Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

You have read about me being against armies for others, but what do you believe me to be when a host is against you?

I am the same and no respecter of persons. I am for you. Now who can be against you?

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

I have read about God being against armies for others, but now I believe that he is for me when a host is against me. He is the same, and he is not a respecter of persons. He is for me. No one can be against me.

(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 6)

Believe on me according to the scriptures, and do not believe the lies of Fury. I have given you the name of this storm. Now as an animal that no man has ever sat upon, you shall observe the taming of this furious storm. It shall subside now, and you shall understand my purpose for the storm. You may now serve me without fear but in total confidence of my love for you. You may now rest, and be confident of my faithfulness at all times. I am not a man that I should lie. Men are able to carry you through some difficulties but will not always respond to your needs. I am able and willing to respond with results that will prove that you can place your trust in me. Know that I am not only able to carry you through, but I will carry you through. You do not know what to do with your problems. You do not have to know. I know what to do with them. This is the hour in which my people will have to trust in my faithfulness. You must trust in my love, and be confident that I am not here to drown you. I am not here to destroy you. I am not here to cause you to be ashamed. I am not here to condemn you. I am not here to rebuke you. I am here to carry you through. You do not have to know the results. You do not have to know the direction the answer will come from. Simply know that I am the source. Receive the sweet relief of knowing that I am your faithful source. Do not believe on me as you would believe on men. Do not search my attributes for weaknesses, neither search yourself for qualifications. Simply trust me. I am dealing with you according to my everlasting, enduring mercy. I am able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that you have asked or thought. I have made a way out of what you thought were “no ways.” In my arms, there is no frailty. I am the source of strength. I am the creator. Can I make a man and not create what the man needs?

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 6)

I believe on the Lord according to the scriptures, and I do not believe the lies of Fury. He has given me the name of this storm. Now as an animal that no man has ever sat upon, I shall observe the taming of this furious storm. It shall subside now, and I shall understand his purpose for the storm. I may now serve him without fear, but in total confidence of his love for me. I may now rest and be confident of his faithfulness at all times. He is not a man that he should lie. Men are able to carry me through some difficulties, but they will not always respond to my needs. God is able and willing to respond with results that will prove that I can place my trust in him. I know that he is not only able to carry me through, but he will carry me through. I do not know what to do with my problems. I do not have to know. Jesus knows what to do with them. This is the hour in which God’s people will have to trust in his faithfulness. I must trust in his love, and I am confident that he is not here to drown me. He is not here to destroy me. He is not here to cause me to be ashamed. He is not here to condemn me. He is not here to rebuke me. He is here to carry me through. I do not have to know the results. I do not have to know the direction the answer will come from. I simply know that God is the source. I receive the sweet relief of knowing that he is our faithful source. I do not believe on him as I would believe on men. I do not search his attributes for weaknesses, neither do I search myself for qualifications. I simply trust God. He is dealing with me according to his everlasting, enduring mercy. He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that I have asked or thought. He has made a way out of what I thought was “no way.” In his arms, there is no frailty. He is the source of strength. He is the creator. He can make a man and create what the man needs.

INSPIRATION

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Swallowed Up by a God Prepared Problem and Vomited Up On the Dry Land of Obedience and Victory

Jonah is not the only person who has been swallowed up by the whales that God has prepared in life. Many have given the prototype to God in a sense because of their choices in life. Some people go as far as to be pathological liars. They are swallowed up by the same types of situations over and over again. God is sending them back through the educational process to try to save them from themselves. As the whale vomited Jonah up on the shores of revival, he can do the same for those who will turn to him. Jonah needed to offer a sacrifice to God but had no wood. He, by necessity, offered himself upon the altar by offering more than praise. He began to worship. Worship is the eternal kingdom. He said, "Salvation is of the Lord." Salvation is and will always be of the Lord. When he got a hold of the eternal kingdom, the Lord turned judgment into grace by the power of worship. Many times we are subject to situations that seem to consume us. If we will cease looking at the difficulties as a trial and view them as a blessing, we will arrive at the place of revival and blessing as Jonah did ahead of time. We must, however, arrive at the place of the eternal values in our lives. Neither the mouth of liars and distracters will turn us from the purpose of the eternal. Our lives are not measured by the ability that we have but by what we allow him, who is faithful, to perform in our lives. Whale syndromes may be the lot of some, but we can be fishers of men as he who designed the fish that swallowed up Jonah designed us to be.

(Continued)

You survived the clutches of idolatry, and by grace, you came up out of the horrible pit of religion. By my grace, I brought you to the dry ground of the chief cornerstone. The rope of love did not leave you in the dark dungeon of despair while I rescued others, but I brought you along with others. I stretched my hand to some of your friends and they rejected my help.

415. Will you reject my offer of mercy after being delivered from such horrible blindness of heart?

Come and reason together with me and I will show you of my easy yoke and my light burden again. Yoke yourself no longer with the strength of human reasoning, but yoke yourself with me and rest while I show you of an easier way. You have trusted in self and man too long.

416. You say that you have trusted in me, but have you really learned to trust in me as Paul trusted in me?

(To Be Continued)

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