So, this is the thing, (pardon my colloquialism) but I'd like to attest to the truth and practicality of the message in my last post, Link to a Great Message! and also connect it to a complimentary truth.
Joel Osteen's topic was Emptying out the Negative. I wrote that the only thing I'd add was to invite God to show you anything that you may not be aware of that needs to be cleaned out, and not to be surprised if He does. Well, He absolutely did that for me and I am so delighted! I even feel lighter and freer. For me, it was an area where I was open to harm and hurt simply because of who I am, my life experiences, where I was born, the family I was born into, and my particular personality-and we all know by now that we have an enemy who hates mankind. It's not that I haven't been aware of my particular issue over the years, and though much progress has been made, none-the-less, I hadn't broken through to victory. But now! Yes, now, I can say that I have because the "set time" has come! and that's what I wanted to link to the last blog.
Time-a slice of eternity set aside by God for man's benefit-has definite times and seasons that God set forth from the beginning. He said in His Word that Jesus, The Lamb of God, *was crucified before the foundation of the earth, and it came to pass in the "fullness of time" or in God's **"set time" exactly as He planned. He was conceived and born at the set time. The children of Israel came out of Egypt at the set time after the 400 years of slavery and oppression spoken by God to Abraham many years before, Genesis 15:13 and referred to in Acts 7:6. I say these things so we all can lay hold of, believe and have greater understanding of the set time we are living in right now. It's our time now-the Church's time, and the time for anyone who desires to receive what God is offering-to begin to come out of all that's held them back in every area. God's had enough. Really. It's His time and we can go with God if we want to. (1)The time has been right ever since Jesus was born into the earth- the angels declared it (Luke 2:14). I've decided to receive, and it's so much better because His desire is for us and for all mankind is Good, but we have to decide to receive from Him, He won't make us. On the other hand the enemy will overrun and break-in and steal, kill and destroy where ever he can get by with it because that's what thieves and murderers do. But God is a gentleman and respects our choice, He will not force His will on anyone.
Zeroing in on my theme, where emptying out the old and the complimentary truth of God's desire and ability to reveal areas in our hearts we haven't been aware of, and now, because we've entered the set-time, and He fervently desires to make us whole, He's also doing it "fast, quick and in a hurry!" (using this popular slang expression fits better than anything else I can think of...and besides that, I like it!
I listened to Joel's message on Sunday and posted it the same day, and on Monday morning God brought up the root of the problem I mentioned above....talk about an accelerated rate! And not only that, He continued over the next several days bringing healing and helping me to see more clearly how to live more freely trusting practically as I go about my day to day life in a more unhindered, more relaxed way. I'm quite amazed at the speed in which He made me aware of these things. I would have written this much sooner, but my difficulty came in finding words to describe it. Today I just chose to write it however it came out, so here it is in simple prose. And the truth of it is, there's been even more He's doing. All I can say is that He's so much more amazing, Good, and full of Kindness than I ever experienced personally before, but yet He continues revealing His true nature to all who choose to get to know Him....and I know I've been far too slow at allowing this kind of intimacy with Him, though I've had much intimacy, but there are greater levels to everything I suppose.
I'll close with this simple statement: His responsibility is to watch over His word to bring it to pass, and our job is the same as what Jesus told Jairus to do in Luke 8:50, and that was to "believe only." And we do have the choice to continue to trust what we've known and experienced or to jump in and choose to believe what He says. It really is our choice, He'd never, ever make us...but if you listen, I'm sure He's calling you there, too even in that still small voice!
* Revelation 13:8
** Psalm 112:13, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 21:2, Exodus 9:5 (Just a few of many concerning set times or the fullness of time)
(1) http://biblehub.com/kjv/luke/2.htm see Luke 2:1-14
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