"Whoever obeys his
command will come to no harm,
and the wise heart will
know the proper time and procedure.
For there is a proper
time and procedure for every matter,
though a man's misery
weighs heavily upon him."
Ecclesiastes
8:5-6
PULLED AND TESTED, STRETCHED AND
RESTRAINED
In all of our lives as believers, we face times and settings where there is
a feeling of being pulled and tested, stretched and restrained.
Often, during these excruciating events, those who avoid personal character
development tend to give unrestrained advice, spiritualized platitudes, and
often, trumped up words of so-called prophetic inspiration to help us not suffer
so!
As we begin to see the Lord's plan in all of this we also come
to
understand that if we are not first hearing His voice, His heart, His word in
the matters that are straining us, nothing any man or woman says can bring the
ultimate light of clarity and release!
WINTER SPRING SUMMER AND FALL
We all face seasons of change that correspond much like the four seasons we
observe yearly.
Nothing is more surprising than to have an interruption of what we presume
to be what is "normal" for an earthly expectation, in one of those
seasons.
When a sudden ice storm blows in unexpected in the late spring and encrusts
the tender blooms on fruit trees and garden plants, we are devastated by the
loss of not only the blooms, but also the fruit it could have produced. It
appears as if there has been a cruel storm sent to cause crop failure.
THIS CURRENT SEASON OF DIVINE TENSION
For many reading this Message, you feel as if you have experienced a "Crop
failure", perhaps several, and just cannot take one more aching disappointment.
Many hearts have passed their tender agonies to me on paper, in emails and
through the telephone.
ANGUISH HAS ITS OWN PERFUME
I too have heard the whispers of the voices of darkness try to entice,with
wearisome words of worry, paranoia and doubting!
"Give up!" they say! "What good is
this time of shaking doing?"
"What possible good can come out of believing that there is
something occurring that will bring a fresh advancement when all seems to have
stalled or strained?"
And yet, another set of voices would tempt with words of esteem
whisperi
"Make it happen! Proclaim mighty
deeds and things to come with fervor, flair and well honed words of
impact!"
"Use it or lose it!"
"Promote, push, and publish! It is all yours for the
taking!"
Both of these voices come from the subtleties of the soul and well oiled
spiritual voices trained by the prince of lies and fleshly impulse.
But.
In the midst of these strains and attempts to distract comes
a clear undeniable "Divine Tension" that pulls and
stretches the heart of the humbled believer.
It calls simply, firmly, and does not lack a depth of confidence and
direction. This “Presence” causes a clash with all that seems to be "the way of
man" and will not relent.
THE EARTH IN TURMOIL
It doesn't take much to understand that the earth is in upheaval, rivalry,
and chaos wherever we look. There is a tangible and penetrating "tension" in the
events we are seeing unfold every day. Parallel to this explosion of pure evil
and lulling to sleep of many, there is a Divine Course being laid out for those
who have come to the end of themselves.
ETERNITY IS IN THE SIGHTS OF
THOSE LOOKING
TO A KINGDOM YET UNSEEN
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have been preparing a bride. This is done
only through the shaping tools of heavenly choice.
The chisel and hammer have been at times brutal and unflinching, yet, when
the soft hand of The Almighty begins to apply the oil of polishing, He does it
with His own hand as well.
He makes it beautiful in His own timing, even though the “Divine Tension”
seems as if it might cause us to "snap" under the pressure of His hand,
smoothing away the roughness of our thoughts and soul's intentions.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its
time.
He has also set eternity in the hearts of
men;
Yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to
end.
HEARING, REFINING, HEEDING
The King of all Glory is training those who have been thrust on the altar
of fire to hear from Him as one who strains to catch the song of a bird in
distant meadow.
It takes the "spiritual ear" and training it to identify even the slightest
note or sound, however distant, and to learn to silence the sounds and voices of
distraction until the "honing in" on the sound, the glorious sound of peace,
finally directs and sustains us with all that we hear.
And then, having drunk deeply of the Voice of the Beloved and Divine
Counselor, quickly, without mental filing way of instructions, we move and heed
His mapping out of plans for this appointed time.
RISING FROM THE ASHES OF THE REFINING OF
GOD
So! Unto those who hear this word from heaven, claiming you are one of
Heaven's very own, know that you are being formed and fashioned into sober,
clean containers, prepared for infilling.
My Spirit will fall upon those who are not seeking to lay claim to My
voice, but instead HEED My voice and SEEK My face.
They shall be examples of purity in My Kingdom and will not strive among
the self-promoting and "wordy".
The broken will be safe in the arms of these who have passed through the
current season of being pulled and tested, stretched and restrained and they
will restore the devastated.
My "faithful hearts" will not be compelled to build agendas for Me and My
Presence, because I will BE the Presence that creates the Manifestations of
Glory and Might in the earth, without the fanfares of men.
You have been reduced to desperation in order that I might restore you to
Inspired living, in full fellowship with ME.
Isaiah 61
1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD
is on me,
Because the LORD has anointed
me
To preach good news to the
poor.
He has sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted,
To proclaim freedom for the
captives
And release from darkness for the
prisoners,
2 to proclaim the year of the LORD's
favor
And the day of vengeance of our
God,
To comfort all who
mourn,
3 and provide for those who grieve
in Zion
To bestow on them a crown of
beauty
Instead of
ashes,
The oil of
gladness
Instead of
mourning,
And a garment of
praise
Instead of a spirit of
despair.
They will be called oaks of
righteousness,
A planting of the
LORD
For the display of his
splendor.
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" THE MESSENGER " ~ Mary Lindow 2014 ©
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