I AM the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life, ( John 8:12).
As long as I AM in the world, I AM the Light of the world, ( John 9: 5).
One thing I know, I was blind, now I see, ( John 9:25).
And Jesus said for judgment I have come into this world that those who do not see may see and those who see may be made blind, ( John 9:39).
And this is the will of Him who sent Me that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day, ( John 6:40).
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it, ( John 1:4-5).
But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him…….Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight, ( Luke 24:16, 31).
Then Jesus said to them, A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness do not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light. These things Jesus spoke, and departed and was hidden from them…. ( John 12:35-36). ( We could sit on this scripture for quite awhile – so much in these two scriptures……. The Word of God is not to be known just as written word- head knowledge but the Word is made known and manifests the revelation of Jesus Christ- every time we ask to see with the eyes of the Spirit!!).
How our lives are in the hands of the God, Creator of all …… Do not be concerned, we are His- if you have turned to Him. Even if you are reading this and are watching from the sidelines,—– He knows when our days will be fulfilled. He knows all our tears and all our laughter….. He knows the day that He allowed His Spirit to quicken our hearts and drew our eyes to His Son. So then we turned and believe in a torn heart full of repentance…… He knows the hearts of all He has spoken to and all that turn away from Him……. Oh, how the heaven rules in the sons of men….. How foolish to think we are self made men and women!
Heavenly Father, by Your Spirit of grace- open our eyes so we may see!!!!!! May we SEE Your beauty beyond the creation into seeing the vast heart of You, Our Creator….. How we long to know You more….. Even in darkness, our God, You see light…… There is nothing hidden before you for there is no darkness to you. Your Light transcends all darkness, even ours…… How great are You, O God of Light.
May we keep our eyes on Your face… In the fullness of Your light being made manifest through all darkness….. for it is written in Your Light we see light. We must not lose our perspective and just focus on the road. Yet, yes, the road is a rigorous neverending steep climb but look!!!! Look, our goal, our inheritance; the upward call of God in Christ Jesus as written in Philippines chapter three……Him….. and us with Him forever…… The splendor of this Great King always- we are always before Him…… Look and behold- the greatness of our God manifested in our King Christ Jesus. Glory to God in the highest.
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me, ( Galatians 2:20).
Open our eyes- Oh, Son of God- May we walk in all You have died and rose to give us…… What we leave behind is not what matters but all that we can capture which is in front of us….. The road may be hidden but- I can stand sure- the road to Emmaus is there….. Every step we take, the landscape of the fullness of Christ is made manifest….It is right there as sure as I know He has given me my next breath. Can you breath in the fresh invigorating air of His breath of Holy Spirit drawing us closer…… As He was with the men walking the road to Emmaus……… He is walking within us leading us into the fullness of His light. In His light we have Light…..
Yes, we celebrate the Birthday of the Son of Man with us…… Yet, do we celebrate everyday,—–for He is with us? Beloved, He is closer than our breath!!!!! The Light of the world is still here- with in us…. Christ in us- our hope of glory as written in Colossians……
As written in Luke 1: 79, To give us light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel, ( Luke 2:32).
So as we celebrate the Day of Branch of the Lord among us….. Let us honor Him by allowing the Light of the Living Word on this earth be within and without us….. Made manifest as His fragrance bellows through the air carrying the Word of God we speak so many may turn. His Word is written in our hearts, minds……. Christ in us- our hope- our glory…… Abide in Him and He abides in us as written in John 15. How can we be sitting in darkness when the Spirit of the Lord is within us- our glory. If He is there- so is His light- No darkness where He is!!!!!
Beloved, may we get this….. It is not about us but about Jesus Christ. It is all about Him….. He is greater and more powerful than us and His work for us is finished….. We can sit and say we are dark or we can focus on what is above as Colossians chapter 3 instructs……As written Colossians 3:1-3, If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on things on the earth. For you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
What gift may I give the King of glory, I ask? In His eyes of fire is the reflection of His bride, all glorious within. Her clothing is woven with gold. She shall be brought to the King in robes of many colors…… ( Psalm 45:13-14).
We are the light of the world now, beloved. Christ dwells in us. The Lord has enlightened our darkness for those who have eyes to see. We were in darkness though we could see, but blind. Now we live alive unto Him, with eyes to see what our hearts skip a beat to know.
What gift may we give to please our King this day? Does His light turn our darkness into light? Yes….. May we see with eyes of the King—–The beauty of His bride…. Beloved, we are full of beautiful colors and hues because Christ is within us…… May we see the Light which we have dwelling within bringing heaven to this earth. Dispelling the darkness. See the beauty of the Lord in one another.
Light can only diminish the darkness…… Seated in heavenly places……We are seated now in the heavenlies in our King, living by and in His enthroned majesty.
To Me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles, the unsearchable riches of Christ, and make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him, ( Ephesians 3:8-12).
Our God is intent that all may SEE the fellowship of the mystery that we enjoy now with our Lord Jesus Christ.
For this reason, I bow my knees to the Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us……. to Him be the glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen!!!!!, ( Ephesians 3:14-21).
The banquet table which He has prepared for us is greater than you and I can even imagine. It is never ending, for He is never ending. His calling is greater and higher than we can even fathom. Beloved, however, the impossible is now possible….. Can we eat all of His flesh and drink all of His blood?…… Oh I can hear the gasps of religious folks….
Jesus said – we cannot partake of Him unless we eat His flesh- and drink His blood….. John chapter six, ( Check it out!)…… – Remember as written the flesh prospers nothing. So chill, religious folks….. So He has laid before us – All OF HIM…. So we can be all He has called us to be for Him… There are no limits….. Just what we put as unbelief before Him.
The first time I used an exercise equipment called an epilator…… I kept going on and on. …. I kept going beyond what was normal for beginners because- no one was there warning me or stopping me…… I stopped when Holy Spirit tapped me…..saying, tomorrow may be coming your way to climb some more, child.
Our Instructor will coach us. Holy Spirit never stops us in believing we can do the impossible….. Men do. Holy Spirit smiles and talks our way through to His end result…… Christ growing in greater measure in us….. God put limits on the sea to stop at its boundaries, but beloved, we have the whole ocean of Christ Jesus to swim and fly victorious as we conquer new heights on our journey in Him. Can we see the end of the oceans even if we are in a plane? Okay, maybe the astronauts can……. but they have broken the light and sound barrior. Well, as we abide in the Lord Jesus, we also break the death barrier- There is no limits in Him……Just what we put before Him as unbelief or self interest. We limit the Holy One- Our Lord is and has never stopped reigning- our unbelief and religious traditions have negated His power in our lives and others….. Make men clean and renew in Him is His will…… He never stops His purpose….. Man does.
We are His light on this earth today….. His people called out of every nation, tribe and tongue. His city moving among the earth. Bringing heaven to earth….. His kingdom reigns forever and ever.
For you were once in darkness but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light ( for the fruit of the Spirit is all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.
Therefore He says: Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead and Christ will give you light. See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is, and do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, ( Ephesians 8-19).
Our God has been bringing light to darkness since the beginning……Now we as His children, bring His light as we walk in agreement with Him as He indwells in us this day.
May we live according to the full gospel of God…… Does not His light dispel darkness? Does that also include within us?…… Born again with hearts made new from above as written in John 1 and 3…… The Lord Himself dwells where human hands have not made…. Us. He has chosen to dwell within us to give us light- understanding of righteousness and His ways. Wisdom- to follow justice and the ways of the Spirit of God……. Knowledge of the fear of the Lord so we may walk with righteousness in the power of the Holy Spirit fulfilling the acceptable will of the Lord- being a living sacrifice unto Him.
His Light of His presence enables us to live from the heavenly realm seeing the hidden but made known unto His own…..Thank God, we were blind, but beloved, no longer-as our hearts our full of thanksgiving. We see with the eyes of His Spirit…… We know with the knowledge of the Spirit, hidden from the world, but made known unto us. We act in wisdom which is beyond our intellect and years of experience on this earth. Why ? We are living the mystery hidden from all ages until this age- Christ in us, our hope of glory…… Yes, we see His call into the importance of His purpose toward each of His children. We do not hesitate to pour forth His love abroad since His love has been shed abroad in our hearts with out limit.
Yes, we are full with the healing power of God because He has chosen us to abide in. May we take the Words we read and speak and know the Word of God is alive and active within us……. to heal the nations……. We are the tree as our leaves are used for the healing of the nations as written in Ezekiel and Revelation….. He said Light be into our hearts, and His light be is NOW. Let us not judge by the flesh as the Lord corrected the leaders of His day, but let us judge by the Spirit of the Living God, the Word has declared. Are we helping the growth in measure of the Spirit in each other or are we negating the very Word of God……
As we are born from above, we have become the sons and daughters of God because we have the Incorruptible Seed within us- the Holy Spirit of the Lord…… Christ within our hope of glory…… Let us make sure we are saying as Peter was instructed in Acts- What God has declared clean is clean and allow the Spirit of God to reign in hearts of the children…. This is our Food- Christ within, our hope of glory. Let us let Him grow in greater measure and take the limits off our God…… If we have died in Christ and rose with Him, then what can hold us back??????? We live unto Him and Him alone…… Yes? Amen and Amen!!!! God is definitely for us…..!!!!!!!
Do we need to check our selves as Paul spoke of in 2 Corinthians 13:5, Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? – unless indeed you are disqualified.
We must move with the Lord. His Spirit moves as He carries us into the fullness of His purpose……. Children love to see things on the outside of them….. As we grow older, we start develop the inside stuff to maturity….. Healing is for today. So growing into the image of the Lord Jesus Christ is more so…… The bodies will be changed in His day but in the interim, as we grow in resurrected power of the Lord within our mortal bodies are being quickened…… as should also the image of the Son of God be bearing from our presence !!!! As we grow in His presence, His presence should be growing in us and coming from us to others.
Beloved, that we may know the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places…….( Ephesians 3:18-20).
Why should we be living this? Do you want to see the return of the Lord? Who will be made manifest to the nations and by whom?
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,( Ephesians 4:11-13).
Which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is names, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church, which is His body the fullness of Him, who fills all in all, ( Ephesians 3:20-23).
There is a purpose for everything under the sun and all the seasons and timing of the Lord is for the Lord….. We must move on with the inner knowledge of His leading. We must agree with His Spirit and move with Him. His light is increasing in a rapid pace as His Spirit. As so are we…… Do we see the change- not outwardly?—- Our spirit man is the one being strengthened as written….. All possibility is from the inside out and then will be made manifest in the timing of the Lord. Wait on the Lord and our strength is renewed as we mount on as on eagles wings- by His Spirit. The power of God, our hope of glory and our peace and righteousness dwelling within leading and directing our ways into His full purpose for us as His body, the city of God……This is what is called an abundant life!!!!!! Amen and Amen!!!
And He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal, ( Revelation 21:10-11).
The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it, to ame ( Revelation 21:23-24).
Beloved, as we celebrate the King’s birth- let us honor Him in greater way and live what the Spirit has written……Merry Christmas— Celebrate our Mighty King today and everyday….. Abiding in Him and Him in us is celebration everyday….. Dry your eyes- He has turned our mourning into dancing….. Let us be found dancing as boldly as David did bringing in the ark of God to the city…… How much greater God is with us this day…… CHRIST IN US !!!! Our King brought His tabernacle to dwell within us…. The Ark of the Covenant of God- the Written Word embossed in our hearts and His Spirit confirming our adoption into the Kingdom that will never end….. YES!!!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
Selah!
My Sons, My Daughters!
You judge wrongly for your sight is not the way I AM beholds. I AM sees you from where I AM. My beauty pours forth in you as a lovely vine produces such beautiful fruit. Oh what a delight you are to I AM. I AM has shown my enemies My choice fruit which I AM has preserved for the end….. The lily of the fields shine brightly of the Son’s care and tender rain to produce such a trumpet declaring My everlasting reign over all the earth.
Take delight for I AM has called you My own. Ahh, as My own, you have been scourged, but you bless as I AM. You have been excluded but you pray for your enemies to make a way for them as I AM. You have been misunderstood as I AM but you walk in the peace and joy of I AM. You have been forgotten and slandered as I AM but you shine as the sons and daughters of the Most High God. Let your delight be great for I AM has made your place of rest broad, though through distress, you have grown in I AM. My Son’s delight in His bride as she shine forth the beauty of her Beloved. Yes, He sits and rests for she also rests in the faithfulness of her King. He smiles as He witnesses her strength of faith in His faithfulness….. He will never leave her nor forsake her……. nor she will never step out of the gaze of her King for her name is written on His heart. Yet, know this, His name and cross is embossed on her heart forever and ever. The King is reigning over His city, His bride. His dominion shall never end.
Hear the footsteps of your King for I AM coming quickly.
The little birds have heard their Master call them to His side. They left their warm nest and family to wander following the pieces of bread from the hand of the Master. The bread they ate satisfied as no other seed could. They sang their delight to their Master with the loudest voice and cuddled together to get so close to the Greatness presented before them. The area was cold where the Master was but the bread He provided was fulfilling all they needed as they waited for Him. He was working through time. The little birds continued singing and finding their delight in this Majesty and waited. He provided their shelter in a tree where a hole was in the shape of a heart. He covered them with wool and flax to shelter them from the forces. They flourished hidden in the heart of the tree and chirped their way through all their days waiting on the Majesty set before them. Before long, the number of these little birds grew and multiplied by the greatness of the love of the Master.
They did not understand all the Master did but did know He took great care and provided for them against all. They often heard a sigh then a chuckle from the Great One when the winds blew and the storms came…… but the little birds were always safe and given what they needed to stay in His hand….. They found this Creator to be their shield and dwelling during their days with Him. The Master until this day and forever is still taking care of the little birds and if you are quiet and still- you may hear their song being sung through the fragrance of the air throughout the ages of the Master. The Master is for ever and ever and so are the little birds.
Have you allowed your song into My hearing? Have you heard My beckoning to you to come to Me? My song is strong but in silence, you will hear I AM’s whisper of His tune…… I AM is strong and mighty. Why do you think you will benefit by turning your gaze from Me? My love is forever towards you. Yes, I AM came as a little one but I AM not there now. Yes, I AM hung and was killed on a cross, but I AM not there now. Yes, I AM has come to dwell with you? Alas, I AM is not where I AM wants to be with you now…….. I AM has come to you, but alas, you have not come to I AM.
I AM waits outside your door- the door of your heart. I AM is knocking to enter. I AM has prepared a sumptuous meal for you…… It has no cost but to come and turn your gaze to My eyes and see the love that will never ever leave you or forsake you. Come and see the holes in My hands which will never let you go if you put yourself in My holding. Come and dine with Me…… My Food is neverending strength and forgiveness. In your eating, you will find your fill of mercy and grace…… They will follow you all your days as I AM walks before your step and follows behind all your paths.
There is not a place where I AM has not been watching you……I AM is waiting. Why forsake your delight and peace and greatness found in I AM. Do not be deceived by mankind’s words- time does not heal all wounds- My wounds given to you through your time here is your healing. Why do you forsake your souls rest for your pride? Do you not take the medicine that the physician gives to you by his expertise? I AM your Creator…… Does I AM not know what is Best for your days and nights and for what the morrow holds? I AM waits for you? Hear and come to Me.
The manger is empty now. The cross is empty now. The tomb is empty now. Do you sense an emptiness? I AM has come and fulfilled all that is prophesied about the Christ so you may be full and have My life and My life which is more abundant than you know. Come and taste and see I AM GOOD. Come and be filled with My joy and love that never ceases. Come and I AM waiting, I AM not lost……… I AM knows where you are……Now you know where I AM is….. Right here, closer than your breath…… Waiting for your call to I AM. I AM wants to enter your heart……. So call Home…….. I AM waiting with open arms and a smile for you. Make My eternity and come. I AM loves you forever.
SELAH!!!
