FIRE BY NIGHT
"Reflections Upon Reflections" [of The Father's Heart]
FEBRUARY 7TH
"SIMPLICITY"
"simplicity" - freedom from complexity, confusion, or
division into parts; freedom from deceit or guile; sincerity;
Words of prophecy:
* If My children retain "any"
heart-fellowship with the world then it is certain that they will become
"tolerant" of unbelief - both in their own life and in the lives of
those who cross their path!
* "Heart-fellowship" with the
world is fellowship [to the same degree] with the law of sin and death.
* What I require of every one of My
children is a simple concept: perfect obedience [a "revelation" of My
Will and the empowerment of My Spirit, alone, to carry it out]. What every one
of My children must realize is that the only thing that can "complicate"
the simplicity [purity] of a perfect obedience is if they "maintain"
any element of "self-desire" in their lives.
2 Corinthians 11:3 NASB
Mark 4:11 The Amplified Translation
It is indeed the
"simplicity" of the Good News [the Gospel of the Kingdom] that confounds
those who are wise in their "own" eyes and, yet, which blesses to the
deepest core of their being those who have humbled themselves before God
- those who have allowed His light [revelation] to penetrate their heart. This,
in turn, has allowed His love to be shed abroad in the deepest recesses of
their heart [Romans 5:5] - empowering them not
only to see Him as He is, but also to love Him and serve Him in a manner worthy
of His holiness [absoluteness].
WE CAN DO NOTHING APART FROM CHRIST!
It is ANY form of
heart-fellowship" with the world and its ways that produces within the
child of God a desire to exalt "themselves" [their own thinking]
above the Word [Will] of God, and because of that one's "fellowship with
darkness" they have "no way of knowing" that in their fellowship
with the world [that is, the "allowing" of their
"affections" to be set on the things below rather than the things
above] [Colossians 3:1-3], that darkness has
now entered in and they stand deceived to some degree. It is precisely in this
area that the ministry of God's Word suffers the greatest, for the Word of God
was never meant to be ministered in [or tainted in any way by] "darkness"
- that is to say, touched by the "fallen nature" [the mind of Satan]
in any way - and it must be clearly understood that this is a very serious
matter before God [2 Corinthians 2:17]! Let us
forsake "all" fellowship with the world in order to fellowship at ALL
times with the living Word of God. For it is THEN that our
"thought-life" will be garrisoned about and protected against all
darkness and all deception - and every scheme of Satan designed to cause us to
"misrepresent" Jesus Christ from a place far below the
"fullness" of our precious inheritance in Him. If there is one thing
needful in the Church of Jesus Christ it is for its members to know and have a
revelation of the fact that they can do NOTHING apart from Him [the Spirit of
Christ), and that there is "no" good [righteousness] in the flesh
that could EVER profit the furthering of God's Kingdom [John
15:5; Romans 7:18; John 6:63).
THE "NEGLECT" OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HIS
MINISTRY
The reason why sin and
defeat and fear have continued to plague many of God's children is directly
linked to their neglect of the Holy Spirit and His ministry and His ability [as
the Anointing Who abides within them] - to teach them ALL things, to lead them
into ALL truth and to bring to their remembrance those things that they need to
fulfil their ministry, in any given moment. If we ignore God's Provision then
it is certain that we will have to operate in Satan's "provision".
Therefore, let us measure absolutely God's Word in this hour concerning the
Holy Spirit and His ministry, that we might be found walking in the perfect
will of the Father at ALL
times in simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ - a place FAR ABOVE the
sin and the darkness of this world and its ruler.
John 14:26 The Amplified Translation
John 16:13-16 The Amplified Translation