Precisely the Prophetic, Part 31

Chapter Eleven: The Jericho Drive (cont)

Russ:

As we were on our way to Augusta, the news was reporting that a meteor had broken up over Chelyabinsk, Russia. We remembered the word of the Lord from Prophet Bill that there would be an earthquake and a meteor would strike a city. The Lord instructed me to look this up and research this city. What I found was astonishing. Chelyabinsk, Russia was, in fact, the SISTER CITY of Columbia, SC, where God told us to commence the Jericho Drive. Another powerful confirmation! Initially, when Bill said a meteor would strike a city, I thought “well Bill doesn’t know his science. When a meteor enters the atmosphere, it is considered a meteorite and no longer a meteor. However, God and Bill got it right the first time because astrophysicists reported that this meteor was so giant that even after it entered the atmosphere, it was still considered a meteor! Go figure

We traveled on toward Atlanta, holding a robust series of prophetic meetings there and then on to smaller cities such as Hattiesburg, MS where we met with a very small church meeting in a tiny room in a dilapidated building. The word of the Lord to this group was that they were going to grow rapidly and soon occupy a large building in a prime location in the city. In just a few months after our departure, New Hope New Life church moved into a 10,000 square foot building to accommodate their growing congregation that has been on the increase ever since!

After meetings in Birmingham and Nashville, we were making our way toward Oklahoma City when a phone call came. At first, I thought it was a joke and hung up. Then an e-mail came with an explanation that the Travel Channel wanted Kitty and I to appear on one of their programs and talk about a series of teachings I had published online about the Spirit of Python. The Florida Everglades were and still are overrun by pythons, and a python spirit is a spirit of divination such as Paul dealt with in Philippi when he confronted the woman possessed with a spirit of divination. The inspiration for the teaching series was a leading news item showing a python wrapped around the jet engine pylon of a commercial carrier at 30,000 feet that was still alive when it landed. Kitty says anything that makes you do a double-take pray to interpret. This was the spirit of python in high places seeking to infest our country with the spirit of divination to bring our population into captivity to its influence.

We arrived in Oklahoma City and found airline tickets to West Palm Beach, awaiting us, and we flew down for the interview. They put us up in a hotel the night before, and a car came to collect us the next morning. They had rented a beautiful church with lovely stained-glass windows to film the interview. The film crew was Canadian by extraction, and the French-Canadian director sat down opposite me and began the discussion. You can still see this interview on re-runs on the Travel Channel under the heading of “Mysteries of National Parks.” This was all very interesting, but the glory of God came forth after the cameras were turned off. I asked the director to please let me know if any part of the interview would actually be used in the series. He smiled and said, “I assure you that everything you shared will go into the program…”

He went on to explain that when he had gotten out of bed that morning, he’d had an excruciating migraine. He had suffered from this condition for all his life and more often than not would have to go to the ER to find some relief. He almost canceled our interview, but “something” urged him on. When he introduced himself to us, his headache was still raging – BUT – the moment he sat down to conduct the interview, the migraine instantly lifted, and he was totally well in that moment. Once again – God – as promised showed his power and displayed His glory in our lives as we chose to obey Him fully no matter what.

What is your take away from this story of the Jericho Drive? What is God telling you to do? What are you talking yourself out of in terms of sacrificial obedience? We started out on the Jericho Drive by giving up our home and giving all of our personal possessions away. We went on the road for a solid year with no planning and no promise of provision. In the end, what I thought would be a financial strain turned out to be a financial windfall. We not only made our expenses but returned home to Branson, Missouri with tens of thousands of dollars in the black and God had more than taken care of us on our big adventure.

Are you willing to adventure for God? Then listen to His voice and do what He says. Refuse to be talked out of it by friends, family, or your own common sense. God’s way of looking at things doesn’t always make sense but if you listen and obey you will do exploits in His name and come out on the other side with your testimony intact, shouting victory because you made it through

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