Do you know you have a Book in Heaven? Do you know you have an obligation to fulfill your story?
There are people who have been to Heaven and they have seen the “Books”. Yes, there is a Lamb’s Book of Life as mentioned in the Book of the Revelation, but do you know that each one of us has another “Book” that is all our own in Heaven; and inside the pages of that personal Book is our own personal story created with God.
Something not taught in most churches is our true heritage—our heavenly one—where we came from before He attached our little spirits to our mother’s egg at conception. Yes, our spirits are attached to the egg in our mother’s bodies at conception when the sperm enters the egg. Science has proven that at this exact moment, a blast of light occurs inside the body of a woman when the sperm and the egg meet. The Bible also speaks of God’s knowing us before the foundation of the world. He said: “Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5 and Ephesians 1:4) And since God is no respecter of person’s, we know He knew us all before we entered the belly of our own mothers.
Clearly this implies we had a relationship with God before the foundation of the world. We are spiritual beings and spirits do not die, nor are they extinguished. Spirit beings are eternal, so it’s not a stretch to conceive the idea that we were actually with Him in the beginning before the creation of time. “Time” was created for our earthly purposes here; time is not a factor in Heaven as reported by those who have been to Heaven and even by the science of quantum physics. So, if He had communion (communication) with us prior to our physical birth here on the earth, then that communication must have occurred in Heaven. So, that brings us to the book’s that witnesses have seen in Heaven that contain the records of all that we have been doing while living life here on earth.
This ministry hasn’t heard much teaching on the Book’s from anyone in the body of Christ, but we have spent time asking Holy Spirit for more insight on what is contained in those Book’s and how we can partner with Him to walk out what is in our individual book to the glory of God. Wouldn’t you like to know how to be on the same page with God in your Book?
The first way to partner with your own story is to understand two things:
(1) You were chosen by God to come here and live The Story; the story of Jesus Christ. Each one of us is called to be the Light of Jesus Christ to a lost and dying world. That’s number one; and number (2), each of us has been commanded to walk in the finished works of Christ; and that essentially means we are to rest on what He has already accomplished through his life, his death, his burial and his resurrection. When we understand how to walk in the finished works of Jesus, writing our story takes on new meaning and we’re more apt to seek God’s purposes for our lives over our own; after all, when God opens our Book, don’t we want it to be a good read?
This is the part where many stumble as they have not been conditioned or taught what it means to walk in the finished works of Christ. Most of us have been taught to scrape, scrimp, fight, battle, and rage against the forces of darkness so we can sustain a life we’re barely living now just to enter Heaven by the skin of our teeth. This isn’t resting in the finished works of God.
The Bible says that the Sabbath was made for man, it’s not the reverse. God made the heavens and the earth and all its glory for the sons and daughters of God to ENJOY. Now, this doesn’t mean that we won’t have trials and tribulation; we will. The devil is still here and his mission is to destroy us, but the devil’s desire to destroy us is not supposed to usurp our destiny in God. We have a Great Savior who has made the way for us to live in the blessings of God. The earth was a gift to the sons of man and the gifts of God are without repentance. God has not negated His original intent for earth just because the devil is on the loose and an uneducated body of Christ is trying to hold on to the promises of God for dear life. On the contrary, these trials and tribulations are actually an incentive for God to show up and show out for us if we will only trust Him. These trials are part of our Book.
The Bible reminds us in one place (though there are other places too), that God watches over his words to perform them. In Isaiah 62:6-9 (NASB) it says:
6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, 7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. 8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: 9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
God expects us to put Him on notice about those things He has promised to His beloved. And we fail to do this because we’re not taught to do this.
The Word says that His people suffer for a lack of knowledge; so if our basic rights to the “blessing” as sons and daughters isn’t even being taught, then it’s safe to say that the teaching on the finished works of Christ isn’t being taught either and this has left the Church at a terrible disadvantage.
For the purpose of this writing, we’re not going to delve into identity and son-ship, because each one of us is expected to begin this quest for knowledge individually, with the help of Holy Spirit and through the study of our Bibles. Additionally, we have plenty of articles at What You Will™ to help get you started on your own personal study of God’s Word about your rights as His chosen; but we are going to touch on walking in the finished works so you can partner with God through YOUR own special story found in your own personal Book.
The finished works are the things Jesus did for us on his way to the cross, at the death and resurrection of the cross, and even now—His life beyond the cross. Prior to the cross were the finished works of devout character, faith, belief, prosperity, healing, salvation, life and stewardship as followers of Him combined with all the instructions and examples Jesus provided to the disciples to help them to become like Him on the earth. At the cross were the finished works of redemption and the nullifying of sin and death and the putting down of the devil’s right to illegally harass the Church and hold her in bondage to darkness. Beyond the cross are the works of the Holy Spirit of Promise, the manifestations of the greater works, (greater works than these shall you do because I go to My Father) and the dispensation of grace that we enjoy now. And even more so, is the abundance of revelation that continues to touch the Body of Christ as Holy Spirit extrapolates more information from the Father as it pertains to the study of the Scriptures. Now obviously, this is not an exhaustive list of the amazing things Jesus accomplished for us through the works of the cross; but it does give us a general idea of some of the things He accomplished to give you and me life and life more abundantly.
As His Bride—His Body, we are the most essential part of these finished works; because our works are not yet finished. As long as we are alive and on this earth, our Book is still being written and even though we sat with the Father before the ‘world that was’ and talked about what should go into our Book, we still have a say so in how the story unfolds here and now on the earth. A-ha! The caveat to the story! Our individual self-will; but we digress.
Wouldn’t it be a lot easier to fulfill our story with the help of Jesus by walking in the finished works? Isn’t it clear to see that if we partner with Him it will be so much easier to stay in-step with the plans of God for our lives especially when attacks from the enemy come? The blessings can only come through obedience right? So it seems reasonable to assume that our story will be more manageable if we get onto the same page with God.
For example, if you’re being persecuted by someone on the job and that persecution has made it difficult for you to perform your duties and it has also made it difficult for you to keep a positive attitude, then you need to know how to walk in the finished works of Christ. What does He promise you? A future and a hope; recompense against your enemies; peace; assistance; personal representation; the breaking of all weapons formed against you; power over all the power of the enemy; and most importantly, a sound mind. So if you’re caught in the crossfire of the devil, you know that you have the upper hand over your enemies and over your situation; which allows you to stay the course to your own story. Not only that, the knowledge of the finished works also helps you to secure the blessings He has promised because you’re walking in according to His purpose, which is ultimately the fulfillment of the finished works of Christ in YOU! Man this is good!
If you know this, then you have the assurance that this attack (distraction, weapon, arrow) being formed against you has no authority, so you are able to proceed in honor before others because you have His promises to be faithful to you. When we really understand who we are in this earth and what we shared with the Father before we were sent here, then we will be able to complete that story because we will have truly partnered with God to tell it.
Have you partnered with God to write your story? If not, now is the time to ask Him to help you do that; now is the time to get into agreement with the story you and He designed before the foundation of the world.
Just like Jesus, each one of us had a story we defined with God before He ever released us into this world and just like Jesus, you and I have a say in how that story is written. Wouldn’t you like to be on the same page as your Heavenly Father? Wouldn’t you like to make sure you’re not missing one chapter, one paragraph or even one verse you and He determined you would write when you agreed to manifest the contents of that Book on the earth?
We trust that you are asking Him right now to position you to walk in the story that was meant just for you; the one you and He decided together before the foundation of the world. We know once you partner with Him to walk-out your story in the here and now, you will receive an avalanche of knowledge and revelation about the many challenges and victories you have already encountered and you’ll be better equipped to address the challenges that will come in the future.
Saints, we here at What You Will™ are praying for you to partner with God to finish that story so your Book in Heaven will be an amazing read!
