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| Voice of Prayer: No lonely road for us to walk.... |
This is so Holy Spirit, the in-the face telling what truth the Gospel is to us.
He noted that when he was saved that all the issues he ever had expired. And I thought yes, that is so right!!!
We are not to have any issues regarding anyone or anything. He continued with his walk with the Lord and how people told him that people would not like what he was doing and that he had to be 'careful'. Yikes!
Yeah, can you imagine who has the Holy Spirit telling another who also has the Holy Spirit to be 'careful'. I mean seriously guy, the HOLY SPIRIT is God!
Was working on a teaching today and was meditating scriptures from John 21. I love that restoration of Peter back into the group of men who followed Jesus. I mean, we can all relate to Peter, right? He always seem to use his mouth a lot and at the wrong times.
Like when he asked in Matthew 14:28 And Peter answered Him and said, "Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water." 29 So He said, 'Come'. And when peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.
Yes, he asked Lord if it is YOU ...COMMAND ME TO COME TO YOU ON THE WATER.... I mean who else could be out at that hour and walking on water but JESUS!
Jesus responded to that "if it is YOU".....and it certainly gives regard to living by faith. As a disciple, one might be expected to walk on water, yet I have heard very few doing that thing.
Peter confessed Jesus as the Christ: Matthew 16:16-18 NKJV 16 Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." 17 Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
Now we know that Jesus was not going to build His CHURCH on Peter. He was going to see it built on revelation knowledge that was purposed for the church. Those who live by faith, have their trust in God will see His church and love that church no matter what! They will have eyes of faith to see what is coming toward them. They will know that truth which sets the captives free!
Yes, Peter walked with Jesus. He had meals with Jesus and heard many teachings from Him. Another man wrote on his perspective from the Damascus Road experience. You know the flash of bright light, rearing horses and others only hearing a sound of thunder, but Saul heard Jesus! Each met Jesus in such special ways. I am certain that you have met Jesus in a certain way.
I am also certain that you could remember the first day you gave notice to Him and received Him into your heart. I know the walk I have had with Him and it is nothing similar to my husbands other than we both attended Sunday school as small children. We each have our own perspectives of Him, but we both hold the word of God in our hearts, we pray for neighbors and for our President. We believe Jesus to be faithful and true. He has certainly shown up many times in our lives and so too when I had the report of some doctor speaking death over me. No, I know in whom I have believed and am persuaded He is able to accomplish what I have committed into His hand. NO DEATH HERE.....!!
2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day!
We are to be encouraged by His words that is in each of our walks with Him, that we would be 'fearless' in the face of death or any other tribulation. Jesus will guard us and keep us safe when we abide in Him!
Each of these men had expiration of issues! In the writings of Peter, we see he wrote from his observance of being with the Lord Jesus. His expiration was the issues of wanting to fall back as the fisherman when Jesus had called him to be a fisher of men! Paul, well, he wrote from the perspective from the Damascus Road Experience. YOU know he followed hard on the heels of religion and found that a hard road to travel. His was finding some 'Christian' to kill. Yes, from these two men, each had to know Him more. They needed life in Him and in that they found the goodness of God leading into more life.
There should be no issues. There should be no dark places, and dark secret places within our hearts, but only the light of the Lord where truth is revealed and where the enemy has to leave.
Jesus for me, has been the Open Door. For me His love gives the length of my days for His glory and to His praise. The depth is my commitment to hold fast to Him! And the height of that is how willing am I to really wanting to move forward for Him & His glory so others might know Him as I do.
May the Morning Star lead us on.....that dawn appearing with light beams to penetrate those dark places of our hearts. May we start from the richness of Him and gain more knowledge to reveal to others how GREAT our God really is! As we are born again unto a faithful Savior, we are born into His faith, into His strength, into His comfort, peace and power. If we truly hold Him in our hearts then He truly expands us into the far reaches of Himself.
One last word that Jesus gave to Peter...'Follow Me." And he did! Peter was restored by the love of God. Called to minister to the common man. The common man Peter, reached many for the glory of God. No lonely road for us to walk. Jesus walked this way before us......and prepared the way.......prepared the truth and gave us life to see it done in His name. Amen.
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