YOU'RE ON THE CAPTAIN'S SHIP
Prophecy given through Barbara A. Williams, April 29, 2000

“There are some of you here that your life doesn’t make sense to you.  It doesn’t.  It doesn’t make sense to you because you cannot get a grip on it.  It’s never going the way you want it to go, or you think it ought to go.  It’s always going in a different direction, so it seems, and it always is not the right time for what you want, and you think you should have this now, and it’s not happened yet, and you think you should have that now, and it’s not happened yet…

WELCOME TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD!!

 “For my ways are not your ways,” says the Lord.  “Neither are my thoughts your thoughts.  They’re higher than yours.  My ways are higher:  that means you cannot grasp them, you cannot grab them, you cannot touch them, control them, apprehend them, contain them.  You can’t even get to them.  The only thing you can do,” says the Spirit of God, “is go with the flow.  Just go with the flow.  Go with the flow.  Go with the flow.  For you’re in a big gospel ship, and you are not the captain," says the Spirit of God.  “All you can do is find your place in the boat and hold on.  Because this ship is going where I want it to go,” says the Spirit.  “This ship is going to do what I want it to do,” says the Lord.  “If I want to dock in a certain place for a season, I’ll do that.  And if I want to bypass a certain port that looks good to you, I’ll do that too,” says the Spirit of God. 

“For you will not find many of the things that your carnal man is looking for and your carnal flesh desires on this trip,” says the Spirit of God.  “But you will find purpose, you will find meaning, you will find my will for your life, and you will find what it means to be totally yielded and submitted to me,” says the Spirit of the Living God.  “You will find the things that your heart cries out for, and not the things of the flesh,” says the Spirit of God.  

“So No, things are not going you way you think they ought to go.  No, this is by design,” says the Spirit of God.  “For from this day forward, they will never go the way you want them to go,” says the Spirit of God.  “Never.  And when I say never, I mean never,” says the Spirit.

“Now, I will give you vision, I will give you understanding, I will give you instruction, and I will give you direction,” says the Spirit of God.  “But these things are released by me when I decide you need to have them,” says the Spirit of God.  “And when you’re totally yielded to me I will begin to show you more and more things,” says the Lord, “because then your eyes will be open to what I want to show you,” says the Lord.  “And your ears will be attentive to my voice,” says the Lord.  “And not the voice of your crying, dying flesh that wants to take you in an opposite direction.”

“For the real problem is that you still yet do not trust me to bring you everything that you desire,” says the Lord.  “You yet do not trust me that I know in your heart you desire a faithful companion,” says the Lord.  “That you desire a large ministry,” says the Lord.  “You desire a ministry of fruit,” says the Spirit.  “You do not trust me that I know that these things you desire, and I am for the right desires that are in your heart,” says the Spirit of God.  “But there are many things that I must take you through.  I must train you.  I must hone you.  I must develop you,” says the Spirit of God.  “I must hide you away in the secret place, and bring you out, and put you on a shelf, and polish you, and grind you, and then adorn you with my glory,” says the Spirit of God. 

“And so these things your mind cannot conceive,” says the Lord.  “They just won’t think in that direction,” says the Spirit.  “And so I must only let you experience them,” says the Lord.  “As you ride in this great big gospel ship,” says the Spirit of God, “as you trust me and go along for the ride,” says the Lord.  “When you get to your final destination you’ll say, ‘Ahh—here it is!  Here is the thing that I’ve been longing for.  Here’s the thing that I was striving for so many years to attain.  Here it is!  Here it is!  It was here with the Lord all the time!’” says the Spirit of God.  “So trust me and know.  Trust me that it won’t go like you want it to go.  I would not let you have your way for anything.  Not at this point, because I want back something of my investment in you,” says the Spirit.  “And I will protect it, and I will be jealous for it, and I will sanctify it even further,” says the Spirit of God.  “And just when it looks like you’re going in the total opposite direction of what you desire, you turn the corner and there that thing is, because I’ve had it for you all along,” says the Spirit.  “You would never have gotten here going your own way,” says the Spirit of the Lord. 

“So understand me and trust me.  Understand me and trust me.  This is a time of turbulent water,” says the Lord.  “This is a time of the washing and the cleansing of the water of my Spirit,” says the Lord.  “This is the time when impurities are rising to the surface,” says the Spirit of God.  “One more time for a cleansing,” says the Lord.  “Once more for a cleansing,” says the Spirit of God.  “So stay with it.  Allow me to do what I need to do so that I can perfect you,” says the Spirit of the Living God.  Says the Spirit of the Living God.  Says the Spirit of the Living God.

“For there are many things that I call my people to die to,” says the Spirit of God.  “Many things,” says the Lord.  “Many things.  Many things.  Many things,” says the Spirit of God.  “Many things.”

“For some men would tell you that it’s simply a matter of believing, and having everything.  But I work through obedience,” says the Spirit of God.  “I work through obedience and I work through knowledge,” says the Lord.  “I work through these avenues,” says the Spirit of God.  “And I work in obedience to the death because if you’re crucified, you will reign.  You will raise up and you will reign supreme,” says the Spirit of God.  “And many of you are dying right now to what people think about you.  Are dying to what people are saying about you.  You are dying the death that Jesus needed to die in the last hours on the cross.  For he was ridiculed, he was despised, and he was rejected.  And many of you are wondering why I don’t hurry up and give you this thing because people are watching you.  ‘What are the people going say?’  ‘What are the people saying about me?’  And I am killing that in you,” says the Spirit of God.  “I am killing that in you because it is hindering my work in you,” says the Lord.  “For you are a light that shines—you shine whether you want to or not.  And I show men what I want them to see about you,” says the Spirit of the Living God.   

“So understand that your reputation is even hid in my control,” says the Spirit of the Lord.  “Understand that you need not be concerned what men would say if that thing that you told them you’re believing for does not come to pass.  For it will surely come to pass,” says the Spirit of God.  “But you must die to men’s opinions, because there are many things that I’m going to call you to do that men’s opinions will hinder you from doing, if you’re aware of them,” says the Spirit of God.  “So die to that.  Lose your pride.  Lose yourself in me that I might quickly bring you through to the next place.  That I might quickly bring you through to the next area.  That I might quickly bring you through to the next deliverance,” says the Spirit of God.  “For surely, I will bring forth that which I have promised you,” says the Lord.  “But die to that thing.  Don’t let it disturb you.  Don’t let it press you.  Don’t let it worry you.  For surely, I will resurrect you in a greater glory than you ever could dream that I would bring you into,” says the Spirit of the Living God.