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This week's topic (Mar 8-12): False Teachers & Prophets
Hello listening church!
Our God is a communicating God, and He will be even more so as the clock of world history races to a redemptive consummation. Listen for His voice! Listen for it in Bible study. Listen for it deep in your inner being. Listen for it in other Christians, in conversation and ministry. Listen for it in prophetic messages. Listen for it in providential circumstances and events. Our overcoming depends on hearing and following well the Shepherd's voice.
The Lord says, "My eyes burn..." "I see you on the street, yet you walk by unconcerned. Even your walk displays the agitation that comes from a hungry soul. I follow you just steps behind, to and fro throughout your day, yet you still do not hear me for the clamor of your thoughts. Suddenly you notice and turn, yet you choose to look the other way as your eyes burn with tears. Do you fear the look in my eyes? Do you not know the burn in my eyes will burn the chaff in your soul? Is this why you look the other way? You are afraid to look into my eyes to protect your precious. "But know this: it is the burn in my eyes that will lift your hanging head. Who has not noticed your hanging head and downcast eyes? Who has not noticed your burning eyes restraining a mighty torrent of tears? So I speak and declare this in your ears: do not resist me. My eyes burn for you and it must be this way. My work on your cross was more trying than my pursuit of your heart. I did not relent until I cried out, "It is finished!", nor will I relent until I become the only seal upon your heart. Open your heart to me and I will give you the love you wander here and there searching for. Open your heart with the key I give you. A key is appearing, a key I give you. Use it to open your heart to me and your wandering will subside. |
Baylor University "I have noticed Baylor University in my survey of the earth. Much incense has risen from that place, it has become a tabernacle to me for pleasing aromas. Many worshipers! Many singers! The musicians of the Most High! The skilled musicians in this place will awaken the dawn! A great light! A brilliant light! The glory of the Lord and the day of His people! Lead my people, O singers, lead them in songs of unity from your campus! "I have watched intently as this man and woman resist my plan in your midst. If they knew the thoughts I think toward them surely they would plead with you before the time of distress. I will remove them, yes, I will depose them. Do not fear their threats my singers, for I will remove them. In the evening you will be afflicted by them, and in the morning they will be gone before you awake. |
Tri-cities "Would you set your intention on one city only? I will give you the tri-cities and you will see that your city alone falls short of my purpose. In one city you will find refuge and that which is pleasant, in the next city you will find training you must complete for the next allotment, and in the final you will see vision for times to come. Prepare your chariot! You will drive much with me in days to come. |
Two Sisters "I remember the day of your wickedness, the day you sat in my ephah and flew away to your beloved Babylon with unclean wings. You set my ephah in a vile place, and you determined to build a resting place there, in Shinar, far from the place where I longed to establish you. There, in a land of detestable idols, you set my ephah. (Note: The Lord's allusion here is to Zechariah 5:5-11) "Yet you became short of breath in my basket. When you raised your head for air, the lead covering hindered your rising. Even my angel with his strong hand kept you from the freshness of air. Time and time again my angel's hand rested heavy on the lead covering, and you become faint in my ephah. "When the measurement of time reached its fullness, I called to you. I called to you in your shortness of breath and you heard me from within my measuring basket. From the dark confinement of my ephah you heard me, yes, you and your sister together. You called upon me with one voice and I heard you. And though you departed from me through the wings of a stork, I brought you and my ephah back to a good land on the wings of an eagle. I took you out of my ephah and gave you a meadow to dance in. I strengthened your legs once again and I gave you coolness of air to restore your breath. I washed away your impurities and I gave you back your fields of sunflowers. You sang to me once again and I was pleased by your fragrant offerings. "Now listen to my words: you are no longer sisters in a basket! I have torn off the wings of the stork that carried you far away. I will watch over and strengthen the wings of an eagle I have given you. Your meadow of dancing is safe, together with your sunflowers, for I have surrounded them with a ring of fire. "You are no longer sisters in a basket! You are no longer sisters in a basket! The time of your rebellion has past and I am preparing a tree for you to eat from. See, if you look to the left, you will see a tree I am preparing for you. You have looked right long enough and my tree is not there. Look left! Look for the desires you have left behind! Look for the conversations you left unfinished! Look for the strange desires you left on my altar! Look left! "My tree for you is not on your right. I have heard the insufficient counsel of your counselors, and they keep turning your eyes to the right. My tree is not right to them. The way they advise seems right, but in the end it will lead to your frustration. Hear me and obey when I cry out from your left! My tree is left! To the left! |
The Lord says, "You will eat from the same tree" "Do you think it strange that I will nourish you from the same tree? Is the tree that I have planted, watered, and grown to fullness lacking in fruit that you cannot share? I tell you no! I have prepared this tree especially for you! My hands, my very hands, have tended it carefully because I am set upon its flourishing. "Do you think I have tended to this tree only? You also have been carefully tended. Have I not guided your whisperings about this? Did you think my ear was dull to hear? I inclined my ear to hear you, now incline your ear to hear me: you will eat from the same tree, and as you are nourished by its ripening fruit, you will find rest for your souls leaning on its massive trunk. |
"And the roots?" "And what of the roots? Who would speak of its roots? I have known your fears concerning this thing. Change your worry to laughter, the roots go down three times deeper than you know! "You will be surprised at this tree I have prepared. Its root system will puzzle you and you will ask, 'How could a root system be so excellent in every way?' "I will laugh and reply, 'Have you not read that I once planted a garden, that I made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground, trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food? Why then, will you be amazed when I show you such magnificent roots? I am skilled in planting trees pleasing to the eye and good for food!' "I have secured your tree by favoring its roots with a triple blessing--blessed to reach deep into the earth's hidden rivers, blessed to spread far and wide across various soils, and blessed to nourish one another through endless connections.' |
"Yes it is strange, but it is sanctified" "Do not call impure what I call clean. Do you wish to be approved before me? I will quiet your conscience that condemns you unfairly. My will is pleasing and acceptable, therefore, let my strange be strange yet sanctified as clean in your eyes. Did my people not ask of the manna, 'What is it?' It was strange to them, yet it was the bread of their blessing. Did they not ask of the Christ, 'What is he?' The Promised One was strange to them, yet sanctified as clean only to a remnant. And what about the serpent of deliverance? Was it not strange to find my help from a serpent on a pole? It was strange to all, yet sanctified as clean to those who believed and were preserved. Let my strange be strange, yet sanctified as clean in your own eyes. |
"My secret counsel and the strength of two" "Come close and hear this word from my mouth you sisters! Sisters in the Lord, sisters by purpose, sisters by experience, sisters by blood, sisters by name, sisters from the womb: I have entrusted secret plans to you. They declared time and time again that your closeness was strange, but it was sanctified as clean by the judgment of my Spirit. You will bear great secrets that require the strength of two to conceal. I have yoked you together with iron bands that cannot be broken. The loyalty you have known is from a high and holy place. I have even set a line of protection that many spirits cannot cross. What I do with you I intend to be a mystery to many. I desire the excellent glory of concealing a matter in plain sight! You fellowshipped in my sufferings, now you will share in this glory. Who will conceal a matter for me? Two sisters? My eyes range to and fro searching for two sisters fully devoted to me!" |
A Year to Finally Become Balanced Of all the neat things God intends to do this year, near the top of His burden list is accomplishing balance in His people. All who walk consistently with the Lord this year will see significant moderation tempering out-of-balance areas of their life. Living and behaving in extremes has injured us in serious ways till now. For many, the bleeding will finally stop this year. A Year to Finally Live a Sabbath a Life Though many people, situations, and projects will court our attention this year, there is one we must attend to immediately--the voice of the Lord of the Sabbath. This voice is renewing an ancient call, a call to live a Sabbath life. The Sabbath Spirit is turning on His lamps, inviting us to come sit awhile and be illumined in Sabbath ways...and you will find rest for your souls (Mt 11:29). A Year to Finally Be Released from Prison The Lord has pressed three scriptures on me pertaining to this. Psalm 68:6 (NASB): He leads out the prisoners into prosperity. Psalm 146:7 (NIV): The Lord sets prisoners free. Job 36:16 (NIV): He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.
Balance
Balance is the equal distribution of weight, with no one part or side being too pronounced or too deficient. Balance is so fundamental that God designed the human body with two balancing sides as an illustration: two hemispheres of the brain, two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, two lungs, two hands, two arms, two legs, two feet, two, two, two. It couldn't be more obvious.
Other realities also illustrate the primacy of balance. Romance and reproduction: male and female. Ministry: Jesus sent the evangelists two by two. Biblical truth: the Old Testament and the New Testament. Direction: up and down, left and right. Human beings: inner man and outer man. God Himself: unique, yet relational, holy, yet merciful.
When we live and behave in extremes, we defy a very basic divine institution--balance. Ecclesiastes 7:18 (NIV): It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. The man who fears God will avoid all extremes.
Become Balanced!
Here are a few key ways I've noticed the Spirit intensifying to balance out His people this year:
Being Spirit-filled and truth-based simultaneously Some Christians polarize to charismania, while others to legalistic orthodoxy. The Spirit now intensifies to make many Spirit-filled, yet truth-based...truth-based, yet Spirit-filled.
Being emotional and intelligent simultaneously Some Christians are overly emotional and unstable, while others are overly brainy and unfeeling. The Spirit now intensifies to make some more emotional, some smarter, everyone more balanced.
Being eaters for pleasure and eaters for health simultaneously Some Christians eat for pleasure and comfort, while others eat deprivationally and legalistically. The Spirit now intensifies to remove both gluttony and deprivationism from the eating habits of many. (NOTE: This would naturally exclude those in the fitness industry, i.e. bodybuilders, fitness models, pro athletes, etc., where meticulous eating habits are critical for success.)
Being true to our gender and apt in both gender traits simultaneously Some Christians are hypermasculine (like Saul or Jezebel), while others are hyperfeminine (like Ahab or the weak-willed women of 2Timothy 3:6). The Spirit now intensifies to create well-rounded and comprehensive Christian men and women.
Being merciful and discerning simultaneously Some Christians are overly merciful pushovers, while others are overly judicious and suspicious. The Spirit now intensifies to join both mercy and discernment into a healthy coexistence.
Being honest and compassionate simultaneously Some Christians are brutally honest, while others are appeasing. The Spirit now intensifies to accomplish that classic ideal in many, "speaking the truth in love" (Eph 4:15).
Being generous and prudent simultaneously Some Christians are loose and indiscreet with their resources, while others are stingy. The Spirit now intensifies to unify both generosity and prudence in many.
Being prosperity-minded and modest simultaneously Some Christians are prosperity-obsessed, while others idealize/spiritualize barely enough, even poverty. The Spirit now intensifies to rid many of materialism and opulence, and many of financial mediocrity and poverty.
Though the Spirit will be doing more than just these, this is where I have seen Him flaring up as we move into 2010. We can no longer negotiate with our extremes. Become balanced!
Our great Jehovah has never lied, is not lying, and will never lie (Deu 32:4, 1Sam 15:29, Ro 3:4, Heb 6:18). His promises of "perfect peace" still remain (Isa 26:3, Heb 4:9), though it is possible, even as a born-again Christian, to never experience them (Heb 4:1,11). Our wanting emotional-mental life can only be attributed to our own misunderstanding or misapplication of God's restorative ways. Our King has not failed our hearts. His Word has not failed our hearts. Psalm 73:26: My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
This year the Holy Spirit is illuminating and renewing an ancient call to His people. A call to rest, peace, and contentment. A call to live a Sabbath life, everyday, in every way. If you've longed to enter a Sabbath-rest (Heb 4:1,9), consistently experience perfect peace that surpasses all understanding (Isa 26:3, Php 4:7), and enjoy deep contentment in any circumstance of life (v11,12), this is the year to call on and commune with the Sabbath side of God. He is intensifying His presence to Sabbatize our life completely. Go to my home page ( www.juniordesouza.com ) for the first three Sabbath teachings.
This year the Lord intends to release many from significant prisons they are confined in. He has shown me two types in particular (but not exhaustive).
Literal prisons Many who are incarcerated, justly and unjustly, will be surprised by another chance at life in society. This is not the typical your-sentence-is-up release from prison. God will be intervening dramatically in cases, judges, juries, and legal systems to release certain prisoners.
We often see only crimes committed (like Moses' murder of the Egyptian, or Saul's murder of Christians, or Nebuchadnezzar's evil against the Hebrews), but God sees much more. This does not mean He gives people a "pass" on wrongs committed. Of course not, He is the God of justice (Job 8:3, 34:11,12, Ps 45:6, Isa 30:18). Realize though, God can mete out perfect justice in a variety of ways, not all of which include incarceration. Justice is multidimensional, as is God's execution of it. Above all, He seeks to redeem a criminal life, and in so doing, prevent many more from ever beginning.
Relational/Social prisons Many who are trapped in imprisoning relationships and social situations will see release. The Lord has highlighted young Joash, how he was "imprisoned" and confined to the temple for six years while Athaliah ruled Judah (2Chr 22:10-ch23). In the seventh year, however, Jehoiada staged his revolt, brought Joash out of hiding, and coronated him openly as king. He was released from his prison.
The Lord has also highlighted Abigail's imprisonment to her wicked husband Nabal. She remained faithful and respectful to the end, and eventually God struck him dead (1Sam 25). She was released from her prison and became the wife of David.
Why is the Lord so touched with compassion for prisoners? Because He Himself was a prisoner when He incarnated to accomplish our redemption. The God who dwelt in parameter-free omnipresence and omnipotence chose to confine Himself to a human body, to a three-dimensional world of time, space, and matter, to a restricted existence in almost every way. He knows the depressing frustrations of prisons and prison situations. He really can relate, and He will let it be known this year to many.
The Spirit says, "Come closer." "Come closer to hear it. The answer you seek has already been whispered. Have I not said to draw near? Would you approach me in vain? Come closer. As surely as troubled waters are stirred before me, I see you restless in my sanctuary. Do not strive in vain to hear my words. Does a young child labor to hear his father's voice? Does he not speak even before he is heard? "Observe and consider faithful ones. I am skilled in whispering, but are you skilled in coming close? I am a craftsman in preparing your answers, but are you a craftsman in finding them? Will you learn the arts of the Most High? Only come closer. Do I have pleasure in closed ears? Am I not the One who fashions ears that hear? I will heal the deafness of my people. I will remove from them the spirit of dizziness that they might understand my thoughts plainly and walk steadfastly with assurance. "Now then, hear the word from my mouth concerning the prayers and tears you have poured out before me: be still and come closer. My whispers have already left my lips, yes, long before you washed my altar with your tears. My wind around you is filled with my words, the cloud above you is heavy with my replies, but I call you closer to hear it. Wean your soul before my face and your ears will pop open to hear! Is your accusation against me and my tongue? Is it my mouth that relents from uttering? Did not David my servant draw near with an instrument of praise, crying aloud the wonders of his God? |
The Lord says, "I know." "Who has ever counseled me or showed me knowledge? Show me a man to teach me the pathways of wisdom! Surely you can find him! Is any secret hidden from me? Can any insight prevail against me? Who is clever enough to oppose me? Set him before my face! How long will you be dull? When will you believe that I know? My hand settles upon you to be still and also know. "I know how to whisper, and I know how to speak with the voice of many rushing waters. I know where to touch you, and I know where to pass over. I know when to embrace you, and I know when to only stand beside you. I know when to convince you, and I know what to leave obscure. I know how to hasten time and perform my word for you, and I know how delay it and form my handiwork in you. I know what I am forming in you, and I know the intentions of my Spirit. I know how long until my handiwork is complete, I know where you need to be, yes, I know who I will use. Understand just ones, I am the One who knows, who knew, and who always will know. "I know all the roads and pathways you look to with a wandering eye. I know the road to relationships you desire and I know the pathway to your pleasure. I know the road that leads to green pastures and I know the pathway to mountains that drip with oil. I know the road to hidden riches buried in the sand and I know the pathway to silver and gold carefully concealed in enemy basements. Are my feet not calloused from walking these roads? You may seek them, but I know them. |
The Lord says, "Out of nothing at all." "But now I hear you say, 'How Lord? How will you make a way for me, my hope has dried up and I am only a withered branch?' "I will perform my good promise toward you out of nothing at all. At that time you will laugh in my tabernacle saying, 'Where did this blessing come from? It came from nothing at all!' See, your branch will come alive. I will nourish your roots in a time of rain, and I will command the earth beneath you to drink the abundant showers I send. Again your roots will be strong and blossoms will appear on your tree. Your leaf will flourish once again and you will rejoice in a lively and fruitful branch. At that time you will be called Strong Branch, one the Lord has revived by his own hand. You will rejoice loudly in the hearing of those around you saying, 'I was withered and fallen, but the Lord helped me. He watered me in a time of rain and I was made strong out of nothing at all.' |
The Lord says, "Will I not send a boat?" "I have been watching you. The savor of your thank offerings has turned my face to look upon you. You need me to look upon you because I have determined to win your life. I know what you need, I know what lacks and I know how to make it right if you only rest your head on my breast. "Can I introduce you to my way? Can I show you the other side of life you have not been seeing? I will show you where it is and I will show you how to get there, but you have overlooked my boat. Time and times over I have sent a boat to carry you to the other side of life, but you turned away because my boat looked strange and undesirable. Will you know my boat this time? Every time you miss my boat you multiply your hardships. Am I not the merciful One? Will I not send a boat until you see me in it? "Should I not have good intentions for you as a father? My gospel is good news for every side of your life, beginning with the saving of your soul. I approached you for a good and expected end, offering my will that is good and pleasing. Search now, search from the book of the Lord, is your inheritance not delightful? Should your boundary lines not fall in pleasant places? "But now you are cast down because of the sins of others. Am I too small for this? Watch my handiwork and see how I build your future upon the sins of your brethren. Stand and be amazed as the iniquity of your neighbor becomes your first sign of strength. You who are cast down, you whom they call Destitute and Forsaken, I have known your pain. I see the shame that is hindering your every step, and I have sworn by myself that I will cut down the load that is upon your shoulder." |