GOD IS DOING SOME VERY AMAZING THINGS IN THESE LAST DAYS WE ARE IN. SOME ARE VERY PAINFUL, SOME ARE VERY DELIGHTFUL. EITHER WAY, THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE, ARE DESIGNED TO BRING US INTO A MORE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. HE HAS A VERY SPECIFIC WORK FOR HIS BODY TO DO IN THESE COMING DAYS, AND HE IS PREPARING US ALL FOR THAT WORK. NOT ONLY IS THIS WORK TO BE A MINISTRY, TO THOSE, BOTH IN, AND OUT OF THE CHURCH, BUT ALSO, IT IS A WORK TO STRENGTHEN OUR HEARTS IN FAITH, AT THE TIMES WE ARE ABOUT TO FACE. BELOVED, WE ARE A PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO LEARN, AS GOD'S PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS LEARNED, HOW TO DEAL WITH GREAT LOSS. THERE ARE MANY WAYS AND FORMS OF LOSS, WHAT MAYBE LOSS IS TO ONE, WOULD NOT BE TO ANOTHER. BUT, THE LORD WILL NOT JUST COME AND "SNATCH AWAY" THINGS TO BE DOING IT... THAT IS NOT THE POINT, OR THE PURPOSE... RATHER, HE WILL WALK US THROUGH A PLACE WHERE HE HAS SO BECOME EVERYTHING TO US, AND IN US, THAT WE TRULY CAN SAY WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL, "AND MEAN IT," .......... 'I HAVE COUNTED ALL THINGS AS LOSS, TO KNOW THE SURPASSING GREATNESS OF CHRIST.' THE 'LOSS,' THAT PAUL WAS TALKING ABOUT HERE, IS NOT JUST THE LOSS OF MATERIAL AND EARTHLY POSSESSIONS, BUT IN THE CONTEXT OF HIS WRITING, AND IN VIEW OF HIS LIFE AS WELL, IT IS EVIDENT THAT HE IS REFERRING TO SOMETHING MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT. HE IS SAYING 'I GIVE UP MY RIGHTS TO MYSELF,' I GIVE UP ALL RIGHTS, TO HOLD ANY, AND ALL CLAIM TO WHAT I KNOW, TO WHAT I'VE LEARNED, TO MY REPUTATION, TO MY PRIDE,TO WHAT THE OTHER APOSTLES AND PROPHETS, OR ANY ONE THINKS OF ME. TO MY VERY LIFE! YOU SEE, HE HAD LEARNED THE SECRET OF BEING,"HIDDEN WITH CHRIST." HE NOT ONLY COUNTED THE LOSS OF HIS NATURAL POSSESSIONS AS IMMATERIAL, IN ORDER TO SERVE THE LORD, AND WALK IN THE MANNER WORTHY OF HIS CALLING, ( BOTH FOR AND IN CHRIST ). BUT, HE LEARNED THE VALUE OF LOSING AN EVEN MORE VALUABLE POSSESSION, 'HIS PRIDE, AND REPUTATION,' ALL THAT PAUL HAD STRUGGLED AND STRIVED TO COME TO BE KNOWN AS . THIS WORK HAD TO BE DONE IN PAUL, THROUGH HIS SURRENDER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, BEFORE HE COULD BECOME THE VESSEL OF THE LORD HE WAS, AND BECOME A MAN THAT COULD ACTUALLY DECLARE, " I WOULD THAT I WOULD BECOME ACCURSED, THAT ISRAEL MIGHT BE SAVED.' THIS HAD TO HAPPEN IN HIM, SO THAT HE COULD STILL GLORIFY THE LORD, WHILE SPENDING MOST OF HIS DAYS IN A ROMAN PRISON, OR DRIFTING IN THE SEA, OR BEING BITTEN BY AN ADDER, AND ACCLAIMED AS A GOD, AND YET NOT ALLOWING EVEN THIS TO LAY HOLD OF HIS EGO. LIKE THE SERPENT FROM WHICH IT CAME FORM, HE KNEW PRIDE, AND SELF-IMAGE HAD TO HAVE A DEATH BLOW! AND AS THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD, WE TO MUST COME TO THE PLACE, WHERE WE NOT JUST SAY WITH OUR LIPS, THAT WE HAVE DEALT WITH IT, BUT THAT WE DEMONSTRATE THE HUMILITY, AND SELFLESSNESS OF CHRIST HIMSELF, WHO WAS WILLING TO EVEN DIE FOR HIS BROTHERS, AND THOSE WHO WERE NOT. WELL, I SHARE THESE THINGS WITH YOU, IN HOPES THAT THEY WILL BLESS YOU, AS THEY ARE A BLESSING TO ME. THAT WE SEE TOGETHER, THE URGENCY OF THE HOUR WE ARE IN, AND SHUT OURSELVES IN WITH THE LORD, FIRST TO KNOW HIM, AND SECOND TO FEED HIS SHEEP. JUST RECENTLY THE LORD HAS SHOWN ME THAT WE ARE IN THE PROPHECY OF AMOS 8:11..... THERE IS A FAMINE OF 'HEARING' THE WORDS OF THE LORD! PRIDE, IS ONLY 'ONE' REASON FOR THIS, THERE ARE MANY OTHERS.... BUT PRIDE IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT THE WORD HAS BEEN CHOKED OUT OF THE PULPITS, AND REPLACED WITH THE 'CHARM OF HUMAN INTELLECT AND WIT". THERE ARE OTHER REASONS, BUT LIKE ALL OTHER SINS, WE START AT THE ROOT, THEN WE SEE THE RESULT OF THE FRUIT, AND DETERMINE THE TREE... IS IT POISON, OR WILL IT BRING LIFE TO THOSE WHO EAT FROM IT! BELOVED, PLEASE BE ENCOURAGED. THOUGH THE TRIALS ARE VERY DIFFICULT, AND THE PAIN/S SOMETIMES VERY SEVERE, WE ARE LED BY ONE WHO WAS NAILED TO A CROSS, AND DIED, THEN LIVED TO TELL ABOUT IT! HE SUFFERS WITH US IN OUR AFFLICTIONS. WE ARE GOING TO BE A PEOPLE, WHO PICK UP THE BIBLE AND READ IT, AND THEN , BELIEVE IT! NOT IN JUST WORDS... BUT IN A DEMONSTRATION, AS PAUL SAID, OF POWER. THE POWER TO WALK IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD. THE POWER TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE THAT BRINGS GLORY TO GOD, IMITATORS OF CHRIST AS BELOVED CHILDREN! WE ARE SUFFERING GREAT LOSS HERE AS WELL, BUT, THROUGH IT ALL, WE ARE LEARNING THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD... PAIN? MUCH OF IT, BEYOND WORDS! YET, THERE IS BEING BIRTHED AN INNER PEACE THROUGH IT ALL, THAT GOD IS STILL ON THE THRONE, AND IS KING OVER THE FLOOD/S, AND WE NEED TO REST AND TRUST, AND WAIT, AND NOT TRY AND 'DO IT OURSELVES,' BUT, LET THE PRIDE OF THE HEART HAVE IT'S DEATH BLOW. THERE WILL BE MUCH GLORY TO THE LORD THROUGH A PEOPLE WHO TRULY TRUST HIM, AND ARE SEEKING HIS FACE AND NOT HIS HAND, A PEOPLE WHO ARE IN ONE MIND, AND ONE ACCORD, ALL WANTING THE SAME THING........ THAT JESUS BE LORD IN THEIR MIDST, AND HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL IN THEIR GATHERINGS, AND HE ALONE GETS ALL THE GLORY. THAT WE BECOME ONE WITH THE FATHER, AND KNOW HIS HEART, AND ALL THESE 'AMBITIONS,' MELT AWAY BY THE REVELATION OF HIS HOLINESS, AND LOVE.
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