flyer than angels

“I have had people over the years who come to me, and they said that they saw that sign on the wall for twenty-four-hour prayer in the spirit of the tabernacle of David. We had that sign for nearly sixteen years. People would say, “What is that?”

And for ten or fifteen years, I would say, “I really do not know. Twenty-four-hour prayer. It is just what it says it is.”

They would say, “What does it mean?”

I would say, “I do not really know: singers, musicians, or something. I cannot picture it in my head.” So when IHOP started, and when it began to get established throughout the years, people would come to me during the last couple of years saying, “Wow. Your dream is happening. Look, it is what Bob Jones said twenty-five years ago. It is what the angel of the Lord said would happen. Your dream is coming to pass.”

I said, “No, it is not.”

They said, “What do you mean? IHOP is full, the Lord has blessed it economically, and there are excellent leaders. There are people with humility.”

I said, “No, IHOP–KC is not my dream. IHOP is my assignment. The dream of my heart is what happens between my heart and Jesus. No one can touch the dream of my heart. What I dream about at night is not a big IHOP. What I dream about at night is the anointing to connect with God’s heart in the deepest way that God will give the human spirit. That is my dream, and if IHOP gets really big, my dream does not get helped at all. If IHOP disappears, my dream is not hurt at all. This is not my dream. This is my assignment. God will do His part, and I will do my part: I will work very hard, but I am not going to recruit leaders, raise money, or think all night about what to do. I am going to connect with God.””     - Mike Bickle