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
APRIL 30TH
RIGHTEOUS AND UNRIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION
[Part 2 of 2]
IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR EVERY CHILD OF GOD TO POSITION THEMSELVES TO
ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONTINUALLY SHINE DIVINE LIGHT INTO THEIR INNER MAN
Words of prophecy:
* Only
I know what is needed to be ministered [spoken or not
spoken]in any given set of circumstances, and only the one who abides in
My Word and fellowships with Me will truly be able to minister My
"indignation" [righteous judgement] -
for to those who walk with Me I have revealed the depths of My heart. And to
those who allow their "emotions" [mind,
will] to continually rise above their spirit through fear and pride,
they cannot, and will not, be given any authority to put forth My Word; for in
giving the Evil One ground, they would enable him to twist the word which is
put forth, thus leading many of my flock astray through control and
condemnation.
* My righteous
indignation and conviction [although unpleasant to the "flesh" at
first] will always show itself as the "blessing" it was intended to
be.
* My beloved ones, you shall speak My Word
in every situation that I lead you into, but behold, in speaking the truth
continually with no compromise, those who continue to lean upon their own
understanding and forsake My counsel shall surely be "offended". Make
no apology for the words you speak, for out of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaks and your hearts are filled with My Word! Therefore, speak out
boldly, knowing that it is I who give you the words. Did I not say to you,
"I have put My words in your mouth?" Only listen to all that I speak
to you and hearken diligently unto the voice of My Spirit, for the words which
you speak are life and only those whose hearts are hardened against Me - and
who choose to sow the seeds of death in the face of the abundant life I have
provided for them, will be offended.
...."For
what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it
with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently
endure it, this finds favor with God. For you have been called for this
purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to
follow in His steps, who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His
mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering,
He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges
righteously"....
1 Peter 2:20-23 NASB
...."For
out of the fullness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth
speaks. The good man from his inner good treasure flings forth good things, and
the evil man out of his inner evil storehouse flings forth evil
things"....
Matthew 12:34-35 The Amplified Translation
It can be very
easy for one to slip over into the place of an "unrighteous"
indignation if, in a certain situation, they are harboring a very subtle ground
of unforgiveness [perhaps from long ago]
or they are just plain weary from a great amount of persecution [reproach] or resistance from the past. Because
of these things, an unrighteous indignation and offense is triggered by the
words and actions of the one they are presently dealing with - and, thus, in
countering with words that are unrighteously motivated [and, therefore, unloving] it is certain that
self-righteousness [spiritual pride] -
and the self-justification and self-vindication that is its spontaneous fruit -
has crept into their heart without them even knowing it. This is why it is so
important for EVERY child of God to position themselves to allow the Holy Spirit
to continually shine divine light into their inner man. For this continually
exposes anything that needs to be removed, and shows us what adjustments are
needed on a daily basis in order to avoid falling into the snare of the Enemy -
the main aim of which is to provoke us to speak and act apart from Love. The
bottom line is this: if you do not have a revelation concerning any given
situation do NOT speak into it - even if you do have a revelation it is also
necessary to have the unction [clear prompting]
of the Holy Spirit as to whether it is the proper time to speak, according to
the highest purpose of the Father.
IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE FOR US TO BE SO
FILLED WITH THE WORD OF GOD THAT WHEN WE ARE CALLED TO SPEAK WE HAVE A DIVINE
ASSURANCE DEEP WITHIN US THAT WHAT WE HAVE SPOKEN IS THAT WHICH IS THE
SPONTANEOUS BY-PRODUCT OF A SUPERABUNDANCE OF GODS LOVE ABIDING IN OUR HEART
I
have noticed that in this particular hour Satan has been scheming to try and
tempt those who have been walking with God a long time over into this area of
self-righteousness [self-justification and
self-vindication]. Again, this is why it is of the utmost importance
for each and every last child of God to be found guarding their heart with ALL
diligence - refusing to take offense regardless of what or who the Devil
attempts to provoke them with. Again, when one has accumulated a great amount
of revelation and experience over the years but they "allow"
themselves to become a little drowsy spiritually-speaking it is very easy to
cross the line from righteous motivation to unrighteous motivation in that
instance. Any time that the Lord has ministered His righteous indignation
through me [mostly against those held captive by
religious spirits] I have always gone immediately from that point
into His Presence to make sure that nothing of "me" crept in. This
was really important in the early years when I didn't have as much Word in me
as I do now but I STILL immediately acknowledge God afterwards when righteous indignation
goes forth through me because it generally takes us to a place [battling a very intense spiritual and emotional turmoil]
where we don't usually go - and, so, it is important to ALWAYS have
things "confirmed" when the smoke clears, so to speak. It is
so, so important for every believer to have a deep revelation of Ephesians 4:29
which states,
...."Let
no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good
for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give
[impart] grace to those who hear"....
For
if one truly has an active revelation of this scripture burning in their heart
it is certain that they will have an ever increasing reverence for the extreme
importance of words - and the part they play in ones entrance into the
superabundant life, love and perfect liberty that is theirs, in Christ [Proverbs 18:21]. So, to summarize, it is certain
that, at times, we will be called as vessels of the Lord's righteous
indignation [and that will certainly increase in
these days as the Glorious Church comes forth] but it is of the
utmost importance for us to be SO filled with the Word of God that when we are
called to speak we have a divine assurance deep within us that what we have
spoken is that which is the spontaneous by-product of a superabundance of God's
love abiding in our heart [2 Corinthians 2:17].