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.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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).
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Over The Shoulder 11/19
Over The Shoulder
God, you've done it all! Who is quite like you? You, who made me stare trouble in the face, Turn me around; Now let me look life in the face. (Psalm 71:20 MSG).
Mess and discord scrape hard the call where worldly bandages seem nothing but vexed. “ For He has torn, but He will heal” Hosea 6:1 tells us, yet we bemoan all the wild, or so it seems...Consequence is grunt for those The Cloud Rider calls back and back again. Our faces get oh so dirty, but great is the One whose heavenly bandages dress our wounds. It is only by that accord that we fully become cleansed; that we may rise up, whether it be in the morning, in a church, or on the third day. Life in the face is pursuance of the Lord; to know Him, to grow Him even in the midst of trouble and calamity. As rain comes early and comes late, the prophet Hosea goes on, we shall find Him. We shall find Him no matter how drenched we are or become because God has done it all! No one else can or ever will do it all; it’s impossible. The point is that because He’s been there and took our place, we don’t have to. The call we cannot regret then, is the call to repentance, so that I may be cast about face, 180 degrees, looking life in the face anew and anew and anew, shedding what was prior to the return in order to receive the glorious burn.
Yes and Amen.
God, you've done it all! Who is quite like you? You, who made me stare trouble in the face, Turn me around; Now let me look life in the face. (Psalm 71:20 MSG).
Mess and discord scrape hard the call where worldly bandages seem nothing but vexed. “ For He has torn, but He will heal” Hosea 6:1 tells us, yet we bemoan all the wild, or so it seems...Consequence is grunt for those The Cloud Rider calls back and back again. Our faces get oh so dirty, but great is the One whose heavenly bandages dress our wounds. It is only by that accord that we fully become cleansed; that we may rise up, whether it be in the morning, in a church, or on the third day. Life in the face is pursuance of the Lord; to know Him, to grow Him even in the midst of trouble and calamity. As rain comes early and comes late, the prophet Hosea goes on, we shall find Him. We shall find Him no matter how drenched we are or become because God has done it all! No one else can or ever will do it all; it’s impossible. The point is that because He’s been there and took our place, we don’t have to. The call we cannot regret then, is the call to repentance, so that I may be cast about face, 180 degrees, looking life in the face anew and anew and anew, shedding what was prior to the return in order to receive the glorious burn.
Yes and Amen.
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