Committed

When you hear that word what do you think??  If you've been committed it would be because someone thinks that you are crazy.  Some would say that you to be truly committed you have to be a little crazy. The commitment that is unwavering means that there is nothing or no one that can change your devotion to it.  Are you committed to Chasing The highest??

 commitment -the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.

an engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action.

synonyms:

dedication, devotion, allegiance, loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity

synonyms:

responsibility, obligation, duty, tie, liability; More

1 Timothy 1¹⁸This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; ¹⁹Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

 When the ship left the harbor the captain, crew, and passangers were all full of hope and adventure. Looking forward to the journey and the arrival at the final destination. They knew that there would be danger and numerous other things that could happen, but they chose this journey anyway, thinking the rewards would be far greater than the risk. 
 

Have you shipwrecked?? Have you allowed your journey to the kingdom to take a wrong turn?? You knew from the beginning that the enemy was going to do everything in his power to stop you. If you are still working toward the kingdom then nothing (even a shipwreck) can stop you.  You will rebuild, restart and keep warefaring until you make it.

2 Chronicles 16:9“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.”

 

Greatness is established one piece at a time

Ecclesiasticus 44:20 

Who kept the law of the most High, and was in covenant with him: he established the covenant in his flesh; and when he was proved, he was found faithful.

Anything that is inspiring or breathtaking didn't just appear there over night. The very best things take time. That is why we must build each day and walk rightly to gain our spot in the kingdom. The kingdom that is eternal deserves citizens that will establish it, not seek to destroy it. The Most High has sent us here to be proved, tried, and tested. He has asked us to lay aside everything that would ensnare or entrap us. To purify ourselves and lay aside all manner of sin that we might be worthy to enter that kingdom.

Hebrews 11:13

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

1 Peter 2:11

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;¹²Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. ¹³Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; ¹⁴Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

Judges 2:22

That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

Wisdom of Solomon 3:4For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality. 5And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded: for God proved them, and found them worthy for himself. 6As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering. 7And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble.

Ecclesiasticus 37:27-31My son, prove thy soul in thy life, and see what is evil for it, and give not that unto it.For all things are not profitable for all men, neither hath every soul pleasure in every thing.Be not unsatiable in any dainty thing, nor too greedy upon meats:For excess of meats bringeth sickness, and surfeiting will turn into choler.By surfeiting have many perished; but he that taketh heed prolongeth his life.

Romans 12:2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Love is.....

^{You must be seeking the Father for strength from the Holy Spirit in order to truly walk in Love.}

Galatians 5:²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such, there is no law. ²⁴And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. ²⁵If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

 

 

1 Corinthians 13:4-13(ESV)

⁴ Love is patient and kind;( Are you patient and kind with those you claim to love?)

 love does not envy or boast;( can you truely rejoice with people in their victories and not talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.)

 it is not arrogant ⁵ or rude. ( do you have an exaggerated sense of your own importance or abilities or: ill-mannered, bad-mannered, impolite, discourteous, uncivil, ill-behaved, unmannerly, mannerless)

 It does not insist on its own way; 

it is not irritable or resentful;^{[a]  (having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed or made angry or feeling or expressing bitterness or indignation at having been treated unfairly.)}

  ⁶ it does not rejoice at wrongdoing,  (
illegal or dishonest behavior.

but rejoices with the truth.

  ⁷ Love bears all things, (carry, bring, transport, move, convey, take, fetch, deliver, tote, lug, support, carry, hold up, prop up)

 believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.⁸ Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹ For we know in part and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰ but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. ¹¹ When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. ¹² For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.¹³ So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

 

John 13:34 - A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Ecclesiasticus 2:15  They that fear the Lord will not disobey his Word; and they that love him will keep his ways.

Cut it off!!

If it causes offense cut it off .  Is there anything in this one chance at life that you've been given that is causing you to offend the Father? Sin is an offense. Sin and fleshly desires are not even allowed in His presence.

 

Mark 9: ⁴²And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. ⁴³And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: ⁴⁴Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁵And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: ⁴⁶Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

 

Matthew 5:29- 30 "And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.” 

Christ instructed us to take making it into the kingdom as even more important than our vision or ability to operate in this earth realm. Have you ever really considered that thought?? That if you are unable to conquer your flesh and make it obedient you should rather cut it off.  Hard to continue to travel to places for sin if you remove your feet. Hard to steal without hands. Hard to look upon another to lust without eyes.  Hard to be invited to places to compromise if you have cut off the relationships with unrighteous.  Hard to compromise when your in prayer, worship, and meditating on the word.

 

 

Operatives wanted

Esther 4:14“For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Matthew 9:³⁷Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; ³⁸Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. 

Have you been in prayer and asked what the Most High what is your role in this time?? Christ looked out upon the multitudes of people that were searching for truth. Searching for someone to show them how to walk in righteousness.  He came to the conclusion the workers were few.


Isn't that what is still going on today? In the world of advertising and photo-shop nothing is what it seems.  Think about it. Each one of us has known someone who was really willing to be real with us(good bad & ugly), show us what they had learned, and where to look for answers they had yet to find.  This person has helped to inspire us and start us on a journey toward the Father.



 At what point is it time for you to take control of your journey? Responsibility and accountability for your decisions and actions?

 When will you become that real person for another? 

Being an operative for the Father requires action!!

Are you willing to press in and fight the evil of this time?? Fight with prayer? Fight with righteous living? Fight with obedience? Are you willing to be an operative? It requires focus, discipline, and diligence.




Are you looking at the obstacles set before you or to the source of the light that lights your path?

Hebrews 10:²²Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. ²³Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) ²⁴And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: ²⁵Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Is your life a metaphor?

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Corinthians 10:¹¹Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. ¹²Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. ¹³There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 

Is your life a metaphor for what the Father is trying to show you? Are crazy things happening around you and you can't figure out why? Could it be because you're supposed to see the lesson in them? You're supposed to see yourself in that position and see if what is happening is happening because you are supposed to be learning that very lesson. Don't keep missing the lesson and going around and around in circles!!

Hebrews 3: ⁸Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: ⁹When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. ¹⁰Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

The wilderness wasn't about the 40 years in the wilderness it was about their rebellion and hard hearts.

Numbers 20:¹⁰And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? ¹¹And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

The water from the rock wasn't just about the rock but about the Most Highs ability to provide from a unexpected source.

Exodus16:17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

The manna from heaven wasn't about them eating as would they be able to be obedient with their provision.


Numbers-11 ³¹And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. ³²And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. ³³And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague. ³⁴And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah(graves of craving): because there they buried the people that lusted.

The quail wasn't as much about the most high answering their complaints as showing them that their fleshly desires could overwhelm them and make them sick.They died because of their lust. They didn't always know what was best for themselves.