The Mountains of Austria Written: MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017 Location: Austria
The Mountains of Austria are amazing and just grand. I could not stop taking pictures everytime I see them. But today we went to a place called Nordkette where you can ride a cable car and reach the top of the mountains and touch the ice because my youngest siblings Grace and Deric wanted so much to touch the ice, even though they had already touched snow before (still joyfully childlike - excited about the things that others may regard as ordinary or simple). But there was not enough time to do it anymore, the cable cars close at 5pm. So we just hung out at the area and enjoyed the view. Next thing we knew, there was a Filipino family chatting with us and it turned out they have lived here in Austria almost 20 years already, another OFW! And while they were talking with my parents, I was busy with something else (posting)… they advised us to go to this place called Kuhtai and because we are driving ourselves, then we can get there anytime. So we drove there for an hour, and getting there we found ourselves very close to the top of the snowy majestic mountains! Then we wanted to go further. We saw the rivers of this Mountain and drove as close to it until we reached the Power Source where they use the pressure of the water to create Electricity (imagine how far we have come?)
The Power Supply of Austria Then we walked to the end of the waters just to touch and see how cold it was and yes it was indeed very cold. (Okay I wanted to go already coz I was feeling cold.) But I am blessed to belong to an adventurous family (it all started with my Dad because he is so adventurous) or else we would not have reached that far. I am adventurous myself but I really didn’t understand why I was feeling tired. But still unsatisfied, my siblings wanted to go higher to the snowy part of the mountain. So we drove higher and the road to this path was already rocky. So we parked and they climbed up up the hill as far as they could reach.
How high can you go? But I found myself enjoying a certain area of this mountain where there was a big rock and coming out of it were fresh waters, like a brook! Kinda like the rock where the Israelites drank from when Moses hit the rock and out came the waters (Exodus 17) so I didn’t want to go higher, I wanted to linger there, I sat at the rock and the word that echoed in my Spirit was the psalm of king David found in Psalm 23 (1) Adonai is my shepherd; I lack nothing. 2 He has me lie down in grassy pastures, he leads me by quiet water, 3 he restores my inner person. He guides me in right paths for the sake of his own name. I was so surprised how GOD literally led me beside those quiet waters. And I just meditated on those words as I lingered listening to the sound of quiet waters. Then I hear GOD telling me, “These are healing waters” I realized how much I needed to rest by the rock and listen to the healing waters because I have been fighting today some spirits that’s choking the life out of me. Spirits of envy and jealousy that suddenly attacked me from out of nowhere! I had to pray and fight for the people that GOD is showing me that’s dealing with insecurity and self pity. The fight was about an hour while I was riding in the car… It was a long fight and I know GOD already has the victory but I couldn’t stop myself from fighting until I see it’s manifestation in the physical realm. At last when we arrived in the mountains I saw my victory manifested in the physical. But then I was also tired spiritually and I didn’t know I was tired until I rested at the Rock (Yeshua – the Spiritual Rock, ain’t that something?)… Then I thought “I wonder if I can drink those waters, and then I hear Him say “Drink!” so I scooped with my hands just like the 300 men of Gideon lapped the waters with their tongue (Judges 7:5-7). The water was freezing in my hand and as I drank, I was thinking to myself “What am I doing lapping these waters like a dog?! I brought my cup today I’ll just get it from the Van!” So I went to the Van and used my cup to draw in the flowing waters and wow! Did I drink the sweetest water ever!!! Very fresh from the mountains, so I drank some more and more because the waters are flowing nonstop… then my parents came and drank some too. I even brought more to take home… because they are healing waters, GOD said, it was not ordinary water! It was water from the majestic mountains of Austria! Then my focus went to the cup, the cup I used was a customized cup made for the youth ministry of a church I used to go to, they made those cups to advertise the Youth Camp Conference this May 22-24 called “Divergent”.
The Cup on the Rock and the waters that flowed from it GOD then again speaks to my spirit, “Pray for the Youth Camp Conference this summer, pray for the Spirit of GOD to overflow just as your cup overflows with the healing waters of Austria.” I remember the youth camps I have attended back when I was a youth myself at age 15 and 20. Those camps are extra ordinary experiences with GOD, the HOLY SPIRIT was so strong in these camps, it changed me totally and instantly. GOD wants to come to these camps just like He came to mine. I know that one of the pillars of my faith had been with these camps I had attended as a young lady. I can still remember those intimate experiences with GOD and how powerful it was. So I prayed for “Divergent” the Youth Camp of Crossed Out, “Holy Spirit flow like the rivers of Austria that had refreshed me today and let it overflow in this youth camp!” and I also prayed for all the other youth camps that is going to happen in the Philippines and every other conference that GOD will use to usher His presence into. I see that there is going to be a wave of revival that’s going to sweep through my Country. GOD is preparing His way to come.
I remember the church that GOD trained and raised me from. This church is still where my family go to but GOD had brought me out some 2 years ago because HE had a different plan, and His ways are higher than ours we could never understand why He would bring me out of a place where GOD was using me. At that time it hurt me to be out of this church. It was only this year that I began to understand why GOD had brought me out of one church. The reason being is my calling because I cannot belong to just one part of GOD’s body or the church. GOD has called me to belong to One Body, not just one part. One of my mission, GOD said, is to connect all the churches together, and pray for them to be One. But I pray for the people in the church who were affected by my going out, not to feel guilty about anything. “Lord, please let them know this is Your doing! Because You have higher plans we could never understand right away. Please give them the peace not to be bothered by me anymore and just to trust YOU.” But being out of that church doesn’t mean I do not understand the significance of the covering of an Authority, because I AM submitted to a Spiritual Authority. Today, I am mentored and covered by my spiritual father Artemio Pacle and I am serving the 2 churches that GOD has entrusted to him. It is GOD that chose him to be my Spiritual mentor and covering. The Lord had already spoken to me about this Minister of GOD since 2011 according to the word HE had spoken to me in Exodus 23:20-26 that he was going to go before me. It’s been 6 years since 2011 and only on February 2017 did I discover that GOD was talking about Pastor Art and seen the fulfillment of this word. See, the things of GOD sometimes take time, at other times, it comes all so suddenly. We need to understand the times and seasons of GOD’s plan for us, because it is very specific and detailed. Of course, when I marry the person of His choice, I will be submitted to the authority of my husband. But I pray for the Unity of the Churches and against the Spirit of Envy and Division. See, Christianity has hundreds or thousands of denominations. Denomination for me mean differences, divisions, or separation. Denomination is dividing the body of Christ because we are so different in our theologies and way of worship, we are indifferent to each other. But we carry the name of JESUS, it doesn’t matter if we worship with drums or without drums, or we laugh in the Spirit, and some just sit quietly or some just sing hymns. The fact remains that we all love and worship One JESUS, we don’t have to feel indifferent just because one church worships on a Saturday and others on a Sunday, because other churches speak in tongues and another don’t practice it anymore, or others prophecy and others don’t believe in prophecies anymore. We are THE ONE body of Christ, we are many parts but One body with Christ as the Head. It is my dream, because GOD put it in my heart, to see the body of Christ become One. When and How? I do not know, but I will pray and work until I see it with my physical eyes. I see GOD already providing a way in the desserts (Isaiah 43:19) for His body to be One. Through one place and time of Worship where all the churches are welcome and encouraged to join, it is a not a church, it is an avenue for the Body of Christ to Worship as one, we call it a Celebration, just like the Feasts of the Bible in the Old Testament in Israel. But in the Philippines it is called the JESUS Reigns Celebration and it happens every year on November 30. That’s why I support this ministry not because my Mother stands as one of the leaders of this Ministry, but because I really believe in the mission and vision of this Ministry for it is aligned to my calling, so I support it.
Ok back to the Mountains of Austria. The Mountains are glorious to me because it has revealed these many deep things to me. Every day, from the time we wake up to the time we go to bed, we need to set aside time (up to you morning or night, it depends on you) to climb up the spiritual mountain to meet the Shepherd of our Soul, we get there, we rest and we drink from the flowing waters of life that will never run dry. It will take one hour at least, ok why an hour? Ok here is my explanation, our relationship with GOD is like marriage, intimacy and romance cannot be done in 30 minutes or else its just sex. (I don’t know why I know this because I’m still a virgin) But I’m telling you, spend at least an hour with the LORD because HE wants to romance you with His love and feed you with His word until you say Ok GOD, I’m ready to face the day! One of the prophets assigned to me, Bishop Eugene Amparo told me that to be a minister, you need 2 hours a day with the LORD, so if you’re not going to minister, then one hour is enough. But if you are a minister, I say you need 2 hours! Because you cannot use your main water from your main cup to pour out to others. You have to overflow in order to minister or else you run out and you burn out. And we don’t want to burn out, oh no! I know what burning out feels like, you fall out of love with the Savior and this is the worst thing a child of GOD will go through. That’s why we always have to be connected to the Power source – to JESUS, to the Father, to the Holy Spirit, GOD who is One in order to live out and walk out this life of Faith.