(I have posted this in several locations, this morning, that this "word" might reach as many as possible. If you've seen it in numerous of those places, please, rather than being irritated, PRAY that many will RECEIVE. Thank you! God bless what His Spirit has revealed. May it go forth and find many "hearers". Amen)
This morning, MEDITATING after the leading of the Spirit, upon how the Word of God is received when ministered. I have, through the years, encountered so many unique, glorious, interesting and sometimes shocking experiences with this in people.
God's work is an amazing wonderment!! To DELIVER His Word and to be the bystander, watching the multiple reactions, well, it is profound and intriguing. Many times, it has been heart wrenching, particularly in those situations where ones on their death bed have refused Jesus. Yet, the hope was within me, that in their own private moment alone, before that final moment, prayerfully they would be able to connect with Him on their own. Prayerfully there was a private, sweet surrender for them, where it was just Jesus and them.
Today, I know that every one of us likes to think that God's Word is met with FULL OPENNESS in our own individual life with Him. I am speaking, now, to those of us already born-again.
Can I tell you that this morning, He revealed to me (for myself as well) that many times we are not as open as we think, in certain areas. This is what HE WAS SPEAKING TO ME. He went on to say that He is the gentleman and that if we truly seek Him in a way that causes us to ask Him with our whole heart, "LORD, search me, see if there be any wicked (twisted/oppositional) way in me and lead me into the way everlasting!"; if we are doing that with Him, He WILL bring us where we need to be with His Word. However, there can be times, when we are WRANGLING with His will for our lives and we're not even fully aware of it. There can be commands that we are in great struggle and difficulty with, places where He is requiring something of us, and the relinquishing of our own will has not yet been settled.
I pray, again after His leading, for ALL SAINTS in "this day", that WE ALL be ABLE to GIVE UP, SURRENDER TO THE WILL OF GOD FOR OUR LIVES, that we might be able to MOVE FORWARD IN THE POWER, GLORY AND DIVINE PERFECTED WILL that He has prepared for each one of us. IT IS EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO EFFECTS THE WHOLE BODY OF CHRIST AND THE WORKING TOGETHER THEREOF.
LORD, bring us to the place where we are COMPLETELY SOLD OUT TO YOU, YOUR WILL, THE PLANS, PURPOSES AND PROSPERITY OF YOUR KINGDOM ON EARTH TODAY. CAUSE US TO BE MIGHTY MEN AND WOMEN OF VALOR WITH YOU, AS IT TRULY IS IN YOUR HEART, MIND AND WILL FOR YOUR PEOPLE AND WORK ON EARTH.
Thank you, Father, for your GREAT GRACE that will enable each of us to "lay down our lives" that we might "take up our cross, daily, and follow YOU!"
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven! Amen
God's work is an amazing wonderment!! To DELIVER His Word and to be the bystander, watching the multiple reactions, well, it is profound and intriguing. Many times, it has been heart wrenching, particularly in those situations where ones on their death bed have refused Jesus. Yet, the hope was within me, that in their own private moment alone, before that final moment, prayerfully they would be able to connect with Him on their own. Prayerfully there was a private, sweet surrender for them, where it was just Jesus and them.
Today, I know that every one of us likes to think that God's Word is met with FULL OPENNESS in our own individual life with Him. I am speaking, now, to those of us already born-again.
Can I tell you that this morning, He revealed to me (for myself as well) that many times we are not as open as we think, in certain areas. This is what HE WAS SPEAKING TO ME. He went on to say that He is the gentleman and that if we truly seek Him in a way that causes us to ask Him with our whole heart, "LORD, search me, see if there be any wicked (twisted/oppositional) way in me and lead me into the way everlasting!"; if we are doing that with Him, He WILL bring us where we need to be with His Word. However, there can be times, when we are WRANGLING with His will for our lives and we're not even fully aware of it. There can be commands that we are in great struggle and difficulty with, places where He is requiring something of us, and the relinquishing of our own will has not yet been settled.
I pray, again after His leading, for ALL SAINTS in "this day", that WE ALL be ABLE to GIVE UP, SURRENDER TO THE WILL OF GOD FOR OUR LIVES, that we might be able to MOVE FORWARD IN THE POWER, GLORY AND DIVINE PERFECTED WILL that He has prepared for each one of us. IT IS EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO EFFECTS THE WHOLE BODY OF CHRIST AND THE WORKING TOGETHER THEREOF.
LORD, bring us to the place where we are COMPLETELY SOLD OUT TO YOU, YOUR WILL, THE PLANS, PURPOSES AND PROSPERITY OF YOUR KINGDOM ON EARTH TODAY. CAUSE US TO BE MIGHTY MEN AND WOMEN OF VALOR WITH YOU, AS IT TRULY IS IN YOUR HEART, MIND AND WILL FOR YOUR PEOPLE AND WORK ON EARTH.
Thank you, Father, for your GREAT GRACE that will enable each of us to "lay down our lives" that we might "take up our cross, daily, and follow YOU!"
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven! Amen
