"See now, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one; please let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live."

"'Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.' Genesis 19:20&22 NKJV

The days of small thinking are over. The days of small anything are through. For what purpose were we made if not to take dominion? For what reason is there to believe God if not for the unbelievable? Why serve the King yet never partake of the King's things? Who wants to be average? Really, do you know anyone who wakes up in the morning and says, 'I am so ready to be mediocre!' No one I know. Yet here we are, you and I, and many of those we know, sitting so far beneath our preordained destiny that we have settled for settling.

We are comfortable with less than. Acquiescing to people on our jobs, at our churches and within our circle of friends in order to placate their broken sense of self-esteem by diminishing ourselves in their presence. Stop that! You know who you are, yet you and I often purposefully deflate ourselves in the effort to make others feel better. You're lying about who you are and who God made you when you do that.

This time next week I will be in Nashville. I will be there walking into the next upward dimension in my destiny. I do not plan on going in speaking small, thinking small or believing for small. I'm shooting for the mountains. My mind is changed. I am exactly as great as God says I am! I am exactly as anointed and necessary as God made me to be. I am the generational interruption in my bloodline. I am the end to curses of generational debt and failed marriages and half-born dreams. I am John W. Gray III.

I am not Lot.

Lot is a weird dude. He was married with daughters but he was content living in a city known for its ungodly sexual practices. In fact, the town was so famous that the name of that city is the name of that particular sex act to this day. Say what you want. I know it's not popular to say what I'm about to say but I don't care. I'm not running for office. I'm tired of scared believers who don't have enough backbone to simply stand behind the word of God. You ready? Sex outside of marriage is sin in God's eyes. God's clear design for marriage, according to the word, is between a man and a woman. Got it? That's not hating. That's not bigotry. It is the word of the Living God. And it's what I stand behind. My opinion is His opinion.

Lot was a bad father. He was willing to let men rape his virgin daughters in order to keep them from having sex with the 'men' who came to rest in his home. But the problem was, those weren't men. They were angels. And they were coming to destroy, not just a city, but also a mindset, a culture and a pervasive God-denying and God-hating attitude. Was Lot on the down low? I don't know. The Bible does not say. But to live within the confines of such a place without any alarm shows me something.

I'm staying on this for a reason. Lot was about to make the biggest mistake of his life. I'm showing you the run-up to that decision. You and I, we've made some dumb choices in our lives. We've messed up royally and got the scars to show for it. Yet here we are still running after God. The difference between you and I and perhaps someone else is that after God had mercy on us and lifted us up, we learned our lesson and ran the other way. Lot was blessed over and over but still made wrong choices from where to live to whom he hung out with. Bad company corrupts good character. Lot's mind was bad.

When your mindset is warped, you don't see things clearly. When your concept of right and wrong is scorched, you are numb to the things that hurt God's heart. When you live a life consistently about you, you inevitably become your own god in key areas of your life from finances to relationships. When Lot left Abraham, he took the land that looked good from a distance. Seeing a far distance doesn't mean you have discernment. That comes from the Holy Ghost. Lot chose the wrong direction, the wrong city and he married the wrong woman.

Nothing will kill a man quicker than the wrong woman. Let me rephrase. Nothing will kill a man of God and his destiny quicker than aligning himself with the wrong woman. Lot's wife was cool with the pagan mixture of idol worship and sexually debase lifestyles of the inhabitants of their chosen hometown. She was cool raising her daughters there. She was in that thing with Lot lock, stock and barrel. A real woman of God would have stood up and said 'we are NOT living here!' A real woman of God would've put the smack down on her man and checked him. 'Why do you want to live in Sodom? Is there something you need to tell me?'

This is funny! I'm laughing but I feel the Holy Ghost right now!

A real woman of God covers her house, spots devils at a distance and fights for the safety and protection of the integrity of her man, her kids and God's name. Speaking of names, Lot's wife was so average we don't even catch her name. She had no identity except for being a flesh extension of a broken man.

You mad yet? Keep reading. Now check this out: Lot had angels in his house. They told him what was about to go down. They told him where to go and what to do. Specific instructions. What did Lot do? He hesitated. He was so comfortable, so familiar and so connected to the people, the practices, sights, sounds and scents of his already-declared past that he stood there. Longing. Waiting. Hoping that the angels would change their minds. He was paralyzed. The angels had to physically move him and his family. The angels, if you check the punctuation in the text, were screaming or at least yelling loudly and frantically. Flee! Run! Get out of here! It's going down! And Lot's just standing there. Chilling.

What has God told you and I to run from and we find ourselves chilling? It's time to run the other way. It's time to flee! It's time believe the prognosis of destruction that God has declared. Run to the mountains! Run up! Up towards your purpose in God! Up towards your destiny in the Kingdom! Up towards your preordained place of planting and positioning! Up towards the set call of God on your life! Run up!

Don't settle in Zoar. Zoar is the nearby familiar thing. It's the thing that's the pre-promise. It's the counterfeit. It's the small thing. That's what Zoar means. Small. Why settle for small when you are called to possess and inhabit mountains? Why choose small? Why ask for the insignificant? Ask God to free you mind so you can ask for exactly what He has for you. You're not called to live in Zoar. The mountains are yours!

Lot asked for the small place. It's what he thought he could handle. It's all he thought he'd need. And God said yes. Wouldn't it be a tragedy for God to say yes to our small prayers when in His heart He has so much more in store for us if we'd simply run towards the mountains? No Zoar in my faith declarations. No Zoar in my finances! No Zoar in relationships! No Zoar anywhere! I'm not Lot. I'm running for the high place in God! I've got destiny to attend to! So do you!

I'm going to Nashville next week to watch God give to me from His hands only what He could give! Beyond money and notoriety is the call to generational relevance in television and film and theater. The next level is next week! Prophetic Praise Break! Your next dimension in destiny begins for you next week! Believe me when I declare it! It is so!

I need you to believe for miracles and healing like never before. No sickness is allowed! I need the entire MannaGod Nation praying for my niece. Her name is Nikki Atkins. She fell ten feet from a swing and fractured her skull on a rock. There was bleeding in her brain. But the devil is a liar! Her family is a family of faith and power! That's why the devil hit them like he did. But your prayers and fasting will turn the tide! If you will fast for Nikki's total healing would you email me back please? My brother needs to know you're there! And pray for Nikki's family too. They're dealing with attacks on all sides from personal to professional. They need God to turn it around! No Zoar for them!

Bless you this weekend. Please visit www.thedoorpost.com and watch all fifteen finalist films and vote for my film 'Before I Wake'. The winner will be announced next week! I need you to vote! You can help me as I move into the next level of destiny. Please send this email to everyone you know. I'm leaving Zoar. So should you.

Are your bags packed?

Keep going.

John W. Gray III

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