“proclaim the Word of God and stand upon it no matter what! Rise to the occasion and preach when it is convenient and when it is not. Preach in the full expression of the Holy Spirit —with wisdom and patience as you instruct and teach the people.”
The future is now and God calls us just as a rooster would at dawn. To wake up to the reality of what has already been reset.
The word opens the window to heaven as it is quickened by the Holy Spirit and new revelation jumps out with relevancy to today because it is new bread to feed us for today. We always have fresh for the day and therefore no need of the stale of yesterday.
We do however see that people and events and prophesy told in the OT did cast a shadow, as God’s glory light shines upon them, that was Jesus to come in it’s future.
We in the future and in the light of Jesus and the NT knowledge have advantage of a greater foundation of understanding.
God and the Holy Spirit move on and reach out to pull us onward and upward as they do in their enlightenment.
Many of King David’s Psalms and The Song of King Solomon were presumably sung and music bye passes the intellect and goes straight to the soul.
The shadow that we now know to have been Jesus sung these words over His people then and continues today with an even greater relevance of revelation of Himself.
The great passionate love Song of Solomon demonstrates the great love He has for us at every stage of our development until we are finished.
If we liken Jesus to observing a potter creating His thing of beauty the concentration, focus to detail, adoring touch and care and precision the creation is loved and drawn out as perfect at every part of its creation and is modified and perfected to its ultimate finish and loved even more than completely in its completion.
We knowing our own imperfections have difficulty comprehending that love. Christ died for us while we were sinners He did not insist we were already perfect.
It is when we still put an expectation on ourselves that we continue to fall below it and are disappointed. Jesus relishes in our every stage of development knowing no disappointment only delighted love.
We are a work in progress that Jesus says all our remedies are in Him. We just need to give more of our attention to the remedy than the mallardy.
He holds us and heals us bringing peace to our pain and strength by His encouragement. He never rebukes to bring shame.
“He put upon himself our weaknesses, and he carried away our diseases and made us well.”
The enemy strips us naked. Jesus clothes us.
“So I counsel you to purchase gold perfected by fire, so that you can be truly rich. Purchase a white garment to cover and clothe your shameful Adam-nakedness. Purchase eye salve to be placed over your eyes so that you can truly see.”
We must keep awake eager, alert and on fire and ready to keep moving with the power of the Holy Spirit.
Not half hearted, weary, cleansed and undress and therefore think we are ready to sleep as the loved Shulamite bride in the Song of Solomon and can’t be bothered to arise. Or the one who is not fully burning for Jesus but only Luke warm as we see in the Laodiceans in Revelation.
Jesus like our lover reaches out His scarred hand through the window to remind us that His scar was so that no one else goes into eternity scared but whole.
We have to long earnestly for Him for ourselves and all who we meet.
Jesus knocks at the door only if He is outside attempting to be invited in to remind us of His desire is to share food with us and others we bring to the table.
Open our ears to arise with the call. Open our eyes to see Into the eyes of Christ through the window of heaven. Open the door to our heart our body invite Christ in.
The illustration shows the rooster calling us to awaken to a new day. The hand of Jesus reminding and encouraging us to arise and follow Him. The hand knocking at the door of our hearts and churches to be invited in. This kingdom of light pushing the darkness back.
Five Scriptures that come to mind:
“proclaim the Word of God and stand upon it no matter what! Rise to the occasion and preach when it is convenient and when it is not. Preach in the full expression of the Holy Spirit —with wisdom and patience as you instruct and teach the people.”2 Timothy 4:2 TPT
“In doing this, Jesus fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: He put upon himself our weaknesses, and he carried away our diseases and made us well.”Matthew 8:17 TPT
“So I counsel you to purchase gold perfected by fire, so that you can be truly rich. Purchase a white garment to cover and clothe your shameful Adam-nakedness. Purchase eye salve to be placed over your eyes so that you can truly see.”
“My beloved reached into me to unlock my heart. The core of my very being trembled at his touch. How my soul melted when he spoke to me!”Song of Songs 5:4 TPT
“I know all that you do and I know that you have a reputation for being really “alive,” but you’re actually dead! Wake up and strengthen all that remains before it dies, for I haven’t found your works to be perfect in the sight of my God.”Revelation 3:1-2 TPT
The song Never Lost. Elevation
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