Monday, September 14, 2015

FIRE BY NIGHT by Glenn H Jackson

                                        

             "Reflections Upon Reflections" [of The Father's Heart]     

        ...."You, in Your great compassion, did not forsake them in the wilderness; The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day, to guide them on their way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go".... Nehemiah 9:19 NASB

September 14th 2015
              
          "WE ARE NOT IGNORANT OF HIS SCHEMES" 
     
                                            [part 1 of 2]
THERE IS ONLY "ONE" POSITION WHEREIN WE CAN BOTH CORRECTLY AND READILY IDENTIFY THE "SCHEMES OF THE EVIL ONE
 
        ...."Who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. AND DO NOT FEAR THEIR INTIMIDATION, AND DO NOT BE TROUBLED, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame".... 1 Peter 3:13-16 NASB

        ...."so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes".... 2 Corinthians 2:11 NASB

        ...."But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ [by grace you have been saved], and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus".... Ephesians 2:4-6 NASB
        When Peter wrote, "but sanctify [set apart] Christ as Lord in your hearts" he was simply expressing the Father's deepest heart desire for His people to set His Word and Spirit above "all" else - at "all" times. It is our task to give His Word preeminence. It is His task to do the sanctifying - that is, "keep" us by "His" power in that holy place far above and apart from anything that would cause us to fall short of all that He has provided for us in Christ [the Anointed One and His Anointing].

        When the Father asked us to sanctify Him in our heart He was calling us to draw near to Him in the "secret place of His Presence" - for it is only as one "abides" in this position that He can "reveal" Himself to them in the way that He "longs" to with each and every one of His beloved children. I know that, at times, as we move deeper and deeper into the fullness of our particular calling and the exercising of our "gifts," Satan attempts to "jam" our signals. This is precisely why each one of us "must" continually draw near to God - thus sanctifying Him in our hearts - for there is only "one" position wherein we can both correctly and readily identify the "schemes" of the Evil One, and that is "seated" with the Father in the heavenly places in [with] the Anointed One and His Anointing!
                                                  to be continued

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