Series
3.3.9 - #68
Words
of Light Upon the Face of Pressure
March
9, 2005
I wonder about the realness of the voice that speaks within
me. I know that Christ lives within me. He is the word of God
within my heart and mind. The unregenerate do not know the voice
of the Lord, for they are not his, but his sheep hear his voice
and know it. I am not confused like the children of the darkness,
who know not God, but I am confident that he is speaking and
comforting his people by his spirit. The Lord did not bring
me to the table of redemption to feed me the diet of the world,
neither did he bring me to this table to allow me to be made
fat on his goodness. He has brought me here to prepare me for
ministry. I must not be fat on his goodness, but I must be hungry
everyday for righteousness. I MUST hunger and thirst after righteousness.
I MUST. I MUST. When I cease to hunger and thirst after righteousness,
then I will not be filled with holiness and light, but I will
be filled with the things of the world and of self.
God
has brought a revival of righteousness. He will cause the people
to hunger and thirst after this righteousness, which is God's
righteousness and not the filthy rags that men boast about.
I prepare for the restoration of his righteousness in the understanding
of the people. Many are void and empty of the understanding
of real righteousness. I will go and declare the righteousness
of God. He has redeemed the people, yet many are captives to
the systems of this world. When he saved them, he brought them
out of bondage and ushered them into his kingdom where living
waters reside. Many are simply floating on the rivers of life
and have never been plunged into the depths where the riches
of Christ reside. They shall never experience the true riches
until they have discovered the beauty of his righteousness.
Many sit and depend on their rags of righteousness, which are
filthy in his sight. God will bring to them a new understanding
that shall cause them to place total trust in him. He is Jehovah-Tsidkenu,
the Lord, our righteousness. Righteousness has set me in the
way of his own steps and ordered my steps after his own steps.
I
will not be not disturbed by these pressures all about me, for
there is no journey to the depths of the rivers of life without
the pressures that I feel. I will become acquainted with these
pressures and learn how to use them, for they are the atmosphere
of those who are called to the deep. The shallow shall not know
of these pressures and remain alive. Only the deep calls to
the deep. God has called me to be plunged into the depth of
his rivers of life, and there I will find the exceeding, great
riches of Christ. I will go and follow him, for there are pleasures
under these pressures. My mind will say that I will be crushed.
This atmosphere is as natural to me as the atmosphere of air.
I realize that great pressure comes with the descent to humility,
honor, life, and true riches. God speaks plainly to me. I have
been concerned about the pressures all about me. I will relax.
This is the atmosphere around those who are diving for the riches
of Christ. I am protected better than any diver. My robe of
righteousness and my God gives me all the protection that I
need. He is greater than all of the pressures on the outside;
therefore, there is no imbalance of force in this descent. I
will go and follow him. He will make me a fisher of men. The
dead have already descended to these lower parts, but the Lord
shall raise them from the deadness of their sins and continue
his journey to the heavenlies.
God
has chosen me. Many are called, but few are chosen. I will go
and say what the redeemed should say. I have a testimony. I
will speak the same things that he speaks. I cannot speak the
same things that he speaks if I do not know the word of God.
I cannot speak the same things that God speaks if I do not know
the voice of God. I cannot begin to speak the same things that
God speaks if I do not have confidence in the restoration and
the reconciliation of righteousness. God has restored me, and
now the power of regeneration does show forth the greatness
of its own power. Righteousness will exalt me. I can be angry
and sin not, for the subtlety of reproach does abide in the
atmospheric pressures all around me.
I
will trust in Jesus with all my heart and not lean to my own
understanding. He is the Lord, who knows all things. I abide
in him, and I allow his words to abide in me, now God will do
that which I have asked. He has declared unto me that his words
abide in me and I in him; therefore, I can ask what I will,
and it shall be done unto me. I do not doubt, but I believe
that he who asks also receives. He who knocks then it shall
be opened unto him. He who seeks is he who also shall find.
I will go and let God lead me in the search for true riches,
the riches of Christ Jesus. I will go and follow him. I purpose
not to draw back because of these pressures, for God will have
no pleasure in those who draw back. I will keep my confidence
in this time of great pressure, and God will pay me a reward
for my confidence. I believe.
Hebrews
10:22 - 23
Let
us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies
washed with pure water. Let
us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering;
(for he is faithful that promised;)
Ephesians
2:8-9
For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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