Hello everyone,
Lets jump right in!
Daniel 12:10
10"Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.
If you look at the context of this verse in Daniel 12 you will realize that it is a message given to Daniel regarding the end times and the last generation. Our generation.
We serve a Holy God. A Holy God who can not sin. But He is an all knowing God. His omniscients is so great that even though He can't sin He still knows what sin is, and the outcome of creatures when they fall into sin. Yes you all probably know this already. But its a good fundamental revelation to dive deeper into the Lords heart on how He deals with those creatures in sin.
We are all sinful. We were born into sin and since the fall we will have problems with sin until the day we die and then on the Lords Day resurrected into our new bodies. (1Cor.15)
The Lord knowing sin and how we will act in it has figured out the quickest way to show us the most love with the least severe means in doing it. The Lords leadership is flawless.
So a Holy God has to pull a sinful creature out of sin and into His loving arms. We all know that this is not an easy thing and that it will cause pain! The Lord also knows this and so He helps us by giving us His Spirit and He puts a 'Yes' in our hearts so that we will agree with Him. After we say 'Yes' to His leadership He then allows us to partner with Him by rending our hearts (Joel 2) and putting ourselves in a place where we allow the Lord to take full priority in our lives in regards to holiness.
So why is it that even though we want to partner with God and learn about Him and how He works in holiness do we turn from Him when things start going wrong. Why is it that the second I feel pain I get angry and start hating my neighbour and myself and unintentionally (but actually very intentionally) God. Its because the head knowledge I have of Him and the way He works righteousness and holiness through me in sin is not in my heart and that overflow of oil (intimacy) can not come forth when I am going through troubles. Troubles the Lord allows me to go through. Troubles the Lord allowed to happen so that I could go deep in Him! And allow Him to strengthen me. So that I would lean on Him and allow His grace by His Spirit to give me fresh revelation and understanding on how He works in my life and what my relationship with Him is really like. Cause lets face it guys, the Lord wants to be with us!!! Way more than we want to be with Him. But He won't take us till we have reached all that He has planned for us to walk out. He wants us to receive a full reward. This full reward is rooted in Holiness. Its rooted in Righteousness. And its deep in love!!! He will have us and if its up to Him (which i pray it will be!) then He will have us perfect and He will wait and press in and make room for us to grow. Its just hard because its usually through trial and hardship and pain because we are fallen and wrapped in sin.
So looking again at Daniel
Daniel 12:10
10"Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.
This week lets agree with the Lord. Yes! I WILL be purged! I will be purified! I will be refined! And I will come out more righteous and more holy and more like my heavenly Father, because He loves me and I love Him and I want to be with HIS SON and He wants me to be with Him where He is!!(John 17:24)!!!
Believe it! sing it! pray it! If you do these three things it will move from your head to your heart and you will have insight so that you will understand why it is happening and what the final outcome is and Who in those moments you are serving. Amen.
-Drew
Monday, October 29, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Oct 23-25
Well be taking a loot at 2 verses this week:
John 3:30
30"He must increase, but I must decrease.
Matt 22: 37-39
37And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' 38"This is the great and foremost commandment. 39"The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'
God must increase in our lives! Jesus must be made more, and we must be made less. But Jesus is a man!!!! try taking John 3:30 and putting it in the context of the second most important commandment.
The Lord reveals Himself through His body, the church. We need to learn how to Love the Lord and our neighbors as ourselves.
This week lets place our hearts into submission with John 3:30 and lets aim it towards Jesus and our brothers and we see Him in them. Less of me and more of everyone else!! Bring on humility and learning how to love.
Amen!
-Drew
John 3:30
30"He must increase, but I must decrease.
Matt 22: 37-39
37And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' 38"This is the great and foremost commandment. 39"The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'
God must increase in our lives! Jesus must be made more, and we must be made less. But Jesus is a man!!!! try taking John 3:30 and putting it in the context of the second most important commandment.
The Lord reveals Himself through His body, the church. We need to learn how to Love the Lord and our neighbors as ourselves.
This week lets place our hearts into submission with John 3:30 and lets aim it towards Jesus and our brothers and we see Him in them. Less of me and more of everyone else!! Bring on humility and learning how to love.
Amen!
-Drew
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Oct 16-19
Whats been hitting home lately...
Proverbs 1-8 have been really impacting my heart over the last 2-3 weeks. I'm going to pick my most favorite verses for ya'll to chew on if ya want. Have a great week of fasting and focusing on the Lord!!
Proverbs 1: basically the first 6 verses map out the practical ways in which meditating on and walking out the next chapters in this book will help us in the spiritual and natural. Its a pretty sweet deal if you ask me. Just think of how Daniel was such a man of wisdom and knowledge, even at such a young age or even how Jesus grew in wisdom and stature in the sight of God and men. (Luke 2:52) We too can have this! We can attain this too the same degree!!
2To know wisdom and instruction,
To discern the sayings of understanding,
3To receive instruction in wise behavior,
Righteousness, justice and equity;
4To give prudence to the naive,
To the youth knowledge and discretion,
5A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
6To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their riddles.
Verse 7 is the clincher on how we can truly attain these things listed in v.1-6
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
2 things I'd like to point out from this:
(1) Proverbs 8:13
13"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
So this verse takes care of the 1st part of Proverbs 1:7 but what about the 2nd part? How do I grow to love wisdom and instruction?
(2) Proverbs 1:23
23"Turn to my reproof,
Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
In this verse it is Wisdom who is speaking and declaring these things. If we seek after Wisdom and realize His ways are so much higher and greater and if we submit ourselves to His leadership and discipline then He will give us a spirit of excellence and of understanding that will allow us to seek more diligently after such a high calling as stated in Proverbs 1:2-6.
Proverbs 2:1-7 solidifies this:
1My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,
2Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
3For if you cry for discernment,
Lift your voice for understanding;
4If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5Then you will discern the fear of the LORD
And discover the knowledge of God.
6For the LORD gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
Guys this is what we want!!!! This is Ephesians 1:17-19
17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.
Proverbs 1-8 have been really impacting my heart over the last 2-3 weeks. I'm going to pick my most favorite verses for ya'll to chew on if ya want. Have a great week of fasting and focusing on the Lord!!
Proverbs 1: basically the first 6 verses map out the practical ways in which meditating on and walking out the next chapters in this book will help us in the spiritual and natural. Its a pretty sweet deal if you ask me. Just think of how Daniel was such a man of wisdom and knowledge, even at such a young age or even how Jesus grew in wisdom and stature in the sight of God and men. (Luke 2:52) We too can have this! We can attain this too the same degree!!
2To know wisdom and instruction,
To discern the sayings of understanding,
3To receive instruction in wise behavior,
Righteousness, justice and equity;
4To give prudence to the naive,
To the youth knowledge and discretion,
5A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
6To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their riddles.
Verse 7 is the clincher on how we can truly attain these things listed in v.1-6
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
2 things I'd like to point out from this:
(1) Proverbs 8:13
13"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
So this verse takes care of the 1st part of Proverbs 1:7 but what about the 2nd part? How do I grow to love wisdom and instruction?
(2) Proverbs 1:23
23"Turn to my reproof,
Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
In this verse it is Wisdom who is speaking and declaring these things. If we seek after Wisdom and realize His ways are so much higher and greater and if we submit ourselves to His leadership and discipline then He will give us a spirit of excellence and of understanding that will allow us to seek more diligently after such a high calling as stated in Proverbs 1:2-6.
Proverbs 2:1-7 solidifies this:
1My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,
2Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
3For if you cry for discernment,
Lift your voice for understanding;
4If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5Then you will discern the fear of the LORD
And discover the knowledge of God.
6For the LORD gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
Guys this is what we want!!!! This is Ephesians 1:17-19
17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.
18I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
19and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might
Everything prayed for in this prayer can be found by simply choosing to follow the Lord and seek after His wisdom (as stated in Proverbs 1-8 and the verses i highlighted). Its the Yes in our hearts and drives us deeper and deeper into the knowledge and discernment of God that will cause us to love Him.
Proverbs 4:4 and 7 state this simply and directly. This is how we should live, this is what we want in our hearts:
4Then he taught me and said to me,
"Let your heart hold fast my words;
Keep my commandments and live;
5Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
6"Do not forsake her, and she will guard you;
Love her, and she will watch over you.
7"The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom;
And with all your acquiring, get understanding.
The only way to get wisdom or understanding is to GET IT!!! You must decide in your heart if you want it. And once you say yes to it and seek it out you WILL find it. And find an abundance of it!
So i urge all on this fast team and anyone else who reads this blog to read Proverbs 1-8 sometime this week. And to decide in your hearts that you will seek after the wisdom and understanding of God!! Be Blessed!!
-Drew
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Oct 9-11
Philippians 2:3
3Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; (NASV)
The NKJV says:
3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
Read it, pray it, sing it, live it!
Amen.
-Drew
3Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; (NASV)
The NKJV says:
3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
Read it, pray it, sing it, live it!
Amen.
-Drew
Monday, October 1, 2007
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