Series 2.11.11 - #315

 

November 11, 2004

I enter God's gates with thanksgiving. I will come into his courts with praise. Jesus is God, and there is no other God beside him. He has accepted my praises and listened to my prayers. Prayers are not vain words spoken into the air, but my prayers came unto him, and he has considered my words and my intents. I am not discouraged because of my lack of understanding of God's timing. I remember, his thoughts are higher than my thoughts, and his ways are higher than my ways. God's timing is not my timing; therefore, I rest in confidence that he has heard me and will answer according to his own will and not my own.

Deliverance has already come. I simply trust in God's infinite love for me and lean not to my own understanding. I have leaned on my own understanding and lost the balance of faith. Faith has a balance and so does charity. I lift my eyes to God's wisdom and understanding and then will I see clearer. Jesus has not faltered in attempting anything. His ways are perfect, and there is nothing impossible for him. He is the only Lord God, the lifter of my head. He has not failed in lifting me from the ruins of the latter days. The Lord has sent forth the resurrection power and raised me up together with him into a heavenly place. I am content to abide in the heavenly places that he has caused me to reside in.

I lift my eyes to contentment and godliness instead of bowing my head to the pits of despair. I purpose not to worry any longer about the size of the congregation here, for my worry is rooted in spiritual pride and ignorance to the will of God. Jesus is the builder of the house and the keeper of the house. He adds to his body daily such as should be saved. Now I lean to him and not to myself. I lift my eyes to Jesus. I lift my head to the hills of salvation, and I behold the help in the hills. I lift my faith from the dead places where the vultures live, and I come to the clouds filled with latter day rain. The clouds of rain are being emptied out by the Spirit of God. Now I will go away with the Lord and leave the valley of frustration forever. He is not the author of confusion but of peace. I enter the rest designed for me, and I will find that the hour of great revival has flourished in my midst while I have slumbered with the drunkards of the hour.

I lift my eyes from the vomit of dogs and thieves. The dogs of the hour are drunk with the slumberers. I will shun this fellowship of losers and come into God's throne room of grace for an abundant supply of grace that the work might be fulfilled. Jesus has not shut off the avenue to the throne. I have drawn back from the fellowship of the spirit. Now that grace has drawn me again, I allow this grace to keep me in the presence of grace. The Lord has sent forth freshness into my heart, and now I shall see the beauty of his grace working on my behalf. His grace is sufficient for me. I look to its sufficiency, and I will lose the heaviness that I bear. He has placed an easy yoke and a light burden upon me. Now I lift my head as he pours grace into my lips. I purpose to speak this same grace into the ears of those who are cast down by confusion and weariness.

 

 

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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