“THE PARADOX OF FAITH”..
THE PARADOX OF FAITH is a very weighty - spiritual (warfare), psychological (mental anguish) and sociological (public embarrassment) dilemma, outside of God's Word, and sometimes the ONLY way to stand - is "TO STAND"!
Choosing "any outlet" (alcohol, backsliding, drugs, gossip, sex, etc) outside of Christ's Inexhaustible Headship, is "futility in motion"!
It simply reveals that "that which lies dormant", is more-or-less, "hibernating in our sub-conscious", until the the right circumstance or situation arises...
"Medicating pain" then, seems to be the only solvent for immediate relief, but it leaves you full of regret, shame and disappointment; and prolongs the season you're seeking to graduate from - if God permit!
Some days, "I feel like I'm going to be taken FROM the earth" (to heaven), and other days "I feel like I'm going to be taken TO the earth" (the nations); and, I've discovered, the only remedy from continuing to vacillate on this roller-coaster of emotions, which is common during these trying times, is to "OVERDOSE on the Word of God" - and FAST and PRAY!
"Uh, says the curious reader?"
"YES!" Call a time of fasting and prayer, get in the Word, and drive out those "internal forces" in your heart that are seeking to keep you captive; until you SEE harvest manifesting on the horizon!
The "great temptation" is to disbelieve, during moments where you're wondering...
- Will this "thing" ever change, or am I just under a curse or something?
- Am I "that" messed up that I have to go through extended seasons of delay, denial and depression, before God will move?
- Does it really take "all of this" to go to the "next dimension" in HIM?
- Did I sign up for the wrong "spiritual class or exercise", or am I really on the dark-side - instead of the Lord's side? (LOL!)
These are all legitimate questions, but God's Word has an answer to this paradoxical season, and here it is...
"Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake. For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So then death is working in us, but life in you. And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak, knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal." (II Corinthians 4:1-18 NKJV)
If YOU are serious about seeing things change in your life - LIKE ME, be still, get quiet, and shut out all distractions until everything staring you in the face, has changed!
I'm expecting:
New Relationships..
New Opportunities..
Divine Restoration..AND
Divine Remedy..with every "thing" that I'm believing God to do in my life!
Don't misunderstand me..I'M BLESSED!
But, I need to go to the "million-flow" to accomplish HIS will in this season, and I'm determined to see it happen in 2024!
Blessings, WS-3
Sent from my iPhone
Choosing "any outlet" (alcohol, backsliding, drugs, gossip, sex, etc) outside of Christ's Inexhaustible Headship, is "futility in motion"!
It simply reveals that "that which lies dormant", is more-or-less, "hibernating in our sub-conscious", until the the right circumstance or situation arises...
"Medicating pain" then, seems to be the only solvent for immediate relief, but it leaves you full of regret, shame and disappointment; and prolongs the season you're seeking to graduate from - if God permit!
Some days, "I feel like I'm going to be taken FROM the earth" (to heaven), and other days "I feel like I'm going to be taken TO the earth" (the nations); and, I've discovered, the only remedy from continuing to vacillate on this roller-coaster of emotions, which is common during these trying times, is to "OVERDOSE on the Word of God" - and FAST and PRAY!
"Uh, says the curious reader?"
"YES!" Call a time of fasting and prayer, get in the Word, and drive out those "internal forces" in your heart that are seeking to keep you captive; until you SEE harvest manifesting on the horizon!
The "great temptation" is to disbelieve, during moments where you're wondering...
- Will this "thing" ever change, or am I just under a curse or something?
- Am I "that" messed up that I have to go through extended seasons of delay, denial and depression, before God will move?
- Does it really take "all of this" to go to the "next dimension" in HIM?
- Did I sign up for the wrong "spiritual class or exercise", or am I really on the dark-side - instead of the Lord's side? (LOL!)
These are all legitimate questions, but God's Word has an answer to this paradoxical season, and here it is...
"Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake. For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So then death is working in us, but life in you. And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak, knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal." (II Corinthians 4:1-18 NKJV)
If YOU are serious about seeing things change in your life - LIKE ME, be still, get quiet, and shut out all distractions until everything staring you in the face, has changed!
I'm expecting:
New Relationships..
New Opportunities..
Divine Restoration..AND
Divine Remedy..with every "thing" that I'm believing God to do in my life!
Don't misunderstand me..I'M BLESSED!
But, I need to go to the "million-flow" to accomplish HIS will in this season, and I'm determined to see it happen in 2024!
Blessings, WS-3
Sent from my iPhone
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