The State of Ignorance by Julianne Pearson

Yesterday, I entered into an environment and was heart-sickened by what I saw.  It was not something that could be ignored, although it appeared many present were blind to what seemed so obvious to me.  My husband and I later realized we saw the same thing and were sickened in the same way.  There were people – young and old – unknowingly falling into the trap of ignorance and being bamboozled by the systems of bondage that were purposefully devised for their destruction.

Our hearts were sick!  Sickened by the ignorance – the lack of knowledge and more importantly, the lack of acknowledgment.  For it’s one thing to not have the information to make an informed decision.  However, it is a different beast when one has the information; but lacks the desire or enlightenment and personal fortitude to make a wise decision (mental assent) and choice (action) according to the knowledge they have acquired.

Acknowledgment is the Manifestation of Knowledge through Purposeful Action!

One day my husband put it so eloquently to assist our children in understanding this concept.  Something in our behavior patterns should reflect the knowledge we have obtained.  To say you know and yet not yield a result in your behavior that reflects the information you claim you have, says you really don’t truly know.  The information has made a simple mental impression that you’ve chosen to dismiss or ignore.  Unfortunately, knowledge has not been honored with a response.

Refuse to remain disillusioned to the true condition of your existence and release yourself into the Truth of Living.  This is achieved through being awakened to Truth that is released to eradicate ignorance – lack of knowledge or acknowledgment – in any area of your life. 

That particular day, we were heart-sickened by one’s ignorance to the systems of bondage that are devised to keep one existing behind the eight ball, if you will.  For greater clarification, let me share with you an example.  Any time you can make a series of installments, find yourself managing in a difficult financial crisis, and someone has the legal right to take back the item regardless of all the installments you've previously made…that’s a system of bondage. 

Yes, I hear you…"I’m not managing in a difficult financial crisis, and the systems of bondage seem to work for me".  Choose to remember you cannot continue to play with fire and not be burned.  Eventually the flames you have previously escaped are devised to burn you somehow. 

Maybe you still have your items in your possession; however, do the items really possess you?

·        Do you labor night and day, worrying how you’re going to make those installments on time? 

·        Does fear and forebodings keep you from experiencing a peaceful nights rest? 

·        Do you, your spouse, and children pass each other like ships in the night just to wake up one morning and not recognize each other anymore? 

·        Has your house become more important than your home?

·        Are you wearing, driving, listening to, and seeing everyone else’s vision, while your destiny lies dormant and in a perpetual state of potential?

It’s TIME to Wake up to the Freedom of Truth!    

There is a high price to pay for the state of ignorance – the lack of knowing or the lack of acknowledging.  No longer give valid reasons permission to become the excuses that keep you confined to the systems of bondage.  Look beyond the limitations of what has always been and reach towards what could always be.  Truly, the choice is yours!

 © 2011 Julianne Pearson

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Don’t Fight Preparation! by Julianne Pearson

There I was, wide awake at 1a.m. one Saturday morning.  Friday had been a very productive, yet long day.  There were morning mother duties, a full afternoon of household errands, followed by evening preparations and the producing of our monthly Triple F-T Training Conference Call.  By bedtime, to say I was tired is an understatement.  I prepared for bed and joyfully came into agreement with my pillow for a peaceful night’s rest.

However at approximately 12 midnight because of Al and my differing sleeping patterns, there was a disruption in my time of slumber.  While I was attempting to continue snoring the night away, the sounds from the television seemed to drown me out.  Al was wide awake, finishing a movie we started the night before.  Because I was familiar with the movie, I began asking Al questions, discussing certain aspects of the remaining scenes until the movie was finished. 

By this time, Al was tired and ready to go to sleep; but, now I was wide awake, ready to dialogue some more.  I really did attempt to return to my peaceful slumber; however, my spirit would not allow my mind or my body to rest.   You see, I was hearing strategies for the following month’s Triple F-T Training, a whole month in advance.  It has been my experience that if I am awakened and unable to fall back to sleep, there is a divine purpose – God is waiting to reveal something to me.  Therefore, I arose from the bed, and said to myself, “Ok, Lord” and walked to my office. 

While I was typing the outline and worksheet for the following month’s Triple F-T Training, God spoke these words into my spirit, “Don’t fight preparation.”

I had to chuckle at those words.  I didn’t think I was fighting or resisting the preparation – I was awake and in my office...wasn’t I.  Just a few weeks prior, during service Bishop T. D. Jakes released to us, “Don’t mess up what you don’t see because of what you do see.”  Therefore, I sensed in my spirit that God was speaking not only about the actions towards preparation but more specifically about my attitude or perception of preparation.  Let me explain.

Preparation is defined as the “act of preparing, being made ready, or equipped.”  However, most people are not aware for what purpose they are being prepared.  Let’s look at Joseph.  Psalms 105:19 releases the revelation that the pit, Potiphar’s house, and prison were all places of preparation for Joseph.  It was in those three places that Joseph’s character was being tried or prepared for the palace – the place of purpose God had prepared for him.

Again, “Don’t fight preparation.”

As I began to spiritually process and meditate on these three words, this additional revelation was released into my spirit:  Preparation is the key to effectiveness.  Our King-Father is all about effectiveness!  Think about creation week, everything was created in divine order for the maximum Kingdom Results to manifest on earth.  In the end of God's "Creation Assignment," He saw "It" was very good - the maximum Kingdom Results (Genesis 1:31). 

In Jeremiah 29:11, it states that God has an expected end for each and every one of us.  This expected end is a place called purpose, the divine original purpose or intent for which we were called out of eternity into time to accomplish.  And more than just accomplish purpose, we were designed and mandated to accomplish purpose effectively with authentic divine force.  God doesn’t just desire for us to finish; He created us to finish well.

Let me share a very profound imagery to provide greater clarification.  Have you ever had the opportunity to view a city from one of the top floors of a skyscraper?  It’s absolutely beautiful, especially at night.  While visiting Chicago, I had the privilege of viewing the city from the Willis-Sears Towers.  I was a little squeamish about getting so close to the windows.  I could feel the building swaying ever so slightly back and forth as it gave way to the gusting winds. 

We seem to always marvel at the magnificent regal structure of a skyscraper.  However, were you aware that there is something significant that must be prepared and put into position before we could ever enjoy the heights of these buildings?  These significant preparations are called “h-piles”; the steel beams that go into the ground as deep as the building is architecturally designed to go high.  Without these steel beams, the buildings we enjoy viewing would not have a chance against the slightest wind or any other weather type opposition to its sky intrusive stature.

Likewise, the process of preparation is necessary to keep us stable in our place of purpose by building our character to handle the weight of the calling that is on our lives.  Without the proper preparation, we would be ill-equipped to withstand the weight of the responsibilities that come with the place of purpose.  Additionally, we would lack the proper preparation necessary for us to produce the maximum Kingdom results our King-Father expects out of His investment.

Once again…Don’t fight preparation; it’s the key to effectiveness! 

Please receive this last word of advice:  refrain from comparing yourself to any one else by choosing to embrace your personalized process of preparation.  It’s important to know that one’s preparation time is proportionate to one’s purpose.  You are a unique person with a distinctive purpose which requires divinely designed preparation processing time.  Similar to those h-piles, the higher you’re designed to soar is the deeper in time the process of preparation will be for the purpose of producing results that will outlive you.  

In closing, let’s consider Jesus.  It was approximately thirty years before Jesus started his public ministry which lasted only three years – 10% of His preparation time.  And yet, after thousands of years, we’re still talking about Jesus and the maximum Kingdom Results of His earthly ministry.  He embraced and endured His process of preparation for effectiveness. Why not embrace and endure yours today!

 © 2011 Julianne Pearson

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