The Lord’s coming was to displace what was and is for Him…. The Lord’s adjustment’s and corrections since He had been received in heaven has been the same: ….. replacing what is with Himself….. Replacing temporal with His eternal view by His shaking….. We are eternal people with an eternal mindset as our Lord  for we have been given the mind of Christ as written…. Soooo how are we living from a  heavenly view? Eternity is placing the steps of our life with a heavenly view.

We are already living in the eternal realm with our God today. We may see the temporal but again, this is only temporal. Our lives are established in eternity in our Lord Christ  Jesus.  What food we partake from will show where our view is from.

Our purpose under heaven is from heaven. We live in the reality of knowing  the significance of the coming of the Lord. He came to earth in the flesh to manifest His eternal life. He replaced the failure of man gaining overcoming status from the Old Covenant.

In my paraphrase, of course, the Lord came to say, hey, when men worship from their outside, it does not do a thing to our God. He wants more, He wants our hearts to adore Him. He wants our thoughts to be around Him…..He wants our actions to be directed from Him alone…… Guys, this covenant of the law is only showing how far men are from pleasing the Godhead of the universe…… Though He loves, He cannot stand worship from a stone….. Your hearts are as stone without being born again from heaven. I came to give men a new heart to start fresh from a heavenly, eternal viewpoint of the Godhead….

The Lord’s incarnation was to bring our God, I AM, before us and we before our God in Christ. He redeemed us to a heavenly people with eternal mindsets of our God and the reality of the purpose our life.

Jesus Christ is now our King. He is the authority we live under and by His instructions. We are governed by His Spirit which is within us….. He established the Christ within us, so our hearts became alive…… The stones of our hearts were removed by the cross….. We rose with Him into the newness of His Life….. We learn to live by His Word and His Life in the Spirit of God….. We learn His way,  the death of our flesh leads to life. We govern our steps to keep in the path of the Resurrected Life of Christ.

As He returns, there is a significance which will manifest. What do we think that will be ? Our God always presented Himself throughout the age to remind men that God is the origin…. We have our Beginning in God and our End. Will our God find our heavenly mindset directing our paths?  Did we stay and ascend in greater measure the Resurrected Life of Christ through the low degrees of the cross? Will He find our hearts still performing our worship from the outside? Our hearts aren’t cold are they?

We live and move and have our being in God…. We live by heavenly ground. This is where our hearts are alive in the Spirit. We hear and move from His direction. We do things that are peculiar to the world, but normal to our origin. We are a mystery and full of signs and wonders to the world. We are enigma, but not from where we are from, we are normal. Our behavior is expected this way in heaven.

We praise and pray to our God always. We sing out His praise when we see His hand moving, turning evil’s intent into good.  We see and hear from our Lord. This is normal required behavior living from heavenly ground. We ask questions of our Lord and He answers. He shows us the way to go and where not to go…..

All differences are settled by the cross of Christ. All our boast in our Lord and His cross. We are nothing without Him, we all are on our knees before Him on that cross. Our differences at the cross disappear…. They are not important. Our pride and offenses get put there and disappear by our awed humility at His greatness and that we are not.

We still must maintain our heavenly position in Christ today. He walks among us today as we are seated with Him in a heavenly position.  The Word of God is written our on hearts, we are alive! The Word of God awakens us to supernatural life in our Lord Jesus Christ. We live in miracles. We live in His signs. We live in His hand. We live in His protection……. because we live in His Presence in heaven even though we are on earth. We hear Him and He hears us….. We are in heaven! Amen and Amen.

Evil’s attempt to bring us down to live from a temporal position or earthly view is constant.  Satan realizes the power that is established in the body of Christ when their view is from heaven to the universe….. Read the Book of Acts, the power of the Spirit of God was manifested to all through the people of The Way…. The way of Christ. No powers on earth or in the heavenlies could stop the intent of God through His people….The body of Christ became all the brethren in this world. Their connection was to the whole body of Christ.

The view from heaven does not regard nations but His….. Our purpose is to bring the Light of the Truth of God, Jesus Christ to all and gather into His nation.

When the Lord walks among us today…. What will His searching, piercing eyes see? When He walks among us, do we see ourselves walking with Him? Are we hiding? Are we trying to jump up into His sight to see if He is smiling or not? Are we asking what is on His heart so we may speak it out? Do we want to know what is going on with Him? What is His thoughts today? We can ask…… He knows our hearts remember….. so ask.

Do we see His concern for His saints in prison? Do we see Him with the same concern as we know He stood at the approach of men stoning  Stephen?  Every one of His saints is His body and HIS.

However, our life in the flesh is temporary. When we live from a heavenly viewpoint, we learn to know our lives given or laid down here brings a great eternal reward with our Lord.

What is the significance of the Lord’s return? The temporal will diminish in His presence. In Christ Jesus, is our life and home…… He is eternal and we are His. All will be Christ’s and then He turns the creation over to God Almighty. We live by His authority and we act from His authority to bind what is not of heaven and loose what is of heaven upon the earth’s realm.

Now when He came into to the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and said, By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?

But Jesus answered  and said to them, I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I will likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

The baptism of John-where was it from? From heaven or from men? and they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say to us, Why then did you not believe him? But if we say, From men; we fear the multitude, for all counted John as a prophet.

So they answered Jesus and said, We do not know. And He said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things,             ( Matthew 21:23-27.)

Jesus lived and operated solely from heaven’s authority, Our Heavenly Father. As we move and live now, we also live on and by heaven’s authority, the Lord Jesus Christ has given us His authority….. He is in the heavenlies, and so is the origin our life operations…. We may be on the earth in the flesh but we move and have our being in our Lord Jesus Christ….. We are heavenly beings, living from heaven.  We are heavenly minded, and also filled with the authority that is above all authority, our Lord’s, the High King of Heaven.

Scripture states He is returning for salvation? Hey! I thought we were saved? Hmmm.

So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him, He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation, ( Hebrew 9: 28).

He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake, ( Psalm 23:3).

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet 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 that has this hope in Him purifies himself just as He is pure, ( 1 John 3:2-3).

The significance of the return of Christ is the full restoration of God’s plan….. The complete regeneration of the soul of man to God’s image of His Son—– for those who believe and live by His Word….. We can rejoice on that Day as written in Psalm 17:15, As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.

When He comes in that Day to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.

Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of His calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith in power that the name of the Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ, ( 2 Thessalonians 1:10-12).

God always steps into time when His purpose for Himself and His people have been earth bound…… or have their origin from the earth, living by our carnal mind.  He sends His messengers to awaken them to their beginning. Our origin is from God and we live and move in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Living Word of God…. We are governed by His Spirit living within…. He directs our steps in the will of God.

Let us resemble in boldness and discernment the cup bearer of the King- Nehemiah….. When the enemies of Israel asked for a meeting at the Valley of ONO… He said- O NO! He was not going to go down there as he stated he was doing a great work and would not be bothered to go down…… He stayed heavenly focused and kept to the task that he was sent to accomplish….

They wanted to drag him down to their level and discourage and distract him from the vision that God had given Nehemiah.  Wisdom speaks now for us to stay heavenly minded, keeping our mind ‘s view from heaven looking down. We give the Food of Heaven to earth…. We do not eat the food of earth to get revelation from above.

We know the significance of Christ’s coming to our own hearts….. We want to enjoy the fullness of His presence….. However, in His return, all things will be made new. There will be a new heaven and earth. There will be no sea…. His Significant Return will demand the new creation….. There will be nothing left of this current world- or heaven……. So are we ready for His significant return?

All things will be made new….. In His fullness, everything will be out of Christ. Nothing will be left remaining that is not abiding in the Lord.   Think about the complete significance of His Return!  We tend to think about His Return as deliverance mechanism out of our current troubles….. There will be a complete revolution of all things in Christ in His Day… Are we ready? Are we willing to realize the life we live in Christ should be more complete maybe then it is? May be we keep this thing here and this other thing there….. but it is not from heaven or found in Christ…. So what do we do?   We purify our hearts before Him…. We offer our hearts for His Spirit’s cleaning or purifying…. We get ready for Him….. He is here now, but then He is coming for a complete purpose…..the consummation of this age…..as King and Judge….

When certain days that we celebrate come around, a lot of us start to clean our house. Why? Usually because we have guests…. Well, we are entertaining the most important Guest under creation….. Our King, His Spirit is here within….. Let us change the fear of what relatives think and put much more value on Christ’ thoughts about us.  Actually, our Lord is very easy to please, where I have found most relatives and others are harder. So why bother, I stick to My Lord as my One Thing I live and die for daily….. I have to see His smile, don’t you?

Our Godhead tells us plainly what He expects from us….. It is left to us in His Instruction Book…..The Bible speaks to us all we need to be prepared for Him.  Let us be about preparing our lives for His return for there is an utmost significance in this Return of the King.

Keep our view from heaven….Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praise worthy- meditate on these things, ( Galatians 4:8).  ( What we see, what we read, what we watch and partake of should be found from heaven and be of heaven’s view)…….

Let us do a quiz this weekend…… Check with the Holy Spirit and the Word if what we are partaking of is found in heaven….. Does it come from heaven? Is it written in the Word? Do we pray unceasingly? Are we in constant communion with the God? He is in constant view and communion with us?  When we keep His presence, we can be doing other things, but we know He is present…..We are still together…..Let us keep His presence in our minds eye…. Let us train ourselves for our eternal place, actually we do live in our eternal place today….. if we believe….. He will come along side with His grace and power and manifest Himself in mighty ways for those who keep His presence…. Keep looking for Him… Let us keep the watch…..

See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Do not quench the Spirit.

Do not despise prophecies.

Test all things; hold fast to what is good. 

Abstain from every form of evil.

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it, ( 1 Thessalonians 5:15-24).

All things will be in Christ and of Christ….. Including us….. He reigns forever and ever….. Even so Lord, come Lord Jesus, come. Just come, Lord, just come!

My children, be watchful and talk to I AM often. I AM waits. Though you may walk a lonely path, I AM is there…..Though you may be weary, I AM is there.  A warm fire in the hearth is so welcomed when one has been out in the cold.  It would not be as noticed if you weren’t in the cold….. The world is cold to a soft heart, but alas, I AM is the warm fire where you can be welcomed and nourished.  Come to I AM often.

Children, the best Truth is realized when you take the fire of My presence with you as you walk on. The slight turn of your gaze towards I AM, quickens My pulse towards you.  The thoughts that find flight through your mind that think about I AM, will be marked for all eternity.

The tears that pour forth from your eyes for My Name sake, are held in the bottle at My feet. I AM knows and marks each one of your sighs in prayer. I AM hears your cries of My Name. I AM there….. Though you may not see I AM, I AM here with you.

I AM answers your cries and your prayers.  I AM manifests through you, My children. You are My healing leaves from the Tree of Life for all to take. You are My bright and shining stars that shine through out time of My warm fire waiting for all humanity to come and partake of Me.

You bear My reproach, yet you also bear the honor of My name.  Do you know you have all from My hand? Do you live from all My hand? The hands that healed the sick, raised the dead and took man’s hate……My hands hold you and feeds you every moment….with the strength of I AM.

Come, there is more than you can realize and learn from I AM.  Live from I AM. Know that you live from I AM. Know you sit with I AM. Know I AM and you will know who you are in Me.  Come, learn of Me. Do not eat food that will not feed your spirit. Come, I AM has provided beyond measure Food for you. Delight in I AM as I AM delights in you. There is more to your life than you are living from I AM.  Why do you settle for so small a portion?

Be not like the one who has inherited a castle but stays in a small room in the basement. The room is adequate. The shelter is fine, but the Giver has given so much to His chosen. However, he will not venture out to open the door.  Do not settle for today’s growth  but desire for the growth and strength that is waiting in I AM’s hand for the morrow.  I AM steps from glory to glory with His children….. So come….

I AM increases. Let I AM increase in you, venture into the rooms of My love unafraid but boldly as a child does looking for their Father.   I AM your Father. Come to Me. Learn of I AM. The faith of a child is yours, for you are My children…. Live this truth.

Selah!

Because you have kept My command to persevere. I will also keep you from the hour of trial which will come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Behold I AM coming quickly. Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown, ( Revelation 3:10-11).

I know your works, your labor, your patience and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary, ( Revelation 2:2-3).

I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for  your works, the last are more than the first, ( Revelation 2:19).

In the Lord’s love letters to the churches in the Book of Revelation, we notice the importance the Lord puts on upon the patience of the saints. The word itself is not mentioned at all in the Old Testament. However, the word patience is written  34 times in the New Testament according to Strong’s Concordance.

The Lord commends the saints on their perseverance or endurance that comes from keeping their eyes on the Lord. We wait  for His return and the completion of the full revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ.  All will see the One whom they have pierced…. We wait and pray for what our heart yearns: Him.

I, John, your brother, and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island of Patmos, for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ, ( Revelation 1:9).

Beloved, we are living now in the Kingdom of God and the patience of Jesus Christ.  Please remember as written in 10:12-13 of Hebrews, But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. 

We know we are hated by the world because the Lord is also hated by the world. He warned us in John 15:18-19, If the world hates you, you know that it hates Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet, because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 

Patience is proven in persecution and trials. If all was easy and comfortable, we would never grow in our soul towards the character of Christ.    You have kept My the command of My patience….. This is a written command from the Lord….. It is not an option. We have to keep our  patience in our wait and rest…..

Our command is to have His patience as we rest in Him. Jesus Christ is our righteousness…. We rest in Him, in His work in the cross regarding our sin.  We wait on Him on His return, yet resting in the work His Spirit is doing within us. His work is magnified in our growing patience. We stand on the work of the cross against the attacks of Satan….. We just remind Satan that the work is the Lord’s not ours….. We have nothing in ourselves that is good but our Lord and His blood over us….. We have been placed in our Lord and abide by His righteousness. Satan cannot touch us with his evil as we are found resting in the work and love of our God found through Jesus Christ. This is how we rest in Him…. by faith in what the Word has spoken of our Lord’s work, which is finished!  His side is finished, we are being made complete in His plan,  by His Spirit and our trust in resting….in patience.

In Revelation 13:10, He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. We abide in the shelter of the Most High, His Risen Lord.  God will have us perfect the longsuffering of our Lord within. So when all is said and done. God is justice and mercy. The judgments of God as written through out the Word as warning to all that breath on this earth. Justice is served by God and the glory is God’s…. Period…. There will be no doubt that those that raise their fist against our God, will know God is and knows them…….

So we are the body of Christ, we are also waiting for His and our enemies to be made the footstool of the Lord….. We inherit His enemies as well as the greatness of having the Eternal God as our Heavenly Father, who we cry out – Abba! Abba!

The pain of longsuffering will birth great glory to come. Jesus Christ sits at the right hand of God interceding for our behalf….. He knows what we are going through for He has gone through the same suffering………. Let us be strong and courageous as darkness increases for the glory of the King will be known by all right around the corner….. Just wait, do not give up or do not give in, for He is coming quickly.

The way of the Lord does not bring easy and comfy roads and paths. We travel a stone and rock filled road…. We climb the cliffs and are held by His love…. We are called His and we are automatically in a battle: the Lord’s…. So we rest in His Word….. His Word will never fail to be fulfilled so:

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God. But recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: partly while you were made a spectacle by both reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated; for you had compassion on me in my chains, and of joyfully accepted plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and enduring possession in heaven. 

Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: For yet a little while, and He who is coming will come and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith; but it anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him,             ( Hebrews 10:31-38).

We know Paul and John were put through horrible persecutions. Paul and many others were martyred…… They were the Lord’s witness. We, beloved, are the companions of Jesus Christ and our brethren. We are living in the patience of Jesus Christ and….. living in the tribulation and kingdom of Jesus Christ.

When we are finished with our schooling as in a university, we graduate. Then what happens? Well, we go and live what we learned, right? In our time of peace, we learn and grow in the knowledge of God….. Now, we are to live Him….In Jesus Christ, there is no stagnation, there is always increase of His Spirit within as we continue on the climb. Beloved, we are ascending on the highway of holiness. It is written in 2 Corinthians 3:18, But we all with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

Time of great opposition to the Lord Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father is at hand….. Our lives may start to resemble many that are suffering for their faith in other nations….. So it is good for us to bring their great protection and eternal place to these precious saint’s mind in their tribulation by reminding the Lord.We ask our Father to manifest Himself to our brethren that are currently in prison or in horrible conditions, literally running for their life…..  As it is written, if one hurts in the body or is suffering, we all hurt….. or are we to busy to pray?

If we live with them in prayer now, asking the Lord to bring their patience and courage to the fullness of Him. Reminding the Lord, that in their weakness, His power is made perfect….. So, please Lord, go for Your glory through their lives. Sustain them so they may not let go of You. Give them the endurance to run their race. Give them the faith to replace all fear so their patience and love may be perfected in You.

If we pray for them now as if we were praying for ourselves…. We will be prepared for the days ahead and prove the patience of Jesus Christ in us, when the cup comes our way. As our Lord told His disciples, they will surely drink of His cup…… Are we willing and prepared to keep our allegiance to the Lord, when all is coming against the Lord and His Christ as written?  Are we? Let us be prepared for the battle to keep our souls in Him.

Our King has been waiting many years, though a year is as a day to the Lord, for His enemies to bow down…. He is still waiting and manifesting to us, the God kind of patience that is growing within us. We will grow in faith and patience of God. If the Lord commanded us, He always presents us all we need by His Spirit to obey His word.

Our family is the body of Christ….. So it is time to widen our view past our congregations at church.  There are many suffering today for the Lord’s sake. The Lord is watching  our concern and prayers or lack of for those we do not know but are our beloved brethren in other countries.

Can we join with them and others as written in Acts 5:41, So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name.

Can we stand and lose our rights for the rights of God and His glory be known by all?  For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for 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, 1 Peter 3:17-18.

So we continue in the strength and patience of Jesus Christ, preparing our focus like flint upon the Lord…..Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that you when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory rest upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.

Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.

For the time has come for the judgment to come to the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?

Now If the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear? 

Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him doing good, as to a faithful Creator, ( 1 Peter 4:12-19).

May I present this scenario before you this day…… The approaching days, may be our chance to approach the high calling of the Lord……We may be found in His righteousness and none of our own…..No pride left in our soul…Let us be found totally refined in our soul to His image.

The knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ has totally abolished the knowledge that any good can be found in us alone; whether in our service, our works, our heart….. We stand completely sold out to the Word that only God is good which our Savior spoke in Luke’s Gospel……If there is any good in us It is Christ within.

So as we agree there is no good in us, but God…. We are not even worthy of His love and forgiveness….. but when we see the only True Reality found in Christ Jesus, we then run into Him and grab His love and mercy as we bow in tears at the foot of the cross.  As I keep reminding us, our only hope of glory is Christ in us…… There is no glory in our flesh. God will not share His glory with any flesh as written.

So the patience of Christ grows in us as we live in and by the Truth of God, His Word is manifested within us…. The Spirit causes the Word of God to raise us into the new creation of Him, the image of our Lord Jesus Christ….. Not our image for we died….. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me; and the life which I live now in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me,               ( Galatians 2:20).

All of our Lord’s commands are great. Blessed are we who receive His grace to obey….. The Lord’s patience reveals His majesty….. We are our God’s royal priests and kings…… Let us strive to enter and remain in the rest of His righteousness. Then we allow His Spirit to work the Lord’s patience within us as we wait for the fulfillment of His promise in the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

May we Lord, grow in the understanding of Your ways. Father,  we want Your patience to possess our souls…. May we rest in Your greatness and neverending love until Your glory is revealed to all through Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Our only boast and glory is the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, where we have died and live in Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ…..forever and ever. Thank You Heavenly Father, for your great neverending love. You are worthy of all our praise all our livelong days and nights.

May Your Words be found in us: Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus written in Revelation 14:12.

Lord we want to be found by You allowing patience to have its perfect work, that we may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing….. because we are found in the righteousness of Jesus Christ and none of our own. We thank You and praise You for the work of Your cross which is being wrought out in our souls.

Learn of Me, children.  I AM took the darkness of men’s spirits if they believe. I Am cast the darkness as far as east is to west…. Why do you doubt My work? Are the trees not producing of their own kind to this day? Does not the sun keep circling the universe night unto day and on, never stopping….? If all the universe is kept by the power of My Word, why are you doubting  I Am can not keep you?

Knowledge of I Am pours forth great grace to walk in the high places where there is only I AM. Did I AM say leave all else to follow Me? Do not question or try to reason with I AM. I AM never changes, children. The closer to I AM you come, the increase of My glory grows in you to another new found glory in I AM.  I Am is ever growing never ending. Why do you hold back from leaving all else? What are you holding that is greater than I AM?

When you find you have nothing but I AM, then children, you will have open arms for all I AM. But if you have something, then My heart saddens, for you will hold on to something. Alas, that something cannot save and raise you…… I AM came to save you from the corruption of the world and to awaken you to a risen life in I AM….. I AM is more than you can ever imagine as well as My purpose for you is greater than your something.

Will you let go to get I AM  to receive all that you are in I AM? I Am asks you.  I AM never lets you go, but do you let go of I AM for your something?

I AM has grace as a beautiful flower, as you inhale, the fragrance becomes you. Alas, then there is another beautiful flower with a more beautiful fragrance, and as you delight in this fragrance, it becomes your soul…..Then there is another beautiful flower waiting for your inhaling, and thus is your life in grace and glory in I AM.

Come to I AM and become the fragrance of the Lord. As you inhale, then your hold on the something will diminish, as I AM.

Learn of Me.

What comes first into our minds when we contemplate that question?  Hmmm…..

Get out of debt? Get well? Get married? Get older? Get younger?  Our children to be okay?….. Many things pop into our mind when we are given a chance to receive the greatest desire of our hearts…..

In God’s view, most of these have been established in the sacrifice of His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, now we live to appropriate His Gift….. We are out of debt to Him, the debt which really counts through out all time, for all eternity, our darkness within us…..We have been born again in Christ..Our spirits are alive in God.

We have been healed….. Our souls are being restored to the image of Jesus Christ…… All the promises of our God to us are yes and amen in the Lord Jesus Christ.

If we are single and want to get married…. There is great news, God already has our days mapped out, so rest in His greatness…. Our days are established by Him. God as our Creator has all planned for the perfect good.  He has planned all things and all things work according to His will, even the wicked for the day of doom…..

When we rest our temporal needs in His hands….realizing in His reality, all is accomplished, we just need to rest in patience. Ahhh- patience- The strength and majesty of God is found in His longsuffering and patience in His own Word being fulfilled…. And there we must be found working our patience as our Lord…. Remember we are being made in His image. This is His plan…. so we rest in His patience.

Now I ask again, what is the greatest desire of your heart? However, our greatest need is not our temporal needs which are met in Christ, but our eternal needs which are met in Christ Jesus….. When we see the reality of our purpose, we celebrate our eternal life found in Christ which is found in us and we are found in Him, by our faith.

It is written in Hebrews 1:1-God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

What if we ate the Written Word like Food, the only True Nourishment of our souls…..If we could see with our natural eyes how the Living Word partakes in us by faith. If we could see the way we become the Word of God as the food we eat for our bodies breaks down to nourish our flesh. Would we believe and eat more of the Word?

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, Take, eat; this is My body.

Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink from it, all of you.

For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins, ( Matthew 26:26-28).

As we partake of Jesus Christ’ sacrifice, we partake of the Living Word of God, who gave us life eternal….. The Lord is the Written Living Word.

As we contemplate the Written Word as the Lord Jesus Christ, then, to also add- the phrase the Word of His power……So when we read and take for ourselves the Word inside us by faith, the Word of His power is alive in us and quickening our lives in Him!Do we then become the Living Word and the Word of His power sustains us?

YES! In growing measure….

Is this not the New Covenant where it is written numerous times the Spirit of God will write the law and statutes of God upon our hearts….?

YES! In growing measure…..

Psalm 40:6 states the written Words of David and of the Lord, can we also say these Words because of our faith in the New Covenant established by God and then testified by the Trinity?

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. Then I said, behold I come in the scroll of the book. It is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God, and Your law is written within my heart.

So we can establish the Written Word is etched in our hearts when we were born again in the Spirit…..As we partake of the Word of God, our souls are being made new in to the new creation, the image of His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.  So, then the very Essence of God’s brightness, the Light of the world is dwelling within and comes out— Who can stop our God from showing His glory? No one…..

Christ within is our only hope of glory…. Jesus Christ is the Written Word with the Anointing of the Holy Spirit. As Satan tries and tries to destroy the glory of God, the Lord, His Spirit, only gets brighter and His strength is perfected in His saints.

As the Lord was moving among Isreal in the wilderness, the other nations were aware of God…. They were afraid of Him because of His might that moved through these people and for these people….. But they were aware of this great God. He was manifesting Himself through His people by various signs and wonders.

This also was the plan of God as He manifested His Spirit among His people in Acts as well as prophesied in the Prophets Book of Joel of the days we are living now.  God wants His people to be the brightness of His glory and the expression of His image.

We are the body of Christ. Is there an option not to be the brightness of the Lord’s glory and the expression of God moving in and out of the nations of the earth? NO! Because…….

Oh Lord, I have to come to do Your will what is written of me in the scroll of the Word.

Let us open our heart to the reality of the plan of God manifesting Himself through His people today….. It is not about us any longer…. Our life living is about Him…

What is our heart’s greatest desire? If we live as His, the Lord’s alone, then our our hearts desire will be to be the expression of our God, the image of His Son.

We already know the great sacrifice of our Lord for us. We realize He laid His life down to raise us up in His Eternal Life….. So we gladly die to our lesser lives here and receive His Greater Resurrected Life…..God’s abundant life….. Never ending, never stopping, always filling us with Himself….. Life and Love never ending within us…. His expression of Himself.

We can only appropriate His Resurrected Life by faith in the Word of His power. When we realize the fullness of God is His purpose for us in His Son…. We stand in awe… What a glorious God with His neverending Love…..We have all we need and desire  in His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Lord’s body is a reflection of Himself…..We live daily to die to our carnal flesh. As  we do, a greater measure of His Spirit is established within us as well as all that comes with His Indwelling Spirit….. The Word of His power lives within….. Quickening us and others around us.

We do not want or need because our Heavenly Father knows what we need and want before we ask…..We walk in thankfulness as He has given us all things that pertain life and godliness….. We have our Desire and fulfillment of all life met in God, through His Son, Jesus Christ. We are complete in Him….. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power, ( Colossians 2:9-10).      Do we live from that Truth?

We live and move and have our being here on this earth, we are the expression of His glory and His image……Wow! What greatness He has called us. The plan and purposes of the Godhead including us to show all the world- How Great and Beautiful He IS!

The Lord’s heart desire was to please His Father and complete His Father’s will on this earth. He was the God incarnate…… Now He lives within us. Our focus and heart’s desire is to display the love of God for us, even us! Also to display, His neverending love and mercy and grace….. To allow the world to witness the Lord’s name is above every other name….. There is no other name in heaven or on or in the earth which every knee will bow too…..

We realize as we grow in adversity we live upon and from His grace. We learn  the Truth of His grace is great in might and in strength of God’ s power…. We also experience growing reality  that His name is full of all power and authority…… Our sufficiency is of God and not in the work of our hands or any part of us….. We live by the power of His Word, the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the grace, the strength and might of God. We also experience His grace to perfect patience.

Is this not the expression of  the greatness of our God?   As Peter told us numerous times through out the his letters to grow in  the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. In the coming days, we will grow in the Might or Grace and Spirit of our God….Our true hope of all overcomers is to live in growing revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.  As trouble comes, we lean into His Everlasting Presence and live from our Lord Jesus Christ. He manifests Himself to us in whatever we need and desire….. We will pray and know the name of Jesus Christ as any opposition against the Lord’s will will fail.

Again, as we realize first the Lord’s strength in His name and the Word of His power in His Might or Grace, this will hold our ground in adversity, trouble or opposition which comes before us…. We will  strongly  prevail in faith in the God we serve. This is our heart’s desire to please God by our faith.

Opposition to the Lord will not advance as we walk in the continued knowledge of the Lord. The revelation of our Lord is where Satan’s kingdom cannot penetrate. Satan hits the proverbial wall of our God. He cannot penetrate what we have received in the illuminated life of Jesus Christ presented to us by His Spirit, revelation of Christ Jesus.

We know as Paul, His grace is more than sufficient to keep the Resurrected Life of God strong within and show His glory through us…. We grow as Paul did in the knowledge that every knee bows to the Lord Jesus Christ….. in the heavens and on this earth.

As it is written in Haggai 2:7, and I will shake all nations and they shall come to Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory, says the Lord of Hosts.

Let it be found by the Lord that His house is a house of prayer and faith, filled with His glory- Himself. Let it be found by the Lord, our unity of one Spirit in the Lord. Let it be found by the Lord, our heart’s desire as His body is to come and behold- we do Your will O Lord. Behold, Your Words are written within our hearts….. Be praised, O Mighty King, be praised and glorified by Your people this day….

If there are tears from the Lord, let them be in rejoicing over His people. Let not any tears, Lord, be in sadness as Your people do not know when You have approached in the night.

Lord, we ask for more of Your Grace so we may know and understand You in greater measure…We are hungry for the fulfillment of Your purpose with in our lives and on this earth. You, Lord, are our heart’s greatest Desire and Obsession…We look for a greater revelation of our Lord and King.

Show Your Might and Power perfected through our weakness….May our faith grow. Lord, help our unbelief to walk as Your children. We are Your signs and wonders to many….. May we walk in the courage and boldness which is called by Your Spirit at this hour. May we run our race in the fullness of Your grace within. In You, Lord, we will fly over our opposition and continue in Your will, by the power of Your Great Name.

My children, be aware of the signs of this age…..Have I not given you a heart of understanding? Have I not laid My hands on your eyes so you may see? Have I not put My fingers in your ears so you may hear Me?   Have I not given You My Spirit to walk in Wisdom? Know for certain what is, and what was and will be to come….and yet, I AM.

Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits. Keep your eyes steady on Your Beloved as I AM’s gaze is steady on My own.

I Am the eye of the storm…. In Me, you will have perfect peace for what can be shaken will be shaken to alert all to focus on the eternal, I AM. Do not fear, live your faith in I AM.

In Israel’s oppression, I AM was there. My people were held in peace in the midst of plagues, darkness, death…. I AM led My people as then as is today….Remember Me, who was and is and is to come and will ever be….. Where are you, My children?

Did I not keep Noah during the Flood? Why do you fear? I AM is the same today as I AM was, and I AM will be always as I AM.  The days that are approaching will strengthen and prove your faith and trust in the Everlasting God…. Believe, then see. I AM did not say see and believe…..Nay, not for My own…..I AM says to you, believe, then you will see.

In the Son of the Most High, is where you are found….. The shelter of the Most High. Do you not see this yet?  Rest in peace of the knowledge you have in Me. Rest in the work that I AM has started will be completed…This is My will and purpose, and are you not in My Will? Rest and peace will  perfect the patience of My saints.

The battle is Mine. Be still and know I AM God and I AM will be exalted by the nations for I AM their Desire.  Keep your eyes steady on I AM for My arm is not shortened that I cannot perform…..How can you still doubt I AM?

Your trust and strength will grow as you live in the Truth of My Love, for it never fails….. All else will pass away, but behold not I AM….. Where do you abide? In I AM, your delight and your desire is fulfilled in Me. Rest and you see Me.

All will see the One they have pierced, but, alas, you have come with tears and sorrow. My children, when I AM saw your humble hearts bowing at My feet in sorrow, how can I AM not lift you in My embrace, for you are the longing of My heart, My chosen desire…. Hear Me children, learn My love never fails.

Be at peace as you rest in My shelter. My embrace for My children.  My heart’s desire is met in My children gathering around I AM.

You are My greatest desire, children….. Is I AM yours?

Selah!

No one who lives in America, can let the terror of 9-11-01 pass by without loosing a couple of heartbeats…. We remember.

Let us also remember when in emergency to speak to the Lord who He is to us by using the Psalm 91:1& 2, He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in Him I will trust.

Since the fall of the towers, there have been many chances to awaken to righteousness that were presented by the Lord to get our attention to turn to Him. Is there coming an emergency?

We have instruments that warn us of hurricanes, tornadoes and tsunamis. We do not have instruments that warn us of earthquakes. We have instruments which instruct us as to how sever the earthquake was. But the damage is done.

Did we have instruments which were warning us of the coming destruction of 9-11, but we did not hear or understand. We maybe thought life will go on as usual.

But life did not go on as usual…. The Lord told Abraham before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. It is written in Amos 3:7-8, Surely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken! Who can but prophesy?

How many abominations against the Lord can be committed without His jealousy being invoked? We can all agree that we are all very thankful for His longsuffering or patience.  However, how long will we keep putting thorns out for the Lion of Judah, our King, to walk upon as He walks among us and not expect some vengeance on the arrogance of the times.

Can we hit our knees in repentance and apologize to Almighty for the stamping and trampling on His Word, which is His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ….. Yes, it is written, His name will invoke many to speak against Him. However…. we do know the end, justice will prevail.

The Lord God is a jealous God and we should be jealous for Him and His place in this earth, in this land, in our homes.

Let us follow the Lord  casting out what was not of Him in the temple…. The temple is our hearts, then our homes as we set up the standard of the Lord. Let us follow in same the courage and boldness from the example of Elijah, the prophet of God, 1 Kings 18:17-18, Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab, said to him, Is that you, O troubler of Israel?

And he answered, I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and have followed the Baals,     ( other gods).

The Holy Spirit within us is the Light to the world and world likes to stay in darkness…So if we are the Light to their darkness…..we also are known as their troubler……. Paul was a great troubler. Look in the Epistles  what men and women did to  get rid of him…..Look at the Lord Jesus Christ and what was done!…..But the Word of God does prevail throughout eternity, even in time.

So here we are today, fourteen years after 9/11. Are we seeing a progression of darkness in the land or progression of Light?  Well, the written word speaks to us: Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, 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. The Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising, ( Isaiah 60:1-3).

So as we know the Lord said trouble is coming but to rejoice because we have our peace in Him…. We have Him as our Refuge and Fortress because we abide in the shelter of the Most High…. So what can man do to us, if the Lord is for us……..?

Do we have our courage and boldness growing within as the trouble is approaching? Just as in the days of Elijah, there was an approaching judgment of deportation from their land of Israel if they did not turn back to God. Elijah was showing our Great God was in their midst and to turn back…. Elijah showed the might and yet, the closeness of our God to His people. Did they heed the instrument of warning of the coming destruction? Did they repent?  Do we today?

If we do not use our voice in this day, we will loose our voice to be heard….. Let our Heavenly Father know we are sorry for the conditions of the time. How can we look into His eyes  knowing the abominations are being committed under our watch?    Will we be held accountable if we do nothing—–We always should be praying…..

Praying is talking and speaking with our Great God…. It is not to be some laborious thing….. When we love someone, we love to speak to them and they love to speak to us….. Same with God…. He loves to hear us. We will not understand the fullness of the purpose to be in communication with our God until the end of this age. But I warrant, there is major importance played into prayer and fellowship with our Heavenly Father….If there is not importance of this communication,…..the Gospels would have spoke of Jesus Christ  sleeping through the night…. The  Holy Spirit had the Gospels repeatedly speak of  the Lord through the nights in prayer to our Heavenly Father over and over again.

If we do not know what to pray, ask the Holy Spirit…. He is our Guide and will tell us what to intercede…. to step in the gap.

We all pay attention to the coming storms, but who will hear the sounds the shaking of the earth that are coming?  Will we?

Let us be sober and diligent to hear Him speak to us? Seek His fellowship in prayer and be courageous for the upcoming days.

Pray, and when we are done, start again….. Do not give up or give in….. Let our voices be heard in front of God and then in front of men.

Is the instrument saying there are storms coming? Do we hear and  then what?

PRAY!    Thank God for all the brave men and women who put their lives on the line for others daily. Please  continue to ask God’s protection over them daily and their families, not just on 9/11. They are worthy of our prayer of protection to our God  daily!

Blessed are those who weep when their Lord weeps! Blessed are those that mourn when their Lord is mourning. Blessed are those that follow their Lord’s footsteps of suffering for My name sake.

Hear My footsteps approaching….. You do not know the time of My approach, but I Am.   Awaken, My children, do not be found asleep in darkness…..Awaken to Me as the night awakens to the dawn.  The Son is rising.  Come to Me today. I AM your Refuge. Your fear is not appropriated rightly…. Fear God and live! Fear for your life and you shall lose it if you hold it…. Come to Me for fear of life with out Me and live! I call your name to come to Me!  Do you hear My whisper? Pray to listen…..Come and taste the goodness of God! Come to Me today!

Selah!

As written in Mark 8:15, Then He charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod…..

As written in Matthew 16:6, Then Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.

Did you notice the difference in the sayings of Jesus? We know all scripture is inspired by the Holy Spirit. He does not make any mistakes.  The remaining text is the same in both Gospels…. So why the discrepancy or maybe not?

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, it is because we have taken no bread. But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, o you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves because you have brought no bread? Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up?

How is it you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning the bread? But to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

The Gospel of Mark states:And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive no understand? Is your heart still hardened? Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up? They said to Him, Twelve. Also, when I broke the seven for the four thousand how many large baskets full of fragments did you take up? And they said, Seven.

So He said to them, How is it you do not understand?

Do we understand today what to beware of or take heed? God has very strict instructions regarding the bread that  represents Himself. When Israel left Egypt, they were not to put any leaven or yeast in their bread, but they were to have the bread!

Then in the instructions that Moses received regarding placing the shewbread in the Holy Place. This shewbread was placed on a table and was to be prepared with fine flour and no yeast or leaven ….. We know to get fine flour, the wheat has to be grounded or beaten until it almost looks like dust!  The bread has always been the symbol of the Lord’s Presence among us.

He was with Israel in the great Exodus and then in times of the Tabernacle within the camps of Israel…. God’s Presence is our Bread….. but He is holy and pure- as to the pure Bread of the Living Word- our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Scriptures often refer to God giving us the finest wheat.  God Almighty did  in giving us His Son. God has always been pointing us towards His Son, the True Bread of Heaven— no yeast, no leaven- no deceit. He is the Spotless Lamb of God.

He is among His people today- outside and inside by His Spirit… Praise Him! So what did the Pharisees and Sadducees and Herod have regarding leaven in the mind of the Lord?

Yeast makes the dough rise, right?  When I made bread- once-, I saw this dough become huge…. The yeast makes the dough rise with air….. Was Jesus referring to the teaching as hot air of the Pharisees and Sadducees ?  Well, if they did not speak from the pure Word of God, Jesus must of been referring to their teaching was of their own words. When we get inflated we speak with allot of hot air….Our opinions and our culture and our imaginations make our doctrine….. Very much inflated in ourselves can lead us astray….. This is pride….God hates pride.

God wants our thoughts and actions and Words to be His- origin Heaven.  Our Words and life as we are born again from above, should be from above…. Our Words should have their origin in God. Not ourselves. We never started with our own origin. We were made from God’s intention…. and we live and move and breath by Him…. We should also show our life now from Him alone.

In one confrontation of our Lord with the Pharisees, He spoke in John 8:37-47, I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My Word has no place in you. I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have seen with your father.

They answered and said to Him, Abraham is our father. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham’s children you would do the works of Abraham. But now you seek to kill  Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to Him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father- God.  

If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.

Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My Word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and a father of it. Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell you the truth, why do you not believe Me? He who is of God hears God’s Words;therefore you do not hear Me, because you are not of God.

Paul also warned us to beware of ones who want to draw us after them and not the Lord…. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the body…. We, all who believe, are the body…. There is no elite member above any others…. We are one with the Lord and the Lord being the Head of all. He warned us of not calling any father or teacher…. for we have One, our God, as our Father and His Spirit as Teacher, and our King Lord Jesus Christ.

We must compare the words we hear and speak to the Words of God. They must line up. They must point us to the Lord. When we are finished hearing, shouldn’t we know we can reach out and touch the Lord….. The Words that we hear should bring us closer and nearer to Him…. The Words should increase our understanding and wisdom. His Words should ooze with His peace even if it comes with conviction.In righteousness, there is peace. In Christ, we have peace…. In ourselves, well, no peace for the wicked as written…..

Paul also instructed us as in the last days, there will be ears that only want to be tickled…. The hearts will only hear the words that are inflated and lead to us being greater in riches, importance on this earth…..The ears want only food that feeds the flesh, that teaching is leavened. The true flock of God will only hunger for the True Pure Bread of Heaven…..We hear the Words of God and we live the Words of God and we speak the Words of God….. He is our Origin.

When the Lord returns or we return to Him, we want Him to say, hey I do not know what house you are from…. depart from My Presence. Of course not, but we must pursue the Presence of God. His Living Word being etched in our minds and hearts….. Then we live it out through the paths He has chosen for us to climb. So when all is said and done, the Lord will say, hey, I know you….. Come and enjoy the Presence of Lord……He knows where He is welcome and dwells in this land.

The True Bread from heaven is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Living Word….He is written before our eyes in the Bible. We also have His Holy Spirit confirming the Word with all signs and wonders… The Holy Spirit always points to the Lord, the Word of God spoken to His children.

Paul referred to watch out for who we hang with because a little leaven leavens the whole loaf….in Galatians.

When we live with the discernment of the Spirit of God, we can detect a lying spirit. Now if our hearts are earnestly seeking the Lord, we can detect the lies. The Spirit of God will quicken us as well as we know what the written Truth is in the Word…… However, if our heart is seeking after the lateral things of this world or to be somebody, well, the tickling will become a normal feed to our flesh. We will miss the warning of the Lord- take heed!

Now, why does the Lord tell us to take heed on the leaven of King Herod….. What does the Pharisees and Sadducees have in common with King Herod?…. Both sets were rulers- One was in the “church” and the other the”state”. The three of these are leaders of people. They can intimidate and oppress by their position of authority.   Very common in that day….. What about this day?

The Lord Jesus Christ is King and Priest…. He was negating their position of authority. Jesus Christ came. He is the Way. He is the Word of Guidance. He has been made to us righteousness, wisdom and sanctification as written in Romans.

The Lord is allowing us to realize He is the Total Authority, King of all kings and Lord of all lords. He gives us Testimony on all His Words. All His Word are True because the Words He spoke and speaks today still come from our Heavenly Father…. The Pure Word from Heaven. No leaven, no deceit, He after all, is the sinless Lamb of God…. Every knee is to bow before our King Jesus Christ.

There is no other authority in heaven or in the earth, but the Lord Jesus- the Living Word of God……We can bow to the Lord today and live our life in accordance with His will or we can bow to the King Herod’s and Pharisees because they tickle our ears and entice our flesh with great treats. However, we will face the King of All.

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgment of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they then gold, yea than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them Your servant is warned and in keeping them there is great reward, ( Psalm 19:7-11).

There were three different temptations that Jesus Christ triumphed over the flesh and Satan in the wilderness….. The first one was to feed His flesh rather putting the Word first… Our Lord stepped all over the temptation of Satan. He answered the temptation:It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God,            ( Matthew 4:4).

The second temptation was to tempt the Lord to allow God to be His Servant and to keep Him from any suffering in His soul….He also stamped out  this temptation like a horse stamping on a snake: It is written again, you shall not tempt the Lord, your God, (Matthew 4:7).  The Lord knew what He would be doing, laying down His life….. He knew He had to suffer and so did Satan.

The third temptation was to bow to get false riches, importance……. pride of life…. to be another King Herod…. Satan was appealing to pride if there was any found in our Lord….. The Lord kicked the walls down upon Satan’s kingdom with His reply and stance: Away with you, Satan! For it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve, ( Matthew 4:10).

The bottom hook in each of the temptations to the Lord and now us, are we more important than obeying the Word of God at all costs? Or do we want only the Lord that fits our image?  Let us wake up to the Truth, our God will not bow. We are the ones to move toward Him and bow to His ways. Then leave the worlds way in the dust.

There is only two kingdoms here on this earth according to the Lord. There is His Kingdom and Babylon’s…. We cannot partake of His and Babylon’s. We can only serve one master….

The Lord’s ways are enduring and pure. There is great peace in waking up in Him and going to sleep in the Lord. There is great peace knowing what ever happens, we are His…. We live by the Word and we die by the Word because He is worthy. He has shed His love abroad in us. See and taste how much He loves us…..

Oh, Heavenly Father, increase our love for You. Your love poured upon us is as warm oil covering us.  May our obedience to Your Word show our devotion and love.  You know and see all things. Nothing is hidden from Your sight, by the power of Your Holy Spirit, keep us in Your burning gaze. May all that remain be the image of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, when we awaken to the fullness of Your Presence.  Keep us strong in battle and humble at the movement of Your hand….

The Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any 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. There is no creature hidden from Your sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account, ( Hebrews 4:12-13).

The Lord spoke to us in Luke 16:10-15, He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? And if you have not faithful in what is another man’s who will give you what is your own? 

No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him.

And He said to them, You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Pride has a huge appetite. It is never full or satisfied…. Evil is always before pride to get bigger within us. He wants company to live in misery in the lake of fire.  The Lord hates pride, so it is well for our soul to take vengeance on any self or leaven rising…. for we are dying daily to the world…..We decrease as the Lord is increasing within.  So at the time of our meet with the Lord, we are found spotless before Him. No mark of the world or it’s source- pride. Let us see His grand smile.

Come to Me, all of you. But alas, the filled will go away empty and the empty shall walk in fullness. Those who see will go away blind and those who are blind will have their sight as they walk in their beauty. Those who hear and know all, will go away deaf and dumb…those that are simple will walk in all knowledge and understanding of their Lord. Delight little ones, who are poor in spirit, I Am will fill you over and beyond what you can imagine. For I have called you MINE. Hear the Thunder of Your Lord…. See the Lightning of Your Mighty King.  I Am is among you even today.

Today, you choose.

Rejoice, children, when the world casts you out. Rejoice, children, when you are not accepted by men’s standards. Rejoice, children, when they speak evil of you because you carry your cross daily. Rejoice, children, when you keep your eyes lowered to keep My face before you. Rejoice, children, when you are mourning for the coming day of My approaching. Rejoice, children, when My cause is the reason of your reproach. Rejoice, children, when your heart is seeking Me in a dry land.

Behold, you are received by the King of all. Behold, you chose the highest standard. You have gained Your Christ. Behold, Your ears hear My Words of love, truth and eternity dwells within. Behold, you will dance and spin before Me always. Behold, you that have fasted and mourned, rejoice…. You dwell in My fullness always. Behold, wipe the tears away. Alas, you sup with Me. Behold, child, you will never thirst or hunger. You are filled with the fullness of My Presence.

Those who seek after the world’s riches, will be filled now. But they will be empty later, for what they are filled with will perish in fire. Alas, there is reward for every soul on this earth. Take heed to what you are filled on.

Those who seek after the Kingdom of God will be filled now and remain growing in the fullness of My Presence forever.

Those who lay down all for their King are given all now and they sit to rule and reign with their King forever.

Everyone will receive what they seek after. All will be rewarded. Choose righteousness to live and reign with Me. Choose Truth to live by and shine as the noonday sun…..

Watch and listen! Can you hear the footsteps of Your Master, Your Friend approaching? Know He will want an account of the days given. Pray often to Me. Walk in My Word by My Spirit so you may be found spotless…. My children. My Bride!

Take Heed, I Am has called you to be True as I Am!Be pure as I AM… For I AM is within you, even today!

These people draw near to Me with their mouth. And honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men, ( Matthew 15:8-9).

Let not this scripture be found in our hearts by our Lord.

Selah!

Everything!  Many times I have been given the fulfillment of promises from God. Then they also had to be laid on the altar or at the feet of our Lord at the cross. Why?

God wants to see what value we place on His fulfilled promise versus us obeying to keep Him first. He must be first above all- our call, our lives, our families, our stuff. The Lord must have preminence in all things….

Abraham’s willingness to lay down his son, Isaac, as a sacrificial offering in obedience to God is written for our example…. Now we  know God provided, YHWH,  the offering by having a ram get caught in a thicket so Abraham did not slay Isaac.

( We know the ram was the symbol of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God).

The testing of Abraham’s faith was proven…. He knew God would raise Isaac up but he knew he was to obey God above all.  So he was willing to lay down the promise of God which was his son, Isaac, on the altar….If Abraham was bewildered on this request from God, he did not act on it…. He only saw the Lord and followed His Word…..

Many times we  choose to grab everything we have within us to keep the fulfilled promise of God in our reach……. God wants us to want Him more than anything, even the gift that was given through His grace…..Even if it does not make sense to let go.

Abraham shows no reasoning out of the command…. He showed the God kind of faith that Jesus Christ urges us to have….. Abraham knew if he sacrificed Isaac as God instructed, God had to raise Isaac up from the dead. The promise of Abraham’s lineage was in Isaac as God had spoken.

So God speaks to us and then we receive the promise….. Then time goes on and we cherish the promise because God granted it to us. This fulfilled promise is so special….

Then the Lord speaks and says let go of the promise….. We immediately think that cannot be  our Lord…. He gave us this promise…..  Why are we to let go, Lord?

Many times, we have what is good, but the Lord wants to take us in to His best, His fullness…. So we let go, we die to what was, and embrace what is new in the eyes of the Lord…..

We maybe are holding the promise as the center of our lives instead of the Lord’s gaze as our focus….But as we live and grow in the Lord, we know the way. As we ascend to the heights that He has called us to, we must lighten our load of what we do not need to climb.

As we grow in Him, we learn the Lord is all we need to keep going…. Everything else is held in very low esteem to keep up with the way He has called us.

Paul and Abraham are our forerunners in the way of the cross and living in Christ. Paul speaks so often of contradictory statements- For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries, ( 1 Corinthians 16:9).

We think  all should go smooth and fantastic, if there is a great door of opportunity opened…..Absolutely not when we are advancing the kingdom of God. I have come to realize I am on track or target in God’s will if there is great opposition. Darkness always hates the Light of God…..

So the altar or the cross resembles we go through hell to bring heaven to this earth…..We bring the Promise of God in the name of Jesus Christ and His Spirit to breath Resurrection Life to the world….. by the Living Word of God….. There is life and there is death.  So that the death of Jesus Christ may be manifested through us as well as the power of the Resurrected Life of God. His Resurrected Life revives us over and over again…..Just when we think we are on our last leg as I am sure Abraham felt as he strapped his son, Isaac….. But look!!!!!!! God, the Great I AM-  Our God.

The Altar or the Cross and the Promise….We bring Life and Peace and live through chaos…… Life and Death…. as we live on and on as the power of the Word strengthens in us His Resurrected life. We die to the old or the flesh and power of His Word is recreating us……. YHWH— The Great Provider, our God.

There is only One Thing which we should desperately hold on to with all we got during the coming days….. The Lord Jesus Christ…. Once we learn He is all we need….. What we have today can be given tomorrow with out a blink of an eye….. If we cannot let go of things quickly here today…… We must start to  discipline ourselves to let go and make room for the next move from God in our lives…

Sometimes I wonder how much we miss our Lord because our gaze is set on things and certain traditions  we keep so it as a stockade blocking His Gentle Presence. We block His entrance in the Fellowship He promises to each one of His children.

We are a vessel of the Lord…. He pours in us, Himself, to be poured out…. When we realize all we have and have become belong to Him and is for His glory and not ours,….. I wonder if jealousy would die….. I wonder if covetousness would die……. I wonder if comparing our worth with others would die….. Would we come to realize all we are and have are from Him and for His glory? There is peace in the Truth.

If there is anything in our life that we believe we cannot live without,….. pick one this week….. If it is appropriate to give it away, let’s do it….. If it  is appropriate to get it out of our lives, for it does not give God glory—- Let’s kick it out. If it is something we allow to stand in importance before the Lord, let us lock it in a closet for a week….. or turn it off for a week….. Let’s give God the time instead…..  ( I am not talking about husbands, wives, children, pets, etc….of course!).

Lord, we come before you, with our hearts open before Your eyes of fire…. We want to live in and from Your gaze. We also want our gaze to be fixed on you…. Lord, we already know what we need to remove from our hold or our gaze…. We know there is nothing hidden in our hearts from Your sight. Thank You for giving us the strength to lay it down at Your feet at the cross….. We know we die to the world, and the world dies to us in greater measure.  May we  fulfill the plan You have carved for us to follow by Your Spirit…..We lay down the little for the greatness of Your plan to be lived out by our heart. We ask this in Jesus name.

Lord, we die daily to the world and open up our hearts wider for Your Resurrected Life to dwell within….. For as it is written, Christ within is our hope of glory….. Lord, give us Your Wisdom to understand Your way of the Cross. May we die daily and live fully unto You. We thank You and ask Your will be done in us in Jesus Name. Amen.

We do not know what the future holds, but we do know we have a future in Christ. In Him, is where our hold must be in the approaching days…. Our relationship with the Lord must be our all. We can loose all but Him….. This must be our mindset. The Lord does provide, and His Provision is Christ. He must take Preeminence in our lives.

But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead, ( Philippians 3:7-11).

As we lay down all; die to the world in all ways, things and customs…..etc…We allow a lot of room within for the power of God, the Holy Spirit, to make all things new. Christ within our only hope of glory.

If we really believe that He makes all things new….. Why do we hold on to what we know, think and things which are contrary to  or blocking  Him?….. Should we not just lay them down, give them up or give them away? Allow His Spirit to prove the power of the Living Word within us…. Then we may attain to the resurrection from the dead as we see the coming day approaching?

We die. Then we rise in Him over and over again in our walk in Him….. We die to our old traditional ways of knowing Him and we die to the lies we have been told about Him and we gain freedom…. for whom the Lord sets free is free indeed!

So why do we hold on to what we know and is comfortable? FEAR…. of the unknown… Our minute by minute future is unknown to us  but known to the Lord. Remember He has our days numbered and fashioned before we were born…..even in our mother’s womb…. Let us trust His great Love. Remember, we already live in eternity as we partake in time……….  Every time we doubt and fear, we give the devil his way and believe him! Oh, Oh….. Satan’s days are numbered also so why do we want to give him any satisfaction?

Why do we fear  our Lord making all things new? Do we think He might not do a good job? ( We have done so great a job up to now that we need a Savior? Hmmmm.)

Let us remember to live by the Living Word of God: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new, ( 2 Corinthians 5:17).

Do not fret, My children. Do not allow yourself to be like the drowning man who held on to all his precious belongings in parcels, and yet, when I came to rescue him. He could not reach out with his hand to grasp My Saving Hand. He refused to let go of his belongings to get My help. Therefore he perished.

Remember life is more than what you have on this earth. Set your eyes in the Kingdom of God where nothing perishes. But alas, will you allow your hearts to betray you in the end? Your hearts will lead you to death and yet, if you come to Me, I will bestow on you life eternal. Can you believe in Me that you shall not want? Can you take Me at My Word? Follow Me and you will see…..What I give you is free. You will walk in My liberty.

What you have is from My hand. What you want will be given by My hand also. Be hungry and be full of need……I Am will fully feed you. My Food will fill and carry you throughout the days you walk on this earth. See the baby bird helpless as the parents come and feed…. as I Am is to you.

What you are hungry and seeking after is what you will receive…….Seeking the earth’s treasure will allow you to forego the True Treasures in heaven. I Am has spoken to all to seek the first the kingdom of God and all else will be given to you.

Why do you fear I Am won’t supply? I Am your Heavenly Father and I know what you need.  I Am the YHWH, the Great Provider….. Is the Gift and the Promise not what you are seeking? Alas, the rich young ruler, also, went away down heartened. He could not part with his old parcels to make way for Me- the Life found in Me…. He could not believe that I Am is his Greatest Treasure…

What do you see in Me? If you have come to Me. You have tasted the Cup that is never empty. If you have come to Me, you have eaten of the Food that sustains you forever. You have come to see I Am as your Treasure. Your wealth will never diminish or fade away for I Am. You will never lack any needful thing, I Am says.

Children, you will follow your heart wherever it leads you…. If you keep your eyes seeking Me, your hearts will overflow with the blessings of My Kingdom.  I Am will manifest to you all you need. Do you believe I Am? This Promise shall be done to you according to your faith…..There are two kingdoms. Your heart will reflect the kingdom you partake. But there is only one kingdom’s Food that fills and never will you hunger or thirst again….

I Am has your path set for you, just for you. If you lack Understanding, ask I Am… I will supply your need. If you lack Wisdom, I Am will supply all your need. If you lack health, I Am will supply your need. If you lack trust, I Am will supply your need so you may grow in the knowledge of I Am.

As we walk, My thoughts will become yours. My ways will become yours.  Our Fellowship is found in Heavenly Places.

Open your hands, which is your heart to Me. I Am takes your gaze unto Me with knees knocking….. Trust Me and take My out stretched hand. Those things you hold on to will fail you. I Am promises I Am will not fail you nor leave you through this age or for all eternity…. You must come to Me and leave all behind….. Will you?

I Am wrote to My children in Laodicea. Their ways took after the world’s and not Mine. They were mistaken in their gathering….. I Am is gathering souls and not things. They were not living by My Kingdom, My ways…..Their heart betrayed their walk with Me.

May this way not be found in this generation…..Gathering all souls and hearts are I Am’s concern, let this be found in you..

Please hear and obey My instructions…… All My children are disciples because My children are willing to be taught.  Let go what you cling if it is not Me.

The weight of the world’s care will drown your heart…. Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

My yoke is easy and My burden is light.

My hand is outstretched now. Will you let go to grab Me? I Am loves you….. My arms are still outstretched to embrace you….. Let go, you will see what wonders you have when you just let go to have Me.

Receive My Love and you will be embraced in freedom of My care…..Receive Me and learn what is your greatest need….. Be it done unto you according to your faith.  Come unto Me. I Am calls you daily, listen, My children.

Selah!

When Christ is our all and all, rejoice! We have within all the Riches of God’s Kingdom. His Spirit no one can take away….. nor the gates of hell can prevail against us because He is within…. We are His and He is ours. Rejoice- Get up and spin around before our God…. as He rejoices over His children!

But then as we lay down all and leave all for Him, He has promised us to restore and He does! He trusts us to keep Him the Main Thing in our lives and to continue to serve Him…. because He has a hold of our heart that no one can enter to deceive…..Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time- houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions- and in the age to come, eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first, ( Mark 10:29-31) .

You can count on the Words of the Word of God, Jesus Christ, because He does deliver all His word as well as you can count on the persecutions from people as the blessings of God comes and lives within!  When the Lord is within, His bounty comes all over us and around us and then through us….. He Is Our ALL and in ALL…

Praise His Great Name Forever! Rejoice for the cross and the Promise are working mightily in us!

Selah!

How wonderful to have a God who watches all. He knows all our thoughts and motives before we act on them…..  He knows all and witnesses all. As written in Psalm 139:1-4 , O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways, for there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.

An artist has completed a great work of art if he captures the heart of the person he is portraying. How can you paint a heart? We study the eyes which reveal the heart of a person.

Any married couple knows instantly the eye of the matter in their spouse… right? Right…. Or children know their parents mood by looking at their eyes…..before they ask something they want….. They weigh out if the timing is right…… Hmmm.

Should we be doing that with the Lord? Do we know His timing. Do we understand the signs of the times He is revealing today? Are we going on with the seasons ignoring the signs?  Hey, the sun rises and sets and the seasons are changing, just like last year.  We see life go on as it did before assuming it will keep going on as before…. just like they did in Noah’s day….. We get lulled into deception or sleep. We get on with living our life as before we saw the signs. We view them small as a hiccup and ignore the warning to stop, wait and watch.   We may miss our opportunity to turn toward the Lord….. His eye is watching and waiting for us.

Children study their parents to learn and know how to act in different situations. As the children of God, maturing sons and daughters, we should also be studying our Heavenly Father and His Son by the power of the Holy Spirit….. so we know how to act accordingly to His heart…… We are all studying something……. Is it the Lord?

I thought this little saying to know the Lord, is to love the Lord. If we do not love the Lord, we do not know the Lord. The Lord becomes our greatest Study! If there is anything around worth or healthy to become obsessive with, it is the Lord.

Some children will be aware of their parents concerns. They will ask if there is something they did or if they can help in some matter…. because they care.

However, man seems to repeat himself in history. They may be in different scenarios, but the schemes of many are revealed to the eye that is watching what our Heavenly Father is watching…..The ones who wait on the Lord are blessed with His vision….. So we may act and pray accordingly, because His concern  is our concern.

Daniel was very much aware of the timing of the Lord and proceeded to pray accordingly for His will to be completed regarding His people.  Daniel’s ear and eye were watching for the Lord and that captured the eye of God. He answered Daniel’s prayer by sending His messengers. He wanted Daniel to know His plans.

What are we willing to do today to be so concerned with our God that He allows His plans to be made known to His people?

My soul waits for the Lord, more than the morning, my soul waits…… We watch and wait before Him.  In the rest of the Lord, we learn to know the coming move of His hand. We also are made aware the movements and plans of the enemy.

No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing, but I called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you, ( John 15:15).

When we are the friend of God, we follow the instructions of 1 John 2:16-17, do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

For all that is in the world,- the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life- is not of the Father but is of the world.

And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but He who does the will of God abides forever.

But you have the anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things, 1 John 2:20.

So the blessing of the Lord, the presence of His Spirit reveals all things to us. We must continually ask for understanding to receive His thoughts and plans.

Our Lord revealed to His disciples what was coming ahead for them as He went to the cross.  He also revealed to them the meaning of the cross and His being received into heaven so that the Blessing of the Father could come and reside in them….. Of course, they walked away a little bewildered and not sure what to expect…. So they waited and quickly learned all that was foretold them came to pass just as the Lord spoke.

We are promised our eternal life in the Lord, but we are not promised tomorrow on this earth.  God holds our days and our breath in His hands…. We do not. We always want to live prepared to meet our God at the end of our days on this earth. We also do not want to be caught unaware when the Lord manifests His ways upon the sons of men and the earth. We want to be prepared to meet His day and assist others to meet His day also.

The Lord has His army and they are His friends…… the body of Christ….. if we believe and seek His fellowship……However, Satan has his army also. I do not think there are many friends hanging with him though…..There are souls attached to darkness because of their seeking darkness, but I do not think they are friends! Do you?- nahhh!!!

Satan’s army is planning and gathering today…… Just as the Lord is calling His people to gather to Him and pray…… May we have ears to hear and eyes to see and His wisdom to understand the signs of the times….. Let us pray and prepare accordingly…..

Are we signed up? Are we willing to be in the Lord’s boot camp for awhile to get trained and leave the comforts and passing fun of the coming season to serve the Lord….. We cannot be faithful to the Lord and our selfish desires at the same time. We can be time wasters on things that do not further the cause of His kingdom or we can be a useful weapon in the hands of the Lord. We choose daily…… This is the valley of decision that we are placed before daily. Do we desire the true friendship of the Lord’s or the friendship of the world? Our time played out in our daily lives shows what we choose…Friend of God or the friend of the world.

If we really want to be in the Lord’s presence, we give up all to be there.  We are always presented before the Lord, but to acknowledge Him in stillness of our souls is a battle….. This is the first battle  we learn to fight with the weapons of our warfare.

We stand firm and strong in the place He has died to give us, to be before Him in our stillness, so we may hear, see and receive His daily Food for each of us…. Him.

We love to be with our friends. Our Lord is our Greatest Friend. As we cross the battle of distractions, we know our seat and will not miss a Meal with our King. We have captured His eye. My heart melts to know we have His eye upon us. My breath skips a beat as I realize His greatness is watching us.  What a Great God.

Our military practices offense and defense maneuvers. If an attack comes, they know exactly what to do. They are prepared. They are skilled in the matter of our country’s defense by their offensive plans.

As we spend time with the Lord and His ways become ours, we are skilled in the matters of His kingdom. We live by and through the power of the Holy Spirit. The Lord uses us as His skilled weapon and His friend.

King David had mighty men. These men slept and ate with the King. He knew them and they knew King David. They were His trusted army and His friends. King David could count on these men to go and complete the mission he had sent them on……

Do you think Daniel was an efficient weapon in the hands of the Lord? We do our warfare by prayer in the Spirit not by might, but by faith and the Lord’s Spirit does the work.  We may have to act but it is by faith and obedience in the Spirit of God, so the glory stays and belongs to God. Our lives will or will not glorify the Lord.  Do we want to walk with the King?

Sometimes I wonder if the body of Christ seriously looks like an army in the Spirit of the Lord or when the Lord asks us to line up we somewhat resemble a kindergarten class lining up after recess……Some have their attention behind them. Some have their attention in front of them. Some have their attention to the sky. Some have their attention to chattering with others. Some have their attention to bugs on the ground…… and then some have their attention to the teacher.

Maybe the protocol in the force of police or military is set for that exact reason. When a high ranking official walks in, he wants our attention ASAP. So a lower ranking officer yells- AT TEN TION…. So then focus of the unit becomes a unit. Their attention is on their superior officer. They quit doing their own thing…..

So our Lord demands our attention for those that are called after His name.  Just because we may not have ears to hear the Holy Spirit yell- AT TEN TION, does not allow us to continue doing our own thing. We must tune our ears towards heaven.  We are to learn to hear the heartbeat of heaven and then have the boldness and courage to follow the beat.

The Lord wants us to line up and become what He has called us to be. His body on this earth….. with hearts that live in and from heaven….. AT TEN TION!!!!!!!!…..

I have not called the wise of the world to be Mine. I have called the least so I can make the most of My Kingdom through them. I know what you are not, but I AM. This is My purpose for you- I AM your all. When you know you are not, then the gift of I AM is your all. Be blessed in the Truth.

Listen to My whisper in the dark. Hear My footsteps through the dawn to awaken you to your day in Me. Know My love surrounding as a breeze protecting you from the heat of the day.  Realize My strength carrying you to the Refuge at sun setting. Hear Me….. Listen to the song I  Am sings over you as you rest at eventide.

Hear the words I Am speaks to you. I Am sitting holding the universe by the Word of My power. My Word is life to you. Give Me your gaze, you will be rewarded. Give Me your time,  then you will live from eternity in time. Give Me your heart, you will live from Mine. Give Me your natural life, you will be sustained in My Resurrected Life….

Hear Me and live forever. Sit with and in I AM, then rule the nations. Honor I AM, and you, My friend, have captured My heart…

Do not seek to gain in the world and lose your soul to I AM. Do not seek the friendship of the world and lose I AM. The cost of your soul is so precious there can be found no price to value it on this earth….. Choose wisely.

My arms are extended to all, but all will not hear and come to I AM. Remember, My Words of Wisdom, the greatest is the least and the least is the greatest in the measure of My Kingdom.

Eternal matters are eternal, earthly matters are gone before the blink of your eye.  My Words speak of a servant’s eye is always on their master, but alas, I AM has called you a friend….. Do you treat Your Friend with a kiss of betrayal? Do you treat Your Friend as the Highest Treasure? Then your actions will be proven and you will guard our fellowship as a treasure.

Alas, remember My Friends carry a seal of My mark upon them. They are now marked and precious in I AM’s eye. They are cherished in My Kingdom and hated in the world’s. Remember, I AM has conquered the world…… And I AM is in you.

Rest in Me as I Am strengthens in you. The Word speaks of a swallow finding a home in the altar of My courts, you are in Me in rest. I Am has found a welcomed place in your heart not unlike Bethany. Rest and keep walking to obeying and to knowing I AM for this is eternal life. The place I have called you to be……is found only in Me.

Come and see….. I Am says what will be……When My Words come to pass….. Then, alas, you will know it is Me….Your King, your Friend….

Has I AM captured your eye?  Even still, Lord, come!

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 from the water of Life freely, (Revelation 22:17).

Selah!

My soul waits for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I do hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning- Yes, more than those who watch for the morning, ( Psalm 130:5).

For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell for I have desired it. I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread. I will also clothe her priests with salvation. And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

There I will make the horn of David grow; I will prepare a lamp for My Anointed. His enemies I will clothe with shame, but upon Himself His crown shall flourish, ( Psalm 132:13-18).

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor percieved by the ear, nor has the eye seen any God besides You, who acts for the one who waits for Him, ( Isaiah 64:4).

There are many brothers and sisters in Christ who are waiting on the Lord in very hard places…. Before my heart starts to feel fustrated on the goings on, the Holy Spirit puts their faces before me to lift them up by praying the Word over them. There are many heroes of our faith in the making today.

Their faces shine with the light of Christ even amongst the horrible treatment as beatings, lack of food, terrible conditions, but they shine. They shine the life of Christ because He is Eternal….and so are they. Oh how I earn the Holy Spirit that I could be as brave as these heroes in our family of God. May we be as strong in Christ so that His power be perfected in our weakest moment in our weakest place as the days unfold.

Remember the story of Elisha helping the prophet’s widow get out of debt in 2 Kings 4…. She was told by Elisha to gather all the neighbor’s vessels to be filled with oil…. So she and her son obeyed the prophet…. The little bit of oil never ran dry but continued to fill all the vessels…. She was able to get out of her debt.

The presence of the Holy Spirit within us is exactly the same spiritual meaning as the woman or the church getting out of sin….. The Oil is always represented as the Holy Spirit in Scriptures. If we do not have the baptism of the Holy Spirit within us, we will live without the empowerment to keep out of sin and darkness. We do not lack any good thing because of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Thanks be to God Almighty.

So as we wait before the Lord, may we ask Him to continue to fill us with more of His Spirit. He increases the room by our experiences of faith. We let go of what was for more of I Am. We live by experiencing His greatness and then we grow in His knowledge…

When we wait upon the Lord, I think He jumps for joy for the one who doesn’t have a list of wants and needs, but wants to sit before Him because Who He is and they desire to hear His words…… We desire His presence as our greatest need and our want list is an after thought…. Now do not get me wrong, we all have petitions and supplications that only He can answer. But to sit at His feet in rest is an answer already….. As we sit, somehow all the petitions and supplications are answered as we are caught up in Him….. That is the God we love and serve.

As we sit with Him, we love it when we turn in the Word and find out an answer there…..It is our answer whether we like the reply or not…. The word is for us to obey. Or maybe we find an answer through another persons speaking to us….. or He may just speak to us while taking a shower or taking a walk. We learn to have eyes and ears open to His words all the day long.

We have Him by His grace so we never lose. We are winners in all things because of our Lord. We win….We overcome…. The prisoners of the Lord and those that are cast out of their homes and lands have the marks of the Lord on them….Do we have enough of Christ within to carry His marks if we find we are in the same situation here in the west?

When the wall is before us, do we first go to the grace of God as our Answer and Sufficiency?  Do  we allow the grace of God which I believe is the strength of God to carry us and keep us strong in all situations. Will we live as He is our Sufficiency and in Him we can do all things? Sometimes, the truth seems to appear He is doing all the things as He desires within us, even though we are acting out His instructions. When we really really know, it was not me, but Christ living through me, we can say, we walk and live by the Spirit of God in faith. Amen!

We have current martyrs that are the living sacrifice of the Lord……and they shine! If we are to ask them about their afflictions, they would say, if it were not for Christ……….I would not be.

We have the good news from the Lord that His grace is sufficent in all things, whether it be trials, health or persecution…… He will bring us through all things if we keep our eyes on Him and hold on to His love….. Let us live this promise out, beloved. His love for us never fails…. The only way His love will fail is on our end in not receiving Him in our hearts.

The best place is be is in a hard spot. When we find there is no help but God. When we find there is no solution or answer found on this earth, but God…..When we turn our gaze from ourselves and the chaos we find ourselves in, He is there waiting……He is all our need and all can be found in Him and He has open arms…..

His greatness is unsearchable…….. No matter how much we search for Him and find Him…. There is more to find out about this Great God…… He is our comfort through the night and our strength and song in the morning…. He is our cloud of cover during the heat of trials. He is our fire protecting us from the cold of evil and all it’s hate.

All the transformation experiences which the Holy Spirit takes us through reveals more  attributes of our Lord Jesus Christ and our God Almighty. As they are revealed, we then partake of those attributes or greatness of our God as the strength and might  in our lives and through us to others…. Only God could take our waiting on Him and turn our gaze into living a heaven filled life… Only our God, for there is no like Him. No one. Amen!

In your mind’s eye, children, do you see me on the cross? Do you see My life dripping out by My blood from the wounds of whom I love? They are for you. My love is so deep for you. Please know Me, then you will understand My love that is neverending. I Am there as Your wounded Savior. I Am there sitting on High as Your King. I Am within You as Your Guide and Teacher. I Am where you are and need to be….. I Am your all. Lean on Me.

My Blood is Eternal Life cleansing you even today, if you will come and take Me on the cross as Your need. Your needs are many but My love is greater, stronger than all weakness of men. Come to Me, as you stand under Me and allow My sacrifice to cleanse you, you are made brand new. My blood covering you know this as being washed with My everlasting love, if you believe…..

Come to Me. Know Me, then you will know My love for you which is greater than the all the universe. Come, enter in My Everlasting Covenant with Me….. I will not let you out of My hands or fail you. Do not struggle to get out of the hands of Love…..I will not let you go. I Am the Strength you desire. I Am the Hope which restores what you are losing in your living away from Me.

I Am aware that you do not know your next step, I Am does…..Take it with Me for I Am the way…… I see the works on digging youself out of the pits your hands have put you in…… I Am will walk with you through the harvest you have sown.

Take My Cross and Sacrifice as yours. The power of My Sacrifice has cleansed the way for you to follow. There is new harvests to reap as My Seeds sown come from your life….. Come to Me…..

The Sacrifice of the Lamb of God on the cross and the Holy Spirit are your Forever Friends.  Allow the road of your days to wind upward to the heights of the heavens, not by your works, children, but by My Spirit.

I Am Order and Peace. You walk with Me, My life will overwhelm your chaos. We walk through the valleys, My Life will enlighten the correct paths for you to take. We ascend to the hills, My Provision will give you vision in the heights of battles. I train you to keep your peace in the midst of turmoil. Keep Me, keep your Peace. See Me, keep your place in My love. Love Me, keep all the promises of the Godhead counsel in you….. Always know to be still, I Am God…. I Am exalted among all!

Do not fear of the morrow, I Am with you today…. Live with Me today, you sowing the seeds of My Life, My Word, will reap everlasting life in Me in the morrow….. Obey Me today, the morrow will be blessed in My strength and joy….Even the hard winds adversity pounding on your faith will not deter your place in My Life…. in Me. Come to Me…..

My Cross and Sacrifice are your Refuge and Strong Tower to hold. My Cross is yours. Allow My Cross to be your heart. Do not fight the hardness of learning and living My Neverending Love. If you embrace My Cross, all the rocky cliffs made for stumbling and falling will be made smooth. I Am will be the Bridge across or the path of Refuge.

Wait on Me, and as you wait, your strength will mount up as eagles wings and soar in My Spirit. Come to Me, we walk together and the darkness part way for the Light of the World.

Come to Me, the depths are the heights in My Kingdom. The lowest branch bowing is the highest among the sons in My Kingdom. The forgotten and cast aways are the most known in My Kingdom. The laying down of all for Me is the Most Beautiful and Brightest in My Kingdom.

Ask Me for the understanding of the wise in heart. However, they are never found sitting on comfort, but the wise in heart have been forged in the fires of My love. They are learning the cross and they shine Me.

Will you still come to Me? Come to Me….. I Am, Creator of you, has made you for such a way. You are My chosen vessel….. Trust Me…..Come to Me….

Today, behold, the valley of decision is before us……..Let us take another bite of His neverending Love and say, Yes, Sir….. we come. We come to learn of the King and His ways.

You, Oh Lord, are willing to lay before us all of Your Mighty Love as You work and establish You in us. Thank You that You supply all the grace for us to come and to overcome so we may continue to eat at the table You have prepared for us before our enemies. We come, Lord, hungry for You and Your ways…..Have Your way in us.

Lord, we come…..

Selah!

Many times through my life, I wanted something so bad I could taste it… It did not matter if it was the color of a flower or a shirt or ice cream….!!! Sometimes it felt I could taste it before I could get my hands on it, even if it wasn’t edible!!!! As His Spirit works within us, we should be growing an insatiable hunger for the Lord and what He wants, as Jesus Christ walked in knowing the will of His Father……

The taste of the goodness and knowledge of the Lord in our  and through our lives is not unlike the taste of honey in our mouths…. We can not get enough of Him though He fills us, we want more, right? Amen!

Are we awakening to the life of God as our only Food that satisfies? We have destroyed with a vengeance all that is destroying and distracting us. We want beyond what we see here. We want to see what He sees. We want our view to be the view from heaven. We want to live from where we are from….We want to be with Him, in Him, and from Him in all we say and do. Amen and Amen! For we cannot get enough of His majesty, His wonder, His wisdom….. His love.

Is being in the smack dab middle of the Lord’s will our only meat that satifies? Being in the middle of the Lord’s will is not an easy meat to chew and swallow, but how can we resist so great a love towards us? The obedience to the Word of God is bitter to the flesh, but the cost is worth it. We are now His…… We are -in sink- with the Spirit. What an adventure we have been blessed to live in Him. This is our purpose now, right? Being in the will of God is all that counts once we put our life  in Jesus Christ’s authority and crown Him as our Lord, right?

But He said to them, I have food to eat of which you do not know. Therefore the disciples said to one another, Has anyone brought Him anything to eat? Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work, ( John 4:32-34).

Then Jesus answered and said to them, Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner, ( John 5:19).

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, ( John 1:1).

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will by no means pass away, ( Mark 13:31).

The Word of God is Eternal….. The more we study or eat the Word of God, the more Christ will be all in all….. in us….The Word of God and His Spirit takes over and is active within us.  We are a fire of the Lord which will not be easily quenched…..

When we read Hebrews, we are instructed in chapter 9:1-4, Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary. For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant.

But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord; I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them, then He adds, Their sins and their lawless deeds I remember no more, ( Hebrews 10:15-17).

Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. Then I said, Behold, I have come- in the volume of the Book is it written of Me- To do Your will, O God, ( Hebrews 10:5-7).

Numerous times in the New Testament, when the Israelites brought the Tabernacle with them into battle, the enemy’s camp would freak out and panic because our God had a reputation. Sometimes the camp of the enemy was destroyed by an angel because of the prayer and praise of His people during their attack or their need, without visible sight of the Tabernacle. God was with His people then and now!The enemy is quite aware of  how present the Lord is with us. His greatest goal is portray that God is not here, so we may panic….. So who are we going to believe?

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God, ( Hebrews 10:31). Let all know and be aware God is an Awesome God.

The tabernacle of God, Jesus Christ, His Spirit dwells within us…. This is not seen by the visible world, but God sees His Spirit within those that love Him…. Where we are, He is….and that is heaven! Here Am I and the children whom the Lord has given Me! We are for signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion, ( Isaiah 8:18).

If the temple or tabernacle was a sign of the One True Living God during the Old Testament in the midst of His people, the Israelites?  Then I have to ask, are we not the signs and wonders of the Lord now?….

Of course, we are the visible signs and wonders of the One True God living in our midst…..The church is His visible tabernacle on this earth today….. Christ Jesus lives in us, His body. We are one with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, as prayed by our Lord in John 17…..

Before you start to argue , do you think any prayer of our Lord’s was not answered? Of course not.  We are one with God, understanding we are in communion with the God head…. Where He is, we are in the Spirit and where we are, He is in the Spirit….. No separation because of our Lord’s precious blood and His Spirit within us…. So do we live according to that truth?

Let us set our mind to know we are with Him and He is with us…. His name is written on our forehead and our heart…. We are His and He is our God- He goes before us and has our backs covered……So when we enter a place, He enters also… When we leave a place, His presence goes with us- unless someone has Him too! Let us remember the presence of the Great I Am is here within us- separately and collectively as His body.

I have become as a wonder to many, but you are my strong refuge, let my mouth be filled with Your praise and with Your glory all the day, (Psalm 71:7).

The Word of God came and tabernacled among us….. or became flesh as written in John 1:14. Now He is within us, as we are His visible testimony to all…. We are His signs and wonder….. of His great love for us and the world, through us. We are His temple or tabernacle now…. God has prepared for Him a body…. We are now His body and He is the Head!

The will of God is not some mysterious ethereal way which no one can figure out……His Word is our Standard. His Spirit gives us the courage and strength to overcome so we obey His Word even through any cost. His Word is the Living Word….. He is living with us!

God is loving and simple in His wisdom. Man makes God complicated, but He is loving and gentle to all that call on Him with a pure heart. His standards are high and tough, but His Spirit within is tough in power to raise us to the Standard of Christ.

The baby first learns who their caregivers are- their mom and dad….. Then they learn their boundaries as they grow……The Lord is the same with us….. First, we learn about His great love as our Heavenly Father and grow from there…..in His Word….by His Spirit.

The Holy Spirit reveals the God of the heavens and earth slowly as we grow. As His Word takes root deeper and deeper in us, the higher our growth towards heaven. Then heaven becomes our reality.

Our view grows as our maturity in trusting and obeying His Word as well as the instructions of obedience and love from the Holy Spirit that comes to us daily. Our flesh doesn’t want to obey the Word of God, it is uncomfortable, but our inner man, our spirit is hungry for His Presence. So the struggle within is overcome daily by our discipline of the fleshly appetites. Just say no!

Our growth depends daily of and in His Presence….Though He is ever with us, our thirst for Him in this dry world, is ever growing and so needful…. The need for Him in His Presence resembles a glass of ice water given to us on a hot day of temperatures way over 100 degrees. Only our God can quench our thirst and hunger. One Word from Him can change everything for ever!

One answer of a prayer can change our life, others lives, the lives of our loved ones, strangers, prisoners, and nations….. if we pray and sit before the King…. His scepter is always held out before us, always welcoming us, always hearing us….As we abide in Him, we can ask what we will, and it shall be granted.

His Presence is always before us to behold and become, if we want Him. We have Him… What a Great Loving King to whom we belong….. Only our God could be so great and so loving….So full of might and power, and yet, so tender and gentle….. Only our God, only our God. The One True Living God is forever deserving of all our praise and obedience all our days.

Lord, behold, you have made me so I may do Your will…. So we come to hear and sit before You, Lord. What is Your heart today? Open our hearts and open our ears to hear Your great voice, my God, my King.

Fill us with Your Word of Life, fill us with You, My King, for nothing else will do, but You, O God!

Thank you for coming children. Thank you for turning the gaze of your heart towards Me. I Am Your mighty God and King, but I Am lowly in waiting for My children to come to Me. Behold, I Am always knocking on Your door….. Many times, no one opens to Me.

I realize My ways are higher and My thoughts are higher and wider, however, they are not beyond your reach. The way I came into time and ascended is the way to understand My kingdom….though I Am still here with you. You know the way ! All things and time will pass away, children, hear Me. But I Am and will always be. I Am where you are tomorrow. I Am your past. I Am your future… Why waist your days on what will not be. These things are here to point you to Me not to be placed in front of I Am. You may not see, but I Am your day….

I have great plans for you to walk through each day…… I have many ways to speak to you, ask for your ears to hear Me….. Pray to know I Am has been talking to you and guiding  you in your life….. Some days, when the clouds are about, you hear. Other days when all is sunny, you turn away.

But I Am here still speaking My Guidance, My Comfort, My love over you. Thank You for coming to hear Me today….. My everloving kindness will not be removed from you. Be still. Know that I Am God. Talk to Me often as I speak to you often. The Great I Am loves you. Tune your ear to hear Me.

You come to be near I AM, as I came to be near My children. Learn and know My love…..Rest in Me as My love surrounds you. As your desire for Me grows, all other desires will dissolve like a puddle in the noonday sun…… Know I Am shakes things that are not, so what remains is, even now. I Am has removed all the iniquity and all the sin, may you realize and live accordingly. I will always increase, all else will decrease because I Am. Come to Me often, I Am waiting… those who wait on I Am will renew their strength like the eagles…. Come, come to Me.

Come to Me with your families at eventide. Come to Me, we will sup together. You will be filled and so the little ones will know Me from the least to the greatest. Come to Me, allow the children to come for My kingdom is made up of many hearts of simple faith and wonder…..Let them drink from the Water of Life so they may not thirst for any other in this world.

I Am promises if you give Me your time, your life will blossom as a desert rose where no rain falls. The storms will come and you will be carried by the Great Everlasting Arms. Do you not know, your names are etched on the palms of My hands?…. Come and find rest for your weary and parched souls in the embrace of My Presence…. My Words are forever……You are from a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Rest on the foundation that you stand. The coming days, when all around is shaking, know where  and who you are standing  with, children. Not unlike the child’s game, paper, rock and scissors….. Do you stand on the Rock or the sand? What is stronger than I Am, the Word and Giver of Life Eternal?  Am I your choice? However, you are mine. Let it be done to you according to your faith. Remember always, I love you, the Great I Am.

Thank you children for hearing Me.

Shhhhhhh!!! The King is here…… Listen and selah!

A grill is an altar. Isn’t it?! What is an altar for? The Lord’s temple always has an altar, right? Are we not the temple of the Lord now? Hmmmmm. In Strong’s Concordance, the word altar is described as slay…… Let us ponder on the following scriptures.

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends, ( John 15:12-13).

Then he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth? Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said that they should rest a little longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed, ( Revelation 6:10-11). Notice the testimony of the Lord they spoke refers to the Lord’s testimony of Himself in the Phildelphia church. The testimony of the Lord is of the One who is holy, true and has the keys! This tells us a clue as to the church they belong in the seven churches of Revelation……

Then I Heard A Voice From Heaven Saying To Me……Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them, ( Revelation 14:13).

Then he said to me, Write: Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb! And he said to me, These are the true sayings of God,     ( Revelation 19:9).

Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.

His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself.

He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called, the Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses, ( Revelation 19:11-13).

And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people, ( 2 Corinthians 6:14).

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God,      ( Romans 12:1-2).

So, when he( Judas) had gone out, Jesus said, Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him. If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and glorify Him immediately,( John 13:31-32).

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God, and if children, then heirs- heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. For I consider the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us, ( Romans 8:16-18).

As it is written: For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Yet in all things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us, ( Romans 8:36-37).

I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily, ( 1 Corinthians 15:31).

But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world, has been crucified to me and I to the world,         ( Galatians 5:14).

Where there is an altar, there has to be a fire burning!! As Christ dwells within, picture the symbolism of the seven lamps that burn before the throne of God…so He burns within us as we lay on the altar as a living sacrifice.

The fire is turned up to burn away the old gunk from the past, our old man…. So we are then a sweet smelling fragrance to our Lord, of our Lord….

We cannot burn with out God…. He is the Fire and He refines us to His liking…. This is not of our doing. He is the Expert Craftsman for each one of us… The flaming trials and tribulations are set perfect for each of us to go through with Him… He knows what we need to prove Himself in us…. What needs to go and what needs to grow.

Through the coming times of our fire and water experiences as well as what comes to the sons of men on the earth, it is imperative to remember and know His word for us:
For this is like the waters of Noah to Me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth, so I have sworn that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. For the mountains will depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord who has mercy on you, ( Isaiah 54:9-10).

When we want to clean our grill, we turn the fire up to get off all the old gunk that is on the grill….. The same procedure comes from the Holy Spirit…. What is not Christ’s will be burned up by fire as written in 1 Corinthians….. The blessing as we offer our selves truly as writtin in Romans 12:1-2, we will be as He is when we awaken or He is revealed.

We have to be patient in living out His great love for us. We have to trust that His work in us is so great that we are worthy to be part of His plan and anxious to see His work. We also walk in faith with our brethren as they also are in the hands of the Great Potter. God is the Great IAM and He always speaks as He sees, not what is….. so should we…!!!

When the disciples yelled in fear to the Lord as the waves were increasing on the lake, His reply was you of little faith- Where is your faith?

When the waves or fire increases in our lives, it is His good pleasure to work His work in us……Do not fear we have missed any mark, know for certain we did! That is okay. God’s way or standard, His Son, is higher. If we were not being made into the Lord’s image, there would be no need for the Holy Spirit to be our Guide. We are being made into His image because we still lack His completeness within. There are ways of God we have not yet uncoverered, but we are being molded into a higher standard. He is working out His purpose in our lives……as we lean on Him as our All.

If we would see a sculptor working his clay, if the clay could speak it would say…. Ouch, that hurts!……However, when the art is completed, the clay will look back and think, I am glad He did what He did….. His work shows all His beauty which He put in me,….. a lump of clay.

So as we are the temple of the Lord, we are in His loving great hands…..no, not all the remaking in the fire will be easy….. but in the end……we will reveal His beauty of holiness.We will be riding on the power of the Holy Spirit with the Lord in pure white linen.

The Holy Spirit is saying, turn the fire up and get rid of the junk on the grill that is old. He wants a clean altar…..He is going through the temple of His Father’s house today….. He is throwing over things in our lives that are a great offense to Him. He wants obedience and holiness from us…. He purifies us so we may love Him with a greater love….. It takes God to love, so God or Christ must dwell in us to love through us!

Again, the word of God reminds us of Whose we are!: Do you not know that you are the temple of the 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, ( 1 Corinthians 4:16-17).

So as the fire turns up in our lives over the next few months, remember, His love and His plan will come to pass in our lives, if we lay still on the altar….. We know the finished work of His hands all will be made new. We have been remade through the fire of His great love. We are His work and beautiful in His sight. Just hold on to His love.

When we got a tap on our behind when we were little so we would learn not to run out into the street, it hurt ( mostly our pride!). But that little tap was to keep us safe in our family…His discipline is to keep us from destruction. Keep us strong in Him, in His family.

There is a mystery being revealed to us, if we are quiet in His hands and rest to learn the secret….. If Christ will be all and in all…..Does not that scripture include us, right? Right…..We have to be aware of the plan of God and this promise, Christ will fill all things…… His work will work in us, we will burn so others may also! That is the plan, we will let Him have His way…. I rather be found on His obedience side to the fire with His care then found on the rebellious side with out His comfort. God will have His way so the fullness of God may dwell in the Lord’s body…..as written.

Let the waves rustle and bustle and raise up before us, we stand in our God, knowing He is God. He gives strength to us…. This is His battle around us as He goes before us and is our rear Guard….. It is His delight to be our Potter in us…..So let us rest in our faith, which is not freaking out by what is in our sight, but resting in His love and faithfulness….So as we stand on the knowledge of His greatness and rest as His plan is being played out among the sons of men, we wait, we pray, we stand and we burn in a holy fire for Him.

Remember, when we barbeque on the grill, if one item catches on fire and is burning…..eventually it will spread to the other items on the grill too….. For we burn in and out- around our surroundings.

King David knew that any offering to the Lord had to cost something as written 2 Samuel 24:24. David knew the Lord was worthy of nothing less than a sacrifice on his part. Let us remember that in the coming days…. So as we remember the Lord, we eat the bread in remembrance of His body broken for us…..We partake of the new convenant by drinking the wine representing His blood shed for us….. His eternal life given to us by faith…..He gave us His all with a great cost…

Shall we also give Him our all with a cost as our devotion and faithfulness to Him… Christ will be all in all in us, we also allow ourselves to be broken—– Let us rest in Him as He works His work…..As we also take all from Him that He died to give to us to live His way and live in His life.

Child, do not fear as the waves rise for I allowed the rising and the falling so you may turn and find your solace and rest in Me…. I hold you in My hands. No one may snatch you away from Me. You are Mine…My concern for you is great. You are My great reward…. Know how I love My children. Do not fear for what you fear is not greater than I AM. You say you believe in Me, than I say to you, from your belief let trust arise. I guide you and instruct you to allow your trust to rise higher than the billowing waves…. For they are like grass, they will be gone tomorrow, but alas, I AM and you are with Me.

Prove your professing love of Me, rest in Me. Speak to Me often, come, I love to hear your voice. Ask Me, for I will show You….. Ask Me, Seek for Me, Knock for Me…… I will be found, but AM I what you are seeking? I know your hearts….. Please turn your hearts to know Mine…. Time is quick, a blink of an eye and it will be gone. In My hands are your tomorrows. The knowledge of how well the time was spent will be measured…. Do not turn away from Me. You will find rest for your wandering souls. I AM your Rest. I fill the earth with the glory of God….. All will see His glory, but not all will live in His glory.

I Am your Wisdom, hear My voice. Follow My words, they are full of eternal life….All those who follow My words abide in Me, so then you will ask of Me what you desire and it shall be done for you.

Hear Me today for My words are Life and Rest to you.

Our response to the Lord besides Yes, Sir and….: I love the Lord, because He has heard my voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live, ( Psalm 116:1).

When we refuse His handiwork, we refuse the new height of revelation that He plans to show us by our increased trust and faith…….
Selah!