Bob and Bonnie JonesIn a vision I saw a small sailboat on the glistening, moonlit water at night; it was just ready to leave shore. Just as everyone was boarding, a woman ran back to take care of her unfinished business. The people cried out to her with a warning: "The boat is leaving now!" She continued on her way while the boat drifted away from shore.

Suddenly she turned around and frantically ran toward the water, but it was too late. She missed the boat. The passengers had no oars and couldn't return to shore to get her. She watched hopelessly from the shore as they drifted away into the moonlight.

Then I heard the Lord say, "Ready or not, here I come! Those who diligently seek the Lord will board this boat guided by the wind of the Holy Spirit!"

Don't miss the boat!Faith is lifting our sails in this day as the Holy Spirit of Truth is leading us. No longer can we follow after agendas, patterns, and formulas; we must be totally reliant on the Holy Spirit to guide us. 

I believe this woman represents Christians that truly love the Lord, yet they remain carnally minded. They continue using their natural senses instead of becoming spiritually minded. Therefore they still desire to feed their flesh, and when the Lord calls, their desire will always be to take care of the natural business first instead of doing the will of the Father.

Testing Of The Heart

There's a testing of our hearts taking place right now, and the outcome will be according to our decision. God will not violate our free will and we must live with the consequence of the choice we make. Will we follow after Him or continue on our own path according to our fleshly desires?

When Elijah found Elisha and threw his mantle on him, Elisha's first response was to run back and kiss his parents goodbye, then he would follow Elijah (see 1 Kings 19:20). Elisha was functioning in the carnal realm, or natural senses. And being a good son, his first response would be to honor his parents and tell them he was departing to follow after and be trained by this powerful man of God. Elisha, like the woman that missed the boat, had a choice to make. Elijah put him to the test, just like we are being tested today. Will you follow after Me or follow after your own fleshly desires?

Will you follow?So Elijah left there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, whose plowing was being done with twelve yoke of oxen, and he drove the twelfth. Elijah crossed over to him and cast his mantle upon him. He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you." And he [testing Elisha] said, "Go on back. What have I done to you? [Settle it for yourself.]" So Elisha went back from him. Then he took a yoke of oxen, slew them, boiled their flesh with the oxen's yoke [as fuel], and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, followed Elijah, and served him. 1 Kings 19:19-21 AMP 

Elijah heard directly from God. But God was not in the wind, the earthquake, or the fire. The Lord was in the still, small voice. Today God is stretching forth His hand the second time to deliver the keys of David into the hand of the righteous who have followed the Father in spirit and truth. They have forsaken all others for the work of the Cross of Jesus Christ.

The Fiery Sword

We've come to the place in history being written that God will rewrite what man has done in his own will. God is sending forth a fiery sword out of the mouth of His true prophets in this day that will cause division. It is His division that conquers the false, because truth will trump the false every time. It may not look like it at first, but watch as God begins a small work and brings increase through the nations of the world. He's coming in power in this day and we must be ready to move quickly. There is no obstacle in our life that God can't cover or remove.

Warrior's Heart by Jennifer PageThe Book of Jude gives a warning about the false teachers that would creep in unnoticed for the purpose of turning God's grace into lewdness and deny the Lord (see verse 4). They are dreamers that defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of whatever they do not know because they don't know the person of the Word. They have never established a personal relationship with the Lord, and therefore operate from the flesh. And because they lack personal relationship with God and the desire to know His will, they corrupt themselves. Therefore they fall into apostasy and cause others to stumble (see verses 8-10).

Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.Jude 11

We're given three examples in the above verse, and I believe it is a progression. Man begins with hatred in his heart that leads to greed, and in time, as they mature in the nature of the evil one, it manifests itself in rebellion. Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft (see 1 Samuel 15:23), and God rejects those who partake of it.

The Way Of Cain: Cain had enmity in his heart. It was a deep-rooted hatred toward his brother that in time caused Cain to murder Abel. Cain's hatred and jealousy toward Abel was greater than his love for God. He had a choice to make. He chose to satisfy his flesh instead of following after God's heart and ruling over his fleshly desire. Cain had never established personal relationship with the Father, where I believe Abel did. That is why God rejected his offering.

If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it. Genesis 4:7

Greed leads to rebellionThe Error Of Balaam For Profit:Balaam was a soothsayer who mixed truth with false doctrine. His error was greed, or covetousness, because he was paid well to bring a curse upon the people of Israel. God's anger was kindled against him when he disobeyed Him and later withstood the Angel of the Lord three times. Balaam repented and brought the word of the Lord, refusing to curse Israel (see Numbers 22-23). 

The Rebellion Of Korah: Korah rejected true leadership, causing many to perish. He was one of the richest leaders of the Levites and a cousin of Moses and Aaron. He was jealous and felt overlooked for leadership, and therefore gathered 250 leaders of the assembly to rebel against Moses and Aaron. This angered God and He separated the holy from the profane. God did a new thing (see Numbers 16:30-32) and the earth opened up its mouth and swallowed them and their households – and a fire consumed the rest of the 250 men (see Numbers 16).

Crossroads In Time

Crossroads in timeThe Body of Christ has come to a crossroads in time, a juncture on their heavenly journey in the Lord. Each one must decide for themselves which way to go. Some will want to turn back for fear of the unknown, yet others will proceed in faith. It is there that God meets them head-on, and they will move into a new dimension in Him. Those who choose to proceed in faith must be space aviators and explore the uncharted waters of the Spirit. 

The Lord is coming for His Bride without spot or wrinkle. She will be scarred from the many battle wounds she sustained, but she will be worthy as she praises Him. The world has set itself on a course of self-destruction, and day-by-day she lingers in her own filth. But His Bride will be set aside, a glory to be witnessed as she stands out among the rest.

Don't miss the boat. Step out in faith and follow God with a whole heart. Let Him be the Master that steers you through uncharted waters by the winds of His Holy Spirit of Truth and witness the new dimensions in Him. Just dare to believe!

Bonnie Jones
The Prophetic Ministry of Bob and Bonnie Jones

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  • My God this is a very powerful teaching that we must not miss the boat my God. That is so true a lot of us as saints and leadershifters do that we will say hold on Lord I got to finish an couple of Aarons and I will be right there with you Lord. My God but when he aboard there is no time to wait my God I hear you Lord we better jump on this boat right now while we got the opportunity to run with God. We must be just like Elijah he said I'm finna kiss my parents goodbye and i will be right there with you hold on look don't play with me the Lord has called me I'm running Lord. I don't need to do all these things just one thing Goodbye parents I going to go now. My God us as people of God now. Well let me go tell my mom, my brother, my sister, my bestfriend, and my cousin that we are about to go do the Lord's will. So Lord allow me to clean my house in your so I my not miss the boat my God. 

  • God definitely knows how to bring things back to our remembrance, not to long ago, a week or two, God begin to speak about “No More”. And we know when God is getting our attention, certain words He’ll say, My God, and we begin to say Lord we don’t, we choose not to miss anything else you have for us. Then He said, since you made that decree, proclamation here we go, “ready or not here I come” My God. God begin to shuffle things in our Spirit, begin to take us in deeper, giving us dreams of what He desires, bringing back the divine plan He and only He has given. Showing me that He literally “has ME”, that nothing no one could to me, but He is expecting ME to float on the Faith cloud in which He showed me. We whole-heartily believe this; “There is a testing of our hearts taking place right now, and the outcome will be according to our decision. God will not violate our free will and we must live with the consequence of the choice we make. Will we follow after Him or continue on our own path according to our fleshly desires?” we have answered with a solid Yezzz, yezzz we’ll follow after God, we will become more closer to Him, Listen and take actions. Not just saying but actively moving out on His word. Understanding what we learned, keeping it every before us; Questions are the tools for analysis, diagnosis, and change. Marinating…but on what; Being Still, Being Focus, Being Quiet are techniques will be beneficial to our growth.  We understood when He said, “No More”. My God. We will not miss out anymore. HalleluYAH…We are Determine!!!

  • Very powerful reading I appreciate this reading so much don't miss the boat most definitely don't want that Hallelujah God was speaking in this and I feel like he was speaking directly to me and either to let go and proceed in faith of this journey with him it's really up to me I praise God for the choices and I definitely am choosing the path to go ahead and walk by faith in him it is more easier said than done but I find when I get myself in a place where I am in tune and hearing God the courage just pours in and so I just thank God her courage I thank God for helping me step out more in faith and study more lenient in him Ne'Eman

  • Ne'eman Lord help us to operate off your strength and not our own .

  •  This spoke to my spirit and put a lot of things in perspective we have to stay connected to Jesus so we don’t miss that boat and I believe the Satan will apply every method possible to deceive they let Mark chapter 13 

  • Amen, we have to be the Leadershifters God called us to be. We don't want to miss the boat and drown. We want to get on the boat and live. Amen, amen, amen.
    • Yes Ne'eman I agree our ways are not like God's ways God's way is so much safer.

  • Amen
  • Its easy to miss the boat when you are not focus on the will of God an what he want for your life yyouget stuck on the shore waiting for the big boat when the little one work just as good

  • Amen

    Markeyse Hill said:
    If we don't stay focused and prayed up, we may find ourselves missing the boat.
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