The beast of the field shall honor me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise, (Isaiah 43:20-21).
You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“and my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed,
nor will there be one after me.
I, even I, am the Lord,
and apart from me there is no savior.
I have revealed and saved and proclaimed—
I, and not some foreign god among you.
You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God.
Yes, and from ancient days I am he.
No one can deliver out of my hand.
When I act, who can reverse it?”, ( Isaiah 43:10-13).
Listen to Him speak, you hear His voice speak again: Let My sons and daughters come to Me and worship I AM in Spirit and Truth.
Singing a tune of having resurrection power flowing through their veins was bounding down the hallway with His new ones…. They all joined as one singing, Alleluia to the One and only King….. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess He is God.
Little One was shocked they knew this truth, but then He thanked Holy Spirit for working His work in them so abundantly for time was short.
Okay, let me read this to you now. In Hebrews, H E B R E W S, chapter 12, verses 22-24:
But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.
You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven.
Little Person started now.
We have come to Mount Zion because you are now a born child of God.
Now within Mount Zion there is a lot of joy and celebration surrounding our King. Just as we have come to Mount Zion. However, we are also coming to Mount Zion.
In fact, when you decided to receive Jesus Christ into your heart and crowned Him King over you…. Heaven, all of heaven rejoiced…. They see us as they cheer us on…. Is not that cool?
They rejoice over you. You all have a huge family awaiting you and cheering for you.
Not only that, but Jesus Christ lives to intercede on your behalf as well as Holy Spirit also cries out for us…. If our King and His Spirit are praying for us, we will cross the finish line running in the fullness of our God and His grace…. Amen? God is for us… He is more for us than sometimes we are…..We must keep tuned into Him…. He will always lead us within His victory.
Father God, may You find us complete in Your Son…. We love You and thank You!
AMEN!!, came the blustering shout that could have even awakened the dead!
Wait, maybe it did! Praise God!
One disciple spoke, the only thing I saw was people trying to kill me. Nobody celebrated me until a little over two weeks ago. Thanks to you all here.
Well, Little Person spoke, they missed a great opportunity to know you, the real you.
Alot of people project their own stuff on others…..King David, before he was anointed for king, was told by his dad to go find his brothers who were fighting the enemies of Israel. He was to take them some bread and other stuff and see how they were doing.
Well, David got there. He had a warrior spirit within him. He had spent alot of time with God in the pastures watching over the sheep. He witnessed all of Israel’s army in a tizzy. They were frightened by a giant who kept declaring threats against Israel.
David because he leaned on God said who is this person to think he can defy the living God and His army.
Well, his brothers got into David’s face…. with things like who do you think you are-squirt. He was the youngest.
David had stood up to say what will the person get who knocks this guy down? They told David.
David was ready to take down the giant……and his brothers were shown how cowardly they were so they threw David some put downs. But David knew His God and took down the giant with one stone that ended up in his head.
The point being stand on what you know about God and what He is and has been to you……Let the naysayers alone and keep your eyes on the prize…. Our King’s smile and His thumb up at the end of our days is a great reward.
Do not listen to the talkers who never get off the couch because they are afraid. You are brave and full of the courage of God because He is backing you and has your back…….. Okay?……
We celebrate all of you just as God and all of heaven does. Okay? Got that now?
YES!!! Praise and Alleluia to God!! bellowed again through the halls.
Jesus came to die for you to live……
That is love my brothers and sisters.
Jesus poured out His life to show you God’s great love for all of you and mankind.
You are loved. You are greatly, beyond our human mind can grasp, loved.
I love you all here. We can love others now because He has poured His love into our hearts.
We now have God’s love to love Him above all else.
We now can love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Even when they treat us wrong, we do not retaliate…. God handles our battles…. and we get to see the results.
Most important, His love for you is endless and will carry and keep you through all your days.
By the way, He already has carried you to this day. He has been watching over you waiting for the day you would look His way and say yes.
See how you and all of you are very valuable now?
Yes Sir, replied the disciple wiping away the water on his face that came from the disciple’s eyes.
Remember the door to your room, when you closed it, you entered into His kingdom?
Do not forget that you are now in His kingdom and His kingdom is in you. You are in His plane, remember?
Let’s read aloud Romans 8, R O M A N S, chapter 8:
Therefore, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit.
For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death.
For God has done what the Law could not do, [its power] being weakened by the flesh [the entire nature of man without the Holy Spirit]. Sending His own Son in the guise of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, [God] condemned sin in the flesh [subdued, overcame, deprived it of its power over all who accept that sacrifice],
So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met in us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit [our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit].
For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit.
Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever].
[That is] because the mind of the flesh [with its carnal thoughts and purposes] is hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God’s Law; indeed it cannot.
So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him.
But you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of the Spirit, if the [Holy] Spirit of God [really] dwells within you [directs and controls you].
But if anyone does not possess the [Holy] Spirit of Christ, he is none of His [he does not belong to Christ, is not truly a child of God].
But if Christ lives in you, [then although] your [natural] body is dead by reason of sin and guilt, the spirit is alive because of [the] righteousness [that He imputes to you].
And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.
So then, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh [we are not obligated to our carnal nature], to live [a life ruled by the standards set up by the dictates] of the flesh.
For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die.
But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever.
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!
The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.
And if we are [His] children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory.
[But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us!
For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship].
For the creation (nature) was subjected to frailty (to futility, condemned to frustration), not because of some intentional fault on its part, but by the will of Him Who so subjected it—[yet] with the hope
That nature (creation) itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption [and gain an entrance] into the glorious freedom of God’s children.
We know that the whole creation [of irrational creatures] has been moaning together in the pains of labor until now.
And not only the creation, but we ourselves too, who have and enjoy the firstfruits of the [Holy] Spirit [a foretaste of the blissful things to come] groan inwardly as we wait for the redemption of our bodies [from sensuality and the grave, which will reveal] our adoption (our manifestation as God’s sons).
For in [this] hope we were saved. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For how can one hope for what he already sees?
But if we hope for what is still unseen by us, we wait for it with patience and composure.
So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.
And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s will.
We are assured and know that God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose.
For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren.
And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being].
What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?]
He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?
Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect [when it is] God Who justifies [that is, Who puts us in right relation to Himself? Who shall come forward and accuse or impeach those whom God has chosen? Will God, who acquits us?]
Who is there to condemn [us]? Will Christ Jesus (the Messiah), Who died, or rather Who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God actually pleading as He intercedes for us?
Who shall ever separate us from Christ’s love? Shall suffering and affliction and tribulation? Or calamity and distress? Or persecution or hunger or destitution or peril or sword?
Even as it is written, For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we are regarded and counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.
For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers,
Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Let’s read this again slowly. It is a lot but it is a lot of good news.
If I were to tell one of Jesus Christ and what He did for mankind and our Heavenly’s Father purpose for His called-out ones, I would turn here.
This chapter tells of the never ending, never stopping strength of His love living within those He has called and chosen for Himself.
Our great King’s sacrifice opened up for us the way to God, our Father.
We are no longer outcasts and lost.
A stray pup may have been called that before he was picked up by a compassionate person and adopted. Now the pup follows his owner. He never sees himself without a family. The adopter has called him his own now.
A stray dog is not a stray any longer when it is adopted into a loving family. You will never see a stray dog run away from it’s loved ones. In fact, it will protect the family, because it sees this family as its own.
Same goes with us.
This chapter reveals how we stand before Him, we are accepted into His family.
His Spirit within us now shows we are His kids.
We call our heavenly Father now Abba, or Daddy.
We now have been given His Spirit so we do not walk after the flesh and sin anymore.
We walk by His Spirit and dwell in His Spirit and are led by His Spirit.
We are now pursuing His kingdom as any son or daughter does caring after their dad’s business. All profit in His kingdom is found in gathering all for our King.
Our new found purpose now has become that He is found in the spirit of men and women made righteous by His blood.
Most of all His love will not be separated from us in any way.
We are in His love whether in dark or light.
We are in His love in summer or winter.
We are in His love through death because we will rise and live forevermore.
In heaven, we are not separated by His love, right?
Yeah, of course, said the crew.
So here, where we are not in heaven, but we are as written seated in heavenly places by His Spirit…. so we are never separated from His love. Just like Jesus Christ is seated at the right hand of the Almighty and is here within us…. We are here and seated in the heavenlies with Christ by the Spirit of God.
This is as we abide in Him.
If we can see or not see the enemies, we are in His love.
We are never separated from His Love no matter what….. Got it?
They shook their heads up and down as their jaws were opened trying obtain the vision of all things in the world created and not created will not separate God’s overpowering love from them.
Nothing will separate us from His love.
Even when we do stupid things, His love is still strong over you…..
Just repent and turn back….
Run to His throne and ask for help.
He is very use to our humanity. This is why Jesus Christ died to take our humanity and change us into His image, for we are in the resurrected King now and He in us. Christ in us is the hope of our glory.
However, He will not accept a prideful heart.
If we admit, O Heavenly Father, I screwed up here again. Please give me Your grace over this or that in my heart. He will….. I promise.
Just do not walk away in pride or unbelief of His loving forgiveness or lost in downcast because you screwed up again. That is pride by the way…..
Remember, the infant trying to walk. He probably has stumbled at least 50 times. He still gets up and tries to take the slippery kitchen floor.
He does not know about grace or the never-ending love of our God, but he never quits. So all of you never quit running to His throne for help…. He is waiting to give you strength.
Be His kid, learning to walk in His kingdom. None of us learned to parallel park during the first ten times either. At least, I did not. But He did tell me when to turn the wheel and when to straighten the car and when to stop.
He will tell you all the ways to walk in His power to overcome the world and its ways.
This Romans chapter 8 is a good chapter for you also to read over three times a day til we meet again….
See God does His part, He gives us the grace to overcome. His grace is strength for us to walk on the high hills with our King.
We have the written word as we have Holy Spirit as Guide and Compass…..
Holy Spirit will tap you on your shoulder when He wants to bring to remembrance His instructions for you to remain in Him…. Abide in Jesus Christ, the Word of God, and He abides in you…. The fruit will be seen coming through…you.
Read Ephesians, E P H E S I A N S, chapter 4, verses 21-32:
When you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. “
In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.
Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Let’s read both chapters again slowly.
Now know your purpose in God through Christ Jesus. The evil one has lost his hold on you all. You all are a valuable part of Jesus Christ since before time. You are here because God has ordained you to be here and know Him. You are all blessed. Got this?
I also want you to study this chapter over the next week three times a day, okay?
This is where you live now. Get use to your new life and place in God through Jesus Christ. Let Him see His field in you harvest 100-fold, right?
Yup and AMEN, was heard by the troops.
We have come to Mount Zion, let us show Him our appreciation of being here. Let’s live His Word because His Word is working mightily in us and He is proving Himself within us. Right?
AMEN and AMEN!!!, they shouted.
Your heart turned towards His is all He needs to increase His strength in you.
Break time for ten, okay? smiled Little Person.
Grab some coffee….. We are going to talk about true freedom in Christ next.
Hearing the shout, AMEN!, Director came running in concerned they were breaking early. He nodded to Little Person. Little Person spoke, we are breaking into higher altitude now. Keep praying for all of us.
Selah!
God is willing-for next chapter
