Daydream

"From God's even just one is enough to save."

HE WON’T let go of us, but do we let go of Him? Hear His heartbeat. He wants us with Him in heavenly places where He is (Ephesians 1:3). He longs for conversation, for reliance upon Him, for us to trust His word above all else. He died to provide it. The Father brought Him back to life in His human body, glorified, to secure it. They wanted us to walk together minute-by-minute, day-by-day, and for every single day to be blessed, joyful, and abundant.

“Always be joyful; keep an open conversation with God and talk with him about everything, and no matter what your situation—be thankful, because God is for you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Remedy)

We only fall short of it because we doubt. There is no doubt in Them. None at all. Not in any period of time, in any generation, despite wars and rumors of wars, the ignorance of men, and the strife in the church. They have written the ending. We focus on death on the earth and the shortcomings of people, on misbelief and disbelief; we see the glass emptying. They see it being filled.

By example, the flood of the earth is repeated in the church as God’s judgment on sinful men, but God’s point-of-view was to remove what was killing people. Noah BELIEVED in Jehovah. Noah’s family followed the things of God. From the flood would come new families, a multiplying of creatures again, and abundant new life. We can see the same picture in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. We shake our head at the type of sin in the cities and the abundance of it. We wonder about the life of Lot. We read about Lot’s wife. But what has been pictured as, once again, God’s anger at sin, is Him closing up the wound which had begun to fester. Did not God hear Abraham’s pleading for them? And He said He would save the cities if there were just ten godly people in it. There wasn’t.

“God did not allow the gangrenous ancient world to completely cut itself off from him but brought the flood to excise the necrosis and save Noah—a teacher of the Remedy—and seven others. He diagnosed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah as beyond healing, and in mercy, he cauterized those festering lesions to ash, making it clear that the unhealed will not be made to suffer eternally, but the torment of sin will mercifully be ended;” (2 Peter 2:5-6, Remedy)

From our perspective, things are falling apart. From God’s, even just one is enough to save. I’ve asked the question – How does God feel about so many who died filled with sin? And you know, there is only one answer. He is big enough to hold the weight of it and wiser than we are. He knows what we do not and is always truthful, always justice. God who sent His Son to earth to die for us was as loving and kind to those on the earth in past generations. He declared Abraham righteous, though there was no salvation yet. He said David was a man after His own heart. He showed the prophet Isaiah the throne room in heaven. Daniel saw John’s Revelation, far in advance. Prophecy today is greatly misspoken and misunderstood. Prophecy is for encouragement. It is not a call to war nor meant by God to give fear. He never causes fear (2Ti 1:7). Words from New Testament prophets are spoken as part of Jesus Christ's body. We are His voice, who died for all, and need to reflect that.

"But he who prophesies speaks to men words of edification, encouragement and comfort." (1Co 14:3 WMTH)

We need to reflect the goodness of God, to show the love of God to everyone we meet. Our words must be the words of life which Jesus spoke. Not because we’ve memorized them and can quote them by rote, but because we know Him personally. Because His Holy Spirit lives in us and flows through us both in our spirit man (our heart), in our soul (our mind, will, and emotions), and in our bodies. Even our flesh is supposed to follow His leadership. Jesus is in heaven seated with the Father, and yet Jesus is here, the Father is here, always speaking. Not just in church services, not just when we’re in prayer, but this is a lifestyle, a complete changing of the pattern of who we are from death and the things of death to beautiful everlasting life. We are not alone. God who made all things is Emmanuel, With Us. The dedication of the apostle Paul, who would give up all He learned, all He’d been given at birth, to seek Christ with every breath must also be ours (Philippians 3:8).

Knowing we are reluctant, we must seek Him for dedication to it. Feeling we don’t know enough, we should ask Him to teach us His Word, to show us His nature, and give us His same compassion. Reading what seems to show Him as harsh and uncaring, our default thought should be, “Then there is something I don’t see yet.” He doesn’t need our defense, and yet we must defend Him within us and stretch out for all He so willingly desires to give. The greatest of which is family. With those who have accepted His salvation, yes. But most of all, Jesus Himself. Not as a picture drawn in our minds nor a daydream for “one day in the hereafter,” but as a voice speaking to us individually today. As the power which healed the sick and raised the dead and the loving, gentle Father who spoke over Him at His baptism by John, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased (Matthew 3:17).”

“We saw Jesus honored and glorified by God the Father when he was clothed in heavenly light and God spoke from heaven saying, ‘This is my beloved Son; he is the one who fulfills my pleasure and in whom my heart rejoices.’” (2 Peter 1:17, Remedy)

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Suzanne D. Williams, Author
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