Can I just say,
I love writing poetic sermons from Bible passages. It makes me slow down when eating the Word of God, and it tastes so good! I’m able to chew on every morsel and it totally helps with the digestive process. So what I do is pick a book, then read one chapter at a time. Then I meditate on God’s Word and wait for Holy Spirit to direct my thoughts on what He wants me to write. This is the way I break my fast, every morning before becoming fully conscious. It's completely satisfying. The verse I ate this morning was this, “And when they (Jesus and his disciples) had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.” Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.” And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” Matthew 17:14-21 There are so many excretions that came from chewing this word, it’s hard to know what particle the Lord wants me to focus on. But that’s where Holy Spirit comes in. He’s the One who lights my path and illuminates the Word of God. What He showed me first are the words “faithless and perverse generation" I don’t believe Jesus is talking just to them. I believe he is talking to every human. He is not just talking about a horizontal birthing relationship, based off human intention and reproductive multiplication. No. The generation He refers to is a people who have sprung up from a common source of faithlessness witnesses by our timeless God. The generation referred to here is about the human branch that is not directly attached to Him. The branch that is not grafted in. And then, the next verse that went down my throat, was the disciples question, “Why could we not cast it out?” I think it’s because I’ve often asked God the same question, "Why can't I cast demons out when I use the name of God." It's still a question that I have. I’ve been told over and over again, that its not about my lack of faith but it’s because the healing does not align to God’s will, or to the heart of the person to whom it’s supposed to go. But now, in the flesh, I’m totally confused. Because while Jesus’s Ministry was about Repentance and turning back to God, He could not stop His compassion from flowing out to a lost and broken world. He healed the sick. He healed the blind. He healed the mute, and made lame men walk. He even brought the dead to life. Wherever Jesus went, the Spirit of God worked through Him. You see, all good things do not come by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of God. Zechariah 4:6 Jesus said to his followers, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” What do you think He meant? Well, for me, it’s finally beginning to make sense. Holy Spirit just showed me The Vine. “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.” John 15:1-10 You see, all goodness comes from the Father. He is the Master Gardener, and His produce is Love and His grapes are expensive wine. His character is always expressed when He is attached to a person who is attached to Him. And yet, Jesus was crucified and experienced a horrible death. Why? Does it mean He is not connected to God? For a moment in time, the Lamb was slain to break the curse of sin and death, and bring back the blessing of God. You see, Gods plan was to have children who would always live with him. Eternal life - free from sin. This world is only a temporary place, where we will live and die in the physical realm. Sin and death is all around. This place is not our home. Jesus came to shed His blood so that those who believe Jesus is the Son o God will enter the Kingdom of Heaven and live in the New Jerusalem. So this brings me to the last morsel of food. Jesus said, “However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” What in the world do you think He is talking about? Holy Spirit is bringing to mind…Daniel 9. Daniel 9 shows the character of man that God is looking for. A humble, faithful servant who submits himself before the Lord. The scripture says, “Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God,” Daniel 9:20 That is when the angel Gabriel came to present a vision from the Lord - The 70 week prophecy that God gave mankind as a timeline for the Coming King! And Daniel 10 speaks to man’s ability to press into the vine. “Then he said to me, “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia. Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come.” Daniel 10:12-14 “And now I must return to fight with the prince of Persia; and when I have gone forth, indeed the prince of Greece will come. But I will tell you what is noted in the Scripture of Truth. No one upholds me against these, except Michael your prince.” Daniel 10:20-21 Prayer and fasting is the way, we as humans, cut off the flesh, and send our words up to God. It’s our faithful endurance that adds to the spiritual fight! Let me ask you, Are You In? Do you have the Maranatha Cry? Whether you want to admit it or not, there are demons all around us. And their only objective is to take us out through all kinds of manipulation and lies. Anything to be unfaithful to our God. Did you know that Satan has been given authority to rule over this world. And everything not lifted in it, will go down with him! “Jesus answered and said, “Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.”” John 12:30-32 “And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ, by grace you have been saved, and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:1-10 And that my friend, is a mic drop! What can I add to the Word of God? Absolutely nothing! All the answers to life are in it! I praise God this morning for breakfast in bed, and giving me such delicious food.
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