“And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.”
God has two fires burning in our lives together at the one time.
The one reflects the past. It burns with a sulphurous flame and creates an ash representative of all that is old and has no part in the future. It is dead and needs to be buried not to be resurrected.
“when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.”
The second represents the future.
It burns with great purpose and energy. It radiates and emanates great light. Love is the aroma and power that flows from it declaring the opportunity to rise and shine into the atmosphere.
It is God’s desire that we become more divinely powerful. He values each and everyone of us equally to sit round His table bringing to it what we have and to share in all.
It requires us to be without compromise. It requires us to be yielded and authentic. It requires us to boldly protect the truth.
Nothing can stop or resist the purposes of God and it is His purpose that we should encounter Him and be part of the harvest.
“And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.”
We are building now a resurrected life. Every life typically has a cycle of three parts. The living, the dying and the resurrection.
The stage that we have more difficulty coming to terms with is that of letting go of what we recall as familiar and accepting the beauty of what has been transformed and it’s future.
We have to bury the ash of the old and not keep worshipping that or trying to rebuild it again to recreate its image as the familiar we remember.
The future has to be accepted as having a new consistency, shape and structure.
Our present is dependent on the future not the past. The past has need of a line being drawn under it. God is giving us a new opportunity.
Our question is what is He urging us to build? How do we reshape ourselves to accommodate what He is pouring out? How do we go about letting go of all that He has broken off as wreckage?
God will build what we bless because we are invited to co-labour we have to be led closely into making the new His model moving forward and not our own from successes of the past.
We can’t do the old and keep journeying. It is the Holy Spirit we have to rely upon to take control and guide us.
We are not copying something and wanting it to work for us. We are creating what is uniquely meant for us.
Death leads to new life.
“And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.”
We make room for the Holy Spirit to launch us into where Christ wants us to be.
To unlock ourselves and merge with Him where heaven and earth meet in a new sound. We have more than ever to fellowship with the person of the Holy Spirit.
The illustration shows the central surge and power of the Holy Spirit. The two burning flames one to burn away the past to ash. The second to burn to radiate love, light, power and energy. To emanate and push back the darkness.
Five Scriptures that come to mind:
“And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.” Daniel 12:3 ESV
“when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.” Isaiah 4:4 ESV
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,”. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 ESV
“And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.” Revelation 14:15-16 ESV
“And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.”Revelation 12:11 ESV
“And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.”Revelation 12:11 ESV
The song Shoulders. King and country
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