Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Read The Label (Following Instructions)

Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.
Song of Songs 8:6

"For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
Eph.2:10

"If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work."
2 Tim.2:21

"All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away...Yet you, lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand."
Isaiah64:6,8

I was at the gas station, and looking at the different labels, "PREMIUM ONLY" , "LOW SULFUR DIESEL ONLY", etc. and the Lord showed me an image of a huge holy gold chalice, shining and jewel encrusted. As I watched, a garbage truck backed up to it, brimming and reeking with the stench of trash and filth, and dumped all of this into, onto, and overflowing- the holy chalice. I could see the elements of the filth - adultery, pornography, immorality, lies, anger, unforgiveness, unbelief, idolatry ... It was totally covered up...the Lord showed me, " You and many of your brothers and sister were like this chalice, which I created for holiness ONLY, but you turned your back on me, chased the things of this world, filling yourself with filth until it overtook you, but by my lovingkindness I led you to repentance, and by my grace I delivered you. There are no secrets that can be hidden from me, do not be deceived, I will not be mocked. Pursue holiness, resist evil. Go and deliver this message to whomever has ears to hear."

Today I am a messenger...Friendship with the world is emnity with God. His plans for us are far better than any plans we might have for ourselves, apart from Him we can do nothing.

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