LoisFaith2000
Oct 2 2007, 05:11 PM
“I AM your Fire, MY Beloved, and your Glory in the darkest of nights. I AM always with you, as MY Word has promised and you know by now I always watch over My Word to perform it. Have I spoken and shall I not do it? Of course not. How would that inspire faith in Me?
What My children have failed to understand is the depth of the Price paid for their freedom. To many, “It’s John 3:16 and that’s all you need.” There is so much more to your life in Me than that. I know many of you have not been taught properly but it’s time to awaken from your slumber take responsibility for your own spiritual growth, and walk on your feet, upright, before Me. Truly, you will reap what you sow and I mean this in the positive sense. If you give Me your whole life and draw close to Me and remain so, I will in no wise cast you aside, but rather, I will hold you close to My Heart and teach you great and mighty things of which many have not dreamed. Take Me out of the box in which you’ve held Me for so long and set Me free in your heart with no preconceived notions and I will change you and excite you into a Life of Joy and Peace in My Son Christ Jesus in ways you will treasure for the rest of your days. Always remember, you were meant to walk on water, if it is necessary for the Kingdom’s advancement.
Some of you are holding anger toward those who hurt you in the past; I tell you truly, if you continue to hold on to this anger and hatred, you cannot go on with Me. I know, Beloved, many of you have been hurt, and sorely, and find it impossible to forgive the one who hurt you. Listen to Me and I will tell you something which will change your life, if you do as I say. I say this to you, little one…come to Me with all your hurts and give them to Me and be at least willing to lay them down and put them into yesterday where they belong and I will, in My Own timing, ,bring you into a place of peace and forgiveness you thought not possible. I will bring you into a place of utter delight, truly. Trust Me and see what I will do for you.
Remember, Beloved, I AM your Fire and your Glory in the darkest of nights…and that is only the beginning…”
Trust Me!!!
I had two visions, back to back. The first was white fabric with small black polka dots. The second was a black and white tiled floor. The pattern was of large black and white staggered squares. Why did You show this to me, Lord?
I want My beloved children to see that My hand is moving mightily on their behalf. I want them to gaze in wonder at all that I am bringing forth, for I am bringing forth a glad occasion, an extremely glad occasion. Get ready to view the wonders of your God from a close-up vantage point, dear one. Get ready to take your front-row seat as you anticipate the wonders of the living God shining forth.
Many of you are disgruntled. You are thinking that the Lord your God is not going to do all that He has promised. You are thinking that it is all just talk, talk, talk from My prophets, talk from those who are touting the good will of your Lord. But I tell you, beloved, that it is truth, solid truth, truth you can sink your teeth into and enjoy, truth that will abide deep within your heart, if you will let it.
I want you standing, ready to march forth into your divine eternity with Me. I promise you that you are going. If you have offered your heart to Me in sweet surrender, declaring your allegiance to Me, you will see that new hour and rejoice with all that is in you. You will rejoice, and a new heart, a new heart of hearts, will manifest itself in you. You will be astounded at what your God can do in you, My willing, surrendered vessel.
Many of you see yourselves as not quite making the mark. No worry, beloved! I made the mark for you. Many of you are seeing your lives riddled with sin. You do know where to go to get forgiveness and receive your cleansing, don’t you, dear one? Don’t you know that I, My blood, is forever cleansing that heart that has cried out to Me. Your words of repentance bring forth that cleansing work that nothing else can ever accomplish.
So know, dear heart, that your God is able and willing to rid you of those things that cause grief to your heart. I am more than able to rid you of those spots and clean up your walk so that you will be walking in a purity of life you have never known. No more hopping into sin and out of sin. No! I am quite willing to make that walk one of purity, life, and hope, if you will let Me, if you will trust Me.
That robe of righteousness can be thoroughly cleansed from those black spots that cause you heartache. Yes, beloved, I can clean up your walk and your heart. Trust Me. That is what I enjoy doing. I just want you to enjoy surrendering those things to Me that bring strife and bitterness in your life. I want you to let Me rid you of those things that bring sadness to your heart of hearts. I can and I will. Just put your trust in Me. That is all that I ask, dear one; just put your trust in your holy and loving God. Trust Me!!!
LoisFaith2000
Oct 6 2007, 08:39 AM
October 6, 2007 Anger. What reason do you have for your anger? Have I not blessed you and blessed you over and over again? Do you not have clothing and shelter? Is there no reason for rejoicing instead of being angry? My ways are not your ways. I will punish those whom I punish and I will bless those whom I bless. What business is it of yours that My justice metes out grace upon grace upon the unworthy when they repent? Now turn your heart toward Me and repent of your anger. All will be well because everything is alright and will always be alright in the Father's house. I love you! Anger.
Jonah 3:10 – 4:1-4 "When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it. But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry. He prayed to the LORD and said, "Please LORD, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity. "Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life." The LORD said, "Do you have good reason to be angry?"
Ras Robinson
/ COMPLETE CONFIDENCE 10/6 on: October 05, 2007, 09:52:27 PM
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Complete Confidence
Oct 6 2007 12:00AM
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Job 23:10
If our hopes are being disappointed just now, it means that they are being purified.
Oswald Chambers
5 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / GODLY SORROW by Sandy Warner 10/6 on: October 05, 2007, 09:50:39 PM
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Word2Ponder} Godly Sorrow
Sandy Warner
Oct 6 2007 12:00AM
www.thequickenedword.com
RHEMA 5/13/07 GODLY SORROW
HEARD: What’s wrong with me? Underneath all the masks. Godly sorrow.
COMMENTS: I understand godly sorrow to be the ground of repentance. I believe that this is a foretaste of circumcision and what His people will be going through when true repentance hits them. They will see and understand for the first time what disobedience costs.
2 Cor 7:9-11 NKJV
Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
2 Cor 7:8-11 AMP
For even though I did grieve you with my letter, I do not regret [it now], though I did regret it; for I see that that letter did pain you, though only for a little while; 9 Yet I am glad now, not because you were pained, but because you were pained into repentance [and so turned back to God]; for you felt a grief such as God meant you to feel, so that in nothing you might suffer loss through us or harm for what we did. 10 For godly grief and the pain God is permitted to direct, produce a repentance that leads and contributes to salvation and deliverance from evil, and it never brings regret; but worldly grief (the hopeless sorrow that is characteristic of the pagan world) is deadly [breeding and ending in death].
11 For [you can look back now and] observe what this same godly sorrow has done for you and has produced in you: what eagerness and earnest care to explain and clear yourselves [of all complicity in the condoning of incest], what indignation [at the sin], what alarm, what yearning, what zeal [to do justice to all concerned], what readiness to mete out punishment [to the offender]! At every point you have proved yourselves cleared and guiltless in the matter. [1 Cor 5.]
WORD TO PONDER: GODLY SORROW 5/19/07
There are times when in solitude, away from the world’s escapes and people, that a deep sorrow rises from your heart and you dont understand it. It is like a grief that squeezes your soul. There is a yearning, a longing accompanying it, that draws you to Me in a bittersweet way. I know that you do not understand these feelings, but you recognize them.
Beloved, you are yoked with Me and My Spirit dwells within you. What you are feeling is the grief of My Spirit as I grieve over what has fallen in your life. When you willingly turn your back on Me and choose to sin, it wounds Me. I see the long term ramification of how your choices ravage not only your life, but also affect many people, even the destinies of the lives you could have touched had you walked differently. You do not walk alone, but are a part of My body and intimately connected.
Sometimes negative reinforcement is the only way to gain your attention. Sorrow and grief are not pleasant, but the memory of its taste is easily brought to mind.
I AM allowing you to feel a small portion of what I feel, so that it produces a Godly sorrow that leads you to repentance, salvation and deliverance. This sorrow will drive you to turn your life into making different choices and do what you can to make things right.
2 Cor 7:10-12 NLT
For God can use sorrow in our lives to help us turn away from sin and seek salvation. We will never regret that kind of sorrow. But sorrow without repentance is the kind that results in death. Just see what this godly sorrow produced in you! Such earnestness, such concern to clear yourselves, such indignation, such alarm, such longing to see me, such zeal, and such a readiness to punish the wrongdoer. You showed that you have done everything you could to make things right.
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6 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN by Denise Byars 10/6 on: October 05, 2007, 09:46:12 PM
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Denise Byars
Oct 5 2007 04:38PM
How are you feeling today? Do you feel like God has forgotten your suffering and pain? Do you feel like God has totally forgotten who you are and where you're at?
Let me share something with you. We sing a song in church called "I Am Not Forgotten." It goes like this, "I am not forgotten. I am not forgotten. I am not forgotten, God knows my name. I am not forgotten. I am not forgotten. I am not forgotten, God knows my name. He knows my name."
In Jeremiah 1, God tells us that HE knew us before we were ever formed in our mother's wombs. Psalm 139:14 tells us that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Do you think that you are so unimportant that God would forget you? Let me share a passage of Scripture that tells us just how important we are to God.
Luke 12:6-8 (New International Version)
6Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies[a]? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
8"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God.
I'm telling you, YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, GOD KNOWS YOUR NAME. HE KNOWS YOUR NAME!!!!!!
God has heard your prayers. HE has not forgotten you. HIS Word tells us that HE will never leave us nor forsake us. The above scripture tells us that we are so important to God that even the hair on our head is numbered. God knows every hair in my head, the natural brown ones, the highlighted ones and even the gray ones. Wow!!!! Even I don't know that much about myself.
Why would we even think that our Heavenly Father, would give HIS only Son for us, could ever forget us? I say it again, "We Are Not Forgotten."
I don't know why God had me do this post today. I'm feeling that someone out there is on the verge of giving up on everything. You feel that life is hopeless because you're not important to anyone. I'm telling you that your Daddy God loves you and you are important. HE wants you to know that you are HIS beloved child. HE wants you to turn to HIM and just rest in HIS arms. Let HIM love you today. Let HIM show you that you are important to HIM. Then allow HIM to show you that you are important to the people in this world. There is HOPE. There is JOY. You are important to others. You have a Purpose. You are important to the Body of Christ. Don't give up. Know that God has not forgotten you. If HE did, you wouldn't be reading this right now.
Father, I speak Love and Peace into the lives of everyone reading this post right now. Father, we are Yours. YOU created us in YOUR image. You breathed the very life into us. And YOU Father, even know the numbers of our hairs. Father, help us to realize that You will never leave us nor forsake us. Let us realize that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Pour out Your Spirit on us. Let the world see only You in us, Father. Father, I speak to the person reading this now that has given up, the one that feels alone and forgotten, lift up your eyes to the Heavens. God is the restorer of your soul and the lifter of your head. Look up!!!! Stop looking at the ground. Hold your head high for you are a child of the Most High King. Look up, in Jesus Name!!!! You are released from this spirit of depression in Jesus Name. Spirit of addictions you have no authority here. This is a child of God. No weapon formed against them shall prosper in Jesus Name. Peace, I speak peace to you right now in Jesus Name. Father, love this person right now. Let them feel Your Awesome Presences. Wrap Your Arms around them, Father. Let them know that You have not forgotten and that You are always there, even when we don't feel You, You are with us always. Father, I pray these things in Jesus' Name.
LOOK UP!!!! YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!!!!
Love and prayers,
Denise
7 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / WORD FOR COLORADO....by Lana Vawser 10/5 on: October 05, 2007, 08:14:06 PM
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Word for Colorado & Reminder For Universal Body Of Christ
Blessings Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Name,
I feel like I need to 'preface' this word. I believe the Lord gave me this word, and I spent time in prayer about this, interceeding for Colorado, yet the urgency within my spirit continued so I continued to pray and I believe the Lord spoke to me that now is the time to release this word. Read NOT this word in a condemnatory fashion. As I believe the Lord gave me this word, as a word of 'love' that the Lord is continually wanting to grow this place, to continue His great and mighty work that has flowed from this place, and this word is directed moreso to 'intercessors' who have been called by the Lord to interceed for this place. God is such a loving and merciful God that He would out of His Great Love for His Church, speak forth a warning, that those who have been called may step up into all the Lord has for them.
On a wider spectrum I believe this is a good reminder for us all as the body of Christ. Read not this word as just for Colorado, indeed the 'message' is for that place, but there is a reminder that we can all learn, to continue to step up in all that the Lord asks of us, and let us not lapse or weary in doing what He has asked.
Let us all continue to journey together in seeing His Kingdom come to this earth and His name alone, the name of Jesus Christ lifted and exalted high.
Many Blessings,
Lana Vawser (Perry)
Colorado Place Of Prayer
6th October, 2007
Lana Vawser (Perry)
sparkalina@gmail.com
Colorado, My place of prayer... such faithful intercessors in this place, who in times past when I have called forth the commission of intercession, many have arisen, and many have been faithful in remaining before Me in prayer, and remaining before Me in worship for their city and nation. The incense and smoke that has arisen to My throne room through the faithful intercessors from this place has brought My heart great joy! <>
My heart is now grieved, because these intercessors have now 'lapsed' in their intercession. Many have seen strongholds broken in this city, and have seen the enemy pushed back and freedom and an increase of My living waters flooding this place and an increase of My Spirit resting in the streets and resting upon many churches, that is drawing people to Me. Yet, because they have seen Me move greatly in their land, they have now put down their swords and let down their guards.
The ring of My Spirit that has surrounded this place and has kept the enemy at bay, is now being moved. The enemy is encroaching on this territory and the enemy is gaining ground. If My intercessors do not hear this call, do not hear the call that I am now releasing to rise up and pray, a great destruction is about to hit this land. A great turmoil is about to come upon the people and especially the churches that have gained much ground in My name.
The enemy has seen the work I have done and the work that My faithful followers have accomplished in My name through the power of My Spirit and the enemy is now releasing assignments and attacks against these churches, these families, these people and their children.
If the intercessors do not hear My call now and move forward in fasting and prayer, the enemy will gain a victory that he does not have nor belong to him, because all victory is mine, so the only victory that the enemy gets is the victory that My people GIVE HIM.
I have called Colorado to be a place of prayer and a place of refreshing. A place where many who are spiritually parched, who are broken, who are in need of rest will come to this place to receive a refreshing, they will receive a new strength by My Spirit and My touch through the churches that I have planted in this place.
At the moment, because of the lapsed prayer, the springs that are flowing out of Colorado are polluted and it is sending out poision to other places around about it. Spiritually the release coming forth from Colorado right now is not as I desire, and through repentance, prayer and fasting I shall clean this land and shall release My fresh pure living waters from this place again, as My people hear My call and pray. <>
Many leaders are rising up out of this area that are now taking active steps in goverment, in schools, and in media to spread forth My Kingdom and My name, and these are the ones that will continue to usher forth My Spirit into many areas of Colorado and will see My name lifted high, but are under intense attack. Intercessors, these ones that are now being released you must cover in prayer.
They are being released into high profile positions not for their namesake but for Mine, that through the channels I have chosen people may see them and see the anointing I have placed upon them, but strategic attacks and assignments that are being released now by the enemy are being released upon these as well.
Now is the time My intercessors.
Colorado, step back into your destiny!!!
Colorado, repent for your lapsing in intercession and allow Me to receive your prayers, and I will hear from heaven, and clean and heal your land and you shall be free and an abundant land again, where many will come from afar to receive from Me, because the anointing and golden ring of My Spirit around this place will be like one that many have not seen.
This is an urgent call My intercessors. I am a God of love, a God who loves His Church, and I love each of you with a love you could never know and My heart for you is to be built up, blessed, abundant and encouraged in Me, and to do My work, so in My foresight and love for you, I am sending forth this warning.
8 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / SPECIAL PROPHECY, BE READY! by Frances Lloyd 10/5 on: October 05, 2007, 05:43:55 PM
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Special Prophecy, Be Ready!
by Frances Lloyd
Daily Golden Footprints
Friday
As God gives me these Words, I send them. If this is for you receive it… The Lord will let you know… Then claim it… Stand on it…
Special Prophecy is: Miracles, Miracles, Miracles... Your miracle is at hand. God has a plan just for you, but He is warning you to keep your armour on. Stay alert and ready to knock the enemy down at his first appearance. The devil has a battle planned for you because he is really upset about all these miracles. Be sure that you leave no loopholes. No anger…No unforgiveness…No fear…No failure to give God what is God's…No failure to spend your time with Him daily in prayer and in His Word… You do your part and God will do His part… If you will quickly stop the enemy when He first shows up, then he will leave quickly… Expect your miracle, you have waited a long time… It's here…
(Nehemiah 4:17) They which built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
(Nehemiah 4:18) For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
(Ephesians 6:11) Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
(1 Thessalonians 5:22) Abstain from all appearance of evil.
In Him,
Pastor/Prophetess Frances Lloyd
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9 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / GOD IS NOW UP TO REDEEMING THE LAND....by William C. Yount 10/5 on: October 05, 2007, 10:53:33 AM
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WILLIAM C. YOUNT
Hagerstown, MD
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"GOD IS NOW UP TO REDEEMING THE LAND AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE ON IT!" Psalm 24:1
October 5, 2007
Psalm 24:1 "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein."
There was a time when Charles Finney after feeling like he just preached his worst sermon ever, considered quitting the ministry. He shared how his words seemed so dead that his words fell straight to the ground and never got to the ears of the people in his meeting. Years later he discovered that his 'worst' sermon sent forty eight men and women to the mission fields. Could it be that his words were actually falling on the ground of those nations first to cultivate the soil so a Macedonian call could be sent to these men and women later?
"THE CREATED WORLD ITSELF IS STANDING ON ITS TIP TOES WAITING TO SEE WHAT'S COMING NEXT." The Message Bible Romans 8:22
I sense creation itself is now beginning to play a significant role in fulfilling God's purposes in the earth. Joshua prophesied to the sun to stand still! Ezekiel preached to the four winds! Jeremiah prophesied to the earth..."earth, earth hear the word of the Lord!" I wonder if Abraham whose seed would be as many as the stars above his head if he didn't preach at times to those galaxies in the universe or perhaps the stars preached to him! In Psalms it tells us that God calls the stars all by their names as if there is some kind of communication going on between He and them. There was a time in war when the very stars in the Heavens fought for Israel! God spoke and the worlds were framed by the word of His power and came into existence! I believe God wants to speak, preach and prophesy not only to the people on the earth through us but also to His creation itself this hour as He is longing to restore all things unto Himself! I believe the stars in the heavens are standing at attention to fight for Israel again one more time!
CREATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT PART OF WORSHIP Psalm 148
Psalm 148:3 "Praise Him you sun and moon; praise Him you stars of light. 8. "Fire and hail; snow and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling His word. 9. Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees and all cedars; 10. Beasts and all cattle; creeping things and flying fowl; 13. Let them praise the name of the Lord."
At times when no one seems to be receiving your message and it seems to be falling to the ground, you may be actually cultivating the soil beneath your feet that will yield a whole city, a whole state or a whole nation!
THE EARTH ITSELF IS NOW GROANING TO BE REDEEMED AND TO COME INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD!
Recently I have been asked to minister in regions as people come together to pray and ask God's guidance how to redeem their region back to God. As I ministered at these regions I noticed a strong resistance from the powers over that city or region. As I ministered on unity to the people it seemed they were not responding to my message the way I thought they should. Faces seemed to be blank and my words seemed to fall right off of my lips straight to the ground. After the meeting had ended an Amish brother who was in that meeting came to me with tears in his eyes and begged me to come to his house to minister that same message to his people. He said, "You must come speak this message to my people who are now hungry for God! Your message is the key to unlock this whole region and bring unity to us all!. Others also confirmed that the message was like a plow that was digging deep into the soil of that region to bring forth a move of the Spirit of God. At the time I felt no liberty as I spoke that message although I knew it was what God wanted me to share. The Lord seemed to show me that the ground in that region was also so hungry that it was groaning and almost taking the word of God in to itself before it could hardly reach the people's ears! That word was not just falling to the ground but falling on good ground! Thirsty ground that was eager to come into the Kingdom of Heaven! Ground so hungry to become fertile to yield her increase of the corn of heaven, yes a ground that would begin to flow with milk and honey to produce record breaking crops and even livestock. I sensed later that I had been mainly sent to that region to preach and prophesy to the earth beneath the people's feet perhaps more than to the people themselves! We must now be careful when we minister. God is out to redeem the land as well as the people on it! "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof; the earth and they that dwell therein."
I believe where there are earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and fires that the ground in those regions are groaning and crying out for the presence of God; trembling to be redeemed!
LET EARTH RECEIVE HER KING!
10 PROPHECY: / Praise and Devotionals / THE KINGDOM COSTS TRUE DISCIPLES EVERYTHING by Mary Lindow 10/5 on: October 05, 2007, 09:58:03 AM
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"THE KINGDOM COSTS TRUE DISCIPLES EVERYTHING"
Mary Lindow
It is true that the kingdom is available to us only by grace through faith;
but genuine faith means genuinely embracing and yielding to God's
superiority, not simply acknowledging it and then passing it by as if it did
not exist.
THE KINGDOM IS A TREASURE,
and those who really believe it will sacrifice everything else in their lives
for its agendas. Professed Christians who desire worldly wealth and status
but are far less consumed with the advancing of God's kingdom must
reconsider the true state of their souls.
When we preach that people who simply pray a prayer will “automatically”
be saved from hell regardless of whether they truly commit their lives to
Christ in trust that he is saving them from sin (from selfishness, from
going their way instead of his), we preach a message other than the one
our Lord has taught us.
TREASURE HIDDEN IN A FIELD
People in Palestine often hid treasures, and a treasure might remain
concealed if the hider died before he could salvage it. Probably the central
character of this parable is a peasant working a wealthy landowner's field
who when plowing turns up a cashbox or jar containing coins. Once he
buys the field, the field's contents legally belongs to him freeing him to
later "rediscover" the treasure.
"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.
When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all
he had and bought that field.
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.
When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he
had and bought it.
Matthew 13:44-46
TREASURE STORIES
While most discovered-treasure stories emphasized the finder's
extravagant lifestyle afterward or some compromise between the field's
seller and buyer Jesus lays the entire emphasis on the price the man is
ready to pay to invest in this treasure far greater than any he already
owns.
HIDDEN TO THE WORLD
Although this treasure, like the kingdom, is hidden to most of the world,
not only does the man recognize that its value outweighs all he has, but
(unlike most of us today) he acts accordingly.
The fact that Jesus authorizes us to do acts of compassion in his name
(Mt 9:36) does not authorize us to use his power to get whatever we
want!
Jesus commands those who would be his followers to radical faithfulness
and radical dependence on God. His followers must be meek, must not
retaliate, must do what is right when only God is looking, must depend
on God for their needs and pursue his interests rather than their own, and
must leave spiritual measurements of others' hearts to God.
In short, true people of the kingdom live for God, not for themselves.
For where your treasure is,
There your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:21
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