Earth`s Wisdom verses Heaven`s Wisdom

There are two types of Wisdom.  One Kind is from Earth and the other kind is from Heaven.

Earthly wisdom often causes us to be in competition with others. Competition will give room for envy and bitterness to spring up, like a tree, in our lives.  This includes the things that we do to promote our own interest and ambition in life.  Having ambition itself is a good thing.  But when we use it to push others down or out of our way so we can get ahead, CANNOT be BLESSED.  God`s favor comes to those who prefer others above ourselves.  This is also about honoring each other.  The Word says, honor your Father and Mother that it may go well with you in your life.  You will be BLESSED with long life when you honor your parents and family members, and those who are in your sphere of influence (like your bosses and coworkers, leaders of any kind in your life). 

In James 3, it speaks of the wisdom that comes from Heaven.  It is pure speaking and thinking toward others.  Let`s chose to place or consider others in a higher place than we place ourselves.  People who walk in Wisdom will be lovers of peace and one-another.  Peacemakers will also be people who walk in mercy, impartiality, and sincerity.

It is always evident when we speak to someone if they are listening to us.  We must sincerely love one another.  

Today, Lord I ask you for Heavenly Wisdom, that my heart would walk in purity toward those around me.  Help me to always prefer others above myself and that my ambition would be surrendered to you Lord.  Even the things I know you have called me to do, (my gifts and callings), they are good, But only when I lay them at your feet, Lord.  Lord, may I never operate in competition toward those around me.  Knowing that when I do compete, that LOVE will be lost.   Lord, teach me to walk in your Wisdom.  Pour out more and more of who you are upon me today, till I begin to look like YOU.

Amen!

Pierced Ears-Surrendered Just because You Love the Master

A piercing is opening something physically , or creating a hole in your body.  People have always done this through history.  In Exodus God speaks of a slave that loved their Master, wife and family, and did NOT want to be set free.  A Master who possibly treated them well, respecting them.  The servant would get a piercing from the Master at the doorpost of the Master`s house.
Here is the verse;
Exodus 21:6
5 But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ 6 then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever. (In Hebrew-pierce=ratsa`=to bore or open a hole)
Now spiritually, there is also a piercing.  In Psalms 40 David speaks of first, God opening his ears so he could hear Holy Spirit.  Then second, David speaks of the Messiah whose ear is opened (surrendered to Father God), coming to do what was written in the scroll of Him(the prophecy of the Messiah).  Yeshua had to surrender to the Father to pay the price for his Bride.  It costs Yeshua something, it costs Yeshua`s life.  He was the sacrifice.  Just as it costs every animal that ever died in sacrifice making atonement for sin.  It costs the animal`s life.  The Father wanted one sacrifice to be sufficient for all times.  That`s why He sent His only Son Yeshua to pay the price in FULL for ALL, for all Times.  Thus making Yeshua the greatest servant of ALL. 
Now on the Menorah, the higher light is called the Shamesh, or servant that lights the other candles.  This is very important, the Messiah was to be the Greatest Servant of All, yet is the ONE who is the Light of the World, the ONE who lights our light and makes us to shine.   He was a servant for life because He loved us and paid the surrender-Bride-Family-price of Exodus 21.
Here is the verse;  Psalms 40
6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
         My ears You have opened. (in Hebrew-Open=Karah=to pierce)
         Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
 7 Then I said, “Behold, I come;
         In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
 8 I delight(surrender) to do Your will, O my God,
         And Your law is within my heart.”
Again Isaiah speaks of another example of the greatest servant of All.  Not only does the Lord awaken us and speak to us.  But again this speaks of the surrender of the Messiah who would be beaten, His beard pulled out, mocked and spit upon, for US.  He is the GREATEST SERVANT OF ALL.
Here are Isaiah`s words;
Isaiah 50
He wakens me morning by morning,
   wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
5 The Sovereign LORD has opened my ears; (in Hebrew opened=pathach=to engrave or throw open a doorway)  I have not been rebellious,
   I have not turned away.
6 I offered my back to those who beat me,
   my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
I did not hide my face
   from mocking and spitting.
7 Because the Sovereign LORD helps me,
   I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint, (in surrender),
   and I know I will not be put to shame.
8 He who vindicates me is near.
   Who then will bring charges against me?

In the book to the Hebrews this is again repeated.
Here it is; Hebrews 10
4Because the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to take sins away.
    5Hence, when He [Christ] entered into the world, He said, Sacrifices and offerings You have not desired, but instead You have made ready a body for Me [to offer];
    6In burnt offerings and sin offerings You have taken no delight.
    7Then I said, Behold, here I am, coming to do Your will, O God--[to fulfill] what is written of Me in the volume of the Book.
16This is the agreement (testament, covenant) that I will set up and conclude with them after those days, says the Lord: I will imprint My laws upon their hearts, and I will inscribe them on their minds (on their inmost thoughts and understanding),
    17He then goes on to say, And their sins and their lawbreaking I will remember no more.
    18Now where there is absolute remission (forgiveness and cancellation of the penalty) of these [sins and lawbreaking], there is no longer any offering made to atone for sin.
    19Therefore, brethren, since we have full freedom and confidence to enter into the [Holy of] Holies [by the power and virtue] in the blood of Yeshua,
    20By this fresh (new) and living way which He initiated and dedicated and opened for us through the separating curtain (veil of the Holy of Holies), that is, through His flesh,
    21And since we have [such] a great and wonderful and noble Priest [Who rules] over the house of God,
    Dear friends, Yeshua is Salvation.  Yeshua surrendered His body as a sacrifice in the place of the animals to atone(cover over) our sin(missing the mark).  The perfect Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the whole world.  He is also the Doorway that we will walk through to get to eternal life.  Today, have you walked in your journey through the DOORWAY to eternal LIFE? It is Yeshua, he is Salvation, and he is Messiah of the world.  Every nation, culture, language and tongue are precious in His sight! You my friend are precious in His sight, and you are engraved upon the palms of His hands.

GOD`S PROMISES ARE ALWAYS "YES"

 Do you know that It is impossible for God to lie?  He keeps His word. His word is a VOW or PROMISE to us.  What He says and what He does are all the same.
He is the same yesterday, today and forever.  We are the ones that need to change into His likeness.  Our heavenly Father does not change.  For this very reason we have a refuge and hope in Him that is an anchor for our lives. (Heb. 6:18-19)
His Word that has been spoken will not return without a harvest in our lives - if we walk in obedience to it.  It is also the same with what we say with our mouths.  There will be a harvest.  We need to renew our minds by knowing the Word of God and hearing the voice of Spirit. 
If we walk according to the Flesh, there be a harvest of the Flesh.
If we walk according to the Spirit, (think and act upon those things which are pure, lovely, praise worthy, and virtuous), our harvest will be according to the Spirit.

Today the question is; do I keep my word and am I speaking and walking according to the Flesh or the Spirit?
God is transforming us into His image every day as we surrender our lives to Him.  Our Father is good  and always keeps His word.  Let us be people who keep our Word also. Maybe we should not be so quick to say YES to something we will not be able to follow through with.  Let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No.  Do not be swayed to say Yes, because of fearing what man may think.  I know how this works.  I have been plagued by this myself.  God has helped me to be able to say No - even to good things.  Priorities in our lives are so important.  Everyone will not always like you.  STAND UP AND BE WHO GOD MADE YOU TO BE-BUT MAKE SURE IT IS WITH GENTLENESS AND RESPECT TO ALL.
We can stand in confidence and know the God we serve always does what is best even when we do not understand it.
Ps. 13
5But I have trusted, leaned on, and been confident in Your mercy and loving-kindness; my heart shall rejoice and be in high spirits in Your salvation.
    6I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me.

FAMINE FROM HEARING THE WORD OF THE LORD. WHY AM I DRY? HAVE I WORSHIPED?

 Amos speaks of a time in history where there would be a famine from hearing the Word of the Lord.  This famine would be greater than a lack of bread and water.
Here is the scripture Amos 8:11.
Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord GOD,

      “ That I will send a famine on the land,
      Not a famine of bread,
      Nor a thirst for water,
      But of hearing the words of the LORD.
       12 They shall wander from sea to sea,
      And from north to east;
      They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD,

Hearing in hebrew is shaw-mah.  It means; to hearken, obey, publish, understand, diligently, sound, declare, discern, noise,  
perceive, tell,  and reported.

This is speaking of a time in history when the Word of God would be rare, and hearing the prophetic utterance of the Lord in your ear would be rare.  Why would this happen?  It happens because first, our ears are closed to Holy Spirit and second, we are not acting on what Holy Spirit is saying and our hearts become hardened.  When we do not act upon the promptings we get from Holy Spirit, we hear less and less.  This is like a disobedient child that dismisses what the parent is telling them.  True rebellion is having an ear that is TOTALY closed.  Similar to having a hard heart.
Third, we will not believe what is being said by Holy Spirit, is for us and we do not discern it to be Holy Spirit that is speaking to us.    Thus, we do not have the ability to discern or understand what is being said by Holy Spirit.  In the same way that rain softens the ground in the physical.  Famine and drought are present when there is no RAIN. When our hearts are hard(PRIDEFUL), it is a result of, NO RAIN of Holy Spirit in our lives. 
So the question is; how can I get the RAIN of Holy Spirit?  In Zech. 14:16 it says that the people that did not worship, would receive no RAIN.
So next question is; HAVE YOU WORSHIPED LATELY?
If I have FAMINE, hard ground, no rain; then I must not be WORSHIPING.  See, the problems of our lives will disappear when we begin to worship our King.
Today, am I worshiping my problems or am I worshiping my King? 

YOU HAVE THE EXACT REPRESENTATION AT WORK IN YOU

IN THE SAME WAY THAT AN ENGRAVING STAMP LEAVES A MARK ON A COIN OR SEAL OF WAX, LIKE A KING OF OLD WOULD USE; YESHUA WAS THE EXACT REPRESENTATION OR SEAL/MARK OF THE FATHER.  HE IS THE SON OF GOD WHO SHARES IN THE FATHER`S GLORY, NATURE,  AND ESSENCE.  HE ALSO SHARES IN THE CHARACTER AND NATURE OF THE FATHER.  SUSTAINING ALL THINGS BY HIS POWER AND HAS PROVIDED PURIFICATION/ATONEMENT FROM SIN.

In the same way we share in this nature, when we are surrendered to Holy Spirit.  We have the working of Holy Spirit`s Mighty Strength at work within us.  When we listen, we are hearing which way to turn.   When we see with Holy Spirit, we are seeing through the eyes of God.  If we submit our lives to Holy Spirit we will then be walking with His SEAL/MARK upon us.
In Ephesians 1:13, it says, that having believed the gospel, you have been marked with a SEAL, the promised Holy Spirit.

The counterfeit is always present where the real thing is present.  The counterfeit mark will be the MARK of the enemy. In REVELATION it speaks of a MARK that will be required by the ONE WORLD LEADER.  Well, if God MARKS and SEALS us with the promised HOLY SPIRIT; what do you think Satan`s counterfeit will be?  He will want to mark all his people also.  Whose MARK you wear will determine which side you are on--God`s side or Satan`s side.  It is simple, we are either living our lives for God or NOT.
The way the Feds teach people how to discover a counterfeit dollar bill--IS--they have the workers study the REAL THING.  
Today, spiritually, the REAL THING is the WORD of GOD.  He gave this to us so we will know the counterfeit.  Lets study to show ourselves approved unto God.  Not to forget that He also speaks to us ALL the time by HOLY SPIRIT.
Today, Lord, open MY ears to hear your voice.  As a child of God I have the EXACT REPRESENTATION AT WORK WITHIN ME.  It gives ME joy beyond measure today, for MY life.  May the Lord anoint ME with the OIL OF JOY.
AMEN
 

If MESSIAH(Yeshua, Jesus), Sets You Free You are Free Completely

  <sup>God is not a man that He should lie.  He is the same Yesterday, today and forever. The message is so simple and we make it so difficult because we allow our minds to control our hearts.  Our heart and our mind must come together in agreement, but not in the way of the flesh.  It is with the mind of Messiah(Yeshua, Jesus), that we will be set free.
In John 8:36
Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
There are 3 words that I want to define.
The first free in this verse “If the Son sets you free?” -- in Greek-eleutheroo--means TO DELIVER, TO SET AT LIBERTY FROM DOMINION OF SIN,(sin is when we miss God`s mark).   When you are delivered from something, you are not a slave to it, and you are not bound by obligation.  Praise God!

The second word “is free” from this verse-- in Greek--eleutheros--means YOU ARE BORN FREE, NOT A SLAVE, EXEMPT, UNRESTRAINED, NOT BOUND BY OBLIGATION, FREE FROM ANY WEIGHT OR YOKE.  A yoke was piece of wood, put on cattle or horses to bind them together, to FORCE them work together.  They could only go with the others that were yoked.  It is a kind of bondage.

The third word is “free INDEED”--in Greek--ontos- means CERTAIN, TO CERTIFY, A FACT, OF TRUTH, IN REALITY.  It is a point in fact that is truth and reality.

Today, ask God to give you his mind of freedom, and His heart.  His desire for you is to be FREE from the desires of this world and our flesh that brings bondage into our lives. God is HOLY SPIRIT and those who worship, worship in Spirit and in truth.  See, truth can never be separated from Spirit. Because, He is the Spirit of Truth.  IF YOU ARE IN HIM TODAY, WALK IN THAT COMPLETE FREEDOM THAT COMES FROM HIM.</sup>