I hear a question from the Lord to His people resounding in the spirit, “Who are you running after?”.
I sense the Lord is releasing His compass over the hearts of His people in this season. Firstly, to reveal to them the alignment of their direction, (the positioning of their heart and the direction in which they are running), and secondly, if they are found to be off course, to extend an invitation to return to TRUE NORTH.
TRUE NORTH
Metaphorically TRUE NORTH is a navigational focal point that enables one to travel on the right path no matter where the destination may be. Whether or not our destination is north, south, east, or west, if we “know” our TRUE NORTH, we are well able to arrive and “HIT” our destination smoothly and without confusing, frustrating, time wasting detours.
Obviously, we all aren’t called to travel in the same direction, for the harvest field is vast and wide and spans a great multitude of fields. Some are called to arts, media, law, government, education, business, social justice, ministry, missions, and some are called to great wealth to finance the kingdom, etc, etc. However, we all need TRUE NORTH in order to keep and maintain our correct navigation on our set, God given course.
I feel the Lord is saying many are running towards their destination, or shall we call it “destiny”, which is commendable and pleasing to the Lord, but what I am sensing from the Lord is that though many may be running toward their destiny or destination, they are losing “TRUE NORTH” along the way, which subsequently results in course deflection off the plotted route. Any navigator knows it only takes an initial deflection of a couple of degrees off your plotted route to inevitably find yourself vastly off course.
Hence why I “hear” the Lord is calling His people back to TRUE NORTH.
What is TRUE NORTH you may ask?
TRUE NORTH is keeping the position of one’s heart to RUN AFTER HIM.
TRUE NORTH is what Paul described in Phillipians 3 as the journey of the High Calling to KNOW HIM! To be true pursuers of His heart and His WAYS.
David was a man once described of the Lord as a man after His own Heart (1 Samuel 13:14). If you read His psalms, David always asked the Lord for Him to show him His paths and His ways.
PURSUERS OVER PERFECTION
The Lord desires ones who will pursue Him rather than ones who are perfect.
David was a PURUSER of the Lord, a man who desired to do things God’s way. As we know, David wasn’t perfect. He made many mistakes, but perfection never qualifies you for making your destination. It is not ones who demonstrate PERFECTION, but rather PURITY that Jesus himself said would “SEE GOD” (Matthew 5:8).
What does it mean to “see” God?
According to Strong’s concordance, to “see” can be interpreted as:
to gaze with eyes wide open or to appear, or show one’s self ~ (“show up”- my emphasis).
Therefore, those who are pure in heart are ones who pursue His will and His ways with purity of motive, they are the ones who are aligned with TRUE NORTH and will “see” God. They will see and gaze with eyes wide open as the Lord performs His promises and “shows up” in their lives as only He can.
NAGIVATION COURSE CHECK
The compass of the Lord that is being released over His people’s hearts in this season is acting like a navigation course check. In actual fact, it exposes heart motives, not for the purpose to condemn, but to reveal the course deflect in order for His people to embrace the invitation to repent from trying to fulfill and arrive at their destiny outside of the compass of the Lord and surrender to the plotted map of the Lord.
I feel the Lord is saying embrace and invite the compass of the Lord to be released over your heart and align your direction with TRUE NORTH. Ask yourself these questions,
- What am I pursuing?
- What am I running after?
- Am I running after revenge, control, position, recognition, power, wealth, increase, favor, status, acceptance?
- Am I filled with ambition, anxiety, depression, frustration, impatience, bitterness, unforgiveness, anger, jealousy? And the list goes on and on….
- Or am I truly running TRUE NORTH after His heart, what pleases Him, to seek to know Him more and more and more and more?
TRUE SEEKERS~PURITY OF MOTIVE
When we seek the kingdom first, all those other things are added besides (Matthew 6:33). In actual fact, Jesus defined those things as what the heathens seek after. So in other words, He was clearly noting it’s actually a worldly way, not the way of His people.
The Lord is calling His people to do things His way. To be pursuers of the Kingdom which is righteous, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. In other words, righteousness = doing things God’s way in purity of heart and having the right motive, then peace and joy are a direct result from that.
I know many Christians that on the outside look successful but are filled with debilitating insecurity and anxiety. I know many Christians that on the outside pride themselves on their “successful acheivements” (whether wealth or recognition or fame), but are control freaks, sow discord among the brethren, and are embitted with competitive jealousy and rivalry. They are in essence void of the “peace and joy” that flow from the pursuit of the Kingdom.
When we give birth to the promise by the arm of the flesh like Abraham did with Ishmael, we are void of peace and joy.
TRUE NORTH IS INTIMACY
TRUE NORTH is intimacy and when intimacy is pursued we give birth to destiny enveloped in peace and joy that only the Kingdom offers and the world cannot take away.
I’ve said this many times in this season, but I will say it once again. The Lord is aligning His people’s heart in this hour making them ready for what is to come.
And so I repeat the question of the Lord to His people?
Who are you running after?
Are we running after our own ambitious pursuits masked under the banner of “my calling”? Or are we simply running after Him, to Know Him, to obey Him like Abraham, not knowing the full end from the beginning, but being in pursuit of His heart our true destination to be a friend of God?
Oh to be known as a friend of God!! That is my pursuit!! He is my famous one, He is my celebrity, He is the most influential person IN THE UNIVERSE and I have a direct line to HIM!!!! OH how privileged I am!!!
My friends, if HE be our pursuit, who we know or don’t know is not an issue. We would not be seeking to climb any ladder or click or club or circle. This pursuit doesn’t stand the test of time and it certainly doesn’t cause us to arrive at our destination. I’ve seen many pursue “connections with famous people” as if that is a ticket to destiny. I personally know pastors who have been “connected” and “friends” of the who’s who of the charismatic zoo, but have still not been able to attain to the fulfilment of potential God has put inside of them and they have bowed out of ministry.
I say this not to judge those who have become casualties of ministry. As one in ministry, I know how truly tough it is and I personally only stand by His Grace, as many times more than I can number, I have wanted to run for the hills, but I say this to simply say it is not who you know here on this earth that will get you to your destiny, but WHO you know in HEAVEN that will offer you the endurance and strength in all seasons and ability to arrive at the desired place of hearing announced in your ears “Well done thou good and faithful servant, enter into the rest”.
A GREAT SNARE TO THOSE CALLED TO RUN WITH THE MANDATES OF HEAVEN:
I heard the Lord say to my spirit a few days ago, “The greatest snare in these coming days will be the need for fame, recognition, approval, acceptance and praise of man.”
This pursuit amongst others will prove to be a great chasm of destruction and deception in the body of Christ. If this is a foundational pursuit in the hearts of God’s people, it will abort kingdom assignments that have potential to change nations in a day. Embrace the wilderness seasons where the Lord may be preparing you in this hour. Know that it is causing your roots to go down deep in your desire for His approval alone. Receive the compass in this hour, allow the Lord to reconfigure your navigated course and return to TRUE NORTH!
When we are running TRUE NORTH, THE CONFESSION OF OUR MOUTH IS, “HE IS TRULY MY PORTION… ALL MY DAYS, I WILL RELENTLESSY RUN AFTER HIM!”
Author: Anita Alexander
Anita Alexander is a Prophetic Revivalist who ministers in the realm of a seer prophet and revival fire. She is the co-founder of Golden City Church in Gold Coast, Director of Revival Flame Ministries and founder of Arise Shine Intercessors Australia. In addition to pastoring Golden City Church, on the Gold Coast, Australia, Anita is an international Itinerate Speaker, Author, Song writer and Recording Artist. Anita releases prophetic revelation and impartation by Prophesy, Intercession, Prophetic Praise and Worship and prophetic articulation from the written word of God. Motivated by an intense Love for the Body of Christ, Anita’s passion and compassion is to see the Church forsake religion and tradition and awaken to His Love, arise and walk in their true overcoming identity as sons and daughters of the kingdom, who manifest the Possessing Victory, Glory and Power.
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Wow so amazing how the Spirit confirms personal words by intertwining them in these messages!
Anita. Thank you! Beautifully stated! He is our source and our goal! “If you see my beloved, tell him I love him!” Song of Songs
Anita,
A “word” in season!!
The seashore is lined with shipwrecks of fallen warriors who sought their destiny at the expense of others.
We all fall short, but its when we knowingly violate God’s principles that will quickly set us aside from our destined call.
May this word liberate many.
Ben
this is such a” right now ” word for me -thank you Lord ! As I am really struggling to tear myself away from distractions and FOCUS on his word ( I am reading the PASSION translation -and highly recommend it -its just filled to the brim with so much more revelation as it brings the greek-aramiak and english translations all together and it is AMAZING!) Its also very bizarre that just yesterday i kind-of accidentally found out that all the Freemasons -actually reject ‘NORTH” as on a compass –“To all Masons, the North has immemorially been the place of darkness; and of the great lights of the Lodge, none is in the North” so in reality they KNOW Jesus is NORTH and completely reject it—this nuggett in itself speaks such volumes about -building the wrong foundation-(false religion) that will not stand in the storm or climbing the wrong way to get to the Father (motive of heart)–the more I dig in to all this I truly truly truly see -the simplicity that is Jesus -His two commandment do fill all the rest – that LOVE -and mercy are His ways and just how easily I get so tangled up into -religion and expectations of others (forgive me Lord and help me to see Your love truth in purity) This word today is a beacon of light (HAHA!) to my soul looking at my own failures in performance and see that HE is watching my pursuit ! —-feeling blessed —
I love the PT also. Have you read Revelation? Also Brian Simmons is teaching on it.
Wow!
North to Alaska?
I am praying about going back to the land I love, Alaska (a different town though).
My credit union in AK is also called True North!
Thank you for sharing this great message.
Must keep praying and see what doors open, but this is interesting! Hmm.
Wow, that word really hit home with me. Thank you for sharing.
It’s very true that we all fall short but Christ wants us to become consistent overcomers! The Jubilee message is liberty from sin.
1Jn 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1Jn 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1Jn 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
1Jn 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1Jn 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
Thank you Anita. Your word confirmed one I wrote a while ago called ‘Final Checks before Nightfall. Definitely very little time left to check for True North.
It can be accessed here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lidhozvgykgux45/Final%20Checks%20Before%20Nightfall.doc?dl=0
I am SO excited!!!! My daughter moved to Gold Coast 2 weeks ago…now I know which church she can go to!!!!
****YAY*****
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