Ablaze with His love

God makes the opportunity for the man who is ready. 

If we are determined to bring change to this dying world, we need to set ourselves on fire. We need to be ablaze with the Love of God. Only love- a wave of His life to send forth until others feel His love and are also kindled into a flame of grace. 

We are to be flames - the very essence of the Word- the life of Jesus. Jesus is life and the Holy Ghost is the breath, and He breathes through us the life of the Son of God, and we give it to others and it gives life everywhere! -Wigglesworth

 We must be aflame with the agape love of the Father, self-less love. 

God is love. God is Agape. 1 John 4:8

The Nature of Agape:

Love for the neighbor is love for him in all his strange, irritating, distinct createdness..

Love is eternal, leveling righteousness because it justifies no man according to his desire.

Love edifies the fellowship because it seeks fellowship only. 

Love expects nothing, because it has already reached the goal. 

Love does not intend, because it has already done. 

Love asks no questions, it already knows. 

Love does not fight, it is already the victor. 

Love is not Eros, that lusteth ever, it is Agape that never faileth!  -Karl Barth

Agape is personified in the nature of Jesus. 

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love 

never gives up. 

cares more for others than for self. 

doesn't want what it doesn't have. 

doesn't strut. 

doesn't have a swelled head. 

doesn't force itself on others. 

isn't always "me first."

doesn't fly off the handle. 

doesn't keep score of the sins of others. 

doesn't revel when others grovel. 

takes pleasure in the flowering truth. 

puts up with anything. 

trusts God always. 

always looks for the best. 

never looks back. 

keeps going to the end. 

Love never dies!!

Jesus has come for one purpose, that He might so be made manifest in us that the world shall see Him, and we must be burning and shining lights to reflect such a holy Jesus. - Wigglesworth 

Lord, let us be flames of your love for all the world to see so that your kingdom comes and your will be done on this earth as it is in Heaven. 

Really God, WHERE are you now?

I peeled my cheek off the rug as if it were velcro.
The long hours of weeping had burned my dry skin.
This was not the first time I curled up in a fetal position in the middle of the bedroom floor, begging for an end to it all, begging for an answer.
In between my sobs and shortness of breath, I clung to my chest crying out to God,
"Where are you?"
"Can't you see? I'm on the floor, I'm on my knees...What do you want from me?"
"I can't go on like this...Can't you hear me?"
"I need you NOW!!"
"Where ARE you?"

 

Looking back, I can say that my most trying times have brought the greatest rewards.
Each time I thought I was at the end, the light would begin to work its way into the cracks of my thoughts and remind me of one thing...

I know exactly where God is...
I am the one who is lost.

If God never leaves us or forsakes us, why is He so silent?

When our prayers don't come to fruition, we have to understand, the hold up is never on God's end. 

No.
God said, "My people perish for lack of knowledge."  Hosea 4:6

There is a method to this madness that religion has tried to mask into the phrase,
"It must not be God's will?" 

Gods will is always heaven on earth.
God's will is always wholeness. 

God's will is always life. 

God's will is always blessings of  love, joy, peace, health and prosperity. 

When did we become so high minded that we thought we could just go about life in our own way and expect supernatural results and miraculous manifestations? 

We are human. We are natural beings living in a supernatural system. 

This system has a very unique design. If you want the most out of this life, you have to learn the language.
It's the same as learning a foreign language prior to travel.
Or a computer programmer learning the language of technology.
Or a doctor who must learn the language of medicine.

When God created man, He designed him for companionship.
Man was designed to remain clothed in His glory, in perfect communion with the Creator.
He placed him in the Garden of Eden, so he would never be in need or want. 

God designed us as Tri-part beings -
Spirit, 

Soul (mind, will, emotions) and 

Body.

Prior to the fall of man, emotions were non-existent, man was completely satisfied, fulfilled, clothed only by God's glory.

It wasn't until the enemy moved into the garden, that man began to question his existence. 

The enemy went straight for man's trust in His father's love. He aimed to weaken this bond between father and son. 

The enemy knew he just needed to inject a thought of doubt and insecurity and the rest would be history. 

Once man succumbed to the enemy's plan, 

doubt filled his thoughts, 

fear overtook him, and

he made a decision that caused him to question his Father's love. 

Doubt breeds fear. 

Fear blocks faith. 

This pattern severs our connection with the Father. 

Why? 

Without trust, 

we cannot understand His love. 

If we don't have confidence in His love, we cannot trust Him. 

"Cast not away your confidence..." Hebrews 10:35

Our God is love. 

If we don't believe in His love, then we render Him powerless in our lives. 

We won't be able to receive from Him. 

In order to receive 

we must believe. 

"..we must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." Hebrews 11:6

Since this is always the enemy's point of contact, 

Isn't it time we become privy to his tactics?  

If He can cause us to think that maybe, just maybe, our Father doesn't love us, then he can fill our heads with all sorts of fears and doubts. 

This was pattern of the first Spiritual death. 

Once the "love" connection to the Father was severed, 

the mind gained control, 

fear overtook the spirit of faith. 

 

Man said, " I heard you in the garden, and I was AFRAID....  Genesis 3:10 NIV

 

Man's spirit lost it's divine communion with God's spirit. 

 

"God is spirit. 

All who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." John 4:24

Over these thousands of years, through the evolution of time, head knowledge has gradually gained more recognition while spiritual revelation has been declared mystical or blasphemous. 

This is the enemy's plan to keep God's people ignorant of the system's design. 

In the world's system: 

Fear over powers faith. 

And hate hates LOVE. 

Trust is a "thing" of the past. 

But it's time to take it back!

It's time to be in the world but not of it. 

It's time to bring heaven to this earth. 

It's time for God's kingdom to come and His will be done on this earth as it is in heaven. 

It's time to step back into the glory realm of our Creator. 

It's time for faith to defeat fear and

Love to love hate away and 

trust to become us.

 

How is this supernatural existence accomplished? 

We have to get 

out of our heads and 

Out of our minds, 

literally.  

Our Father doesn't communicate through head knowledge. 

He communicates through our hearts, through our spirits with Rhema or His revealed word. 

Our Father communicates through love. 

He is love!

If God was moved by our emotions, rather than faith, the enemy would be in control, NOT GOD.
Our mind controls our emotions. 

The enemy's play ground is our mind and he loves to toil with our emotions.
Our emotions are subject to change.
Our emotions react and respond to our circumstances- CONSTANTLY!

In the tri-part being, Spirit, Soul (mind, will, emotions) and Body, we were not designed to be ruled by our emotions. We were designed to be ruled by our Spirit, by faith in our Creator. 

Trusting in His 

divine 

unconditional 

unfailing 

love. 

We have allowed human nature far too much power, we have paid very little attention to our spirits, and we've paid the price by letting our emotions get the best of us.

But God is NOT ruled by emotions, He is Spirit.

If we want this kingdom to come, 

it is us who must change, 

not God!

We were created to be ruled by our Spirit, not our emotions, and it's time we start acting like it. 

Emotions are unstable and unreliable. 

God's Word says that a person driven by emotions will not receive anything good from The Lord. 

"But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 

That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 

Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do." James 1:6-8 NIV

We have to look at it this way:
If God was moved by OUR emotions, then that would mean we could control His response through our emotions. 

Our emotions are flippant. One minute we can be happy, another sad, another angry. Imagine if we had to respond to everyone on this earth every time they experienced emotions of panic or desperation? 

God created a language for His people, those who truly love Him, those who study His word, those who seek to commune with Him and those who are in covenant with Him. 

That secret language is the language of Faith. 

When we communicate to our God through faith, we are coming to Him ready to trust, 

ready to receive. 

We believe 

in His love. 

This is how we get our needs met. 

This is how we receive our healing. 

This is how we grow strong in The Lord and the power of His might. 

This is how we gain wisdom and understanding. 

This is how His will is done on this earth as it is in heaven.

"Without faith it is impossible to please God..." Hebrews 11:6

Will you believe 

In His love? 

Will you receive 

His love?

Will you speak God's language of faith?

Will you get out of your head?

And into your heart,
God's heart. 

This is the way His kingdom will come, and

His will be done, 

on this earth as it is in heaven. 

"Three things will last forever--faith, hope, and love--and the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:13

 

A piece of the puzzle

"Two roads diverged in the wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Robert Frost

I have always enjoyed taking the road less traveled by and it truly has made all the difference. 

I arrived with the desire to go against the flow, to swim upstream, to avoid the mass of influence. 

Naturally we are all engrained with this individuality and originality, each with our unique passions. But, when nurture inhibits nature from blossoming, we get stuck in The Box of society, slowly molding to fit its wants and desires. 

This Box breeds self-consciousness and insecurities and inhibits healthy individual development. It becomes comfortable and safe to blend in, to mold, to yield. 

Growing up I remember hearing the phrase "you can be anything you want to be!" 

The phrase catapulted high schoolers into college. 

This opened the door, gave an easy access to a once sought after, but now required college education. Higher education was no longer for the passionate and creative types, but rather it was forced upon everyone, whether they longed for it or not. This special education comes with a secret price tag that will be unveiled on the day of that grandiose day called "graduation".  

I'm in no way disagreeing with the benefits of education, as I myself could spend all my days learning. 

However, I am disagreeing with the phrase, 

"You can be anything you WANT to be."

Putting this sort of ball in a young persons court can be a bit overwhelming. 

And while living under the influences of a consumeristic society driven by success and financial prosperity, which do you think this young person might choose? 

Their dream? Or

A big salary?

There is a huge difference in a Calling and a Career. 

A Calling comes through following our dreams and passions instilled in us by the Creator. 

A Career comes through working to pay off the forced college debt or perhaps falling into the factory mold of The Box, the fastest way to the new car and/or new house. 

At one time, before our time, the majority of society planned their futures around their passions and talents. Sometimes these followed the footsteps of a parent or grandparent but often times, not. Their decisions came naturally, and were not influenced by the hype of the times. 

I have read a few books that discuss the importance of listening to our children. Most children between ages 3-5 yrs. will tell you what they were created to do. 

There are many beliefs as to how or why they do this, but I believe it's because they are still fresh from the Creator's heart. They are still imprinted with His design for their life.

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

I still think it's odd to hear my parents tell me that I said I wanted to be a veterinarian when I was 3 years old. Where on earth did I get that? 

I didn't have a close relative in the field. 

I just knew I loved animals. 

Throughout the years that followed, I found a phrase that I swore I would always live by:

"Do what you love and love what you do!" 

Now wouldn't this world be a much happier place if people lived their lives according to this phrase,

"Do what you love and love what you do?"

And not, 

"You can be anything you WANT to be!?"

Our passions are born within us. It's an internal, natural desire for self- expression. 

Our wants and desires are developed or influenced externally by the world around us. 

What an exciting world we would live in if we became 

inside-out people, rather than 

outside-in? 

More and more young people would develop their Calling and not a generic Career. 

We are all pieces to this giant puzzle. 

We each have a special Calling to fill. 

This was the Creator's design, 

unity and 

community 

working together, 

different yet 

the same. 

Each called according to 

his own purpose. 

Together 

In Christ. 

This is the way to God's perfect will for this earth, so that 

His Will will be done on this Earth as it is in Heaven. 

Once we understand that this is the Father's design, this shifts the focus from our desires and wants to 

God's desires and wants. 

And if we listen to our children and develop the passion instilled within them, they can achieve both their own and God's will synonymously. It will be one and the same. 

They will be working from 

The inside-out. 

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and 

are called according to his purpose for them.   

For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. (Romans 8: 28-29 NLT)

For some of us who may think it's too late to shift gears or pursue a different course,  we must remember it's never to late to change. Today is the first day of the rest of our lives. 

This is  what Jesus had to say about it:

Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?"

Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."

John 6:28-29 NIV

For us, adults, we can just start right where we are, right in the path we have chosen to believe in the one God sent. 

Once we do this we can see that 

"Christ in us is the hope of glory!" Colossians 1:27

All of us are called to draw near to our God and develop a relationship with Him. 

Now that alone is a divine Calling!! 

We are mere humans, tiny specs in this giant universe called to commune with the very Creator of it all, the Almighty God! 

This is the glorious mystery! 

This small revelation can change our outlook, our desires, our direction, our motives and begin to open us up to living in a different light with a different focus: 

Less of us and more of God!

We can change the direction of a generation!

Christ in us is the hope of glory!! When we receive Him, we can receive all that He planned for us to have and all the wonderful fruits of the spirit, wholeness, joy, peace, unconditional love, perfect health and all the wealth we'll ever need. 

Don't miss it. 

Step into your divine Calling so that His will be done on this earth as it is in heaven!

“You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you’ll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me ! And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren’t willing to receive from me the life you say you want. (John 5:39, 40 MSG)