I am currently thinking about consecration, and how I view it.... And I am thinking about how the LORD views it....
Honestly I think that a consecrated lifestyle is absolutely the hardest lifestyle to live. I think that it is very lonely sometimes, and very hard, but I also believe-and strongly believe- that the consecrated lifestyle is the most rewarding lifestyle any one could walk in.
There is one overlooked aspect of consecration I believe, and see, and that is the JOY of the LORD.
When you are consecrating yourself to the LORD, you are really becoming more and more like Him. You experience His heart in levels of depth that you have never known, and you become a student of His emotions. That means you are going to experience the burden of the LORD in some degree, and you are going to get lonely at some point in time. You are going to cry more than you ever had before, but there is one more thing that comes with that, and that is JOY! When you dive into consecration, yes you dive into some loneliness, and some sadness, but I think, and fully believe, (and have experienced) that the FULLNESS of joy will also be poured out.
And that JOY is our strength.
Though the mourning may last for the night.... JOY comes in the morning.
There is great JOY in consecration.
It is so awesome!! Because when you are being consecrated, the emotions that come to your heart are really happy, and it is a weird happy.... its like the happy everyone gets either really annoyed at you for, or/and it is the happy everyone wants....
Because of our lack of consecration, there is a lack of joy. This brings about a problem, because when people look in from the outside, I am afraid they may be looking in on robots, and couch potatoes. This just means that we must pray, and fast.
I want to challenge you to make it a point to walk in the Joy that Christ is pouring out... as well as the urgency of the hour.
Let us wake up the Bride of Christ with great rejoicing, that the Bridegroom is coming, and He is coming quickly!!
Kasey
And oh yes!! FIRE HAMMER...
Ok so Jeremiah 23:29 says
"Is not My Word like fire" declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that dashes rock?"
SO there you have it the Word of God is a Fire Hammer... Rock Dasher.... its the Sword of the Spirit-- which I call the Sword Slasher... and it runs swiftly(Psalms... I don't know where that verse is)
SO MY CONCLUSION...
The Word of God is a Fire Hammer, Rock Dasher, Sword Slasher, that runs at you REALLY FAST..... AND YOU EAT IT!!!!! Woohoo.
2 comments:
haha!!!!! i love the fire hammer!! i read that yesterday and it made me laugh out loud. =D
i read the verse.
not this........ this wasnt posted yesterday........ lol
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