THE LIFE OF FAITH AND THE GLORIOUS CHURCH - 2009
APRIL 1st
THERE IS ONLY "ONE" POSITION WHEREIN WE CAN CORRECTLY AND READILY
IDENTIFY THE "SCHEMES" OF THE EVIL ONE
1 Peter 3:13-16 NASB
2 Corinthians 2:11 NASB
When Peter wrote,
"but sanctify [set apart] Christ as Lord in your hearts" he was
simply expressing the Father's deepest heart desire for His people to set His
Word and Spirit above "all" else at "all" times. It is our
job to give His Word preeminence. It is His task to do the sanctifying - that
is, "keep" us by "His" power in that holy place far above
and apart from anything that would cause us to fall short of all that He has
provided for us in Christ - the Anointed One and His Anointing. When the Father
asked us to sanctify Him in our heart He was calling us to draw near to Him in
the "secret place of His presence" for it is only as one
"abides" in this position that He can "reveal" Himself to
them in the way that He "longs" to with each and every one of His
beloved children. I know that, at times, as we move deeper and deeper into the
fullness of our particular calling and the exercising of our "gifts,"
Satan attempts to "jam" our signals. This is precisely why each one
of us "must" continually draw near to God - thus sanctifying Him in
our hearts - for there is only "one" position wherein we can
correctly and readily identify the "schemes" of the Evil One, and
that is "seated" with the Father in the heavenly places in [with] the
Anointed One and His Anointing!
IN A VERY SHORT
TIME THERE WILL BE NO "SECOND OPPORTUNITIES"
In light of all these things, we must do whatever is necessary to put forth the
absolute Truth in the fullness of conviction at all times whenever we are
called to do so. We are about to enter into a time and place heretofore unseen
in the Church [and in the world] and if just one "ministry" - individual
or corporate - can be led [through a deep and thorough repentance] from a place
of "mental ascension" to the place of revelation concerning the will
of the Father for their lives and ministries then it would be worthwhile! In a
very short time THERE WILL BE NO SECOND OPPORTUNITIES for the disobedient
[rebellious] children of God to come into the "fullness" of His plan
in the remainder of our time in this dispensation and, as horrifying as that
scenario is: also be found fighting against God and those of their brothers and
sisters who are walking [abiding] with Him in the center of His Will.
FINAL PREPARATION
AND "FINE-TUNING"
It is clearly a time for all those who truly love God to "hold fast the
vision" [revelation] that the Father has blessed them with throughout the
years! We [by "we" I mean all those who truly desire to walk in the
fullness of their destiny in Christ] are all going through much the same type of
thing - even though the circumstances are varied. In these days, it is the
final preparation and "fine-tuning" for entrance into the fullness of
one's "Kingdom-position" - as we are moving rapidly towards the
greatest breakthrough the Church has ever seen. As this "fine-tuning"
[with holy fire] intensifies one must continually "allow" the perfect
love of the Father to cast out ALL fear - and, thus, come to the clear
realization that it is simply the consuming fire of the Holy Spirit doing the
deepest work of the Cross in them. Only those whose hearts are "wholly
given" will experience this glorious breakthrough, and when the
"smoke clears" all those who have been faithful will enter into a
place spiritually - and every other way - never thought possible this side of
Heaven itself! Let us be found faithful to the Will of the Father in this hour
for it is truly an hour like no other!
Related
Scriptures: Ephesians 1:3; Ephesians 1:17-23; Ephesians 2:6; Habakkuk 2:2-4; 1
John 4:18;
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