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 19TH


                        A GREAT "BUILDING UP"

Words of prophecy:

*       Hold fast! Continue faithfully in the "small things" that I might bring forth the "big things" that I have prepared for you. Take no preconceived notions or thoughts, only abide in Me - KNOWING [believing] that I shall surely reveal to you the deepest thoughts and intentions of My heart on an ongoing basis.

*       "Preconceived notions" [mental ascensions] hinder the working of out of My highest purpose for one's life and ministry!

*       The spirit of repentance and the spirit of obedience are inseparable.

*       True repentance is not an "intention". It a "definite" series of words and actions, in obedience, to My Word and My Spirit.


...."May grace (God's favor) and peace (which is perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full, personal, precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue). By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature. For this very reason, adding your diligence [to the divine promises], employ every effort in exercising your faith to develop virtue (excellence, resolution, Christian energy), and in [exercising] virtue [develop] knowledge (intelligence), And in [exercising] knowledge [develop] self-control, and in [exercising] self-control [develop] steadfastness (patience, endurance), and in [exercising] steadfastness [develop] godliness (piety), And in [exercising] godliness [develop] brotherly affection, and in [exercising] brotherly affection [develop] Christian love. For as these qualities are yours and increasingly abound in you, they will keep [you] from being idle or unfruitful unto the [full personal] knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)"....
                                                                                                                                                                                         2 Peter 1:2-8 The Amplified Translation


        In our time with the Father and His Word we should always be ready to receive a deeper revelation [or gain more confirmation of] His highest will and purpose - not only for ourselves but, also, for the Church corporately. This holy quest for a continually deeper revelation of the "mysteries" of the Church and Kingdom are not done out of fear or unbelief but, rather, it is the product of the years in which the Holy Spirit has continually renewed our mind and expanded our heart to always search out the Father's"best" [that we might always be found imparting His best]. I have learned that it is ONLY from abiding in the position and "mind-set" of taking NO "preconceived notions" [by refusing to speak or act apart from "revelation" - and, thus, bringing EVERY thought to it] that "maximum results" can "eventually" be born for the Church and the Kingdom - both in our lives personally and, also, on the corporate level. For to walk apart from a revelation of God's best in any given moment is to limit His plan and purpose - and it will most certainly take us off of the narrow path of perfect obedience in our own lives. In these days, it is certain that the "waiting period" and season of intense refining that the remnant Church has been in was an important time of "a great building up" of the "inner strength" [self-control and unswerving endurance  - leading to godliness] necessary to accomplish ALL that is out ahead of us in our remaining time in this dispensation. At times, it is very easy to become "impatient" concerning the "seeming" slowness of certain things to manifest, but we must NEVER underestimate the love and perfection of the Father in the unfolding of all things - for EVERYTHING He does [even the "delays"] is for our greatest good - ALWAYS [Hebrews 12:10]. He is not preparing His beloved children for failure but for great success [the bearing of maximum fruit] in ALL things pertaining to life and ministry. In the days ahead, we will see clearly the wisdom of His ways on our behalf - without exception! And the importance of all of the "refining" up until this time will clearly be seen as we go forth in the power of the Holy Spirit to handle perfectly [and also "enjoy"] all that the Father has for us in the coming days - as the Glorious Church begins to "take legs". Everything that we have been faithfully believing the Father for - according to His most holy purpose - will happen soon enough! The simple fact is we must be found faithful in this matter of always seeking [and holding fast to] the Father's highest will and purpose for our lives and ministries - on EVERY front. It will surely be worth every step taken in faith, love and obedience - regardless of how the "flesh" feels about it [Romans 13:14].

A CALL TO TRUE REPENTANCE

          It is time for every child of God who is truly seeking the "fullness" of their destiny, in Christ, to make any necessary adjustment [in and by the leading of the Holy Spirit] and "repent"of anything that would only serve to keep them apart from [out of] the perfect will of the Father for their life and ministry. The call to repentance that the Holy Spirit issues is NEVER in a critical spirit [conveying the idea that "you had better change OR ELSE!] it simply means do those things that are necessary [simply because you love God] for you to get back to that "high[est] place in fellowship with the Father - the place that is "above" all of the darkness and confusion of this present "world system" [and the forces of evil that "rule" in that darkened and perverse place]. It is in this place of intimacy in the "inner chamber" that He will be enabled to supernaturally reunite you with His heart and, also, begin to "restore" all that Satan has stolen from you - with a view to you fulfilling perfectly all that He created you for from before the foundations of the earth.


...."let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need"....

                                                                                                                                                                                                           Hebrews 4:16 NASB