Come To Me!

Lorilei Cooley recently prophesied…

The other morning I heard the Lord say something. It felt like a key, and then my mind just started running: “You have to COME in order to see what’s COMING.”

Right away, all these words from the Scriptures started popping into my head:

• “Come to Me if you’re thirsty. Come to Me if you’re tired” (see Matthew 11:28).

• “Come out” (when Jesus was setting people free).

• “Come up here, and I will show you…” (Revelation 4:1)

• “The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come!'” (Revelation 22:17)

• “Come now, let us reason together.” (Isaiah 1:18)

So I started looking them up. Once you notice that word, “come,” you realize it’s everywhere, like a gazillion times. (I’m pretty sure it’s one of God’s favorite words.)

The Walking-on-Water Word

One place in Scripture really stood out to me: Matthew 14:22–33.

There was a storm. The disciples were in the boat. Jesus was walking on the water, like it was normal. Peter saw Him and wanted to walk on the water too.

What caught my attention wasn’t even the miracle. It was what Peter said: “Lord, if it is You, command me to come” (v. 28).

Why did he ask Jesus to command him? Why didn’t he just get himself all stirred up in faith? Why didn’t he pull up his robe, hype himself up, and just step out?

Adrenaline was pumping. The storm was raging. Everything was intense. And yet Peter got focused long enough to say, “Tell me to come.”

I feel like Peter knew something we don’t usually think about. He wasn’t asking for a motivational speech or a “how to” tutorial. He wanted a word he could stand on. He knew Jesus’ words didn’t just tell a person what to do; they carried power to do it. That one command—”COME”—carried the power and grace for Peter to step out of the boat and defy EVERYTHING that was happening in the natural.

The Power in the Command “Come”

And here’s the thing, too. Peter didn’t have it all figured out. He didn’t know how it would play out. He just knew the power of the word and what it carried. Honestly, I know I get stuck trying to figure everything out first. We want the plan before we take the first step. But when Jesus said, “Come,” He was not handing out a blueprint. He was opening a door.

In Genesis 15, Abraham was in the tent hashing it out with God, questioning, wondering. And God was like, “Come outside.” He took him out to stargaze, and suddenly something clicked; Abraham believed—all from a “come out here and look” moment.

Change Your Position and Come

There’s something about changing position. There’s something about “coming.” That’s what I hear the Lord saying again, “Come.”

Sometimes “coming” means move closer. Sometimes it means step out. Sometimes it means rise up. But every time, it’s a response to Him. When He says it, He also gives us the ability to do it.

So maybe it’s time to take that step. Write that book! Make that call. Write that song.

Go out and look at the stars, and hash it out with God. Redecorate that room. Apply for that job. It’s in the choosing to come, in the taking of that first step, that clarity starts to flow.

I really believe this: “Coming” is what unlocks what’s coming.

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