Part III of III Romans 8:39
I personally will not let nothing separate me from the Love of GOD which is in Christ Jesus my LORD. For I am persuaded, that neither HEIGHT –(the topmost point of anything, greatest degree or altitude) shall separate me from the Love of God.
” Is Not God in the Height of Heaven”?
“For thus saith the high and lofty one that inhabiteth eternity. Whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and Holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.”(Isaiah 57:15)
If we want to be great in the kingdom of heaven, Jesus said “Whosoever shall humble himself as a child”(Matthew 18:4) And–Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall not enter therein”.(Mark 10 :15)
We must come to Christ in child like faith, with trust and openness, knowing, we cannot do anything without Him. Humbling ourselves and taking the gospel of Jesus Christ seriously. Yielding every part of our being to Him. To do whatever He wants with our career, talents, marriage, income, children and even our weaknesses.
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; Then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land”.(2 Chronicles 7:14) God is calling us to get up to a higher level in our spiritual life, to be done with wavering, indecision and compromise. We need the spirit of brokenness, and call on the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.At the throne of grace lives can be changed. We must get desparate to please God and not be ashamed when we stand before Him someday. “We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts”.(1 Thessalonians 2:4) What speaks to the heart is that God is dwelling in close communion with His people. To have our hearts laid bare before God Almighty. There is a lack of spiritual vitality of fervency of closeness to the Lord Jesus Christ in these last days. God is attracted to weakness, (our weakness, makes room for His power) God still uses foolish tools in the hands of weak people to build His kingdom, as in 1 Samuel 17:43-50. When we sincerely turn to God, we will find that His church always moves forward. God will manifest himself in direct proportion to our passion for Him. “You will seek me, and find me when you seek me with all your heart”.(Jeramiah 29:13)
Today God’s eyes are still running all across America, looking for –ANYONE- who will totally and passionately seek Him, and who is determined that every thought and action will be pleasing in His sight. “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whosoever believes in me, as the scriptures has said, streams of living water will flow from within him”.(John7:37-38) Those who believe in God’s promises will step up and show action to make God’s promise reality. They understand that God’s work in the world is a joint project; He works with us as we yield ourselves to work with Him. Laying aside the distrations of life to do exploits in the spiritual realm. As a result of our hunger for God, He will teach us a deeper level of prayer, And Communion with God will exist. (a realm He wants us all to experience) “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power of love and self-descipline”.(2 Timothy 1:7)
We have an accountability with God which we can no longer neglect. We have been taught over and over again but never live the teaching. When will all the learning take root and grow and bear fruit? (we remain unchanged) When will the Word of God begin living in our hearts? When will it’s teaching become habitual? (2 Timothy 3:7) A radical change must take place in our lives, or we are destined to die spiritually. We know the effectiveness of prayer, yet we turn to it as a last resort. We know the Word of God holds the answer to every circumstance and needs in our lives, yet still we trust in men and ourselves. (time after time we pay little attention to the depth of the scriptures) Our relationship with God cannot be one-sided. He longs for our relationship, but we can’t seem to find the time for Him. We grieve Him by not knowing His ways and neglecting His work of Atonement. We soothe our conscience by offering Him our service rather than our Lives.
In order for our hearts to be deeply rooted in the realities of servanthood, we must be God- fearing, believing in a God who lives and is true to His Word. We have so much in our hands to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ , Yet lack the passion to Call on the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ until He opens the heavens and shows himself powerful.( the windows of heaven are open wide. ) Let us open our hearts wide to receive what God has for us in this time and day. Many believers explain about God, but few today are experiencing the living Christ in their lives. People must not only hear but feel, see and experience the grace of God we speak about. For God has called us to do His work, proclaiming His Word, under the anointing and power of the HolySpirit to produce results that ONLY HE can bring about. ALL the Glory goes to GOD Alone! When the Word of God turns us wholly and solely to the spirit of God, and brings us into full union and dependence upon God. To be empowered to move out and impact an entire culture, and a whole city by doing God’s work in God’s way. (many want empowering to Get, instead of empowering to Give) If we do not Yearn and Pray so God can stretch out His hand and do the supernatural, it will not happen. (Acts 13:7-Acts 14:3,8-10) Message plus divine demonstration, doctrine plus power. The HolySpirit does unusual things, and does not always notify us in advance. We must Yearn, Pray and Believe for these things.( We need prayerful believers Instead of carnal criticism)
It Is Time To Press On !! This Is Only The Beginning!
When we call upon Him, He sends forth to accomplish what we could never do alone, Regardless of our education, money or status. We will never know our potential under God until we step out and take risks on the front line of battle. We will never see what power and anointing are possible until we bond with the King and go out in His Name to establish His kingdom.(warfare in the spiritual realm). Those who sit safely discussing among themselves or complaining to one another about the horrible state of todays society and nation, does nothing to unleash the power of God. For ONLY what is done for Christ is held valuable. Keeping our hearts grateful for all the wonders, He has done in the past. “Look at what He’s done”. His provision, His miracle working power. All the ways God has met us during difficult times, incredibly impossible financial situations, the time He healed our body and loved ones, from serious sickness, saved a family member from self-destruction: etc. Bringing us strength, courage and joy to face the present battles. When God is doing great things in the midst of His people there is Joy! Lives are being transformed, prayers are being dramatically answered. The spirit of God is displaying His wonders. Remember in the Book of Acts everything that was done, HolyGhost preaching, HolyGhost miracles, HolyGhost conversions, all were done with much Joy. “And the disciples were filled with joy and with the HolyGhost.”(Acts 13:52)”Whom having not seen , ye love : in whom though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with Joy unspeakable and full of glory: (1 Peter 1:8)
Entering a deeper dimension and more abundant life in Christ . It will break the wall of limitations!
OUR SPIRITUAL HEIGHT IS WHEN WE HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE GOD ALMIGHTY.
NOR DEPTH – (condition of being deep, profundity of thoughts, silence, emotion, most Extreme degree, deepest part, inner or inmost part.) can separate me from the Love of God.
OH THE LOVE OF GOD! HOW DEEP!
“Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble and he delivered them out of their distresses. (Psalm 107:5-6) We must answer God’s Call to TEARS – with one ear hearing the sweet music of heaven and with the other the moans of hell. In this crucial hour, we have entered hard times and it’s only going to get worse. Wickedness is at an all – time high. Evil men and seducers are increasing, and perilous times are upon us. Living in a generation of broken promises, broken hopes, broken dreams, broken homes, and broken hearts. Many people are hardened but not hopeless, the lost can be found and the hateful can be healed. God’s love has and will save the unsaveable, heal the unhealable and love the unloveable.
We must hurt for the hurting. Our cries for divine help in a heartless world. Let us start this year 2009 forgetting our wants, needs, hurts and pain and look above our circumstances and give a life – line to those that have no hope, no peace, no joy and no strength to make it through this year. We have a life – line to those who are in need. PRAYER! If we as believers do not have a prayer life, what can we say of the ungodly. So much PAIN everywhere! So many of us spend our lives trying to escape all pain. Pain is why Jesus came to earth. He knew it was important for Him to feel our pain and experience our misery. In this day and age, in the field of medicine, it’s frightening to see, how there’s a pill for every pain and state of mind we are in. Don’t we remember what our state of mind was, when Jesus found us? We were suffering inner anguish, Yet we were not told to pop a pill and feel better. Someone took us to the CROSS of JESUS CHRIST, where repentence lifted our burdens. All anoitined writers and song artists that have produced their greatest work during a time of deep emontional trauma. The depth of their heavy moments led to inspiring works that have endured for ages. They never popped a pill to feel better. They went to a “HOLY- GHOST emergency room”. Even the teaching of the Word of God will come alive to us in the valley’s, not on the mountain tops.
Some times we will experience stormy emotional weather. As we stay close to God, It might be God – sent to a season of travailing prayer. When the actions and conduct of the wicked drives believers to prayer, instead of scolding and reproaching them. When with strong crying and tears, we take every hurt and pain to Him in prayer. “Horror hath taken hold upon me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law”. “Rivers of water run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law”.(Psalm 119:53,163) This old hymns words are so true.
“OH , WHAT PEACE WE OFTEN FORFEIT,
OH, WHAT NEEDLESS PAIN WE BEAR,
ALL BECAUSE WE DO NOT CARRY
EVERYTHING TO GOD IN PRAYER”.
When God places a burden on our hearts for the lost, don’t shrug it off. It’s personal, don’t expect others to understand how we feel. Pour ourselves out to God as a living sacrifice for their souls. A work of God will bring burdens, groaning and weeping over lost souls. Let us carry upon our shoulders the burden of the Lord for souls. “For Gods will is that none shall perish, and all come to repentance.(2 Peter 3:9) For it’s all about people’s soul, about heaven or hell , about eternal life or eternal death. How can anyone stop God? How can the demons of hell make headway, when God’s people are praying and Calling upon the Name of JESUS? IMPOSSIBLE! The devil knows his kingdom will be damaged when we begin to lift up our hearts to God in Prayer. Jesus our example prayed and was sorrowful in agony and very heavy, praying “Thy will be done”. (the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak)(Matthew 26:36-41) Heavy burdens will be lifted, weights will be removed and liberation will come for the prisoner. And there will be Joy!
In Acts 4:23-31 When the Apostles were unjustly arrested, imprisoned, and threatened, they didn’t call for a protest; they didn’t reach for political leverage.. They headed to a Prayer Meeting. “They raised their voices together in prayer unto God”. The place vibrated and shook with the power of the HolySpirit. They Really Believed, They Really Prayed and GOD Really healed the sick and did wonders, and they spoke the Word of God boldly. Remember God birthed His Church in a prayer meeting, and prayer meetings today are almost extinet. (how is it that believers today go in the hundreds to hear singing or music, yet Jesus can’t draw a crowd at a prayer meeting?) What is going to bring our loved ones, and those around us to turn to Jesus Christ? Turning God’s House into a House of Fervent Prayer.(not a house of music) It will reverse the power of evil so evident in this world today. “Hear the right, O Lord , attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips”.(Psalm 17:1) If God comes near, its because of prayer, If He is absence it will be a slothfulness in prayer.
No matter what we claim to believe, the future will depend upon our times of prayer. We must spend much time alone with God, to replenish our own soul from the living fountain. That out of us might flow to those around us, rivers of living water. Our loved ones , friends, co- workers and those around us may never come from the depths of sin, knowing the agony of defeat, To the height of knowing the inexpressible joy of forgiveness, If we never carry a burden for their soul. We stand at the crossroads – God requires a response – Yes or No , Accept or Reject , In or Out, Heaven or Hell. THIS IS THE TIME TO WEEP! “For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping”.(Psalm6:8) Get ready for the burden of the Lord , Get ready for a broken heart. To be burdened and broken laborers, constrained by the love of Jesus Christ. Then spiritual and eternal matters will become more real and urgent than temporal matters. ” Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need”.(Hebrews 4:16) When we get serious about drawing upon God’s power, remarkable and unthinkable things will happen. The responsibility lies with us.
THE NAME OF JESUS - THE POWER OF HIS BLOOD - AND THE PRAYER OF FAITH - HAVE NOT LOST THEIR POWER OVER THE CENTURIES.
NOR ANY OTHER CREATURE –(anything created, a human being, some other person or thing.) shall separate me from the Love of God.
“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou has created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created”. (Rev. 4:11)
“Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein. I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light to the gentiles; To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. I Am the Lord; that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. Behold the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them”.(Isaiah 42:5-9)
Jesus will be glorified in the midst of His Church.
Since the beginning, God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart”.(Gen.6:5-6) Those scriptures have to do with the deep feelings of God at this present day. In the year 2009 “Today” is it possible that the very ones who were created to bring him joy are causing Him deep sorrow? Could it be possible that we are in disobedience to our Lord Jesus Christ? Could there be something in our life that is grieving God? Are our actions pleasing to God or are we causing him sorrow? Is God pleased with our relationship with Him daily? (is it HOT- COLD-or LUKEWARM?) Remember Jesus deals strongly with those He loves. (Hebrews 12:5-6) We were created for a purpose, to love God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength. Our love for Jesus Christ will motivate us to do His will, and No one or Anything in this world will hinder us from serving God in Spirit and in Truth. Walking closely with Jesus, to stand out in this generation, A people saturated with God.
The signs of the times are indeed very bad and dark in our world today and growing heavier by the moment. Our culture is becoming more violent and hateful by the day. Daily living, and the distractions of this world are taking their toll. The extreme stress that is starting to pledge our world today, taking us to the depths of depression. Many are not wanting to face the days activities, living with heavy hearts that are leaving many immobilized day after day. Many in a state of emontional depression and physical exhaustion. America had been on an emontional high with all the prosperity surrounding us, but Now is experiencing an intense emontional low. Problems appear huge and gigantic, and temporary struggles appear endless. We can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. What is intensifing it more is WORRY and ANXIETY! We just focus on the facts that discourage us. A lot of these circumstances are beyond our control, and are things we can’t solve with our own strength or wisdom. All around us people with no hope, peace Or where to turn to. Remember Job being a just man, said “What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil”? “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him“. (Job2:10,13:15)
It is in the midst of these situations that we really learn to Pray! When we pour out our soul to God with deep emontional distress. “Cry out to the Lord” Intently and fervently with all our heart! In the Book of Habakkuk 3:17-19,He went
From anxiety –to- acceptance
From worry – to – worship
From bewilderment –to – boldness
From fear –to – faith
From confusion – to – confidence
From weak knees –to – rejoicing in God’s strength.
Imagine the joy that will grip our soul , when we “Call unto me, and I will answer thee and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not”. (Jeremiah 33:3) PRAYER AND WORSHIP (the Lord will take over from there) We will discover the life changing reality of the HolySpirit. “Come near to God and he will come near to you”. “Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near”. (Isaiah55:6)
We have all become New Creatures, in Christ Jesus our Lord. Our old way of thinking is passed away, and all things have become new. “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on everyside, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in dispair; persecuted; but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: For the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. (2 Corinthians4:7-9,18) Christ Has Made Us Free! “For we walk by Faith not by Sight” Deep within every man and woman of God there exists a fountain just waiting to erupt, And it comes when we finally see the reality of who we are in Christ Jesus our Lord and His Holiness. Then we can say “Arise, shine; for our light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon us”. (Isaiah 60:1) The Love of Christ will come bursting forth from our innermost being. We will drench ourselves and those around us. And be soaked in His presence, and see fruit in our life.
To unite ourselves with our brethren to carry and accomplish the work that God has for us. We are to be His Apostolic messengers and burden – bearers in the earth, labouring together for the kingdom of God. (there are no burdens to bear in heaven) The Lord of the harvest is thrusting forth laborers into his harvest field, let us rejoice not criticize. Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. (Galations 6:2) The early church was unified, prayerful, filled with the HolySpirit, doing God’s work in God’s way, and seeing results that glorified Him. (Jesus) God has never lacked the power to work through available believers to exalt and glorify His Name. As we unite ourselves as the body of Christ, “For God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For we are many members in one body, and all members have not the same office, We are one body in Christ Jesus . Let love be without dissimulation, be kindly affectioned one to another; fervent in Spirit. Rejoicing in hope, continuing instant in prayer. Helping in the necessity of saints, rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Living peaceably with all men. (Romans 12:3-18) We need each other to encourage and help one another. “We being many members, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: nor the head to the feet, I have no need of thee. Nay , much more those members of the body which seem to be more feeble, are necessary. That there should be no divisions in the body of Christ but that members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it. Or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. (1 Corinthain12:12-27)
“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. And we beseech you , brethren , to know them which labour among you , and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you. And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves. Now we exhort you brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. (1 Thess. 5:11-14) Learning the language of the HolySpirit, and the HolySpirit will began to work.
“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, Holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; And be ye thankful. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching And admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.(Colossians 3:12-17)
God has comforted us in all our tribulations, so that we may be able to comfort them which are in trouble. (2 Corinthians 1:4) “And of some have compassion, making a difference: and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. AMEN. (Jude 1:22-25)
Nothing Shall Separate Us Fro the Love of God ,Which is in Christ Jesus Our Lord.
If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us ?
We Are More Than Conquerors Through Him That Loved Us.
” GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD, AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE” Mark 16:15