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 29TH
THERE IS NO "TRUE MINISTRY" APART FROM ABIDING IN LOVE
Words of prophecy:
*
Wilfully holding unforgiveness constitutes one being an "enemy of the
Cross"!
* To the degree that My children measure My
forgiveness towards them, it will be to that degree that they are
"enabled" to abide in forgiveness towards others!
* The "maintaining" of ANY ground
of unforgiveness is, in reality, a blatant denial of - and contempt for - the
precious Blood of Jesus!
* The Spirit of
forgiveness [Love] supercedes the spirit of
unforgiveness!
* Tell My people that
while I have provided a place of absolute safety and protection for each one of
My children, there is also a "boundary" beyond which the covering I
have provided does not reach and, truly I say to you, that boundary [in the fullness of time] is defined by that which
is of My Kingdom and that which is of the "world".
* This is
"perhaps" the most dangerous of all times, My beloved ones, as you
"strive" [in and by My Spirit] to
defend against being deceived and hindered by the wiles of the Devil. For it is
in this time that I have chosen to run "roughshod" over him and the
evil that he intends for My children [elect]
- and he knows it. Therefore, fasten your "spiritual" seatbelt
and hold fast to that which you "know" to do; for now is the time of
the conflict of the ages; and the conflict of the kingdoms shall surely
manifest itself center-stage. Do not fear! For you have been prepared
perfectly to "overcome" in all things!
...."If you forgive
the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of
any, they have been retained".... John 20:23 NASB
Maintaining" unforgiveness and resentment is a very gratifying thing to
the "flesh" [particularly when one
has actually been wronged in some way] BUT it is the one thing
[this taking "offense"] that will "immediately" take one
out of their proper position before God - EVERY TIME. For there is NO unforgiveness
in the Kingdom, and there is no "true ministry" apart from abiding in
love. Therefore, it simply remains for us to continually guard our heart with
ALL diligence [no matter what is said or done to us] - ALWAYS bringing EVERY
thought captive to the revelation [love and
wisdom] actively burning in our hearts. It is as we are faithful to
do these things that we will be found loving our enemies and praying for those
who have been used as vessels of reproach and persecution against us - and,
ultimately, those held captive by the Enemy will be gloriously set free by the
continual outpouring of the love shed abroad in our hearts [to "overflowing"] [Romans 5:5].
One's target [aim] must ALWAYS be to cast aside all unrighteous thoughts and
motivation towards those who have mistreated them in the past [or the present],
and begin to fix their eyes on the "things above" [Colossians 3:1-3]. For as they do, not only
will they be lifted up themselves but they will then cause all those in their
sphere of existence to be lifted up also. It is in this place of being
"lifted up" into the fullness of Kingdom-living - and the true
Kingdom-service that is its spontaneous fruit - that we, both individually and
as a Body, will continually experience divine protection and "insulation"
from the deadly schemes of Satan and his forces.
"KINGDOM" POSITION
It
is also from this "Kingdom-position" [and
ONLY from this position] that we will be enabled and empowered to
carry out our part in "bringing in the harvest" of the vast
multitudes that will surely be found crying out to God from the depths of their
being in this hour [Acts 2:21] - as the
Glory of God is released to a continually greater degree "right in the
face" of the ever deepening darkness, death and destruction [calamity] that is even now
"consuming" those whose lot [inclination]
is with the "world". This, of course, includes "certain"
children of God, who, for reasons that are "unexplainable" to even
the most sanctified mind, will remain in heart-fellowship with the
"world" and, thus, they will - with hardened hearts and rebellious
actions - begin to "curse" the very ones that the Father has sent to
help lead them and guide them into the fullness of their precious inheritance,
in Christ.
SELF-GLORIFICATION AND UNFORGIVENESS - TWO DEADLY ELEMENTS OF SIN
There are many who have a "distinct" call of God on their lives, but
for one reason or another - in this most critical of all hours - they have held
to a "mind-set" of attempting to bring the vision [plan] that the Father has blessed them with
to pass in the strength of their "own" understanding. The
"foundation" of their thinking is grounded in a deep heart-desire to
be "recognized" [self-glory]
- this desire finding its root motivation in the fear of man [a fear in which one either seeks to be reverenced above
God or to reverence man above God]. Many of these
"strongholds" that remain in the midst of God's people have their
root in certain bad experiences with "authorities" in the church and,
in some cases their own "family". Thus, in their failure to "let
go" of that bitter ground of unforgiveness their "natural"
progression [with much "help" from
the Enemy] has been to avoid the intimate fellowship with the
Father and His Word that would no only ensure that they were healed of any past
hurts, but also that the necessary power and light [revelation] and wisdom to
perfectly fulfil their destiny in Christ would be found "abiding"
within them - and flowing out through them. All holding to ANY ground of
resentment or unforgiveness would do well to hearken to the revelation coming
from the Throne Room concerning the call to holiness and intimacy with the
Father and His Word in this most critical hour. It will MOST CERTAINLY be the
difference between total failure or total victory [continued
bondage or perfect liberty]. This soon coming clash between
"kingdoms" is a "take no prisoners" warfare, and vast
multitudes shall soon realize this. One does NOT want to be found fighting on
the "wrong side" in this final hour!
DILIGENTLY GUARD AGAINST "TAKING OFFENSE"
Each and every
one of us [who are, even now, on the threshold of entering into the
"fullness" of the Kingdom-position and ministry that God has called
us to] are also much in need of a "continually" deeper revelation of
the importance of being free from "any" ground of unforgiveness that
might remain. It is one thing for us to diligently guard against "taking
offense" at anything that Satan attempts to derail our
"love-walk" with, it is another to "allow" the Holy Spirit
to "continually" do the deepest work of the Cross in us [expose anything hidden in the depths of our heart that
needs to be] in order that we might become the pure and holy
vessels of God's presence in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation [Philippians 2:15] that He so desires us to be.
The only pre-requisite for the Father's perfect work and preparation [the deepest work of the Cross] to become an
"abiding reality" in our lives and ministries is "a heart wholly
given" [Luke 10:27]. Therefore,
let us be found guarding our heart with ALL diligence [continually seeking to walk in love {faith and
obedience} at every turn] KNOWING that as we do that it is certain that
the Holy Spirit will finish the perfect work that He has begun in us - to the
greatest Glory of the Father.
...."And may the
God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from
profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your
spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found]
blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). Faithful is He
Who is calling you [to Himself] and utterly trustworthy, and He will
also do it [fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you]".... 1
Thessalonians 5:23-24 The Amplified Translation