Words of Light

CONFESSIONS OF FAITH

Upon the Face of Darkness

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. (Genesis 1:1-3)

The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10:8-10)

Upon the Face of Failure

I look at the mercies of David and see that God made plans for me, a child of Abraham, by the new covenant provision of faith. I will give the Lord my faith, and he will give me an exchange of his blessings. The currency of faith is enough for God. He has sought me and found me, and now he looks for my faith. I will give it to him, and I will not fret about the threat of failure. God has not come to answer the questions that failure has interrogated me with, but he has come to enforce the actions of his cross. Jesus has come to enforce the actions of his cross.

Upon the Face of Lack of Confidence

God has brought me into a secret place. I am hidden in Christ Jesus. As many as have been baptized into Christ, have put him on. Wearing Christ has adorned me with a new identity for a new creature. I will walk worthy of this new identity. I am clothed with the garment of righteousness. By faith, I now shod myself with the shoes of peace and go forth as the peacemaker that I am created to be. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

The secret place of the Lord's hand is a fertile pasture of grazing for His children. Prosperity is a successful crop in His hand. There are no shortages here, and no credit report is asked for. God has given me grace without considering my past. I have a new life. It is hidden because I have died with Christ. Now my life is hid with Christ in God. I rejoice. God has concealed me in a secret place. He covered me with His name in baptism. The remarkable name that I am privileged has identified me as His. Jesus is the Prince of Peace. He rules over His own government, and there is no end to this government and His peace.

The Lord's secret is with them that fear Him. He has shown me the true covenant and revealed the name of the Prince of Peace unto me. I know the Son's name, and I know the Father's name. Jesus is the King of the entire earth. There is only one Lord, and His name is one. There is no name higher than His name. A name describes all that one is. There is no other name high enough to describe the one that is holy, holy, and holy.

The Lord's name is called the Word of God. The sharpness of His name is real. I will speak it with authority, for it is given to me because I am in the family. It is the family name. I will hide myself in this household and pass the benefits of safety on to my offspring. In the household of God, I am counted righteous, and God's secret is with me. His covenant has been shown to me. He has placed His law in my inward parts and written it in my heart. He is my God, and I am His son. To me, it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. I will do His will, and then will I know the doctrine as the doctrine of God and not the doctrine of man. Through faith, I abide by these principles that I have found in the government of peace, and I am comforted by the King of my heavenly government. I am not comfortless. Jesus is in me forever. I come and follow him. He will lead and guide me into all truth.

Upon the Face of Loneliness

I will not regret the path of loneliness. It is filled with many hidden treasures and beautiful experiences, which cannot be found amidst the crowded broad ways of worldliness. Along the lonely paths of obscurity, I will enter into a love relationship with Jesus that shall secure my heart and bond my heart to his. I must be bonded to him. My affections must belong to him and not to another god. I must learn to love him. If I have not learned to love him, my Delilah, who shall surely come, will rob me of my crown and my place in the kingdom. I love the Lord.

Upon the Face of Lust and Worldliness

I place my confidence in God. He is my hope, the hope of glory. This is his church. He is building it and not man. I labor together with him, but he is the builder and the founder. He will place the people in his building as he has planned aforetime. He is not finding out who goes in this place and that place. He knows where each person belongs.

I will not look to the actions of people to determine my directions. I will look to Jesus. He is shaking everything that can be shaken. As a tree is shaken to bring down fruit, He is shaking the church. The Lord is pulling up everything that he did not plant. Security is not found in human strength. Some have held on by human strength and simply used the church for a place to hide. They come to the building but are not of him.

Lust has consumed many. It has made a way for sin to take them into bondage. Worldliness has leaped upon those who have gazed with their hearts at the false religious system. Their love of the world has become evident to the family of God. Some must be removed, so that their spirit does not contaminate the others. I will not love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, is the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. This is not of the Father but is of the world. The world shall pass away and the lust thereof, but everyone that does the will of God will abide forever.

God has shown much compassion and granted abundance of patience and mercy. They have mocked the Lord. They have mocked the people of God. Now God will move to teach them of the folly of rebellion, deception, and disobedience. He has called, and they did not come. He has beckoned, and they did not hearken. Their crops are sown, and now the reaper shall come through their lives. A strong delusion has been sent to some because they did not receive a love of the truth. The ungodly are not so but are as the chaff which the wind drives away.

The Lord is spewing the lukewarm out of his mouth. He is blowing away the ungodly. I will not be surprised who is spewed out and blown away. I will not attempt to hold on to those that the Lord is spewing out of his mouth. I will not attempt to hold on to those that he is blowing away. The trash of their attitudes and their words will only cloud my vision. Through faith, I will stand aside as God purges his body. I behold the multitudes in the distance that are appointed to be heirs of salvation.

Upon the Face of Mourning

I rise early and seek the Lord. In the morning of my life, he will greet me with the freshness of his love and its inspiration. The relationship that he fostered has been returned to me. The communion once held in high esteem has been revived in me. The table of fresh bread is prepared for me today. Fresh water is poured from on high, and light is shining in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. I receive of his goodness, and rejoice in the presence of redemption. Light has come to me, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon me. Though darkness has covered the earth and gross darkness the people, the Lord has arisen upon me. His glory shall be seen upon me. From my nations, this light is shining, and many have come to this glorious light. Kings have come to the brightness of his rising. I lift up my eyes from the small things of my own comprehension, and behold the abundance of his glory. The tabernacle of David has been raised. I now have walls of Salvation and gates of Praise. The Lord is the everlasting light of this tabernacle. He is my glory. He is my everlasting light. He has come to end my mourning. I believe that.

Upon the Face of Oppressors, Persecutors, and Tyrants

God has made a way where there was no way. I am safe in this high tower of safety with the redeemed. The Lord has hidden me in the tower of his name. The tyrants of the age have sought to destroy the seed of his purpose, but those who he ordained unto safety and purpose cannot be found by these tyrants of the night. God knew that I would serve him, and he knows all those who will serve him. He is not worrying about those who do not serve him. There is a seed that will serve him. If they are not his seed, then they cannot serve him.

Upon the Face of Waters of Prosperity

I welcome the journey of good things. I will not be spoiled, neither will I become ungrateful. I will be full of gratitude and thanksgiving, and then will the waters of prosperity be a place to swim and not a place to drown. God has given me the lifeguard of grace and the life preserver of experience. I will rest in the shade of love, and I will come to the place of many blessings.

Upon the Face of Pride and Self-centeredness

God desires fervent, demonstrative praises that come from my heart and strength. I cast aside my pride and my self-centeredness, and behold the swift blows of divinity against my enemy. Only humility can follow the path of the angels who have gone on before me. I will join the warriors of flesh and come to the graveyards of dry bones unless I go forth in praise and thanksgiving. I enter into the security of thanksgiving and praise, and now I am hidden from the wrestlers of the darkness.

Upon the Face of Rejection

I will not worry about those who cause trouble; neither will I worry about those who despise me and the ministry. It is their problem and God's problem, not mine. I have brought God this burden of rejection by people, and he will destroy it upon his altar of mercy.

Upon the Face of Storms and Weaknesses

I do not fear the storm of doubt and unbelief. God will speak peace unto my storms and weaknesses. I do not look to my own sufficiency, neither to the gods of the world. The Lord has many people that have not bowed to the idols of the day. There are many in my own fellowship that have bowed to the idols while thinking they are worshiping the True God. I will lift up my eyes unto the new day that has come forth, and I will walk in the light of this day and this hour. The night is coming rapidly. The horses are already on the way unto the time period that we live in. The time period of the horses gives knowledge of the forcefulness of their gait. The breath of air from their nostrils is furious. Their eyes glare anxiously, and their minds wonder where they are going. Their riders hurry with anxiety and anger. They desire to taste of the victory that they shall win. I will be alerted and stirred to action and real faith, for this is the hour of the church. God has hidden us, his church, in the bedchamber and saved us from the wrath of death. It is our time to be revealed before our exit unto the wedding.

Upon the Face of Trouble

The lonely chamber of preservation is the preparation chamber of royalty. God has kept me here to preserve me in the salt of his name until my hour comes. Those who were not chosen unto this final hour must be destroyed by the tyrants of the day before we come from our hiding place. The pride of the tyrants will not find us. We will not be cut off though our room of loneliness seems dark and the proud doers come near our pillow. Their voices may come near, but the songs of deliverance shall encompass us about and bring us peace. The trouble in the chamber of preservation perceived by our minds shall be the mother of inspiration and songs. We will receive messages of deliverance. Others will receive songs of deliverance in this chamber of preservation. The chamber of preservation is his tabernacle, and it has a secret. We are hidden in the secret of the tabernacle; therefore, we will not fear. The sons of God will be manifested, and even the earth will be satisfied. We are hidden in purpose. Those chosen to lead in manifesting the Lord will come together though they may be many miles apart. The sons and daughters of God will be manifested. The Lord is our refuge and our fortress. We are not only upon the rock of revelation, but we are in the Rock of ages.

Upon the Face of Half-hearted Worship

God is my covert from the searching things of the hour. As he did not allow me to plunge to the bottom of the canyon of ignorance, he has also kept my feet from falling and given me more grace in the time when many are falling. I lift up my voice and offer sacrificial praise. Praises that do not cost me anything are worthless praises unto the Lord. He desires effectual, fervent praises that are poured out unto him as precious water that I have risked my life for. I will not offer the Lord anything that did not cost me something. He is the Living Eternal God; therefore, I predicate my worship upon his worth and not upon my feelings and blessings. I must decide to worship him according to his worth. I cannot effectively worship him if I have not discovered that his worth is not calculable. There is no instrument that will measure his worth. The value system of the kingdom of God is not the same as the value systems of the world. I come to the marketplace of fiery trials and weigh the worth of experiences found in the treasures of fire.

The Lord has not allowed me to go down to the low pit of destruction, but he has continually expressed love toward me even when I was disobedient and ignorant. He has sent forth the surging power of his knowledge and allowed me to eat again of life's bread. He has placed bread on the platter of my praises. I will now eat and drink without the leaven of hypocrisy and unbelief. I lift my eyes again to true faith. True faith will bring me into the large room of sincerity and truth. The room of truth is not fashioned after the room of lies. The architect of religion has fashioned rooms of lies that now hold many in the prison cells of religious bondage. God has brought me out of the religious performances of the age and placed me before a throne of grace. Before this throne, I am elected because of love and not because of religious advantage. I come and behold the light of truth in this large room for my habitation. This light will not shine in vain, for it cannot be turned unto vanity. The light of truth has shined and glorified Jesus, the only Lord God. I will go and declare the beauty of holiness and the power of sacrificial praise.

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. (Ephesians 2:8-9)