Will You Pick Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus No Matter What?
- Carlnika Hooks

- Mar 1, 2024
- 3 min read
THE ROOSTERS ARE CROWING
THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
THE ROOSTERS ARE CROWING
THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
THE ROOSTERS ARE CROWING
THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
I heard the Lord say to write this out THREE times. For there is a CLEAR and PRECISE message that must come forth.
I went on a job in Florida and while I was there I decided to take a walk. All around me were roosters crowing. When I came back into the home, I noticed there were roosters built into the floor. I then noticed on the wall a picture of a rooster. I began to ask the Lord what was He saying. I was immediately reminded of Peter denying Jesus THREE times.
The Father began to reveal to me that there is coming a time I would have to make a decision if I would stand with Jesus or deny Him. In great Peter fashion, I said, "Lord, I will not deny you." Most will say the same exact thing, UNTIL what the Father is asking began to come with sacrificial cost. It is to give your life COMPLETELY over to Him. Saying what He instructs you to say and doing ONLY what He tells you to do NO MATTER THE COST. Being that LIVING SACRIFICE no matter what and who it separates you from.
"I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” 2 Samuel 24:24
It is extremely important that you understand this is not only for me, but for you as well. For I hear the Spirit of the Lord say, "PICK UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME."
As I laid before the Father with tears running down my eyes feeling lost and confused, I asked, "Where am I?". I then saw a vision of The GARDEN of GETHSEMANE. I saw myself before the Father weak with little to no strength for what was being asked of me. Crying out, "HELP."
Some of you may feel weak and weary with no strength to go forward it the things the Father has called you into. I hear the Spirit of the Lord saying, "I give strength to the weary, and increase the power of the weak." Just as the Father released an angel to strengthen Jesus in The GARDEN of GETHSEMANE, so shall He strengthen you.
For there is a cross you must pick up in this hour as you enter into the divine open doors the Father has opened for you. Doors of purpose and destiny that comes with a cost to count. Some of these doors will lead to greater influence. Will you say and do what the Father instructs you to, or will you deny Him in the face of many? Will He still be your Lord, the OWNER OF YOUR LIFE, or will you deny Him when presecution comes for the things He has asked of you? Will you continue to live a holy, pure, and integral life before the Lord after you have entered the doors of promises and opportunities?
For many are at a crossroad right now. The valley of decision. Will you take the road less traveled, the narrowpath, that requires you to be bolder than you have ever been before? Or will you take the road many travel? The road of compromise.
These doors and influence have GREAT PURPOSE with amazing things on the other side that come with even GREATER SACRIFICE.
Will you pick up your cross and follow Jesus anyway?


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