Sudden and Unexpected

Here is an example of a type of conversation that I suspect God might have on a daily basis…

“Hello, My beloved. It is I, your Lord and Creator, the One who’s love for you is an unquenchable inferno. Thank you so much for trusting in Me all these years, for trying your best to live a righteous life of lovingkindness, and for spending time with Me, talking to Me all along the way. I so cherish our time.

Thank you for so faithfully exercising the faith in Me that I poured into you, the very faith for which you asked. With it, You dared to believe all of My promises. You believed them so completely that you even told everyone you know about them, including the promise of my protection. And I have protected you, all the days of your life.

Now, are you ready to trust Me yet again? This is a big one. Will you accept that it is now time for you to come home to Me? For, I did not create My children to live forever in a fallen world. That was only ever meant to be but for a moment. I created you all to live as perfected beings with Me in a wondrous place forever without end. And now I say it is time for your wondrous-forever to begin. Are you ready?

You have nothing at all to fear, My love. I have taken care of every last detail. In fact, it is already done. You are already no longer a part of the world. See how easy that was?

Now, while you, yourself, are unaware of the manner in which you departed, those left behind will view it as sudden and unexpected, even tragic, but you need not be at all concerned about that. I allowed such a departure as a test, as a test of faith in My promise of protection, the very promise upon which you so publicly stood firm. I allowed it as a shaking, to show which foundations are strong in Me and which need work.

I already know who will stumble because of this test. I know the ones who will give in to anger and blame Me. I know the ones who will claim that I am cruel and did not keep My word. Yes, I already know. But then, this test is not for Me. They never are. They are meant for those being tested, to show them the truth about themselves, to show them the truth of their current condition.“

Remember, despite how a situation appears or what lies the enemy whispers about it, God always keeps His every promise without fail. One day we all will see. The veil will be lifted, and we will all know the truth and possess a deeper understanding. In the meantime, will you ask Him for the faith to trust in Him completely?

Perhaps it might help to consider the above example for this perspective…

If the evil prince of this world could have his way, he would target every living being of God’s creation on this planet, especially humans, and kill us all off this very moment rather than as allowed by God at the appointed time. But God is in complete control, and He protects us. He protects us every moment from what few dangers we can see, and from the great many we cannot.

So instead, if the devil could, he would cause every flesh body to suffer such horrible agony every single moment of life. For his hatred toward God is truly that great. But God does not allow that either. He only allows an appointed amount of physical and emotional suffering at the appointed time and for good reason, and He promises to one day fully reveal the vitally important purpose for our suffering. And we will thank Him for it. Hard right now to imagine, huh?

Well now. Since the enemy isn’t allowed to kill us off immediately, and since he isn’t allowed to make us suffer horribly every moment, then instead, he focuses his efforts on lying to us constantly through every means available, attempting to twist our understanding, to corrupt us, to turn us against one another, and to turn us away from the One who truly loves us, from the One who sends us hidden blessings every day. This, God has allowed. Yes, this one, the devil has legal right to do. Yet still, God helps His children. He gave us both His promises and instructions. He gave us His word, and despite the enemy’s many attempts, God has not allowed His word to be destroyed or withheld from us.

But… He does not force His children to learn about His promises and instructions.

(Hosea 4:6) “My people are being destroyed for lack of knowledge, because they do not know Me.“

(Proverbs 14:12) “There is a (seductive) path before each person that (from a worldly perspective) seems right, but it ends only in death.“

(Matthew 7:13-14) “For broad (easy) is the path and wide (accepting) is the gate that leads to destruction (hell), and many are the souls who (comfortably) travel there (together) and enter. But the gateway to life is very narrow (Jesus) and the road is difficult (lonely, with many obstacles), and only a few ever find it.“

I, for one, would not choose to live in a world brimming with crafty lies, subtle manipulations and legally-permitted, demon-influenced thoughts without being clothed in the knowledge of God’s promises and instructions. I would feel too naked, without the weapons to fight back, too vulnerable, too easily lead down the wrong path, an easy target to manipulate and corrupt, primed to fail each and every test. No, I choose not to face this wicked world without that knowledge…

How about you?

Trampled by Pigs

It should go without dispute that the devil very much enjoys, and will always utilize to the fullest extent, the freedom granted him through shadow. God, Himself, has said, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4:6) For, in lack of knowledge, the light of truth is absent, and where light is not, a shadow is cast.

It is from within these shadows of our ignorance that the enemy’s demonic minions are free to lightly whisper convincing lies, and since we don’t yet know any better, we are easily tempted into accepting these lies as truth and acting on them. Every day, we are used as unwitting servants of the devil, oblivious agents acting solely for the sake of the kingdom of darkness. (For an example of this in action, see the previous blog post.) Is anyone else infuriated by this?

These whispered lies are always specifically tailored to serve the enemy’s agenda; to steal peace and joy; to cause dissension and strife; to crush spirits and kill relationships; to cause pain, suffering and misery; to create cracks, tears and cuts through which he can then attempt to gain a new foothold; and even worse, to convince us to give ourselves over to demons, thus giving them legal right to permanently indwell us.

(For example: A child is verbally abused by parents living in darkness. A crack is formed. Demons then whisper lies designed to exploit that crack. The devil gains a foothold. New lies are whispered now pushing that child to begin cutting themselves or to bully other children or worse. Without the light, that child may also grow up to become a verbally abusive parent living in darkness. …and on, and on. The devil’s playbook never changes.)

In faith, I have asked Jesus for His wisdom. I have asked that He would open my eyes to the truth, even the ugly truth about myself and my own behavior. For He, Himself, is Truth, and without Him as my lamp, I am blinded by my own ignorance and sin, easily deceived and of use to the enemy.

My soul asked for His truth in earnest long ago because without knowing the truth, I felt like I was floating, ungrounded, with no firm path beneath my feet, and I found such a feeling to be extremely unsettling. For that reason, the truth has long been of vital importance to me. I feel a perpetual burning desire to live in His “light of truth”, for I would be lost without it.

Since then, although I have stood in His light for my own sake, from this position, my eyes can also see the shadows surrounding others who still live in darkness, and I have long felt the strong desire to warn them of the cost of their ignorance. I have even attempted many times to use a mirror to reflect the very light I’m standing in onto the shadows nearest them for their sake; to offer helpful truths of God to those I care about, thus exposing the work of the enemy by revealing the creepy nearness of his minions …but, alas, to no avail.

From my many disappointing attempts I have come to the conclusion that people who are not seeking the truth will reject it when it is offered, and even loved ones will attack the one offering it. This must be what Jesus meant when He said, “Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.” (Matthew 7:6)

Still… It feels awful to just stand by and watch the devil have his way with them.

What’s Really Going On

Satan assigns a low-ranking demon to whisper clever words into the mind of your friend, and immediately upon accepting them, your friend lobs those hurtful words at your heart. Ouch! That very same demon then quickly loads carefully-tailored ammunition-words into your mind. So, what do you do with them?

Do you launch them at your friend in retaliation? I bet you do. I bet you speak them without any hesitation at all, automatically assuming that they are your own sharp and clever reply coming from your own quick mind.

But they aren’t your own words at all. They are a bullet that comes straight from hell, customized and special ordered. And the instant it launches from your tongue, the war is on, and that very same demon is right back at your friend’s ear preparing another volley.

Haven’t you ever wondered why we so often struggle to quickly form those beautiful, uplifting words from the heart, yet even when we are feeling tired and run down, those clever, biting, hurtful words seem to rapid-fire so quick-and-easy off our tongue?

When will we finally realize what’s really going on here? What will it take to wake us up to the fact that most all arguments of dissension and strife are cleverly orchestrated by demonic spirits expertly playing us against each other, spirits who have been honing their assigned specialty for millennia. Mankind is not smarter or quicker than the devil.

Jesus asks that we take captive our every thought and make it obedient to Him. (2 Corinthians 10:5) If only we would do just that. If only we would form the disciplined habit of examining our thoughts before acting on them, and then kick out with extreme prejudice every last one that does not bear the sweet flavor of the fruits of the Spirit of our meek and lowly Savior (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control).

When Jesus commands them, the demons must obey. And, though they have legal right to cozy on up and whisper temptations into our fallen-flesh minds, we can resist them, and they must flee. (James 4:7)

(278pikelk 2012.12.04) Jesus: “All of Satan’s words are lies, you don’t need to know his words. His lies just pop into your mind. This you can’t prevent, but what you can do is not believe them, and do not speak them out loud.“

Spirits are sent to deliver expert lies to everyone, either directly or through a willing tongue or pen, but more often it’s in some superb combination. These lies are specifically designed to target our most sensitive areas; our insecurity or sense of inferiority, or through the deep pain we feel from suffered loss, loneliness, rejection, abandonment or betrayal. Not one of God’s children has lived unmanipulated in this way. We are all lied to by the devil throughout this life, and every one of us has fallen for it.

So, now you know your place on the battlefield. For true spiritual warriors know who it is they are really battling. (Ephesians 6:12)

Perhaps the quickest way to know you have been conned into believing yet one more of satan’s lies is when you suddenly flash with anger…

(Dream 526) Jesus: “When Heaven becomes visible on Earth, the enemy will be terrified. In order to cover his evil tracks, he will then proclaim that God could have done these great things a long time ago and that He has been withholding good things from those who suffer. In anger, many will believe this.”

…and the quickest way to not be conned by this particular lie when it comes is to know well who God truly is. Those who know Him know beyond any doubt that He is not cold, callous or indifferent. He is Love, Himself, and all that He allows will ultimately serve a big and beautiful purpose. You’ll see.

Sweet Pea

Just before midnight, December 10th, 2003, I came upon him, a grey kitten sitting on the frozen slush beside a frost-covered country road. His breath lingered like little wisps of smoke. He kept looking right and left, right and left, as if desperately hoping that those who dumped him would return. He was too stressed and preoccupied to notice when my car passed close by, or when it pulled over, or even when I opened the door.

It wasn’t until I leaned out to look back at him that his eyes met mine, and for one long moment, he just stared at me as if searching me deeply for proof of something. Then, he asked me a question… a question delivered through one tiny, desperate meow. And he waited for me to reply.

I have no idea what he asked me, but somehow my spirit must have known… and it answered. I don’t know why, but I suddenly threw open my arms and said, “of course I will.”

Immediately, he sprinted toward the car door, jumped in the car, ran up my chest, started rubbing his face side-to-side against mine and just kept howling and howling. I’d never heard a cat make a sound like that before. It was like his little heart was broken and he was crying and saying “thank you, thank you, thank you” over and over. I thought “I can’t believe this is happening” as the tears welled up in my eyes.

I named him Peanut because he was such a little peanut in a great big world. I also called him my Peanut Boy and my Sweet Pea.

He was my dear friend and companion for 18 years. Two days ago, on October 28th, Jesus scooped him up in His arms and took him home to heaven. I am truly so happy for him that all his suffering is over and that his joy in now complete… Yet still, my heart is so crushed.

He was my last. The house feels so empty now. I hope Jesus comes soon. Thank You, Lord, that heaven is forever and that animals are a part of Your heavenly host.

Straight from His Heart

Jesus is quite famous, is He not? Even self-proclaimed atheists “swear” by him. So if He were to speak publicly today, do you suppose the Son of God would ever talk as might a politician attempting to rally a crowd by simply tossing a string of exciting ideas into the air? I think not.

For, even when addressing the multitudes, it is a simple matter for our God, through His Holy Spirit, to speak one-on-one to each individual heart, to hold a vast sea of simultaneous private conversations. Why would He ever not? Yes, that is the voice of my Shepherd, an intimate voice that speaks with loving eyes looking right at you.

Hear Him now, speaking to you with loving eyes, in this powerful word given recently through one of His prophets?

Link to full word given February 10, 2021: Come away with Me

Come away with Me My beloved. Come away to the secret place, and let Me speak to your heart and impart into your spirit. I have much love to give you, and if you would only trust Me with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength, I will carry you through this storm, and you will know more love than you have ever experienced. I am your Beloved, I am the One who knows you better than you know yourself and who laid down My life for you, so you could have eternal life.

I have placed within the heart of every soul I created, the desire to find truth and know the Oneness of who I am as Creator with My creation. For all who allow Me a dwelling place in their heart, I am all that a soul will ever need or desire in this life. The quest for one to know his/her purpose and the meaning of a soul’s existence will always find its answer in Me. A cry for wisdom will always be heard. A sincere desire for truth will allow My truth to present itself. Where My Spirit dwells, there is freedom. I am the answer to the heart’s cry for oneness, for true and perfect love, for peace, for joy, and for total fulfillment.

For you who are desperate and seeking, come to Me for the answers to all your questions. For you who are anxious and fearful, terrified and afraid, I have everything in hand. Nothing happens outside of Me or My will. I am Your Protector, Your Shield, Your Refuge, Your Defense, Your Rock and Your Hiding Place. Give Me the opportunity to show you My heart.

All who are lonely, widowed, barren and despairing, all those who have suffered great loss and are heartbroken, I am Your Companion, Your Lover, Your Closest Friend, Your Comforter, the only One who can fill the void that is so painful and feels so empty. Turn to Me, and let Me love you and comfort you in your distress and sorrow.

Those of you who are angry, bitter, harbor hate and are resentful; those who are unforgiving and have rage towards others, lay down these things at My feet, praying for forgiveness and mercy, and it will be done. Vengeance is Mine says the Lord. I cannot forgive you, however, if you refuse to forgive others.

I am the Peacemaker, and I will take away all the hurt that has been done to you, if you would only allow Me to be your Healer and the Balm for your soul. I will mend and fill your heart and make it One with Mine. I will fill you to overflowing with My love. Release all to Me.

You who have deep sorrow, grief and sadness, if you would only believe that I alone can relate to you and what I have allowed in your lifetime. No one has been more sorrowful than I have, as I have watched so many of My creation reject Me. I am the Man of Sorrows. Come to Me, and I will give you rest, and I will turn your mourning into joy. I will sit with you in the ashes, and then I will bring you out into My glorious light.

For you who have been deeply betrayed, especially by those who you have loved the most, ask Me to help you understand that I experienced the greatest betrayal. Yet, forgiveness has been offered to all by My Father, and forgiveness will make things once ugly and scarred in your heart into something moldable and pliable through which I will pour out My Spirit. Let Me do the work I began in you. Let Me complete it, so you can walk in the fullness of all I have purposed for you, before I bring you home to Me.

Those of you who are outcasts- invisible, rejected and discarded or orphaned, you are so close to My heart. I see everything. I know every detail of your lives and what has happened to you. I feel your pain, as it is My pain. But, do you not understand that I have chosen the meek to inherit the earth? I am near to the broken hearted and those crushed in spirit. I will heal your wounds. I love you who are poor and destitute, and I hear your cries. I will defend you and encourage you. I will give you your daily bread, feed you My manna from Heaven. I will deliver you from the oppression of evil men. I will bring joy back into your life, and you will inherit My lands. I will bless you and prosper you, and what has been stolen from you will be restored. I will bestow honor on you and crown you with salvation, when you call on Me and believe in Me for your salvation.

All who are abused, tortured, beaten and oppressed, I will redeem your life because you are precious in My sight. I hate the wicked and the one who loves violence, and I will repay, says the Lord. Put all your trust in Me, and I will deliver you from evil men.

You who are stalked, targeted, persecuted and tracked, I am watching everything. I understand how difficult it is to trust man. I tell you, I am the One recording and watching all things you are experiencing, and I am a Just Judge. I will bring all those before Me who seek your harm and destruction, and they will be without excuse. Wait on Me and My timing, but be assured of your deliverance from evil men and from the demonic web in which you have been ensnared. I will rescue you. All will be exposed at the proper timing, as I flood the world with My light. You must know I have not left you or forsaken you. I hear your screams and cries for help. You matter to Me, and I love you with all of My heart. You will understand very, very soon why things were this way. I ask for your trust and for you to stay faithful to Me. You will not be disappointed by My plan, once it is revealed to you. Stay strong dear ones. Have courage. You are almost home.

My faithful ones who have not feared or backed down from the scorn and ridicule of others, and have continually been mocked and scoffed at. I know every hateful thought, word and deed that has been done against you, because it is not you, but Me, that the unrighteous ones persecute, mock and scorn. It is My heart and My love, My truth and My Word which they reject. Remember this, they hated Me before they hated you. Blessed are you who are persecuted for My name’s sake and for My righteousness, as yours is the Kingdom of Heaven. Rejoice and be glad, because your reward in My Kingdom is great, and they have been persecuting My prophets and those who speak truth for all time.

Blessed are you who are sick and suffering from all sorts of diseases and disabilities, as when you pray to Me, I will use this for My glory until I will bring healing in My wings and restore you to perfection. Trust in My timing, I will not fail you. It is in your suffering that you will come to know deep intimacy with Me, the Suffering Servant. Come to Me for comfort while you are hurting and weak, and I will give you strength for the battle. And truly I tell you, the battle is already won, and I am coming so very soon. Your wait is almost over, so rejoice in Me!

All you who are doubting and confused; you who lack discernment and are deceived, unable to discern truth; you who have been indoctrinated and lied to, influenced by evil men and persuaded in all manner of evil things, get on your knees immediately and pray to Me, and I will shatter the illusion of this false reality that you have believed is real, and I will flood your heart, soul and mind with My clarity and truth, discernment, wisdom, knowledge and understanding. Ask and you will receive from Me, and I will reveal to you that I have not given you a spirit of fear or confusion, but of power, love and a sound mind. My Spirit will rest on you, giving you My counsel and strength and the fear of the Lord. Come quickly now My loves, as the hour is so very late. You are not guaranteed tomorrow.

My ashamed and humiliated ones, I love you. There is not one of you too wretched or sinful in My sight that I would not forgive if you turn to Me with all of your heart. There is no condemnation to those who are in Me. If any of you are in Me, you are a new creation. Old things are passed away, and I will make all things new again. Walk according to the spirit, not the flesh, and My grace is always enough for you. Confess your sins, and I am faithful and just to forgive them and purify you from all unrighteousness.

To My weary and emptied ones, truly I am at the Door. I have been with you through the trials and refinement by fire, and you have been made strong in My image through all your afflictions. Your desert experiences are coming to an end, as I bring all My remnant into One fold. You who have known My voice and who have sacrificed much and remained obedient, your reward is coming. You are the jewels in My crown, and My Signet Ring and Robe of Righteousness adorn you. I am coming as your Groom, and I will use you to draw many, many souls to Me, as Heaven invades earth. Rejoice, for I am so very near now. Keep your lamps burning brightly!!

My beloved, there is not one of you, no, not one, whose hairs I have not numbered. Your names are written on the palms of My hands, and a book of remembrance is written before Me, for you who fear Me and think upon My name. You will be Mine in that day when I make up My jewels, and I will spare you. Then, you will return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between those that serve Me and those that do not.

My judgments are now here, and they will continue in earnest. My warnings have ceased, and I now act, beginning in My house first. There is nothing more important or more critical at this moment in time, than hearing My voice and My counsel clearly. So much deception has been unleashed already, but what is about to occur, will make recent things pale in comparison. You MUST stay in a state of repentance and complete submission at this point.

The beast rises and nothing will be the same. Already, your world has changed drastically, and yet I move now with great power, as I judge the nations of the earth. You will see signs and wonders, but not all are things of Me. You will hear promises of great things to come, and peace without end, but the one with the forked tongue will deliver many empty promises with charisma and seductive words. However, he truly only desires your destruction.

As I shake all things, and man’s systems crumble, whose voice will you listen to? He who is in you is greater than he that is in the world, but who are you in covenant with? Stop and truly ask yourself that question. My Word teaches you cannot serve two masters, God and mammon. Which one do you love?

It is not My judgments to fear but rather the wicked one who will destroy your soul for eternity. I chasten those I love for good cause. It takes great shaking for most to realize the reality of what is happening and where you are in time. This is the end. Do not mistake it. Mark My words. The hour of trial for the earth has come. It begins with fervency, and so quickly now. When you are stripped of everything you find comfort in, who will have your continued allegiance?

As I have told you, you will experience much. You will lose loved ones, many of you already have. Many will not hear the truth you speak and fall into deception. Pray unceasingly for them. This is the most powerful weapon you have, and the greatest act of love for them.

Many of you will lose everything- homes, employment, relationships. I am in control. Come to Me all who are burdened and troubled, and I will give you rest. Learn to hear My voice ever more clearly, and I will counsel you and guide you as to your positioning.

A critical hour is upon you, as I finalize sealing those appointed for glory from those appointed to death. Do not believe the lies satan and his dark kingdom have been feeding you for so long. Consecrate and sanctify your bodies, My sanctuaries to Me continually, as often as My Holy Spirit prompts you to do so. Cover yourselves and your loved ones with My blood. Ask and you will receive when you ask according to My will and walk in obedience. Run your race strong, and do not give yourselves over to strong delusion and corruption of your body, mind and soul. The greatest assault against My people of all time begins now. You will not stand without adhering to all the instructions I have given you. This is a life or death juncture for all My people, as the great line of division has come that is spoken of in My Word. You have the choice to receive the outpouring of blessings from My storehouses, or find yourself in the Valley of Decision. Hear My words to you My people, I will hide those who trust in Me, but I cannot do the same for those in rebellion.

There is a rest for My children, and I am faithful. I am desiring you to be faithful as well.

Run to Me

Run with everything you have, with your entire being!

Run..

I AM THE BREATH OF HEAVEN- CONSUME ME

I love you My sons and My daughters, I love you..

YAHUSHUA, YOUR ONE TRUE LOVE

Be Serious About Reaching the Lost

Below is a word from Jesus given through The Pike Lake Transcripts. He wants everyone to spread the message that He, the Son of God, dearly loves all those who are His, and He asks you to simply believe in who He is and to surrender your life entirely into His loving hands, and He WILL save you. But, if you choose to reject Him all the way to your end, then He will have no choice but to let you go, for He does not force anyone to love Him.

Here is the word:

“Stubborn people don’t see and don’t hear. They do not see the signs or hear the warning cries of the prophets. My prophets spread the word. They do what I ask of them, but what good is it if no one listens.

Time passes and things seem good, quiet and peaceful. This will not last. This is to lull you into a rest. Lull you into a peaceful feeling where you are relaxed and unsuspecting. Satan is the king of liars, the king of deceit. Things have been set to occur since the beginning. As these things unfold, people will cry out for Me, and I will not answer them.

Tragedy will strike you soon, daughter of Babylon (America). You have stood too long disgracing My name. You will find yourself alone with help from almost no one. The evil see what is coming, yet my children do not, blinders put on them by satan. Bring to me your repentant hearts. Open your hearts and minds to the words and warnings of My prophets. It is time. Be ready for your life and nation to change. Your help to other nations will not be repaid to you. They will do nothing to help the people of your nation, since there will be no value to your money. Your civil servants will walk away and fend for themselves.

Christians must stick together and help one another. You will be provided for and taken care of. Until this day, reach out to those around you and spread the gospel message. Do not be fooled by this lull in activities of Satan. He has his plan also. He knows the weakness of heart of so many and how easily they will fall to him. He is a great imitation of good to achieve his goals, but no one knows the evil that will befall them once they give themselves to the deceiver.

Be serious now about reaching the lost. Do not just sit back and let time pass you by, because there is so little time left to act. Continue to warn all that you see that time is short, and they need to prepare their hearts to meat the Son of man.

When the hearts of the gentile are made pure, the bride will be swept away. She will see some chaos first but nothing like what will be after the bride is taken. Hold fast to My word. Fear is not of me. You are responsible for the preparedness of your hearts, no one else but you. Open My word, and remain in Me. When the flames surround you, you will be at peace. When the earth shakes underfoot, you will be at peace. When your ocean covers your coastlands, you will be at peace. When the sky turns black, you will be at peace. When violence surrounds you, you will be at peace. When you suffer and hunger, you will be at peace. When you cannot quench your thirst, you will be at peace. Lift your face to me in your fear, and it will lose its power over you.”

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So Many Aspects

Our Father assures us that it both serves a good purpose, and that the reason for it will one day be revealed. Yet even so, the one aspect of this fallen creation that still ranks number one on my hate-list is suffering, both physical and emotional. I don’t mean just my suffering but all suffering, especially the suffering of the innocent and helpless including animals. I’m sure I speak for many. Nothing breaks my heart and twists my guts faster than witnessing intense suffering, which is why I feel so uneasy about witnessing any of the judgments of Psalm 91.

So, considering how much I hate suffering, it makes perfect sense then that, for me, my most beloved aspect of our Lord and Savior is His mercy. The most intense, tear-filled, heartfelt worship to ever pour out of me has come time-and-again from gazing upon His beautiful, humble, mercy-filled heart. And yes, I am one of those folks who gets all choked up in whispered thanks whenever I witness genuine, selfless acts of merciful kindness, for I know very well exactly from Whom that mercy came. Deep inside the private dictionary of my heart, the connotation of the phrase, “to minister”, has always included the delivery of a huge portion of mercy.

There is another aspect of Jesus that so often leaves me in silent awe. And though I don’t hear it talked about all that much, being who I am (or perhaps I should say, “being who He made me”) I am realizing more and more how very important this aspect of Him is to me. In fact, it calls to me. The aspect to which I am referring is Jesus’ desire to share. And by “share” I mean His huge desire to share absolutely everything, including what it’s like to be Him. Think about it.

Because we are like clay vessels, specially designed to hold the water of His Spirit, this means that wherever we go, He is there with us, and so whatever He can do alone, we can also do together. How is this NOT Him intimately sharing the very experience of being Him? No wonder in Psalm 82 and John 10:34 He, Himself, referred to us as “gods”. Do we not see how truly intimate His invitation is? Honey, we were made for this!

Even now, we are functioning as designed though not yet at full capacity, for it is, in fact, our patient, merciful, kind Savior who offers up through us His patience, mercy and kindness, otherwise we, ourselves, would have none at all to offer. And one day, when He will at long last indwell us in full measure, that is when deep will finally meet Deep. I can almost feel His excitement about it.

Another aspect of Himself which He showed me He also desires to share with us is His uniqueness.

(Isaiah 46:9) I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me.

Did not our Potter teach us that we are each uniquely molded by the very circumstances of our journey both on His wheel and in His furnace with no two pots alike, more unique than we can know? How blessed are we that the one-and-only Creator of all just happens to be a never-ending, intense, burning flame of Love who desires to mold each and every one of His children into a rare and precious one-and-only gem like Him?

And yet, in this life, I do find that there is also a certain loneliness inherent in being a one-and-only. I feel it within myself all the time, and it runs deep, causing perpetual dissatisfaction with shallowness. I long to know deeply and to share the depths of who I am. (Looks like God is sharing with me even His desire to share and be known.) I also feel this same loneliness coming from Him when I hear Him speak Isaiah 46:9 above. His loneliness tugs at my heart. Can you hear it? It is Deep calling unto deep. Can you see how by sharing all that He is, He will at last be deeply known? And for just such deep intimacy has He waited a very long time.

When you seek for yourself to know Jesus intimately, you will begin to see for yourself how His sharing list goes on and on. This is a big desire of His heart. Does He not share His creativity by the giving of gifts? He carried His cross. Does He not also ask us to carry ours as well? He will one day rule and reign. Is He not going to share that responsibility too? He shares with His children even the experience of raising children. Our humble Savior even willingly shared the experience of death, itself, though He had sinned not.

And for several thousand years now, He has been patiently sharing with us a deep knowledge of good and evil through the rich experience of living in a fallen creation, subject both to His enemy and to death and …suffering. Yep. There it is. Oh well. It’s still top of my hate-list.

A Message for the Willful

NOTE: The following message from God was delivered on January 9, 2019 to our sister Julie, at the “I am Calling You Now” blog. To read this message in its entirety on her blog, please click the link below. God is Love, but He is also Just, so not everything He says tickles the ears.

http://iamcallingyounow.blogspot.com/2019/01/final-warning-from-father-god-yahuah.html

I speak a most dire warning to all the inhabitants of the earth. I speak to anyone who has NOT heeded My previous warnings – those whose eternal destiny is damnation. Listen to your Father! Listen to the One who gave you the breath of life! Your failure to respond and repent from your wicked and sinful ways will cost you eternity! You know not of that which you will face when the breath of life is taken from you and your soul leaves your body.

You who have ignored the continuous and countless ways I have desperately presented truth to you. You who continually and repeatedly choose the desires of your flesh over the food I offer for your spirit. You who act and live as if you can serve God and mammon with no accountability. The eyes of your soul feast on murder, anger, rage, fear and death; fornication, idolatry and lust of every kind fill your eyes, minds and your ears everyday. You do not even know the meaning of the word compromise. You entertain yourselves by feasting on blood and death. Therefore, I will give you over to your desires. I will not save you who do not want to be saved.

You give your allegiance and are in covenant with another by the willful sin you allow to perpetuate. Do you have any idea what you are doing? To give allegiance to any other god but Me is certain death. Eternal death. I will not protect you or keep you from the hour of trial coming imminently upon the earth when you feed from his table, the table of the enemy.

I am holy and I am just, and you walk with no intercessor, My Son Yahushua to plead your cause or to intercede on your behalf. Judgment is here and you will stand alone, naked in your sin, filthy and repulsive in the presence of the Great I AM, and you will already be judged by your words, deeds and actions and your refusal to live a life of holiness and obedience. Your witchcraft will not save you then. What witchcraft is this you ask, in your vanity and your pride? It is the vile and filthy things that fill your lives. You dine with devils. You invite darkness in at every turn and darkness will be your abode eternally if you do not repent. You have given the enemy permission to enter all aspects of your lives and he finds his dwelling place already within you.

I created My people and breathed My breath into you in order for you to glorify and reflect Me. Your agreements with satan and the permissions you have given him will turn your vessels from that which I desired to be used for My glory- vessels of honor, into that which satan will use to destroy you. Do you hear what I am saying? Because he cannot create and needs an army to inhabit to wage war on My righteous ones, you will be used as his instrument, instead of you being My instrument.

The moment in which he and his demons are plunged from My Kingdom and cast to this earth, he will be desperate for a physical place of habitation. Those who are not walking with Me will be those he then completely inhabits. Why do you think My warnings have been shouted so urgently now? Because that time is imminently upon you, and then satan will have his army, and literally, all of hell will be loosed on this planet. This world has never seen anything like this before- an unimaginable and purely evil army of darkness and death, countless in numbers, hunting down those they may devour.

Why would I warn and warn as I have, if I didn’t wish any would perish? But when that moment of fulfillment of My words are here, you do not want to be one that is not completely covered by the blood of My Son’s sacrifice, because then, it is too late, and your fate is sealed.

Are these words harsh for you? Or do you laugh them away as you have in the past? Do you suppose they are being penned by an insane writer who has lost all sense of rationality?

Do you have the courage to remain in your wickedness and find out if indeed these words speak truth? Mocking the messenger of these words is only mocking Me.

This may be the last time you hear these words.

WHO DO YOU SERVE THIS DAY???

YAHUAH

GOD THE FATHER

What Few Leaves Remain

I recently found myself with some materials ready for return to the library, and so, like always, I weighed the pros and cons of walking versus simply driving.

Yes, part of the route provides some decent, up-hill cardio. Shame to waste that. Yet, opting for that one hour’s exercise becomes instant regret whenever snowplows have covered the sidewalks with high, lumpy, crusty mounds, or whenever that sharp wind blows bitterly down the mountain through every gap and thread of too-thin-a-coat. Yet again, too-thick-a-coat leaves me soaked at the conclusion of that cardio climb. However, I can sometimes get away with peeling layers during the ascent on windless days. Hmm… 28 degrees outside. Decisions, decisions.

If only I too could count on the pay off of that sensation some refer to as runner’s high; that endorphin-rush consolation offered after prolonged exertion, then perhaps I wouldn’t bother working so hard to plot the path of least discomfort. Oh well. C’est la vie.

I looked out the window, and all seemed perfectly still. Perhaps a lighter jacket then? No. Better not chance it. But, I will skip the hat and gloves this time. That seems a fair bet. …Boy, was I wrong!

Unrelenting, icy blades of air blasted straight down the road right through every zipper and button hole. Ears stinging, hands in pockets, I lowered my head and whispered to Jesus who is always with me, “You are my strength.” Then, I marched forward at a surprisingly brisk pace against that stiff headwind the whole way up the mountain, yet still too cold to break a sweat. And when I turned that right angle onto a side street, that head wind followed after me. It seemed deliberate. It seemed personal. It made me angry.

Frustrated, I thought, “But, when I looked outside to gauge the weather, barely a breeze was evident. Even as I look around me, nothing much is moving. Why? Is the wind only targeting me?” Just then, Jesus’ Holy Spirit; that still, small, Voice of peace and wisdom from deep inside, showed me why in a flash.

He let me know that on this particular winter’s day, I was experiencing a parable of the times we are now entering. The whole world is falling into a kind of wintry darkness, as satan gradually applies more and greater pressure against mankind through every world system and power under his influence and control. Only those hard of heart and stiff necked can stand against this wind in their own strength, which is why, from a worldly perspective, they appear firmly planted and enviably successful. When observing them, these ones still visible in this scene, we see no evidence of the wind.

As for the rest, all those softhearted, lost ones who are the leaves through which we could have better gauged the wind, its cold blast has, or soon will prove to be too much for them, and they will all dry up and be blown away into gutters and piles, huddled, waiting, crying, made to feel like failures, their hearts also at risk of growing cold and ruthless.

Yet, there are still others who remain, those few, those loving few who rely on Jesus and no other for their strength, who never cease in doing good (2 Thessalonians 3:13), who pray that the light of love in them never go out. These are the Kingdom’s ambassadors, the beloved of the Lord. These, the Lord makes to stand out, like a lone leaf among the stiff, bare branches, miraculously still green in the face of winter’s unrelenting blast, a spectacle to behold. For, God would not hide His lamps under a basket, but place them on a stand where all can see His light (Matthew 5:15).

If you should find yourself among the faithless lost, made shriveled, dry and powerless, blown loose and tossed away by the world’s relentless, icy wind, please, never give up hope. Even though you may not yet believe, Jesus is still going to come for you, and nothing is going to stop Him. You’ll see.

…and to you, beloved; those few green leaves that remain, take heart. Keep hold your place in this race of endurance despite the growing wind, and let your heart-light shine ever on. For, you know and love the One called Faithful from whom your strength comes, and at the finish line, His face shall be your dawn.

Passing the Test

Of all film genres, science fiction is my hands-down favorite, especially Star Trek. I can remember as a little boy sitting beside my dad on the couch, both of us with a glass of cold milk in one hand and toasty pretzel sticks in the other, watching our Star Fleet friends boldly go.

For me, science fiction’s appeal is in its ability to temporarily transport me out of the misery of this fallen-flesh life and into a place of pure imagination. The universe is a very vast and real place, ever before us in the night sky, and science fiction is my primo vehicle to quite literally endless worlds of possibility.

But while a source of wondrous adventure, this genre is yet one more medium through which the enemy of mankind manipulates, and we humans are notoriously poor at discerning appropriate teachers.

For example, through this fictitious genre, the devil would have everyone believe that, from the ever advancing sciences and technologies of man, “all things are possible”. Interesting. Isn’t that just what God said about Himself? (Matthew 19:26)

Near the end of the 2018 Sci-Fi film, At First Light, the beings of light, who had at last officially arrived, stated, “We’re here. It’ll get better now.” Please, do not even dare to believe that one for a second!

Can you not see how we are being ever so subtly primed? On and on it goes, barely noticeable, a tiny bit here, a tiny bit there in practically every movie.

Through all modern forms of entertainment, satan has been patiently and determinedly plying this kind of subtle witchcraft from the start, gradually indoctrinating the masses, nudging carefully timed new concepts into the mainstream (Darwinism, aliens, genetic planet seeding, etc., etc.), softening us to more easily accept his soon coming greatest deception, a deception fit for the modern, high-tech man, and many there are who have now been made ripe to fall for it.

Yes, in ancient times, satan did successfully deceive the multitudes by simply stirring up a great cloud of false deities to obscure the way to our one true Creator. But now, in his last, greatest assault, he has skillfully engineered a new god; the modern, seemingly big and powerful god of science and technology which boldly proclaims that all ancient gods of primitive man are merely superstition, including Jesus and His Father, the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob. Hmm… Were we not already warned that the world would turn away from Jesus in the end? (1 John 4:3, Matthew 24:10) What better way than to ever-so-slowly kill off God altogether.

Now is the time to remain awake and watchful that you are not lulled into this anti-Jesus trap. Remember what happened when God’s own people turned from Him and placed their faith instead in the might of Egypt? (Isaiah 31:1) Learn well this lesson from history so that when the time comes, you will not seek salvation from fallen angels of light posing as technologically advanced extraterrestrial beings promising a new golden age for the inhabitants of Earth. Do not choose technology as your savior with its pseudo promises of an immortal life in the flesh lived in an artificial approximation of Heaven.

Rather, keep your faith firmly planted in Jesus, the Son of Almighty God, in whom all power over Heaven and Earth has been given (Matthew 28:18). Seek none but Him for help while you wait patiently for the completion of this, our darkest test of faith. Above all, remember, in no way, shape or form (genetically or otherwise) should you ever allow the body that your Creator made for you to be altered, enhanced, modified, marked or implanted. For, such would be a clear sign, in no uncertain terms, that you have turned away from God and placed your faith instead in the might of the false god of science and technology.

God has said that without faith we cannot please Him (Hebrews 11:6). This final, soon coming, last great test of faith is a whopping doozy, and it is pass or fail forever this time (Revelation 14:11). Please, beloved, love God with all you’ve got by steeling yourself to pass this test!