Caught In The Enemies Snare
Have you been falsely accused, ghosted with a grossly exaggerated punishment? Has the enemy of your soul stole from you precious things, precious time that you can’t get back? My enemy was condemning me in that narcissistic way of his and I did not react to all of his wiles formed against me, in a godly way, I fleshed out. I got caught in the enemies: What about me? Trap. Snared. Jesus did not flesh out. He did not sin. He did not yield to temptation. I want to be like that. He was powerfully humble, a servant leader!
A thief has only one thing in mind—he wants to steal, slaughter, and destroy. But I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect —life in its fullness until you overflow! I am the Good Shepherd who lays down my life as a sacrifice for the sheep. John 10:10-11
Jesus Understands
So then, we must cling in faith to all we know to be true. For we have a magnificent King-Priest, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who rose into the heavenly realm for us, and now sympathizes with us in our frailty. He understands humanity, for as a man, our magnificent King-Priest was tempted in every way just as we are, and conquered sin. So now we draw near freely and boldly to where grace is enthroned, to receive mercy’s kiss and discover the grace we urgently need to strengthen us in our time of weakness. Hebrews 4:14-16
Sovereign Will – Infinite Love
Father God, Your Will Is Good. I believe what you are allowing is good for me, in the long run, this pain is shaping godly character into my flawed soul, in that way Your Omniscient knowing, leans my life into the knowledge of Your Sovereign Will. Your Sovereign will is hard to swallow, but it is never alone. The Sovereign Will Of God Is Hand In Hand With The Infinite Love Of God, The Two Go Together. Sovereign Will- Infinite Love! I have learned when I can’t swallow the Sovereign Will of God, the Infinite Love of God, helps it to go down easily. You are Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Omniscient which makes Your heart break before mine does, because You know all, because You live outside the confines of my time, You know my pain before I do, Your heart breaks for me first, You pray for me first and You have a plan for my healing, first! I can trust You! Listen up to this 1 Minute Encouragement Video:
Finishing Well
In my human condition, trying to wrap my mind around this painful life season, I exhausted my soul with sorrow and grief and allowed the enemy of my soul to steal my joy. I realized that without Your help, Jesus, by myself, I don’t handle rejection well. I have a human condition. It is easily wounded. I have not handled this rejection well. I have not handled this cruel, grossly exaggerated human punishment well. You did Lord. You Finished Well.
While they were nailing Jesus to the cross, he prayed over and over, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they’re doing. Luke 23:34
Not Fair!
What a cruel punishment You endured, for being the opposite of what you were accused of, a punishment You did not earn. You willingly went to the cross for all of us, for our sins. It wasn’t fair, it wasn’t just, it wasn’t right, it was dark human judgement made out of the counsel of evil’s intention.
Never Getting Over It
Falsely condemned, You, Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World, being completely sinless, went to the cross designed by flawed human beings, and died for my sin, just as if I never sinned. You loved me as if I never hurt You. The fact of this matter is, You Jesus, came here to us all, to save all humanity, this was your targeted mission, Your life was never about You, it was all in with us. Incarnate, God in the flesh, to take our sins, to die our death. I should never get over that. I should factor that grand gesture of sacrificial love into my own heart pain and make Your Life Legacy my targeted life mission.
Jesus’ God-given destiny was to be the sacrifice to take away sins, and now he is our mercy seat because of his death on the cross. We come to him for mercy, for God has made a provision for us to be forgiven by faith in the sacred blood of Jesus. This is the perfect demonstration of God’s justice, because until now, he had been so patient—holding back his justice out of his tolerance for us. So he covered over the sins of those who lived prior to Jesus’ sacrifice. Romans 3:25
Yes I Embrace Lordship Daily
You loved us perfectly, we condemned you to die. Make me like You. You are a servant, make me one too. You were meek, allowing for the Father’s Will to be done. You Yielded To God. Y.I.E.L.D. = Yes, I Embrace Lordship Daily. Make me like You, a Servant Warrior. Forgive me for reacting out of the pain of my broken heart, and not responding to You and through you. I feel ashamed, yet somehow I know this shame, this guilt is not from You, there is no condemnation in You, Lord Jesus Christ. I surrender my life to You, to Your Mission. Do what you must do Lord Jesus, to usher in our new life seasons that You are bringing forth, help us to Yield to You, lean into Your way for us. Listen up to this 1 Minute Encouragement Video for godly wisdom:
Humility – A Powerful Alliance
I did not handle the trial and testing of my soul well. I do want to finish well. Change me, Jesus. May humility be my alliance and may the strength of meekness be from You, because I can’t do it, like You did. I need You. May humility be my life story in these final chapters. I want to finish well. In humility, You were the grain that fell to the ground and died, so we all could live with You forever. What an incredible gift of life, You gave us, Jesus and it came by way of humility. I glean from Your Living Legacy, Jesus, and take into my grieving soul today, the wisdom of Your humility and meekness, knowing that Your Humility is a powerful spiritual alliance for me.
God Sees Me
Today, I make humility my powerful alliance. I do not grieve as one who does not have hope. I humbly grieve, giving my pain to Jesus, the ONE. Who absolutely knows and understands it. I humbly grieve my losses, I put the reconciliation of them in Your Hands, surrendering to You, Jesus. You understand. You See Me, El Roi. When I can’t wrap my head around the human cruelty of people to people, help me to stay in my own lane and know without a doubt, YOU SEE ME, You, El Roi are working in my grief and care about what has been stolen from me. Listen Up To This 1 Minute Encouragement Video
“The pain is sharp. Real. As if it’s just happened. Because the truth is …. You don’t just lose someone once. You lose them every time you remember they’re not here. You lose them when you reach for your phone to share something, and realize there’s no one to answer. You lose them when their favorite season comes, and they’re not around to enjoy it. You lose them when the world keeps spinning, and they’re no longer in it. Grief doesn’t follow a schedule. It isn’t linear. It’s a journey …. not a moment. Not a chapter. It’s a whole book that you carry forward with you for the rest of your life.” Author Unknown
My Vessel Fell
Recently, I miserably failed a “God Test”! As I sat in The Potter’s Chair, a stone in my design caused a collapse of my shape. The Potter worked out that stone, reworked the clay on a cloth, which reminded me of Jesus’s Shroud left in His tomb after He resurrected from the dead. As The Potter worked the clay in His Hands, I felt deep shame, regret, condemnation, from my clay falling, collapsing from the stone of pride from the offense that I had picked up.
An understanding person demonstrates patience, for mercy means holding your tongue. When you are insulted, be quick to forgive and forget it, for you are virtuous when you overlook an offense. When you live a life of abandoned love, surrendered before the awe of God, here’s what you’ll experience: Abundant life. Continual protection. And complete satisfaction!’ Proverbs 19:11,23
Water Of Life
Jesus, The Potter, He worked on my broken clay vessel, throwing all the collapsed pieces of it on a shroud of cloth, and began working in the water of life to the pieces of clay that were left of my design which had collapsed. The Potter, He continued to worked with the clay pieces, removing the stone of offense which had caused the collapse of my shape, and continued putting in the old pieces with the water of the spirit, making a new lump of clay. He cut off some of the pieces of overworked clay, which He left behind, as He took my newly formed lump of clay to The Potter’s Wheel.
Here is the word Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah: “Arise and go to the potter’s workshop, and I will speak to you there.” So I went to the potter’s workshop, and there was the potter spinning his wheel. And whenever a piece of pottery turned out flawed, he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to the potter. Jeremiah 18:1-4
Leaving Behind The Old
My Master Potter, He worked and patted until the newly formed lump of clay was ready to go back on the Potter’s Wheel with a second chance to be a beautiful vessel of Gods. The Potter, I trust Him and I know He will reshape me well. As as I glance back at the pieces The Potter cut off and left behind, I know He is doing a new work, even though part of my old vessel is left behind on the shroud, where my new lump of clay was patted by His Hand and reformed. In my grief for what was left behind, I looked back again with soul sorrow as I saw the part of me God had cut off and left on the shroud of cloth. It captured my focus, and doubt came into my soul, making me unsure about the plan to leave behind a part of my clay. Why did God do that? I want to trust in His Decisions for me, so I turned away from the past and faced forward in followship of Jesus, in believing hope in The Potter’s reshaping of me.
Shower down righteousness, O heavens above. Let the clouds drip with deliverance! Let earth’s womb open and bear salvation’s fruit, with righteousness rising up beside it! I, Yahweh , have created all of them! Shame on the one who argues with his Creator, like one clay pot among other pots arguing with the potter. Should the clay say to the potter, ‘What in the world are you doing with me? Your hands are clumsy’? '
Isaiah 45:8-9
A New Lump Of Clay
Now, I humbly sit, once again on the Potter’s Wheel, a newly formed lump of clay, being worked on by The Potter’s Hands, I do everything I can to be responsive clay to My Master’s touch. I have loved, I have been stolen from, I have been treated cruelly and unjustly. I leave pieces of clay behind on the cloth, as the rest of me is reshaped, and the Potter’s Hands, one inside near my heart and soul and one outside, is reshaping my life vessel as the Potter’s Wheel turns. Listen Up:
No Condemnation
I know there is no condemnation in Christ Jesus. He forgives, He uses all things to shape us. I clearly see now, deep down in my inner spiritual core, I understand that I can’t navigate my life without Him. My heart is broken and I can’t do it, navigate through this heart pain alone as I heal. I clearly see His Humility, His Meekness, which kept His power under control, as He suffered, and kept Him on mission with the Sovereign Will of God. The Infinite Love of God He connected to daily, gave Him a meek, humble, self-control, and miraculously so, navigated Him through the cross of calvary. Humility Is A Powerful Alliance!
I give all my thanks to God, for his mighty power has finally provided a way out through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One! So if left to myself, the flesh is aligned with the law of sin, but now my renewed mind is fixed on and submitted to God’s righteous principles. So now the case is closed . There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against those who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One. For the “law” of the Spirit of life flowing through the anointing of Jesus has liberated us from the “law” of sin and death. Romans 7:25; 8:1-2
Grief And Sorrow Tests Our Soul
Yes, grief, sorrow, hurt, cruelty, they afflict us, as the pain from human relationships test our soul. These soul sorrows will either drive us away from God or towards Him, and they will either make us better people or bitter people. I have seen the miraculous, heart healing of being humble, as humility is the powerful alliance with Jesus that brings us heart to heart with Him, activating our faith, and giving us the courage to believe for the things not seen. Believing in Jesus, is such a joy, and trusting Him is a powerful escape from our human condition and all its wiles.
“So beware if you think it could never happen to you, lest your pride becomes your downfall. We all experience times of testing, which is normal for every human being. But God will be faithful to you. He will screen and filter the severity, nature, and timing of every test or trial you face so that you can bear it. And each test is an opportunity to trust him more, for along with every trial God has provided for you a way of escape that will bring you out of it victoriously.” 1 Corinthians 10:12-13 TPT
Humbly Fell- Powerfully Raised Up
It is not the things stolen from me and the death of hope that ensued that is the focus of my life now, but it is the humbly falling to ground, the death of self and self desires, it is the new life that sprung up out of that death, which I focus on now. Jesus took my eyes off the untimely, undeserved death of my dreams, of a heart broken by the cruelty of people who had no compassion, grace, or unconditional love. This is an earthly viewpoint, which diminished as I raised my eyes higher, on the new shaping God was doing in me, which raised me up out of human condemnation, and helped me focus on the amazingly hopeful “new thing” He is doing in me. Jesus is helping me to live well in the powerful light of the empty cross, this is my Kingdom Perspective. I want to finish well… help me finish this life race like You did, Jesus, laying down my rights, laying down my life for Your Kingdom, being all in with You, El Sali, the Lord my strength, My El Roi, the One Who sees me, and has the power to lift me out of this heart breaking pain of my distressed soul, and make me new again, a beautiful vessel that can be used for God’s glory.
He replied to them, “Now is the time for the Son of Man to be glorified. Let me make this clear: A single grain of wheat will never be more than a single grain of wheat unless it drops into the ground and dies. Because then it sprouts and produces a great harvest of wheat—all because one grain died. “The person who loves his life and pampers himself will miss true life! But the one who detaches his life from this world and abandons himself to me, will find true life and enjoy it forever! If you want to be my disciple, follow me and you will go where I am going. And if you truly follow me as my disciple, the Father will shower his favor upon your life. John 12:23-26
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