God's ways are mysterious and confusing. The earth realm is harsh and unyielding in it's apparent control over our temporal circumstances. Decisions must be made at every corner and every turn: decisions we wish we never have to make.
With every untoward situation, the very first decision is whether or not to trust God in the trial.
As a Christian, I made the decision to trust my eternity to a crucified Man called Jesus. I have since learned that the crucified Man is truly the Son of God and that decision was the best one I will ever make this side of Heaven.
Having my eternal future decided and secure didn't stop earth life from delivering painful blows to my heart and mind. Knowing that we are created to be eternal and that all of us will live on whether in Paradise or Hell doesn't stop the deepest agony when the flesh of our earthly tent is given back to the earth or our hopes and dreams of an idyllic life here are dashed to pieces.
Trusting an Eternal Savior is life long and is put to the test with every blow felt from things beyond my control.
Today I hear the Holy One say, "You must learn to speak the language of Holiness". "What do you mean?", are my thoughts as my confusion deepens. He continues, "your words, your communication, even your thoughts articulated within your mind radiate with power. The evil one knows this and wants you to speak his language thereby opening the doorway for him to deliver his intended doom and cursed hopelessness into your life and over your circumstances. Guard your words especially when you are weak in trials".
It begins to dawn on me that the "language of Holiness" is hope and faith in God's goodness, His mercy, His love, even and especially when we do not understand His ways. The Spirit of Truth, as the Holy One is called, requires us to think beyond what circumstances "appear" to be to our natural eye and human perception. Things are just not as they may appear to us here on earth and in 2 Corinth 5:7, Paul says, "We live by faith not by sight."
Even as we look upon the earthly bodies (tents as the scriptures describe them) of those recently translated into the Heavenly Realm, we see an empty casing, and perceive death as the end of all life, while in reality the person once occupying that "tent" is very much alive in another realm beyond our view. Things are NOT as they appear to us here.
As circumstances present themselves and we hit what seems to be a brick wall in our life journey, our assessment and declaration of what we see must be processed with the wisdom and under the counsel of the Holy One, lest we miss or misjudge God's good and Sovereign hand at work.
The Holy Spirit has made it clear to me that most of His best work is done outside of human view. Miracles appear out of nowhere and begin in the darkness not unlike that of the tomb where He raised the crucified body of my Savior and restored His life.
To speak the language of Holiness is to declare God's best over what appears to be evil's worst. Life is fluid and is always presenting new situations. Trials are not found to be only in the place between life and physical death. To those facing an uncertain future or those experiencing thwarted goals, made with great and Godly purpose at heart, the language of Holiness must be spoken without hesitation
Words of declared trust in God must flow against every circumstance that shrieks that there is no reason to trust. To hesitate, allows the language of the enemy to cross our minds and exit our lips.The enemy's language speaks destruction for he came not but to rob and kill and destroy.
Psalms 96:3, says:
Sing to the Lord a new song.
Sing to the Lord all the earth
Sing to the Lord. Praise His Name
Proclaim His salvation day after day
Declare His Glory among the nations
His marvelous deeds among all peoples
Ascribe to the Lord the Glory due His Name.
As evil ratchets up and the day of his ultimate destruction draws near, let us hold fast to the Truth and the hope for our rescue in every trial we face no matter how hopeless it may appear to our eyes, for God is near. And just like with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, He is with us in the fire.
My life and being is a temple of the Holy Spirit and one of His dwelling places on this earth.
May the sign over the doorway of my life always read: "The Language of Holiness is spoken here".
The Spirit is calling. Can you hear Him?
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