There are so many servant warriors for God. God still speaks. He talks to all of us. Some of us have listened up and written down what He has said and shared it, exhorting others to grow through and helping them clearly see God’s wisdom. I call these anointed people, God’s Servant Warriors. They are anointed by God to speak things into our lives that He uses to grow us through and change us up. This anointing always comes out of the overflow of their vital-vertical relationship with God. We all have the relationship with God that we pursue. It is good to continue to grow through with God, each day, listening up to His reality of truth, nourishing our souls with His Wisdom. On this day, God has led me to a few of these servant warriors of God and their exhortative writing of Godly wisdom. So, today I pray we not only enjoy this Smorgasbord of God delight, but that we will “grow through” it and be changed by it, in that way only God can change it up in us.
Praying The Scriptures For Your Adult Children J. Berndt
Proverbs 22:29 If you are uniquely gifted in your work, you will rise and be promoted. You won’t be held back—you’ll stand before kings! TPT
“Prayer Principle: God gave your children unique talents and abilities. Trust Him to put these attributes to good use.” Jodie Berndt
“Ally yourself with God’s plan for your children’s lives. Rather than pigeonholing or manipulating our kids into a life path that might not line up with God’s design, let’s learn to see our kids through God’s eyes – and align ourselves with His plan for their lives.” Jodie Berndt
My Miraculous Musing On This Wisdom
Even before they were born God knew the shape He would create my children and grandchildren in. He has designed each of our kids and grandkids and I am grateful to this incredible Master Creator Awe-GOD. With great God purpose He made individuals, uniquely created and shaped for our family, for the time such as this. God has strengthened us deep within our inner spiritual core with His Presence. A shallow relationship does not help us, does not change us, does not make us better people. We must “dig deep” in our relationship with God, being heart to heart with Him in a valued-vital-vertical relationship with Him. If we are not rightly wholly-holy-aligned with God, deep within our inner spiritual core, then anger, insecurity, fear is going to show up in our behaviors.
“Good Advice: Remember God loves our children more than we do and He will work all things for good in their lives, therefore we can trust God with our kids and we can submit to the purpose of His timetable for their life paths. So we need to get out of God’s business of pushing and prodding them and get down to our real business of praying for our children who have left the nest but have not left our heart.” Praying For Your by Jodie Berbdt
Holy Spirit Teach Me To Align My Prayer With Your Plan
1 John 5:13-14 I’ve written this letter to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you will be assured and know without a doubt that you have eternal life. 14 Since we have this confidence, we can also have great boldness before him, for if we present any request agreeable to his will, he will hear us. TPT
“When you do something new or different in my child’s life, give me eyes to perceive it. Don’t let me get hung up on the past (the way we’ve “always done it”), but let me honor You as You make a way for my child in the wilderness of adulthood. Jodie Berndt”
Isaiah 43:18-19 “Stop dwelling on the past. Don’t even remember these former things. 19 I am doing something brand new, something unheard of. Even now it sprouts and grows and matures. Don’t you perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and open up flowing streams in the desert. TPT
My Miraculous Musing On This Wisdom
You will, Lord God. I believe You will do new things in the lives of my children and grandkids. Now, in relationship with my adult kids and grandchildren, I must act out what I believe. I must let go and let God, trusting wholly-holy in Him. I am not their way-maker, God is. I can’t step into the role of the Holy Spirit by being their navigator in times such as these. To stay in followship of the Holy Spirit, I can’t be leading in any way, I am a follower of Jesus. I must be the one who points the way to Jesus, the only reality of truth that we can follow in times like these. When deception rages with false narrative, fake news, lies and we face a galore of evil temptations to be independent of God, I reaffirm the reality of truth that I am not the way-maker, I am not the navigator, God is. I choose to settle in with God, resting my hope in Him, keeping my identity rock solid as His, as a follower of Him. Even if, even when, or even so the life circumstances of our family go from bad to worse, I will hope in the dark for my kids and grandkids and pray it up to the only One who can make a difference, our Savior, our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Therefore, I will grow through with God!
Trusting God Even When Life Hurts By Jerry Bridges
Genesis 45:6-8 For the land has been without food these two years. And there are five more years without plowing or gathering. 7 God sent me before you to make sure that your people will keep living on the earth. Now many of you will be saved. 8 So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and ruler of all his house, and of all the land of Egypt.
My Miraculous Musing On This Wisdom
Sometimes we just want to run from all this evil being acted out through the human condition. We don’t want to face the horrific changes taken place in the human race in times such as these, being influenced heavily by the enemy of our soul. Is there purpose in the horrible lawlessness the prevails this age? Why is God allowing it? The enemy of our soul is in full out antagonistic deceptive mode and is wreaking havoc on human beings through other human beings. These are horrific and violent times. The changes have been subtle over time, but now it is full out in our face evil. It feels like everything changed overnight. Is this God’s Will? Is God in the midst of this? “It was not you who sent me here but God.” Think on this. Sometimes God’s Sovereign will is so hard to swallow, but I have found it goes down easier when accompanied by His Infinite Love. The Sovereign Will of God was never meant to be unaccompanied. This incredible, masterful, purposeful Sovereign Will of our God, is always hand in hand with His Infinite Love. It is mirrored in this life principle throughout the ages: God’s glory and our good, these two purposes of God’s Providential Care of us, are always in play, never separate from each other, unified in God’s purpose and in play in our lives right now. We can be soul saturated daily in the Infinite love of God through our valuable-vital-vertical relationship with Him. Heart to heart with God, we can successfully grow through times such as these.
Jeremiah 29:11-12 11 For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for well-being and not for trouble, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. The Living Bible
“Although those words are directed to the nation of Judah in its captivity, they express a principle, a principle affirmed elsewhere throughout the Bible: God has a plan for you. Because He has a plan for you, and because no one can thwart that plan, you too can have hope and courage. You, too, can trust God.” Jerry Bridges
My Miraculous Musing On This Wisdom
Think about the worse thing that could ever happen. Got that thought. Now take that thought captive with this truth: God never leaves us, He is forever for us, as an advocate for our lives, a provider for what we need, for our good. God is in the midst of these times, He is working in the unseen, on mission for His Kingdom. He knows what we are growing through and as we connect with Him, we will thrive in the midst of this chaos. We were shaped, designed and made to thrive in Christ. As we stay wholly-holy aligned with Him, keeping our identity in Christ, we will grow through and patiently endure as Christ conquerors.
“From our limited vantage point, our lives are marked by an endless series of contingencies. We frequently find ourselves, instead of acting as we planned, reacting to an unexpected turn of events. We make plans but are often forced to change those plans. But there are no contingencies with God. Our unexpected, forced change of plans is part of His plan.” Jerry Bridges
Replenish By Lance Witt
John 8: 49-51 Jesus said, “No, I do not have a demon. I honor My Father. You do not honor Me. 50 I am not looking for honor for Myself. There is One Who is looking for it. He says what is right from wrong. 51 For sure, I tell you, if anyone keeps My Word, that one will never die.” New Life Version
Andrew Murray Said: “It is the displacement of self by the enthronement of God. Where God is all, self is nothing.”
My Miraculous Musing On This Wisdom
Never has there been a time, then a time such as this where we must be intentionally kingdom cultured, leaning out of our culture of personal ambition that presses toward success and leaning into God’s Kingdom culture of humility, which presses us to be the mirror image of Jesus. God is changing things up in us, purifying us and making us ready to be on mission with Him, a new thing He will be doing. It will take a greater sacrifice of our comfort zones, in fact, He may completely obliterate the use of our comfort zone.
“It’s interesting to study the life of Jesu sand discover how many times he used the word ” not” or “nothing” in reference to Himself. In John, he makes statements like “in myself, I can do nothing” or “I do not please myself” or “I do not accept praise from men” or “I came down from heaven not to do my will” or “I do nothing on my own” or “I am not seeking glory for myself.” Even the Son of God, He was aware He was not pursuing His own agenda but fulfilling the Father’s plan. He lived out of a deeper center of abiding connection with His Father, and as a result his “spiritual transformer” was firmly in place.” Lance Witt
Instruments In The Redeemer’s Hands By Paul Tripp
Genesis 3:2-6 Then the woman said to the snake, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden. 3 But from the tree which is in the center of the garden, God has said, ‘Do not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.'”4 The snake said to the woman, “No, you for sure will not die! 5 For God knows that when you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and bad.” 6 The woman saw that the tree was good for food, and pleasing to the eyes, and could fill the desire of making one wise. So she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, and he ate. New Life Version
“The moral drama here gets to the core of human existence. Notice that the passage says that Eve saw the fruit as “desirable for gaining wisdom.” Satan was not just selling Eve the best fruit in the garden, but something more fundamentally appealing. He was telling Eve that if she ate the fruit, she would be independently wise. The promise was autonomous personal wisdom, without any need for God or his revelation! This was the attraction that led to the Fall.” Paul David Tripp
My Miraculous Musing On This Wisdom
Enticed For Illegitimate Supremacy
Even to this day, our human nature is in pursuit of human supremacy, even if it never satisfies us, because nothing that is illegitimately given by the enemy lasts, it just creates a deeper chasm of sin between us and God. God never stops pursuing us, for this I am so grateful. I know that the consequences of our sin are deep and wide. We never sin alone. I have experienced this reality of truth. Our sin affects everyone and everything in the sphere of our influence. In times such as these, we find our self-talk having a similar question: “Could it get any worse than this?”! Yes, we realize it can as we are blasted daily with the consequences of the sins of the human race that is run amuck with the consequences of yielding a power no higher than self. It is sad as we realize the truth that for now, evil knows no bounds, it is despicable in its desire to kill, steal and destroy. The human condition gets horrifically worse, more deplorable than we could ever imagine it could. God help us!
Our Enemy Is Not Flesh And Blood
Lately I find myself sickened to the core of my being by the acts of human beings. God created one race; it was the human race, created in His Image. So, all these things that the father of lies, satan, does to try to divide us into “races” are all false. We are the human race, one people, with the same human condition. It doesn’t matter what our skin color or ethnicity is, we are one race, who lately are being deceived by one enemy, the father of lies, whose main desire it is to kill, steal and destroy us all. Our enemy is not flesh and blood and this true enemy of humanity, is fundamentally appealing to our human flesh, enticing us to pursue an illegitimate supremacy, an authority which belongs only to God. No, in times such as these, we do not have a racist issue, we a race issue, a human race problem, the human condition that is being tempted by an enemy who we have underestimated. We need to turn away from the enticements of our enemy and wake up our soul to God, smashing our idols and giving our lives wholly-holy to Him. It is a good day when we present ourselves to God, yielded to Him as His Servant Warriors, fully armored, wearing a God shielding protection from the enemy of our soul, one which Jesus mercifully and graciously provided.
Praying The Names Of God By Ann Spangler
El Shadday~ Our Almighty God~ “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall. With bitterness archers attack him; they shot at him with hostility. But his bow remained steady… because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the beast and womb. Your father’s blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age-old hills.” Ann Spangler
Genesis 49:22-26 “Joseph is a branch with much fruit, a branch with much fruit by a well. It grows over the wall. 23 The men fought against him with their bows. They sent arrows toward him and made it hard for him. 24 But his bow did not shake. His arms were made strong by the hands of the Powerful One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel, 25 by the God of your father Who helps you, and by the All-powerful Who brings good to you. He brings good from heaven above, and from the deep that lies below, and from the body of a mother. 26 More good has come to your father than to my fathers before me, as lasting as the hills that last forever. May this good be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was divided from his brothers.
Read The Story Of Joseph In Genesis Chapters 37 -47
“Remember that the next time you’re tempted to doubt God’s promises. Nothing can prevent El Shadday, our Almighty God from carrying out His plans and pouring out His blessings on those Who belong to Him. Pain will be, confusion, struggle, and difficulty, but God can use even these to bless us as long as we trust Him.” Ann Spangler
My Miraculous Musing On This Wisdom
My Thoughts: It’s Bad ~ It’s Really Bad
In times such as these, where our society has changed so fast it makes our heads spin, we need to know our Almighty God, personally in that heart to heart kind of way. I have been appalled at the evil being displayed through our human race; I can’t even begin to wrap my mind around it. The things that are happening in our generation are soul sickening and many times I feel overwhelmed by the consequences of the sins of our human condition. I know many times in the last six months I have had to fight wave after wave of hopelessness hitting my soul and crashing my spirit. As I read through and meditate on the scriptures, I find that the reality of truth, takes captive the fake reality the enemy of my soul has bombarded my soul with. My inner spiritual core is strengthened in times such as these with hope, confidence, strength and courage as I feed my soul with the nourishment of God’s Word. The Bible a living word, purposeful in strength, discernment and wisdom for a difficult time such as this, where our enemy has darkened the human race with deceit, accusation, and is the manipulative power behind people taking supremacy over people, and people hurting people. The father of lies, our soul enemy has people blinded to compassion, civility and common sense and they are doing the deeds of the enemy.
My Thoughts: It Is Not As Bad As It Seems
Fear Not! God, Almighty God, El Shaddy is with us, an Advocate for us in times such as these, He is our strength, our hope in the dark. Esau was tricked out of his inheritance by Isaac, bound from blessing, but eventually he broke free. We must realize that the one who tricked Esau was not flesh and blood, the enemy has been doing this to us for generations, tricking us out of our Godly inheritance, we must break free, we must turn away from the deceit, fully face God, submit ourselves wholly-holy to God and serve Him and His Kingdom alone, led by His Truth.
“Joseph’s resilience in the face of so many obstacles is compelling evidence of the Almighty’s power to bless our lives, regardless of who or what stands in the way.” Ann Spangler
We hope you enjoyed the nourishing of your soul at the Smorgasbord Table in the Bridegroom’s Café. The Word of God is a needed ingredient to feed our souls in times such as these. We must be listening up to The Bridegroom’s Voice daily. Please share this post with others through your social media contacts. Thank you, and God bless you and yours. KimberlyMac
