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
MARCH 11TH
HE IS A FATHER WHO COULD "NEVER" LET ONE OF HIS PRECIOUS
CHILDREN DOWN - FOR HE IS PERFECTLY TRUSTWORTHY AND FAITHFUL TO BRING TO PASS
ALL THAT HE HAS SPOKEN
Words of prophecy:
* Many
of My children remain so scarred and wounded that they are
"virtually" incapable of trusting [Me - or anyone else]. But truly I
say to you, I am raising up in this hour those who are trustworthy, and if
those who are scarred and wounded will simply "lay down" the ground
of fear and mistrust that Satan has been allowed to establish within them over
the years THEN shall I be enabled to heal and restore them, and they shall
enter into the perfect liberty that is theirs, in Christ - a perfect liberty
that will empower them to trust Me wholly and, thus, to trust all those that I
have raised up for their edification, and to help them to both enter into and
fulfil the fullness of their precious destiny, in Christ.
"virtually" - for the most part; almost wholly;
...."Now
the Lord is the Spirit [of Love], and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
liberty (emancipation from bondage, freedom). [Isa. 61:1, 2.]"....
2 Corinthians 3:17 The Amplified Translation
* As
you begin to acknowledge Me in ALL of your ways I will SURELY direct your paths
and, as you are obedient to My perfect direction, I shall then be
"enabled" to reveal to your heart [and "elevate" you into]
the "fullness" of My perfect plan for your life and ministry -
regardless of what that may be, and regardless of where you are at the present
time. Take no "preconceived notions" of what I have planned for you
in your remaining time in this dispensation. For in your perfect fellowship
with Me [in the "inner chamber"] I will establish your entire life in
all of its different aspects in a place far above [and exceedingly beyond] your
wildest "dreams" and expectations. Only forsake all to follow Me for
I am faithful and true - and in Me there is no loneliness or shifting shadow. I
am trustworthy! Therefore, cast ALL of your care upon Me, and I shall surely
care for you - and meet "superabundantly" the deepest desires of your
heart in these days [1 Peter 5:6-7].
...."You
have not yet struggled and fought agonizingly against sin, nor have you yet
resisted and withstood to the point of pouring out your [own] blood. And
have you [completely] forgotten the divine word of appeal and
encouragement in which you are reasoned with and addressed as sons? My son, do
not think lightly or scorn to submit to the correction and discipline of the
Lord, nor lose courage and give up and faint when you are reproved or corrected
by Him; For the Lord corrects and disciplines everyone whom He loves, and He
punishes, even scourges, every son whom He accepts and welcomes to His heart
and cherishes. You must submit to and endure [correction] for
discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom
his father does not [thus] train and correct and discipline? Now if you
are exempt from correction and left without discipline in which all [of
God's children] share, then you are illegitimate offspring and not true
sons [at all]. [Prov. 3:11, 12.] Moreover, we have had earthly
fathers who disciplined us and we yielded [to them] and respected [them
for training us]. Shall we not much more cheerfully submit to the Father of
spirits and so [truly] live? For [our earthly fathers]
disciplined us for only a short period of time and chastised us as seemed
proper and good to them; but He disciplines us for our certain good, that we
may become sharers in His own holiness"....
Hebrews 12:4-10 The Amplified Translation
We need not have
ANY fear as we go forth to walk in the "fullness" of the ministry
[Kingdom-position] we are called to in this final hour. For the Father in His
tender mercies and His loving care is preparing us perfectly for ALL [both
righteous and unrighteous in origin] that we will face in the glorious days
ahead - ALWAYS handling us with a "divine gentleness" and perfect
love and wisdom. It is certain that all fear, selfishness and every other form
of mistrust of the Father is a result of believing a lie of Satan - for He is
perfect in EVERY way! He is a Father Who could NEVER let one of His precious
children down - for He is perfectly trustworthy and faithful to bring to pass
ALL that He has spoken [both in His written Word and the true prophetic words
spoken through and to His holy vessels]. It is only the failure to fellowship
with the Father and His Word in the "inner chamber" [the secret place
of His Presence] that keeps the child of God from obtaining a "true"
revelation of God's holy nature [perfect love] - for in this position of
"improper [distant] relationship" to Him they immediately become more
susceptible to "believing" a lie than to believe [come to gain a
revelation of] the truth. But as one gives the Word of God "His"
proper place in their life and, thus, enters into the intimate fellowship with
the Father that He so desires, the perfect love that is continually shed abroad
in their heart by the Holy Spirit in that holy place will cast out [expel] ALL
fear, and in the Father's glorious presence they shall come to know intimately
the One who gave His "all" that we might live - and prosper in ALL
things.
...."I am
the Door; anyone who enters in through Me will be saved (will live). He will
come in and he will go out [freely], and will find pasture. The thief
comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have
and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it
overflows)"....
John 10:9-10 The Amplified Translation