The Holy One calls to me this morning. The deepest issues of life with my Lord cannot be discussed in the hallway and in passing. Some issues require days to navigate the deeps for understanding to shine a light in the dark catacombs of my mind.
The temptation is to stay busy. So much to do and so little time in the bigger spectrum of what the world deems as "urgent". But I know in my heart that I must forsake the urgent to focus on the important and I must determine "important" as defined by my Lord.
I want to understand life and to know my God to the greatest of my ability given the carnal mind I was born with. To gain the mind of Christ is not just an instant thing and thoughts must be tested and checked against the Truth of His written word and that takes time.
Evil is running rampant and much of my struggle is in the need to refuse to take the bait and surrender to the lies that the devil whispers in my ear. Yes, I do hear voices other than the Voice of the Holy Spirit. The Word tells us that Satan, our enemy, is a liar. A liar speaks lies. Therein is how we come to be deceived. He speaks. We listen. And we fail to discern and refute his lies, which then gives him the power over us.
The Holy One speaks into that struggle this morning, "Satan was created to be a servant of the Most High. He was created to serve the Will of the Creator."
With that statement the Light shines in the darkness of my room and wrestle.
Drawing down has taken some time. But in the sweet place of His Presence, the random thoughts of late are like dots on a board about to be connected.
One of my favorite all time chapters of scripture is Isaiah 54 and for years I considered Isaiah 54: 16-17 NKJV to be like a life verse that when I found that truth, it was a game changer:
"Behold I have created the blacksmith who blows the coals in the fire, who brings forth an instrument for his work. And I have created the spoiler to destroy".
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their righteousness is from Me says the Lord."
Being of a warrior mentality, these are victory words and a promise I have claimed for all my battles here on earth. Understanding that our battle is not against flesh and blood was another piece to the picture as was given in Ephesians 6. These verses together helped me get a perspective that God is in control of the spoiler and the amount of chaos he can inflict. I grew to understand, that what the enemy brings to harm us, the Lord merely uses to strengthen and not defeat us.
But lately as the world is inching toward the final battle here on earth, there was a question in my mind and a deeper wrestle about what that verse might mean in these more desperate days of persecution.
Since the wake up call, by the Holy Spirit, thoughts keep streaming into my brain. Thoughts about Satan and his created status as a servant. Only man was created in the image of God Himself and only "saved" man can claim the position and relationship as sons and daughters. If pride caused the evil insurrection and rebellion of his role to serve the Creator, imagine the rage at knowing that for all of time he would be in servitude to the sons and daughters of the Creator as well.
So, the epic journal reveals that Satan went off the reservation, rebelled against God and left his role as servant. Angels have free will, since we read and understand that 1/3 of the angelic host chose to follow Satan in that mutiny. But they have no remedy for rebellion and no opportunity for salvation.
Lucifer wanted to be god and in that drive for power and control he set about to deceive the rightful heirs (humanity) of all that the Creator created. Having lost his place in Heaven, he was catapulted to earth. He set up camp here and brought the same temptation that drove him to rebellion and placed it before Adam and Eve. The desire for independence from our Creator.
Satan took our dominion and enslaved humanity to do his evil bidding. Thus came the fall and how we ended up here with evil dominating and humans being in servitude to the enemy of our Heavenly Creator.
The roles got switched and evil took up the reins of power over the Lord's Beloved.
But GOD.....who so loves the world (of people) that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ into the world not to judge but to save us. His love affair with us has been in operation since the beginning of our world and time.
Satan and his hordes hate their designated role as servants and seek to rule over God's Beloved during this "age" on fallen earth. To do so they have to divide us from our ordained inheritance and destroy the Truth about ourselves and our Abba Father. Jesus came and set the record straight as well as fulfilled the Holy requirement of death for sin. Jesus redeemed us out of the hands of the evil one.
Today I have a greater understanding of the verses so dear to my heart. Today I see the magnitude and power of these verses. These verses come alive in the Truth of the Lord's death and resurrection. Knowing in advance everything the players in the Garden of Eden would do before they were ever placed there, the plan for our rescue and deliverance was already in place before the fall.
Knowing that humanity would fall in free will and not be able to save themselves, and since the Holy terms of a Holy God for reconciliation could not be met by sinful human flesh alone, God wrapped Himself in flesh to pay the price that no man in and of himself could pay. One act, one Man, one remedy for all humanity.
The destroyer had a purpose in God's design and that was to deliver up the Son of God/ Son of man to be crucified. In the death that the evil one arranged, was brought to fulfillment the penalty for man's sin and the God provided reconciliation with the Creator which ended the enemy's ruling authority over the Lord's beloved. God's purpose has been fulfilled. Our purpose is now to enforce the victory that Jesus provided His Kingdom Kids. (that's us)
By the Blood of the Lamb and the Word of our testimony, we overcome the devil in our lives. (Rev 12). Therefore, "no weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their righteousness is from Me, says the Lord".
The lies of the enemy have been silenced by the truth. But an action on my part must follow It is not good enough to know the truth and not declare it. A testimony is a declaration and a verbalizing of a personal experience.
Taking the graphic of the Blood of the Lamb during the Passover and Exodus of the Nation of Israel out of Egypt, the blood had to be applied out of a basin and onto the door. Left in the basin, the blood of the lamb did not protect the household. It was a applied to the doorway of the house by a bunch of hyssop. This hyssop is symbolic of our testimony and our statement of faith.
We must speak about our belief in what the Blood of Jesus has done for us, not from a podium unless you are called to speak to an audience, but to the liar and the multitude of witnesses in the unseen realm. Our declaration activates the power of the Blood over our lives like placing it on the doorpost provided protection when the angel of death passed over Egypt. Faith speaks...and Satan leaves.
The ultimate end of the enemy will take place at some future time, but the end of his reign over us was accomplished by the Blood of the Lamb shed on that Cross over 2000 years ago. And now by our testimony of that Holy Blood we have the power to conquer, prevail, get the victory (aka) overcome Satan.
It's time for all of us to realize the power in the Blood of Jesus and by the word of our testimony make our declaration of victory and thereby end the enemy's reign over our lives.
The Spirit is calling. Can you hear Him?
The temptation is to stay busy. So much to do and so little time in the bigger spectrum of what the world deems as "urgent". But I know in my heart that I must forsake the urgent to focus on the important and I must determine "important" as defined by my Lord.
I want to understand life and to know my God to the greatest of my ability given the carnal mind I was born with. To gain the mind of Christ is not just an instant thing and thoughts must be tested and checked against the Truth of His written word and that takes time.
Evil is running rampant and much of my struggle is in the need to refuse to take the bait and surrender to the lies that the devil whispers in my ear. Yes, I do hear voices other than the Voice of the Holy Spirit. The Word tells us that Satan, our enemy, is a liar. A liar speaks lies. Therein is how we come to be deceived. He speaks. We listen. And we fail to discern and refute his lies, which then gives him the power over us.
The Holy One speaks into that struggle this morning, "Satan was created to be a servant of the Most High. He was created to serve the Will of the Creator."
With that statement the Light shines in the darkness of my room and wrestle.
Drawing down has taken some time. But in the sweet place of His Presence, the random thoughts of late are like dots on a board about to be connected.
One of my favorite all time chapters of scripture is Isaiah 54 and for years I considered Isaiah 54: 16-17 NKJV to be like a life verse that when I found that truth, it was a game changer:
"Behold I have created the blacksmith who blows the coals in the fire, who brings forth an instrument for his work. And I have created the spoiler to destroy".
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their righteousness is from Me says the Lord."
Being of a warrior mentality, these are victory words and a promise I have claimed for all my battles here on earth. Understanding that our battle is not against flesh and blood was another piece to the picture as was given in Ephesians 6. These verses together helped me get a perspective that God is in control of the spoiler and the amount of chaos he can inflict. I grew to understand, that what the enemy brings to harm us, the Lord merely uses to strengthen and not defeat us.
But lately as the world is inching toward the final battle here on earth, there was a question in my mind and a deeper wrestle about what that verse might mean in these more desperate days of persecution.
Since the wake up call, by the Holy Spirit, thoughts keep streaming into my brain. Thoughts about Satan and his created status as a servant. Only man was created in the image of God Himself and only "saved" man can claim the position and relationship as sons and daughters. If pride caused the evil insurrection and rebellion of his role to serve the Creator, imagine the rage at knowing that for all of time he would be in servitude to the sons and daughters of the Creator as well.
So, the epic journal reveals that Satan went off the reservation, rebelled against God and left his role as servant. Angels have free will, since we read and understand that 1/3 of the angelic host chose to follow Satan in that mutiny. But they have no remedy for rebellion and no opportunity for salvation.
Lucifer wanted to be god and in that drive for power and control he set about to deceive the rightful heirs (humanity) of all that the Creator created. Having lost his place in Heaven, he was catapulted to earth. He set up camp here and brought the same temptation that drove him to rebellion and placed it before Adam and Eve. The desire for independence from our Creator.
Satan took our dominion and enslaved humanity to do his evil bidding. Thus came the fall and how we ended up here with evil dominating and humans being in servitude to the enemy of our Heavenly Creator.
The roles got switched and evil took up the reins of power over the Lord's Beloved.
But GOD.....who so loves the world (of people) that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ into the world not to judge but to save us. His love affair with us has been in operation since the beginning of our world and time.
Satan and his hordes hate their designated role as servants and seek to rule over God's Beloved during this "age" on fallen earth. To do so they have to divide us from our ordained inheritance and destroy the Truth about ourselves and our Abba Father. Jesus came and set the record straight as well as fulfilled the Holy requirement of death for sin. Jesus redeemed us out of the hands of the evil one.
Today I have a greater understanding of the verses so dear to my heart. Today I see the magnitude and power of these verses. These verses come alive in the Truth of the Lord's death and resurrection. Knowing in advance everything the players in the Garden of Eden would do before they were ever placed there, the plan for our rescue and deliverance was already in place before the fall.
Knowing that humanity would fall in free will and not be able to save themselves, and since the Holy terms of a Holy God for reconciliation could not be met by sinful human flesh alone, God wrapped Himself in flesh to pay the price that no man in and of himself could pay. One act, one Man, one remedy for all humanity.
The destroyer had a purpose in God's design and that was to deliver up the Son of God/ Son of man to be crucified. In the death that the evil one arranged, was brought to fulfillment the penalty for man's sin and the God provided reconciliation with the Creator which ended the enemy's ruling authority over the Lord's beloved. God's purpose has been fulfilled. Our purpose is now to enforce the victory that Jesus provided His Kingdom Kids. (that's us)
By the Blood of the Lamb and the Word of our testimony, we overcome the devil in our lives. (Rev 12). Therefore, "no weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their righteousness is from Me, says the Lord".
The lies of the enemy have been silenced by the truth. But an action on my part must follow It is not good enough to know the truth and not declare it. A testimony is a declaration and a verbalizing of a personal experience.
Taking the graphic of the Blood of the Lamb during the Passover and Exodus of the Nation of Israel out of Egypt, the blood had to be applied out of a basin and onto the door. Left in the basin, the blood of the lamb did not protect the household. It was a applied to the doorway of the house by a bunch of hyssop. This hyssop is symbolic of our testimony and our statement of faith.
We must speak about our belief in what the Blood of Jesus has done for us, not from a podium unless you are called to speak to an audience, but to the liar and the multitude of witnesses in the unseen realm. Our declaration activates the power of the Blood over our lives like placing it on the doorpost provided protection when the angel of death passed over Egypt. Faith speaks...and Satan leaves.
The ultimate end of the enemy will take place at some future time, but the end of his reign over us was accomplished by the Blood of the Lamb shed on that Cross over 2000 years ago. And now by our testimony of that Holy Blood we have the power to conquer, prevail, get the victory (aka) overcome Satan.
It's time for all of us to realize the power in the Blood of Jesus and by the word of our testimony make our declaration of victory and thereby end the enemy's reign over our lives.
The Spirit is calling. Can you hear Him?
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