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The Wall of Fire: A place of peace, strength and rest.
Good afternoon lovely ladies of The Rock!
Today I am supposed to be writing a devotional about Strength or Peace, and I’m going to, but I am going to get there in a very round about way, so please bear with me!
On Sunday I had a funny song in my head when I woke up in the middle of the night. He gave me a word about entering into a season of "wall breaking" which I gave during church on Sunday. Then, He also gave me a CRUCIAL key in order to break down the walls, and that key was THE SHOUT.
I had another middle of the night encounter with the Lord last night (the bible isn’t kidding when it says He doesn’t sleep or slumber!), and He really impressed something upon me to share with the rest of you!
He told me, “Heather, I never ask you to lay something down, that I am not going to replace with more of myself or give you something better.” You see walls aren’t always just obstacles placed in our path by the enemy, sometimes they are walls you and I have built with our junk. Sometimes I picture these walls as being something Oscar the Grouch would be proud of, because they are just made out of garbage.
And while this is not a pretty picture I have painted (this is where the bear with me part comes in!) what the Lord wants to replace these walls with most certainly is a SIGHT TO BEHOLD!!!!
He led me at around 3 am to Zechariah 2: 5 & 10 and these verses say:
5Then I, myself, will be a protective WALL OF FIRE around Jerusalem, says the Lord. And I will be the GLORY INSIDE THE CITY!”
10The Lord says, SHOUT & REJOICE O beautiful Jerusalem, for I am coming to LIVE AMONG YOU!”
Now, I want you to think about your walls, the ones the enemy has built to block you and the ones you have built that hinder you. Do they not pale in comparison to the amazing wall of fire and His glory? Talk about a place of PEACE, STRENGTH, and REST!
Ephesians 2:14 (NKJV) says: He himself is our PEACE, who has made both one, and broken down the middle WALL of separation.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am ready to PLOW THROUGH SOME WALLS! My love for Him dictates that NOTHING is worth holding on to if it’s going to come between myself and Him, my TRUE LOVE! He deserves so much more of that, I owe my devotion to Him, and He can have whatever He wants!
So are you looking for rest in your life? Are you looking for peace & strength? He is all those things and more! Pastor Al followed up the word on Sunday with the reason for these walls coming down. That reason is deeper intimacy with the Father. Papa Dan talked about SWIMMING in the river. Walls can act like a dam sometimes.
If you are serious about plowing through walls and going deeper, I want you to pray this prayer with me:
“Father today I recognize my need to go deeper with you. I want to embrace everything you are, and everything you have for me. I want to love you like you love me and I want that love to spill over onto others. Show me the walls Lord; show me the areas in my life where you want to bring freedom & healing. I surrender to your loving and mighty hand in my life.”
AMEN! Now get ready for the Lord to just love on you! He is not harsh, He is gentle and He is patient and kind, He is the Master Potter, you are the clay. Let Him make something beautiful!
Heather~
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
7-20-09 Hope
HOPE
Hope is a very powerful thing. Without it the most powerful people have fallen, defeated by despair. With it the weakest, most beaten and run-down people have risen and conquered. We all have things we hope for: things we long to see for ourselves, our children, our church. My question for you today is: Where have you placed your hope?
Our country recently voted a man into office based on the HOPE that he would change things. Because the hope was placed in carnal man, that hope was simply a wish, desire, a CHANCE; nothing more. When I have placed my own hope for a better life in a worldly job, I had only a CHANCE to see the promise of success. When we place our hope for a longer, healthier life in the foods we eat from this fallen earth, we have only a CHANCE to live disease free and our ideal weight.
But, if what you hope for today is placed in the One who promised, “I know the plans I have for you: plans to give you a future and a hope.” then your hope is not just a chance, but can be an EXPECTATION! Something that we can rely fully on, knowing with certainty that IT WILL HAPPEN! Our heavenly Father loves us immeasurably, without restraint, and He wants the very best for us. Every promise He has ever made to you, your family, your church, will come to pass and we can HOPE in that.
When we hope in those things that have been promised by our Father (love, deliverance, freedom, joy, forgiveness, success, eternal life, salvation, prosperity, etc.), we find strength to face even the darkest days, knowing that no matter what we may see or may NOT see, God is working it out for our good, our growth, our salvation.
So, within your cocoon today (as we have been talking about in the Ladies’ Ministry at The Rock) remember to HOPE for the day that will SURELY come when you immerge an incredible, unmatched, glorious butterfly.
From the inside out, one caterpillar to another,
Staci
Hope is a very powerful thing. Without it the most powerful people have fallen, defeated by despair. With it the weakest, most beaten and run-down people have risen and conquered. We all have things we hope for: things we long to see for ourselves, our children, our church. My question for you today is: Where have you placed your hope?
Our country recently voted a man into office based on the HOPE that he would change things. Because the hope was placed in carnal man, that hope was simply a wish, desire, a CHANCE; nothing more. When I have placed my own hope for a better life in a worldly job, I had only a CHANCE to see the promise of success. When we place our hope for a longer, healthier life in the foods we eat from this fallen earth, we have only a CHANCE to live disease free and our ideal weight.
But, if what you hope for today is placed in the One who promised, “I know the plans I have for you: plans to give you a future and a hope.” then your hope is not just a chance, but can be an EXPECTATION! Something that we can rely fully on, knowing with certainty that IT WILL HAPPEN! Our heavenly Father loves us immeasurably, without restraint, and He wants the very best for us. Every promise He has ever made to you, your family, your church, will come to pass and we can HOPE in that.
When we hope in those things that have been promised by our Father (love, deliverance, freedom, joy, forgiveness, success, eternal life, salvation, prosperity, etc.), we find strength to face even the darkest days, knowing that no matter what we may see or may NOT see, God is working it out for our good, our growth, our salvation.
So, within your cocoon today (as we have been talking about in the Ladies’ Ministry at The Rock) remember to HOPE for the day that will SURELY come when you immerge an incredible, unmatched, glorious butterfly.
From the inside out, one caterpillar to another,
Staci
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
7-15-09 God's Promise of Worth
God’s Promise of Worth
As we go about living everyday out for the Lord, we think we have a handle on things and …there it goes again…..
We battle with our self-esteem again. We didn't mean to but we did it again. We started listening to the lies of the enemy. Then something happens….we feel we’re not good at being a mom, a friend, an employee, a servant for the Lord. We couldn’t stay consistent in our goals. Why aren’t things going right?
We all have different challenges and talents.
Everyone is different.
Everyone has strengths and limitations. Accept them and know that in Romans 8:28 God says...”We know all things work together for the good of those who love God: those called according to His purpose.
We sometimes feel our limitations are bad. In II Corinthians 12:9 says “My strength is made perfect in weakness.
God wants you to know that He has wonderfully made you. You are unique.
In Psalms 139:13-14 God says…”For you formed in my inward parts; you covered me in my mother’s Womb. I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.”
As a Christian, you must know that your worth is not in what you do, but from who Christ is in you. John 15:5 Christ says …”I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he will bear much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.
My sister’s true worth comes only when we abide in Him. Jesus alone is truly worthy and it is in Him, in Christ, that we possess our worth. I pray that when frustrations and low self-esteem come, you will take captive those thoughts and remember how wonderful you are.
Blessing in Christ,
Susie K. Blake
As we go about living everyday out for the Lord, we think we have a handle on things and …there it goes again…..
We battle with our self-esteem again. We didn't mean to but we did it again. We started listening to the lies of the enemy. Then something happens….we feel we’re not good at being a mom, a friend, an employee, a servant for the Lord. We couldn’t stay consistent in our goals. Why aren’t things going right?
We all have different challenges and talents.
Everyone is different.
Everyone has strengths and limitations. Accept them and know that in Romans 8:28 God says...”We know all things work together for the good of those who love God: those called according to His purpose.
We sometimes feel our limitations are bad. In II Corinthians 12:9 says “My strength is made perfect in weakness.
God wants you to know that He has wonderfully made you. You are unique.
In Psalms 139:13-14 God says…”For you formed in my inward parts; you covered me in my mother’s Womb. I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.”
As a Christian, you must know that your worth is not in what you do, but from who Christ is in you. John 15:5 Christ says …”I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he will bear much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.
My sister’s true worth comes only when we abide in Him. Jesus alone is truly worthy and it is in Him, in Christ, that we possess our worth. I pray that when frustrations and low self-esteem come, you will take captive those thoughts and remember how wonderful you are.
Blessing in Christ,
Susie K. Blake
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