In Genesis 5:24  “And Enoch walked with God and was not, for God took him.”

I had a dream awhile ago in that I saw a white cloth calendar.  It was very large. The numbers were listed in a regular fashion on it, except one. This one date was highlighted with bright yellow. I walked closer to the calendar. Curiosity brought me to see why that day was highlighted. It was blinking in neon yellow with rays shining around what was written….The day was marked ENOCH’S DAY. 

Enoch’s root word meaning in Hebrew is to initiate or discipline, train up or consecration.

So we can conclude that walking and talking with God, we will be disciplined and trained up into the mature or complete reborn creation that He always intended us to be before the foundation of the world!

There is an old song that says: He walks with me and He talks with me and tells me I am His own and the joy we share as we tarry there none has ever known.  Remember God came down in the cool of the day to walk and talk with Adam before Satan played his hand against Adam.  Mankind lost out on the fellowship from then on. Until Pentecost, now the opportunity for walk and talk with God is here before us.

The Holy Spirit is longing to spend time and share the secrets of the Jesus’ heart with us.  I know after that dream, I was determined in His grace, to follow the instructions of my dream and to fellowship with the Holy Spirit. 

As I “walked,” I prayed, studied the word and devoted my time to be available to God. I started to understand the cross along with the discipline that He desired from me. I could no longer be allowed to indulge my flesh or carnality. I was to crucify it, cut it off from its supply.  I was to live on the Word of God as my food, my first priority, even if it cost.  I became sold out to His cause; I was here to glorify Him…. I could not say no to His gentle “shove” and the undaunting love that He shed His all to catch me.

I, the defiant rebellious one, started to fall away. As we “walk” in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, the chaff of the old creation starts to burn up- it falls away because He takes us with Him…. The One True Living God shall be the One known from our lives….Jesus Christ is the King of all kings. He is glorified by our lives living out His will and we get to live in His glory…. Christ in us the hope of glory!

The Incorruptible Seed planted in us is growing or maturing the reborn creation from God’s handiwork in and through us. Ephesians 2:10, For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. That Incorruptible Seed within us is growing into a branch of the Tree of Life that produces much fruit, just as the body of Christ is being built into the Holy Temple in the Lord, a dwelling place of God in the Spirit….Ephesians 2:22.  I cannot produce the fruit of the Spirit, or the fruit of the Tree of Life, only the Holy Spirit within me can produce those godly traits and gifts through me.  Christ in us is our only hope of glory!

Let this year of 2013 be the year of Enoch! We walk with God and are not! What remains is the maturing reborn creation that He had planned for us in Him. A little chip or a little stone (witness) off the Big Rock!

Remember the only hope of glory we have is Christ in us. This mystery has now been revealed to us in Colossians 1:26. Today the Word of God says- we are given an opportunity to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge that you and I may be filled with fullness of God. We walked with God and were not!!!!!

The Holy Spirit is saying there is an abundant of grace for this call….. Let’s go for it! Let us be the ones who have ears to hear and eyes to see and a heart to receive and understand the words of our Lord and King TODAY!

Seize the day!!! Amen and Amen! His Love Never Fails!

PS. A word of encouragement: be prepared to get some endurance shoes on your feet- the terrain at times is high and rough! No loafers or flip flops will make it through!  His love never fails; this walk with Him will help ensure our love for our God never fails!!!

An old song is written and says:
He walks with me and talks with me and tells me I am His own and the joy we share as we tarry there none has ever known…..

Genesis 5:24: And Enoch walked with God and was not, for God took him.

God invaded my time here so that I would turn away from my idol- horses and turn to Him. I started to walk with Him and talk with Him.

He apprehended my heart for fellowship with me. He set me up that  I would turn and search for knowledge and understanding of Him. I started to gain Wisdom of the Holy One. My many questions were being answered.

I, by His grace, saw His love and His eyes drawing me. This Holy One did hold all the secrets of the universe. Besides that, He was delighted that I asked Him all my questions… because I was showing Him that He was my Treasure.

After that, I was sold out in the cross. I, the defiant  rebellious one started to fall away and be gone because God was taking me with Him. The chaff  started to fall away that surrounds the Incorruptible Seed planted in me.

Too many things fill our lives and waste our time. Our time is a treasure….

We  can apprehend the One who apprehends  us.  We capture Him by loving Him as He loves us. We seize His heart when we turn to the One we cannot see but believe is waiting and watching us to draw near. 

Let this year of 2013 be the year of Enoch. We walked with God and were not….. just the  reborn creation that He has called us to be in Him.  Remember, the only hope of glory we have is Christ in us, the mystery that has been revealed to us….. Colossians 1:26.  We are given the opportunity to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you (and I) may be filled with the fullness of God.   Amen and Amen to Enoch’s Day!!

How does our Heavenly Father see the word  apprehend in Strong’s accordance in Greek:

to percieve, to behold fully, clearly see, seize, possess, attain, overtake, arrest, capture.

So I know my God has apprehended me…. He is the first that I think of in the morning…. Father, what do you have for me today? What can I learn of You today? I love You, Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit…. Help me today to fulfill the purpose You have called me into Your Son, My Lord.

He is my One Thing… He invaded my other one thing – horses awhile ago.  I just was crazed about horses, especially my own.  They consumed all of my time. They were my life, driving this obsession was the love of riding them.

Well, He came and invaded my red sea by splitting it in half to get my focus. He succeeded, as He always does!   As I received grace, the invasion of questions entered my head…. This God created these magnificent beasts that have hooves- Why hooves? He created the flowing mane and tail that flew like as a cloud in the wind. Why did You put the long hair and tail there? Why did you give them those big silky brown eyes that I know hold Your secrets. Why?

Well, my focus became off of them to Him- The Great I AM…. I eventually found homes for my horses and turned my total attention to Him. The Truine Godhead… because He intrigued me with His love and His Grand Wisdom. I had so many questions that I got answered or I meditated and researched His Word to find the answer. I also researched what the Word meant from Hebrew, His language.   He stole my heart as the horses had stolen my heart before…. but I went to the Creator.  I had to know the God that created the horse, the elephant, the giraffe (why the blue tongue?)  Why does a cat purr? I had questions upon questions for Him.    He captured my heart by His tenderness and patience with my questions!!!!

I ask you today to make some time : turn off the noise, turn on some meditative music, no words…. and return to the time that the Lord first apprehended your life- the time He broke in and got your heart.

Everyone likes to reminisce with photgraphs of the best of times in their lives. Well, I believe the times when Eternity broke into the minutes of  life to capture our heart is the best of our life… Reminisce with the Lord today….. turn off the world, turn off  what intrigues you and turn to Him… Let us let Him enlarge our hearts as He gave the triple crown winner horse – Secretariat, so we may finish the race. In Psalm 119:32- I will run the course of Your commandments for You shall enlarge my heart. 

Let us apprehend Him as He has apprehended us.    We are in the middle of a great Love Story…..

Clear up any confusion of who we are….. the photo of my husband, Paul and myself are on my bio page here on Hisloveneverfails! Thank you Westbow!

 Marianne, your book is absolutely fantastic…. It’s is the first Bible study on Revelation that has given me hope……. It’s exciting to see what God truly has planned for us, and by the Holy Spirit working in you and through you, God’s Truth just flows so completely. 

 You have brought the Scriptures (His Living Word) to life for me…….  Chapter Seven  helped me out a great deal…..    Everything in that chapter seemed to talk to me about being faithful, to not be afraid, that He is our Rock………. This chapter, above all else, was what pushed me forward to share what the Lord had put on my Heart.

 Your book is such an incredible blessing to me and I praise God that He chose you to be the vessel that the Holy Spirit worked through…..  You’ve made reading the Book of Revelation a joy and exciting.

I’m going to tell everybody about it….  And I truly thank you for allowing me to be one of the first to have had the honor of reading this beautiful gift. 

 May the Light of Our Lord Jesus Christ shine brightly on you and on all you do now & forever.

Dianna S.

“As I read Marianne Strenger’s book, Jesus Christ, The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, The Judge of His Creation, I came away with two words – exhortation and encouragement.  

Marianne exhorts the Church to dig deeper into our understanding of God’s heart and intention for his creation and she also encourages the reader with her unique plea for personal holiness and righteous living. This book is not your normal book on Revelation.  It carries the passion and heartbeat of its author calling the Church to go deeper into the heart of God.”

 Garris Elkins, Pastor and author of “Prayers from the Throne of God.”

Blessed New Year to you all! This coming year, my heart intention with all my “true grit,” is to go after searching the Great I Am. I am meditating on how God has searched me out and holds on to me with a hold that can only be His! FOREVER!
So when Paul wrote in Philippians 3:12, Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

I want to understand and live this out  in my journey here.  This may be the climb of knowing  the height and depth and width and length of His love towards you and me. I believe He wants us to believe the unbelievable beyond the journey we are on now- if we are comfortable, He is our Stirrer -up-er! If we are stressed and hard pressed in every area, He is our Solid Mountain to trust in and rest.   This upward call that He calls us out of the world to be His; this upward call of God in Christ Jesus as stated in Philippians 3:14 was planned before the foundation of the world for you and me.

I pray that you all join me in this quest of the highest calling we have- seeking out our magnificent God in Christ Jesus where we abide. I think we start out in hearing our King ask each one of us-so who do you say that I AM?

We can only lay hold of God as much as we know Him. As Paul states that His riches are unsearchable towards man…. well, I love a challenge…. I want to lay hold of this Great God as He has laid hold of me. Will you come with me on this quest ?

I don’t think there is a person alive that leaves a present under the tree that is marked for them. I know I don’t! We all grab the presents and start to use or wear them asap!

But how many of us forget the True Treasure of the Christmas Tree- The Living Tree of Life…. I just pray this year that we learn {open our Gift} and start to use or wear {appropriate the Christ Jesus in our lives}. He never wears out or breaks down on us. He is always there for us because His Love Never Fails.

I pray you all have a blessed Christmas and a great adventure in 2013 with our King of all Kings. What is He saying to you in the stillness? Listen for His whispers.
God Bless You,
Marianne