A slumberous sleep
fell upon me like a weighted blanket soothing anxiety. A rhapsody of peace enveloped me as I quietly slipped into the mysterious deep. Tides of consciousness withered away, and ebbs of awareness began to wane. Before I knew it, I had drifted away resting on his Spirit where I would not stray. Father God, there’s so much division these days, help me to know how to act, and what to say. Lord Jesus, how should I behave? Holy Spirit, give me the words to know what to pray. I've been saying we are one, and we all bleed the same, but that’s not enough for the angry and dismayed. I totally get, and agree with the claim, that we are all human and should be treated the same way. “Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you” is not just a command that comes from you. It's the natural expression of your spiritual fruit. Love grows from the tree we have been grafted into, and its most nutritious impact is through Spirit and Truth. Oppression stems from the hearts of men who have not given their whole heart to you. We must be careful when we see this sin, because if we don’t we will act on the human feelings within. When we take offense to the ways of the world, we bite his fruit and give legal rights to the underworld. Chewing on anger, can cause us to sin, instead of showing humility we become more like them. How can we expect to make a real difference, when we expect this world to be like the Holy Kingdom? If every time we’re mad by what this world has, what are we showing when we know down right who the principality is? For your Word says, “We do not fight against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12 If we know who we are as Children of God, then we will trust and obey by following your Word. Yesterday, you showed me the angel of God speaking to Joseph and telling him to run. “Go to Egypt, and take Jesus with you. Stay there until I tell you to return.” “For the one who is opposed is coming for him, and he’s doing it through people like Herod the king.” Matthew 2:13 Instead of ignoring, and pretending like I didn’t hear, I obeyed the Lord and shut down social media. I know in my spirit that witches are at work, they are clicking their their heels and stirring the pot. The devil is ruling at rapid speed; he is frantically feeding on the pride of humanity. Selfish ambition, with good intention, is the way he is causing immense division. People are blind because they do not see that acting from SELF is what is preventing people from being free. It takes GREAT humility, to stop and to pray for the one who is fallen and lives life astray. It’s hard to pray for the one who kills, it’s hard to pray for the one who steals, it’s hard to pray for the systems that oppress, it's hard to pray for leaders that digress, it’s hard to pray for criminals of the victimless - it's hard to pray for the ruthless, but it’s only in praying that we give God our best. “Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for ALL the Lord’s people.” Ephesians 13-18 In my dream, the Spirit spoke to me. He said, “I want you to read James 4:4 to see and believe." In an instant, I started to awake, so I wrote down the verse before his voice would break. Isn’t it amazing that James 4:4 says, “You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again, If you want to be a friend of the world you make yourself an enemy of God?” Through the scripture, and through his right now voice, God’s Spirit is saying that we have a choice. This is no different than what He said, “I lay down before you, the choice between life and death.” Deuteronomy 30:19 James Chapter 4 is what we now face, as we make a decision between giving into anger or showing his grace. “What Is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? You want what you don’t have so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have but you can’t get it so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet, you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong - you want only what will give you pleasure.” James 4:1-3 So this is what I say to myself and the Church, the followers of Jesus who claim be the body of Christ, “Humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Come close to God and God will come close to you. Wash your hands. Purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.” James 4:7-8
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