Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

This stormy weather was created that you might learn that I am all that you need. All you need is the Eternal Source of all things. I made all things, and without me, was not any thing made that was made. Now I make a way for you. Only believe.

(RHEMA: Our Captain Knows Where He Is Going In the Voyage Across the Stormy Sea)

This stormy weather was created that I might learn that he is all that I need. All I need is the Eternal Source of all things. He made all things, and without him, was not any thing made that was made. He has made a way for me. I believe.

(Confession of a Sound Mind: Words of Light Upon the Face of a Stormy Sea)

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

The Lord Will See You Through the Stormy Sea

(Part 4)

Like a ship that was tossed and driven by an angry sea, you have been tossed to and fro by the enemy. I have allowed him to toss you that you might know that on the stormiest sea and in the greatest dilemma, I am always faithful. When I placed you on this stormy sea, I knew every wave that would be here. I knew every creature that would leap up out of the deep with threatening eyes and hungry mouths. I knew of the coldness on the stormy sea in the night time. I knew everything that you would face. You didn’t know, neither must you know. You need only consider that I will be with you through the stormy sea. I will make a way though you do not see a way. It is not important to see a way on the stormy seas of this life. I am your captain. I am your ship. I am your safety. I am your defense. I am everything that you need. Take courage, and rest in the voyage across this sea. I have determined already to not take you out of the stormy sea but to give you faith to cross it. Your flesh wants to come out of the stormy sea, but faith will not be built on the calm sea that you seek right now. The calm sea is ahead but not now. I have new confidence that I must place in you. It can only be built in the midst of the waves of depression ahead. You are already dressed for it, but I must dress you within with new confidence and new contentment. You say, “This race is hard to run,” but have you considered that I have already ran this race?

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Lord Will See You Through the Stormy Sea

God made the seas and all that are in them. Man with his pollution and experimentation can cause to mutate or be fashioned the monsters and freaks of nature that we behold. We many times create our own fears and troubles, but the Lord delivers us out of them all. Much of the New Testament details the ability of Jesus to walk on the stormy waves, still the storm, and cause the ship to be on the other side, and the fish to get in the nets. Everything that there was about the sea he controlled. It did not stop the disciples from encountering the storms and difficulties. He just made sure that they could know that he would not leave them at the mercy of the wind and rain. God controlled the Jordan river and the red sea in the Old Testament. The flood of Noah fulfilled his word. Leprosy was cleansed in the Jordan. Bitter waters were made sweet and the iron that sank did swim. Since water covers more of the earth than the land, it speaks of the most numerous problems of impossibility that we will meet. We are told also that the glory of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. When the floods clap their hands, I believe that it is the ocean participating in the fulfillment of all God's word. When God made an ordinance for the seas to only come in so far we can see its certainty daily in the tides. We may be living at the flood tide of time, but the Lord still controls the tides. If he says we are going to the other side, then we are going to the other side. The promises he has placed in the arc that preserves us personally like Moses in the river of Egypt will bring us to the prosperity of the throne. Stormy seas are not the scourges of our destruction. Stormy seas are the covenant of our security in his arms. In the book of Psalms, the writer says it well. He raises up the stormy wind. They cry to the Lord at their wit's end and the Lord brings them into their desired haven.

A SPIRITUAL STORM

(Part 4)

Like a ship that was tossed and driven by an angry sea, I have been tossed to and fro by the enemy. God has allowed him to toss me that I might know that on the stormiest sea and in the greatest dilemma, he is always faithful. When he placed me on this stormy sea, he knew every wave that would be here. He knew every creature that would leap up out of the deep with threatening eyes and hungry mouths. He knew of the coldness on the stormy sea in the night time. He knew everything that I would face. I didn’t know, neither must I know. I need only consider that he will be with me through the stormy sea. He will make a way though I do not see a way. It is not important to see a way on the stormy seas of this life. Jesus is my captain and my ship. He is my safety and my defense. He is everything that I need. I take courage and rest in the voyage across this sea. He has determined already to not take me out of the stormy sea but to give me faith to cross it. My flesh wants to come out of the stormy sea, but faith will not be built on the calm sea that I seek right now. The calm sea is ahead but not now. He has new confidence that he must place in me. It can only be built in the midst of the waves of depression ahead. I am already dressed for it, but he must dress me within with new confidence and new contentment. I say, “This race is hard to run,” but I had not considered that God had already ran this race.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Need of Compassion and Reconciliation Is Also Taught by Nature

God has not come to embarrass us or to intimidate us. He will gently carry the lambs in his bosom. He has come to cover us with life giving provision and not to expose our shame. He as a parent pitieth his children. He took the children up in his arms and blessed them. His arms embraced a universe. Surely he holds our pain and suffering in his gentle hands. He will guide us in paths we cannot see. He will not expose us to the unrelenting attack of the enemy, but he will shield us with a bold protective love like a bear would her cubs. God does not see us in the destruction of eternity. He will do all that is in his power and nature to effect our salvation. Even though we decide to walk in another direction, he will stand there with all the road blocks in his power to turn us back to him. God is not buried in some study of anthropology, but he is deep into restoration. Creation has it written into their genes to protect their own with their very body and life. Creation mirrors the marvelous compassion of the creator to all. Animals will play dead to draw away the predators. God did not play dead but swallowed up death for us! Nature itself teaches us of a love that continues to unfold before us every day.

(Continued)

Call upon me. I am near. Leap and run to my altar of forgiveness and you shall be changed.

409. Why halt between this opinion and that opinion?

This action is foolish and fruitless.

410. Don’t you know that even the little dogs know how to cry and whine for what they want?

411. Do you want this prepared freedom and liberty, or will you continue to serve yourself and the god of misunderstanding?

412. Why have you listened to the distractions of the hour?

(To Be Continued)

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