I want to share something with you that God has taught me this
morning when I was meditating. I have to say I had no idea how to meditate. But,
in 2005 after I lost my job God was preparing me to learn to buckle up for the
ride that was going to change my life forever, because things were going to get
messier and way worse than I ever thought possible. So the Holy Spirit taught
me to “still” my heart, not by myself but with His help. Then, I let my mind,
my heart and soul be taken up completely with God’s Word, the beauty of it, how
each iota of His word is true, how He works things out in our lives, how to
apply each verse of the Bible to our lives, etc… As you learn to do this with
the Holy Spirit, not only it becomes easier to apply in all circumstances in
your life, but you learn to become so immersed and so taken up that you could
spend hours in His Company. It is as if time does not exist. As the matter of
fact, when I first learned to meditate with God in the wilderness, I could
meditate on His word for hours and I never knew until I snapped out of it, that
most of the day was gone.
For those of you who are tempted to say this is what it means to
be caught up in third heaven, let me tell you it is not. Because being caught
up in the third heaven changes your soul in a way that you can never explain
and the thing is, you never know when God is going to take you there. What I
explained above is simple meditation done in the spirit and with the Holy
Spirit. But, anyway, as I was immersed in my meditation this morning, God felt the
need to help me understand something deeper. The past two days I wrote about
how a life of oneness with God takes you from fearing His wrath to appreciate
it as an attribute of His holiness. What
I learned this morning reminded me of something very important, as Christians, it
is so important we do not take lightly our postings whether through social
media, Blogs, websites etc. Because in the end, we are what we think and we are
what we write about. (If we do not use ghost writers)
I don’t know about you, but as I write my posts, I too am
learning from God. It gives me an opportunity to meditate on things that I
might have forgotten to thank Him about or take for granted. It keeps me living
with an awareness of God constantly on a daily basis to the point where, if I
spend time thinking about anything that did not lead to God, I need to know
what did I waste my time with? Through my postings, I learned to acquire more
gratitude as I recall the things He has done for me and the grace He lavishes
on me.
So, this morning was not any different. I was having such an awesome
time with Him, and then He told me “do you know why you wrote the past two days
about finding balance between God’s wrath and His Holiness?” Do you understand
why this knowledge and its effect are suddenly part of who you are? I smile and
though to myself, “no I don’t know because you never told me”. Before I finish
my thought, He said to me, well this is part of what it means to behold me like
in a glass of glory. It is also part of changing into the same image.” As he
said that to me, I smiled with joy and gratitude in my heart, then I came out
of the meditation time.
I was elated with what He taught me, but at the same time it was
a learning process that corrected some of my faulty thinking. Why? Because a
few years back, I thought (from what I lived with Him) 2 Corinthians 3:18 was
mainly about God’s face being etched in yours and my face based on a life spent
looking at Him through sitting at His feet. Today I understand that beholding
His face is just part of the process and this little verse means so much more
to God, in the way He plans to do it in us. I understand that we are learning
to behold Him as He works it out in us, in all His facets. It is about our
whole spiritual makeup from head to toes.
The funny thing is, I used to see my transformation from the wilderness
walk with Him as having gone through the process of being a caterpillar to a
beautiful butterfly. But unlike the butterfly after its transformation, God has
just begun the process of transformation through those who belongs to Him. My dear
brothers and sisters, if you could only take a pick out the work that is left
to be done in us by Him, you would definitely make different choices with the
time you are allocated to live out his life on earth. (Look who’s talking! LOL
- I did not know that until he hit me with a 4X4 to get my attention)
Just so you know, yesterday, God has given me instructions on
the subject of my post for today. But, after my time with Him, I obtained
permission from Him to switch things around. And like a true daddy, it was okay
with Him! I actually got His blessings with gladness in both of our hearts.
I love my God & I truly love you guys!
To my litte community on Wordpress, you are so precious to my heart, you will never know how much! I appreciate the time you take to write me, encourage me and to comments. God showed me how not to worry about fans lost on Facebook, because you remained faithful and you matter. Thanks so much
VIDEOS
I am including these very short videos. The reason being is
that, the seven years I spent in the wilderness with Him, truly reflects what
you see in these videos. When He first started with me after I lost my job, not
only my life was turned upside down, I could feel as if there was a demolition
and construction happening inside me. It was so real, like an idiot I sent an
email to my pastor for help because I did not know it was normal with God. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY-Fiyq8jc4
2) Then for a while it was this video. It represents all the
changes that he was doing within me
Through this stage I learned the meaning of what Paul said in
Galatians 4:19 and why He was in pain for the Galatians to go forward claiming
what they were missing. I also learned first hand why the first work that truly
matters to God and in the absence of this work, whatever else we have done in
His name has no importance and no value. This change that comes only from the power
of the cross is what true salvation is about. I learned the true meaning
through the Holy Spirit’s teaching what God had in mind when He penned James
2:18. This transformation process is “faith by your deeds.”
Your only deed as a human being is the willingness to embrace this life in Him
and allowing Him to move freely in your life through your faith in Him.
As He showed me the whole process He allowed me to see the
extend of my involvement. Only then, I
understood how greatly we Christians misunderstand the grace of God. Because,
even the willingness to allow Him to move freely in my life through all the
circumstances, is still a work of grace that I received from Him through
Salvation. I just put it to work through faith in Him. Without salvation
entering my soul, I would never feel the urge to let Him move freely in my
life. Why would I care? So, this process is also the work of our Salvation. It is pure and unadulterated grace. So when the
word of God says to us “unless you believe in vain…” Yeah! There is something
there you should take into consideration. God did not pen those words down to
hear His Holy voice. He was talking to you and me.
3) Then, on
the third stage where the butterfly came out… http://www.wimp.com/monarchbutterfly/
He taught me what His word meant in Song of Solomon
8:5 “Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her
beloved?” You see, through this process He teaches you to trust Him and to
depend on Him. You can lean on Him because your will is handed back to you, but
not before it has become His will. Your soul takes Him on as your lover. Through
each stage I had a song in this one I learned to sing the song, “Jesus lover of
my soul….. It’s all about you” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD-ZdMOx_HY
Are you truly born again? Examine yourself… Unless you believe
in vain!
2 Corinthians 3:18 – King James Version
“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory
of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as
by the Spirit of the Lord.”
