Snapshot: A better Connection

A few days ago, the Lord spoke to me very clearly and said, "you need a better connection"  I knew what He meant.

"For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time."   1 Timothy 2:5-6

The connection here is a person.  That person is Jesus, and He is our mediator and our path to the Father.  He lives to help us and make intercession for us .  He lives to bring us nearer to God, and draw us nearer to Him.

"Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them"    Hebrews 7:25

Jesus stands between us and God's wrath, and He stands between us and God's affection.  The Father's view of us is filtered through Jesus.  He sees His Son in each and every true believer.  He sees Jesus in us.  This is our hope of glory, and it is reveals to us His Glory, too (Colossians 1:27).  If we connect to Jesus, we can be connected to the Father.  If we acknowledge Him as Immanuel, God with us, then we can always connect with the Father.  We can please Him by going through His son.  There is no other way.

Yeshua said to him, “I AM THE LIVING GOD, The Way and The Truth and The Life; no man comes to my Father but by me alone.”     John 14:6

Confirmed:  The morning after I was shown this, internet connection in our house went out.  God knows how to prove a point.  Connection with Him is intentional, and for many that means dedicated time in the morning.

Confirmed:  Today, a new post on the Quickened Word described Jesus as a bridge between us and the throne.  His death bridged the gap between our sinful hopeless condition and the Holiness of God.  Jesus is the way we get to Heaven, and He is the way that we can live in the Kingdom of Heaven even while on earth.  He is the way that we live live to the fullest, all the time connected to the Father God through a lifeline of awareness of Him.

Snapshot: The Sun, Our Shield

Ever since mid December, the Lord has given so many themes pointing towards the Sun and Shield.

"For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless."  Psalm 84:11

I read Psalm 84 on January 2nd, after hearing such themes for over one week.   God led me to it.  We know that the Sun (Son) is Jesus, and the shield is God's Love and His presence. The shield is dependant on faith (Ephesians 6:16), but the Sun isn't.  Jesus is our mediator, and even if we are faithless, He will remain faithful (2 Timothy 2:13)!  Jesus is Immanuel, God with us, and He will always be proven faithful.  He is the one who searches and rescues the lost, and He is the one who helps those who have wandered off.

""But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture."  Malachi 4:2

Jesus gives us the chance for healing.  In Him we are made righteous, pure, and physically whole.  All this has already been entrusted to us through Jesus's sacrifice.  He has risen from the dead, and that same resurrection power is now at work within us to protect our souls and our bodies.

But there is an enemy here.  Satan would have us forget our true identity.  He wants us to become unaware of the promises God has given us--the tremendous inheritance He's prepared for every believer.  The enemy can and sometimes does manage to steal away our view of Jesus.  If Jesus is the Sun, then satan comes with dark clouds that make our connection to God unsure.

So we need have God Himself to protect us.  He is our shield, and we come to Him by faith. We ask Him for spiritual safety, and then receive it.  With faith in God, we will be protected by the enemy and accurately see what Jesus has for us.  Have faith.  Take refuge.  Don't allow the enemy to disturb your peace.  God wants to restore to us the joy of His salvation.  Look to His Son and His shield!

Confirmed:  A couple days after reading Psalm 84, I was in Joshua 10.  My eyes were drawn to a subtitle called, "The Sun Stands Still".  My mind automatically related "The Sun" to Jesus.  And I realized that Jesus is willing to stand still for us.  He is willing to slow down, and not pass us by.  He is so willing to have mercy on His sheep, and He will stand still if they stumble.  And they may stumble, but they will not fall (Psalms 37:24).