Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

How many promises shall spring forth from your seed of praise today if you plant it in the realm of my faithfulness?

Choose not to leave the seed of praise in the barn of doubt and self-will. Your seed will rot in the barn if you neglect to praise me when I have come to woo you with my lovingkindness and tender mercies. Behold the seed of praise today, and come plant them in the fruitful ground of my faithfulness. You will receive strength to conceive a miracle and have it delivered unto your eyes and hands. Judge me faithful who has made you a promise, and I will show you the trees of fruitful praises waving in the face of arrogant adversity.

(RHEMA: The Foundation of Our Promises Are Built and Made by the Living God; Therefore, Their Fulfillment Rest Upon Him)

Innumerable promises shall spring forth from my seed of praise today if I plant them in the realm of his faithfulness. I choose not to leave the seed of praise in the barn of doubt and self-will. My seed will rot in the barn if I neglect to praise God when he has come to woo me with his lovingkindness and tender mercies. I behold the seed of praise, and come plant it in the fruitful ground of the Lord's faithfulness. I will receive strength to conceive a miracle and have it delivered unto my eyes and hands. I judge God faithful who has made me a promise, and he will show me the trees of fruitful praises waving in the face of arrogant adversity.

(Confession of a Sound Mind: Words of Light Upon the Face of Condemnation, Debt, Failure, and Uncertainty)

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

Man's Gift Is Making Room For Itself

Do you understand the way of the wind?

Do you understand the way of the sea?

Can you understand the things of the spirit unless you are taught?

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and you hear the sound thereof, but you cannot tell whither it cometh or whither it goeth. So is everyone who is born of the spirit. You are born again. The way that you take, I know. You do not know, neither can you know except I reveal it unto you. Can you by thought add one cubit to your stature? I know every hair on your head and their number, yet you do not know these things. Will you trust yourself, or will you trust in me, the Omniscient God of glory?

You have leaned to your own understanding long enough. Shall you trust mentality when mentality is finite?

You must lean on the omniscience of your God, and there shall you find the source of your need. I am the source of all that you seek for. Trust and do not be afraid to trust. I have accepted your life and received it according to your commitment. Now do not take back that which you have committed unto me. You are not your own, but you are bought with a price, the precious blood that I shed. Look to me, the finisher of your faith, and you shall find that everything is complete in me. You are complete in me, the head of all principality and power. The light of my glory is shining. Do not be frustrated by the time frame of human reasoning. I am doing a work that you will not believe. No, not even if a preacher told you. I am working in the realm of faith. Look through these eyes of faith that I have given and then shall you see that the spectrum of my light is one, yet many. You have glimpsed a few of the dimensions of my spectrum. There is depth, height, width, and breath to all that you have seen, and there is much more that you have not seen. Do not cast away, therefore, your confidence, for I am paying a reward for confidence that is not cast aside.

The Day Star has already risen. Rivers of living water are already flowing in you. Stop trying to control the valve of these rivers, and let them flow. The rivers which are in you know where they are going, for they have been there before. You have not traveled this way before. These rivers just keep on rolling along. The boat of faith shall not be overthrown by the circumstances around you. The gift in you is destined for that which I have foreordained even before the foundation of the world. The gift in you is making room for itself. There is no force that can prevent the gift from arriving at its destination. When the gift arrives at its destination, you will have arrived.

Rest now, and know assuredly that the gift and the calling are without repentance. The gift in you is not borrowed; therefore, do not fear that you will lose the sharpness of the axe head of power and revelation, for it is given and not borrowed. I am your exceeding, great reward; therefore, do not fear the threat of your adversary. You are redeemed and bought back from the stocks of slavery; therefore, rejoice and be glad, for I have made you free by the truth. Come and worship me in spirit and in truth. I am the friend who sticks closer than any brother. Only believe.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Man's Gift Is Making Room For Itself

Spiritual measurements are not in any manual. We have our senses exercised by reason of use. Prophecy and other gifts are imperfect arts. Spiritual gifting and its operation will most likely flow out of a very precious relationship in an individual’s life. Some things are so special that we feel many times that we are casting our pearls before swine. So many will never know the depth of love and meaning that is attached to each word and syllable that the Spirit breathes into the depths of our soul and mind. We must be like velvet to the Lord and like steel to the unfeeling, for they simply do not have the understanding that has been given to the one that is gifted. To be gifted is to be trusted by the Loving God of the universe for special purposes. He will bring us before those who will gasp in awe and fall at our feet and others will laugh at us and spit in our face. They are all part of the package of the things that go with special gifts and revelations that come to us from the Lord. We did not choose to do this. He chose us to do these special missions. His purpose was hidden in Christ before the foundation of the world. It will not fail in its scope and design. We must always remember that we did not fashion it or form it. When we look at certain things in this universe, they really are so weird. God has chosen these things to confound the wise. God sometimes puts us in a light that appears foolish to others. They are depending on observation. We are living on inspiration and walking in revelation. We would never change places with those who just heard it thunder when in reality it was the voice of the Almighty.

DOUBT AND MISTRUST

I do not fully understand the way of the wind or the sea. I cannot understand the things of the spirit unless I am taught. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and I hear the sound thereof, but I cannot tell whither it cometh or whither it goeth, so is everyone who is born of the spirit. I am born again. The Lord knows the way that I take. I do not know it, neither can I know it, except he reveals it unto me. By thought, I cannot add one cubit to my stature. The Lord knows every hair on my head and their number, yet I do not know these things. I will not trust myself, but I will trust in Jesus, the Omniscient God of glory. I have leaned to my own understanding long enough. I will not trust mentality when mentality is finite. I must lean on the omniscience of my God, and here in his omniscience, I will find the source of my need. Jesus is the source of all that I seek for.

I will trust and not be afraid to trust God. He has accepted my life and received it according to my commitment. Now I will not take back that which I have committed unto him. I am not my own, but I am bought with a price, the precious blood that he shed. I will look to Jesus, the finisher of my faith, and I shall find that everything is complete in him. I am complete in him, the head of all principality and power. The light of his glory is shining. I will not be frustrated by the time frame of human reasoning. The Lord is doing a work that I will not believe. No, not even if a preacher told me. Jesus is working in the realm of faith. I will look through these eyes of faith that he has given, and now shall I see that the spectrum of his light is one, yet many. I have glimpsed a few of the dimensions of his spectrum. There is depth, height, width, and breath to all that I have seen and there is much more that I have not seen, therefore; I will not cast away my confidence, for the Lord is paying a reward for confidence that is not cast aside.

The Day Star has already arisen. Rivers of living water are already flowing in me. I will stop trying to control the valve of these rivers, and let them flow. The rivers which are in me know where they are going, for they have been there before. I have not traveled this way before. These rivers just keep on rolling along. The boat of faith shall not be overthrown by the circumstances around me. The gift in me is destined for that which he has foreordained, even before the foundation of the world. The gift in me is making room for itself. There is no force that can prevent the gift from arriving at its destination. When the gift arrives at its destination, I will arrive along with it. Now I rest, and know assuredly that the gift and the calling are without repentance. The gift in me is not borrowed; therefore, I do not fear that I will lose the sharpness of the axe head of power and revelation, for it is given and not borrowed. Jesus is my exceeding great reward; therefore, I do not fear the threat of my adversary. I am redeemed and bought back from the stocks of slavery; therefore, I rejoice, and I am glad, for he has made me free by the truth. I will go unto him and worship him in spirit and in truth. The Lord is a friend who sticks closer than any brother. I believe.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA -Walk In the Ordered Steps of the Lord, For They Are Plain and Safe

Paths of righteousness declare his holiness, and paths of lust declare our nature. His nature is to make a plain path for the feet that would seek a crooked one. As we walk in the Spirit, we behold many things that would discourage us and cause us to fret and even question why we are laboring at the task when apathy has become the train ride into destruction that many seemed to be thrilled to ride. Our compass is showing the right direction past the smoke screens of deception and evil. We must remember that the final destination overshadows everything else we see along the way. Anything that seems to be lost along the way will come back to us with the compound interest of heaven again and again. Our steps may be veiled in secret and in areas that we do not understand. His brilliant revelation will shine upon our path brighter and brighter into endless day. Sometimes we are the only beholders of that light because God does not cast a path before those who have the spirit of swine to trample on. We will rejoice more and more every day because the end is now in view.

(Continued)

If I am God, then predicate your worship upon my worth and not upon your feelings and blessings.

337. You must decide to worship me according to my worth, but how will you effectively worship me if you have not discovered that my worth is not calculable?

There is no defeat in me. I do not know any failure. I am the Eternal God and all power is mine. All power is in my hands and no one will wrestle power and authority from me. There is no counsel against me, for I am the counselor. I have sought you to bring you to my counsel room and counsel with me.

338. Why seek counsel from the unwise and the ungodly?

(To Be Continued)

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