Prophetic Word: God Has Given You The Green Light. Start The Book. Start The Business. Start The Dream.
“For the Lord rejoices to see the work begin…”
(Zechariah 4:10)
Yesterday, I was driving with my niece Kylee when our conversation turned to purpose and calling. Kylee is 13 years old, deeply prophetic, and one of the greatest gifts in my life. God often uses children as vessels of His heart because they are tender and open enough to hear what adults sometimes miss. So when she speaks, I try to listen closely.
We eventually started talking about my work as a ghostwriter and publisher.
I work with pastors, Messianic rabbis, business leaders, publishers, authors, and individuals who carry stories and messages that need to be released. I help people shape their books, clarify their message, and bring their stories to life.
It’s truly beautiful work and I LOVE it!
However, yesterday, Kylee asked me a question that went straight to my heart. I think maybe it will speak to you, too.
She said, “Don’t you ever want to see your own name on the book?”
I answered honestly and said, “I actually like that no one sees my name. I like helping others see their dreams come true.” All of that is true.
However, her question lingered in my spirit, and I eventually said, “You know what? I know Jesus has books inside of me. I just need the courage to finish them someday.”
As soon as I said those words, I felt the Holy Spirit begin stirring a word for His people.
Why someday?
Why not now?
The truth is, I started my own book about a year ago, but somewhere along the way, I put it down. I kept helping other people find their direction while placing my story on the back burner. I kept encouraging others to take the next step while delaying mine.
I wonder how many of us do this.
We can see the calling on someone else’s life so clearly, yet when it comes to our own, we second-guess, delay, overthink, and wait to feel extra inspired one day.
I believe the Lord is saying to many of His people right now: It is time to take a leap of faith. Right now. This is the season. This is the time.
Maybe it is not a book for you. Maybe it is the courage to leave a job, start the business, apply for the opportunity, launch the ministry, record the podcast, write the song, begin the Bible study, go back to school, forgive the person, make the move, or finally pick up the dream you placed on the shelf.
Let me tell you why Kingdom creation is especially important at this hour. One year ago, more Bibles were sold than ever before. Believers are hungry for Jesus, and the Holy Spirit is behind this move! Many people who are returning to the faith are looking for real stories from those who have actually walked this narrow path.
Also, studies show that fewer individuals are walking through the four walls of the church, but they still desire strong teachers. We’re living in a generation that loves the Word of God and truly wants to go deeper. Digital media has become a major mission field.
The Acts church that once met in homes now lives through online Bible studies and other digital platforms. Yes, community is biblical and essential, but as disciples of Jesus Christ, we must also go where others are gathering. The mission field has expanded to books, social media, podcasts, small groups, YouTube, corporate boardrooms and other areas.
The prophetic scribe anointing is especially powerful at this hour.
One thing I teach authors all the time is that you cannot write while worrying about who will actually buy the book. When we write for the Kingdom of God, we write first to glorify our Heavenly Father. Even if He is the only One who ever reads it, the obedience still matters.
That principle applies to every assignment.
When I first started this blog, I did not have a strategy or anyone to design it. I never dreamed it would have a global reach or would turn into a ministry! I simply wanted to share all the words Jesus gave me to help others. I wanted to give Him my little contribution to empower people in the Kingdom. Most of all, I wanted to grow closer to my Heavenly Father through the process of laboring for a greater glory.
God breathed on it.
That’s what He does. When we give Jesus our little, He brings the increase. When we give Him our jar of oil, He creates the overflow.
When we give Him the five loaves and two fish, He knows how to feed the multitude.
So my question today is this -- what do you already have in your hands? What makes your heart burn for the Kingdom? How can you “feed” God’s sheep even in small ways?
The Lord Jesus says start there.
Just do it.
GOD USES WHAT YOU SURRENDER
Throughout Scripture, God often begins with what looks small.
Moses had a staff in his hand. David had a sling and five stones. The widow had a small jar of oil. The disciples had five loaves and two fish. Mary had a womb and a yes.
God does not need human impressiveness to accomplish divine purpose.
He looks for surrender.
In 2 Kings 4, a widow came to Elisha in desperation. Her husband had died, her sons were in danger of being taken, and she had almost nothing left. Elisha asked her, “What do you have in your house?” (2 Kings 4:2).
She said she had nothing “except a small jar of olive oil” (2 Kings 4:2).
That word “except” matters.
Sometimes the very thing we discount is the thing God intends to use. She saw lack, but God saw supply. She saw not enough, but God saw the beginning of a miracle.
Elisha told her to gather empty jars, go inside, shut the door, and start pouring. As she poured, the oil kept flowing (2 Kings 4:3–6).
The miracle happened as she obeyed.
That is the word for us.
God is saying, “Start pouring, and I will cause the flow. You’re waiting for the blueprint, but faith begins with the next instruction.”
I saw this come alive in my own life when I left my corporate career. The Lord did not tell me everything that would happen. About a week after I resigned, He spoke to me in a dream about launching a business. The Holy Spirit gave me a specific platform to use to get started. I’d never heard the name in my life, so I couldn’t say it was my idea! But even after God gave me the instruction, I still had to do the work.
Jesus told me to gather my “jars,” and those jars were the gifts, skills, talents, and experiences He had already placed in my life. They represented different streams.
I did not know which one would work or how any of it would unfold, but I gave Him my little, and He caused the overflow.
Looking back, I can see that God was already ahead of me.
During my final year working in the NBA with the Dallas Mavericks, I covered the Mavs Business Assist program. Every couple months, I would sit in rooms and listen to people share how they started their companies, took risks, built from the ground up, endured uncertainty, and kept going when they did not have the whole picture. At the time, I thought I was just covering stories, but King Jesus was paving my future.
Many of the things those entrepreneurs were saying were the very things I was about to live out. I did not know it then, but God was placing clues along the way. He was preparing me for the lessons ahead of time. The Holy Spirit will do the same for you and we get the choice to respond.
I love Zechariah 4:10. The verse says, “Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.”
A plumb line was a builder’s tool used to make sure a wall was straight. It measured alignment. It showed whether what was being built was upright, steady, and true.
That means God was not only rejoicing because the work had started. He was rejoicing because Zerubbabel was ready for action. The assignment was no longer just an idea, a longing, a prayer, or a conversation. His hand was finally on the tool. God smiles at this. He’s not asking you to manufacture the miracle.
He is asking you to take the first steps.
PROPHETIC ENCOURAGEMENT
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS A CREATOR; ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS IN OUR DNA. HE WILL HELP YOU CREATE THE DREAM
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is saying, “My child, I have given you the green light. You have asked Me for permission, but I have already placed the burden in your heart. You have waited for a sign, but the stirring itself has been a sign.”
The Father is saying,“Go. Do it. Take a leap of faith. Launch out into the deep. You are ready for this next step.”
This does not mean there will be no resistance. It does not mean every person will understand. It does not mean the road will be easy.
It means God has authorized the movement.
It means grace has been released for the assignment.
It means the oil will flow as you pour.
What you call small, the Lord calls a seed.
So ask yourself honestly: What have I placed on the shelf that God is asking me to pick back up?
What dream have I talked myself out of?
What instruction have I delayed because I was waiting to feel ready?
The Lord is breathing on surrendered beginnings.
The Lord is restoring courage to His people.
The Lord is calling His sons and daughters out of hesitation and into movement.
I believe He is saying this with the tenderness of a Father and the authority of a King: “You have the green light. Now do it.”
Start small if you need to. Start with trembling hands if you must.
But start.
When your little meets His power, overflow begins. 🤍
