The sorrow of the betrayal takes my breath away. It causes me to cry a river of tears. Even though I cannot take responsibility for another's choices, even when they refuse to listen to truth..even then it breaks my heart. Is this what it means to bear Christ's cross of sorrow and suffering? I have never known such pain, never knew it would pierce my heart so deeply. Defend my heart my Lord for this heart is Yours. All of it. I hold none of it back.
I bow to You and Your plan. I am Yours and I will follow You, the Lamb, wherever You go. Even to the cross, even though it hurts to the point of death. I still choose Your way. I still choose Your plan.
An excerpt from George Warnock's Feast of Tabernacles:
It is commonly recognized that some day the saints are to become so thoroughly identified with Christ in His resurrection that we shall be exactly like Him, having bodies like unto His own glorious body, and sharing His very own life and glory. But the corresponding truth concerning our identification with His death, has scarcely dawned upon us; that we must share His Cross so vitally that it actually becomes our Cross. This is hard to really comprehend; but God is going to bring His people into that place where they shall become actually identified with the death of Christ, so much so that with this experience we shall testify, " I am crucified with Christ..." " For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection." (Rom. 6:5). The word "planted together" signifies "grown up with," and therefore thoroughly one with Him in His death. It is identification with Him, so vital and real, that His death becomes our very own.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
My Father's House
In My Father's house are many mansions...I go to prepare a place for you. (John 14:2).
In our Father's house, there are many dwelling places. Many many rooms within rooms..endless places for us to spend time exploring with Him and with each other. And that word 'mansion' is more than just a room. It is a whole mansion worth of rooms. And the Father's house is FULL of mansions, which are full of rooms. Wow..an eternity of new places to explore in Him.
And Lord, I asked, What is the difference between Your house and Your heart? Ah, I realized..Your House is the very same as Your Heart!! You dwell richly within us..and we in You. You are in my heart..and I am a temple of the Holy Spirit..where He dwells. And I am in the Father's heart. So the Father's house is where we all abide. In His heart, in His house.
The Lord takes us into different chambers, alcoves, and places of His heart. He abides with us there as He imparts new treasures. We will abide in a variety of places with Him as He leads us. And He will lead us to abide in new unexplored places with others who are His Bride because we were never meant to dwell alone.
We will have all this to look forward to in heaven of course, but even now we dwell in heavenly places in Christ. (Ephesians 2:6) I have had this urging in my spirit to search out the depths of the heart of the Lord for months. I have been so drawn to this searching that my heart cries out with longing so great, and it has been such a mystery as to why it is so intense. And now I know..that it is my home, His heart. My Father's House.
The richness and the treasures of His House I will explore for eternity with Him. And I am only one dwelling place. There are many many others! dwelling places within the Father's House. Many many others who are His Bride are also multi-room dwelling places. All of these we will spend forever delighting in one-by-one, in awe of the beauty the Father has for us in every new room.
John 14:3-4,6 And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know... I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Jesus is our way to the Father's House..and the only way to get there.
Yes, He does have an eternal home for us in heaven, but right now we can dwell in the Father's House in heavenly places. And His house is deep within His heart. Here I will abide.
In our Father's house, there are many dwelling places. Many many rooms within rooms..endless places for us to spend time exploring with Him and with each other. And that word 'mansion' is more than just a room. It is a whole mansion worth of rooms. And the Father's house is FULL of mansions, which are full of rooms. Wow..an eternity of new places to explore in Him.
And Lord, I asked, What is the difference between Your house and Your heart? Ah, I realized..Your House is the very same as Your Heart!! You dwell richly within us..and we in You. You are in my heart..and I am a temple of the Holy Spirit..where He dwells. And I am in the Father's heart. So the Father's house is where we all abide. In His heart, in His house.
The Lord takes us into different chambers, alcoves, and places of His heart. He abides with us there as He imparts new treasures. We will abide in a variety of places with Him as He leads us. And He will lead us to abide in new unexplored places with others who are His Bride because we were never meant to dwell alone.
We will have all this to look forward to in heaven of course, but even now we dwell in heavenly places in Christ. (Ephesians 2:6) I have had this urging in my spirit to search out the depths of the heart of the Lord for months. I have been so drawn to this searching that my heart cries out with longing so great, and it has been such a mystery as to why it is so intense. And now I know..that it is my home, His heart. My Father's House.
The richness and the treasures of His House I will explore for eternity with Him. And I am only one dwelling place. There are many many others! dwelling places within the Father's House. Many many others who are His Bride are also multi-room dwelling places. All of these we will spend forever delighting in one-by-one, in awe of the beauty the Father has for us in every new room.
John 14:3-4,6 And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know... I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Jesus is our way to the Father's House..and the only way to get there.
Yes, He does have an eternal home for us in heaven, but right now we can dwell in the Father's House in heavenly places. And His house is deep within His heart. Here I will abide.
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