This light and power that now shine within us-is held in perishable containers...2 Corinthians 4:7
Transient vessels mar and taint in this aping amble of life. Identifiable scourging rattles on as our bodies break down, the years become not so tender, or just in any physical debility that is experienced along the way. Why so fractured must mortal ailments be in relation to everything that will go on? Because the light emanates through us as we begin to fall apart. In order for light to shine in the darkness, you have to peer at the believer’s insides. We illuminate the light and glory of Christ from the inside therefore to understand the brightness you have to let everyone see it breaking out. How we show our glorious power is from God and not our own is by the crush. Like some twenty century sci-fi flick that has ray bolting neurons escape from the radio-active man, our spiritual apparatus shares beams from a non-fiction heavenly Lord and so we must live with and oblige the crumbling of our physical selves in order for the light to seep out of our cracks, tears, and bruises. That is why we do not give up and quit. With every blow comes an opportunity for more light to escape. Yes, we face death in body daily; though cling to the renewal of the immeasurable force being charged inside of us. Such quantum energy expounds when this cistern comes a crashing. The trouble and hurt are for your benefit so stay the course under duress and spoil, for this is how you come out of your shell. Yes & Amen.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Monday, May 31, 2010
Over The Shoulder
you became slaves of righteousness. Romans 6:18
Choices arise in captivation. For you become obedient towards whom you serve. Selective service such as this consummates the knock off or the awe. Captive regard steers, with one glance, hostage drive at the heart. We are either enumerated by it or stained forebodingly because of it. How much more would we rather stand in awe? For “You have captivated my heart, my treasure, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with a single jewel of your necklace” Song of Solomon 4:9. Being a slave can often times seem like a distract, heavy and hard toil and a drudge, not accommodating to our cachet but formed on the basis of custody matters, in Him we are captives and accommodated in righteousness because when He ascended on high He took prisoners captive (Psalm 68:18) meaning to un-prison us from what kind of slave we were before. So that the captivation of who we are now lays ground to a holy cessation of amazement whereby we stand captive to such a grace abounded that’s all unrestrained slaves can do. So enslaved I shall be.
To the praise of His glorious grace. Amen.
Choices arise in captivation. For you become obedient towards whom you serve. Selective service such as this consummates the knock off or the awe. Captive regard steers, with one glance, hostage drive at the heart. We are either enumerated by it or stained forebodingly because of it. How much more would we rather stand in awe? For “You have captivated my heart, my treasure, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with a single jewel of your necklace” Song of Solomon 4:9. Being a slave can often times seem like a distract, heavy and hard toil and a drudge, not accommodating to our cachet but formed on the basis of custody matters, in Him we are captives and accommodated in righteousness because when He ascended on high He took prisoners captive (Psalm 68:18) meaning to un-prison us from what kind of slave we were before. So that the captivation of who we are now lays ground to a holy cessation of amazement whereby we stand captive to such a grace abounded that’s all unrestrained slaves can do. So enslaved I shall be.
To the praise of His glorious grace. Amen.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Over The Shoulder
Fix your thoughts...Philippians 4:8
Fixation renders removal of a position or condition that makes trouble greater than distant. To be in a fix more or less defines a dilemma against change. Either way, fixing is a: to become state. You or what you lay hold of is about to become a different arrangement. This action, however, in the sheep’s life must be an outcome or influence of and from the Sheppard. Why? So that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes--we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ. (1) Yes, the Great Sheppard of the sheep is into this correcting, setting, establishing, and fastening up business. It is only by His fixing us, laying hold of our hearts and minds, that we can in turn fix our thoughts, let alone make repairs to any area of our lives. The Lord knows who to fix and how to fix. The trio of the Father’s will, the Son’s words, and the Spirit’s works are all repair shop antidotes counteracting the effects of poison and disease. Fixing is the only way to be near Him. And Jehovah knows who are His because the one He fixes He brings near to him (Numbers 16:5). Is there any other remedy to something needed or wanted than the supplication of a definite fix from a definite Father. The attention we get and He gives now prepares us for the consistent stability of what comes later; the state of being where nothing needs or has to be fixed. Heaven and your hope of glory are so assembled that even though the distance is great now, Christ’s fix preserves our bearings on a different landmark; reconditioned and restored to what cannot be destroyed and what will no longer need fixed. Hallelujah and Amen.
(1) Ephesians 1:12
Fixation renders removal of a position or condition that makes trouble greater than distant. To be in a fix more or less defines a dilemma against change. Either way, fixing is a: to become state. You or what you lay hold of is about to become a different arrangement. This action, however, in the sheep’s life must be an outcome or influence of and from the Sheppard. Why? So that we should be devoted to the extolling of His glorious attributes--we who were the first to fix our hopes on Christ. (1) Yes, the Great Sheppard of the sheep is into this correcting, setting, establishing, and fastening up business. It is only by His fixing us, laying hold of our hearts and minds, that we can in turn fix our thoughts, let alone make repairs to any area of our lives. The Lord knows who to fix and how to fix. The trio of the Father’s will, the Son’s words, and the Spirit’s works are all repair shop antidotes counteracting the effects of poison and disease. Fixing is the only way to be near Him. And Jehovah knows who are His because the one He fixes He brings near to him (Numbers 16:5). Is there any other remedy to something needed or wanted than the supplication of a definite fix from a definite Father. The attention we get and He gives now prepares us for the consistent stability of what comes later; the state of being where nothing needs or has to be fixed. Heaven and your hope of glory are so assembled that even though the distance is great now, Christ’s fix preserves our bearings on a different landmark; reconditioned and restored to what cannot be destroyed and what will no longer need fixed. Hallelujah and Amen.
(1) Ephesians 1:12
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Over The Shoulder
-Lay the gaff-
They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever. (Psalm 125:1)
Relegated destiny places, turns, even churns, yet is locked in. The tools are topsy-turvy and crux that lay the gaff. Such equipment with purpose wrenches and bolts the stanchions of mountains, even the bedrock of Zion. For on the Holy hill confidence is the alarm. They who confide in Jeshua sound like trumpets, though trembling their feet may be, the ground on which they stand cannot be moved. In these chatters, bumps, and brandishes of life we know the love which God has for us, and we confide in it (1 John 4:16). That the eye not lay hold of what is seen, only temporary things, but what is unseen: things of eternity (2 Corinthians 4:18). Be fitted for the composition of a kingdom assigned to you because of these things. So shall your wherewithal now become familiar as you give sense to them in the midnight hours. Rest your soul in deliberation of a higher stand that calls to what you are living with, to make everyday endure abundantly, more evident unto evermore, that which simply cannot be moved.
Selah & Amen
They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever. (Psalm 125:1)
Relegated destiny places, turns, even churns, yet is locked in. The tools are topsy-turvy and crux that lay the gaff. Such equipment with purpose wrenches and bolts the stanchions of mountains, even the bedrock of Zion. For on the Holy hill confidence is the alarm. They who confide in Jeshua sound like trumpets, though trembling their feet may be, the ground on which they stand cannot be moved. In these chatters, bumps, and brandishes of life we know the love which God has for us, and we confide in it (1 John 4:16). That the eye not lay hold of what is seen, only temporary things, but what is unseen: things of eternity (2 Corinthians 4:18). Be fitted for the composition of a kingdom assigned to you because of these things. So shall your wherewithal now become familiar as you give sense to them in the midnight hours. Rest your soul in deliberation of a higher stand that calls to what you are living with, to make everyday endure abundantly, more evident unto evermore, that which simply cannot be moved.
Selah & Amen
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Over The Shoulder
so he arose, and went and took hold of the horns of the altar. 1 Kings 1:50
The criminal in us has found an asylum by laying hold of the horns of the altar. The corner projections on the altar harbor protection; they are strong and they are smeared with blood. Horns are the chief means of attack and defense for the animals endowed with them. A salvation and strength is applied to them denoting prosperity and triumph sovereignly from Genesis through Revelation. Surely there is a significance in the psaltry language of them and for us – (1) You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured upon me. Each portrayal vests us in gaining of prosperity or cuts us off into poverty. Even the shout is projected from them in the battle forum. So strong is the horn of salvation that still we can arise, go and take hold and receive refuge without fear. For the horns of the altar have been chiefly christened, not in dead burnt offering sacrifices any longer but in living flesh of the Son of man, now to the four corners of all the earth. Make way for the re-establishment of pardon and protection, the vicarious asylum of our unworthiness raised, outstretched, and lifted high. No prosecution can bring us down from laying hold of salvation’s horns. As that blast protrudes, run to it, take residence there, and echo the ensuing ivory tower; affixed for you- take hold.
(1) – Psalm 92:10
The criminal in us has found an asylum by laying hold of the horns of the altar. The corner projections on the altar harbor protection; they are strong and they are smeared with blood. Horns are the chief means of attack and defense for the animals endowed with them. A salvation and strength is applied to them denoting prosperity and triumph sovereignly from Genesis through Revelation. Surely there is a significance in the psaltry language of them and for us – (1) You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured upon me. Each portrayal vests us in gaining of prosperity or cuts us off into poverty. Even the shout is projected from them in the battle forum. So strong is the horn of salvation that still we can arise, go and take hold and receive refuge without fear. For the horns of the altar have been chiefly christened, not in dead burnt offering sacrifices any longer but in living flesh of the Son of man, now to the four corners of all the earth. Make way for the re-establishment of pardon and protection, the vicarious asylum of our unworthiness raised, outstretched, and lifted high. No prosecution can bring us down from laying hold of salvation’s horns. As that blast protrudes, run to it, take residence there, and echo the ensuing ivory tower; affixed for you- take hold.
(1) – Psalm 92:10
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Over The Shoulder
“Oh, that someone would give me a drink of the water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!” 2 Samuel 23:15
When stronghold has us dug in, hemmed up good, and at jeopardy, thirsty we may become. When the enemy is camped around the well, it’s as if our quench will never be satisfied. And then mighty men break out. Lines are broken through, water is drawn, the gate shutters and it is brought to you. Have you ever been so thirsty that you feared for your life?
The cup of salvation is so detrimental to your being that it is poured out. Though your craving remains a drought, you cannot drink it. You pour it out to the Lord, every last bit, because of the peril ventured to bring it to you. Now there is a new gate at which you stand and three mighty Man repossesses the cup and says drink; all you who are weary drink. All who are bound up and pinned in come to the well. I have seen you hiding and have known your fear for life. Respond to the rescue and offer again a thanks and praise for the appointment I have for you. The antagonist and adversary may be camping but I dwell in front of you and more than all around, to break free of the brigade that so easily entangles so that your quench becomes my desire and in that you shall have unreceding geysers enlarge your territory; such deserts can’t deplete like irrigations. So sup what I bring you, poured out for you, battle grounds of battle grounds Holy and anointed. Amen.
When stronghold has us dug in, hemmed up good, and at jeopardy, thirsty we may become. When the enemy is camped around the well, it’s as if our quench will never be satisfied. And then mighty men break out. Lines are broken through, water is drawn, the gate shutters and it is brought to you. Have you ever been so thirsty that you feared for your life?
The cup of salvation is so detrimental to your being that it is poured out. Though your craving remains a drought, you cannot drink it. You pour it out to the Lord, every last bit, because of the peril ventured to bring it to you. Now there is a new gate at which you stand and three mighty Man repossesses the cup and says drink; all you who are weary drink. All who are bound up and pinned in come to the well. I have seen you hiding and have known your fear for life. Respond to the rescue and offer again a thanks and praise for the appointment I have for you. The antagonist and adversary may be camping but I dwell in front of you and more than all around, to break free of the brigade that so easily entangles so that your quench becomes my desire and in that you shall have unreceding geysers enlarge your territory; such deserts can’t deplete like irrigations. So sup what I bring you, poured out for you, battle grounds of battle grounds Holy and anointed. Amen.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Over The Shoulder
Fight the good fight of faith... 1 Timothy 6:12
Agony is intensely not the usual we would welcome with open arms. Such is an altercation much we make a habit to stay out of and away from as it means the exact opposite of peace. On what grounds should I tussle and wrangle over? I only want to habit to stay out of struggle. Yet the admonition given here in a letter to pastor Timothy is just that; to agonize. Our English word for fight here is derived from the term: agony and so that is exactly what Paul counsels Timothy and us to do here. The passage now unravels as you read it this way: Agonize the good fight of faith. Un-pretty as it may change your heart’s eyes, is the true embodiment of the faithful, for which this stands. Long suffering, prolonged pain, and mental struggle are the efforts needed to win. Fighting the good fight of faith issues these violent traits because our conflict is not of this world; it is over the spiritual domain. Unearthingly, this may not be the battle you adorn, yet be it to Christ who has taken on the very robe of agony in His winning of us - how can it not be then if we engage our lives uniform to His, that we should not also be clothed with the same passion.
Look not on to what you can see in your own glory, but on that which is unseen in power and on that who is only potent (verse 15), making you champion at His appearance. Fleshly acuteness directs us not to agonize while the supernatural pleads to enlist. It’s a choice of response. To hide on the sidelines and agree with the dirt, or to gear up and battle and agree with the heavens.
Mighty, mighty roars the drum from whence the tomb was shaken. Mightier the throb of heart of a Savior now awaken. Quick the hush it seldom seems for a warrior out regime. None the less, I’ll lay hold of the One who already carried my beam.
Yes. Amen.
Agony is intensely not the usual we would welcome with open arms. Such is an altercation much we make a habit to stay out of and away from as it means the exact opposite of peace. On what grounds should I tussle and wrangle over? I only want to habit to stay out of struggle. Yet the admonition given here in a letter to pastor Timothy is just that; to agonize. Our English word for fight here is derived from the term: agony and so that is exactly what Paul counsels Timothy and us to do here. The passage now unravels as you read it this way: Agonize the good fight of faith. Un-pretty as it may change your heart’s eyes, is the true embodiment of the faithful, for which this stands. Long suffering, prolonged pain, and mental struggle are the efforts needed to win. Fighting the good fight of faith issues these violent traits because our conflict is not of this world; it is over the spiritual domain. Unearthingly, this may not be the battle you adorn, yet be it to Christ who has taken on the very robe of agony in His winning of us - how can it not be then if we engage our lives uniform to His, that we should not also be clothed with the same passion.
Look not on to what you can see in your own glory, but on that which is unseen in power and on that who is only potent (verse 15), making you champion at His appearance. Fleshly acuteness directs us not to agonize while the supernatural pleads to enlist. It’s a choice of response. To hide on the sidelines and agree with the dirt, or to gear up and battle and agree with the heavens.
Mighty, mighty roars the drum from whence the tomb was shaken. Mightier the throb of heart of a Savior now awaken. Quick the hush it seldom seems for a warrior out regime. None the less, I’ll lay hold of the One who already carried my beam.
Yes. Amen.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Over The Shoulder
One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard... (Psalm 62:11)
Language is the institute God is to breath everything into life. For in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. Human dialect and vernacular often times distort and debase the very essence of their structure. Thankfully God’s structure stands alone because when He speaks, words just don’t get spoken; speech begins to orbit and manifold proportions are had. The psalmist gives attention to the Lord’s voice and so intently hears that the manifestation of one becomes two and so forth and so on. Such speech springs into living value at the inclusion of God-source. Our speech guides us into communication; His into penetration. The touching of His words on our lives fines tunes our ear drums so distinctly that we begin to receive all of what He has in store for us. The power in the singular rendered in the plural proves the grandeur in His voice. So that when you listen and really listen- truly, truly, shapes your reception and the message grows inside of you. Gain, maturation, expansion, and increase are the hearts of the ones after His. In lieu of every tongue you can translate is simply the one thing God has spoken. May your ears ever be so blessed that you pang to hear.
To the praise of His glorious grace. Amen
Language is the institute God is to breath everything into life. For in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. Human dialect and vernacular often times distort and debase the very essence of their structure. Thankfully God’s structure stands alone because when He speaks, words just don’t get spoken; speech begins to orbit and manifold proportions are had. The psalmist gives attention to the Lord’s voice and so intently hears that the manifestation of one becomes two and so forth and so on. Such speech springs into living value at the inclusion of God-source. Our speech guides us into communication; His into penetration. The touching of His words on our lives fines tunes our ear drums so distinctly that we begin to receive all of what He has in store for us. The power in the singular rendered in the plural proves the grandeur in His voice. So that when you listen and really listen- truly, truly, shapes your reception and the message grows inside of you. Gain, maturation, expansion, and increase are the hearts of the ones after His. In lieu of every tongue you can translate is simply the one thing God has spoken. May your ears ever be so blessed that you pang to hear.
To the praise of His glorious grace. Amen
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Over The Shoulder
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for all the world is Mine and everything in it. Psalm 50:12
Self-sufficiency needs nothing. Dependant man knows not this need, for it is a not need and the only influence no one can give is to God. This is the only homology He does not want us to be! Addressing our needs could not be any clearer. We need help gathering our food, collecting our emotions, and sustaining our very vigor. At a lost even, we need saving and so rescue becomes the prime endeavor towards any bene-faction we could ever give. The sacrifice in meat and bird, field or flower is countless to the One who holds them all. The wanted sacrifice is the rescue; His rescue of you, when you call in your days of trouble, for “I will rescue you and you will give Me glory” (verse 15). Making the call ushers in thanks then. The power and accord addressed in being rescued causes the rescue-ee to give thanks. Now thanks is a whole other sacrifice that gets the attention of the rescuer because that thanks burns revelation.
Verse 23 – But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors Me. If you keep to My path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.
All of heaven and earth audiences the revelation of the salvation of God; for the Mighty One Himself summons their attention (verse 4). Those once made sacrifices become insufficient, yet through the All sufficient One, speak in glorious magnitude towards reliance of hope and freedom, which is what having the need for Christ is. He is the once-for-all sacrifice that now makes us right with the Owner of all the mountains and all the earth, tearing apart self worth and the sacrificial system of old, to impart the new stance of not ever having to be hungry again and that you tell to the whole world. Yes and Amen!
Self-sufficiency needs nothing. Dependant man knows not this need, for it is a not need and the only influence no one can give is to God. This is the only homology He does not want us to be! Addressing our needs could not be any clearer. We need help gathering our food, collecting our emotions, and sustaining our very vigor. At a lost even, we need saving and so rescue becomes the prime endeavor towards any bene-faction we could ever give. The sacrifice in meat and bird, field or flower is countless to the One who holds them all. The wanted sacrifice is the rescue; His rescue of you, when you call in your days of trouble, for “I will rescue you and you will give Me glory” (verse 15). Making the call ushers in thanks then. The power and accord addressed in being rescued causes the rescue-ee to give thanks. Now thanks is a whole other sacrifice that gets the attention of the rescuer because that thanks burns revelation.
Verse 23 – But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors Me. If you keep to My path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.
All of heaven and earth audiences the revelation of the salvation of God; for the Mighty One Himself summons their attention (verse 4). Those once made sacrifices become insufficient, yet through the All sufficient One, speak in glorious magnitude towards reliance of hope and freedom, which is what having the need for Christ is. He is the once-for-all sacrifice that now makes us right with the Owner of all the mountains and all the earth, tearing apart self worth and the sacrificial system of old, to impart the new stance of not ever having to be hungry again and that you tell to the whole world. Yes and Amen!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Over The Shoulder
...But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing? Mark 4:38
There’s a multitude of us, like the disciples, that are ever ready to believe, to receive, and to commit to the works of the Lord; as long as we see Him moving, awake, and active in our lives right? Be it that we would “find Him asleep” though and all of a sudden our lives seemingly take on the perishing state of mind.
Is not the One who created the wind and the seas still as powerful “asleep” as He is “awake”? Must we have to see Him engaging in our every dire hour in order to believe in His power? As Jesus literally muzzled the storm that night, so might these questions muzzle one’s heart.
For even when days come where we tire, where we want to give up, and nothing seems to go right, God of angel armies, resting or working is still the same. All seemed like a perishing time that night with the exhausted Master laying sound asleep on a pillow. Yet He was still there; still with them, and the disciples feared they surely would drown.
This Gospel lesson touchingly displays both Christ’s deity and humanity on the Sea of Galilee then, yet still shows us His dominion and sovereignty even now. Even when life’s tensions and turmoil overwhelms and we fear that Jesus up and went to sleep on us down here; He is present so be of good cheer; trust He is near.
No, we have nothing to fear, little flock. For the Father has chosen to give you the kingdom; have no fear, little flock. Amen.
There’s a multitude of us, like the disciples, that are ever ready to believe, to receive, and to commit to the works of the Lord; as long as we see Him moving, awake, and active in our lives right? Be it that we would “find Him asleep” though and all of a sudden our lives seemingly take on the perishing state of mind.
Is not the One who created the wind and the seas still as powerful “asleep” as He is “awake”? Must we have to see Him engaging in our every dire hour in order to believe in His power? As Jesus literally muzzled the storm that night, so might these questions muzzle one’s heart.
For even when days come where we tire, where we want to give up, and nothing seems to go right, God of angel armies, resting or working is still the same. All seemed like a perishing time that night with the exhausted Master laying sound asleep on a pillow. Yet He was still there; still with them, and the disciples feared they surely would drown.
This Gospel lesson touchingly displays both Christ’s deity and humanity on the Sea of Galilee then, yet still shows us His dominion and sovereignty even now. Even when life’s tensions and turmoil overwhelms and we fear that Jesus up and went to sleep on us down here; He is present so be of good cheer; trust He is near.
No, we have nothing to fear, little flock. For the Father has chosen to give you the kingdom; have no fear, little flock. Amen.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Over The Shoulder
“Jesus answered, I have told you that I am He. Therefore, if you seek Me, let these go their way”... John 18:8
Sickness, disease, and the transfer of it therein cramps and bustles relative society. It’s don’t come into work that day or else line the clinic halls for a vaccine; something to boost your immunity. So too is sin on the lost in affordability of needing to wear a mask and gloves to quarantine from the decay it brings. Though, in times like these, the little lambs need remember the authoritative and jolting demand that was furnished for them in the Garden that night.
The Message, the price, the fulfillment of protection in the Son, stepping in and ascribing to us amnesty and charter from what we cannot bear. This is the reprieve bestowed towards the disciples and is the same one transferred to us now, that we may ‘go our way’ – the eternal and secure way (not having to face arrest, execution, or the very shattering of our faith). Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors (Rom. 8:37) because a Savior stepped in. The believer has nothing else to do but to rejoice in this immunity. A passion of love now vaccinates us upon which nothing will ever have to be separated from. The command Jesus made not to take the disciples is of immense significance because of the promises He made before concerning this- promises of raising up, of never perishing, not being snatched, and in the fact that everything the Father gives to the Son, He will never loose. For those of us who have been sequestered in the old disease it is time to seek the infirmary. For then and only then will you not be held liable. Allow the serum of Calvary send you onward – onward to life and an affirmation of the everlasting bill of clean health. Praise and Amen.
Sickness, disease, and the transfer of it therein cramps and bustles relative society. It’s don’t come into work that day or else line the clinic halls for a vaccine; something to boost your immunity. So too is sin on the lost in affordability of needing to wear a mask and gloves to quarantine from the decay it brings. Though, in times like these, the little lambs need remember the authoritative and jolting demand that was furnished for them in the Garden that night.
The Message, the price, the fulfillment of protection in the Son, stepping in and ascribing to us amnesty and charter from what we cannot bear. This is the reprieve bestowed towards the disciples and is the same one transferred to us now, that we may ‘go our way’ – the eternal and secure way (not having to face arrest, execution, or the very shattering of our faith). Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors (Rom. 8:37) because a Savior stepped in. The believer has nothing else to do but to rejoice in this immunity. A passion of love now vaccinates us upon which nothing will ever have to be separated from. The command Jesus made not to take the disciples is of immense significance because of the promises He made before concerning this- promises of raising up, of never perishing, not being snatched, and in the fact that everything the Father gives to the Son, He will never loose. For those of us who have been sequestered in the old disease it is time to seek the infirmary. For then and only then will you not be held liable. Allow the serum of Calvary send you onward – onward to life and an affirmation of the everlasting bill of clean health. Praise and Amen.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Access
Over The Shoulder
“Thus says the LORD of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here.” Zechariah 3:7
Security badges, entry passes, i.d. cards – practically all of us now utilize one of these entry items in our everyday work lives. More and more buildings are getting secured or you need security clearance to be let in. Timeless to advancement are the ways of the Lord, for “Christ plays in ten thousand places” and everything reflects a creative relationship in Him. Understandably so that His word, afresh today as it was around 500 B.C. when Zechariah was written, speaks of access through and through. The coming branch hears of it here and so also now the elect that abide branch out from the Vine in order that we may have complete access to His presence. Electing love merits only sovereignty here apart from works of man because the walking and keeping are rooted in faith, through and because of Christ. Through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father (Eph. 2:18). The resources of the Trinity belong to the believer the moment they receive Christ. It is a grant of heavenly proportion, coming with boldness and confidence (the very same traits required of leaders, keepers and rulers). Therefore, do not throw away this great reward (Heb. 10:35). Among those who are standing I urge you to reveal the mystery which you now understand and be swiped, shown, approved, and opened for this reason: you have clearance in Christ; no documents pending, heaven has it on file.
To the praise of His glorious grace. Amen.
“Thus says the LORD of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here.” Zechariah 3:7
Security badges, entry passes, i.d. cards – practically all of us now utilize one of these entry items in our everyday work lives. More and more buildings are getting secured or you need security clearance to be let in. Timeless to advancement are the ways of the Lord, for “Christ plays in ten thousand places” and everything reflects a creative relationship in Him. Understandably so that His word, afresh today as it was around 500 B.C. when Zechariah was written, speaks of access through and through. The coming branch hears of it here and so also now the elect that abide branch out from the Vine in order that we may have complete access to His presence. Electing love merits only sovereignty here apart from works of man because the walking and keeping are rooted in faith, through and because of Christ. Through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father (Eph. 2:18). The resources of the Trinity belong to the believer the moment they receive Christ. It is a grant of heavenly proportion, coming with boldness and confidence (the very same traits required of leaders, keepers and rulers). Therefore, do not throw away this great reward (Heb. 10:35). Among those who are standing I urge you to reveal the mystery which you now understand and be swiped, shown, approved, and opened for this reason: you have clearance in Christ; no documents pending, heaven has it on file.
To the praise of His glorious grace. Amen.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Over The Shoulder
They shall walk after the Lord. He will roar like a lion. When He roars, Then His sons shall come trembling...Hosea 11:10a
All have experienced their parents yelling at them from time to time. Either utterance related towards intolerance or it may have simply been a call to gain your attention.
Father God, in likeness, “roars” to us His people too- yet His utterance is derived from His omnipotent divine love, no matter the form it is related to. The same roar of holy judgment is also the roar used for the purpose of calling, protecting, and blessing us.
Isaiah 31 shows the lion of Judah roaring, as a young lion over his prey, as a sign to the ones who want to run down upon him that he is not dismayed. All in all, the roar establishes a notification of an order being set. Predator against prey, abolition against enactment, or pursuit against refrain; a meeting of the feared and beloved is aroused. You may whence, you may even cringe, yet still His sons shall come.
Divine truth is earth shattering and the root of David, who opens the book, hath conquered. It doesn’t matter what side of the bed you got out of this morning because when you hear His voice, His utter; the Lord will be a shelter for His people, and will be strength for His children (Joel 3:16 ). To that I say let the bed posts fall to pieces on both sides. Arise and shine, for your light has come! The GRR∙REAT roar of heaven.
Peace and Amen.
All have experienced their parents yelling at them from time to time. Either utterance related towards intolerance or it may have simply been a call to gain your attention.
Father God, in likeness, “roars” to us His people too- yet His utterance is derived from His omnipotent divine love, no matter the form it is related to. The same roar of holy judgment is also the roar used for the purpose of calling, protecting, and blessing us.
Isaiah 31 shows the lion of Judah roaring, as a young lion over his prey, as a sign to the ones who want to run down upon him that he is not dismayed. All in all, the roar establishes a notification of an order being set. Predator against prey, abolition against enactment, or pursuit against refrain; a meeting of the feared and beloved is aroused. You may whence, you may even cringe, yet still His sons shall come.
Divine truth is earth shattering and the root of David, who opens the book, hath conquered. It doesn’t matter what side of the bed you got out of this morning because when you hear His voice, His utter; the Lord will be a shelter for His people, and will be strength for His children (Joel 3:16 ). To that I say let the bed posts fall to pieces on both sides. Arise and shine, for your light has come! The GRR∙REAT roar of heaven.
Peace and Amen.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Over The Shoulder
You turn the lights on (trance)
© David (Psalm 27:1-3)
-From the Word on the street Bible-
(chorus) You turn the lights on, you liberate, you captivate, you fortify. Don’t know about anxiety, when you turn the lights on; You fortify me. (x 2)
Don’t know about anxiety.
(verse) God’s a streetlight in a dark alley on the wrong side of town. He’s my bodyguard- so who’s about to mug me? He’s my protection- what’s about to worry me? Don’t know about anxiety, since you’ve been around.
(back to chorus)
The light of redemption brought about this wonderful song; this exuberant declaration of faith from the poet writer. When differentiation and unlikeness darkens our paths in the midst of tangible life, this is when the imperceptible light shines bright. When you worship, when you confess that The Lord is the strength of my life, then of nothing shall I be afraid...
Selah (reflect / ponder) on that.
Yes and Amen!
© David (Psalm 27:1-3)
-From the Word on the street Bible-
(chorus) You turn the lights on, you liberate, you captivate, you fortify. Don’t know about anxiety, when you turn the lights on; You fortify me. (x 2)
Don’t know about anxiety.
(verse) God’s a streetlight in a dark alley on the wrong side of town. He’s my bodyguard- so who’s about to mug me? He’s my protection- what’s about to worry me? Don’t know about anxiety, since you’ve been around.
(back to chorus)
The light of redemption brought about this wonderful song; this exuberant declaration of faith from the poet writer. When differentiation and unlikeness darkens our paths in the midst of tangible life, this is when the imperceptible light shines bright. When you worship, when you confess that The Lord is the strength of my life, then of nothing shall I be afraid...
Selah (reflect / ponder) on that.
Yes and Amen!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Come to the cradle...
Over The Shoulder
Like a baby being cradled, so we have Him to snuggle up to. Psalm 131:2
The human desire for comfort and love profit nothing from worldly concentration. These attributes are fained from a heart full of need, only made quiet through calming supply. The infant in the arms of its mother knows no fear because attendance arms are wrapped round. Supplication draws nigh in even the slightest coo and complacency becomes the spirit.
Like the longings of the ones humble before the King are the quiet times and comfort that place their desires at the Lord’s bosom. In Him we have no fear, for “there are more on our side than are on theirs” (2 Kings 6:16) and then again “if our hearts do not condemn us, we have no fear before Him” (1 John 3:21). So let us come deliberate and without reserve to the nursery of our souls, high and lifted up; a room set apart that fosters the faint and lovingly swings the distressed into a burrow of fancy, a complete place of rest. Hallelujah and Amen.
Like a baby being cradled, so we have Him to snuggle up to. Psalm 131:2
The human desire for comfort and love profit nothing from worldly concentration. These attributes are fained from a heart full of need, only made quiet through calming supply. The infant in the arms of its mother knows no fear because attendance arms are wrapped round. Supplication draws nigh in even the slightest coo and complacency becomes the spirit.
Like the longings of the ones humble before the King are the quiet times and comfort that place their desires at the Lord’s bosom. In Him we have no fear, for “there are more on our side than are on theirs” (2 Kings 6:16) and then again “if our hearts do not condemn us, we have no fear before Him” (1 John 3:21). So let us come deliberate and without reserve to the nursery of our souls, high and lifted up; a room set apart that fosters the faint and lovingly swings the distressed into a burrow of fancy, a complete place of rest. Hallelujah and Amen.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Friday OTS
Over The Shoulder
-The Plan-
And this is the plan: At the right time and at the climax of the ages He will gather everything together in one all things in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth- in Him. Ephesians 1:10
The “it is finished” Jesus exhaled on the cross with arms stretched wide contain the allotment of this glorious plan in such breathing. For the wide stretched arms anticipated the gathering of the lambs in His arms (Isaiah 40:11) unto Himself in the greatest of all mysteries now revealed to us. God has now revealed the master plan that was predestined according to the intention of the one operating all things (vs. 11) so that we, the inheritors, will praise and glorify Him (vs.14).
The intent is a firm, fixed, concentrated intent on pleasure. You say, ‘but the cross was not pleasure’. Then take a look at Isaiah 53:10 & Hebrews 12:2 beloved. Everything from beginning to end, from of old and from not has been works according to The Plan. It is self shattering to even look into these things, as the disciples did in Matt. 25 and angels do in 1 Peter 1:12. Whatever matters, whatever is purposed is in this contrivance God has at capturing us. Not a trapping or forceful holding that curses though; a spiritual blessing that identifies the who’s all question of all questions: who am I. The intensely intent resolution of the finish whereby we now fully respirate being perpetually planned.
To the praise of His glorious grace. Yes, Amen, and Ruach (with courageous spirit).
-The Plan-
And this is the plan: At the right time and at the climax of the ages He will gather everything together in one all things in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth- in Him. Ephesians 1:10
The “it is finished” Jesus exhaled on the cross with arms stretched wide contain the allotment of this glorious plan in such breathing. For the wide stretched arms anticipated the gathering of the lambs in His arms (Isaiah 40:11) unto Himself in the greatest of all mysteries now revealed to us. God has now revealed the master plan that was predestined according to the intention of the one operating all things (vs. 11) so that we, the inheritors, will praise and glorify Him (vs.14).
The intent is a firm, fixed, concentrated intent on pleasure. You say, ‘but the cross was not pleasure’. Then take a look at Isaiah 53:10 & Hebrews 12:2 beloved. Everything from beginning to end, from of old and from not has been works according to The Plan. It is self shattering to even look into these things, as the disciples did in Matt. 25 and angels do in 1 Peter 1:12. Whatever matters, whatever is purposed is in this contrivance God has at capturing us. Not a trapping or forceful holding that curses though; a spiritual blessing that identifies the who’s all question of all questions: who am I. The intensely intent resolution of the finish whereby we now fully respirate being perpetually planned.
To the praise of His glorious grace. Yes, Amen, and Ruach (with courageous spirit).
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