Five Minute Friday
Word “Lift”
Psalm 40:2
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.
It is
no secret that I was a bad girl for a season, but not a lift time. It was
because of God’s grace that I was lifted up out of the pit of destruction, out
of the miry clay that held me trapped in the enemy’s dungeon.
Father
God then set my feet up a rock making my footsteps firm, however that this did
not happen right away, as my soul was weak and hungry from the time that I was
held in the dungeon. My soul thirsty for the Word of God, my eyes were blind
with grey smoke, lips were sealed with tears, and my ears were blocked with ash.
First Father
God protected me and concealed me from the enemy and commanded His angels to
fight my battle for me while I was healing in His presences.
Psalm 27: 5
For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the
secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.
Father
God did not lift me up from the pit and leave me to fall again, no He lifted me
from the pit in my weakened state and then he carried me to His tabernacle,
where He concealed me.
There
in the safety of His arms, he gave my soul the living water it thrust for.
He
cleaned my eyes with His caring touch, just like a father would wipe away the
tears from his daughter’s eyes, so that I could see the love He had for me.
He
then blew into my ears, removing the ash that blocked me from hearing His Word.
He
touched my lips, but only when I was ready to stand again on my own, so that I
could go out and speak the gospel to everyone that would be willing to listen.
I did
wonder why he left my lips sealed to the last moment, but then I realized that
He did this on purpose, because sometimes we forget how to listen to Jesus
because we are too busy asking for something. He kept my lips sealed for a time
so that I could listen to Him first.
So that I could absorb the love in His
arms, before he set my lips free and my tongue on fire to preach the gospel.
That’s my five minutes up…until next week, GOD BLESS YOU!
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Five Minute Friday
Word “Hidden” - 29 July 2016
Psalm 119: 114 KJV
Thou art my hiding place and my
shield: I hope in thy word.
Recently
I have been undergoing a serious spiritual attack, this attack has actually
been quite nasty, however I have somehow always been one step ahead of the
arrows that were shot in my direction.
Needless
to say my attacker (a real person in the flesh none the less) is fuming with
anger because it is like I am invisible, untouchable. It is like I am hiding,
however I am in plain sight.
When I
saw this word this morning, I was quite amused as this was something that God
revealed to me with my ongoing situation, with this spiritual attack I have
been facing for the past three months.
In fact,
I want to take you back to a dream that I had (you can read this dream of mine
on my blog) https://ronetetheprodigaldaughter.blogspot.co.za/p/prophetic-dream.html,
after I had this dream so much in my life changed, overnight to be exact, funny
enough it changed as though my life was hit with a Tsunami.
After
missing so many arrows aimed in my direction, I started to realize that God was
directing me, and because I had faith in God, I am always one step ahead of my
attacker. In return I noticed how aggravated my attacker is getting. My
attacker cannot find me, he could cannot touch me, even though I am in plain
sight I am actually hidden.
God
then showed me this verse, “Psalm 119:114, Thou art my hiding place”, and that
is when I released that I was like a little girl, who gets scared and runs to
her father and climbs on his lap and buries her head into her father’s chest. As
children we like to believe that if you cannot see them then they cannot see
you.
Well
this was the revelation that I had with this verse. I am the little girl that
ran as fast as my little legs could carry me to my Fathers lap, I climbed onto
his lap with His help of course, (I mean His lap is huge, if He can use the
earth as His footstool, Isaiah 66:1 Thus says the LORD, "Heaven is My
throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for
Me? And where is a place that I may rest?), and buried my head into His chest.
I couldn’t see the attack coming, I couldn’t predict what arrow is going to
shoot me next, but I trust that because I couldn’t see
them they couldn’t see me, I trust in the Father to keep me safe, and HIDDEN!
Yes, I
am in plain sight of my attacker, but God blinded him so that he cannot find me,
but not only am I hidden in Christ, God lead me so that I am one step ahead of
him each time, I am not only protected but God armed me with my own bow and
arrows.
That’s my five minutes up…until next week, GOD BLESS YOU!
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Five Minute Friday
Word “Help” - 22 July 2016
Psalm 121: 1 - 3 NIV
I will Lift Up My Eyes to the
Hills
1A Song of Ascents. I will lift up
my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? 2My help comes
from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. 3He will not allow your foot to slip;
He who keeps you will not slumber.…
I have
always though that there was more to the word “help” than, someone just
assisting someone else with a project or task at hand. Think about it, when you
help someone, you usually show leadership and power. It means that the person
you are assisting need some form or leadership or power they might not have had
themselves. Or you requested help because you lacked the leadership and power
at that time.
This morning
when I was reading the Five Minute Friday word, the above scripture popped into
my head. Psalm 121: 1-3, where the question is asked, where shall my help come
from? This brought the question to mind, what does this really mean, what does
the word help really mean?
Well I
was thinking about the word and what this scripture meant, I started praying
for guidance on the word “help” and the words below was what was formed in my
head.
H – Holy Spirit
E – Engaging
L – Leadership
P – Power
Holy
Spirit engaging leadership and power. The Bible scripture does say that “our
help comes from the Lord”, well I believe that the help that we require is our
Fathers leadership through our journey He created and His power to prevail through
the enemy’s attacks in our everyday life. We are fighting in a constant spiritual
battle between good and evil. We are constantly in warfare.
I also
believe that we are made in His image just as the Bible tells us, therefore it is
a gift from our Father that we can help others as well, help other Christians
or lost sheep with leadership and power, just as the Lord helps us.
Father God provides us with the
leadership we require and the power to pray and fight this battle with Him. We
have His help; therefore, I am not afraid. I don’t need to know what the battle
plan is, I just need His leadership and the power of prayer!
That’s my five minutes up…until next week, GOD BLESS YOU!
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Five Minute Friday
Word ''Build" - 08 July 2016
1 Corinthians 3:10-15 NIV
10 By the grace God has given
me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it.
But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other
than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on this
foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work
will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will
be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s
work. 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15
If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even
though only as one escaping through the flames.
Jesus Christ has laid a foundation out for us to build our
lives on. He is the only one that can lay down a stable foundation to build on.
Therefore if we do not allow God to lay this foundation for us we will be
building on sand and not stone.
Jesus Christ is also a wise builder, the best builder
because I mean just look around, it is amazing the things that God has created
and brought to life.
We are made in Gods image, we are not God, but we are made
in His image, therefore we can also be wise builders.
However as I have previously wrote about the ‘’Identity Theft’’ (https://ronetetheprodigaldaughter.blogspot.co.za/p/identity-theft.html),
so will the work of our building be tested to see if it is true, if it is
strong. In verse 13 it states ‘’their work will be shown for what it is’’, so
should our work not be true and righteous it will not stand the test of fire.
Now I am unsure what the test of fire is, somehow I
personally think the test of fire is the troubles that we face in our life, the
arrows the enemy throws our way. That should our building be strong and righteous
(our faith) then it will stand the test of fire and will not burn and God will
receive all the glory and rewards, because we have built up a strong faith in
our God.
But should our building be weak, (our faith) it will go up
in flames as soon as we are tested in life with fire and God would suffer the loss
of a sheep, even though we would just barely escape through the flames our
building (our faith) and foundation would be destroyed.
Therefore I believe that if we build our faith on the strong
foundation that Jesus Christ, the Wise Builder has laid down for us, and then
we will be tested with fire, because the enemy will try and stop you, but we
can prosper with God before us!
That’s my five minutes up…until next week, GOD BLESS YOU!
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Hi, I'm your neighbour at FMF today. We thought along similar lines with the prompt! I love that with Jesus as our foundation we can be secure, even in the midst of the attacks and storms.
ReplyDeleteThank you, yes it is amazing. It is also amazing how God lead our minds to the same conclusion.
ReplyDeleteGreat insights! Thank for sharing your thoughts and wisdom :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the very nice comments.
ReplyDeleteLovely...I like the thought of being hidden in God...Perfect place to be.... In fact the only place to be....
ReplyDeleteI love how you described the process of LIFTING. So rarely is it a quick fix. I can imagine the Father gently and methodically transforming you. Lovely. (your neighbour from FMF#17 this week)
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