Littlestone was riding up to the Hill of Meeting. His face was set like flint to get where he was called to be…..before his King…..
It was a beautiful day to be riding his mare but he had many thoughts going on with all that his King had shown him lately. He needed to be still and receive His understanding and wisdom.
He had been shown a secret as to why his God called David a man after His own heart.
God has always wanted to dwell with His people but He has standards that must be met to be able to do that…. His King met them all. A God Man without sin who took on the worlds’ sin so they can be reconciled unto his God.
Iniquity of mankind kept his God far away from His people,….but then in the fulfillment of times, there was a birth, He sent a Son….. to be the heart where His Spirit could dwell and in whom He was well pleased.
David brought the Tabernacle up to Jerusalem….. This pleased God, but there was more to come. There was a lot more….He tore down all the walls and fences for us……He fulfilled the law which no man could….Our King is Victor over all…. Praise Him!
Psalm 132: 1-5:
Lord, remember David
and all his self-denial.
He swore an oath to the Lord,
he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
“I will not enter my house
or go to my bed,
I will allow no sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
till I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Our King Jesus found the place for His dwelling when walked the earth in His flesh, but then the revelation of His plan enfolded:
His resurrection body became a resting place for His people where fellowship and communion was available always to God and His people. Those who called on the name of the Lord Jesus, his King….We were made One as written in John 17.
Ephesians chapter 2 states His plan so clearly…. States our great God’s heart, thought Littlestone.
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
in which you once walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh,
fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind,
and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
But God, who is rich in mercy,
because of His great love with which He loved us,
even when we were dead in trespasses,
made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
and raised us up together,
and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
not of works, lest anyone should boast.
For we are His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—
who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands—
that at that time you were without Christ,
being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel
and strangers from the covenants of promise,
having no hope
and without God in the world.
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off
have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
For He Himself is our peace,
who has made both one,
and has broken down the middle wall of separation,
having abolished in His flesh the enmity,
that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances,
so as to create in Himself one new man from the two,
thus making peace,
and that He might reconcile them
both to God in one body through the cross,
thereby putting to death the enmity.
And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off
and to those who were near.
For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners,
but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,
in whom the whole building,
being fitted together,
grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
in whom you also are being built together
for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
The last scripture of the chapter was Littlestone’s favorite.
So his King did what was in the heart of King David, but David was not King Jesus, the Christ.
His King did the impossible and made us a way to be with our God and call Him Abba, Father.
Only He alone could love us so much to be Victor over our death and remove our sins from the east is to the west.
But as Hebrews 6:1-8 says…….
Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ,
let us go to perfection,
not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works
and of faith toward God,
of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands,
of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
And this we will do if God permits.
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,
and have tasted the heavenly gift,
and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
and have tasted the good word of God
and the powers of the age to come
they fall away,
to renew them again to repentance,
since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God,
and put Him to an open shame.
For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it,
and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated,
receives blessing from God;
but if it bears thorns and briers,
it is rejected and near to being cursed,
whose end is to be burned.
He thought right away, how people say – we cannot be perfect—– But this perfection or completion as in the eyes of our Heavenly Father is not about us as it is the completion of His purpose for His Son: His honor and His glory found in us and through us. We are His body and we are found complete in Him and His fullness will fill all….as written.
People are really too focused on themselves instead of You, God. I am sorry for that. Please give us a heart to want to see as You do.
As it is written in Colossians 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 things above,
not on things on the earth.
For you died,
and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ who is our life appears,
then you also will appear with Him in glory.
Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth:
fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire,
and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience,
in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
But now you yourselves are to put off all these:
anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,
and have put on the new man
who is renewed in knowledge
according to the image of Him who created him,
where there is neither Greek nor Jew,
circumcised nor uncircumcised,
barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free,
but Christ is all and in all.
Then Littlestone also brought this up to his King…
Philippians 1 :9-11:
And this I pray,
that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
that you may approve the things that are excellent,
that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ,
being filled with the fruits of righteousness
which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Father God, I pray this over Your Son’s body, His believers. Please help us to know what are the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ…We on our own cannot give You the fruits of righteousness and glorify You and Your King. Only by His Spirit within us can we bear fruits of righteousness for our righteousness is of You, our King, You alone….. You alone will be all and in all. All the glory is Yours, our King and Father God.
Is this meaning as written in Colossians 1 :25-29:?
I have become its servant by the commission God gave me
to present to you the word of God in its fullness—
the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations,
but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people.
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles
the glorious riches of this mystery,
which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
He is the one we proclaim,
admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom,
so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.
To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ
so powerfully works in me.
As littlestone presented all the scriptures Holy Spirit led him through to his King.
He looked to heaven to see if he was on the right track…..
There is so much more beyond the fence of religion and man who confines what can be possible with You….. Am I aligned with You in these thoughts?
Remember, I have asked You to enlarge my heart, where You dwell. You did it for Secretariat…
He was quiet with his pen in hand and notebook open.
The clouds moved as someone blew from heaven above for, they moved to the east, the west and north and south to allow the brightness of His creation shine. The sun revealed rays that glistened the earth around him.
His presence was beckoning Littlestone to come closer.
The birds singing was louder and more beautiful than a moment ago, he thought.
Oh my Littlestone….
You search to know Me as if you were gathering all things to build a building unto and for I AM.
If someone would see into the special space of God talking to man, His creation, they would see a white canopy covering their meeting…..A quiet special reverence of what God has done to bring man to His meeting place again.
Glory to God. Glory to His Son and His blood, and glory to His Spirit who walks in man again to those who believe in the sacred sacrifice of His only Son. See His making a temple indeed…..
SELAH!
More to come! He is willing! He always has more to reveal…..