As a son of God [spirit], you are free to do whatever you want. The more your soul is freed, healed, the more your soulical ‘wants’ will line up with your spirit ‘wants’. This week let the Lord reveal to you areas in your soulical desires that He has already brought into alignment with His character, where He has replaced doubt with confidence, fear with anticipation, anger with embracing.
Peaceful Process.
Have an overcoming week!
We have no idea how long Adam and Eve were in the garden. But we do know that at a certain point in time God kicked them out. During the time they were in the garden, certain rules applied: don’t eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, for instance. They could eat of the other trees, and we’ll assume that they ate of the tree of life. But after they had eaten of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, God set a new boundary to keep them from eating of the tree of life. A new era, or age, had begun: What was okay one day was not okay the next. Though the specifics vary, we can see this pattern repeated as one time period transitions into the next.
Pressure is one of our enemies’ most effective weapons. It creates an un-spiritual awareness of time, fear and the dreaded, “what if’s”. When Daddy makes you aware of being ‘under pressure,’ recognize the opportunity to turn to Him for freedom and rest. “Lord, where is this pressure coming from? Is there anything I need to do to come out from under it?”
As a spirit being, you are ALWAYS OVER TIME, so don’t be distracted about being ‘behind time’ [late] or even ‘on time.’
Rest, and be available.
Have a peace-filled week.
If you are a fan of science, you may have run across the notion of how time and space relate to one another. There is the theorem, seemingly proven, that the closer you travel to the speed of light the more time slows down. (Please excuse this extreme simplification.) The “Twin Theory” states that if you sent one twin into outer space at the speed of light, and another stayed here on earth, when the space twin returned 50 earth years later, the earth twin would have aged 50 years, while the space twin would have aged a few months. We can at least conclude that we don’t know everything about time, that it is not an “absolute,” and that some of our beliefs that involve time and the boundaries it represents are probably incorrect.
“I am this day weak, though anointed king…” (II Samuel 3:39)
Much teaching in charismatic circles emphasizes the verse, “ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit has come upon you…” (Acts 1:8), and they stop right there, thrilled with the thought that if you want power, get anointed. But it is needful that we understand the purpose of these present day anointings, which literally become our “anointing for burial”. The rest of the verse reads, “Ye shall be witnesses unto Me…” The anointing is to enable us to lay down our own self-life, so that henceforth we become a manifestation of HIS LIFE. But it requires power to be able to face this death-to-self-process, and that is why the anointing of the Holy Spirit is given unto us. It is for our burial. Then comes the resurrection life, His life rising out of our earthen vessel, “that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us”, (II Corinthians 4:7).
It is a fact, the more we walk by His anointing, the weaker our flesh will become, and He will subdue us; crucify every form of resistance of the carnal nature. Nothing like the glorious anointing of the holy Spirit to make us weak – weak, and yet so very strong, for there is a power released of which few know anything about, because they refuse to accept the sphere of weakness wherein HE IS MADE STRONG.
Again we say with the Psalmist, “He weakened my strength in the way”, (Ps. 102:23). HE diminished me, brought me to nothing, until we had nothing left herein to boast, nor in which we could glory in ourselves. But then is when we truly find that “My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will we glory in our weaknesses, that the power of Christ might rest upon me – for when I am weak, then am I strong”, (II Cor. 12:9-10).
And when my weakness I can give
To Him, He takes this negative
And births a strength so positive.
O new creation, rise and live.
Be especially aware of Warnings in coming weeks. There is a difference between Alertness and Stressed Out. The Lord has Prepared you; Now, be Ready to Respond.
On Guard!
What is your name? When the Lord calls you, what does He call? Embrace what He says is true about you. Recognize and be thankful for those characteristics that He has placed in you and is bringing forth in due time.
“Brave Heart.”
“Patient Listener.”
“Compassionate Giver.”
“Faithful Lover.”
“Beloved”
One way of categorizing the ages is:
“And thou, O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion.” (Micah 4:8)
Obviously, this is a work of sovereign grace in the hearts of His apprehended ones. “What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that Thou visitest him? For Thou has made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands: Thou hast put all under his feet,” (Psalm 8:4-6).
Made to have dominion – over all the works of His hands. This is hard to comprehend. “For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him,” (Hebrews 2:8).
You’ve got goals, choices and options. Don’t get bogged down in the details of each — pick one and run with it! God will direct, or let you know soon enough if you’re heading in the wrong direction.
Check your shoelaces 😉 [“Lord, am I forgetting anything?”]
You’re Off!