AWAKE, ARISE, AND TRIUMPH
THE PLACE OF SAFETY – PART TWO
Saturday – May 30, 2020, Sivan 7, 5780
Greetings to our dear friends and partners of this powerful teaching and prophetic Ministry ordained of God. God is so, so, very good dear saints. Please take a moment to share this teaching with your friends so that not only you are strengthened but they also are strengthened, if they so choose. Yes, each of us chose to be strengthened or not. Are we just commenting on the picture and saying “oh yes, I’ve heard about this before”, and moving on? If the Lord by His Holy Spirit has brought you to these teachings, He has something to say, to teach. We all, me included, have a tendency to look at Scripture or a teaching and think of other people who need it. Well, we are the ones there, we are the ones God thought needed it. Selah.
Last Saturday I started a new series titled “The Place of Safety”. I have previously recorded and published two videos of the same topic and title. This is triggered first by the leadership of the Holy Spirit in the midst of the Coronavirus pestilence. By the time you are reading this (a month from its writing) the situation will have moved along. We may be seemingly in a better place. The Lord has brought the following Scripture into my thinking many times recently.
1 Thessalonians 5:3-4 (KJV)
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
When this current wave of pestilence subsides let us not become complacent. What stops the plagues (curse) in our individual lives, the Church, and even mitigates its effects among the heathen is repentance. Is your Pastor talking about repentance? Ancient Israel could not enter the Promised Land due to unbelief and languished and died in the wilderness. This is exactly where the Church is today, full of unbelief, and languishing and dying in the wilderness. As the Coronavirus outbreak has progressed, we are being bombarded with information from all sides. Some are calling this a hoax and other are questioning why we are treating this different from Influenza that kills 20 to 50 thousand people each season. Many pastors are increasingly frustrated and have entered into rebellion or are moving into open rebellion. This is not a time for civil disobedience.
Romans 13:1-3 (KJV)
1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
Yes, many of us may be frustrated with the government and not like all they are doing. Some believe that the government is trampling and attempting to remove (I guess permanently) the Constitutional right to freedom of assembly and religion, also, a God given inalienable right. As I was thinking about this bombardment of voices from every direction I was reminded of the Lord and instructed to return to the Word He gave me on the 15th of March and not look to the left or the right. I published this Prophetic Word originally on the 22nd of March. Here is the link. https://wordpress.com/post/threeminuteword.wordpress.com/8762
Last Saturday I dealt primarily with the idea of walking with Jesus. The featured picture is depicting that idea in a physical graphic. Everyone who is born again has the Holy Spirit within, He has quickened our spirit man and He abides with us. You cannot get any closer (proximity) than that. So, what we are really talking about is the ordering of our lives (thoughts, words, ways) such to allow the manifestations of God, the Holy Spirit, in our lives. The manifestation of God in our lives is directly proportional to our love walk with Him. We are to live by every Word from the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4), we are to live by faith (Romans 1:17) and in fact cannot please God without faith. That is, we must have faith that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6). The power of faith is love (Galatians 5:6). So, let’s get serious about looking at our love (agape) walk. Love of God is obedience to the Word of God and the leadership of the Holy Spirit (still small voice).
John 14:15 (KJV)
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21 (KJV)
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Can we expect His manifestation of love in our lives in the form of physical protection (against Coronavirus and all else) if we are not doing the commandments (loving God)? If we enter into civil disobedience for the wrong reasons, reasons contrary to reality, can we expect His protection? I will pick up right here Lord willing next week.
2 Chronicles 20:20b (KJV)
20 … Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Until our next publication, as a Bible Teacher and Prophetic Voice I speak this blessing over each and every one of you, receive it, believe it, and speak over yourself and your family by faith in Jesus name! Quit asking God to bless you, you are already blessed, you have the Blessing, give Him something to do by the words of your mouth. Once you know the will of God, decree the thing (Job 22:28, Isaiah 45:11, Mark 11:23). (The Blessing is the Holy Spirit) We have left God way to long with nothing to do in our lives.
Numbers 6:24-26 (AMP)
24 The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you;
26 The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually).
By: Dr. David Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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