This being
August 9, I was reading in the Book of Proverbs and this verse stood out from
chapter 9! And then hearing the Lord speak, He said, it all comes to whether
when rebuke is given if you will see the scoffer or the wise man stand up.
I could not
get this out of my thinking. Are we rebuked today and the Lord sees a scoffer
or if rebuked, did He then see the wise man? Hopefully the
wise man stood today to hear God speak!
It is in seeing the root condition that matures to the fruit development. My husband and I have a
small garden this year: tomatoes, banana peppers, yellow squash, zucchini and
green onions round out that list. I did say it was small! And we check the conditions: like fertilizer, amount of sun and yes water to be applied. We keep check on the progression of these vegetables and see how fast or slow will they make it to our table indeed!
On reading Proverbs and now in recent weeks, gone
back to reading Hebrews 12:12, I find I am speaking it not only for myself but for all believers, that our spiritual
man would not take a dive this year as 2022 ends! Hebrews 12:12 Therefore
strengthen the hands which hang down and the feeble knees, 13 and make straight
paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be
healed. 14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one
will see the Lord; 15 looking carefully lest any fall short of the grace of God;
lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble and this many become
defiled.
Do we know
what is lame within us? Do we know our knees to be feeble and healing must take
place in the time of prayer? Our hands should not be hanging down but in place
to serve the living Christ! And are they raised in work for the Lord?
If we truly
hear God and get His word in us, then anyone speaking will be recognized for
who they are: either as the one abiding in the word of God or him abiding in the
world. I heard a leader of this nation speak this morning, that if what they
wanted was not law, that they would make it law to get their way! Seems that
from the outhouse to the white house people are choosing their own way out and
making laws to do it!
Actions
certainly speak louder than words, but hopefully our actions are of the
Christian conducting his life is such a manner as to possessing his own soul!
Luke 21:16-19 NKJV You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives
and friends; and they will put some of you to death. 17 And you will be hated
by all for My name’s sake. 18 But not a hair of your head shall be lost. 19 By
your patience possess your souls!
Now this
Jesus gave about the period before the end. It was given to the Jews. In the
crisis, or the crisis hour, God would give them, the Jew special wisdom to
speak things that could completely confound their adversaries. In this Jesus
also pointed to some would lose their lives but not perish. And those He
specifies with that patience to possess their souls are those who stand
genuinely true and loyal to Christ at any cost. The days are evil and are
getting darker but we are to be brighter lights for His glory and to His praise. So in losing one's life is being with Jesus but those who perish are the rebellious who chose man's way of life!
In this
day, people are wondering where God is bringing His people back to the
forefront and to what the timing would be. For Christians, believers are to
hold on and keep the thankful heart the Gospel that came to us! For this living now
in this time will keep their eyes fixed on the Lord. They pay attention to the
riches of Gentiles seen in Romans 11:12…referring to the place of privilege
which the Gentiles enjoy the present time while Israel is temporarily set aside
by God. God still has His eye on His favorite: Israel! The fullness of the
Gentiles seen in Romans 11:25 is the time of the Rapture, when Christ’s Gentile
bride will be completed and taken from the earth. It also is seen that God will
resume His dealings with Israel. And the times of the Gentiles found in Luke
21:24. These times of the Gentiles actually began back in 521 B.C. It extends
to the time when Gentile nations will longer assert control over the city of
Jerusalem.
Rebukes can
come from many sources, but the one to pay attention to first is that of the
Lord. If He is directing us in His peace, and to lead others in that peace, we are to understand that many will not go into peace willingly. Jesus could lead people to
His peace but whether they remained depended on their heart issues: like Judas
Iscariot, Pontius Pilate and Herod! ( was hearing a teaching just today about Judas Iscariot and when he chose to deliberately take money and expose Jesus, he was taken over by an entity!)
You may not
know these men by these names today but they will appear for the devil is
trying to pull many to his way and doing wrong. Be aware, take heed, and hear
the voice of the Lord. Take note to keep your hands strengthened to carry on the
Lord’s work for He is coming soon. Stand as the wise today and look forward to
the reward of victory. And take a look at the root to the fruit of your loyalty
to Jesus. Is He your number 1 or is He at number 10 or 20 on your hot list!
If you are
talking to God and telling Him you have this situation and you need to know
what to do next, but only out of you and your own strength, then you have missed Him! We are confess our faith before
Him that in Him we can know peace and the way in which to walk that continues
in Him. When People take things into
their own hands they become like those in Sodom and Gomorrah. They look and
sound like Korah who led rebellions against God’s anointed and appointed.
Expose the
unfruitful works of darkness: Ephesians 5:8-14 NKJV 8 for you were once
darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for
the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth) 10
finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose. 12 For it is shameful even to
speak of those things which are done by them in secret, 13 but all things that are exposed
are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. 14 Therefore He says: 'Awake you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light."
It does not
say “join them” but to expose them! What light is in you should be
revealing the “rats” in others. What light is in you should prevail in light
that is liberty in the Gospel of Christ! Abiding in His kingdom that has come
into our hearts through His mercy and grace. To being the fruitful, we abide in
His fruitfulness. We see glory. We see Him lighting our way into eternity! As
the Bridegroom, He has made a state of peace and harmony with God who is for us! We are
blessed through Him, not working our way into blessings. We have them now in
Him! We reach out to Him, and expect to hear Him speak to us.
Take a look
at your root and how does it appear! Will it produce the right fruit for the
Lord’s glory or will it produce anxiety, fearful speaking, profanity,
obscenity, idolatry, drug addiction, every opposer to truth. We are not held by
the devil. We have been authority to prevail now in this lifetime. And it is
abiding in Jesus, the fruit of heaven revealed on earth.
New teaching at: Voice of Prayer
Divine Warrior: Jesus Alone
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