Grandgrams #10
Written by Grandma B
“And all of these, though they gained [divine] approval through their faith, did not receive [the fulfillment of] what was promised, because God had us in mind and had something better for us, so that they [these men and women of authentic faith] would not be made perfect [that is, completed in Him] apart from us.”
Hebrews 11:39-40 Amplified Version (AMP)
I can’t even begin to grasp the wealth of revelations for us as Kingdom Grandparents contained in this scripture! Can you picture them? All of the men and women of authentic faith who have preceded us from previous generations? Take a moment and name the ones whose stories in God’s word and in all the history of God’s family preceding us who have powerfully impacted your own. We are the legacy of what God promised them. See them in your mind’s eye. There they are, all of them standing together in heaven’s vault as a great cloud of witnesses who now encircle us! They are waiting with bated breath on us and the generations after us to receive and walk in the fulfillment of the promises God made to them!
Papa God had all of us in mind when He was making them these promises. He saw them becoming complete through what we are now empowered to do through the power of His Holy Spirit! Our leg of this relay race really matters! What Jesus authored in them He is now finishing through us and those who run after us! We are a vital part of an eternal storyline that finds its glorious completion in the finished work of Christ Jesus that is now being fulfilled through us and the rising generations!
Recently, I had my spirit jolted awake through a spiritual reality Dutch Sheets spoke about on his April 24, 2023 broadcast of Give Him 15. He spoke of “Generational Synergy:
Generational Synergy… occurs when one generation honors and builds on the previous generation’s accomplishments. Honoring the connection with our parents increases our years on earth (Ephesians 6:1-2), while disconnecting brings curses (Malachi 4:6). Spiritual mantles, another word for callings and giftings, multiply in effectiveness through generational synergy (2 Kings 2:9). God’s plan is always for the present generation to build on the strengths and accomplishments of the previous. This is the synergy of the ages – multiplied power and fruitfulness through generational agreement and honor.
– Dutch Sheets, Give Him 15 Broadcast, released on April 24, 2023
This exponential anointing and power and authority we can now walk in through honor and agreement is generational synergy! When we awaken to the inheritance we have access to in all the promises God has made to the former generations now becoming ours, we realize the beauty of the unfolding eternal story we are privileged to enter into and become a part of! All the generations that have preceded us are part of our story, as well as all the generations that will follow after us. Their faith victories are ours because we all belong to the same spiritual family! We get to run our leg of the race under the anointing of all the previous generations. What they believed God for is now ours through the finished work of Christ Jesus on the cross! All they have done is the wealth in which we can now run! We grasp their inheritance and see it multiplied exponentially when we run with perseverance the race marked out for us! As we join our faith to theirs, nothing compares to what is now possible because Jesus has gone to the Father. He said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, anyone who believes in Me [as Savior] will also do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these [in extent and outreach], because I am going to the Father” (John 14:12 AMP).
Here is where “our ceiling becoming our grandchildren’s floor” takes on a whole new level of wonder and worth! Do we see how Jesus functioned relationally with everyone He encountered and everyone He discipled here on earth? If in even just this one area of relationships with our grandchildren, whether spiritual or natural, we applied this promise, where would these relationships go in glorifying God? Our grandchildren would end up feeling so seen and known and valued through us that their lives’ fruitfulness would skyrocket beyond our wildest imaginings!
In order for our ceiling to become their floor, we have to value what we bring to the table to share with our grandchildren and actually agree with the authority of Jesus’s finished work for us! If I undermine my value as a grandma, authorized by Jesus to advance His Kingdom here on earth just like it is in heaven, then I won’t likely share the very things that make me so valuable to them. I’ve actually divorced myself from the eternal storyline Jesus has given me direct access to and made me an essential part of. I’ve undervalued my life’s significance to affect and powerfully impact and prepare future generations to rise up into the fullness of their created purpose and the fulfillment of their prophetic destiny. My ceiling can’t be my grandchildren’s floor unless I pour out out the more I’ve gathered in the presence of Jesus and sow it into them. Seeds that are sown produce harvests! Stories that are shared produce belonging that leads to healthy beliefs surrounding identity and purpose, which lead to behaviors that produce abundant harvests. Those who are loved well, love well.
And, wonder of wonders, we’ve been given The Supernatural Helper to energize us with His explosive power to accomplish all this! God doesn’t ask us to enter this storyline without the power and anointing to finish our leg of the race. Jesus pours our His Holy Spirit on us, who makes us His dwelling place and His word decrees a living intercession over us to “Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly energizes you. Now we offer up to God all the glorious praise that rises from every church in every generation through Jesus Christ—and all that will yet be manifest through time and eternity. Amen” (Ephesians 3:20-21 The Passion Translation (TPT))!
There we have it! Generational synergy opens the gateway to generational legacy multiplying throughout every church in every generation until the whole world sees God’s Kingdom fully manifest here on earth as it is in heaven! Embracing our role in God’s Kingdom family as grandparents empowers transference to the rising generation so they can launch from our ceiling into all God is revealing that they are called, gifted, anointed and empowered to do to fulfill their high and holy callings as God’s dearly loved children.
Here is a recent example from my own grandparenting journey. My husband and I had the joy of speaking and praying a birthday blessing over FaceTime with our 15 year old granddaughter who was vacationing with her parents and three sisters. I followed up our call with this text:
Hey there Beautiful Birthday Girl!!! 💝🥳🎊🕊️ You carry so much Holy Ghost fire 🔥 and glory 🙌🏻🎊❤️🔥!!!!! ❤️🔥💥🔥❤️🔥 We anticipate with joy the days ahead for you! I love that you were born into this world in May! And that your middle name is Mae! Such a glorious bursting of wonder-invoking beauty bursts forth from your life, just like it does on the earth in May! I sense you are in a season of “Yes! You May!” A time of fresh permission to fly and flourish in your dreams and God-breathed passions! A time to test new waters and dive deep into fresh encounters with God the Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit! A time to ask for the greater things to manifest and see them spring forth in abundance! God’s heart is in continuous overflow for you! Heaven’s abundance has no turn-off valve! I see a picture of a Whirly Pop popcorn maker on a blue hot flame! The oil of Holy Spirit’s anointing is poured deep within you and the kernels are sizzling with all the gems of gold and glory God has deposited within you! As the kernels begin to pop and release their aroma, people come to you to taste and see who God is, what He can do, as the glories of His goodness burst through you! The Whirly Pop is stirred continuously by Jesus, His hands have a grip on you and a joy in you as He stirs up the kernels and Holy Spirit coats them with the oil of His presence. SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH OIL!!! As the kernels pop and rise in the popper the lid busts open and the popcorn 🍿 overflows the pan, spilling out all over!!! Hungry hearts come running to feast on the goodness of God released through your life! May this year be marked with crystal clear permission from Your good Father to encounter ALL THAT IS IN HIS HEART FOR YOU! May Holy Spirit’s anointing saturate who you are and all you do! May Jesus’s grip on you bring you deep into places of encounter with His joy and perfect love for you and give you boldness to burst 💥 out and offer who He is through you to those He calls you to love! I love you and decree these blessings over you on this, your 15th birthday, and all the days before you! Happiest of birthdays to you with all my heart, love and prayers, 💕Grandma💖
And here is the scripture I shared with her at the end of the text: “From the moment John stepped onto the scene until now, the realm of heaven’s kingdom is bursting forth, and passionate people have taken hold of its power” (Matthew 11:12 TPT).
As grandparents filled with the unlimited creativity of Holy Spirit partnering with God’s unique expression through each one of us, we get to pour out on the rising generations God’s heart and truth for them. These encounters impact their lives exponentially. Seeds are sown that will reap harvests unknown into all future generations!
So yes! Let’s enter into the storyline of the ages! Let’s fill our pages of the eternal story with His glory shining through us to our grandchildren. Let’s wow them with God’s goodness and stir up wonder in their hearts in His great love for them and the world around them. Let’s call out the gold and glory in them and remind them of the great and precious promises of God that are the inheritance they are now privileged to walk in. Let’s share our stories so they can revel in and be welcomed into the generational synergy that is to be their destiny in Jesus. As we do our part, we become a part of the fulfillment of God’s promise to us:
“But [the time is coming when] the earth shall be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, As the waters cover the sea.”
Habakkuk 2:14 AMP