Seeking Jesus - PART 55

To catch the sly old fox that is hiding among the sheep is similar to but not quite the same as separating the wheat from the tares. The tares? Well, unfortunately they have become so well disguised and entrenched that you may have to wait until harvest time for the full revelation. We were warned in the scriptures of this situation. We were also told to guard ourselves against those foxes whose only mission is to keep us far away from God's truth.


Still, now that we have tasted faith and are hungry to open its treasure chest, we want more. Our inner spirit had been deprived of spiritual food for so long, being only fed the crumbs that fell off the table of those 'powers that be.' Those husks delivered to us by the voices of the Nicolaitans, (those who lord over the laity) emanating from the platforms of their Laodicean. The Bible says that they are neither hot nor cold, these so called churches. 

These things God hates too. He hates their presentations, or should we say pretensions so much that if they do not repent, as pointed out in the scriptures, He, God is going to vomit them out of His mouth.  It is a fearful thing to oppose the living God purposely. Instead, let's step into the realm of faith. When we do, we who have believed are likened to new born children. Of course, this is what we now are since we have been born again of the blood, water and spirit. And because we are newborn children, then we desire to be fed with the sincere wholesome nutritious milk of the Word of God. We no longer desire pablum or the diluted message.

As heirs of all the promises of God and the edifying gifts of His spirit, we want to behold the gospel message in its entirety. As it is written. When we were born into this world, imparted to us were natural gifts. Even though at times we may neglect these natural gifts and not utilize them because nobody could by worldly efforts arise to a gifted plateau, does not mean that we don't want to fully enjoy the heavenly gifts that God desires to bestow on us.

It is in the spiritual that you have been awarded freely what is known as the gifts of the Holy Spirit. These gifts were presented to you and expected to be utilized by you. They are gifts not intended to enlarge an individuals ego, but that we may, when an opportunity arises, apply our gifted resources so that others may be liberated and blessed. For we are believers -- the unified Body of the Christ adopted into the family of God. In accepting God's plan of salvation, we become certified citizens of the Kingdom of God in Christ.

We are no longer tutored under the law. We have stepped over the threshold of unbelief into the royal law -- the perfect law of liberty -- the new covenant or testament. These laws of the new covenant are not written on stone or paper. No, this time God is writing his law of love on the fleshly tables of our heart. Not on our foreskins as some would have us believe.

He will be our God, and we shall be to Him a purchased redeemed, adopted people, seeded with His Word. From His head, His hands, His feet, sorrow and love inextricably intertwined flowed, mingling down to a creation that had ventured off in a different direction. Did ever such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown? Love so amazing and so divine! God Himself brought that love to us when He became flesh. He still wants to bring that same love to us today.

I understand we have a hard job letting the shore line go! But we are heirs, and, as long as we remain as little children, we remain under tutors. This is the where the warning of the tares, the foxes among the sheep becomes so important. This is the point where we, as believers, must be careful that our tutors (our scriptural teachers) are not so denomination- minded that it causes our hunger for the Word of God to stagnate. What did the scriptures state? Let the dead bury their dead.

Hear the Macedonian call? Come on over and help us for the harvest is truly plenteous. Unfortunately, the labourers are few. Pray for us and that God will send forth HIS labourers into His harvest field. And like the shepherds of old, we may keep watch over our flocks. Yes even at night, when the darkness of sky folds around us. There are foxes among the sheep. We know this because the sheep are meeing. The foxes are trying to keep the sheep from knowing fully what God intended for their life.

Oh men of God arise. The time is now. The harvest is wasting in the fields. Give tomorrow's children one more chance. Please bear with us. We are not bogged down but rather we are burdened in this delivery. Pray without ceasing as the scriptures encourage -- men ought to pray and not to faint.

And pray with us -- Lord , only you can make this world seem right. Only you can make the darkness of people's hearts shine bright. Only You Lord. Only you! Stand in the offering plate.