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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Above
All
Deuteronomy
28:12-13 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to
give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of
thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not
borrow. (13) And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and
thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou
hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee
this day, to observe and to do them: (KJV)
Stop
and think for a moment where the head is located on the body? Isn’t it
interesting that it is located at the top, and not say the foot area, or
the tail section. By putting the head in its proper place it gives one a
better line of sight, a much better viewpoint to see the path in front of
them. As a hunter in the past I would walk through a valley or coulee as
they are referred to in Montana, and would be limited to what I could see.
However, if I was to climb to the top I would get the total viewpoint and
know what was there. You have access to the total picture, a vantage point
from above and not below so that spiritually you can see and understand the
total picture of God’s plan of salvation and how to walk in it. Simply put,
if you wish to get ahead and move forward in your walk with the Lord then
you need to go to the Head and hear the message He has for you personally
so that you can walk the path He designated for you before the foundation
of the world.
Ephesians
3:17-20 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being
rooted and grounded in love, (18) May be able to comprehend with all saints
what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; (19) And to know
the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with
all the fulness of God. (20) Now unto him that is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that
worketh in us, (KJV)
Do
you know why Christ is able to do above and beyond what we could ever ask
or think of? Because that is the realm He operates in, above and beyond the
fallen realm of man, one so much higher and greater than our carnal minds
could ever comprehend. Are you operating in His realm today and tapping
into the well of life, a dayspring of living waters so that you can get
results in your walk above and beyond what you thought of? I know some of
you are thinking “yeah right” not much is happening in my life, why don’t I
get these results? Well it starts with verse 17, Christ dwelling in the
heart by faith, not your head. Have you taken the time to renew your mind
today, letting the message of Christ take hold in you, or were you to busy
with something else that has taken hold of you and what you claimed was a
total commitment to our Lord? Were you still long enough to know He is God
letting patience have its perfect work, or after you made your request to
God through Jesus Christ you went out chasing the answer instead of letting
it overtake you? The only way He can do above and beyond all that we could
ask or think is if we hold the Head to be true above and beyond all the
lies and doctrines of a fallen mankind. Again, where your treasure truly is
there your heart will be also. So if you desire something better in your
life then you need to look above and not below to get those results.
Deuteronomy
28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give
the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine
hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. (KJV)
When
you see words like treasure or rain, do you see the spiritual implications
which go above man’s thinking, or are you like so many that limit God and
His blessings to just the carnal realm? What we see in the outward realm
mirrors, or reflects the spiritual one. So the more one trains themselves
with this thinking the more one is able to see the total picture, like
getting the view from above; above and beyond all that we could ever ask or
think of. Man’s thinking is limited and so are his expectations; while the
Lord’s people are renewing their mind on a daily basis and able to see into
an unlimited realm where the word impossible is no longer a part of their
vocabulary. A former life stuck in the realm of the flesh and limited by
words like ‘I can’t’ as well as endless excuses and finger pointing, is now
replaced with an I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. A
life of so close and yet so far is replaced by a new life of victory, because
for once in your life you are able to finish and bring to perfection things
you started and were never able to accomplish in your past. As a Christian,
a Christ like person, you need to continue to think and expect to be a
winner in all things, as our Lord promised we are more than conquerors, but
that only works through Him who loved us, that being Jesus Christ our one
mediator that gives us access into this realm above.
Isaiah
55:7-9 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon
him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (8) For my thoughts are
not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. (9) For
as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your
ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (KJV)
Oh
that stinking thinking of ours at times! We start letting the mind drift
off to the valley of the shadow of death, then the next thing you know we
are speaking all these negative words, words which our Lord said should be
spirit and life not carnal and strife. The Bible says we shall have
whatever we say; then you wonder why you don’t see these results that our
Lord said He was able to do which is so much more above and beyond what we
could have ever asked or thought of? You want results in your life that are
complete; then start thinking in that realm and speak the words that will
bring life and not more strife. Words that should be opening the windows of
heaven are now opening the floodgates of the enemy to come in and drown
people in destruction and despair. Come on people, get out of this muck and
get up to the higher ground, and replace those thoughts of doubt and fear
with truth, a truth that will set you free and allow you to partake of what
the Head has for you and not what is coming out of the tail end.
Isaiah
55:10-13 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and
returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth
and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: (11) So
shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto
me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper
in the thing whereto I sent it. (12) For ye shall go out with joy, and be
led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before
you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. (13)
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier
shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. (KJV)
Without
rain and snow there would be drought, dry conditions, which are ripe for
wildfires. Spiritually God has opened the windows of heaven and is raining
living waters on His people, the question is, ‘are you partaking of it or
has your field dried up’? Are you going out today with the joy of the Lord
letting His peace rule in your life, or has doubt and confusion crept in?
What does your field truly look like; is it cultivated and the weeds pulled,
or is it a breeding ground of worthless weeds that look like plants? With
all that is available in Christ; with all the promises we have in Him; Church,
don’t settle for anything less than what He intended for you, a complete
and total victory in all things, not just some things or sometimes, but
always expecting the best because you truly serve the best who truly has
your best interest in heart.
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