To teach is to disciple. Good discipleship produces maturity as requirement is placed upon the one being taught—but without the requirement to produce the thing being taught we’re going nowhere except to fill the time or create a religious impression.

In the same sense, the test at the end of the class reflects diligence and application. Our Lord taught His disciples with a result in mind: that they would be willing to change, leave behind THEIR plan, study to know HIS, and then actually do the plan.

Depending upon the culture, there are certain priorities as to how our lives are invested but disciples of Jesus Christ transcend the culture to establish the Lord’s presence and His priorities in the lives of those around them—one person at a time.

To teach is to disciple. All disciples are taught but not all teaching will produce disciples apart from the training element which is where the requirement comes in. Where is our much teaching taking us? What is the measure of our life-investment? If I alone am impacted then I am not really a disciple but a hearer only.

Amen.

Hebrews 5:12-14
Numbers 20:11-12
Psalm 132:1-9

The Lord is patient beyond what we understand since patience is not something we are eager to exercise—we need patience from others and from the Lord but withhold it from others and also from the Lord. Scripture places patience with kindness, letting us know there is a manner in which we are hopeful and a grace in our posture as we are kind to those from whom we often receive the brunt end of the upheaval going on inside them as they come to the place they are trying to reach.

Maturity teaches the wisdom of being patient; no matter how long you must wait, or how long it takes to achieve a result, once you really know what God wants in the situation why settle for anything less?

Each person finds that invisible line which, when crossed, opens a new day and hopeful perspective. Compared to all that it took to come to that point—right up to the very moment and that final step—everything is different! We see the process and wonder that it took them so long to wake up – to get it! But the Lord, who also sees and watches, is patient—He is confident they will wake up and that they will get it.

The quality of my leadership is measured in part by my ability to patiently wait for the promise; having seen the Lord in any matter, my responsibility is to demonstrate confidence concerning the outcome and the fact that the ones for whom I have patiently waited will be present at the finish line.

Amen.

1 Cor 13:4-5
Hebrews 10:36
Ecc 7:8
James 1:3-4

Christians realize God’s wisdom is given through the agent and power of the Holy Spirit, the same Spirit who then directs and empowers them to conform to that wisdom…Read More

Christians realize God’s wisdom is given through the agent and power of the Holy Spirit, the same Spirit who then directs and empowers them to conform to that wisdom; the Wisdom of God is perfect and to be preferred over sense reasoning, accumulated learning, or current trends with  opinion.

King David repented to the Lord, acknowledging both His sin and the Lord’s requirement for truth in the deepest, most hidden and private part of his life. The king realized the link between God’s wisdom and His truth: To depart from truth is to refuse His wisdom and to refuse God’s wisdom is to deny truth—something we, like David, will not survive unscathed.

The principle is critical. Parents, teach your children this one early and those of you who are mature check yourself in this: Anytime we believe we are “entitled” to an activity, believing it is  somehow separate from what God requires, or that it is something we can get away with once or twice—activity we consider our own, as though it were hidden from God—the denial is in fact ours alone; the evidence of truth, and purity of wisdom prove God is not in it, but that does not mean He will save you from it anyway. In such cases, where truth and wisdom are refused, the Bible tells us that it is “a fool” who is in charge, not God, and the “fool” is usually a liar.

Amen.

Psalm 51
Romans 12:2
Psalm 14:1
Psalm 53:1

“For he raised us from the dead along with Christ, and we are seated with him in the heavenly realms–all because we are one with Christ Jesus. And so God can always point to us as examples of the incredible wealth of his favor and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us through Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2:6-7, New Living Translation

Don’t forget the position God has given you. You are seated with Him and your day is filled with spiritual insight for understanding; you are both seated with Him, and have seated Him prominently in the matters of your day: “And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we are in God because we are in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life. Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.” 1John 5:20-21, New Living Translation

Don’t forget your position in the Lord. Always take the high road. Beggarly elements grow more beggarly, but those closely connected to God are strong and can do exceptionally, always taking the high road with poise. They are not reduced to beggarly thinking but rather raise the mark for all. They are known for their wisdom and always knowing exactly what to say. (Daniel 11:32-33)

Amen.

“I believe that God can and wants to create good out of everything, even evil…I believe that God provides us with as much strength to resist as we need. But he does not give it in advance…We trust Him alone. In such a trust, all anxiety about the future must be overcome.” – Dietrich Bonheoffer (1906-1945)

Typically we live short-term – living for the moment and taking risks with precious things we would not otherwise take were it not for the moment. And though we live this way, the mind and heart obsess with what is beyond, out into the future… wondering, planning, questioning, doubting, and dreaming of possibilities and hopes. It’s where we get into trouble, risking the moment yet fearing the future—opening fear doors we would never entertain were we not mentally ‘out there,’ attempting control of our own lives and life in general—mentally. It does not work.

What does works? Sow your life—sow every minute, sow every detail; release the details, let them go. Send yourself out into the day and then do the same tomorrow. Life is seed we sow and the decision to sow rather than hoard overthrows self-pity and related self traps.

The truth is we were built to last. My life was sent by the Lord and my mission is a sure thing. Whatever comes, His plan will last—it will endure the course if I will. There are too many reasons to trust Him, especially now, and reasons to trust far outweigh all provocation to doubt. We were built to last, you and I; we were built to last for eternity. Quit god-making and live to last. His is the Kingdom with its power and glory, an everlasting Kingdom. Live today not for the moment alone, not for the future alone, but with eternity as command central. (Ecclesiastes 3:11)

Amen.

Ezekiel prophesied to bones and to breath. His prophesies were followed by visual and audible changes in the valley. Nothing failed to respond to his command. The bones and the breath obeyed him.

Ezekiel saw and heard change in response to his words, a principle of God’s Word: We see and know according to faith, so that the one speaking speaks according to his faith while those standing by may not see, or hear a thing.

Instruction from the LORD to Ezekiel was the power of change but Ezekiel’s response was critical. The Lord’s purpose here is clear: “Then you shall know that I am the Lord!” (Ez 37: 6, 13)

God moves as Sovereign in the affairs of men. Often His presence is not explained apart from a direct extension of His hand. At other times His purpose includes mankind’s participation as critical to the outcome, also a sovereign move on His part. Either way, He does not move apart from faith – His, or man’s.

Amen.

Bones and breath (Ezekiel 37, NKJV)
Eyes that see, ears that hear (Matthew 13:9-17, NLT)

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Certain lives and events are ordained with divine purpose. As time and purpose intersect we find ourselves involved through prayer, praying according to divine wisdom which is the supernatural framework for all divine purpose—a framework established by godly counsel, but frustrated through misguided advice. Choices made through subtleties of wrong counsel are designed to influence, but not with truth. The subtle influence can be the most sinister.

City squares and places of government are framed by the LORD. His Spirit is hovering now, ready to bring forth according to divine counsel. As we pray, we are critically involved in all that is taking place today concerning nations, thrones, and governments; we bring forth the day in truth, fully persuaded according to His divine counsel, praying…

“For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth,
visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.
All things were created through Him
and for Him.
He is before all things,
and in Him all things consist . . .
that in all things He may have the preeminence.” Colossians 1:16-18 NKJV

Amen.

Ordained according to purpose – Ephesians 1:11
Established by counsel – Proverbs 20:18
Enemy counsel – Ezra 4:4-5
That He may have the preeminence – Colossians 1:18

Concerning the LORD’s people, Isaiah describes a magnificent endowment, dating from ancient times and applied especially in this present time through the blood covenant given to us, setting a course that specifically resonates in modern terms:

I will teach all your children, and they will enjoy great peace. You will be secure under a government that is just and fair. Your enemies will stay far away. You will live in peace, and terror will not come near. If any nation comes to fight you, it is not because I sent them. Whoever attacks you will go down in defeat. “I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals beneath the forge and makes the weapons of destruction. And I have created the armies that destroy. But in that coming day no weapon turned against you will succeed. You will silence every voice raised up to accuse you. These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the Lord; their vindication will come from me. I, the Lord, have spoken! (Is 54: 13-17, NLT)

So then our season is joyful – full of joy! The LORD’s people fill the demand of any crisis—they are experienced in the Peace that by-passes understanding to set up a guardian watch—an empire quality—over each thought and word; we see clearly that we have a mission in difficult times, framed by the LORD Himself with the intention that when we arrive on the scene, HE arrives on the scene: Christ in me—in you, in us—the hope of glory.

Amen.

Isaiah 54
Colossians 1:27

Now a certain woman… had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?” But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’”  And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.” (Mark 5:25-34 NKJV)

Declaration prayer:
God, thank you for my life! Thank you for my destiny! Thank you for Your healing virtue working in my body! Thank you that I have access into Your Presence to obtain every need met!

Isaiah declared it–by His stripes we ARE healed; Peter confirmed it–by His stripes we WERE healed (Isaiah 53:5, 1 Peter 2:24). Therefore, I am sanctified (set apart, appointed) to healing and divine health through His offering – the seed of His life that went into the ground for me; His offering, His Body, was offered so that I can have healing (Hebrews 10:10)!

I am bought with that price! Therefore, I glorify God in my body and bring my body into subjection to the All Powerful Spirit of the Living God (1 Corinthians 6:20, 9:27). I resist every force in my body that does not glorify God: I resist disease, I resist sickness, I resist pharmacy spirits and their influences that slip in to oppress and weaken my spirit, for without the spirit the body is dead (James 2:26).

I declare the anointing of Jesus Christ is magnified in my body (Philippians 1:20). My body is not just one part, but many; every part is working together to produce the glory of God in my body. There is NO schism in my body! (1 Corinthians 12:14, 25)

Ephesians 4:16 applies to my physical body. God joined my whole body together and compacted every joint to supply; and because of the effectual working of every part, my body is increased in strength and edified!

I declare Colossians 2:19; that the Head of the Church, the Lord Jesus Christ, has seen to every joint and every part that holds the body together in wholeness, has seen to the nourishment of every joint and part, has personally ministered bonding to every part of my body to make the entire body strong, and has personally delivered me into increase with the increase of God – increased strength, increased health in every part, increase of strength and health in every hidden part, increase in the whole – increase to the increase of God in every way, every detail!

Amen.