Thoughts Higher Than Mine_Living Word Chronicle

By Moses Hightower

Thelma and Moses Hightower

Love’s Design Is the Genetic Code of Grace

The love of God is shed abroad in your heart. This love covers a multitude of sins. The covering that love provides is not too short for the bed. It covers completely. The glory of love never falls short of its purpose. The design of love was made by my mind. The design of love is efficient in every way. The message of love is told in everyone’s life. You must live out the design of love to fully appreciate its design. The design of love was not implemented with selfish or dishonest motives in mind. The pattern of love is superior to every plan. This pattern is an expression of my nature. Allow me to complete the design in your life, and you will behold the beautiful portrait of love’s intent for you. Love’s intent is pure, undefiled, and without discord. The love of God is misunderstood by many. My love is not mixed with any other substance. It is free of contamination. It is clean and free from all impurities. It is complete and clear. In its purity, it is not hypothetical. It is the same in principle and in practice. Allow this love to express itself in you, and you will never be an expression of hypocrisy. Out of the heart, flow the issues of life. I desire to express the issues of eternal life from the love that is shed abroad in your heart. Now allow me to do the work in you.

Wisdom is in the design of love. Do not forsake wisdom, for it will preserve and keep you. Wisdom is the principal thing. Get it, and in all your getting, get understanding. If you embrace wisdom, it will lead you to the promotion that you seek and bring you to great honor. The wisdom that I speak of is the same wisdom possessed by me in the beginning before the earth was created. Allow wisdom to rejoice with you as you embrace her. Keep her instructions, and you shall be wise. Today, you have found her. Now behold the life that she has brought to you, for you have found favor of the Lord. Wisdom is speaking to you today. It says, “Cover transgressions and seek love, then you will never separate friends.” Do not fear evil men who only seek rebellion. A cruel messenger will capture them. If you fight with evil men, you will fight with bears. Reward good with good, and you will send evil from your house. My love for you has presented you with a word for the wise. Accept this word and avoid the pitfalls of the foolish.

DISCORD, EVIL MEN, HATE, HYPOCRISY, IMPURITY, FEAR, AND REBELLION

The love of God is shed abroad in my heart. This love covers a multitude of sins. The covering that love provides is not too short for the bed. It covers completely. The glory of love never falls short of its purpose. The design of love was made by the mind of God. The design of love is efficient in every way. The message of love is told in everyone’s life. I must live out the design of love to fully appreciate its design. The design of love was not implemented with selfish or dishonest motives in mind. The pattern of love is superior to every plan. This pattern is an expression of God’s nature. I will allow him to complete the design in my life, and I will behold the beautiful portrait of love’s intent for me. Love’s intent is pure, undefiled, and without discord. The love of God is misunderstood by many. His love is not mixed with any other substance. It is free of contamination. It is clean and free from all impurities. It is complete and clear. In its purity, it is not hypothetical. It is the same in principle and in practice. I will allow this love to express itself in me, and I will never be an expression of hypocrisy. Out of the heart, flow the issues of life. God desires to express the issues of eternal life from the love that is shed abroad in my heart. I will now allow him to do the work in me. Wisdom is in the design of love. I will not forsake wisdom, for it will preserve and keep me. Wisdom is the principal thing. I will get wisdom, and in all my getting, I will get understanding. If I embrace wisdom, it will lead me to the promotion that I seek and bring me to great honor. The wisdom that God speaks of is the same wisdom possessed by the Lord in the beginning before the earth was created. I allow wisdom to rejoice with me as I embrace her. I will keep her instructions, and I shall be wise. Today, I have found her. Now I behold the life that she has brought to me, for I have found favor of the Lord. Wisdom is speaking to me today. It says, “Cover transgressions and seek love, then you will never separate friends.” I do not fear evil men who only seek rebellion. A cruel messenger will capture them. If I fight with evil men, I will fight with bears. I will reward good with good, and I will send evil from my house. God’s love for me has presented me with a word for the wise. I will accept this word and avoid the pitfalls of the foolish.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: Rhema - Love’s Design Is the Genetic Code of Grace

God's love for us is greater than anything that may rise out of the earth or our flesh. It is stronger than death, and death is the last enemy God put under his feet. Love's design is the genetic code of grace. God will fashion our today and tomorrow in the foreknowledge that has already supplied the most excellent and very best things for our lives. Promises are based not on the performance of the participant but on the nature of God's goodness. Love has no hidden agendas. It has no axes to grind. Love is forward thinking in faith. It does not react to injustice. It seeks to do such a work of mercy and grace that it will swallow up the injustice in an instant. Love's wisdom seeks for a way of being creative and constructive in the face of destruction. Wisdom counts the cost of pain and says, “It is worth the suffering to love the unlovable.” Wisdom prevents us from falling into the pitfalls of retaliation. It would rather dance in the joy of forgiveness that is falling like rain. When others need to extract the cost of non forgiveness from others, it will cost them far beyond their total resources to pay the price. The cost of Love's forgiveness has been paid on the altar of love at the cross. We must take the lens of unconditional love of the cross to look at everyone and everything with. Every other effort on the planet will fail, but love never fails.

Faith is given to you. Its fruit will not wither in the face of listless feelings and demonic rage. Faith will speak beyond the grave. Is it a wonder that faith will speak in the face of your feelings and tormenting devils?

(RHEMA: The Voice of Grace Has Granted Us Forbearance and Issued the Blessedness of God)

Faith is given to me. Its fruit will not wither in the face of listless feelings and demonic rage. Faith will speak beyond the grave. It is not a wonder that faith will speak in the face of my feelings and tormenting devils.

(Confessions of a Sound Mind: Words of Light Upon the Face of Prayerlessness, Self-imposed Judgment, and the Web of the Devil)

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Joy of the Lord Is a Tool of War While Learning of the Fellowship of His Sufferings

Our measure of faith will always be the words of our bold confession in the vacuum of good. When there is no reason left to have faith, faith rises up and proclaims the miracle done. Faith is not an emotion. Faith is the word of God unsheathed from its holder and flashing in the morning light as the sword of the Lord's deliverance. We do not have to be weary in well speaking. Our faith is not based on our ability but on the identity of the One who is performing all things well in our lives. If the work was based on our ability, we would have most of our words fall to the ground as empty as the dust is itself. However, the maker of the universe, from the invisible dust, has spoken into our unformed world just as he did in the beginning of creation. Creation's force still is vibrant and powerful in the voice that rings within us.

Just recently the Lord spoke to me and said,

Every voice that you hear from those around you would like for you to sit in the pavilion of destruction when I have reserved you choice seating in the pavilion of power. Music is playing that tries to get you to sing the words of bitter defeat. Anger would rise up in you and cause your thinking to be its servant. I have called you to be my servant. I am the only wise God. I am the same eternal power that has delivered you again and again by an unbelievable margin of grace and strength. Why would I change my love for you?

Why would I unlove you?

Why would I take my power away from your life?

I have found the heart and mind that I desire to set my tabernacle in the winds of time. Everyone around will be sad as you have a continual feast of victory and provision as they weep for their losses.

Vibrant faith is aggressive in its declarations of the infinite and eternal nature of the Lord who transcends the thinking of man. All the trivial and meaningless small talk that is just chaff in the wind before the impact of all that God is.

Sweeping vistas of power that stretch into the endless past greet our vision every day. Endless planes of prevailing promises extend into the distant tomorrow beyond the sight of our eyes. Every promise that has been written and spoken will cover the earth with its abundance as the waters cover the seas. Rivers of unending and unmeasured depth flow from the door of the temple of God's kingdom. Out of our being and lips flow the waters that make death turn loose of its prey. We are the executors of the will that has been settled forever in heaven. He has always been the word and the word will always be God. He remains absolute and sovereign over all the meaningless details that men would quibble about. He is the answer that has already settled every debate and silenced every question.

(Continued)

If you take judgment into your own hands, then you have become a judge, and you will be judged as you have judged others.

45. Are you without sin?

Come down from the judgment seat before the gavel of justice falls on you for your own transgressions. When the gavel of justice is swung, it will bring an end to wrong.

46. Why continue a discussion of rights and wrongs when justice has swung its gavel?

(To Be Continued)