What is and where would we see the spiritual mannequin? We should be people of the kingdom of Jesus He is King of and leads us daily. But mannequins are shaped in a form to smile lots and make no movements of their own. They should be those who are faith people, filled with God's word and on fire for His glory and to His praise.
Matthew 11: 19-19 For John came neither eating nor drinking and they say, 'He has a demon.' 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they say, 'Look a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of the tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children.
Unbelief will not respond to truth! John the Baptist was and is the one who spoke of Jesus' coming. And Jesus demonstrated the faith walk with every word He spoke! They spoke wisdom of God. They regarded truth the priority. So where does that leave us today?
What are the children of wisdom? We would know them as those who have good works and good fruit. They who would be wise or the foolish would be seen and know by the fruit they bear. In this, their work accomplished or life lived it out in truth would bear it out!
In this day and hour we should control our desires as any excess over what God spoke. Do we have that flesh gluttony? For losing control of oneself in this excess is sin! It is truly feeding the belly, that little god of excess. And it is bad when running to it eagerly to participate in it. God's wisdom is available for us to live by. But do we do it? Do we speak it and believe it to be His truth?
Today we have people tending toward joining this culture thing or that culture thing. They want people to hear them, but most of the time they give voice to the wrong thing. Any platform should be made available to Jesus and truth He spoke! The people Jesus spoke to, had a meal with, did not drag Him into their culture thing. He gave them choice of His truth against their sin! He spoke to their hurt and pain.
Sin today is so rampant, even among church goers! People should not be relying on drugs to tone down their pain, emotional distraught or recreational joy ride. They should want Jesus' words to penetrate their hearing for healing! On the Cross, Jesus had two men beside Him. One spoke against Jesus and the other regarded Jesus: Luke 23:39-43 Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him saying, "If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us." 40 But the other answering, rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God seeing you are under the same condemnation?" 41 " And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but his Man has done nothing wrong." 42 Then he said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom." 43 And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise."
Paradise is the blissful place of fellowship with God. Now, today, is the time to worship, give God place in us.....it is not a mannequin, but a person who reads the Word of God, prays and gives place to praying in Tongues, and songs to glorify God. It is done with others and is done alone. When you find a dark place, a bad report from a doctor, a loved one has passed, others moved away, and now you find another dark place. Yet, Jesus is for us when He hears us cry out to Him. It is a rallying cry, not boots on the ground, but sound words of truth declaring Jesus is Lord.
No cowboy hats, and white boots to the thigh, no it is not a culture but a place, a living maybe in some weakness and some strength, maybe fatigued, maybe with less interest in life, but get a spark of life from Jesus today. Find yourself in Him, hearing His sweet voice and learning your body should obey His every command.
The disciples did not want Jesus to leave them. Judas Iscariot wanted a King so he was paid 30 pieces of silver to betray Jesus. What gluttony betrays us today? What flesh excess needs to be cut off right now? Peter thought he would never betray Jesus, but he did! We are not mannequins. We are to always exercise and discipline ourselves, bringing under authority our canal affections, those bodily appetites and any worldly desires we would have. We should endeavor to in all respects to have a clean conscience, voice of offense toward Father God and toward men. We should keep ourselves from idols. Those representing culture will find many "gods" while continuing to be themselves in sin!
What occupies our hearts? To be spiritual is to be Holy Spirit minded. It is asking Him to give the fruit of our lips that draws thanksgiving from our innermost resources, that secret place of our heart. Humility and fear of God brings wealth and honor and life to us. To be clothed is clothed in compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Yes, I will ask if you are for your family, community and nation. Do YOU pray for them all? If not, then why not? Do you follow all rules of this land or not? Unfortunately we have many from other nations who choose to flaunt their language and flag in this nation. If you love your old flag and tongue, by all means go back to that which you love. The Lord gave us a place to voice His name, His faith, His kingdom and His way of life. It is is being aware of what is falling apart in this nation.
What will it be?
This day, I went with my husband to grocery store. Had stayed in vehicle to keep it cool for our little dog who was with us. The place was busy, watched vehicles drive by. I then saw a man walking in middle of street toward our parking space. He stayed in the opposite lane, but stopped for a moment. He stopped in front of an Auto Parts Store. Then looking in my direction, he started screaming, that yelling at the top of his lungs. I first thought he was talking to someone behind our vehicle, but there was none. I looked once at him, when he crossed intersection toward us. Although staying in the opposite lane, he proceeded to yell and curse. He pointed and waved his hands and arms....lifting them toward the sky. He stopped opposite our vehicle, but continued with his explosive language. People driving by watched him in his bodily anger. He started walking again. I did not watch him. But could see him walking waving wild arms and yelling loudly. He continued that till he got to end of mini strip mall. Then he was gone. Alas it was quiet again!
I told my husband about it. And when I finished immediately I knew Holy Spirit was showing me Jesus at the Tombs. The demoniac was yelling at Jesus, and the man who knew Jesus would fall to worship Him but the demon would have "the man" yell at Him. Yes, it got quiet when the man left that parking lot in the city today. But he was loud when Holy Spirit was close by. Interesting truth I was reading in the book of Titus when he started to cross into our parking area.
Call it what you will, but truth will call out! It is not drugs, it is not a plastic smile, and unbelief. No we must be on the alert for Jesus. Be on the alert when someone passes by us and with a not to happy platform. We pray for him who chose loud behavior, to be rude with anger that others could hear. May he know Jesus as we know Jesus. May Holy Spirit enlighten this man to truth today.
Things are happening all around us: 28 plus earthquakes in Nevada. flows of liquid from Yellowstone Lava Lake, a large asteroid is entering our solar system first of October. I think it comes by Mars on October 3. Hey, if it misses Mars, it might miss us too! And the bad things occurring to rabbits and deer. Those with tentacles coming out of their heads, chest and backs. Yikes! Something is happening guys. Put away culture and seek truth in our Lord now!
Teaching at: Voice of Prayer
Uphill with Jesus Christ: The Witness that Glorifies God
Deceit and Deception
Uphill with Jesus Christ: The Witness that Glorifies God
Deceit and Deception
