Ears to Hear

Good morning,

     Today I am reminded of how many of us have allowed the pruning, sifting, pressing, and the threshing that was necessary in order to push us forward into the place of reigning as sons of God in His authority.  Many promises will be apprehended, that in times past slipped by us.  Mainly because we have become more chiseled for our destiny, sharper as instruments in the loving hand of God for the Kingdom, during this time.  We are loving God with our whole heart, mind, and soul.  We are growing in the love of God for our brethren, those of the household of faith, and loving the lost and our enemies.  Everyday we depart from evil and stay on the highway of the righteous.  Praying, praising, and worshiping our Father, drawing closer to His heart.  We are the generation that will seek the Father's face.  Now, I know that there are a lot of things that are being cleaned out of the House of God, these things must happen.  Things that were hidden are now being uncovered, but remember that the Father is longsuffering.  He has patiently endured with those sins, while He gave each one time to do His Word and repent, and make the necessary changes.   That is the greatest part of transitioning, it is yielding to the Father's hand through His Word, while you are going through the press.  The Message Bible says it this way; "If people can't see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves.  But when they attend to what He reveals they are most blessed." (Prov. 29:18) When we attend [wait upon; take care of; watch over; tend to;] what God has already revealed [uncovered; known; shown, unveiled,open and disclosed] then we will not stumble all over ourselves.  So we have endured tests, trials, and difficulties in order for us to be molded and prepared for greater revelation and demonstrations of Holy Spirit.  Through it all we have been made into more faithful and competent stewards of His glory.  "Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord and teach out of Your law.  That you may give him the power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity until the inevitable pit of corruption is dug for the wicked.  For the Lord will not cast off nor spurn His people neither will he abandon His heritage [us].  For justice will return to the (uncompromisingly) righteous and all the upright in heart will follow it." (Psalm 94:12-15)

     So, let's read about what God has really been doing in our lives, to keep us from stumbling all over ourselves.  "I will go before you and level the mountains [to make the crooked places straight]; I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut asunder the bars of iron.  And I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, Who calls you by your name." (Is.45:2-3) The Message Bible says it this way; "I'll go ahead of you, clearing and paving the road. I'll break down bronze city gates, smash padlocks, kick down barred entrances.  I'll lead you to buried treasures, secret caches of valuables.  Confirmations that it is I, in fact, I, God, the God of Israel that call you by name."  Most of the things that we have gone through has been allowed to straighten out certain areas in our lives that were crooked [whether, finances, relationships, physical, mental, etc.].  Keeping us from attaining to the greatest potential that God set in our destiny.  Some of the ways we thought, some of the activities that we were involved in, some of the people that were taking up some of God's time, these things had become mountains, doors of bronze, and bars of iron.  This is similar to Jeremiah 1:10; "See, I have set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, [in order] to build, and to plant."  Quite often when these things like pulling down and rooting out is going on we feel devastated by the actions.  We tend to forget that Father is clearing the field, in order to build something that will not decay or be destroyed by any other hands.  So be of good courage, God is up to something marvelous in our lives, building and planting for eternal values!  Once these things are removed we will be able to see clearly the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places.  Let's keep doing what we know to do that is right as we are being prepared for greater revelations!