Oct 30 - Nov 1

Hello everyone,

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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