by the Holy Spirit through Mary Lindow
"WHY IS THE LORD IN THIS SEASON STRETCHING OUT AND ELONGATING HIS PROMISE TO FULFILL SO MANY HEARTS DESIRES OF THOSE NOW CRYING OUT?"
Until man learns that he cannot predict the Winds of the Spirit, the Movement of the Hand of God, nor use his intellectual, theological, or polished rhetorical loveliness to influence and to Rally the People, all well-meaning attempts fall short of the Divine Thing God will eventually bring forward.
WE ALL ONLY SEE IN PART ALL THAT THE LORD IS DOING. FEW OF US EVER SEE WHAT HE IS DOING IN THE INDIVIDUAL HEARTS OF MEN.
The subtle, hard-core work of God, unrelentingly deals in the deep inner recesses of the souls of all men and women, addressing and wrestling with the justifications that rise to shout away the voice of conviction that is the true working of Holy Spirit. He will not stop warning us all to be very aware and repentant to quickly deal with the ever-encroaching wickedness that would daily attempt to get a foothold.
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted by ME? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; It desires to have you, but you must master it." Genesis 4:7
ARE YOU LONGING FOR NEWNESS IN SPIRITUAL THINGS FROM THE THRONE OF GRACE?
Are you in a place where you risk laying down what might cost you your past history and which will create a new and fresh beginning in the walk of the saint on earth? Sadly many choose to return to the safe place of personal comforts and patterns of subtle control to gain fresh purpose and lose the joy set before them.
THE FATHER IS LOOKING, LIKE A SEARCHLIGHT BEAMING AND SWEEPING ACROSS THE LAND, FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT CREATING AGENDAS AND PROGRAMS TO ATTEMPT TO HAVE AN "EDGE" DURING THIS LONG SEASON OF TRANSFORMATION.
He is allowing the breaking and "coming to the end of one's self" to continue. Few have stepped over the line into the abandonment He desires from those who claim that their lives are for His use. Others still promote, compete, and posture with well-oiled machinery and full control of so-called "godly inspired events."
THE CROSS! THE CROSS! IT IS THE PLACE OF POWER AND OF DEATH.
This is the pure focus for those with eyes only for God's Personal and Holy Glory.
THE POWER OF THE RESURRECTED LIFE IS DISCERNED THROUGH THE LEVEL OF HUMILITY AND PERSONAL HONESTY BEFORE THE LORD AND OTHERS WITH THE CROSS IN THE APPLE OF THEIR EYE AS WELL.
MANY APPARENTLY "GIFTED INDIVIDUALS" ARE GOING ABOUT THE REGULAR BUSINESS OF SEMINAR AND MINISTRY GATHERINGS, declaring that the "New Wine" has begun to pour out upon the earth, get your tickets here! Come and see and receive what we have to give! and yet it tastes and smells like old wine in its forms of restructuring and re-inventing, camouflaged by attempting to serve it out of a new wine skin. BUT! The wine tastes like nothing sweet, nothing new, and has the flavor of the old container where the cork dried up and the wine became sour and bitter.
IN THIS CRUCIAL HOUR Yes. Right now even as you read and contemplate, the Lord is not requiring acts of greatness and profound gatherings to bring glory to His plans. The Lord says these words to those who will choose hear:
THE SACRIFICE I WANT IS A BROKEN SPIRIT. A BROKEN AND REPENTANT HEART, THIS MY BRIDE, I WILL NOT DESPISE. PSALM 51:17
IT IS NOT ABOUT THE END RESULT it is about the obedience to do the simple, and often at times mundane acts of silencing our fleshly need for action and comfort."
"ARE YOU PRESSED IN ON EVERY SIDE CHILD? Are you seeing that no one will hear you cry for love, support, comfort and kindness?
THEIR INSULTS HAVE BROKEN MY HEART, AND I AM IN DESPAIR. IF ONLY ONE PERSON WOULD SHOW SOME PITY; IF ONLY ONE WOULD TURN AND COMFORT ME." PSALM 69:20
"THIS IS THE ANGUISH THAT TURNS INTO A GODLY DELIGHT when you fully realize that only I, God the Father, can be the full and well trusted Redeemer and Rescuer in your situation right now!
The Spirit of God dealing with the hearts of those who still cling to hidden control over their brothers and sisters, especially those who are crying out day and night in the earth for someone to "send them" to the nations, the continents, who are now travailing for a genuine fresh release and rushing wind of the power of the Holy Spirit!
THERE IS A FRESH WAVE OF DISCERNMENT AT WORK IN THE BRIDE WHO KNOWS THE SOUND OF THE LORD'S STILL SMALL VOICE. God's rooted people will not follow the voice of the stranger, the clamoring, the subtle influencers of the Day.
They have no need to hear from the opinions of men.
They know HIS Voice.
They Know HIS Word,
They Know HIS Spirit.
"Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. 1 Samuel 15:22
THE LORD IS CHALLENGING EACH HEART WHO CALLS HIM MASTER!
He is allowing a Divine dissatisfaction and holy irritation to stir up all hearts until they begin to wail out loud, "Father! Why am I not filled with the peace and delight I need? Why are you not hearing and answering me?" "His reply to you child is quite simple: I have said these words and have spoken them to you in the way I know you hear."
AH! THE LORD IS BREAKING INDEPENDENCE IN YOU AND I!
And if you wonder why there is such a limited level of joy and rest in your heart, it is because until you have a heart that is broken and repentant from assuming you are allowed to call the shots in your decision making in this life He will not expose you to His full measure of Glory!
ONCE YOU AND I HAVE CONCEDED TO OBEY HE WILL RETURN WITH HIS FRESH AND SWEET ANOINTED PRESENCE!
Oh, give me back my joy again; You have broken me now let me rejoice. Psalm 51:8
IT'S AN ANGUISH TO CHOOSE TO BE BROKEN AND LAID BARE BEFORE GOD but the state of spiritual joy of allowing nothing of the soul to influence your decisions when the Lord speaks and gives command, far outweighs this present suffering between spirit and flesh!
MANY WHO ARE NOW HIDDEN AND YES, BEAT DOWN, TESTED, RIDICULED AND SEEMINGLY FORGOTTEN WILL SHORTLY AND PASS THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR OF NEW BEGINNINGS
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SLOWLY STIRRING AND THAT ARE STEPPING OUT FROM THE HIDDEN PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO GROW IN WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, AND SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT...DO NOT QUIT NOW!
We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are perplexed, but we don't give up and quit. (2 Corinthians 4:8)
THE LORD OF PROMISE AND VINDICATION IS COMING NEAR TO YOU WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS!
He heals the brokenhearted, binding up their wounds. Psalm 147:3
HE HIMSELF WILL BIND UP EVERYTHING BROKEN IN YOUR HEART, YOUR DREAMS, AND YOUR REPUTATION, WITH HIS OWN HAND, AND HE WILL RESTORE YOUR JOY!
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