A few mornings ago, on Sunday, the Lord took me into a vision where I saw Matthew 28:2 and 28:3 played out.
"And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow." Matthew 28:2-28:3
And He showed me that things that are blocking His people from walking in resurrection life are being removed. He showed me that obstacles to our supernatural restoration are being thrown aside. He's making a way for His resurrection power to flow out. He's making a way for Jesus to be revealed. He's removing things, and making a way for His power to touch us!
They were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?" Mark 16:3
Sometimes we wonder this very same thing. How will Jesus reach us in our lives? How will we reach Him? How will we see Him, and have Him transform us so that we can be as He really is? These are all real questions, and they are all created by very real situations. They are created by blockages--spiritual or physical problems that put us between a rock and a hard place, so to speak.
In the midst of unsolvable problems, we need to know that God has our solution. We should actively seek His coming. We need to seek Him until He rolls away those blockages, those roadblocks that cut us of from receiving a fullness of life.
While only God's Spirit can remove these things for us, we have a role to play, too. We need to cling to God. We need to flee from sin, and resist the devil. We need to throw off all our entanglements, as best as we know how.
"My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me" Psalm 63:8
"Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart." 2 Timothy 2:22
"Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." James 4:7
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us..." Hebrews 12:1
So, there are things we can throw off, too. There is a small portion of responsibility that has been given us--things that God empowers us to do so that we can choose to do them out of our own free will. We can throw off sin. We can throw off hindrances. We can do this, and as we walk in His will, we can expect the Lord to clear out the bigger roadblocks ahead of us. God is paving a way for all of us to really know Jesus.
And then the freedom begins. Then the adventure really begins. Then we walk in the Spirit, flow with the Spirit, and live filled with the Spirit. We emanate resurrection power. It's a lot of fun! And more than that, it pleases the Lord and brings joy to His heart.
Confirmed: At the start of Church that day, we started off after worship with a prayer asking the Lord to resurrect us, awaken us, restore us to His life and power. Awesome! God wants us to know that there is one Spirit, one mind, and one Body.
We also read John 11 that day, were Lazarus is resurrected. And we talked about how this raising foreshadowed Jesus' own rise from the grave. We talked about how Jesus' miracle here pointed to His own future glory. Below is what we went over in Church--John 11:41-44 . Talk about confirmations! Our God is so, so good.
(Amplified version)
"And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow." Matthew 28:2-28:3
And He showed me that things that are blocking His people from walking in resurrection life are being removed. He showed me that obstacles to our supernatural restoration are being thrown aside. He's making a way for His resurrection power to flow out. He's making a way for Jesus to be revealed. He's removing things, and making a way for His power to touch us!
They were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?" Mark 16:3
Sometimes we wonder this very same thing. How will Jesus reach us in our lives? How will we reach Him? How will we see Him, and have Him transform us so that we can be as He really is? These are all real questions, and they are all created by very real situations. They are created by blockages--spiritual or physical problems that put us between a rock and a hard place, so to speak.
In the midst of unsolvable problems, we need to know that God has our solution. We should actively seek His coming. We need to seek Him until He rolls away those blockages, those roadblocks that cut us of from receiving a fullness of life.
While only God's Spirit can remove these things for us, we have a role to play, too. We need to cling to God. We need to flee from sin, and resist the devil. We need to throw off all our entanglements, as best as we know how.
"My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me" Psalm 63:8
"Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart." 2 Timothy 2:22
"Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." James 4:7
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us..." Hebrews 12:1
So, there are things we can throw off, too. There is a small portion of responsibility that has been given us--things that God empowers us to do so that we can choose to do them out of our own free will. We can throw off sin. We can throw off hindrances. We can do this, and as we walk in His will, we can expect the Lord to clear out the bigger roadblocks ahead of us. God is paving a way for all of us to really know Jesus.
And then the freedom begins. Then the adventure really begins. Then we walk in the Spirit, flow with the Spirit, and live filled with the Spirit. We emanate resurrection power. It's a lot of fun! And more than that, it pleases the Lord and brings joy to His heart.
Confirmed: At the start of Church that day, we started off after worship with a prayer asking the Lord to resurrect us, awaken us, restore us to His life and power. Awesome! God wants us to know that there is one Spirit, one mind, and one Body.
We also read John 11 that day, were Lazarus is resurrected. And we talked about how this raising foreshadowed Jesus' own rise from the grave. We talked about how Jesus' miracle here pointed to His own future glory. Below is what we went over in Church--John 11:41-44 . Talk about confirmations! Our God is so, so good.
So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
Yes, I know You always hear and listen to Me, but I have said this on account of and for the benefit of the people standing around, so that they may believe that You did send Me [that You have made Me Your Messenger].
When He had said this, He shouted with a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!
And out walked the man who had been dead, his hands and feet wrapped in burial cloths (linen strips), and with a [burial] napkin bound around his face. Jesus said to them, Free him of the burial wrappings and let him go.
(Amplified version)
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