Archive for July, 2015

Election to Serve – Delicately (Tough Negotiation)

Thursday, July 30th, 2015

Tender correction that comes from the source of a directive is, oftentimes, even harder than talking to an intermediary. For instance; how different it would have been, for Aaron, the priest; if he had been required to speak to his Ultimate Boss, the LORD God, without buffering by Moses, the servant, prophet and friend of God As things were arrayed, Moses was an intermediary to Aaron’s Ultimate Boss. Moses is the pattern for the reporting relationship that is closer to the top. Such intermediaries are conditioned to carry a burden that presses from two directions: the dependent’s proposal, and, the authority’s final pronouncement. On the dependent side, the major activity involved; gathering information: as was done, here.

And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies; That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.

(2 Samuel 7:1-3)

From the authority figure, the intermediary receives the ordained statement of action; as Nathan did, here.

 

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Collateral Damage and the Heart of God (Rushing Wind)

Sunday, July 19th, 2015

As we take our place in the wind of witness for the LORD, let us hold this, here, as being the pattern for our internal communion with the LORD; regardless of the pressure that the world sends our way . . .

And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. (Revelation 7:11-12)This is the window that shows the wider participation that makes up the mission of the Lord Jesus Christ. It would seem that, this work could easily be done by an extension of the branch that started with the twelve disciples, only as stationed in Jerusalem. Well, God had a different method that was set in motion. To understand why this was done, let us review the limitation of the seed of Israel, as represented by the Jews of the Bible days.

In the seed of Israel of Jesus’ time of earthly ministration in the not fully regenerate flesh, there was a strong strain of arrogance. The arrogance was expressed as an insistence on the recognition–as bordering on praise–of their uniqueness as being from Abraham. This arrogance in Israel was in full, open display during this time, as directed toward the ministry of humility of Jesus of Nazareth.

 

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kingdom of man (Sharing Self – Focused)

Thursday, July 9th, 2015

In the Beginning, the LORD allowed us to use a measure of discretion in our interaction with the world. I say, a measure, because, God did not, just release the new citizen of the world, for it to be overwhelmed by the other, more seasoned constituents of the earth. This provided the type of precautious staging that was accomplished in this certain, later time.

And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

(Exodus 23:25-28)

Even as early as the Beginning, the LORD applied the following type of restraint, as for mankind’s sake.

 

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