A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the first time I prayed for someone in a wheel chair. It was a young boy. It was a very intense event for me as it broke down a barrier that tried to exist in my head. Wheelchairs are intimidating there is no doubt. Especially if God asks you to pray for somebody confined to one.
Where is your identity based? You meet people who are strongly attached to the local culture of their city or state, or to some chosen sub-culture. Some are firmly attached to their car or clothing or the school they attended. Do you see this behavior as much in mature believers? Your citizenship is now in heaven and you should relax your grip on these earthly attachments. Doing so will broaden your vision and give you a truer perspective on all things. You will make yourself more useful to me if you are able to move beyond your tribal identity, and your life will be a testimony to others that though you walk in this world your true home is in heaven and theirs can be too.
When computers became widely available they were a solution in search of a problem. How many people needed that much computational ability in their home? Yet home computers have become useful less as computational devices and more as communications devices. A network connection gives you access to a virtually unlimited world of information. Do you see your own mind the same way? I have given you the ability to reason. Yet the information you are able to obtain on your own is paltry in comparison to my infinite understanding. I am eager to share this with you if you seek it, so your finite mind has a network connection. Think of it more as a communications device than a computer.
Quick question for you: Last night I taught on the 4 keys at a pastor friend's church. I passed out to each person the "4 Keys" wallet cards that you give freely on purchased orders. Anyway, my question is this.
While the following journal is partially directed to me, our Lord asked Me
to share this with you:
Good morning, Blessed Holy Lord Jesus, what would You say to me today?
Ben, rejoice! I am coming soon! Let My people know. Encourage them to seek Me,
seek My face! Rejoice! We do win! I know the end from the beginning. I see all
that is in between. I do see the big picture! You are starting to see the big picture,
which makes you more valuable to My Kingdom!
Has anyone ever told you to keep your head in the game? You may have heard this statement even if it was not directed at you. My word tells you not to worry about tomorrow, for sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Can you see the similarities? Does the Biblical reference seem to be stated negatively? Yet the underlying principle is positive. You can trust me to take care of tomorrow and not to suffer you to experience more than you can endure today. For sufficient unto the day is the grace and mercy that you receive when you need it. Tomorrow’s manna will be enough also. Rejoice and live in the peace of knowing my sufficiency for every moment.
Do you love your enemies as well as your friends? I teach you to love them both, but you love your friends more than your enemies. I love everyone and promise to meet the basic needs even of those who are far from me or even oppose me. If I will do this for them, how much more will I do for you? I held nothing back in my ultimate sacrifice, how shall I not also freely give you all things? I provide for my enemies but love my friends without limit. Do you look at your own life and see areas of lack and need? These things serve a purpose that may not be apparent to you now, but I cause all things to work together for good for those who love me, for I love them.
I had noticed the woman sitting next to me. She wasn’t doing anything special to attract my attention but the Holy Spirit pointed her out letting me know that He was going to ask me to do something at some point.
Have you ever felt the need to add emphasis to the validity of what you say? Courts require witnesses to swear an oath, but does this guarantee that they will tell the truth? In my word I tell you not to swear an oath, but merely answer yes or no, for whatever is added to that is evil. You can state the truth plainly and the truth will speak for itself. It doesn’t come in degrees and it has no need of affirmations or protestations. Whether it is accepted as valid or not depends on the reputation of the speaker. If your life is an expression of integrity and truth then people will accept what you say.
Have you heard of the sanctity of life? This is a common expression within the pro-life movement to declare that every person is made in my image and has intrinsic worth on that basis. In like manner references to the sanctity of marriage mean that that I instituted marriage and that properly understood it has a meaning that transcends a mere temporal arrangement of convenience. Do you know that there is also a sanctity of fatherhood? For it is as a father than I choose to reveal myself. This office is sanctified since I draw the parallel that gives a connection to the eternal. I want you to ponder the sanctity of fatherhood.
