Because…… our mind is fixed on Him, the Lord Jesus Christ. We shall live in perfect peace because He is our Peace. Peter took his eyes off the Lord when he walked on the water to Him and started to sink…. Well, if we learn and train ourselves to keep our eyes on the Lord, we, too, will be walking above the troubling waves that are roaring against us….. We shall be safe in His peace that keeps us beyond all our understanding.

Now it came to pass when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land…… and in those days there was no king in Israel; ( Ruth 1:1)

Joshua 21:25, In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter? says the Lord. Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel! ( Or any nation- He sets up and tears down).

The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil. I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it.

And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build up and to plant it, if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit.

Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

And they said, That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will everyone obey the dictates of his evil heart.

Beloved of the Lord, do not be concerned on the happenings of the day….. This is not news to our God….. Remember He knows the end from the beginning. As written in Psalms 2, we learn when men raise their fisted hand against the Lord….. He laughs! So do not loose heart, be strong in the Lord and the power of His might.

Why do the nations rage and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and His Anointed saying, let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us.

He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure:

Yet, I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree the Lord has said to Me, You are My Son, today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession. You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel. Now therefore, be wise, O kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in the Lord.

The Lord comes with refiners fire to all….. as written – O house of Jacob, come and let us walk in the Light of the Lord……..in all wisdom and understanding as it is written regarding the “Christ walkers”.

As written in Hebrews 12:22-29, But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on the earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, yet once more, indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

Let us live with our faith strong in our God….Let us remember that our home is in the kingdom of God. We are ambassadors in this earth…. America is a nation but we belong to our God’s kingdom that is eternal…….

When we trust God, we allow Him to shake what needs to be shaken…. Yes, the shaking is imminent. Yes, He is coming because He has been here as King before us….though people may acknowledge no King is in our midst, He is here, the great I AM.

Yes, we will be strengthened in our faith because we will be aware of our helplessness to fix anything or come to know our great weakness, which then allows His great might to resurrect all situations, that we breath and live in as the shaking begins. Things that can be shaken and loosed will remain that way, the things that can be shaken and yet remain in tact are eternal and that is His purpose….

It is no different when we shake the sand of the towel from the beach…. The foundation of the towel remains but everything that is not from the original towel, gets bumped off! God is God. He wants us to be from Him alone, not man’s lofty ideas and systems…. God is ever growing and increasing and He wants us to be also….. No stagnant belief system that is not originated by His Spirit—–He removes all our crutches so we may walk on our faith in Christ alone – like Peter walking on the water in pure faith in our Lord…the Lord alone!…. Our prayer is to and before our Heavenly Father alone…… Our studying before the Godhead alone. We have only one Teacher as Jesus Christ says, and He will teach all things as written in 1 John…..

I thank God for the Truth of that scripture for all that are in prison in countries who prohibit the word of God to our brothers and sisters in the faith of Christ. I know they are kept strong in their faith in distressing times because the Holy Spirit is there as their Comfort and Guide as well as our prayers.

So as things are shaken and changing, so must our faith be changing from glory to glory, from strength to strength….to bow to no other religion, government or false god…..God shares His glory with no other. He sets up the rules and He is the Umpire….. He can call time out, or foul or out at anytime He wants.

There are many voices speaking, but allow God to capture our ears for such a time as this…. Let us be diligent to hear His voice and receive His guidance and instruction…..As James instructs us in chapter 1:19-20, So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

The spirit of the world will always try, ( notice the word- try), to usurp the Lord but will not win.

So we must continue on with our own heart becoming the place of the Lord’s heart…. Right…? Right!

If we are betrothed to One and He kept trying to call us and to get our attention but we put others and things before Him? What will happen to the state of the relationship?

What if our One kept nudging us to hear Him because He has something to say, but we turn and rather watch T.V. or go shopping,……. What will happen to us growing in His likeness? (  Did you ever notice how some couples married along time start to resemble each other?  They have the same smile or twinkle in their eye as their mate—- Selah!).

What if our One sent us love letters upon love letters and we never read them but left them on the coffee table….. What do you think would happen to our relationship?

Would we know our One’s heart? Would we be breaking our love covenant the first commandment, which is not unlike the marriage vows, we say when we are committing to each other…… Yes…..

The Lord left us two commands……When we know the Lord, we love Him….. If we love the Lord, we know Him……If we do not love the Lord, we do not know Him…..and we cannot do the impossible, love our neighbor as ourselves. We need His love in us to love as He.

Our High King of Heaven, is our Husband….. He is speaking to us. He is wooing us. He has bestowed on us many gifts especially Himself and His shed blood.

The knowledge of the Lord will be our only stability of the current times we are in…..He is calling and speaking to us all the day and all the night….. Let Him capture our ears and not the news, facebook, or gossip and tales that fail….. Let us learn and be taught by His Spirit of the Lord. Let us allow the revelation of Him capture our attention and fill our hearts with His great wonders and His great love.

Kings will rise and kings will fall, but our King will outlast them all. Let us adore Him as His bride should. Let us keep our eyes focused on the Lord and be ready for the life of testimony that pours forth from our broken vessel….a fiery pure devotion of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Remember we are in the Potter’s house…..We are not our own, we are His…..What He does in the rise and fall of any nation is His business, we may intercede, but the ultimate plan is His made from the foundation of the world. But He does listen to His people’s heart and relent.

Moses and Israel came to a crossroads in the beginning of their journey in the promised land….. Moses went up the mountain to learn from God Almighty. The people got discontent and built a false god, a calf…..of pure gold….

Moses came back down to give the ten commandments from the Lord and saw the idol worship. His anger was shown as he throw the calf back into the fire and made the congregation drink the melted mess….. Then he said whoever is on the Lord’s side- come to Me!- Then he instructed every man to put on his sword.

There was going to be a division of beliefs.. I know this is the Old Testament but remember Jesus spoke similar word’s also in Matthew 10:34-40, Do you think that I came to bring peace on earth? I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be of his own household.

He who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses His life for My sake will find it, He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

God always brings light. So as we walk through the coming days, there will be decisions we make which either allow us to fall from our position with the Lord or stand strong in the Lord and His grace….. Our choice will be the Lord’s favor or delight versus man’s approval and favor…. We are choosing today. We can choose to give our time to allow the Lord to build His home within or we can allow vain and frivolous time wasters to fill our heart. I pray we spend our time strengthening our position in the Lord and His might.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through he resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith- the salvation of your souls. ( 1 Peter 1:3-9).

Let us be prepared for the coming of the Lord. Let’s read His love letters to us, His beloved.

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to His power that works in us, to Him be the glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Heavenly Father, we ask that Your Spirit do Your exceedingly abundantly above all we ask and think work in us by Your power in us…. Come Holy Spirit of joy, we love You and welcome You in us to point us to our Beloved King…. Make our home fit for our King as we bow in His great mercy and grace which upon us.

My daughter, My bride, do not fear, only believe- believe in My neverending love for you. Rest in Me, My beloved.

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him who hears say, Come! And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely, ( Revelation 22:17).

Selah!

Perhaps everyone will listen and turn from his evil way, that I may relent concerning the calamity which I purpose to bring on them because of their evil doings. And you shall say to them, thus says the Lord, if you will walk in My law which I have set before you to heed the words of My servants the prophets whom I sent to you, both rising up early and sending them but you have not heeded, ( Jeremiah 26:3-5). ( The words of Jesus, the Word of God, being also a Prophet.)

Gather yourselves together, yes gather together, O shameless nation, before the decree is issued or the day passes like chaff, before the Lord’s fierce anger comes upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you!

Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth, who have upheld His justice, seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the Lord’s anger.

The great day of the Lord is near; it is near and hastens quickly. The noise of the day of the Lord is bitter; there the mighty men shall cry out. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of devastation, and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, a day of trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities and against the high towers, ( Zephaniah 1:14-16, 2:1-3).

The “day of the Lord” came to Zephaniah’s generation. It was a dark time for Israel. Darkness ruled their land. Somehow we tend to apply the Day of the Lord to the end of time and the final judgment of mankind…. However, there have been many “Days of the Lord” throughout time as in the Flood. When the Lord’s judgments are made manifest, it is a hard time for mankind… However, it is also a great opportunity for man to turn and know their God. By the way doesn’t A.D. mean the year of the Lord?

God does tear down what is unholy before His eyes, however, God loves to restore and renew…. As He promised destruction through the prophet, He also promised restoration through the coming Messiah…. Jesus Christ came to restore us to God, but that does not stop the correction or judgments of God in our lives….The final judgment of condemnation to the lake of fire, we are freed of in  our belief in Christ Jesus. He is faithful to righteousness and destroying in us what is not righteous. As He builds His house with in us pleasing within His sight. As it is written by Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:16-17,

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

As written the “day of the Lord “or the reckoning with their God happened to that generation. They were held in oppression until they were taken away from their land and held as captives in a foreign land…. They had fallen far from their promised land and their covenant with God.

Even though time has still remained, that generation and numerous ones to follow had to live in captivity without their rights to worship the One True Living God. Now, we all know history and there have been and are terrible things happening upon this earth for over the past two thousand years…….Is it the Lord’s day or not?

Jesus Christ took the anger and the lack of righteousness in men for all men on Him. The day He died on the cross, He took all the iniquity and sin from men from the beginning of time until the end. However, the wrath of God is still available for those who do not turn and believe in Jesus Christ and get clothed in His Spirit….

The Lord is righteous in her midst, He will do not unrighteousness . Every morning He brings His justice to light, He never fails, but the unjust know no shame, ( Zephaniah 3:5).

His mercies and judgments are upon the earth daily….. We study His creation and know there is God, if we are wise….. He gives us our breath, let alone all of His provision through out our lives here…. Yet, He gave us time to spend time with Him, do we? He gave us ears to hear and eyes to see, do we seek Him out?…… Let  us be found knowing Him as He is ever searching us by His  Spirit. He is in our midst, so let us be diligent to live before Him as our Audience of One.

He makes Himself known by His works, His Word and His signs and wonders, and His servants….. He has not hidden Himself…… There is great wisdom in living by the knowledge and fear of the Lord. Respecting His Love and sacrifice of His Son as the writer of Hebrews warns us in chapter 6:4-8, For it is impossible for those who were enlightened and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for cultivated, receives blessing from God; but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

Strong word for the believers….

God’s plans are known by His spoken word as written in Isaiah 55:10-11: For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

So if the word is sent out by the Lord and it will be fulfilled, then why is there so much disobedience in the heart of His people? Why do we stray so easily away from the love of the Lord to be satisfied with the world’s dainties as fleeting as they are? Why are people still lead to do what is right in their own eyes, as if we had any capacity to judge righteously? Is it the lack of the presence of His Spirit- who always bring with Him, the fear of the Lord?

Why does the human heart reason that we can have both Christ and the world? Even when the Lord says not. A heart will still only worship one thing….It is up to us, to instill discipline to honor our God as our only ONE desire…..or we live for our own desire…… Hmmmmm……

Relationship, relationship, relationship leads to a strong cord of commitment……. God is faithful to us, however, we live in a generation where it is okay to be here today and be gone on something else tomorrow. God is changeless and ever waits for our companionship…… Our relationship with Him is His priority.

God is a perfect Father and wants His children gathered around Him to love Him…. As we love Him, we honor Him and obey Him as well as the laws of His household…..We give Him preeminence. As we behold Him, we are changed into His likeness from glory to glory…. He always rewards those that seek Him, always! He is a Great Heavenly Father, who so love us!

He has not kept silent and His words have been made known. America has no excuse……This country was founded on the word of God. If it weren’t for God, this country would not be America…. The people came to this land to seek religious liberty….. If they weren’t leaning on Him for the making of this country….. we would not be here as this country would not be America.

What happens to the word of God when we hear Him? For it is written in Hebrews 4:12, For the word of God is living and sharper than a two edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart.

So when His word goes out and accomplishes what it is sent to do, why would there not be 100 % return of fruit for God from our lives?

The writer of Hebrews again warns us to be aware of the goodness of God and He is not to be taken lightly or should we neglect Him….. Hebrews 2:1-4, Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

Let us study the word and have more of an understanding of our own weak hearts. We always go after what we desire….. So if we do not desire the relationship with the Lord, He knows… However, that does not stop Him from loving us….. He is God. We are to love Him with everything we have.

There is little difference in the expectation of our children. We do not expect maturity in a first grader compared to a a senior in high school… Same with our heavenly Father…..So let us come to Him, young or old, as His children. Let us learn from His word. Let us be humble in hearts so we may grow in understanding as the Holy Spirit will illuminate each of our hearts

We want to get close to You, O Heavenly Father. Bring the fire of Your Spirit within to awaken us to Your eternal life and Truth…. Come Spirit of grace, teach us learn and discern what is dark within our own hearts. We may then confirm it has died on the cross with our King so we may continue to grow in our Savior’s image. We want to be a sweet smelling fragrance of our Lord’s house… In Jesus’ name, we ask.

but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end, ( Hebrews 4:6).

Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy?

Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good. And let your soul delight itself in abundance.

Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you- the sure mercies of David, ( Isaiah 55:1-3).

Therefore as the Holy Spirit says:

Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of trial in the wilderness, where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, and saw My works forty years. Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, they always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways, so I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter My rest.

Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin,           ( Hebrews 4:7-13).

Jesus thoroughly explains what happens when His Word is shed abroad in us in Luke 8. There are five sets of hearts, ( actually six, the ones that do not come to even try to hear Him!), that are in front of Him as He speaks…… He already knows who will believe Him. He knows who will do His will and who will fall away from Him because of His word. But He is faithful to present His word to all.

Jesus taught the great multitude that gathered to Him in Luke 8:5-8, A sower went out to sow His seed. And He sowed, some fell by the wayside, and it was trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it.

Some fell on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it.

But other fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded a crop a hundredfold. When He had said these things He cried, He who has ears to hear let him hear!

In chapter 4 of Mark, verse 20, the Lord separates the good ground into three dimensions: But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit; some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.

The Lord explains each heart and the degree of hardness that makes the word of God fail in the human heart:

In verses 9-15, and 18, then His disciples asked Him, saying, What does this parable mean? And He said, To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest given in parables, that – seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God, those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for awhile and in time of temptation fall away.

Now the ones that are among thorns are those when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

But the ones that fell on good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.

Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has to him more will be given;and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.

Yes, the Lord’ s day is terribly awesome and we do not know when His approaching in judgments. A better way to understand is, the Lord is present and in our midst, but we do not know when the hand of the Lord’s will be moving. But the truth remains, He is coming to return in all of His splendor, but He is with us now!  Shall we be wise or be as fools in the fear of the Lord?

If we believe, all things are possible within our lives….. All things are possible, even the gift of a new heart making us born from heaven….. and are now children of the living God.

As we believe in Christ Jesus and turn from our wicked ways, He is faithful to give us a new heart that if after Him- His word and commands……Then we have to be His disciple to go the distance and renew our ways and thoughts to His……and be a good ground for His fruit to grow.

Holy Spirit, please reveal our hearts to us. Give the grace and courage to live in Your Truth. As we see the ways that are not righteous within, we humbly bow before You to make way for Your grace to take over and remake us into our Lord’s image…. A perfect heart of obedience is what we need to do the hard things in following the word of God. We want our Lord to take over our heart! Please do not leave us alone until all defilement in our thinking and our heart and ways are dead and burned by Your Holy Fire…. For we are on holy ground, You are in our midst, lest we forget.

When we hear the word of the Spirit speaking to us every day, we must be sure we still maintain a soft heart or soft ground for the seed, the word, of God to take root and grow and mature….. We have to cultivate our soul in His continued presence and to increase faith to a fuller stature in Him. God always want to increase Himself in us…. we must allow Him.

All things are possible to those that believe in God….God is always gracious to us because of the blood of Jesus Christ to wash us clean and make us His children at any time. He is gracious to set our course in Him with fire by His Spirit within.

There is no length that He will not undertake to welcome us with open arms…. The problem is not with Him, never has been…. It is with man. We have this stupid strong carnal issue—– pride. It will keep the Door shut on salvation received in any one’s heart. Pride is evil to the core and is the killer of man’s soul for through all time.

Pride will also keep people in spiritual prison through their lives as well as through their eternity….The owner’s of pride will be kept from the presence of the Holy One not just for life but for eternity, but they will remain in the company of their oppressor for all eternity- Satan or Lucifer- the dragon……

Heavenly Father, we ask and thank You the word of Christ dwells in us richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord, (Colossians 3:16, paraphrase for prayer).

For this reason, we thank God without ceasing, because when we received the word of God which we heard from others, we welcomed it not as the word of men but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectively works in us who believe, ( 1 Thessalonians 2:13, paraphrase for prayer).

We know, Heavenly Father, You know what is in our hearts. Yet, You still love us with Your great love. In Your love, we can fall down in humility and ask for our hearts to be good ground for Your Son. We thank You for the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. For You are there in our future as well as have been with us in our past, as You are in our midst today. So where You, we live in You! Only You could do this great sacrifice of giving us Your Son, so we may dwell with You forever. Set our hearts on fire for the reality of knowledge of Your great love that we have in Jesus Christ, by the presence of Your Holy Spirit.

Please keep us close to You in Your power…. We are weak, but Your power is made perfect in our weakness. So we glory in You because of Your great love for us. May we  join with Your Spirit in alignment to make our hearts fit for our King. You lift us up because we can not. You are our Peace, we have none without You. You are our Light for with out You, we are in darkness and fear. You are there as Friend when we are alone. You are Protector when we are in the battle. You are our Warrior when we try to stand with knees shaking above all coming against us. Your Love engulfs us when we cannot see why in the hardships  but we  settle in Your great love and trust in You alone.

You are the Greatest God and IAM is all we need….. We need a lot, Father, and You have met all we need… You are our Sufficiency and our Rest. You are our Wit, Wisdom, Understanding and Might, as we are not in our selves. You are all we need…. You are our Guide as we cannot lead ourselves. You are our health and life if ours has diminished. You are our Life and Resurrection for we are dead in ourselves.

You ARE THE GREAT I AM! We love You and praise You!

May we bless Your name forever and ever! Amen and Amen!

Keep the list going of all the needs the Lord is to you as the Great IAM!

Join this nation of believers this Sunday, the 28^th of June, to call2fall….. Please set aside this day to prayer and fasting for the strengthening of His people so this nation may turn to honor our God and His King, Jesus Christ….( P.S. Fasting is not to get God to move, but enhances our ability to hear and draw nigh to Him. Let Him know we mean business.)

Come Holy Spirit,  Your Consuming Presence sets our hearts in fire!

Selah!

….but fools despise wisdom and instruction, ( Proverbs 1:7). Let us be found to be wise men and women in regards to the instruction of God…..So  we can conclude there are two sets of people walking this earth……the wise and the foolish…. Let us be found as His disciples being built into His wisdom, understanding, prudence, counsel and might, the knowledge and fear of the Lord……This is His Spirit dwelling within us as we dwell within Christ.

As Jesus spoke to His disciples in Matthew 10:26-28, Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light, and what you hear in ear, preach on the housetops.

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

A house built by obedience to the Lord! That is what we are, beloved, a spiritual house being built by the Lord with our obedience. Every time we obey the promptings of His Spirit, as well of course, of His commands….Or we can live by the fear of man——which kind of fear are we choosing to live by?

If we fear the Lord, we will obey Him….There is more value than fear, this is loving Him…. If we do what He says, we love Him….. for the love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts…..so we can love Him…..It takes God to put His love in us to love God……!  Fear of the Lord is wisdom and is proof of the Holy Spirit living within us…… However, love is greater for love never fails.

We are being built by a strong foundation that will stand strong through any storm that comes to test our foundations….Foundation of our faith is spelled out in our belief in the Son of God, Jesus Christ as all the law is fulfilled. Plus our walking in the obedience of the two commandment that Jesus Christ left us: Mark 12:33, And to love Him with all the heart, with all understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

As Peter wrote in 1 Peter 2:5, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

When we start with the Lord, we start at the foundation of the faith……As Paul states in 1 Corinthians 3:11, For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

As we grow in our faith, we grow in the knowledge of God which is eternal life…..So the works and fruit we bear will hold strong through the storms  against our faith. We will come out not smoldering or overwhelmed  as we go through the fire and the water as they rise our way……

Paul continues in verses 13-17 of 1 Corinthians, Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver , precious stones, wood, hay, straw,each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy which temple you are.

There again, fear of the Lord is a good thing!

The Lord is very faithful to have us remain faithful to Him…… He is on a set purpose and will not change….He expects us to leave the dross behind and draw near to Him daily- even minute by minute….Or as is in the military- He gives an order…….We then obey and return to our Commanding Officer to receive the new orders…..Not all are “doing” commands, some commands are to sit before Him and learn to listen and be still…. As we start out, short periods of time of waiting, then longer to stretch our faith and our trust in His unfailing love. We learn and come to know and understand that He is God and we aren’t.We bow to His greatness as well as His great love. As we grow we learn that being outweighs the doing if He is not within the action.

If we draw near to Him on every move, He is ever ready to reveal Himself to all that love Him with a pure heart…… Hey, He starts with any motive of purity as a foundation of love and has us grow from there in seeking Him in a pure heart…..

But if we are stubborn on our own way and just want Him for the comfort move after death into the unknown…..He will meet us with that same tenacity that we drew away from Him….. He tries and tries to get our attention. God is relentless in His pursuit of us. He reveals His way is life and ours is death if we do not adhere to Him…..

If I was driving a car and the passenger saw a big hole ahead, but I wasn’t paying attention… The passenger first says in a normal voice- hey watch that hole up ahead…..I don’t hear…. The next time, the passenger, says it louder and then louder and will even shout until the passenger gets my attention. So the Lord with us….. He sends His shouts to us to return to Him. Do we hear? Do we see His signs of shouting anywhere? I hope so……

So many times the Lord warns and warns us to return to Him, so He may relent and stop the impending judgments to His children…. Though they do not understand and receive not the word,….. He is faithful to His nature of mercy.

Are the warnings being said now over America ? He spoke through His servant warning His people for two years before an earthquake happened in Israel…. Amos prophesied to awaken the nation in the coming judgment…..for a full two years. Jeremiah spoke for over 11 years for Israel to change their ways back to God before a nation came to conquer them. Then again, there is faithful Noah witnessing for 100 years building the ark before the Flood…..In the days of Elijah, it did not rain for 3 and ½ years….as to get the king and Israel’s attention….. Did they turn? Do you know?

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether, (Psalms 19:9)

Now we have been given warnings also as in Amos and the other servants of God, are we making the changes in our heart and lives to show the Lord? Are we sorry, ashamed and are coming back to Him? Are we proving to Him that we know that He is our All and Everything?

In chapter 4 of the prophet Amos, it is written that God had send little warning signs to get the people’s attention……. and they did not have ears to hear… also. The Lord speaks in verses 6-11, Also I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places; Yet you have not returned to Me, says the Lord.

I also withheld rain from you, where there were still three months to harvest. I made it rain on one city, I withheld rain from another city. One part was rained upon, and where it did not rain the part withered. So two or three cities wandered to another city to drink water, but they were not satisfied; yet you have not returned to Me, says the Lord.

I sent among you a plague after the manner of Egypt; your young men I killed with a sword, along with your captive horses; I made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils; yet you have not returned to Me, says the Lord.

I overthrew some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning; yet you have not returned to Me, says the Lord.

Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel!

For behold, He who forms mountains, and creates the wind, who declares to man what his thought is, and makes the morning darkness, who treads the high places of the earth- the Lord God of hosts is His name, ( Amos 4:12-13).

If the righteous will be recompensed on earth, how much more the ungodly, ( Proverbs 11-31).

So we pray that we have ears to hear the Lord and eyes to see and a heart to understand….. as we pray and receive His great grace in understanding and knowing Him, we learn His gentle nudging. The nudging may be for us to go ahead or stop and wait….

So if we are quick to hear and obey, we then hear His whisperings of instruction of love to us….. So if we get off the narrow road, we will not need a M-80 to a tidal wave to get our attention to stop and turn to Him again.

We pick up again the gentle whisperings and nudging of the Holy Spirit as we again add to the building of His temple within of obedience.

If we live according to the word written in Galatians 2:20, I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved Me and gave Himself for me.

As we grow in Christ, our house is getting stronger and larger. As written in Psalm 119, He is enlarging our heart to complete the course of His commands.

We need Christ to love the Lord with all our heart….. We need the strength of Christ to obey His commands….. We need Christ to love our neighbor as our self… So as we are to grow as the building of the Lord …..the only way to grow is in Christ…. So we die daily to ourselves and live for Him…..

Then we will be found blameless before…. Him….. He is the only ONE’s opinions that counts for He is the God, whom we stand before daily….. His eyes are ever watching us and caring for us…as well as watching us to see if we are watching for Him…..

Our relationship with the Lord can be so close as He will let us know what are His plans concerning building up or tearing down a nation or what is the answer for another….. He will show us what is coming and help us to be strong for the battle that is coming against His people…..to awaken and pray and gather them back to the Lord.

But we have to lean into Him, not games, not T.V., not talking to everyone else, but Him alone. It has got to be You and me, God….. for a set time daily….. No breaking the appointment……Would we break the appointment with a President or a Queen? No…. Fear of the Lord is a good thing…. Knowledge of WHO HE IS keeps our lives focused on the MAIN THEME for the reason we are here….. HIM!

As states in Colossians 3: 1-11, If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.

Set your mind on things above, not on the things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in the them. But now you yourselves put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.

Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all in all.

The Spirit of grace will strengthen us to complete the will of God in each of our lives as we walk with a pure heart towards God…..He knows when we mean business for He knows our hearts better than we do!

If we lean into His love and ask and ask and ask and ask and ask…….we will receive greatly from Him!

Whether judgment comes to any nation or area, we will know and be prepared to help others turn to Him before it may be too late…. for we do not own tomorrow- God does…… for He is God….

He changes not——So let us come to the Changeless One and allow Him to transform us into His image, be His home….We will be completely built by the Holy Spirit for our King to dwell and find pleasure….Let us send out the aroma of the sweet smelling sacrifice out of our obedient home to God! May the aroma of Christ be pleasing before His throne…. May He be enthroned in our lives and homes today…

Let us return to Him today! Do not be concerned if we do not know how to return…… Ask Him, He will tell or show us! Trust Him to obey for He already holds our heart, even if it is hard and stony…..He still cherishes that we give our lives to Him….. He makes all things new! Trust Him and love Him.

America, let us hit our knees and offer up our lives as a living sacrifice pleasing acceptable to God. Let us be transformed in our mind so we may live and prove the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Let us be built in a spiritual house of God and a sweet smelling fragrance to Him.

Let us be like a rose to our King. How can anyone not smell a rose and not know there is a great Creator, whose beauty is like a delicate rose, yet has only received many thorns from His creation.

Let us be the fragrance of His pleasure, Christ in us, an obedient house…… As written in 2 Timothy 2:19-21, Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: The Lord know whose are His, and, let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.

Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and is useful for every good work.

We then are His and He is ours…..The love so strong that death cannot separate. Even the darkness cannot separate His love from us…..All the storms, all the adversities, all the tribulations cannot separate us from Him….. even the destruction of the earth…..For we will be found in Him if we hold to obedience in our house, our heart…..as we keep Him, the Main Theme, God…. as number ONE in our priorities.

The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just. Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O Lord, we have waited for You; the desire of our soul is for Your name and for the remembrance of You.

With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Let grace be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness, he will deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.

Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see- but they will see and be ashamed for their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them, ( Isaiah 26:7-11)..

As written in confirmation of His Word over and over again, we are told: The wise shall inherit glory, but shame shall be the legacy of fools, ( Proverbs 3:35).

O Heavenly Father, please forgive us for not obeying your commands and loving you with everything we have. Come, Spirit of grace and stir us up into the love of God. May Your great fire start within and never stop consuming what is displeasing to our Heavenly Father. Give us a new heart of obedience. May we discern all of our thoughts and actions so we may overrule them  and focus  above where our King is seated.

Only You, Heavenly Father, can give us a heart to run after you. We need You. We are sorry for not knowing You first above all else…. We are sorry for taking You for granted as though all our days are ours and not for us to live for You…. Please forgive us in the blood of Jesus…. We are sorry for compromising Your truth to the world… Please forgive us and please guide us into transformation into Your Son’s image and strength and knowledge to turn from the world’s spirit.

Please give us Your strength for we are weak men and women. Please lay within us the steadfastness and boldness of Your Spirit to stand and not bow to the world’s spirit. Thank you for the tenacity to stand in the face of threats of any cost against us…. Help us to remain steadfast to You only through the coming days and years…. May we live and die as the testimony of You and be Your light on this earth.

As we stand with Paul in 2 Thessalonians 1:12, that the name of the Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in us, and us in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thus let all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But let those who love Him be like the sun when it comes out in full strength, ( Judges 5:31).

Even so come, Lord Jesus, come. The Spirit and the bride say, COME!

Selah!

Did you ever wonder where that saying came from? The heat of the sun is beating on us…… Hmmm. It does feel that way in the middle of summer depending on where you live….That intense heat of the closeness of the sun, doing what is does best- shine it’s light on all, but it also brings the heat of it’s neverending fire…..Nothing is hidden from the heat of that bright sun…..Even when the clouds are out we still receive the light we need to see in the day…… So…….

Now let us look at Daniel 12:3, Those who are wise shall shine, like the brightness of the firmament. And those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.

Do you wonder why the scripture did not say the sun?..…. References as His people shining  as Jesus even mentioned mostly referred to the sun as in Matthew 13:43, Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

In Strong’s Concordance, the word firmament says an expanse. However in digging deeper,  the word firmament’s root comes from Hebrew word- raqa. Raqa means to pound the earth as a sign of passion and to expand by hammering, to beat, to make broad.

So the Lord’s people shine as the brightness of the firmament- so what do you think the Holy Spirit meant by this specific word firmament….. The word of God written in Jeremiah 23:29, Is not My Word like a fire?, says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks in rock in pieces?

So what is His purpose for us, His body, His testifiers in this world?

His people are as He is in the world, is not what is written? So the light of Israel will be for a fire, and His Holy One a flame, it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day, ( Isaiah 10:17).

So if we are to be as fire in the world like the firmament, and we are as He is- How can we come to understand the Lord’s purpose for His people in these days?

I watched till thrones were put in place. The Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, its wheels a burning fire; A fiery stream issue and came forth from before Him, a thousand thousands ministered to Him; ten thousands times ten thousands stood before Him, the court was seated, and the books were opened, ( Daniel 7:9-10).

This description of the Almighty also resembles the description of the Son of God, Jesus Christ….. as written in Revelation 1:13-16, and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a flame of fire; His feet were like fine brass as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters; He had in His right hands seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.

Can we get near the Son of God and not get burned? What about the Ancient of Days?

The prophet Isaiah speaks for the Lord on that question, Isaiah 33:14-17, The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness has seized the hypocrites; who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes,who stops from hearing bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil; He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of the rocks; bread will be given him, his water will be sure. Your eyes shall see the King in His beauty; they will see the land that is very far off.

We know in ourselves, we would be burnt to crisp before our God, but for the blood of Jesus Christ. We in ourselves have no righteousness, for we are no different then dirty rags- You and I know rags in a fire are a fuel to ignite a bigger flame. So….. this is not news to the Holy One. He prepares the way of the Lord consistently and constantly…..before man’s eyes and ears.

So can we get near the Son and not get burned? Malachi 3:1-7:

Behold, I send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

But who can endure the day of His coming?And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like launderers soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord, and offering in righteousness.

Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to the Lord, as in the days of old, as in former years.

And I will come near you in judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans and against those who turn away an alien because they do not fear Me, says the Lord of hosts. For I Am the Lord, I do not change; therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob, yet from the days of your fathers, you have gone away from My ordinances and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you said, in what way shall we return?

I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him before Him, Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away. And His kingdom the which shall not be destroyed, ( Daniel 7:13-14).

In Revelation, it is written, the Lord has eyes of fire and in 4:5, and from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the Seven Spirits of God.

The throne of the Almighty, Ancient of Days is of fire. The Son of God has eyes of fire. The Holy Spirit is represented as Seven Spirits of God….as seven burning lamps of fire.

So how do we get near this Great and Awesome and Magnificent God…..Though He is so awesome, He draws us close by His never ending burning love towards us…..

Are we ready? We might study lions. We may know everything there is to know about lions, at least, we think we do until we walk into the presence of a lion in the wild, in his turf…. The knowledge of the lions will not put the breath back in our lungs as the lion comes near….. How much more the Lion of the Tribe of Judah? Are we really ready? I do not know if we will ever be “ready” to meet the Uncreated One—-but we remain steadfast and keep watching for His return…. Even so, come, Lord Jesus, come says the Spirit and the bride.

In His great fire of love for His bride, He has given her the time here to prepare for His ever approaching return…..His fiery furnace of His Spirit, the refiner’s fire, to be with and in us.

As written in Isaiah 43:2, When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame shall not scorch you.

Then He continues His purpose of our transformation in verses 7-13 of chapter 43 of Isaiah, Everyone who is called by My name, whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have formed him.

Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears. Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear and say, it is truth.

You are My witnesses, says the Lord, and My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I AM He. Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me. I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no Savior. I have declared and saved, I have proclaimed, and there was no foreign god among you; therefore you are My witnesses, says the Lord, that I Am God. Indeed before the day was, I am He; and there is no one who can deliver out of My hand; I work, and who will reverse it?

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction, ( Proverbs 1:7).

When the Son of God, the High King of Heaven, returns. There will be a fiery judgment for His enemies for they refused to return….. to their Creator. A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy?,( Amos 3:8).

His judgments come to us at any time as He sits enthroned today, tomorrow and forever….. His judgments come and He is manifested but we do not know when He will be fully manifested before our eyes as He is….. His judgments manifest Him as well as His work in creation…… So watch for His appearing…. We do not know- let us prepare our hearts and be filled with His fiery love!

So, beloved, who call on the name of the Lord, we are growing or being transformed into His fiery image from glory to glory by the Spirit of fire, Himself! So though we are near the Lord Jesus today, as close as within! He will not scorch the person He creates in Christ Jesus….. Yes, our chaff, our carnal nature is burning away minute by minute….. but, we are His as His hands are creating His good purpose through and in us. Is that not why Paul wrote- I die daily in 1 Corinthians 15:31?

We are His sea of glass mingled with fire in chapter 15:2-3,in Revelation as written: And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image, and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.

They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God,, and the song of the Lamb, saying:

Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints! Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy, for all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been manifested.

So we can conclude if we are with the Son today, we will not get burned for we will be as His fire on this earth hammering the Light into the darkness……We will be speaking Light Be and know as written in 1 John 3:1-3:

Behold, what manner of love, the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are the children of God: and it has not been revealed what we shall be but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself just as He is pure.

Can we get near the Son? Absolutely! Will we get burned- absolutely ! The new creation is being made complete in Christ Jesus. Only our carnality will burn as the chaff…… What about the ones that choose not to go near the Son? They shall experience His fire for all of eternity, which is known as the eternal burnings of hell or lake of fire.

However, as written in Daniel 12:3: Those who are wise shall shine, like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.

And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God,  (Revelation 15:2).

Let us bow to the workings of the Holy Spirit to rid us any mark of the beast or his image and the number of his name, which is complete corruption from within  out. The spirit, soul and flesh are completely corrupted with out the blood of the Lamb and His Spirit in man. …… Let us allow the Holy Spirit to transform us to His fiery image, our Savior!

Are we ready for the Lion of the Tribe of Judah on His turf? Can we anticipate to breath His fiery air today so we can live in His flame of Love tomorrow?

Remember Christ will be all and in all…….Let us be found as He is in this world and His, when He watches us today and tomorrow! Always being transformed from glory to glory into His image being a hammer in the earth!

Instead of praying for revival and reformation, maybe we should pray for the humility to be transformed into His image…….For it is written in Ephesians 4:10, He who descended is also One who ascended far above the heavens, that He might fill all things.

For as it is written: Mark 9:49, For everyone will be seasoned with fire and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt,    ( salt purifies!). So what do we need to throw in the fire as our own sacrifice to be close to the King of glory?

Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand, ( Daniel 12:10).

Let us then in humility bow before the King today while we do not see Him as He is but believe He is an awesome Consuming Fire…. and live in appreciation of what great God He is. Let us be formed or beaten in His image by the Spirit of Fire and grace…. while we have grace.

We will be burned by the Son, now by His mercy and grace or later without any mercy…….. No brainer to me!

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are those that put their trust in Him, ( Psalm 2:1).

What shall we offer in the fire confirming our steadfastness in our faithfulness to the King? What can we show Him now, this minute, this next hour, this next week? A sacrifice something that builds His character within and makes us give Him our time and devotion that He is worthy. Do we  mean business in repentance and turning to Him bringing America into His vision one heart at a time?

He made His sacrifice to gain us, what sacrifice will we make to gain Christ?

Selah!

God always seems to move strong when the deep of darkness covers the earth…. This is no surprise to Him as He always knows the end from the beginning for He is the Alpha and Omega. He uses the evil to bring His good purpose.

So when stuff happens to us that is far from LIGHT…..know this is His opportunity to bring His good purpose.  Hey, do you notice as darkness is getting darker, the chaos seems to be increasing among men? As scripture states there is no peace for the wicked….However, this saddens the heart of our Father, for He wishes no one perish….but all turn and repent.

So what is going to be His next move….Darkness covers the earth, then God is . It almost resembles a chess game, however, I believe, He check mates all the moves of darkness with His King…. Thank God for He is God and Heaven Rules in the sons of men.

We get invited in His story when He hovers over the void of chaos and speaks Light from the written word in Genesis….. He has been doing it ever since….. The earth was the void, then He spoke out His plan in one word- Light be…..

All creation enfolded before our eyes for us to know our God….Then time went on and we became estranged from our Maker. Man became dark so the flood came because God repented He made man…… My heart breaks when I read that scripture in Genesis.

The water came and washed away the darkness that was covering the earth…. He spoke again Light be…..

Then darkness fell again and He called out Abraham to start a Light be – in a nation, His family…….to show the earth that there was God and He was God — worship Him and view His love over His people.

Then came His government over the tribes of the lineage of Abraham……….As time went on, the difference between other nations and Abraham’s lineage was their history with God. However, the descendants of Abraham’s actions weren’t so holy towards God and others…. So He let some fire burn through to purify them in Egypt…The slavery was allowed for them to seek their God again. When times get hard, man remembers that he has no answer or power to deliver himself, only God. Then if wisdom takes over, man calls for God.

When darkness was the greatest in oppression over His people, He showed up as Light- be…..A hope had been put in the earth for the Israelites- Moses…..His light in this earth, representing Him and all His ways and thoughts were transferred through Moses……..The law was given to His people to live according the LIGHT.

Light Be again started with Joshua and the new generation that would move pass the deliverance out of Egypt and enter into the promised land……Light be- They were as grasshoppers towards the darkness, but His Spirit said Light be and overtook the darkness of the land…..His people moved on to their inheritance, but not without some battles of faith…..

Time moves on and so does darkness over the land…. chaos reigns as His people of the land lose their vision and get complacent. The victory over darkness started to diminish as the dark ways started to seep into the hearts of His people…..

The foundation of God’s nation is His word, and when the Word or God is not obeyed, the wall of protection start to crack in any nation. Darkness seeps in like a flood through the cracks.  Darkness  will again cover the lands…… even the rulers and shepherds of His people were darkened with the veil of lies. They believed the dark more than the truth that the Light brought.

Then He said Light be- anointed a man to who His light would shine through for he was a man after His own heart…..He was to remind the people to heed to His ways and not their own hearts and see how magnificent God is……. Light won …….. for awhile….However, ebb of darkness seeping into His people’s heart has been happening over and over again…Why?

Alas, the heart is deceitful as written in Jeremiah 17:9-10, The heart is deceitful by all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

So as God would send another messenger to shine His light,  the earth would reflect the sun shining on men for some years as the noonday sun…… Then there were days untold that even the moon was darkened by the night….. The days turned into years and then when things couldn’t get any darker….. God said….. LIGHT BE!

And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through Him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world, ( John 1 :5-9).

Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Light of the world and spoke the Light into the hearts of men……And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who comes to the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been in God, ( John 3:19-21).

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life, ( John 8:12).

As long as I Am in the world, I Am the Light of the world, ( John 9:5).

Then the Lord preparing the way for us to understand while He went to the cross speaks: Then Jesus said to them, A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light, ( John 12:35-36).

The intention of the Godhead was to have a family full of His Light showing the goodness of God through their lives and blessings and corrections…….This was no surprise to the Godhead that man didn’t follow the Lord with their hearts but their own desires……

So in His plan, He knew that He had to give man a new heart- filled with His Light—- the law and statutes would be written upon our new hearts as written in Ezekiel 11:19-21, Then I will give them a one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God. But as for those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their deeds on their own heads, says the Lord God…..( If you want to know abominations that God detests, they are written in Proverbs 6:16-19. I believe all detestable actions that God hates  take their root from these seven, even unbelief).

So as Jesus ascended to His throne…..He sent the Promise of His Light to all those that believe….. So He sent His Light to LIGHT BE in His people…… Christ, our hope of glory….. The Light of the World… as He is so are His people……We receive our new heart and our filled with the Holy Spirit….. The Light of the world as the Lord will dwell in the midst of His people as written.

Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance, ( Acts 2:3-4).

The order to Paul, the apostle, from the Lord and to us as His children of Light…..I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me, ( Acts 26:17-18).

Now as the disciples of Christ walk this earth generation after generation, our Heavenly Father is gathering a family of Light……. Calling us out of darkness to LIGHT BE……..Again…. God never ceases from His purpose…For He is LIGHT.

For it is God who commanded light to shine our of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us, ( 2 Corinthians 4:6-7).

It appears that God has said Light Be over and over as man keeps speaking folly. We won’t repeat the mistakes of the past….Of course, we won’t…..hmmmm… Want to make a wager on that reasoning?

Man has shown to be fools as written, instead of learning from history, we tend to just repeat the same mistakes because we are acting from our darkness and not the Light: As a dog returns to its own vomit, so a fool returns to his folly, ( Proverbs 26:11).

We receive the Light, we must keep speaking Light Be….Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion with has light with darkness?, ( 2 Corinthians 6:14). That does not mean not to witness as it shows us in wisdom to not blend with the world but be a leader, being different as we are–leading them to the Light.

Israel made the mistake of joining the other nations and then the mixture came…..I know when you mix white with black, you get darker color….. mostly gray…..The mixture of their society culture versus God’s will never mix…. God’s light becomes dimmer and there is no showing of His goodness….. Darkness has started to seep into His Light Be, the foundations are cracked…..

As before, time repeats itself in the heart of men. However, in this age, men who have tasted the goodness of God and turn back to darkness, not only grieve the Holy Spirit but bring severity of darkness on themselves.

This is not news to God as He knows the heart of men and how fickle we are…. so He still is speaking LIGHT BE…..Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you, ( Isaiah 60:1-2).)

Now we are His LIGHT BE here on this earth at this time…… if we choose to remain in Him, the Light of the world and deny any darkness…… Remember to be speaking LIGHT BE……. JESUS CHRIST IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIGHT OF MEN…… Come to Him today! Come to the Light, He has taken care of the darkness in our hearts…… He will wash us clean to be as white as snow….. so we may all gather together those that are to walk in the LIGHT as He is the LIGHT.

Now as the darkness is getting darker, there will be another LIGHT BE! God has not kept the growing darkness a secret. It is mentioned over and over again in the letters of the New Testament….. So we get our warning and strength to be bold and full of the Light of God as we walk from glory to glory….We are then witnessing the strength and heart of our God…. He is God of war….. There is even a book written of the wars of the Lord! He is mighty in war and strong in battle….. So His Light Be will  BE! He is Consuming Fire—– remember!!!!

What do you think that next step will be in the Godhead’s plan? ARE YOU READY?

Are you ready? For He comes as a thief in the night, when you least expect Him, the LIGHT WILL BE! Then we will see the Light that has been hidden from our sight shine like the noonday sun…. The righteousness of our God within will shine as He is…..

Even so, come, Lord, the Spirit and the bride say come, Lord Jesus, come!

We are ready!!!?????    Come Lord- we call forth LIGHT BE! Light in Strong’s Concordance is to set on fire! Hmmmmm……

Amen!

A question for meditation- Will we burn if we go near the sun today? Why?  Then contemplate on the One who created the fire ball in the sky,  the One who said LIGHT BE!

SELAH!

How soon do we forget the Truth…..if we do not protect what goes in our ears and what we see with our eyes….we can easily loose our way in the Truth of Christ.

Then He who sat on the throne said, behold, I make all things new. And He said to me, write for these words are true and faithful.

And He said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.

He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My Son.

But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death, ( Revelation 21:5-7).

Let us go back in time to the Flood…..Let us remember what is written in Psalm 29:10: The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood, and the Lord sits as King forever.

He is enthroned at the Flood as well as the judgment to come. He is the Beginning and the End….. He is forever. He sees all and knows all….. Nothing is hidden from His sight……So…. back to Noah.

Noah received the word of God. He was told of the coming flood. Noah accepted the news. Noah then was instructed by God to build an ark for his own family as well as two of every kind of beast, bird and creeping things that God instructed to go to Noah.

Think about this, two of every kind of living creature that God wanted to preserve walked, ran or flew to Noah…. and hung out until it was time….. To me, that is so outstanding. The living creatures came from all over the world in obedience to the power of His command. …..God is so awesome. I wonder why the people in the area of Noah did not receive the Lord’s word seeing the amazing view of all these creatures coming to hang with Noah…..

Think about the lions, the tigers and oh yeah, the bears and deer, wolves, all hanging together…. waiting…… for the day of the Lord. Maybe all the neighbors did was complain about the zoo and amusement park growing in Noah’s land….. We miss God with our prejudices so many times!

Many missed the Messiah because of their prejudice also. Hmmmmm…………………………..Are we dull now and missing the signs the Lord is manifesting today?

In between the instruction from the Lord and the actual completion of the ark….. Noah was warning people of the coming judgment….. Did anyone hear this time ?

So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

And God said to Noah, the end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them, and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch, ( Genesis 6:12-14).

In scripture, it appears that it took Noah 100 years to build the ark…. I could be wrong on that…. but Noah is brought on the scene when he was only 500 years old…. Then flood waters were on the earth when he was 600 years old as stated in the verse 5:32 and 6:6 of Genesis.

Noah was building this ark which never had been needed or seen by humans before…. There was no rain on the earth prior to the Flood. So as human nature dictates our actions, the people came to look and probably asked….What are you doing there? They probably said Noah was crazy as they also accused our Lord…… As I wrote last blog, God’s ways are right side up as we always look at things upside down from God….. His ways are different….. They are that way on purpose….. He is always trying to get our attention so we may turn and believe.

Noah was then testifying for 100 years of the coming judgment….. Did anyone have ears to hear?

Well, it is written that only Noah’s family of eight,( 2 Peter), were saved from the judgment…. Then we can assume that no one believed or took heed to the testifying….

Do we have ears to hear today as the Spirit is speaking through His people….. Are we hearing…..????

As Jesus instructed the people to watch and understand: But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming,                   ( Matthew 24:37-42).

Even so, Lord Jesus, come. The Spirit and the bride say come!

Then the Lord said to Noah, come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation,                     ( Genesis 7:1).

There was judgment at the Flood where our King was sitting enthroned over the happening….. Heaven rules, not men…..Our King will sit over all happenings on this earth….. totally justified in His actions for He is righteous in ALL His judgments.

Noah and his family were saved from the first death, and the others were not……. Jesus, the Messiah, had not come yet to deliver all that would believe- from the second death….. which is eternal condemnation. 

So everyone that was destroyed at the Flood and any further judgments in time on this earth still had a opportunity to believe in Jesus Christ as their Needful Justifier, our Savior…. And escape the second death, and have eternal life.

As written in 1 Peter 3:18-20: For Christ also suffered once, for the sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, by whom also He went and preached to to the spirits in prison, who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

The people that have been destroyed on this earth were locked in prison of death until they were given a chance to believe in the Lord and be saved from the second death…….

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles- when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you. They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged account to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the Spirit.

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers, ( 1 Peter 4:1-7).

The preaching of the gospel now is for men to turn to God today and hear Him today for their eternal place is at stake.

The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord, ( Romans 6:23).

For it is appointed for men to die once, but after this judgment, ( Hebrews 9:27).

Hear His cry for returning to Him through His Son, Jesus Christ….. God has prepared an ark for eternal salvation in His Son so we may choose eternal life in Him. If we do not choose Him, we have chosen eternal damnation. The King will still be enthroned this Day, no matter what we choose!

There is a choice….. we may loose our life here on this earth, but as we are diligent to keep our Lord in our hearts by living His way, by His Spirit,  we can be assured we live in Him today and forever. We are and will forever enjoy His presence and be in His Light.

This is the message for our ears today: Revelation 21:5-8,

Then He who sate on the throne said, behold, I make all things new. And He said to me, write, for these words are true and faithful. And He said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.

He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.

But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

In Christ, is our Safe Haven. He is the Ark of the Tabernacle of God….. He is our Rest and Hope. There is no place on this earth or in heaven that is our home but in Christ Jesus, the Son of God. We are all in need of our Savior, no one excluded or justified before the Almighty without our Lord in our heart. NO ONE.

Let us hear and live with the fear of God. The fear of God does not make us cowards, but that we run to the One who He has given Himself as the appropriation for our sins. Let us live in fear that we do not trample on the cross, death and resurrection of our Lord….Let us live as doves to Him and lions against evil.

Men did not listen to the warnings prior to the Flood as only eight were saved. Now the warning is about the coming judgment of fire….but it is eternal fire- forever….. Let us have ears to hear and hearts to receive His Word, His Son.

If men who saw the building of the ark and the gathering of all the living creatures before their eyes did not repent, how will men  with the lack of a grand visible sight of warning, turn to repent today! Except…… through His city on the hill! His witnesses testifying on this earth……. Are you ready? Prepare the way of the Lord….. for we do not know the day or the hour….. May be today…. Are we ready to embrace the Mighty King who is strong in battle…… He is coming for His bride…… Are we ready? Are we ready to broadcast this unpopular, not comfort food, but the truth?

Hey, let us be wise and be found in His grace and the knowledge of Him….. Who is worthy of all honor and praise and our faithful love at all costs.

Let us receive the truth and live and be free in Him…. Or we can choose to remain in pride and deny the coming judgment of the second death, eternal fire. No one will pass from the first death, but those who believe will not be hurt by the second death.

All liars means all liars…….Let us ask for grace at our time of need of repentance and strength to abide in the Lord and obey His commands. For His Day is a Great and a Terrible Day!

He is an awesome God. He is a Consuming Fire…. He is Great and is greatly to be praised.

Let us bow in His Love and Beauty of Holiness and be His volunteers as He rules in the midst of His enemies…..as He said in John 12:24, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains alone, but if it dies, it produces much grain…

But in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, but the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, by the word of truth, but the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers and yet true; as unknown, and yet well know; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things, ( 2 Corinthians 6:4-10).

Let us die daily to live in Christ, so we remain His Light pointing to the Son of Man, Jesus Christ, our Savior and King during easy times preparing for harder times as it is promised…..Are we ready? Are we preparing ourselves so we may endure through the night knowing He will bring the dawn?

The dark will be getting darker so the LIGHT ON THE HILL SHINES TO CHRIST JESUS.

So as the dark increases let us: Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad, ( 2 Corinthians 5:9-10).

For the love of Christ impels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again,            ( 2 Corinthians 5:14).

As the world goes on as in the days of Noah, let us prepare the way of the Lord, first in our hearts, then the Light from within us will show the way….Let us not be caught unaware as in the days of Noah……….For our High King of Heaven is enthroned  today and tomorrow….Heaven always rules in the kingdom of men….Let us not be deceived, but awaken to His righteousness.

Even so come, Lord Jesus, come….. the Spirit and the bride say -COME!

We love You!

Selah!

The ear that hears the rebukes of life will abide among the wise. He who disdains instructions despises his own soul. But he who heeds rebuke gets understanding. The fear of the Lord is instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility, ( Proverbs 15:31-33).

Do we hear and see what is coming from the Lord? Do we see the handwriting on the wall?  Or should we just blow the warnings and signs off like the people in the days of Noah?

Many killed the prophets, saying they were lying when they spoke of the coming Judge….. However, wisdom or lack of will be known in our fruits ripening in the future. Wisdom is the ripened fruit of understanding and humility practiced today…. Pride’s ripened fruit is ignorance of the knowledge and fear of the Lord. Pride’s fruit bears death and destruction  as well as grieving the Holy Spirit…..Pride is death, as the second death will not be pardoned on that soul.

So the warnings of the Lord were ignored and soon the invasion came from hostile countries that imprisoned and put in bondage the country of God….. They turned their heads and hearts from following the commands of God. They called them grievous and burdensome…. They enjoyed partying and playing. They continued in the worship of their idols. As in the days of Noah………

The current scores of sports teams will not matter when we as frogs in a slow pot of water reach the boiling point…. The frog was lured into reasoning that all was okay, he was doomed to die not realizing what was brewing against him. The sales at stores or trends at the beauty counters will not matter when imprisonment of bondage has been manifested which has closed them down. The reason being???? Our freedom to worship our King of Eternity, our God, has been slowly allowed to be diminished first in our hearts, then our land.

May we wake up in this country and repent by turning our hearts fully back to the Lord. We need to be ruthless in getting the rights of our God back in this country. How? Grace, mercy, grace, mercy…… as the Lord endures forever.

When each heart repents and turns away from their evil ways…… and turns to a life of prayer or talking first to the Lover of our soul. Asking, seeking and knocking in prayer with our God….  He is waiting for His children to come and speak to Him. Let us start here with Him.

Are we willing to drink His cup? Are we willing to pay the cost? Willing to die to live? Are we willing to leave this country in this shape to our children’s children? For they will pay the hard cost if we do not….

Hear and give ear: Do not be proud, for the Lord has spoken. Give glory to the Lord your God before He causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death and makes it dense darkness. But if you will not hear it, My soul will weep in secret for your pride; My eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive,                ( Jeremiah 13:15-17).

Is this scripture spoken over America in the heavenly counsels today as spoken to Jerusalem in Jeremiah 18:11-12?

Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying thus says the Lord: Behold I AM fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

And they said, that is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will everyone obey the dictates of his evil heart.

Let us remember, King of heaven rules yesterday, today and forever! God wins….. Shall we make sure we are known by the King and we know Him…. He knows whose house we are! I know where I live, don’t you ?  So does the Spirit of God….

Shall we be diligent to welcome the winepress of suffering knowing it is our way of ascendancy and our trials are our ways of exaltation in Christ….. Let us live rightside up in God’s eye. Let us have our lamps burning with the oil of His Spirit sending our heart’s love before Him during the day and during the night.

Remember what is written in Hebrews 6:1: Therefore, leaving the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection (maturity or fullness of Christ), not laying again the foundations of repentance from dead works and of faith to God.

So we may surmise to go on to the fullness or maturity of Christ, there will be chastisement from our Loving Father…..but it is to bring peace and righteousness as also written in Hebrews 12:5-11, And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, do not despise the chastening or discipline of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him, for whom the Lord loves He receives. If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? For they indeed for a few days chastened us seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.

Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it…….

What wonderful fruit we will bear as we allow to our Father to steer us unto His fullness, growing and maturing to the sons and daughters of God. We have His Spirit within us during the corrections or judgments of the Lord. The judgments of the Lord on the world, they go it alone until they call on the name of the Lord….. But He is with us….. Let us be disciple’s of the Lord.

Remember to be okay with men, which is caring what people think, so we bow to their ways even when we are convicted that is against God and His ways. When we need to lie to gain friendship, jobs, increase of finances—- to bow to the spirit of the world. When we allow fear to rule our lives versus love…… We then live for men and not for God. We are then heading for death with God…..I learned this from a very humble man of God, if we bow, we will burn……

However, if we love Him and live for Him, we will rise in Him and to Him. We will be on the outs with men and their rebellion as was our Lord!…. The second death has no hold over us…..Can it be said tonight, if we will lose our breath, the second death holds us captive or do we hold life eternal in Christ with in our hearts where our faith lives?

Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against falsely for My sake, ( Matthew 5:11). Many have been going through this in the past and today. They are the heroes of our faith. Let us prepare to walk as they do….. If we hold  in prayer those brave ones locked in prison today…..and for many days past….. As we pray for those hiding in horrible places because of their faith as they treasure the word of God as they share different scriptures back and forth with each other……..We pray for the strength to remain steadfast to our King during the coming days as those brave souls.

May we grow in the faith knowing that nothing will separate us from His love, may we turn from the deceiving spirit that says that God doesn’t love us if all this tribulation is upon us! The Lord warned us of trials manifesting in all different ways, but that we were to remain in Him and there we will find our peace- that is beyond all understanding…..

That is our walk of faith…. through the shadow of death, He leads us as He has led many other saints in His life and Light….. This is His way….. It is not comfortable to the flesh but we can know our God and do great exploits in His name because He knows us….. There is union with His Spirit from our daily walk in and out as we go through stuff…. We win, because He is with us and His love never fails! He delivers us from all adversities!

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written:  For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor power nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, not any created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord, ( Romans 8:35-39).

Father, may we remain diligent before Your face – seeking You and Your ways in our hearts, so as the Seeds of a fragrant flower are sent spreading over the country by the wind of Your Spirit bring  a rising of the Tree Of Life in the hearts of this country…. May our faith and tenacity in knowing You are a Rewarder of those who seek You be found pleasing in Your eyes. Extend to us the grace to know we live and pray only before You, our Audience of One.

Selah!

The national day of prayer is a necessity, however, we should be found in prayer every day, whether the nation announces it or not….. We should be in our secret place with the Lord more than in any other activity for the Lord or others.

Our conversation should be more with the Lord during our days than with men….. So when things happen, we are not surprised or dismayed but we are aware of the signs of the times. We are not surprised by the happenings of men and kingdoms of this world….. We hear from heaven and are told what to pray…. This should be our way daily with our Lord. Then we will have a very sure word from the Lord in our response to any crisis.

Christ followers in this country should prepare for the coming of correction or chastisement or judgment. Pick what ever word you want that makes you feel more comfortable. It is written that judgment comes to the house of God first in 1 Peter 5.

I know no one likes that word- JUDGMENT, but…. we need to wake up and be aware of how we have strayed from the standard God holds- Jesus Christ, His Son, the Word of God….. as God’s rights are being rejected out of this country…… The wall of protection is lifted, it has been deteriorating for a while now…The cracks in the walls have allowed the weakening of our foundations that built the nation in God. The spirit of the anti-christ has been slowly putting deception in the ears of those who are not wakened and wanting the truth as written in Thessalonians.

Are we prepared in steadfastness in our faith or will we get offended at God when stuff happens in this country or any where in the west?………. God has not kept His ways a secret…. nor has His people been silent trumpeting the warnings of judgment are coming…..

Could the great falling away be coming to those that get offended in this generation?

And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me, ( Matthew 11:6). The trials are to test men hearts. We call some events trials in the sports arena…. Why? Because they are scheduled to test the skills and endurance of the members…… Same with God! Some may choose to get offended at God and turn from Him……. Why do some turn away?

God’s love is way higher and deeper than our understanding, so we have to hold on and trust Him through all that comes to us- hardship and blessing….. As matured sons and daughters of God, we should handle it because He has given us all divine power to prove the Son’s image in us as walk through the fire and water….. if it is in our heart to remain faithful to Him, no matter what.  Some may turn away in bitterness. Hey, how is this a loving God and He is not what they thought God was…. God was made in their image as they were lacking knowledge of God, sooo.…..

God’s shaking is for the eternal to remain and all else be gone…. The season of pruning is coming upon His people and the nations. As it is written in Daniel 11:35, and some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may found to praise, honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith- the salvation of your souls,( 1 Peter 6-9 ).

Peter mentioned all our faith will be tested by fire—– The fire leaves alone what is pure….but burns up the false doctrine that have lodged as beliefs and are strongholds which is not the Gospel of Jesus Christ or the leading of His Spirit…. but is from the earth, man made.

We can use this opportunity from the Spirit of Truth to seek the truth—- Jesus Christ, the Word of God- He will reveal Himself to us if we are seeking Him in honesty…..Yes, it will be hard. In fact, some times even shattering, but that is okay…. Our Lord holds us in His hands and will not let any that are His be taken from Him. Let us trust Him to shine His spotlight on any false strongholds that we believe and let them fall down to pieces. After all He is a Jealous God, but He is Good!

What will the Watchers from heaven view in our buildings where we are to worship the Lord and the Lord alone? Will they see the super bowl parties and or movies playing at church? Social events for the people? Or will they see numerous buildings holding fiery intercession for Christ’s name sake to be honored and for the people to come out to Him from “Babylon”.

The Spirit of God took Ezekiel into the temple and allowed Ezekiel to see the unspeakable worshiping of false gods from the leaders and people in charge were doing in secret…… I wonder why the Spirit of God just showed Ezekiel what the leaders were doing?    Hmmmmm….. 

Have people changed so much in this generation versus the one that lived on the earth when Ezekiel walked on this earth? If your answer is yes, then I have to question  the outstanding numbers reflecting the unborn deaths or remind you of the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah, is there any resemblance in the current day? The holes in our armor or our faith reveals what comes from compromise or mixture with men  listening to men rather than listening to heaven, the Spirit of God.

What if it happens there are no buildings left to worship the Lord anymore… for it is forbidden….? Will we be strong in the Lord, to pray and remain diligent in His name, even if we are alone and threatened? Will we know He is with us and is our All Sufficiency?

What will happen to us if we do not stand now when it is not difficult….. Where will be the stamina when everything around speaks of death… Death to those who call on the name of Jesus Christ…. Will we have the ‘true grit” that will go literally to the cross or prison if we are called to that?

If we do not grasp the grace of the Lord today when it is green out, how will we have the stamina in His knowledge and grace to hold strong in allegiance to our King when the green has turned to death. If we do not work the discipline that is needed to die to the world today and make time for Him, how will we be sustained? Who will sustain us, if we have not been faithful  now to our King? Our God is merciful, but He is also a Consuming Fire- not to be messed with or are we to think greasy grace was His idea.

Do we think it might be time for a little boot camp discipline for ourselves now? Are we prepared to remain faithful to Christ, no matter what? I know I am weak, I am asking often in faith that His strength be made perfect through me….. I cannot do anything without Him….. But I prepare myself for this day and ask as the day may approach that I may remain faithful to Him….. I am praying for what may happen- preparing for endurance and steadfastness to Him and Him alone today. I am leaning on My Beloved today so that what may occur tomorrow, I know how to lean on Him through each moment.

Do we sit in our pride and think that won’t happen to us here in America? Do we not see the cup of iniquity filling that is against the Lord and His commands? Do we not see the hands of the Lord allowing things in this country to change so that we may receive the chastisement that is due to this generation?

May we realize of the coming opportunity to know what Paul meant that he wanted to know the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if by any means, we may attain to the resurrection from the dead according to Philippians 3:10. When our lives are filled with adversity and hardship, we grow in Him or in bitterness…..Either take the lemons and turn sour or make lemonade with His grace. Our choice……

As it is written and spoken from our Forerunner in Matthew 10:39, He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

We need to grow in Him now when we have been given the time to hear and turn to Him today.

We will not make it in a marathon if we do not stretch our capacities daily to make it for the long haul….. This concept is the same for us spiritually…. We need to stretch our faith, allowing God to grow in greater measure in us so that we may remain faithful to the end of the marathon.

Now we will have available to us to suffer for His name sake.…. As it is written For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him. If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He will also deny us. If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself, ( 2 Timothy 2:11-13).

Do we not see? We are given a chance to stand for our faith in Christ Jesus and the Truth….. We lose our comfortable standing with the latest current trend of today’s society…. If we remain in good standing with the neighbors and the work place….. however, we lose our stand with Christ…..Hello, let us weigh this out—- Men’s opinion wins over God’s smile and neverending love and  living in His Presence forever?….. No contest for me!  Preparing our hearts in standing today for Christ, will grow our roots deep for greater storms ahead.

He remains faithful to Himself. Do not rely on what was said way back when we said we believe in Him. Today, if He speaks, make sure we have an ear to listen—- Today….. not yesterday, not tomorrow… We might not have tomorrow…. Are we living to show the blossom that leads to the fruit that remains faithful to righteousness at all costs to us…..?

Are we willing to take a chance of ignoring this great God and His rights on this earth?…. Have we no fear of the Lord today? Has Satan filled our thoughts with such lies that we do not see the Truth anymore….. nor stand for it? Has the trend of men and the rebellious spirit makes us bow to them or will we be faithful to the Lord? Who is more important to us? Status with men or with the King of Heaven?

Nonetheless, those that want God and want all they can get of Him, will have the opportunity to stand in the testimony of the Lord…..If we die, we die because we live….. We have prison over us, we will be free in His Spirit. We do not fear who can kill our mortal lives here, however, we do fear and love the One who holds our eternal life in His hands…. We will trust Him in conforming us to His death, so that we may know the power of His resurrection from the dead…..Remember, when we awake we shall be found in His likeness!

Remember the second death holds no power over us…. Praise be to Him who holds our breath in His hands.

Now many will read this and say, this is way out…. We will not experience any correction or judgment from God… What about His mercy…… His corrections and judgments are His mercy……so that we may be instructed in righteousness and turn to live…..TODAY!  We may have today on our mind, but He has eternity on His.

Remember in the Flood, there were only eight that we saved from the waters overflowing……..Only 8!!! Eight remained on the earth, however, this age is regarding not just this life but all of time and eternity….. This is what is given to all men to make a choice… for we will be judged according to the works of our hearts….. and our choices.

There were many prophets that spoke warning to the people of God to wake up and turn their hearts away from idol worshiping and back to God. They spoke to people morning and night to repent and clean their garments in warning…….

Well, the Lord is warning this country to awaken to righteousness and turn away from covetousness and adultery with God. Do not mistake His longsuffering for acknowledgment of the lack of righteousness in this country. God is very precise in His decisions, He knows when the cup of iniquity for every country will be filled and has already planned the judgment or blessings if they turn and repent…..

It has already been established, He knows the end from the beginning…. Remember, He wrote the Book! However, if a country truly repents and changes the ways and laws back to righteousness, He has shown to relent on the judgment…… So do we sit idly by or do we ask for His mercy to change the hearts of the kings back to Him….. the hearts of leaders in the church and government….. But the National Day of Prayer has passed! So should we wait until the next year to ask, seek and knock?

He who has ears to hear, let him hear! But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions, and saying: We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we mourned to you, and you did not lament. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he has a demon. The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, look, a glutton and winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!

But wisdom is justified by her children!, ( Matthew 11;15-19).

Do we need a show to go to our prayer closet and petition for our Lord’s mercy? Are all our actions for the showing before man or God?  Do we know we live before the Audience of One 24/7?  Do we really understand that our Jehovah does not sleep or slumber but is aware of every heart and every action and every cry and every curse we do before Him?

We thank You, Heavenly Father that Your mercy is neverending. Please give us more understanding of how great You are so we may bow before You giving the love that You deserve and all honor….. May You be exalted as we seek You to know You and to ask for more of Your love to love You as we should and others…. In Jesus Christ’s name, we ask. Thank You for Your mercy that You want speak to every heart, may we have ears to hear You today.

Selah!   Part II – On What Is Coming Around The Corner….

Our thinking is so upside down to the ways of the Lord…. We really have to think way out of the box to follow the Holy Spirit as He leads us up the mount of the Lord. He leads us unto the Highway of Holiness as written in Isaiah 35:8-10, A highway shall be there,and a road, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, shall not go astray, no lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up it; it shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk there, and the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

However, we must remember : For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts, ( Isaiah 55:8-9).

Remember, how the Lord was exalted above all powers and principalities but only after the way of  obedience of suffering in the flesh unto death for the sake of love and obedience to His Father for us?

He went the way of rejection from His own. He accepted the ridicule of His own. He received the false accusations of His own. He rejected the power that could save Him from His death for His own. He established His reign through the hate of His own. He bowed to the judgment, our judgment of death, for His own. He took our sins, our hate, our misunderstanding, our rejection upon His shoulders. The nails in His feet and hands were the rebellion of His own turning away from Him…. His broken heart was filled with the rejection of humanity toward their only God.

However, He endured the cost because of the reward, us! The ones who hurt Him, lied about Him, yet He endured for the joy of the reward, us…..He saw beyond what was going on to the creation that would come from His side, His bride. He knew and endured and is still enduring humanity turning their back on Him and His ways and laws that were established by Him…. Yet, His love is enduring and everlasting.

This is the way of the Lord……It is the way of heaven, going through hell, knowing God’s promise is true…. The way of the Lord is lifted up as we go down, down, down…. It is His way of love.  Actually the flesh is descending but our spirit man is on the ascending road to holiness…… Rightside up!

In the exaltation from men, there is death. Soon as we are exalted from men, the Lord is faithful to bring those who love Him to death so they can arise to Him…. As written in John 17:1, Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You. 

The psalms clearly state that men that are after God will suffer persecution here….. Our spirit man gets stronger as our flesh is weaker.

Remember, the exaltation of Jesus of Nazareth being crowned with palm branches by the crowds….. Then He knew it was time for the Son to glorify the Father, by taking the responsibility of the offense against His Father alone. He walked the winepress alone. His Father saw the bowing or submitting of our King for love and then glorified and exalted Him to the highest place possible, the right hand of the Almighty…..

We must realize that our love for God and His name and fame must be our number one agenda  as we bow to Him …. We live as His testimonies on this earth…. We are reflecting Him…. Not all will like that reflection….Jesus Christ was the visible image of the Father and look what man did to Him!

Mans exaltation, leads us into death….. We can not follow man and follow the Lord….. We will always betray one for the other…at some point…. Jesus many times left the crowds because they wanted to crown Him as King….. He knew their intentions were not about Him or our Heavenly Father, but about helping them out of the oppression of the current government…..

If Jesus Christ had gone the way of the agenda of men, usually representing the spirit of the world, He would have lost the Spirit of God’s anointing. The way that He walked on this earth, favoring no man, He proved His love and faithfulness to the Heavenly Father.

Man’s way leads to death and God’s way leads to life, even though it may be through death of our own will and all of our flesh for unto Him. If this is not a truth of God, then the second letter in Revelation chapter 2 to the church of Smyrna, would not be written for our exhortation. There are many saints that have been martyred because of their love and stand  for Christ…..not bending to man’s agenda or Satan’s.

Now, today, we are about exalting the name of Jesus and His fame…. If fame comes, beware of our allegiance to keep Him the main Theme….. He is God and we are not….. So whether men acclaim us or blames us, our focus towards God’s purpose through us, should go on like a fighter jet…. We are on a mission and will not deter until completed.

It is all about Him, not us. All abandoned Jesus at the end. It was written, He was to work the winepress of God alone. Paul, also, was abandoned….. left because of the shame of the cross, he was imprisoned…. But look at what happened to our Lord, He was our Forerunner to life….through His death….. Paul was also God’s forerunner to path the highway to holiness by the revelation he received in prison by the Spirit of God…. We would not be as enriched in our walk with God without Paul’s abandonment from men so he could live abandoned to God and be His pen of a ready writer…..

All is right side up in God’s ways but appears to be upside down according to man’s….Men hate the reproach of the cross and all that brings. Actually what it brings for a man that endures- is the blessing of the Lord as new life is brought out from the death as it enlightens us to more heavenly revelation made manifest for the sons and daughters of God, the body of Christ.

How is it that unless some painters are dead their works are then honored and sought out at a high price? Paul’s writings were the exquisite paintings leading to the fulfillment of our Heavenly Father’s purpose through and for the body of Christ.

As written in Revelation of Jesus Christ, the two witnesses described in chapter 11, were about the Testimony of the Lord, not themselves…..When we overcome it is by the way of what is written in the word, not by what some men call the definition of overcoming:

And they overcame him(Satan) by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony and they did not love their lives to the death, ( Revelation 12:11).

May it be said of us that when we leave a room, the fragrance of Christ is there. They may know, fear, think about the Lord and not us…. We are here reflecting the Lord Jesus Christ by His Spirit… Speaking when He tells us and pointing always heavenward, to awaken those that are not facing that way…. So they may turn and repent to the Lord today.

This eternal life is lived by us to the fullest, I hope….. but, it is not for us, but through us, people may see the power and love of God that is possible for them….So we die, so He may live through us.

How do we die? We die when we learn and live His grace is sufficient or His grace is our strength when we are ridiculed, rejected, falsely accused, persecuted for His name sake….. Then we live in the truest riches of a heavenly life….We have the companionship of the Holy One….. Our inheritance, the Richest Inheritance found in heaven and earth, our God.

Are we ready? Are we ready for His way -church of the west? Loose our rights so our God obtains His over us in through us to others?

To die is to live with Him forever and be known by Him as overcomers….We eat of the hidden manna. We partake of the tree of life. We rule and reign with Him over the nations as the second death holds no power over us as we walk with Him in white garments. The greatest reward for us is that we have the name of our God, His city, the new Jerusalem upon us and we have His new name…..Soooooo… What does this look like?

When Jesus healed the blind man, the man was cast out from the temple, but then believed in the Lord…. He had His sight, natural as well as spiritual….. He calls us out with Him…. Remember in Hebrews 13:13, it is written, therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach. 

This has been the way with God from the beginning of the written word after He cast out Adam and Eve from the garden….. He called out Noah, Abraham, Moses. As we read the Word and learn the patterns of the Lord, we then can join His way in delight….. but this way is not the way of the crowds…….

Moses, God’s man, went also outside the camp, to meet with the Lord in the Tent of Meeting…..This is a good thing…. as the ways of the Lord are upside down to us, but right side up to Him.

Jesus was anointed for His death and burial and the crowds were exalting Him….. His death on the cross was all about new life and rending captive death upon those that misunderstood Him.

So now, we live in Him and this is the way of the Lord….. We die to live and live to die more, so more of His life might live in us so that all may know the Lord Jesus Christ as He shines from within us. So we may be found having no righteousness of our own, but are only found in Christ’s righteousness.

I am the true vine and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away, and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it might bear more fruit.

You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

( Remember, it is written John 12:31, Jesus said, now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.) Hmmmmm……This puts new light on as we meditate on verse 6 of John 15—-If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered…….

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples, ( John 15:1-8).

This is the way of the kingdom…… Lay down to rise in God’s greatness….. As He is glorified by us then His glory is revealed in us…. As we lay down again and again and again, He is risen up again and again, by the exceeding greatness of His power to those that believe ( paraphrase Ephesians 1:19).

Exodus 27:20, And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually.

Olive’s pressed are symbolic of the sufferings of Christ or us suffering for His sake, His body…. As written by Paul in Colossians 1:21, I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh, what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church…. If this was not the way of Christ, then there would be no martyrs or witnesses suffering in the past, or present. This is the way of God and is right in His eyes so it will continue until the end of this age. It takes Christ in us to suffer and pray for the unrighteous to bring them to righteousness in Christ.

Remember in Isaiah and Revelation, it is written that He worked the winepress by Himself? Now we grow through the winepress, but He is with us. We aren’t alone I can guarantee if He wasn’t in us, we would not go through the winepress or the way of the cross…..We would be running the opposite way!

When Peter denied the Lord, Peter had to grieve over it alone….. Now when we miss the mark of the high calling, He is with us and encourages us to keep the mark, keep going….Peter then many years later, was crucified upside down for the Lord’s name….. But Peter was not alone, Christ was very big in Him to strengthen Peter to lay low for His name….

Pressed olives….. What is the hidden meaning regarding the parable of the ten virgins?

Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

And at midnight a cry was heard: Behold, the bridegroom is coming; so go out to meet him! Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. But the wise answered saying, no lest there should be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves,( Matthew 25:1-9).

Grapes and olives are made to oil  or wine from crushing them to a pulp. Then the skin is removed….. Well, to die to this world is embracing the life in the kingdom of heaven…..It comes by the winepress of God…..He prunes and prunes and prunes until He sees the outcome He wants….. His Son in the reflection of the wine or oil…. The purification of the water pots in chapter 2 of John….. He changed the water,—-the word in us to wine for the Master…..

We want to be made wine, ready for the bridegroom to return. So when the Master calls Him, we are ready for Him…. Let us be wine….. our flesh is crushed by death, but we are so alive unto righteousness in Christ that we hear His footsteps returning and the pounding of His heart beat. Let us understand the signs of the times we are in and what He is about to do….Let us have the mind of Christ and become the sons and daughters of God maturing from childhood.

Are we ready? And while they went to buy the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins came also saying, Lord, Lord, open to us! But he answered and said, Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.

Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming, ( Matthew 25:10-13).

What is the meaning from the Holy Spirit in the exhortation of the five foolish virgins…. They knew the Lord but allowed the world to put them to sleep. Therefore, withholding the Holy Spirit from creating the throne inside of them for the King of Kings…..

It is written, He knows His own….. His own is one in the Spirit with God. These other wise virgins allowed the Spirit of God to do His work within them making their fruit into the special wine for the Lord at His coming….. Death leads to life in the way of the kingdom…….Lay down in His kingdom and you are raised in His likeness over and over again in greater measure….

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends, ( John 15:13).

Our choice is daily to be known by Him or not…..Our choice is daily to pick our cross or not….. Our choice daily to be filled with the Spirit in communion or prayer with Him or not…. Our choice to obey His word or not…..

May we see the smiling face of our King when He acknowledges us on His Day! We will reap what we sow!

Selah!

Pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of our understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is your hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

And what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places……,

far above all principalities and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, also in that which is to come. And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.              ( Ephesians 1:17-23).

Let us chew on the wonderful, beautiful word of God: what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe?…. This is the same power that stole from death the Son of the Living God. This Resurrected Life of Christ lives within us and  quickens our mortal body! The same power that freed the bondage of death over mankind is upon and in us today. Just by our faith in the Lord, we are so victorious because of Him…. What a Savior! God always does more than we can hope, think or imagine for His children. How great is our God!

This same power seated Him at the right hand of the Almighty above all power and every name…. This same power put all things under the Lord’s feet and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church. The same power is in His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all….. Who is His body? You and me!!!!!!! Hmmmmmm….

So do you think we need to upgrade our faith a bit? Ahhh….. YEAH!

I am here not trying to get more power for the sake of more power…. I am here asking the Lord to give us eyes to see the availability of the power of His love that He has towards us every moment. What possibilities can we do in His name and in His love for His Kingdom….. if we really believe. Do we believe He answers our prayer? I know He does!

There is so much to open our hearts to receive so that we may receive the impossible. Then live the inconceivable life of God…. Complete His purpose in us…. and to not withdraw in slothfulness or fear or selfishness that would negate the power of His love for His Son working in our hearts. We are also His Son’s body corporately, the church, which is the fullness of Him that fills all in all…..

Do we fear….. why? Do we worry….. why? Do we know we are in His hands? Do we? Do we live knowing that all things are complete in His hands, including us? If we did, we would not be fearful but full of His peace. The peace that is beyond understanding because around us is chaos. That is God’s peace, beyond our understanding that we live in it when all hell is around us……

Bravery is living in faith in the total unseen world. We keep living as we were seeing all there is to see in the hidden realm of God….He said it so we believe it! It is also a life of joy and adventure…. Are we up for the task of living a life of faith in and by the Uncreated One?….. If there is a mountain before us, we know we have been equipped by God to pray against it, walk through it undaunted or ascend over it…..Whatever may be His will, He has more than equipped us for the task of achieving His glory here and now.

The Lord walked through the crowds that were trying to seize Him, He was untouched. He also climbed the mountain to pray and left the multitudes, they did not follow Him up, as if an unseen wall was there to protect His time with the Heavenly Father…..While other times the multitudes followed Him everywhere. Our Lord prayed against the bondage of Satan over the people over and over again…. He removed their mountain of bondage….. Do we have real faith in the greatness of His love for us and others? Do we?

Hear Him calling you to live the life of the unseen but seen by Him. Let us venture to go where He knows but we do not….yet! Do we really work on our trust in the Lord? Or do we stay inside the nice box we have made for us called the system of religion and keep Him  belted in the pew that we have made for Him….. Like He can be contained…. NOT…

He just moves on and leaves us to our vain imagination. Just because we are comfortable in our imagination does not mean God is comfortable….. In fact, the only way we are to be comforted is by the Comforter, the Holy Spirit….. He never, never, makes our flesh feel comfortable. He does just the opposite, He stirs us up….. He stirs the love of God, the fire of God within, so we burn with an everlasting love of God.

We should be found by His watching eyes, full of His strength born from our weakness, and not flinching by the darkness taunting us… Knowing that we walk in the Light as He is in the Light…. For we are His body, filled with the fullness of Him…..You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world, ( 1 John 4:5).

The same God…. the same powerful God that took death captive is here with us this minute…. The same God that kept the lions mouths closed in their den to save His anointed follower is here today…..The same God that parted the Red Sea, has opened the doors to heaven and taken death captive for us is here with us today…..IF WE BELIEVE…..then we are to walk in our belief!

Better yet, He is within us, teaching, leading, guiding and protecting us with His everlasting keeping arms, by indwelling Spirit of grace. Our bodies are healed. Our hearts are restored in the hope of salvation and the love that God has for us….. We have been given the mind of Christ so we may walk in His Spirit in alignment or agreement…. When the resurrected life of God eats up our mortality, we will be immortal…

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heaven. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up in by life……( 2 Corinthians 5:1-4).

There is nothing that our God has not given us and blessed us in His love or His power that we cannot be found as overcomers from this world in His eyes. We are as victorious as our King, especially since we are abiding in Him as our all….. because the same Spirit of Jesus dwells within, the same Spirit, the same God, the same power……by faith, we can live this out to the fullest of Him! Do we believe or are we going to get stuck in religiosity…. It is up to us….because:

Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed, ( John 8:36).

Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, ( 2 Corinthians 4:17).

Do we believe this? Do we really conquer our days with the power of His Spirit that is towards us who believe, ignoring the flaunting of evil, and choose to fly above with His word by His Spirit? Do we fly on His wings like eagles soaring the heights that are available because we can…by Him and in Him?

We can also die on the cross daily by Him and for Him. Is this not the way to soar?….. For the same power that Jesus Christ had that day to conquer fear and walk humbly to the nailing of His hands and feet is within us now to be able to suffer as He did….. Do we believe this?

Do we believe that we could handle the same cup as He? Do we believe that the same Holy Spirit who empowered the Lord will empower us to walk as He did on this earth….. The Spirit of God has not changed. The Son of God is the same yesterday, today and forever. So may be we need to upgrade the faith in the Almighty more? I DO, I DO!

Some of His chosen have been given this cup of suffering, some torture, some death……. Are we preparing ourselves, for it might happen in America? Are we ready for the exaltation of the Lord by us today?

Or did we not bargain for this kind of hardship in believing in the Lord Jesus Christ. Hey, we just want to go to heaven. Let us not get too spiritual here…. I just want my free ticket to heaven when I die….. What do you mean I have to walk like He did on this earth?

His power, which is His love towards us, that never fails…..His love never fails or stops….. His river of love flows freely from His throne of grace……. Do we really drink from His river that flows freely from the throne of God?….

Do we really live in the river of His Spirit? Swimming in His love way below the depths and way above the the heights? Do we fly beyond the lengths and reach behind the widths to know our God? Do we live there now, beloved?… No matter, how much we have climbed there is more than the abundance left that we have not uncovered in knowing this great God and the inexhaustible love that He has towards us that love Him.

We should be, because He has freely given this abundant resurrected life now to us…. There is nothing that we cannot overcome in this world, even ourselves and awaken as His image as His beloved bride…. There is nothing can hinder us, except us….

Our unbelief can stop this wagon train as nails deflate the tires on a car……

This nothing that is impossible to those that believe….. Nothing….

There is a lot to meditate on here…. All the power that came in that very morning to capture death from our Lord and bestow on Him, the First Resurrected Son of God….. That Life is in us, beloved, now…. Canceling death and darkness and rising us in to our Heavenly Father’s own sons and daughters…..

Living a life that we could hardly imagine, but it is the truth and reality of God for those who believe. I believe the measure of resurrected life within us is small to start and as walk in obedience to life in the newness of Christ and consider dead our old nature. As the room of the Spirit grows within us, so does all that grows with His life – filling us with His fullness also…. Eternal life in growing stages, like any seed that is sown… But beloved, we have the incorruptible Seed within us, that exceeding greatness of the power towards those that believe…. Nothing is impossible with our Great God.

Sometimes I wonder if we would look at the riches of grace given to us as though we walked through the door to a toy store as a seven year old….. All is available to him as walks in. We both know the child will believe all the possibilities that exist for him and are available to him…. Do you think he will take advantage of the offer? YOU BET……Do you think the child will push the limit to obtain all the child can? You bet!

Do we take advantage of the offer of His grace to us? ( The answer should be YOU BET!) You know that God’s grace is inexhaustible as is His mercy and love….. Beloved, let us go after all the grace we can get as a child in a toy store…..Why? Because we can! Beloved, let us grow in the grace of our Lord.

As we grow in grace, we also grow in the knowledge of the Lord….. It is never ending, just as the life we have in Christ….. Neverending, never stopping, always flowing, always growing in Him. Does this life resemble eternal life in our God! YOU BET!

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think according to the power that works in us…..

to Him be the glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.( Ephesians 3:20-21).

Father, we ask in Jesus name, to give us the grace to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length, and depth and height- to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge that you may be filled with all the fullness of God, ( Ephesians 3:18-19).

To God be all the glory and honor for He is great and there is no other God like our God!

As we drown in the love of God, just live totally immersed in Him, the best attempts of evil to turn us away from the Lord, will fail miserably….. I am all for that…. Any way we can make darkness retreat is our goal…. We will not be offended at the Lord when we are made to ascend to His hill because of the trials and tribulations of the time….. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all,            ( Psalm 34:19).

Let us remember and take heart as we live knowing the exceeding greatness of His power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead is toward us who believe according to the working of His mighty power, ( Ephesians- paraphrase 1:19).

Amen! Let us eat the truth of His word as our only NEED!

Selah!