The Spirit of God speaks to us to have courage and be brave for our God goes before us and has our back! So when the waves are huge, let us grab our surfboard and ride the Word of God over the waves and fly in the power of the wind of His Spirit over the troubling sea.
I have never surfed, but I can see that the balance and skill and practice is an ongoing life venture…… so is living the life as people of the Way of Jesus Christ.
When the waves of adversity come our way, we need to get our surf board out. He is going to teach us how to navigate those billowing waves so we can ride above them….Keep our eyes on Jesus……. Who is enthroned by the praises of His people.
Why do adversities come? So we may learn to overcome by the blood of the Lamb and word of our testimony even to the point where we do not hold our life precious…… But the Lord holds our life as precious in the palm of His hands…..
If we really believe this, then we would laugh as the Lord does in Psalm 2 when people plot against the Lord and His anointed….. We would hold the sight of the Lord before us and the sight of the Lord behind us.
As it is written in Isaiah 54:17, No weapon formed against His people shall prosper…….and every tongue that rises against us in judgment, we shall condemn. This is our heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of Me, says the Lord.
The surf board is the Word of God…… We ride on the power of His promises and sing His praises. Yes, we keep our eyes on the Lord and power of His word that we speak….. We can lay on His Word in complete trust as the surfers do…… They take great care of their surf board. They keep it ready….. So do we in abiding in the Word and then we are ready and strong as the Word of God is in our hearts. The Holy Spirit then brings the directions of the Word of God back to us to navigate the ride.
Have you witnessed anyone that the Lord chose as His friends not to have trouble? Nope! If we are bringing the Light and knowledge of our God through the testifying of our Lord Jesus Christ, we will be in the firing line and yet, the Lord will turn all things that come to us for good for those who love Him.
So we swim out over the billowing waves, the adversity may be cold and the water seems to spit in our face jeckling how we are so small……. Yet, we see the One who has already overcome these waves beckoning us to rise up and stand on His Word…..He says to us, rise up and ride the waves….. Speak My Word…….Stand and ride the wave until it turns into nothing and you are found with Me still standing….. Do not fear…. but believe in the strength of My Love and Word in you! Every wave ends at the shore!
The darkness flees by the word of His power that comes from our lips….. There is no other God like our God. He is mighty like the strong northern winds that billow through our rafters at dawn. Yet, He is gentle and full of compassion like like the soft breeze found in summer that refreshes from heat of the sun in the late afternoon……
He is wonderful. He is full of greatness, yet He beckons us to come before Him. He desires our companionship. He desires us to be His vessels in His hand to bring Light to the nations……because His Light is within us and yet, He also, surrounds us as written in Revelation, the King is among us.
We bring His Light, His name to the nations….. His Spirit transcends distance and time…. We can send the Word far away for His will to be done as we are in communion with Him….He sends out His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly, ( Psalm 147:15).
But know, beloved, the waves of adversity will come as we send the Word out among this world….. But He gave us His surfboard to ride all adversities until we have overcome. We grow in the testimony of the greatness and faithfulness of our God; Our Lord is among us with the power of His Spirit. He brought me through this and then, He again, brought me through that thing too……. and on and on.
We have the mind of Christ, we have the Word of God, we have the Christ within written on the tablets of our hearts….. The presence of the Holy Spirit, the power of God is here to confirm and make manifest the intent of God. The Word of God……that we speak through our lips as His servants will be confirmed as the words of His servants, written in Isaiah 46.
Know His will, speak His will and His Spirit flies on the thoughts of God making manifest in this earth as it is in heaven.
God loves contrast….. If not, there would not be the Savior known as the Lamb of God and our King of Kings, known as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah……
Our lives will reflect the contrast of God’s hand if we allow Him to do His work…… Our weak flesh will not be able to do anything of consequence, yet, by His Spirit all things are possible in our lives and others. We will be like Gideon. The Lord says you are mighty, child, and we turn around to see who He is speaking to! Gideon was not strong in himself, but when God told Gideon that He would be with Gideon as he went to battle the Midianites….. Well, that proved the warrior within!
We are warriors by the One who dwells within us, the resurrection power of God is awaking us to the purpose of our life in God……When our flesh is weaker yet, He is greater, then we are found strong…… The Lion of the Tribe of Judah consumes the bear of the earth within and around us until the day of His great and awesome return.
Paul is the testimony of the Lord’s greatness riding upon and in his life….. Paul was beaten, he kept going. Paul was persecuted, he knew he was never out of the sight of Him who called him. He was stoned, and was raised up……
He conquered the waves by always riding on by the power of the Spirit of God who’s love never failed him…..Paul never quit writing in prison or preaching the will of God as he was free to walk the earth to the people of the Lord’s way.
We are eternally grateful for the revelation that Paul received and rode through and above hell to deliver the Word to us, even us at this day. We should see Paul’s life and with bold audacity keep riding….on the power of His word…… He will never fail us…..Let us not fail Him by allowing fear to back us in a corner and shut up our words of faith in testimony of the One who conquered all….. Our King, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Do not give in to the height and strength of the billowing waves, our God’s love is greater…..He knows what is coming and already has the Word to speak to us at the perfect time…..He knows the end from the beginning and will not let us out of His great hands.
The Lord walked this earth as still living from the mindset of eternity….. He entered time, but eternity was His view…. as now should ours be….. This life in the flesh is like the waves that come to an height then roll out to a tiny little water rolling up on shore to join all the waters that gather together……
When we learn to fly over the waves, we will start to live by eternity’s view….. Things we thought to be big mountains turn into little hiccups in our life….. because of Him who died for us…… The Holy Spirit will strengthen our spirit man into the perfect will of God. We will have the boldness as our Lord as He carried His cross that one day that the earth quaked and darkness covered all…..
His Spirit will rectify the death of our carnal man and resurrect Christ within our life…… We will raise as the army of the Lord of Hosts and yet, reflect the beauty of our King….. See the contrast! Sitting at His feet as mild little lambs, children, listening to every word that comes from the mouth of God.
We will reflect the contrast of God and be called a wonder and enigma to many…… that is okay, because so was our Lord. The Lord’s own family thought He was out of His mind….. Thank God, He was reflecting the mind of God to us…. He was out of the earth and in eternity…… showing us such a different life we could have by Him, if we believed.
We do have a different life, we have a resurrected life and we can ride the waves……if we dare to take Him at His word and walk it out in the midst of the billowing waves.
The Lord came to the guys walking on the water in Matthew 14:23-32, And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there.
But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.
Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.
And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost! And they cried out for fear.
But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.
And Peter answered Him and said, Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.
So He said, Come. And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.
But when he saw theat the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, Lord, save me!
And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt?
And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
Our faith will carry us as we learn to navigate the waves by His word, our surfboard…… The Holy Spirit strengthens us as we are reminded of our place in eternity in the heavenlies now. We are victorious, because our Lord is and we are with Him where He is….. As His word is abiding in our hearts, we are abiding in Him and our faith is strong and will not fail…..
The Holy Spirit always tests us so we grow even stronger in the Lord and the power of His might…. If we can handle a five foot wave….. He will then send a Golaith wave, so we may continue to perservere and overcome all by His love…..
Even if we fail here and there, the Lord’s hand will deliver us….. as written in Psalm 34:19, Many are the affliction of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all!
Then we get up, dust it off beloved, and retake the wave…… for it is coming….
What the Lord is equipping us for is the revelation of His Christ within us, rising us up over all the earth. Allow the Lord to be granted His hearts desire- that the we may know and experience the love of Christ that we may be filled with the fullness of God as written in Ephesians 3.
Heavenly Father, give us eyes to see your hearts desire so we may cultivate the spirit of boldness and audacity to ride the waves in victory as we abide in Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
We are in the loving hands of our Great God. He will never forsake us. We aren’t even out of His mind for a second in time…… Keep trusting. Keep walking. Keep stepping out the earth’s limit into the vastness of our place in eternity…… The King’s land is high and wide in distance….. We must keep on moving into the realm of our God that He has given us in His Son.
His greatness is unsearchable, but we get to find out in Christ……Beloved, the waves can discourage us or encourage us.
Remember, we worship the One who sits on high and will reign forever…… If we are partaking of the eternity mindset, we shall know His loving hand is in every minute of our day by the power of the Holy Spirit….. Not to keep us in comfort, but to train and equip us as His bride, His people, His army:
For You will light my lamp; The Lord God will enlighten my darkness.
For by You, I can run against a troop, by my God I can leap over a wall.
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
For who is God, except the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God?
It is God who arms me with strength,
and makes my way perfect.
He makes my feet like the feet of deer,
and sets me on my high places.
He teaches my hands to make war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your right hand has held me up,
Your gentleness has made me great.
You enlarged my path under me,
so my feet did not slip, ( Psalm 18:28-36).
The Lord God who we serve is a respecter of faith and not persons……..
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 if anyone draws back My soul has no pleasure in him.
But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul,
( Hebrews 10:35-39).
So when the waves rise, and they will…… Come on, dude, the surf’s up- get your surfboard and let’s ride the waves, like eagles soaring on the thermals of the wind….. Let us work our muscles of faith.
Let’s just do it! Focus on where we are with the Lord! Lift Him high! He is worthy, not our situations or problems or sicknesses……. HE IS WORTHY of all our praise and honor and blessing……. LIFT HIM HIGH! We also then will fly on the praises of our King!
Selah!
Children, I Am came to die so you may live. I AM took all the evil from mankind. I AM tore down the wall separating I AM from man. If I AM has laid the way of heaven wide open for you…… Why do you ponder the thought that I AM will drop you or leave you now? Forsake such lies. Live to learn and then to live in I AM’s everlasting love for you. I AM will show you the higher way, the next step to take and from here the next step to take….. I AM ever beside you, alas, My Words fall on ears that are not in tune with Me……
Take the wisdom of the still days to partake of Me, so as the chaos comes, then the Words I AM has spoken will resound in you and give you instruction. You will find the courage and boldness of your God coming out from within……
Yes, the road is narrow as we abide….. There is no room in the median for any distractions of other voices and vain endeavors. There is no room on the narrow road for other gods and I AM to walk with you….. This ancient road was made for this day, for us to be joined as One….. The quiet days are for a time, be wise and seek Me with your whole heart. You will not be disappointed, your idols will be, but your heart will overflow with joy. There is a time for peace and a time for war. Take heed and be wise to know the difference. Live here as you are in eternity, for you are…….an eternal being as I AM.
Leave all and follow Me……I AM enough. Be wise. Train to be faithful in little and larger in your heart….. for then you will find I AM there.
Selah!
