FIRE BY NIGHT
  
                                          "Reflections Upon Reflections" [of The Father's Heart]
  

        ...."You, in Your great compassion, did not forsake them in the wilderness; The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day, to guide them on their way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go".... Nehemiah 9:19 NASB



      
                                                                                                           FEBRUARY 11TH


MANY IN LEADERSHIP HAVE REACHED CERTAIN "PLATEAUS" IN THE PLAN OF GOD FOR THEIR LIFE AND MINISTRY AND THEN SETTLED THERE

                               
Words of prophecy:

*          The "line" has been drawn and now is the time for each one of My children to decide which side they shall stand on! Before all things concerning the Glorious Church come to pass I must "formulate" a mighty judgement against all those who have continually "allowed" themselves to be "bound" and "gagged" by religious spirits. These evil spirits of religion - plus the entrance of the spirits of greed, and covetousness and the "ground" [the love of money] they have had to work from in the midst of My people - must be completely devastated, demolished and eliminated! The one great task that immediately confronts "all" of My holy bondservants and handmaidens is to remove "all" of the powers of darkness from the midst of the congregations of My people through a perfect intercession [obedience] on the behalf of those I have given them [spiritually].

*          The mind-set: "Let us not do anything that we cannot control" - is the product of an adulterous [idolatrous]heart towards Me. Thus, Satan has been enabled to build strongholds in the hearts of those who have "allowed" themselves to be held by a "spirit of rebellion", and until a thorough repentance is forthcoming, they shall continue to slip deeper and deeper into darkness, and become more and more entangled in the deceitfulness of sin. But truly I say to you, the time is coming, even now, wherein the weight of sin and the black and heavy darkness that encompasses "My" rebellious ones shall become "too heavy" for them to bear, and many shall cry out to Me, seeking "desperately" for the deliverance that was already theirs in Christ. And I shall forgive them and restore them to the spirit of meekness and gentleness I require of all those that I have raised up to lead My people in this hour, and they shall become a great testimony to the fruit of obedience to the Divine Requirement [Luke 10:27], and they shall turn on Satan and his hosts [minions] with a holy vengeance in the power of My Spirit, and I shall then use them to destroy the strongholds of "religious tradition" - and so shall the principalities and spirits of iniquity [religious spirits] be driven out before them!

 *      Those I am about to bring forth in the fullness of My power are a "remnant" who have been taught by Me in the "place of abiding", and they have "none" of the "qualifications" that many of My so-called "leaders" in the church at large "look for" [for one thing they refuse to be controlled by anyone except My Spirit]. The one thing that will "characterize" My true remnant will be My presence [and all the power thereof] and, truly I say to you, as I send them forth they shall hit the "walls" of darkness and unbelief in the midst of My people like a giant sledgehammer!"....


        ...."For the time [has arrived] for judgment to begin with the household of God"....

                                                                                                                      1 Peter 4:17a The Amplified Translation

        ...."In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and lovely to those of Israel who have escaped. [Jer. 23:5; 33:15; Zech. 3:8; 6:12.] And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem and for eternal life, [Joel 3:17; Phil. 4:3.] After the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion [pride, vanity, haughtiness] and has purged the bloodstains of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit and blast of judgment and by the spirit and blast of burning and sifting. And the Lord will create over the whole site, over every dwelling place of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a canopy [a defense of divine love and protection]. And there shall be a pavilion for shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge and a shelter from storm and from rain"....
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Isaiah 4:2-6 The Amplified Translation

 
          Up until this time, many in leadership have reached certain "plateaus" in the plan of God for their life and ministry and then settled there - laying down the life of the Cross [self-denial] and choosing a life of comfort which, then, "diminished" almost totally the fruit and blessing that the Father desired to pour forth upon His children through them. So then, instead of their sheep being "continually elevated" from spiritual plateau [glory] to spiritual plateau [glory] and revelation to revelation these shepherds [having stopped seeking the FULLNESS of God's will for their congregation and, thus, casting aside the precious anointing of God for that particular work] were continually "forced" to defend their "doctrine and tradition" [mind-sets, denomination or fellowship] in a spirit of self-justification for they sought to maintain their "own" agenda [fueled by "self-desire"] through "control" [fear], rather than maintaining a hungering and thirsting for the Father's "best" [both individually and corporately speaking] - fueled by a deep and abiding love for His Word [Will].

"diminish" - lessen; decrease;

AS THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CONTINUALLY INCREASES IN THE MIDST OF ALL THOSE WHO TRULY LOVE GOD IN THIS HOUR THE POWER AND THE LIGHT [RELEASE OF HOLY FIRE] SHALL BECOME SO GREAT THAT NOTHING THAT IS APART FROM CHRIST [THE ANOINTED ONE AND HIS ANOINTING] SHALL STAND IN ITS PATH IN THE GLORIOUS DAYS AHEAD!
 
          As the Father begins to "release" the first wave of many waves of His holy apostles and prophets [and, indeed all those abiding in a true spiritual positioning] [Ephesians 2:6] in this hour the "spirits of darkness" [that have, up until this time, kept multitudes in bondage] shall be both exposed and completely devastated. The only "spirits" that will remain standing [for a time] shall be certain "religious spirits" working in the midst of certain environments that remain under the bondage of a "control spirit" - but even these will be forced to flee from the midst of those congregations - as a deep and thorough repentance is forthcoming on their part. It must be clearly understood that CONTROL spirits [in any form] will not be able to stand [because of the continual release of holy fire] in the midst of those truly pursuing holiness in this hour and, because of that, each and every child of God [those who have not already made a "quality decision" to serve God from the position of a heart "wholly given"] will be brought to the point of "absolute decision". Those who had allowed themselves to be held captive to that "form" of religion which "appears" godly but, in reality, completely denies the power [love and righteousness] of God [2 Timothy 3:5] will have to make a "clear choice" for or against the true plan of God for His Church in this last hour. Because of these things, there will be much confusion and darkness in the ranks of those who foolishly choose to forsake heart-fellowship with the Word of God for heart-fellowship with the world - and in their "disorientation" they will "unconsciously" become the greatest enemy [hindrance] to the establishment of the Glorious ["spotless and unblemished"] Church - through the self-exaltive practices [unrighteous judgement, false accusations, jealousy etc.] that are the spontaneous fruit of all self-desire and agenda that is "threatened" in any way. But as the outpouring of the Holy Spirit continually increases in the midst of all those who truly love God in this hour the power and the light [release of holy fire] shall become so great that NOTHING that is apart from Christ [the Anointed One and His Anointing] shall stand in its path in the glorious days ahead!

        ...."In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death [no death can remain]"....

                                                                                                                                                               Proverbs 12:28 NASB