Living the Walk of Christ

        And as long as they obey Me, as long as they are willing to listen to Me, as long as they are willing to be corrected by those who are over them in the Lord who have more wisdom, who have years and years and years of apostolic training and authority, as long as they remain flexible, and as long as they are willing to see that they are not perfect that they are in need of growth themselves, I will continue not only to promote them but to use them even on a worldwide basis. And He alone will sustain you and He alone will be there.

        Many times, many times in Scriptures I've given utterances and I've given pictures of this particular situation that happens in Christians' lives: Where you go into the fiery furnace and no one is there but the fourth man.  Where you are alone and deserted on islands and yet He appears to you.  Where you are thrown into prisons unjustly and yet He comes and the gifts of God shine brighter in the prisons than they do anywhere else! Was not this book written from prison cells? Was not one of the most glorious manifestations of the gifts of the Spirit happened in a dungeon in Egypt and lifted a boy to the rulership of a nation? Fear not, saith the Lord when these situations come upon you… the dungeon, the prison, the ship, the snake, the false brethren. They are part of that developmental process.

        Fear not. Fear not. Fear not. Put your trust in the One who will never leave you, never forsake you. Denominations will fall back, people who promise things will fall back, friends, relatives, brethren will fall back, but I will be there. Put your hope and your trust in Me.

        So, fear not, saith the Lord. I'm going to fill the slots. And if you are one who has been chosen and you know in your heart, "Lord, I should not have been chosen; this was really intended for another to do." Fear not, saith the Lord. For I'm going to take that second class citizenship that you feel and I'm going to turn it into first rate anointing, saith the Lord. And you are not going to feel that way forever. I am going to even change the feelings within you and you are going to say, "I've been called for this since my birth!"

        Many will weep and cry on that day when they see what could have bee when they see what they were called to and refused to do. So, obey the Lord wherever you are in your station in life whatever you find yourself doing; and if it is a simple task, do it as unto the Lord, for promotion comes from the Hand of God to those who are obedient.

        And if you think that you are irreplaceable, think twice, saith the Lord; think twice. For I can and I will and I shall replace those who have become complacent, have become arrogant, and have considered themselves as a done deal saying, "No one can touch me, no one can take my place." Phooey, saith the Lord. Phooey! No one is indispensable in My kingdom. I will lift up and I will lower according to your attitudes. Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God and He will exalt you and He will watch over you tenderly; He will not allow your foot to slide; he will not allow you to be taken before your time. Simply walk in that obedience. And if you only have enough light to take a couple of steps then take them, saith the Lord.

        I will open the future. Do not worry about your futures I have them planned. I have good things in store for all of you, even into your old age. Fear not, saith the Lord. And fear not for your young ones that are under you; fear not for the prodigy that you've given birth to, saith God. They are in My hand. And even if I take them down a canyon trail for a season it doesn't mean that they're going to stay there. They'll learn; they'll learn. For even the young princes of Israel have lessons to learn. They've not yet come into their kingship into that sage, in that old age stag form. They've not yet become the bull of woods; they are still young bucks and many of them need a canyon wilderness for a season to teach them a few things.

        Many times the higher the gifting the higher the calling the more brilliant the abilities put within a vessel the more severe the training ground is at times - the more severe the problems that they have, because of the very enormity of the gifting that is within them. It is a paradox; it is a situation where there is great great gifting, great intelligence at times, but it is also coupled with great problems. So fear not, saith God, when great men and women of God enter into great arenas of battle and conflict and problems it is normal. Those that are gifted largely have large problems. It is all part of the developmental process. Fear not.

       I ride the floods!  I am He, who rides the winds of the north!  No one can withstand My Hand. No one can stand in My way, saith God. I raise and lower nations.

        Surely, your loved ones are in My hand. Surely, I will not betray them. Where others would put a knife in their back, I will not betray them; I will uphold them; I will protect them. They will live to stand before Caesar despite the ships that go down, the betrayals of the brethren, the biting of the snake, the imprisonment, the false accusations. All of it will be washed away in that glorious moment when they stand under the anointing of God and proclaim the Gospel to the nations! All of the hurts, all of the wounds, all of the problems will disappear in a burst of glorious thunder as My Voice comes through the prophets, as My Voice comes through the Apostles, as My Anointing hits the churches! All of your sorrows, all of your trials will be washed away in joy, joy, joy, saith the Lord. Great joy at the birth of the kingdom of God.

        Fear not. I never promised you a rose garden; I never lied to you concerning the walk of Christ. It is difficult. There is much sorrow, much tribulation along the way. I never promised you that it would not be that way. If you have heard others that have told you different, then you have been deceived. I promised the thorns! I promised the persecutions! I promised the tests and the trials! But I also promised that I would never desert you, that I would never leave you, that I would walk through every single furnace and affliction with you. And when everyone around you fell away, you would find Christ, you would find Christ, you would find Christ as your best friend.

        And when you say, "I can't go on any longer" then fall, saith the Lord. Fall upon the Rock. And I will pick you up and carry you, and you will not be forsaken nor deserted. I will take you from the cradle to the grave and on into My Kingdom.

A Prophecy received by Don Franklin