Post by Les Brewer on Dec 13, 2020 16:26:51 GMT
HUSH CHILD AND LISTEN
There is an express emptiness in the land: current events and civil restrictions have caused an uncertainty among many of God’s children. Yes there are those who are standing up and standing out in our midst! Yet there are multitudes in the valley of decision. They’ve heard God speak to their hearts; yet this year’s events have somewhat postponed seemingly what they’ve heard in the spirit. It has proven to be just enough leverage to give the devil a foothold of doubt in their lives. Some are now fearful they’ll never see the fruition of the vision of God come to pass. Listen brethren! If God desires something sovereignly it shall surely come to pass; but if we’ve been beguiled by our own subjectivity nothing shall become of it! Today is the day to seek the face of God for the will of God and to know for a surety that God spoke to us by his own Spirit! God is not a man or the son of man that he should lie; what he speaks he brings to pass!
The bible teaches that there is therefore no more condemnation if we’re living by the Spirit and not by sight! God is greater than our self-condemnation because he is greater than our heart.
(18) Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
(19) By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;
(20) for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.
(21) Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
(22) and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
(23) And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
(24) Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. 1 John 3:18-24 ESV
When we become doers of the word expressing the will of God in love and truth; that truth reassures our hearts and fills them with the warmth and majesty of the God. He already knows what’s going on; and when we fully trust him our hearts are settled and filled with peace. When we walk by faith and not by sight; in other words not by what our emotions manufacture; we are in lockstep with the Holy Spirit. Faith is what? The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen! When I walk by faith I am walking by the sight of my spiritual eyes not having to put trust in my physical eyes or my physical senses. I am a spirit, I have a soul, and I live in a body. I am a new creation made in the likeness and image of the Spirit and I now worship God in spirit and truth! I must strive to maintain the infilling of the Spirit of contentment. His love casts out all fear if we allow ourselves that love without hindrance of the flesh and self-condemnation.
(13) By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
(14) And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
(15) Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
(16) So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
(17) By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
(18) There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
(19) We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:13-19 ESV
We cannot afford to seek justification from the world or derive our confidence from a system that is set in battle array against us. Our contest is a contest of spiritual entities that are detached from flesh and blood but often manifest through any vessel of flesh that yields its will to those spiritual forces of darkness. Also we cannot expect the worldly people of this world to act in a way that is pleasing to us or in any way conducive to our lifestyle. We only obtain favor when God ordains it for his plans and purposes concerning our lives.
The year of 2020 has been a year of dilemmas! It has been a year that stopped the flow of individual freedoms; in an attempt to bring about a demonic reset of the economy and governmental powers of tyranny in a global fashion to subjugate people around the world. Yet it did not take God by surprise and there is still much work to do in the Kingdom of God. God inspired me to speak and to declare that his will shall be done; he is sovereign and nothing by any means shall hinder his sovereignty! My part is too pray intensely and purposefully for his perfect will to be revealed and once I know for certain what that is; it is up to me to move by his unction and not allow the circumstance to detour or divert me. Brethren let’s get serious about our situation!
(4) Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
(5) Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand;
(6) do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
(7) And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:4-7 ESV
If God has you in a state of rest; enjoy the rest and relax! He is going to utilize you when it benefits his purpose and gives him all the glory. There’s a passage in Isaiah 26, let us utilize it as a prayer!
(7) The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous.
(8) In the path of your judgments, O LORD, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.
(9) My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
(10) If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the LORD.
(11) O LORD, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.
(12) O LORD, you will ordain peace for us, for you have indeed done for us all our works. Isaiah 26:7-12 ESV
Amen & Amen!
Let me leave you with this thought; God is in control and we are subject to God let us be controlled by the Spirit of God and yield our entire life and lips to the Lord! God bless the reading of your word and bring understanding to settle hearts and minds in the mighty Name of Jesus! Selah!
D. Ray Ritchie
There is an express emptiness in the land: current events and civil restrictions have caused an uncertainty among many of God’s children. Yes there are those who are standing up and standing out in our midst! Yet there are multitudes in the valley of decision. They’ve heard God speak to their hearts; yet this year’s events have somewhat postponed seemingly what they’ve heard in the spirit. It has proven to be just enough leverage to give the devil a foothold of doubt in their lives. Some are now fearful they’ll never see the fruition of the vision of God come to pass. Listen brethren! If God desires something sovereignly it shall surely come to pass; but if we’ve been beguiled by our own subjectivity nothing shall become of it! Today is the day to seek the face of God for the will of God and to know for a surety that God spoke to us by his own Spirit! God is not a man or the son of man that he should lie; what he speaks he brings to pass!
The bible teaches that there is therefore no more condemnation if we’re living by the Spirit and not by sight! God is greater than our self-condemnation because he is greater than our heart.
(18) Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
(19) By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;
(20) for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.
(21) Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
(22) and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
(23) And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
(24) Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. 1 John 3:18-24 ESV
When we become doers of the word expressing the will of God in love and truth; that truth reassures our hearts and fills them with the warmth and majesty of the God. He already knows what’s going on; and when we fully trust him our hearts are settled and filled with peace. When we walk by faith and not by sight; in other words not by what our emotions manufacture; we are in lockstep with the Holy Spirit. Faith is what? The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen! When I walk by faith I am walking by the sight of my spiritual eyes not having to put trust in my physical eyes or my physical senses. I am a spirit, I have a soul, and I live in a body. I am a new creation made in the likeness and image of the Spirit and I now worship God in spirit and truth! I must strive to maintain the infilling of the Spirit of contentment. His love casts out all fear if we allow ourselves that love without hindrance of the flesh and self-condemnation.
(13) By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
(14) And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
(15) Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
(16) So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
(17) By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
(18) There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
(19) We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:13-19 ESV
We cannot afford to seek justification from the world or derive our confidence from a system that is set in battle array against us. Our contest is a contest of spiritual entities that are detached from flesh and blood but often manifest through any vessel of flesh that yields its will to those spiritual forces of darkness. Also we cannot expect the worldly people of this world to act in a way that is pleasing to us or in any way conducive to our lifestyle. We only obtain favor when God ordains it for his plans and purposes concerning our lives.
The year of 2020 has been a year of dilemmas! It has been a year that stopped the flow of individual freedoms; in an attempt to bring about a demonic reset of the economy and governmental powers of tyranny in a global fashion to subjugate people around the world. Yet it did not take God by surprise and there is still much work to do in the Kingdom of God. God inspired me to speak and to declare that his will shall be done; he is sovereign and nothing by any means shall hinder his sovereignty! My part is too pray intensely and purposefully for his perfect will to be revealed and once I know for certain what that is; it is up to me to move by his unction and not allow the circumstance to detour or divert me. Brethren let’s get serious about our situation!
(4) Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
(5) Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand;
(6) do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
(7) And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:4-7 ESV
If God has you in a state of rest; enjoy the rest and relax! He is going to utilize you when it benefits his purpose and gives him all the glory. There’s a passage in Isaiah 26, let us utilize it as a prayer!
(7) The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous.
(8) In the path of your judgments, O LORD, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.
(9) My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
(10) If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the LORD.
(11) O LORD, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.
(12) O LORD, you will ordain peace for us, for you have indeed done for us all our works. Isaiah 26:7-12 ESV
Amen & Amen!
Let me leave you with this thought; God is in control and we are subject to God let us be controlled by the Spirit of God and yield our entire life and lips to the Lord! God bless the reading of your word and bring understanding to settle hearts and minds in the mighty Name of Jesus! Selah!
D. Ray Ritchie
