FROM CONCEPTION TO DELIVERY
Gladys Palmer
1-3-09
"For all the promises of God in him are yea,
and in him Amen unto the glory of God by us." (2 Co 1:20)
In retrospect, I am grateful to God for the mighty works he wrought on my behalf in 2008. He exceeded my expectations! However, many of you like me, have dreams, promises, prophecies and visions that did not manifest last year. I've made a conscious decision to take God at his word. He is not man that he should lie! I'm believing Him for "all the promises", not just some.
For several years, I quoted the above Scripture as such : "The promises of God are yea and Amen." Whatever happened to the "in him" part? Did you know that you're not the only one pregnant with your dreams, promises, prophecies and visions. That explains how or why you've managed to hold on to them for so long! The one who gave them to you (God Almighty) is pregnant too!!! He's been carrying them around for much longer than you have ; even before you received the vision or prophecy and is just as eager to birth them. The gestation period starts within our Heavenly Father, not us! Essentially, when God makes a promise, he nurtures it (within himself) and in due season, makes the transplant. As in the case of organ transplants, God remains the donor and source. Yet, he is never completely separated from the vision until it is : "Amen"!
Try reading the Scripture again:
" For all the promises of God in him (inside of Him) are yea (yes/true),
and in him (incubated) Amen (so let it be) unto the glory of God by us."
He watches over his word to perform it. My God! That's how close he is to all our divine promises. They are "in him"!!! He must be VERY HEAVY with all the promises in the bible, plus all the individual prophecies to his children worldwide. Imagine that!
Ultimately, it is "unto the glory of God by us". He has chosen us to show forth his glory, for his name's sake. If your baby seems lifeless like Elizabeth's or maybe it did leap in the last ' leap' year and is yet to be delivered, don't give up! It may feel dead inside of you, but it is alive "in him"! Hallelujah!!!
Speak to that dormant gift/vision! Call it forth, in the name of the Lord! You will give birth to a baby, nurtured inside of God; an offspring with no lack or deficiency!
How much preparation have you made for this Holy seed that was conceived in you by the Holy Spirit?
Like Mary & Joseph, make room for the Master! Where would you lay your dream/vision once it is birthed? Clean up the clutter of yester years! How expectant are you? Has God been telling you to move from where you're at? Can your present environment hold this baby/fulfilled promise? Mary left home and spent 3 months with Cousin 'Liz. She who was called "barren", was now 6 months pregnant! This must have sparked expectancy within Mary and the courage to hold on to the words of the angel. She witnessed Elizabeth carry her baby from the 6th to 9th month. She needed to be in that atmosphere of the miraculous {Read Luke 1:36-56}. You may have to re-arrange some things in your life; move away from familiar territory, whether that is mental (renewing your mind set/thought pattern), physical or spiritual.
In Ps 32:8, the Lord says:
" I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go: I will guide you with my eye."
Trust Him to direct your path! Joseph had to fine tune his receptors, so he could hear from God. 
I encourage you to make 2 Co 1:20, your daily confession this year. Our Father loves it, when we put him in remembrance of his word. He is faithful to perform it!
MAKE ROOM! THE GESTATION PERIOD IS OVER!
YOUR WATER IS ABOUT TO BREAK!!!