiny in the Lord. Also, the radical believers who comprehend that they have been predestinated by God the Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Lastly, those believers who are and will be tormentors to the realm of darkness. The people of God who understand King Jesus as he said in Matthew 11:12: And from the days of John the Baptist until now the Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and the violent taketh by force.
I must advise you before you continue to read on. The title GOD’S VISION, my vision,
is not that you can learn of me. I pray, hope, and believe that just as I’ve compared my vision you will compare your vision and we will know if our vision is God’s vision for our lives. Jesus said in Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you and LEARN OF ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Theme: We must comprehend that what we do, we become, and what we become, determines the life we live!
Note all Scripture reference comes from K.J.V.
CHAPTER 1
Joshua Generation
I ’ve always found it to be very strange and at times I’m befuddled at how we as Modern day believers, who see ourselves as dominion-children of God claim we’re of the Joshua generation. I’m talking about the name it, claim it
generation and I must admit I’m talking about myself. I must make this statement and I’m sure that many saints will disagree, but I believe my words will be biblically correct.
The Joshua generation was blessed of God to enter the Promised Land, but they had the spirit of Moses in them. In Numbers 14:30, God spoke unto Moses and told him that only Caleb and Joshua would be allowed to enter into the Promised Land because they were of a different spirit. What these two warriors had was the spirit of faith, trust, and belief in God; at that time Moses was the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
The word of God gives us insight into the relationship of Moses and Joshua. If we don’t look with our eyes of faith
we’ll miss the spirit connection Caleb had with them. These three men were of a kindred spirit and the foundation that allowed them to stand, trust and believe God was their obedience to God’s word. They understood even before Samuel told Saul that obedience is better than sacrifice. They learned by watching Moses. Joshua and Caleb never read Hebrews 11:6, but they didn’t have to because it was written in their hearts-engraved within by God’s words spoken by Moses.
Psalms 103:7 says: God made known His ways unto Moses, His acts unto the children of Israel.
The Joshua generation understood and the ones not born had been told about God’s acts and they knew Moses’ success was based on knowing God’s ways, which can only be achieved by having a relationship with the Father.
The Moses generation saw God as one who stood over them with a rod ready to strike them anytime they disobeyed. The Joshua generation recognized God and saw Him with a rod, but a rod that was there to guide them and protect them from any adversary that stood in their path. I’m of the firm belief that the difference between the two generations could be described by two words: faith and doubt. Hebrew 3:19 gives us a sad epithet for those carcasses that fell in the wilderness. The Word of God simply states so we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. Unbelief always looks for signs and wonders.
The difference between the two generations can be described like this and it’s one that we should take heed and examine our hearts for the answer lives within. The Moses generation wanted the things of God that He had promised without being obedient to God. The Joshua generation was totally aware that the promises of God were predicated on their willful obedience to God because immediate history had shown the consequence of doubt and unbelief.
The Joshua generation was and is a generation that wasn’t and isn’t afraid, alarmed, or discouraged by the size of their enemy, the problems they face, or what they see with their natural eyes. The Joshua generation understands that the size of the enemy doesn’t matter because the problems they face are temporal. They know the size of their God is the only thing that counts. This generation of which I’m speaking operated and lived under the law, but the law of faith
was in their hearts. I’m going to use Romans 4:18-21 and allow the Apostle Paul to describe what was in their hearts even though Paul is talking about Abraham. These verses are applicable to us because they were written to us and for us and like the Joshua generation that reached the Promised Land these words must be tattooed in our hearts. The Joshua generation against hope believed in hope, were not weak in faith, staggered not at the promises of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith giving glory to God. The most important fact is found in verse 21. They were fully persuaded that what God had promised, He was also able to perform.
The book of Joshua is very intriguing. If we don’t take time to study its context and squeeze its’ precious fruit, the very nourishment to our souls, we can deprive our faith of substance (vitamins) that fuels us to march on. We will miss the crucial yet simple fact that all believers are commanded to know.
When it comes to our faith we must realize that faith is to our souls what air is