Dear Blog World. Please forgive me. yet again.lol I know it's been a while since my last post, but please dive DEEP into the heart of God and pull out some blood to cover my blog sins.lolhahahah
No but really. It's has been a wild[and I mean WILD] eight and a half months of 2011 here in Mississippi. Some major[and I mean MAJOR] shift have taken place for the VERY good and some not weren't as nice. A lot that I wasn't expecting but that's kind of the nature of an apostolic generation. This kind of lifestyle requires FAITH. The lord once told me that to walk by Faith means that every step is anchored in the unseen.
So it has defiantly been an awesome season of transition, reformation, shifting, and establishing[hint the lack of post.busy.lol] Enough lingering. On the the point of the post.
So once upon a time...dot dot dot...I was in shape. I've always loved the great outdoors. I grew up with a big brother who loved sports so as a little brother I already had the propensity to be naturally athletic. Growing up, I practically lived outside . And I've always been a runner.
I can remember some of the most intimate times with the lord as a fourteen/fifteen year old were in the streets of my neighborhood running for hours. During the late hours of the night, I would just be outside communing with the triune God. I would just run and run and run. Something magical would happen as I exhausted my self. I would die.
Hidden deep in the labyrinth of my heart, are levels of brokenness and sin that needed/need to be abolished. Pain is the great revealer of those hidden places. So as I would run, the pain of my current condition would supernaturally be brought to the forefront of my heart. But the Spirit Might would rise in my inner man and strengthen the "real" me to overtake that current level of "brokeness me"[really Josh?sigh].
The old man would get the cover ripped off him, and then beaten violently as I got my eye on where I want to run to and pushed my selft to finish off strong. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that me pushing my self to the limit while running actually was[is] an avenue the lord used to expose some of the "underconstruction" areas and then give me grace to deal with them in his gentleness.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
//Hoodwinked
Here's a quick back drop for my point.(Read all the way through!)
Before the lord returns, there will be seven years of Tribulation. Despite popular western belief...the church will be on the earth during the tribulation. It's our privilege not our punishment. Any who, long story short the ant-christ will bring false peace for 3 and a half years to win the heart of the world, become the world political leader, then turn on everyone and make everyone get a mark in order to buy food. He will declare him self as God, and many will believe him, even the elect in Christ(better get grounded in the knowledge of God) will get swept a wave in deception. Then that's when all the bad judgments are released and then at the 7 year mark, at the 7th trumpet, the King will shout and split the skies with passion in his eyes.
Whew...that was a mouth full.
Paul said that the dead in Christ will rise first to meet him in the sky and get there resurrected body, then those who are still alive will get there's in a twinkling of an eye. Our resurrected bodies will be shinning like the sun(hint we will be like him when we see him :] ). The degree of our brightness will be determined by our faithfulness to God in this age. Jesus' sermon on the mount tells us that it's what's done in secret that matters. Faithfulness is measured by our life in secret, not in public.
Our relationship with God in this age will be put on display for all to see in the age to come. He will openly reward those who were faithful in secret. We're going to be surprised by who actually knew God.
I said ALL of that just to say this. Don't get hoodwinked by peoples external expressions of greatness. It's whats done in secret that will transfer into greatness in the age to come. Some of the greatest well known men of God will be just as bright as some of the laymen house mom who know one knew about. The street sweeper is eligible to have a greater reward that the healing evangelist with the world-wide ministry. It's all about the heart. Get wise. Tuck your self into the bosom of his presence and pursue more of HIM and not a bigger whatever. Don't worry your self about who see's you, be determined to be seen by God. Oh, Beloved when you value his opinion over every other set of eyes...freedom is yours. Ok enough bunny trails.
Give your self to the knowledge of God. To know God requires relationship. Relationship demands intimacy. Knowledge is intimacy. You can know as much of Him as you want. He's unsearchable. You cannot exhaust the knowledge of God. Let the pursuit to know God more intimately rule your life(over pursuit for temporary pleasures and greatness). That's holiness. That's your reward. God himself. In all of His Glory. Don't get hoodwinked by what you see ;)
Before the lord returns, there will be seven years of Tribulation. Despite popular western belief...the church will be on the earth during the tribulation. It's our privilege not our punishment. Any who, long story short the ant-christ will bring false peace for 3 and a half years to win the heart of the world, become the world political leader, then turn on everyone and make everyone get a mark in order to buy food. He will declare him self as God, and many will believe him, even the elect in Christ(better get grounded in the knowledge of God) will get swept a wave in deception. Then that's when all the bad judgments are released and then at the 7 year mark, at the 7th trumpet, the King will shout and split the skies with passion in his eyes.
Whew...that was a mouth full.
Paul said that the dead in Christ will rise first to meet him in the sky and get there resurrected body, then those who are still alive will get there's in a twinkling of an eye. Our resurrected bodies will be shinning like the sun(hint we will be like him when we see him :] ). The degree of our brightness will be determined by our faithfulness to God in this age. Jesus' sermon on the mount tells us that it's what's done in secret that matters. Faithfulness is measured by our life in secret, not in public.
Our relationship with God in this age will be put on display for all to see in the age to come. He will openly reward those who were faithful in secret. We're going to be surprised by who actually knew God.
I said ALL of that just to say this. Don't get hoodwinked by peoples external expressions of greatness. It's whats done in secret that will transfer into greatness in the age to come. Some of the greatest well known men of God will be just as bright as some of the laymen house mom who know one knew about. The street sweeper is eligible to have a greater reward that the healing evangelist with the world-wide ministry. It's all about the heart. Get wise. Tuck your self into the bosom of his presence and pursue more of HIM and not a bigger whatever. Don't worry your self about who see's you, be determined to be seen by God. Oh, Beloved when you value his opinion over every other set of eyes...freedom is yours. Ok enough bunny trails.
Give your self to the knowledge of God. To know God requires relationship. Relationship demands intimacy. Knowledge is intimacy. You can know as much of Him as you want. He's unsearchable. You cannot exhaust the knowledge of God. Let the pursuit to know God more intimately rule your life(over pursuit for temporary pleasures and greatness). That's holiness. That's your reward. God himself. In all of His Glory. Don't get hoodwinked by what you see ;)
Saturday, January 15, 2011
//trancedence
This is an excerpt from A.W. Tozer's book called. The Knowledge of the Holy[which a highly recommend everyone read. often.]
We must not think of God as highest in an ascending order of beings, starting with the single cell and going on up from the fish to the bird to the animals to man to angel to cherub to God. This would be to grant God eminence, even pre-eminence, but that is NOT ENOUGH. we must grant Him transcendence in the fullest meaning of the word. Forever God stands apart, in light unapproachable. He is as high above an archangel as above a caterpillar, for the gulf that separates the archangel from the caterpillar is but finite, while the gulf between God and the archangel is infinite. The caterpillar and the archangel, though far removed from each other in the scale of created things, are nevertheless one in that they are alive created.
We must not think of God as highest in an ascending order of beings, starting with the single cell and going on up from the fish to the bird to the animals to man to angel to cherub to God. This would be to grant God eminence, even pre-eminence, but that is NOT ENOUGH. we must grant Him transcendence in the fullest meaning of the word. Forever God stands apart, in light unapproachable. He is as high above an archangel as above a caterpillar, for the gulf that separates the archangel from the caterpillar is but finite, while the gulf between God and the archangel is infinite. The caterpillar and the archangel, though far removed from each other in the scale of created things, are nevertheless one in that they are alive created.
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