Series
2.2.6 - #37
February
6, 2004
The
expressions from the princes of spiritual compromise have slain
many while they have listened to the voice of false favor and
vanity. God has granted me a love for the truth that I may be
able to stand and not fall into the hands of deception from
the devil, neither into the hands of the Lord's accurate delusion
that awaits those who love not the truth. I prepare to give
my life for truth. Many have given their lives for lies. Those
who give their lives for lies have no mercy waiting to escort
them to finished redemption. Those who give themselves for truth
shall never lose in the end. If I lose my life for the gospel,
I will surely save it. I will stand for that which is right,
and my honor in heaven shall be great. If I give my life for
a lie, I will be dishonored in this life and in hell. It is
not enough to hear the voice of the mockers in this life, but
to hear the screams of the damned forever, is more than anyone
can bear. I will bear the reproach of the cross, for it is bearable
because of God's grace. I will allow grace to sustain me in
this time of decision for truth and righteousness. I have the
kingdom, but my search for righteousness must continue. I will
follow righteousness wherever it leads.
I
have come into the presence of the Lord's consuming fire. Now
I shall leave the bonds of unrighteousness in the ashes of sacrifice.
I must learn to die daily if I am to continue along this path
of righteousness for his name's sake. I behold those who have
forsaken this path and walked in the paths of unrighteousness.
They are now the testimonies of goats, speaking corruption that
speaks louder than the pillar of salt of Lot's day. Corruption
is speaking in this present hour. If I will not hear God's word,
I will surely hear the voice of corruption with its winds of
famine and death. Life is speaking today. I hear the voice of
life, and I follow life as it leads me away from the war on
the front-line of battle.
God
is leading me to the place of victory already won. I have run
to the one who has already placed all things under his feet.
I have run to the light that has already separated itself from
all darkness. I have run to the head of all principalities and
powers that has already caused all these enemies and their armies
to bow. I have run to God, and he will give me rest from the
wars fought by those who are corrupted from the simplicity that
is in Christ. The Lord offered me life and a life free of the
pains suffered by David and Bathsheba. Their lives were for
my admonition. I live in heavenly places unaffected by the lust
and pride of earthly kings and queens. Here in the presence
of the Lord, the joy of submission to his lordship is an expression
full of joy and triumphant rule with him in this life and in
the life to come. God has invited me into the courts of peace.
I give him my hand as I walk around this array of defeated warriors.
I look at them from this position, and I see that they do not
know where I am, for here, I am hidden in God. I have come to
God. Now I will go with him, for there are souls to be won.
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.
