Don’t Quit

Psalm 27:13 MSG I'm sure now I'll see God's goodness in the exuberant earth. Stay with God! Take heart. Don't quit. I'll say it again: Stay with God.

Romans 12:11 MSG Don't burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant. Don't quit in hard times; pray all the harder. Help needy Christians; be inventive in hospitality.

You have got to hold on. You have got to keep pressing. Do not quit, do not back up, do not back down; don’t give up and don’t give in. You must be persuaded to stand upon the Word and always postured in hope as you continually war on the side of faith. Do not give into the spirit of fear and confusion by allowing your mind and emotions to submit to their ruling in your life. War with the Word of your mouth; when the enemy comes in like a flood you must lift up the standard of the Word. Declare over the works and the attacks and strategy of the enemy: It is written, I have come in the volume of the Book which also testifies of me because I am in Christ Jesus; I belong to God! I have commanded that your final outcome be one of hope, peace and joy. You will walk in victory if you will allow the Word to wash the cloud from your eye, the hardness from your heart and the despair that has resulted from your weariness. And My beloved, whatever you do, just don’t quit. Whatever you do just hold on; don’t give up. Do not allow the news or even the contrary words of your family and friend to decree what shall be in your life. You must make the confession of your mouth shape and created your life. Let your words now line up with heaven. You must decree and declare what God has said because this is the only truth and it is the truth that shall set you free. Speak into your life, encourage yourself as you declare and decree; I know who I am and whose I am. Decree that no weapon formed against you shall prosper and every word spoken against you is now condemned. Decree that you will stand and you will not be moved. Decree that greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. Confess now that I am more than a conqueror because I know my God loves me and He has made every provision for my life and He shall always do exceedingly and abundantly above all that I can ask, think or imagine. There is a set time upon you; just don’t’ quit.

Isaiah 26:1 MSG [ Stretch the Borders of Life ] At that time, this song will be sung in the country of Judah: We have a strong city, Salvation City, built and fortified with salvation. Throw wide the gates so good and true people can enter. People with their minds set on you, you keep completely whole, Steady on their feet, because they keep at it and don't quit. Depend on God and keep at it because in the Lord God you have a sure thing.

Matthew 10:21 MSG "When people realize it is the living God you are presenting and not some idol that makes them feel good, they are going to turn on you, even people in your own family. There is a great irony here: proclaiming so much love, experiencing so much hate! But don't quit. Don't cave in. It is all well worth it in the end. It is not success you are after in such times but survival. Be survivors! Before you've run out of options, the Son of Man will have arrived.

EL ROI--THE GOD WHO CONTINUALLY SEES

Job 28:23-24 “God alone understands the way to wisdom; he knows where it can be found,24 for he looks throughout the whole earth and sees everything under the heavens.

Job 34:21-22 “For God watches how people live; he sees everything they do. 22 No darkness is thick enough to hide the wicked from his eyes.

I AM He who sees all things. You have said, does the Lord not see what is happening to me? Can He not see through the darkness that surrounds me? Does He not see that I am drowning in the sea of my very own tears and sorrow? My child, I see your plight and My eye is upon your affliction. And not only do I clearly see all things but you can also rest assuredly that I care for you even as you are in the midst of them. Have I not told you that I watch over My word in you to see that it comes to pass? I, the Living God is your God and I see all that concerns you. I have seen your affliction, I have seen your labor, and I have seen your oppression. I have even seen into the deep places of your broken spirit and your weary heart. I know it may seem at times as though I am ignoring the circumstances of your life but know today that it is not because I am disinterested or indifferent concerning you. I would have you to know this day by revelation that I am the Omniscient One. Nothing is hidden from Me, all things are open to the One who continually sees; all things are laid bare before Me. Be encouraged in your spirit man and know that I know you from the inside out. I see deep into the motivations of your heart; For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes’’ (Jeremiah 16:17). I see all things in order to guide you and to cause you to persevere even in your difficult place. I am like to potter who carefully watches over the clay in the fire and at the appointed time I will remove you to behold what remains. My desire is that you be made to My desired perfection even as I strip you of all that is not of Me so that in purity only what is eternal remains. Do not forget that I saw you even before you were born. As I have written; Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. (Ps. 139:16) I also see every thought of the heart so today I command you to make this the cry of your heart even as you wait upon Me in this hours; Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting’’ (Ps. 139:23-24). And do not be dismayed any longer for ‘‘I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” (Psalm 32:8) for “Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine’’ (Psalm33:18,19). Beloved rest in My promise for there is no trouble, persecution, or affliction whatsoever which concerns My people that escapes My notice and most assuredly not only do I continually see the afflicted, but I care, I comfort, and I deliver in My appointed time. Know today and be fully persuaded that He who sees everything is with you and will reward you."

Take the Bridge

Isaiah 35:8 (MSG) “There will be a Highway called the Holy Road. No one rude or rebellious is permitted on this road. It's for God's people exclusively— impossible to get lost on this road. Not even fools can get lost on it. No lions on this road, no dangerous wild animals— Nothing and no one dangerous or threatening. Only the redeemed will walk on it. The people God has ransomed will come back on this road. They'll sing as they make their way home to Zion, unfading halos of joy encircling their heads, Welcomed home with gifts of joy and gladness as all sorrows and sighs scurry into the night.”

The Spirit of God has been ministering to me that the entire earth is most definitely in ‘the set time of the Lord.’ Although many have felt as though they have somehow stumbled off the right paths into muddy paths and still others are just gaining ground and sure footing after a long season of affliction and testing; God is saying to us that there is place of light speed velocity that will propel us into our destiny. So, even if you feel as if you have lost ground, or if you feel as if you have fully lost your way, God is still requiring that we would be steadfast, setting our faces as flint, even as we forget those things behind us and begin to press unyieldingly to those things ahead that He has ordained for this set time. As I have been seeking the Lord concerning this season, during a time of meditation the Lord spoke very clearly to me “take the bridge”. I immediately knew that God was speaking about Jesus and our need to stay vitally connected to Him in this hour. We must again and again crown Jesus as Lord and Savior in every aspect of our lives. We should not neglect in giving Him full authority and sovereign rule and power in every area; spirit, soul and body. There can be no limitations because God is removing the ceilings and the sky is the limit. Just as He said to Abram as “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can.” God is saying the same things to us today. God is saying that His promise is beyond our physical ability to comprehend without faith; yet it shall be as He has said and if we will just believe, we will apprehend it in Righteousness. God spoke this to Abram while he was in a place of doubt and struggle about his future. Abram had in obedience followed God to the place where God had led him. And in this place God now reveals Himself and His covenant Promise to Abram. Abram immediately tapped in and received the Word of God as Truth. This propelled Abram into a place of supernatural trust in a supernatural God. This is God’s desire for His children in this hour. As we have been led and have followed in obedience God has now brought us to place where we can hear Him and receive His covenant promise by faith in His spoken Word.

The word “take” denotes to accept something, to bear something, to have strength to hold something up and is defined as to carry or transport something or someone from one place to another. Bridge is defined as a structure allowing passage across obstacle a structure that is built above and across a river, road, or other obstacle to allow people or vehicles to cross it; a means of approach or something that provides a link, connection, or means of coming together; to create a means of communication or understanding between people or a means of reconciling their differences.

And the Lord says, I am the Bridge between the mountains and through the valleys, I lift you up so that your way is made safe. I enlarge your footsteps so that your feet might not slip and I lift you up lest you should dash your foot against the stone. I lift you above the storms and give you the divine perspective that empowers you to walk on water and believe for the impossible. Your circumstances are seeking to separate you from Me but I have a plan for your life and I know it full well. Nothing is impossible with Me and nothing shall be impossible for you as you believe. Even as your doubts have tried to plague you I am the bridge that connects your past to your present and your present to your destiny. I am the bridge that has worked all things together for your good. I am the bridge who testifies that what the enemy meant for your destruction I will use it for your good. I am He who stands in the gap on your behalf; connecting the pieces of your fragmented life. Most assuredly I say to you, you do not need to fear because I am the Bridge to oneness with the Father in which is found completeness and perfection. This bridge will not give way because it is the very sure, firm and steadfast foundation of your God. Stay connected and confident because you have built your foundation on My Son and it is strong enough to support your every load. I have bridged the gap and now you are free to come boldly into My presence. Take the Bridge that will lead you into the Promise both here in the earth and in eternity.

Live the Call

1 Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God's] own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”

In recent days as I am hearing the experiences and testimony of many in the Body of Christ I began to sense that the Body of Christ is in a season of waiting. This season of waiting will be a waiting on the Lord, for the Lord and with the Lord. A shift has taken place and the season of weariness that has sought to define and hinder us is passing away and we are standing with Him at a threshold as He prepares to cross us over. Whether we want to or not, we are going to learn how to wait on the Lord Jesus. But as we wait, our strength is being renewed and we are now being equipped with wings that will allow us to soar like eagles. We are being given supernatural strength to run and not grow weary and walk and not faint. I asked the Lord what we as a people should be doing while we wait. He responded, “live the call”. Among the many things that we have been “called to” the Lord amplified the following to me:

The children of God are called to live in freedom (Galatians 5:13); we are called to live in peace (Colossians 3:15); we are called to share in His Kingdom and glory (1 Thessalonians 2:12); we are called to live pure and holy lives (1 Thessalonians 4:7); we are called you to demonstrate God’s righteousness (Isaiah 42:6); God, has called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ (Galatians 1:6); we have been called to a blessed hope (Ephesians 1:18); God has called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Thessalonians 2:14); and we are called to eternal life even in the midst of our suffering (1 Timothy 6:12).

And the Lord says, those who are bold enough to receive the call and to live the call to its fullness will be given keys to the kingdom; for it is a time of “whosoever will”. You have been called to extraordinary, supernatural living because you serve an extraordinary, supernatural God. This requires a dying to your flesh daily. You must not seek to satisfy the craving of your flesh but must obediently allow Holy Spirit to lead and guide you into the fulfillment of the call. You cannot live the call without Holy Spirit; He is your Guide, your Comfort, your Peace and your Joy both in the wilderness land and the Promised Land. You must never depart from the truth that you have been called forth for such a time as this and you must live that call as one who is fully persuaded. And even though you have had to be tried and tested in the furnace of affliction know that I Myself through abundance grace has chosen you and in due season I Myself will restore you and make you strong, firm, steadfast and immovable. Nothing will be able to keep you from living the call. No weapon, no obstacle will be able to deter you from the course that I have set for you. Follow after Christ who is your example and who in complete surrender and obedience lived the call. Live the call and serve one another in perfect love; always being completely humble and gentle; remember at all times be patient, bearing with one another in love. Live the call and let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts; being thankful in all situations that I have called you to this way of abundant life. As you live the call you are living a life that I consider worthy and is pleasing to Me bringing joy to My heart. My child I have chosen you and redeemed you and in My Sovereign wisdom I have extended an invitation, a call, specifically to each of you. Do not be as those who were rebellious in days gone by in that when I spoke to My people time and time again they did not listen and when I called to them they did not answer. Live in Christ Jesus for I have called you back from death and destruction, now your required response is the live the call.

1 Peter 1:14-16 “[Live] as children of obedience [to God]; do not conform yourselves to the evil desires [that governed you] in your former ignorance [when you did not know the requirements of the Gospel]. But as the One Who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all your conduct and manner of living. For it is written, You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

Transition Eminent

Deuteronomy 9:3 (MSG) “Today know this: GOD, your God, is crossing the river ahead of you—he's a consuming fire. He will destroy the nations, he will put them under your power. You will dispossess them and very quickly wipe them out, just as GOD promised you would.

As I was in prayer I heard the Lord clearly say, “transition eminent”.

Transition: a process or period in which something undergoes a change and passes from one state, stage, form, or activity to another; change between phases; to undergo a change of status or condition, or cause somebody or something to undergo a change.

Eminent: of high standing superior in position, fame, or achievement; easy to see or notice; or in high or raised position.

I Am He who is true to My promises. I cannot lie and I will not change My mind. I say to you today that the promises that I have given you will not fall short of their fulfillment. I have already gone before you and I have fulfilled My Word completely. You are transitioning from a season of fear into a season of faith. You are transitioning from a season of sorrow to a season of joy. I will not relent in saying to you that as a consuming fire I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. Everything that is not used for My glory will be completely burned away leaving a vessel fit for My use. My children, have you not heard and yet received that it is in the caldron that I will transition you from the mundane life in which you are attending to matters strictly relating to this world? I am transitioning you to the heavenly and the divine realm which is your true reality and where your eyes are lifted up above your earthly condition and identity. In the realm of the supernatural you receive by divine revelation and impartation that your inheritance and identity they are hid in Christ Jesus. I have called you to be extraordinary and to do extraordinary exploits for My glory. Chosen one, as it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world so allow Me to transition you to a place where you live and move and have your being in My Spirit. I have kept you by My power and glory for My power and glory. And as you are strengthen by your vital union with Me you shall not fear man or the work of man but you shall be empowered to do the greater works that I have ordained of you. You are called forth for such a time as this to bring the will of heaven into the earth as you become a mighty battle axe and an unstoppable driving force in your generation. I have not given you the spirit of this world so you must always be aware that My Spirit lives in you to empower you, to lead you, to comfort and to guide you by My matchless grace. In this way only are you kept from sin, strengthen in your resolve to perform the duty of the Kingdom and walk in the fullness of your salvation. I will have a harvest of saints without spot and blemish. I have gone before you My beloved; your transition is eminent. My people will be lifted up in victory. So run your race by grace and fully expect to hear, well done My good and faithful servant, says the Lord.

“And now I am coming to You; I say these things while I am still in the world, so that My joy may be made full and complete and perfect in them [that they may experience My delight fulfilled in them, that My enjoyment may be perfected in their own souls, that they may have My gladness within them, filling their hearts].  ¹⁴I have given and delivered to them Your word (message) and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world [do not belong to the world], just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵I do not ask that You will take them out of the world, but that You will keep and protect them from the evil one. ¹⁶They are not of the world (worldly, belonging to the world), [just] as I am not of the world.  ¹⁷Sanctify them [purify, consecrate, separate them for Yourself, make them holy] by the Truth; Your Word is Truth.” John 17:13-17

Know Your Position

Have you ever noticed how we as a people, yes even God’s people always seem to be in a place of striving? We possess such a work mentality that even as the Lord s calling us into His rest w still fell that we need to do something more to gain further approval, we need to work harder to get that miracle and that famous lie form the devil that says if things are going wrong I must have done something to deserve it or I am not doing enough to deserve it. This, my sisters and brothers could not be further from God’s Truth.

Hebrews 12:2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.

Ephesians 1:19-21 "And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength, 20Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places], 21Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come."

Ephesians 2:3-7 “All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus."

The scripture says that Jesus sat down in a place of victory and that we are seated in heavenly places with Him. Do you get the revelation? If our Savior is seated in a place of victory and we have been seated with Him then it means that we are NOW seated in a place of victory. What does that mean to us? It means that we can cease our striving to do more, be more and work more. There is no more to be done because Jesus has done it all; He has completed the work. This means we can sit down in a posture of relaxation, having accomplished the task, and we can rest from our labors. That is what Jesus did when He sat down; He declared that His assignment was complete and having accomplished the will of His Father He ceased from His labor and sat down.

As the Lord was giving me this revelation He also said to me so many of the scriptures that we cling to as encouragement fully supports the fact that we are a people who live, move and have our being from a place of the “finished work”. For example:

Ephesians 2:6 “For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.”

Isaiah 53:5 "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."

Romans 7:6 “But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.”

John 3:17 "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."

These scriptures are all past tense. They are indicative that the described task has already been done. This means that in the spirit realm they have already occurred. In other words we believe and stand for our healing from a place of already being healed. We work out our salvation from a place of already being saved. We trust God for our deliverance from the place of already being delivered. And this is not some sought of blind faith, this is standing on the only work that will ever matter to the Father and that is the finished work of Christ Jesus.

This is a shift in perspective that requires Holy Spirit. I am healed because Jesus has the victory of My healing. The Word says healing is the children’s bread so in order to be satisfied by healing we must eat of it. When Jesus said it was finished, He meant that it was finished so we can cease from our own labors because they count for nothing eternal. Our faithful obedience to the call of God on our lives also completely rests in the finished work of Jesus. The greater works that Jesus says we shall do are also established only upon the finished work of Jesus. In other words you cannot add to what He has done, you walk in what He has done. All things have already been established; they have been established and sealed upon the Cross

We even see the foreshadow of these things in the Old Testament when God would tell Moses, David, and the Prophets I have gone before you and given you the victory, do not be afraid, only trust, be of good courage I have given you the victory. The Word of the Lord is the same to us today. Father is saying in My Son I have given you the victory so do not be afraid, He has gone before you. He holds the victory in His hands and having accomplished My will He sits down in all victory. And now you also have the victory. His victory gives you victory. His victory is your victory.

Jeremiah 1:5 “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”

One of the issues we struggle with as Believers’ is knowing without wavering that God not only numbers our days but that every second of everyday is ordained of Him. The mercies of God are new every morning and regardless of our outward condition we must continually we are blessed (Luke 6:22) because we are His in Christ. We have to continually reap our inheritance from the seated place of victory and honor being fully persuaded that “It is finished” (John 19:30)

Strive only for His Rest

Hebrews 4:9-11 (AMP) “So then, there is still awaiting a full and complete Sabbath-rest reserved for the [true] people of God; 10For he who has once entered [God's] rest also has ceased from [the weariness and pain] of human labors, just as God rested from those labors peculiarly His own. 11Let us therefore be zealous and exert ourselves and strive diligently to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], that no one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief and disobedience [into which those in the wilderness fell].”

Being seated with Christ is the place of rest and the scripture says it has already been reserved for us. The rest of God is the only thing that we must strive after. Even in doing so the scripture says that it has already been reserved for us. This means that the rest of God and all its benefits have been booked in advanced. The rest has been set aside for a specific purpose and we know that purpose to be so that we can confidently know that God has ordained all things and truly no matter what our situations may dictate He is working all things together for our eternal and earthly good. You are seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus this means in Christ we have been made alive, no longer doomed to death because of our sinful nature and we have an inheritance that cannot and will not rot or fade. And so all things are available for the asking because our God shall provide for all of our needs out of His riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19). Know your position. Go, pursue, overtake and recover all. (1 Samuel 30:8)

And the Lord says be bold and very courageous. Do not be afraid for you have been seated in your place of victory. Your position is already established for you are seated in heavenly places. Precious one you are spiritually and by your position in Me more than a conqueror. You are already healed. You are already delivered, set free, set- apart and consecrated because you are seated in heavenly places with your Savior. You are not warring from a place of defeat in order to apprehend your victory. You are warring from a place of victory standing firm as you apprehend all the Son has done. He has sat down because the work is finished. You cannot add to it and no devil can subtract from it. It is in its totality completely perfect. In this seated place there is all power, all truth and the fullness of the God-head. This is why I can tell the devil to give back what he has stolen because My Son has been given all power and all authority; everything in heaven and earth belongs to Him. That is why I can tell you to pursue, to overtake and to recover all because it all rightfully belongs to you because you belong to Jesus. As I have said you were established before the foundation of the world because Jesus existed before the foundation of the world. I spoke even to David and said I have already given you the victory because it rightfully belonged to him and he just needed to walk in it by faith. With complete trust and belief in My declared Word all things are yours and that is why it is impossible to please Me with faith. Today you must know your position; you are positioned in victory. Now I say t o you filter every day of your life from this place of victory. Your perspective will grant you freedom as you come to know who you are in Me and where you are in Me. You are in a posture of rest, resting with your Savior. As you receive this revelation you will be empowered to cease from your earthly striving and working and doing to get your healing and get your victory. Beloved I say it again it is rightfully yours because you belong to Me and I have given you all things in Christ Jesus. So if you must strive, strive in apprehending this truth; you are already an over comer, you are already victorious you have already been made prosperous, you are the King’s kid and I own all things and will freely give it unto you. Know your position. You are above and not beneath you are the head and not the tail. When I see you I see Jesus because you have claimed Him as your Lord and Savior. Therefore, ask, seek and knock it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the entire Kingdom.

The Manufacturer (MFG)

I the Lord am the Manufacturer, the Producer, the Creator, Your Maker. Am I not the Potter and you the clay? Yes, and I can do what I will. You can be fully confident that I will complete My work in you to complete perfection; nothing missing, nothing broken. I Am watching beloved and at the appointed time you shall come forth as pure gold. I have not forgotten the word of promise; you must hear Me now. Silence the voice of the enemy that would whisper lies that will only bring death and death. I know the wait has been long; but, I have been teaching you how to wait. You know what it says of they that wait; you shall mount up with wings like eagles, you shall walk and not faint and even now because you have learned to wait every bit of weariness; the very spirit of weariness is falling away. Isaiah 40:28 “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.” Beloved wait, wait on Your Maker. In this hour I Am doing an eternal work. I Am taking all of the raw materials that I have placed in you and I am making a finished vessel that will glorify Me in the earth and advance the Kingdom of heaven. No one can pluck you out of My hand for I have knit you and formed you even from before the foundation of the world. What I produce is done with all excellence and finished without stain or blemish.

Isaiah 49 :9-12 (CEV)The LORD said: 9Israel, you have no right to argue with your Creator. You are merely a clay pot shaped by a potter. The clay doesn't ask, "Why did you make me this way? Where are the handles?" 10Children don't have the right to demand of their parents, "What have you done to make us what we are?" 11I am the LORD, the Creator, the holy God of Israel. Do you dare question me about my own nation or about what I have done? 12I created the world and covered it with people; I stretched out the sky and filled it with stars.

Conditioned

Matthew 5:8 "Blessed (happy, enviably fortunate, and spiritually prosperous--possessing the happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His grace, regardless of their outward conditions) are the pure in heart, for they shall see God!"

The word conditioned is defined as: 1) at specified performance or quality level,-having reached a particular or high level of fitness, quality, or performance. 2) Involuntarily produced as learned response- brought on unconsciously by a stimulus that triggers a reaction because of learned association with something else.

Matthew 11:29 “Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest ( relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.”

Many have come into a season whereby experience they are now conditioned to press forward into the Promise. And now that you have been conditioned; now that you have been refined, tasted and have seen the goodness of the Lord I say to you; you are coming forth as pure gold. This testing and trying of your faith has conditioned you for the next season of your journey. As difficult as it has been and though you have had to endure much; for some this conditioning will lead you straight into your eternal destiny and for other this season has confirmed to your doubting heart that you truly belong to Me. I have allowed you through the process of conditioning to learn of My eternal statues. You have learned of My righteous judgments. As you have applied your heart to what you have observed you have learned to find your safety and satisfaction in Me. You have learned that the Most High God rules over your life and does what He wills to fulfill His plan. I am the Lord and I build up and tear down to bring about My will in the earth. My desire was that as I conditioned you that you would learn of the God kind of faith; this faith believes and trusts and rests assuredly that I Am the Holy One of God, the Christ, the Anointed One, the Son of the living God. And although you are My child I desired that you would learn obedience through what you have had to suffer. In fact, although there were moments in which you believed that you would surely be overcome and die in the trial you have learned by experience to stop relying on yourselves and learned to rely only on Me. You have been conditioned to be content whatever your circumstances and now you are firm in your belief that your Father is faithful in His love and His promises. So what do I say to you now? I say, continue in the process of being conditioned, submit yourself and yield My beloved because daily you are being transformed into the image of My dear Son and that is pleasing to Me. Be attentive to My wisdom, which is only learned by actual and costly experience, that you may continue in My way using wisdom and discernment in all seasons, walking in faith in all situations. Rest in Me you are being conditioned, says the Lord.

Philippians 4:8-12 “ Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.”

Return to Me

The following passage is a bit lengthy but well worth the read. As with the entire Word of God it is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. (Hebrews 4:12)

Jeremiah 15:15-21 “[Jeremiah said] O Lord, You know and understand; [earnestly] remember me and visit me and avenge me on my persecutors. Take me not away [from joy or from life itself] in Your long-suffering [to my enemies]; know that for Your sake I suffer and bear reproach. 16Your words were found, and I ate them; and Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts. 17I sat not in the assembly of those who make merry, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because Your [powerful] hand was upon me, for You had filled me with indignation. 18Why is my pain perpetual and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you indeed be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail and are uncertain? 19Therefore thus says the Lord [to Jeremiah]: If you return [and give up this mistaken tone of distrust and despair], then I will give you again a settled place of quiet and safety, and you will be My minister; and if you separate the precious from the vile [cleansing your own heart from unworthy and unwarranted suspicions concerning God's faithfulness], you shall be My mouthpiece. [But do not yield to them.] Let them return to you--not you to [the people]. 20And I will make you to this people a fortified, bronze wall; they will fight against you, but they will not prevail over you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, says the Lord. 21And I will deliver you out of the hands of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the palms of the terrible and ruthless tyrants.”

 

When I read this portion of scripture my heart was convicted but it also rejoiced. I have been in this place that Jeremiah now finds himself. The scripture calls this “Jeremiah’s complaint”. Have you ever rendered unto God a complaint? Have you ever poured out of the hurt, bitterness, anguish, distrust and the confusion of your soul to Almighty God? As Jeremiah is rendering His complain to God we find him in a place of utter distress, depression, discontentment, despair and anguish of soul. Have you ever been there? Are you there now?

And the Lord says, “Return to Me again and again from your place of anguish and distress and now partake of your inheritance, which is the fullness of My protection, provision, peace, unfailing love and mercy. Your wilderness season has burdened and wearied you but if you will turn now, lift up your head and return to Me I will restore you. I will strengthen you and give you supernatural wings to soar above everything that has held you in bondage. I hear the cry of your heart and I Am fully aware of your circumstances. But you must not allow anything to hinder you from fully pursuing My purpose for your life. Put off your misery and lay aside the weight of your complaints and know that I have heard you and I see you. I Am with you to save you and to deliver you from every distress. Your discontentment will deter you; it will take you off track, so lay it aside now. My child it is through the fires of affliction that I have refined you and chosen you. It is in the test of the trial that I have qualified you for My glory and splendor. So arise from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you, arise to new life. Arise and shine and be radiant with the glory of the Lord (Isaiah 60:1) Beloved you are a part of My plan to express the radiance of My glory in the earth. I have assigned you to be My spokesperson in the earth. You have been commissioned to be one who will declare what thus says the Lord and have it come to pass in the earth. Though for a while you have suffered many a trial and tribulation and have had to triumph over much distress and frustration I have called you to be undaunted in persecution and walk in perfect peace and confidence. You are a voice in the earth clothed in the light of Christ; now go forth and shine for the glory of the Lord has arisen to shine upon you. You will triumph and you will prevail. So return to Me now  in faithfulness and trust knowing that I Am for you and not against you.