In a dream I was reminded that when we become Jesus-focused and spiritually minded, we become pregnant with His purposes and plans, and our works become the unforced fruit of this:
Pregnant at last
Pregnant with vision
Pregnant with hope
Pregnant as a bride should be
When filled with the Holy Ghost
(Impregnated as she is by the Lord of Hosts)
This is stage one of a holy kind
Growing into His mind
The mind of Christ
Which is what matters most
“For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart. [Isa. 40:13.]’
1 Corinthians 2:16 (AMPC)
“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord .“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left, and your offspring will possess the nations and will people the desolate cities.
“Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.”
Isaiah 54:1-5 (ESV)
