Again and again ~ I have so many things to say and yet, nothing at all. But, I will trust that if you have perchance stumbled upon these words it is because He intended you to read them and maybe you might even need them.
What is He saying right now to His people? To His bride? Oh, so many terribly, wonderful things and quite a few terribly, terrifying things as well. And so often as He speaks a shock of terror and wonder runs deep through our veins. As we listen to the immortal God, our own mortality shakes and quivers under the reality of His tremendous power. It is a shock of terror to the flesh and a shock of wonder to the spirit. And quite possibly that is exactly what we need in our present day ~ our flesh to take its rightful place, recognizing its own mortality and to fall in line behind our spirit man. Flesh no longer tolerated as master of our lives but as servant to the spirit man to enable us to fulfill the work He has determined for our days. Flesh was never intended to be master of our minutes spent, our days passing.
2 Corinthians 2:14 ~ "Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place."
Truth ~ if we our surrendered to Christ, we are living in complete victory and triumph today. Not tomorrow or the day after, but today. We are living, breathing triumph. Being lead about by the Spirit of God in complete victory. Now. Not tomorrow when this crazy corona thing subsides, but now. Triumphant. Victorious. That is the truth.
The question of the hour is are we walking in that truth? Are we speaking in that truth? Are we texting and typing in that truth? Are we thinking in that truth?
Or is our mind caught in a continual news feed of fear? A social media diet of anxiety? If we allow it, our flesh will walk us into fear and defeat, for our flesh is facing its own mortality. Our flesh will pass away. And if given even an inch, it will grab a mile and then another and then yet, a few more miles. It will walk many miles in defeat, if we allow it.
But, our spirit man knows a different way, a different tale. Our spirit man knows we will live an eternity with God, rejoicing at His feet, dancing through His thrown room for ALL OF TIME! Our spirit knows that God is taking us by the hand, grasping our sweaty, clammy hands and leading us in victory. Triumph. Our flesh will quake and quiver at the thought of its mortality but our spirit rejoices in its complete victory over death, through the cross of Christ.
Even in the midst of crazy corona ~ you my beloved son and daughter of God are TRIUMPHANT. VICTORIOUS.
Now we must walk in that.
For much of the world around us is dead and dying. Reeking of the fear and anxiety that grips and chokes our world. Our world languishes under the stench of the sick and dying and we beloved are "diffusing the fragrance of His knowledge in EVERY PLACE." We are His fragrance being poured out into the stench of the sick and dying and the very whiff of His knowledge brings the dead back to life! And every place where our feet step we pour forth triumph and victory. And the beautiful fragrance of the knowledge of God ~ the very truth that an Immortal God deeply loves us and cherishes us is diffused into every space we occupy.
That is our great calling, that is our purpose, that is the work we were intended to do. Diffusing the knowledge of God EVERYWHERE and at ALL TIMES through ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.
For we are triumphant EVERWHERE and at ALL TIMES though ALL CIRCUMSTANCES because of the cross of Christ.
We know this truth ~ we are truth bearers. We carry a gospel in our very hearts that our dying world needs to breathe in. We are diffusing the breath of God as we go forth into this dying world.
In a world caught in the very grip of an enemy that steals the breath of humanity, that drains the life blood from the losts' veins one painful drop at a time ~ that very world needs us to breathe forth the very breath of God! The life giving breath of God.
A disease of the respiratory sort, shortness of breath, can not catch my breath, can not inhale and exhale ~ that reeks of a nasty enemy does it not? Stealing the breath of humanity away! Figuratively and literally! Can not breath in, can not breath out. Trapped as prisoners in our own homes, terrified of this loss of breath. Oh, that reeks of a nasty enemy for certain.
But, we beloved carry the very breath of God! And every place we step He diffuses the very breath of His knowledge! And the world so desperately needs His life's breath right now! At this very moment, church breathe His life giving breath out! Exhale the knowledge of Him to the world around you that is languishing, perishing under this present dark loss of breath! We can not take a deep breath under the fear and anxiety of it all WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD! The very knowledge of God sets us free to breathe deep and lungs fill with life giving air! Church this is our hour to diffuse the knowledge of God into every place!
This is the essence of who we are, the very work we are called to do and we are called for such a time as this!
Do not permit your flesh to worry under its mortality, to walk you into anxiety and fear. My flesh will die, your flesh will pass away and praise God that it will! For then we enter into eternity with our Creator, to spend our days in eternal bliss.
What is He saying right now to His people? To His bride? Oh, so many terribly, wonderful things and quite a few terribly, terrifying things as well. And so often as He speaks a shock of terror and wonder runs deep through our veins. As we listen to the immortal God, our own mortality shakes and quivers under the reality of His tremendous power. It is a shock of terror to the flesh and a shock of wonder to the spirit. And quite possibly that is exactly what we need in our present day ~ our flesh to take its rightful place, recognizing its own mortality and to fall in line behind our spirit man. Flesh no longer tolerated as master of our lives but as servant to the spirit man to enable us to fulfill the work He has determined for our days. Flesh was never intended to be master of our minutes spent, our days passing.
2 Corinthians 2:14 ~ "Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place."
Truth ~ if we our surrendered to Christ, we are living in complete victory and triumph today. Not tomorrow or the day after, but today. We are living, breathing triumph. Being lead about by the Spirit of God in complete victory. Now. Not tomorrow when this crazy corona thing subsides, but now. Triumphant. Victorious. That is the truth.
The question of the hour is are we walking in that truth? Are we speaking in that truth? Are we texting and typing in that truth? Are we thinking in that truth?
Or is our mind caught in a continual news feed of fear? A social media diet of anxiety? If we allow it, our flesh will walk us into fear and defeat, for our flesh is facing its own mortality. Our flesh will pass away. And if given even an inch, it will grab a mile and then another and then yet, a few more miles. It will walk many miles in defeat, if we allow it.
But, our spirit man knows a different way, a different tale. Our spirit man knows we will live an eternity with God, rejoicing at His feet, dancing through His thrown room for ALL OF TIME! Our spirit knows that God is taking us by the hand, grasping our sweaty, clammy hands and leading us in victory. Triumph. Our flesh will quake and quiver at the thought of its mortality but our spirit rejoices in its complete victory over death, through the cross of Christ.
Even in the midst of crazy corona ~ you my beloved son and daughter of God are TRIUMPHANT. VICTORIOUS.
Now we must walk in that.
For much of the world around us is dead and dying. Reeking of the fear and anxiety that grips and chokes our world. Our world languishes under the stench of the sick and dying and we beloved are "diffusing the fragrance of His knowledge in EVERY PLACE." We are His fragrance being poured out into the stench of the sick and dying and the very whiff of His knowledge brings the dead back to life! And every place where our feet step we pour forth triumph and victory. And the beautiful fragrance of the knowledge of God ~ the very truth that an Immortal God deeply loves us and cherishes us is diffused into every space we occupy.
That is our great calling, that is our purpose, that is the work we were intended to do. Diffusing the knowledge of God EVERYWHERE and at ALL TIMES through ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.
For we are triumphant EVERWHERE and at ALL TIMES though ALL CIRCUMSTANCES because of the cross of Christ.
We know this truth ~ we are truth bearers. We carry a gospel in our very hearts that our dying world needs to breathe in. We are diffusing the breath of God as we go forth into this dying world.
In a world caught in the very grip of an enemy that steals the breath of humanity, that drains the life blood from the losts' veins one painful drop at a time ~ that very world needs us to breathe forth the very breath of God! The life giving breath of God.
A disease of the respiratory sort, shortness of breath, can not catch my breath, can not inhale and exhale ~ that reeks of a nasty enemy does it not? Stealing the breath of humanity away! Figuratively and literally! Can not breath in, can not breath out. Trapped as prisoners in our own homes, terrified of this loss of breath. Oh, that reeks of a nasty enemy for certain.
But, we beloved carry the very breath of God! And every place we step He diffuses the very breath of His knowledge! And the world so desperately needs His life's breath right now! At this very moment, church breathe His life giving breath out! Exhale the knowledge of Him to the world around you that is languishing, perishing under this present dark loss of breath! We can not take a deep breath under the fear and anxiety of it all WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD! The very knowledge of God sets us free to breathe deep and lungs fill with life giving air! Church this is our hour to diffuse the knowledge of God into every place!
This is the essence of who we are, the very work we are called to do and we are called for such a time as this!
Do not permit your flesh to worry under its mortality, to walk you into anxiety and fear. My flesh will die, your flesh will pass away and praise God that it will! For then we enter into eternity with our Creator, to spend our days in eternal bliss.
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