Because…… our mind is fixed on Him, the Lord Jesus Christ. We shall live in perfect peace because He is our Peace. Peter took his eyes off the Lord when he walked on the water to Him and started to sink…. Well, if we learn and train ourselves to keep our eyes on the Lord, we, too, will be walking above the troubling waves that are roaring against us….. We shall be safe in His peace that keeps us beyond all our understanding.
Now it came to pass when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land…… and in those days there was no king in Israel; ( Ruth 1:1)
Joshua 21:25, In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter? says the Lord. Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel! ( Or any nation- He sets up and tears down).
The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil. I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it.
And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build up and to plant it, if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit.
Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
And they said, That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will everyone obey the dictates of his evil heart.
Beloved of the Lord, do not be concerned on the happenings of the day….. This is not news to our God….. Remember He knows the end from the beginning. As written in Psalms 2, we learn when men raise their fisted hand against the Lord….. He laughs! So do not loose heart, be strong in the Lord and the power of His might.
Why do the nations rage and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and His Anointed saying, let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us.
He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure:
Yet, I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree the Lord has said to Me, You are My Son, today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession. You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel. Now therefore, be wise, O kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in the Lord.
The Lord comes with refiners fire to all….. as written – O house of Jacob, come and let us walk in the Light of the Lord……..in all wisdom and understanding as it is written regarding the “Christ walkers”.
As written in Hebrews 12:22-29, But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on the earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, yet once more, indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
Let us live with our faith strong in our God….Let us remember that our home is in the kingdom of God. We are ambassadors in this earth…. America is a nation but we belong to our God’s kingdom that is eternal…….
When we trust God, we allow Him to shake what needs to be shaken…. Yes, the shaking is imminent. Yes, He is coming because He has been here as King before us….though people may acknowledge no King is in our midst, He is here, the great I AM.
Yes, we will be strengthened in our faith because we will be aware of our helplessness to fix anything or come to know our great weakness, which then allows His great might to resurrect all situations, that we breath and live in as the shaking begins. Things that can be shaken and loosed will remain that way, the things that can be shaken and yet remain in tact are eternal and that is His purpose….
It is no different when we shake the sand of the towel from the beach…. The foundation of the towel remains but everything that is not from the original towel, gets bumped off! God is God. He wants us to be from Him alone, not man’s lofty ideas and systems…. God is ever growing and increasing and He wants us to be also….. No stagnant belief system that is not originated by His Spirit—–He removes all our crutches so we may walk on our faith in Christ alone – like Peter walking on the water in pure faith in our Lord…the Lord alone!…. Our prayer is to and before our Heavenly Father alone…… Our studying before the Godhead alone. We have only one Teacher as Jesus Christ says, and He will teach all things as written in 1 John…..
I thank God for the Truth of that scripture for all that are in prison in countries who prohibit the word of God to our brothers and sisters in the faith of Christ. I know they are kept strong in their faith in distressing times because the Holy Spirit is there as their Comfort and Guide as well as our prayers.
So as things are shaken and changing, so must our faith be changing from glory to glory, from strength to strength….to bow to no other religion, government or false god…..God shares His glory with no other. He sets up the rules and He is the Umpire….. He can call time out, or foul or out at anytime He wants.
There are many voices speaking, but allow God to capture our ears for such a time as this…. Let us be diligent to hear His voice and receive His guidance and instruction…..As James instructs us in chapter 1:19-20, So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
The spirit of the world will always try, ( notice the word- try), to usurp the Lord but will not win.
So we must continue on with our own heart becoming the place of the Lord’s heart…. Right…? Right!
If we are betrothed to One and He kept trying to call us and to get our attention but we put others and things before Him? What will happen to the state of the relationship?
What if our One kept nudging us to hear Him because He has something to say, but we turn and rather watch T.V. or go shopping,……. What will happen to us growing in His likeness? ( Did you ever notice how some couples married along time start to resemble each other? They have the same smile or twinkle in their eye as their mate—- Selah!).
What if our One sent us love letters upon love letters and we never read them but left them on the coffee table….. What do you think would happen to our relationship?
Would we know our One’s heart? Would we be breaking our love covenant the first commandment, which is not unlike the marriage vows, we say when we are committing to each other…… Yes…..
The Lord left us two commands……When we know the Lord, we love Him….. If we love the Lord, we know Him……If we do not love the Lord, we do not know Him…..and we cannot do the impossible, love our neighbor as ourselves. We need His love in us to love as He.
Our High King of Heaven, is our Husband….. He is speaking to us. He is wooing us. He has bestowed on us many gifts especially Himself and His shed blood.
The knowledge of the Lord will be our only stability of the current times we are in…..He is calling and speaking to us all the day and all the night….. Let Him capture our ears and not the news, facebook, or gossip and tales that fail….. Let us learn and be taught by His Spirit of the Lord. Let us allow the revelation of Him capture our attention and fill our hearts with His great wonders and His great love.
Kings will rise and kings will fall, but our King will outlast them all. Let us adore Him as His bride should. Let us keep our eyes focused on the Lord and be ready for the life of testimony that pours forth from our broken vessel….a fiery pure devotion of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Remember we are in the Potter’s house…..We are not our own, we are His…..What He does in the rise and fall of any nation is His business, we may intercede, but the ultimate plan is His made from the foundation of the world. But He does listen to His people’s heart and relent.
Moses and Israel came to a crossroads in the beginning of their journey in the promised land….. Moses went up the mountain to learn from God Almighty. The people got discontent and built a false god, a calf…..of pure gold….
Moses came back down to give the ten commandments from the Lord and saw the idol worship. His anger was shown as he throw the calf back into the fire and made the congregation drink the melted mess….. Then he said whoever is on the Lord’s side- come to Me!- Then he instructed every man to put on his sword.
There was going to be a division of beliefs.. I know this is the Old Testament but remember Jesus spoke similar word’s also in Matthew 10:34-40, Do you think that I came to bring peace on earth? I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be of his own household.
He who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses His life for My sake will find it, He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
God always brings light. So as we walk through the coming days, there will be decisions we make which either allow us to fall from our position with the Lord or stand strong in the Lord and His grace….. Our choice will be the Lord’s favor or delight versus man’s approval and favor…. We are choosing today. We can choose to give our time to allow the Lord to build His home within or we can allow vain and frivolous time wasters to fill our heart. I pray we spend our time strengthening our position in the Lord and His might.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through he resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith- the salvation of your souls. ( 1 Peter 1:3-9).
Let us be prepared for the coming of the Lord. Let’s read His love letters to us, His beloved.
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to His power that works in us, to Him be the glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Heavenly Father, we ask that Your Spirit do Your exceedingly abundantly above all we ask and think work in us by Your power in us…. Come Holy Spirit of joy, we love You and welcome You in us to point us to our Beloved King…. Make our home fit for our King as we bow in His great mercy and grace which upon us.
My daughter, My bride, do not fear, only believe- believe in My neverending love for you. Rest in Me, My beloved.
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 the water of life freely, ( Revelation 22:17).
Selah!
