The Morning Star Rising on the First Day

A VISION OF A JESUS-FILLED WORLD COMING TO PASS

Soon after, I transferred to the Dallas/Fort Worth with my current employer. I had a new love, a lovely lady who would shortly become my wife. She would be influential in helping me through some troublesome times and finding the pathway to the Lord. I felt like I was reinventing myself by moving to a new environment and having a new love and home—I was delighted with all these things.

But things were imperfect, as my dad died from a prolonged heart condition, and I lost the one person who truly believed in me.

I afterward began having work-related difficulties. There had been a departmental reorganization, and I was assigned to work for someone with a different perspective on everything. As time went on, my work situation became very strained. Late one night, while my wife was asleep, I found myself pacing the hallway, pondering the consequences of potentially being out of work. I speculated that obtaining another job in the current downturn of the economy would be difficult. More than anything, I reflected on how letting my wife down by becoming unemployed would feel. This circumstance brought me to a breaking point. I finally gave up, slumped against the wall, and blurted out the words in my heart: “Okay, God, I give up. I will do whatever You want me to do.”

I did not apprehend it then, but several beautiful transformations commenced after surrendering to God that day. God was about to lead me toward a vision of the future, and I would receive His blessings and favor as I walked toward it. I was about to see the manifestations of God’s power and glory. I had been saved from the dreadful fate of the second death (SWIMMING IN THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE) and placed on a pathway leading to God’s Glory.

The Morning Star Rising on the First Day

A VISION OF A JESUS-FILLED WORLD COMING TO PASS