By Mary Lindow through
the Holy Spirit
If you ask the true
"heart determined" believers in Christ today just what it is that
they need now more than ever, it would be totally answered by the very raw
words;
“I am in a state of real Desperation For God's
Help!”
HERE IS THE PROPHETIC
INSIGHT THAT THE LORD WOULD HAVE ME SHARE WITH YOU.
In the past few years
many have seemingly "gotten" all that they thought they wanted. Lots
of new stuff, bigger houses, hefty stock increases, and for some, that
"greatly awaited moment" of climbing the mountain to the top of the
heap to be "up there with the big dogs." Their inner thoughts
exclaimed, "I am now someone that folks finally appreciate and take notice
of!"
AND NOW... SUDDENLY!
THE BOTTOM HAS FALLEN OUT
OF MANY OF THESE EXCITING MOMENTS!
Friends are scattering,
you struggle to get your bearings. Telephones and emails and fax machines fall
silent. NOBODY wants to identify with YOUR pain or loss. It just MIGHT rub off
on them! Or better yet, it might even expose their slippery slope at the
moment!
WE ARE IN THE HOTTEST
REFINERS FIRE TO DATE!
People are winding up in
anger, disbelief and frustration over this "unfair" season the Bride
of Christ is in! It just isn't fair! We have been so good! We have laid down
everything!
Why oh why are WE being singled out?
Why oh why are WE being singled out?
I am weary with my
crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait
for my God.
~ Psalm. 69:3
I am weary with my sighing;
every night I make
my bed swim,
I dissolve my couch with my tears.
~ Psalm. 6:6
Does this sound like you
right now?
EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE
TESTED SOMETIME!
The strongest impression
I have received from the Father about the condition of His Bride is this. When
things are going "fabulously" for her, when all of heaven is
blessing, she wants to keep it that way!
If she is not in a place
of great humility and thankfulness for what the Lord is doing, she tends to
assume that, "It’s about time folks knew just how long I've been waiting for
them to see just how great this church, or ministry or intellectual skill I've
been soooo blessed with is!"
Then comes the attitude
that we have to keep it allotted to only a few "real winners" like
ourselves, and we become exclusive and look for only high rollers to run with.
And then. AGAIN comes the
TEST.
Persecution comes, mug
slinging, attacks on personal integrity, character assassination, and again the
fiery trial.........of our soul.
TO REMOVE IMPURITIES - GOD USES A HOT FURNACE!
These trials as if by
fire are only to test your faith, to show that it is strong and pure. It is
being tested as fire tests and purifies gold--and your faith is far more
precious to God than mere gold.
So if your faith remains
strong
after being tried by fiery trials,
it will bring you much praise and
glory
and honor on the day when Jesus Christ
is revealed to the whole world.
~ I Peter chapter 1: 7
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
The Lord is working the
Bride overtime right now to deal with selfish ambition, personal comfort, and
any other areas of personal agenda or presumption.
Some of the pain you are
experiencing is due to the disobedience of those in the Body of Christ around
you! They resist the hand of God and react against you in retaliation toward
God bringing correction or exposure to their secret lifestyle of personal gain
or need for power!
WE ARE NOT ALONE!
For consider Him who has
endured such hostility
by sinners against Himself,
so that you may not grow
weary and lose heart.
Heb. 12:3
Admit it! It is hard to
not lose heart right now!
The world is in a tailspin and lukewarm Christians
are showing their true colors! It's time to deal with
this! It is NOT going to go away!
AGONY IS MORE SEVERE WHEN
IT IS "ENHANCED" BY TREACHERY!
Jesus went thorough it.
Stephen went through it and so did hundreds of others!
AND it hurts, and disillusions, and causes us to be so very, very weary!
AND it hurts, and disillusions, and causes us to be so very, very weary!
THE MOVE FROM WEAK TO
STRONG IS COMING!
"When?" ...You may ask.
“Can God spread a table
in the desert?”
Psalm 78.19
Here are a few things the
Lord would require:
1. To gain strength we
must relinquish our power or control over what we think of others. We will be
judged by the way we judge others when they struggle. Pious and lofty lectures
are not the Kingdom language of healing and restoration. Loving-kindness and
Mercy reveal the heart of godly maturity in a believer when dealing with the
sorrows and anguish of others.
“Like one who takes away
a garment on a cold day,
Or like vinegar poured on
soda, is one who sings songs
To a heavy heart.”
Proverbs 25:20
2. Reach out in kindness
to those under fire.
Encourage them to stand.
Encourage them to seek the Lord.
Bless them and don't talk
about them when they struggle!
"The Lord God has
given me the tongue of disciples,
That I may know how to
sustain the weary one with a word.
He awakens me morning by
morning,
He awakens my ear to
listen as a disciple." Isaiah 50:4 3
3. Get still. Stop
organizing, planning, and pushing ahead into oblivion! God really does have a
plan!
“Though youths grow weary
and tired,
And vigorous young men
stumble badly,
Yet those who wait for
the Lord, Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with
wings like eagles,
They will run and not get
tired,
They will walk and not
become cynical. “
Is. 40:30 -31
4. TRUST FOR A MOMENT!
It's all about trusting
God in the end. Oh yes it is!
Will He REALLY refresh us
in this time of struggle?
His Loving Word says so.
“For I satisfy the weary
ones,
And refresh everyone who
languishes."
Jer. 31:25 5
The Lord is producing
endurance whether we like it or not!
Blessed is a man who
perseveres under trial;
For once he has been
approved,
He will receive the crown
of life,
Which the Lord has
promised to those who love Him.
James 1:12
THE FATHER IS URGING US
TO RUN TO HIM, TO CLING TO HIM!
He is there! Even in the
fog of struggle, loss, anxiety, and also in seeming success.
He wants us to be
desperate for Him and rely wholly on His voice.
To make all of our
decisions based on His plan for the whole earth!
Seek Him.
Lean into His Voice.
Elevate grace and mercy…
…And lower your own
opinion of yourself and your abilities to “lecture” others into healing or
restoration.
WALK SOBERLY IF YOU ARE
LIVING IN ABUNDANCE AT THIS TIME, ON ANY LEVEL.
Keep the vigil of prayer
you are keeping for others well lit by the reflecting memories of past times
when you yourself needed the Merciful Hand of God to lift you from agony and
redeem your life from the pit.
Let us be so devoted to
the “One” who lavished and spilled out all He had, that we might repeat His
actions, and in so doing, bring His Glory to it’s fullest measure and depth.
Mercy…. Endures.
Forever.
“Then will the lame leap
like a deer,
And the mute tongue shout
for joy.
Water will gush forth in
the wilderness
And streams in the
desert.”
Isaiah 35:6
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