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Abandoned

Abandoned

(#309 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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Abandonment is a state of mind loved one. And considering it from a supernatural perspective, abandonment is a state of mind resulting from Yahweh’s faithfulness. Indeed, let the Mighty One be true but every man a liar. As it is written: “That You may be found just when You speak, and blameless when You judge.” (Romans 3:4 from Psalm 51.4) And has He not previously declared that, “The wages of sin is death?” (Romans 6:23a) Because this is true, the mind that experiences thoughts of abandonment is a mind that has most assuredly paid its wages for sin.

It is in the most intense and dramatic depiction of abandonment that we witness the equity and justice of Yahweh. He demands the unimaginable price for our sins, and then He accepts His Son’s payment for our debts; His life for ours! It is the single greatest act of propitiation humans have ever known. “The gift of the Mighty One is eternal life in the Messiah Yahshua our Master.” (Romans 6:23b) Sin demanded the experience of abandonment; “Almighty Father, Almighty Father, why have you abandoned [forsaken] me?” (Matthew 27:46 from Psalm 22:1) Therefore, the feeling of abandonment is an absolute must if Yahweh is to remain faithful. Otherwise, you would never realize you had turned from obeying Him. The wages of sin is the fear of abandonment; the gift of life is Yahshua’s willingness to feel abandoned for you! But, DO NOT abuse this pure and perfect gift by assuming it gives you permission to sin.

This truth is reason enough to have great hope and rejoice; a supernatural fervor if you will. Think about it! You can be confident that you will always recognize when your mind is sick because your internal monologue speaks so clearly, “Something is amiss between me and my Maker.” This becomes the key that unlocks the door to oneness, “Help me see my sin Father, so I might dwell with You.”

The feeling of abandonment is just one of many options Yahweh has to bring conviction. All negative thoughts are rooted in sin, disobedience to the commands of Yahweh. Therefore the experience of any negative thoughts can be considered a gift from Yahweh, a safeguard so to speak. Yahweh is Sovereign over everything! Ponder it. Submit to it. Walk this out. It all leads to one remarkable discovery; it is never He who abandons you, but rather you who attempt to abandon Him. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5)

Mindbreaking

Mindbreaking

(#308 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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Now it is the Mighty One who makes both us and you stand firm in the Messiah. He anointed us, set His seal of ownership on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. (2 Corinthians 1:21-22)

He put His Spirit in your heart as His seal of ownership. This says so much more than what twelve words can express. Let’s unpack this limitless promise. Shaul DOES NOT mean that the Holy Spirit has taken up residence in that eleven ounce organ in your chest. Both the Greek and Hebrew language identify the heart as your mind, character, inner life, will, emotions, and intention, or in other words, your center of intellect.

Your “center of intellect” is your heart. This is a heartbreaking (mindbreaking) reality to consider. Even times when speaking of your soul, the word heart is used. “As a man thinks in his heart [soul], so is he.” (Proverbs 23:7) Said in another way, as a man feeds his desires, passions, appetites, and emotions, so is he. Yahweh is who He thinks He is; and you are who you think you are. With this important distinction you can see that the Holy Spirit, the very essence of our Creator, is actually transferred to your mind as thoughts, not “put in your heart.” By placing Himself in us; into our center of thought, we then experience His essence as “The Messiah in you, the hope of glory.” (Colossians 1:27)

He has placed His Spirit right into the center of your mind, specifically to replace your old nature. “I will give you a new heart [inner man, mind, will] and put a new Spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone [mind of man] out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh [mind of the Messiah].” (Ezekiel 36:26) Only the transforming of thought processes could produce this renewed man. Your physical world simply serves as a reflection of what has taken place.

And, if you were made new, then how can the old you survive another day to rear its ugly head (Romans 6:2)? It is only possible because you have been endowed with the same resurrection power Yahweh used to raise His Son from the grave (Ephesians 1:18-20), and you can choose to use that power to accomplish things that would actually be separate from His will. Yes, be careful; you can exercise that new-found freedom and mistakenly use that resurrection power to raise the old you from the grave. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. (Romans 8:5) Unfortunately, it is far too common for Christians to use their freedom and power to set their minds on the things of the flesh; resurrect their old nature; and entertain mindsets which conflict with the mind of the Messiah. DON’T DO THAT!

Set your mind on things of the Spirit! Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be stubborn no longer! (Deuteronomy 10:16) If you embrace the spiritual surgery that took place, your reality becomes, “He who has waged the battle in my mind cannot lose.” And then, what Yahweh has placed in the center of your intellect becomes your chief desire. This is a mindbreaking, and now we know heartbreaking thought indeed!

Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your hearts. (Jeremiah 4:3-4)

Lean on It!

Lean on It!

(#307 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the longing [desire] is fulfilled it is a Tree of Life.” (Proverbs 13:12)

In your quest to comprehend the mind of the Messiah in you, discerning the truth of this proverb is pivotal. You must build your hope on a foundation of solid rock. If your hope is built on loose soil, when the rain comes and the water rises, your faith will be uprooted like a weed that clings to dust (Matthew 7:27).

Listen closely loved one; it is mandated that much of what you hope for (righteously desire) involves a time of supernatural testing. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings [mental tribulations and physical hardships], because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope [expectation]. And hope does not disappoint us, because the love of the Mighty One has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. (Romans 5:3-5) Tribulations will make you perfect and complete, lacking nothing (James 1:2-4). Knowing this sets your hope on solid ground.

If your ultimate desire is to identify with Yahshua’s words, “Not My will but Your will be done (Luke 22:42),” then you can be certain that all of your hopes are protected by His promises and come with His appointed times for manifestation. Hope will not disappoint. He who makes good promises will also comfort you even when hope seems deferred. “I won’t be long. I won’t cause you to hope and then crush your dreams,” His voice speaks to you. “Simply make sure that your desires are found in Me and your hopes will never be uprooted.”

He won’t crush your hope; He will not disappoint you. The delay is not denial, but merely a further pruning of any unnecessary branches that remain. The Tree of Life is the truth of His Life within you. When He fulfills that which you hope for, your entire being will be like a tree planted by many waters, whose leaf does not wither, nor will it cease from yielding fruit (Psalm 1:3; Jeremiah 17:8). You will be like an olive tree flourishing amidst His Holy Garden of Love. Wait for it with praise and thanksgiving. When things seem dreary, remind yourself that Abba will not push hope past His empowerment for you to believe. Lean on this truth and thrive, even while the physical world around you may crumble.

“Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him!” (Job 13:15)

Our Debt to Yeshua

Every Last Penny

(#306 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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“Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors.” (Matthew 6:12)

Debt is what one person owes to another, whether money, goods, or services; it is what a person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; it is a “thing” owed, an obligation, or a liability. However, on the deepest level, debt is the obligation of a righteous life owed to Yahweh. When you fall short of righteous living you become a debtor to the Almighty.

You can be zealous for Yahweh but not understand the righteousness He requires. You can display ignorance of His righteousness by seeking to establish your own righteousness, instead of submitting to the only true righteousness. The Messiah in you is the only righteousness for everyone who believes (Romans 10:2-4). This is the scriptural pattern of “within and then without.” Anything less than righteous thinking empowered by the Messiah in you is where all debt begins.

Debt has two faces: imposition and neglect. Each of these give us exquisite insight into the metaphysical aspect of what Yahweh truly intended for us to understand about both what was transgressed and what was forgiven. They both begin as mental errors and lead to scarcity thinking, which of course ends in physical poverty.

Imposition is a burden or obligation, oft described as the trespass. It is the heavy weight you carry under the burden of self-righteousness.

Neglect is the duty violated by negligence or carelessness. It is the offspring of the mind which has complete disregard for the truths and commands of Yahweh.

Although the price of “past” debts (mental misgivings and their physical ramifications) is paid through the shed blood of Yahshua the Messiah (redemption), it does not mean that restoration (mental and physical) is not a necessary process (sanctification). Moreover, any continued imposition and neglectfulness, post confession of faith and renewal, speaks volumes to your Redeemer. Why? Because accepting His forgiveness also includes agreeing to be accountable to His standards. Unless, of course, you believe your redeemed state gives you some sort “get out of jail free grace card.” If you habitually minimalize the gravity of your choice to sin, “Where sin increased, grace increased all the more (Romans 5:20),” that’s precisely what you are doing. You are ignoring His commands and the penalty for transgressing them.

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? (Romans 6:1-2) It starts with the acknowledgment of personal responsibility for imposition and neglect of the standards of Yahweh. Only the fool looks at the torture stake of the Messiah and reckons that continuing sin has no consequence. Anyone who rejected the law of Mosheh died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of the Mighty One underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the shed blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? (Hebrews 10:28-29)

His death settled your debts, and because of His death every debt must be settled. Tread lightly loved one; how can you who have died to sin live in it any longer?

Are you good enough?

Ed Beged

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(#305 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. (Isaiah 64:6)

Our righteous acts are like…ed beged, in Hebrew pronounced “ayd behg’-ed”.

Don’t ever forget it; the very best you can offer is nothing more than a disgustingly dirty rag. All of us like one who has become unclean, the Hebraic perspective portraying something foul, contaminated, defiled, or utterly polluted.

For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. (Romans 7:18-20)

Nothing good dwells in you! Without Him, all that is in you is disgustingly dirty, foul, contaminated, defiled, or utterly polluted; it is sin living in you. Why is it so very important to remember this? Because He alone saves the un-savable. The Messiah is everything! But the Mighty One demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, the Messiah died for us. (Romans 5:8) He chooses the foul ones to become sons and daughters. Nothing you did, or did not do, warranted such grace. Everything you did, or did not do, warranted His wrath.

And so He condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the Law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (Romans 8:3-4) Ah yes, those who live according to the Spirit. And so you are clear, the Spirit is the free redemptive gift; it was never your choice to receive it. You were kidnapped by sin and He paid the ransom without you ever asking. And somehow, after this redemption, we tend to lose sight of whose work it was. Yes you were made new in the transformation, but it is no longer you but the Messiah in you who lives (Galatians 2:20). Don’t lose that perspective and start behaving as if you had something good enough to offer to deserve it. Oh yes, you are worthy, but not on your own. It is only the Spirit in you that makes anything in you righteous.

You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of the Mighty One lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of the Messiah, they do not belong to the Messiah. But if the Messiah is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of Him who raised Yahshua from the dead is living in you, He who raised the Messiah from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of His Spirit who lives in you. (Romans 8:9-11)

Precisely! His Spirit in you gives life because of His righteousness, not your own. Anything that you resurrect of your “self” will always be foul, contaminated, defiled, or utterly polluted. He will increase, but first you must utterly decrease (John 3:30).

Common Sense

“Common” Sense

(#304 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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Common: widely or generally known; found or done often; prevalent; usual; ordinary; familiar; regular; frequent; recurrent; everyday; belonging equally to; or shared alike by, two or more or all in question.

Have you ever had someone tell you to “use common sense?” Perhaps you might inquire of such; “Please, show me how to apply common sense when I am interacting with the Creator of the universe, who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine [think] (Ephesians 3:20), a Sovereign whose desire it is to reveal deep mysteries.”

But, on the contrary [to human wisdom], as the Scripture says, “What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and has not entered into the heart [mind] of man, [all that] the Almighty has prepared [made and keeps ready] for those who love Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He has bestowed].” Yet to us Yahweh has unveiled and revealed them by and through His Spirit, for the Spirit searches diligently, exploring and examining everything, even unpacking the profound and bottomless things of Yahweh [the heavenly counsels and things hidden and beyond man’s scrutiny]. (1 Corinthians 2:9-10)

Do you understand; do you see the depth beyond “common” that awaits you? How does one apply common sense to things beyond asking, beyond imagining, beyond man’s ability to scrutinize? It is the glory of the Almighty to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. (Proverbs 25:2) If you are sons and daughters, the blood of royalty flows in your veins!

Do not misunderstand loved one; common sense is not evil. Practicality it can be as scriptural as prophecy, dreams, and visions. When Yahshua asked His disciples to feed the five thousand, it was for a very common necessity. His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.” (Matthew 14:15) And as earthly citizens, their response to Yahshua’s direction was rooted and grounded in common sense. “We have here only five loaves and two fish.” (v. 17) John’s account, however, gives us a glimpse into what Yahshua was teaching about the Kingdom. Speaking about Philip he said, “But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.” (John 6:6) Yahshua knew He was about to show His followers what it meant to bring the common into the Kingdom, in other words, what happens when the Kingdom invades the common.

The problem is that far too often the brand of “common sense” among disciples leaves little room for revelation about the Kingdom. Oswald Chambers taught, “Nothing that Jesus Christ ever said is common sense, but is revelation sense, and is complete, whereas common sense falls short.” We would add to clarify, “Common sense falls short in its usefulness for revelation about things which are beyond asking, imagining, and man’s ability to scrutinize.” That is where the privilege of being royalty grants you the rights to search out the deep things of Yahweh, things beyond common sense. “Who has known the mind of Yahweh so as to instruct him? But we have the mind of the Messiah.” (1 Corinthians‬ 2:16‬)

What is common for the spirit man? These are the ideas that need to be scrutinized. What should be common for His people who are only sojourners on earth (Psalm 39:12), whose actual citizenship is Heaven (Philippians 3:20)? Exodus 23:2 warns that we are not to follow the crowd (the majority). The majority certainly have mindsets that will subject the “beyond” to common sense. Your assignment; search out what should be common for you, a Kingdom citizen. A good start would be to find out what is generally accepted among men, and run as fast as you can in the opposite direction.

Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their own evil heart. (Jeremiah 11:8)

The King’s Signet

The King’s Signet

(#303 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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“The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman [the transference of power from the wicked to the righteous], and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate.” (Esther 8:2)

Signet: a small seal, especially one set in a ring, used instead of or with a signature to give authentication to an official document or decree. To give authentication, or in other words, to verify, validate, certify, substantiate and endorse that the one authenticating has the authority to authenticate.

It takes the power and authority of a king to turn a ring into a signet. Here in Esther, the Hebrew word is tabbaath (tab-bah’-ath), the simple word for ring, not chotham (kho-thawm’), which is actually the word for signet or signet ring. What turns a tabbaath, an ordinary ring, into a chotham, a seal of the king, is not the substance of the ring but the authority of the king!

When Esther took from the estate (power, dominion and wealth) of Haman and gave it to Mordecai, she was acting under the transference of power from the king. We see this demonstrated so clearly in Yahweh’s anointing of Mosheh to free His people. The Israylites did as Mosheh instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing. Yahweh had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians. (Exodus 12:35-36) This was not Mosheh’s authority, but Yahweh’s authority displayed through Mosheh. You too were chosen as a vessel through which His power and authority should be displayed.

Yahshua said, “All authority in Heaven and on earth has been given to Me.” (Matthew 28:18) He gave them [disciples] power and authority to drive out all adversaries and to cure diseases, and He sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of the Almighty and to heal the sick. (Luke 9:1-2) He has “given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy [carnal thoughts]; nothing will harm you. (Luke 10:19)

Oftentimes the signet mark is made by pressing the seal of the king into hot wax. The life of a chosen one is exactly the same. Yahshua’s signet brands you by fire and water with instant authority. Whoever bears His mark is sealed and authenticated. The Spirit of Yahweh has placed a seal on you; it seals you until your final destination. “Do not grieve the Spirit [Ruach] with Who you were sealed for the day of redemption.” (Ephesians 4:30) The idea of redemption is the key here. It is the Hebrew [gheh-ool-law: the distinction and deliverance of chosen children ransomed by Yahweh.]

You bear this seal of release on your life. You walk with the authority of the Most High upon you and His Power is available to you. The power will manifest only when He who has sealed you takes precedence over he who has been sealed. Far too often we “go” instead of being “released,” hoping that His anointing will chase us. We reason, “After all, I am His child.” Unfortunately, this “going” is the attitude of prodigals.

As much as the seal says we are released, it offers and announces something far greater. It says, “I am His to be used His way and for His glory.” This fuels the great contention in the mind that believes it still has choices. A mind that opposes His will is the great obstacle of man. It trusts in the assurance of redemption while maintaining wrong ideas about salvation. Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation [salvation in Hebrew is yesh-oo-aw: welfare, prosperity, deliverance, preservation, safety; yes, this is the Messiah’s name] of your souls [in Hebrew, neh-fesh: the breath and vitality of your mind and will, affecting your emotions]. (1 peter 1:8-9)

Your release was caused by the payment of a ransom (redemption) and is assured; what yet remains is the goal of your faith, the welfare, prosperity, deliverance, preservation, and safety (salvation) of your mind, will and emotions (your soul)!

Yes loved one, your eternity is secure; it’s the present welfare of your mind that’s in question.

Things Unsaid (The Narrow View)

Things Unsaid (The Narrow View)

(#302 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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“Therefore, let all Israyl be assured of this: Yahweh has made this Yahshua, whom you impaled, both Master and the Messiah.” When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” (Acts 2:36-37)

Master and the Messiah; ruler and savior; king and priest; leader and servant; lion and lamb; what shall you do? You will do what you are called to do; that’s what you’ll do. The Messiah in you, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27), that’s who you’ll be; that’s who you are!

Are you eager to see the fruit? If you have allowed the soil of your heart (mind) to be cultivated, the seeds to be planted into fertile ground, then you are very likely sensing the rain coming, the downpour of the Spirit that is necessary for that seed to crack open (die) and the seedling (new creature) to come forth.

Because of this Suffer Well Devotional, and even more so now as we conclude this short series within, your heart must feel pricked (Acts 2:37), no? It is impossible for His word to return void (Isaiah 55:11)! For the word of the Almighty is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart [mind]. (Hebrews 4:12)

You must certainly have some “attitudes of the heart” that lead to questions:

Q: “If I agree and adhere to the patterns expressed in ‘Things Unsaid,’ and I apply them daily as I seek Yahweh’s will, can I be sure my calling will be revealed?”

A: This is exactly what will transpire! Remember that the patterns are meant to first test you, as testing of your faith produces perseverance. And perseverance will finish the work Yahweh intended in you so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. (James 1:3-4) The fire, the heat, the stirring, and the pressure, are all sources of spiritual energy used to refine your calling once the dross is removed!

Q: “Why is modern-day Christianity lacking the power promised us?”

A: Ephesians 1:19-20 says we were imbued with the same power that Yahweh used to raise Yahshua from the grave, yet we still act like dirty vessels. We pretend to be “ambassadors” of Yahweh, but do not even understand our own Spiritual potential, our true destiny and calling.

Q: “It seems like I cannot just accept ‘Jesus’ into my old life and use Him as if He’s a type of: super-therapist; corporate trouble shooter; mac daddy marriage counselor; money magnet; luck charm to blow on my dice, so I can win the lottery; faith healer who will dissolve this tumor in my colon; Christian guru, can I?”

A: That is 100% correct! You can’t just paint Yahshua on your old dilapidated barn. He’s not a spray can of Rust-Oleum® who will cover over your rust. If that is what you want, I believe He would call you a “whitewashed tomb” (Matthew 23:27). Instead of covering it up, He came to tear the old barn down. Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into the Messiah Yahshua were baptized into His death? We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as the Messiah was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. (Romans 6:3-4) Yes, a new life; a new creature, not some better version of the old creature. Yahshua the Messiah was impaled in order to become the author and perfector of your faith (Hebrews 12:2). Whoever wants to be His disciple must deny themselves and take up their stake daily and follow Him (Luke 9:23).

Q: “It’s a little scary to consider that learning about my true individual calling might disrupt all that I have currently attained to in my physical life, for me and my family. How should I process this?”

A: “Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for My sake will find it.” (Matthew 10:39) Is it freedom to satisfy all your carnal desires if you must exchange you soul for them? Having it all and yet bound by the wounds of your mind, will and emotions is not freedom. “What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” (Matthew 16:26)

Q: “If I am truthful within myself, I have to admit that it’s hard to trust Yahweh for all of this. To think that His Son, His prophets, and His chosen ones truly lived by faith and not by physical sight (2 Corinthians 5:7) is a strength I fail to see in myself. What do I do?”

A: Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes. (Luke 10:4) So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:31-34) When you are weak you are strong loved one! His power is made perfect in your weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9-11). Keep admitting, “Of myself I can do nothing.” (John 5:19, 30). Never stop saying that no matter what, and He will do all within you that He predestined for you!

Q: “So what is the master key to all the keys expressed over the last six days?”

A: Brace yourself; pray this and receive! “Yahweh, I believe that You will give me the love that I need to love You and Your will more than anything else in life, and with that my calling, my purpose, and my destiny will be revealed. For in [You] we live and move and have our being.” (Acts 17:28) Can you see it loved one? Can you see the intense beauty of all that He has done, and how He has done it? Make it so for us Yahweh, make it so!

But seek first the Kingdom of Yahweh and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Things Unsaid (Five)

Things Unsaid (Five)

(#301 from Suffer Well Devotional Series©)

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Individual direction for you personally:

After the earthquake came a fire, but Yahweh was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper [a still small voice]. (1 Kings 19:12)

This step in discerning Yahweh’s revelation of your calling is, no doubt, the most difficult to ascertain. Even more than the “what to do,” this part requires obedience plus an understanding of timing, timing that is decided by the Father alone. The call on your life is loud and clear; the voice that is calling, as gentle as a whisper. “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with Me.” (Revelation 3:20) Hearing this still small voice reveals what the Most High has had planned for you from the foundations of the world. “My sheep hear [listen to] My voice; I know them and they follow Me.” (John 10:27) When you follow Him, all things are possible for those who believe (Mark 9:23).

It is also necessary to mention another subtle nuance of receiving direction, and how your choices affect how you hear His voice. “They stayed at a distance and said to Moses, ‘Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have Yahweh speak to us or we will die.'” (Exodus 20:19) This account exhibits how, if you are not willing to come boldly before the Throne of Grace (Hebrews 4:16), your desire to stay one step removed will be granted by the Father. However, we also know that it is Yahweh’s preference that you hear His voice directly. It is the glory of the Most High to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. (Proverbs 25:2) Never forget; you are a royal (kingly) priest (1 Peter 2:9)! Or, like Esther, you are His queen who just may be predestined to play a major role in the deliverance of His people, if you would be so bold!

“My sheep hear [listen to] My voice.” His voice will be heard by the child who is humbly confident that it is the Mighty One’s desire to speak every single direction He has for the day, and who also humbly waits to hear those directions. This is the single most personal aspect of your faith. You can personally commune with the Creator of Heaven and earth and hear His voice. If you embrace this possibility, as unique as it seems, and you build a strong desire for such in your everyday life, your journey to discovery will be more than you can ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20).

There is one final jewel in understanding “Things Unsaid.” This personal revelation, the most unique part of discovering your calling, can only be trusted if, first, you have submitted to obeying all the patterns. In other words, in order for you to trust that you are getting “individual direction straight from the voice of your Creator,” you must acknowledge that:

1. He makes the riches of His glory known to His objects of mercy by using His objects of wrath;

2. You did not choose Him; He chose you;

3. No weapon forged against you will prevail and Yahweh Himself forms the weapon;

4. Personal priorities get in the way of hearing His answers;

5. Revelation of your personal calling is already in you. The Messiah in you guarantees it;

6. You must receive and apply wisdom and wisdom is learned, earned and discerned;

7. To discern the voice of your Creator, you must:

a. Learn the word of the Most High;

b. Reject human wisdom;

c. Love Yahweh and obey His commands;

d. Understand what the Almighty has freely given you;

e. Put on the mind of the Messiah;

8. Wisdom is discerned for specific times and reasons;

9. Wisdom is unique to each person and each situation;

10. Wisdom denies all personal desire and prefers the greater good of others;

11. Wisdom dies on a stake while completely innocent and forgives those who murder her.

Do these and you can be confident you will hear His voice. Then, no longer can you settle for: “I am not sure why I am here, or what my calling is.” The earth cries out for sons and daughters who operate in the fullness of their calling. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of the Almighty to be revealed. (Romans 8:19) As we all step into our personal callings, we then can establish dominion corporately and bring the Kingdom of Heaven to earth.

All things are possible for those who believe!

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