​HANGING ON BY A THREAD
JOSHUA 2:18
BEHOLD, WHEN WE COME INTO THE LAND, THOU SHALT BIND THIS LINE OF SCARLET THREAD IN THE WINDOW WHICH THOU DIDST LET US DOWN BY AND THOU SHALT BRING THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER AND THY BRETHREN AND ALL THY FATHER’S HOUSHOLD HOME UNTO THEE.
The Lord desired to give his children a land of promise. He spies into the land to confirm what the Lord has spoken, and the land was a good land. To obtain such a promise wasn’t going to be easy. It required a fight, and it required the children to be in unity.
We are living in the last days. The spiritual warfare has ben more fierce than ever. There are distresses, perplexities, and troubles on every side. The word says that the righteous will scarcely make it.
Rahab was a sinner who had been given the revelation of the Lord. She feared the Lord and desired salvation of the Lord. The spies promised if she put the thread in her window that when they came to sieze the city she would be saved. Sometimes when you’re going through warfare and you’re face with trials by fire, the only thing you have to hold onto is that thread of promise.
That thread meant that the Lord and his soldiers were coming. That thread meant that she and her family would be covered in the time of trouble. That thread meant obedience to fulfill the will of the true and living God. Sometimes we must remember when we’re going through that all we have is the promise of God’s word. If we obey His instructions and do His will and purpose…seek ye first the kingdom of God and all of His righteousness and all else will be added. Hang onto that thread and see God’s promise through to the end. He is our refuge and a present help in the time of trouble. Wait I say on the Lord.

​EPHESIANS 4:11-14
AND HE GAVE SOME, APOSTLES; AND SOME, PROPHETS; AND SOME, EVANGELISTS, AND SOME, PASTORS AND TEACHERS;
FOR THE PERFECTING OF THE SAINTS, FOR THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY, FOR THE EDIFYING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST:
TILL WE ALL COME INTO TH EUNITY OF THE FAITH AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD, UNTO A PERFECT MAN, UNTO THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST.
THAT WE HENCEFORTH BE NO MORE CHILDREN TOSSED TO AND FRO; AND CARRIED ABOUT WITH EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE BY THE SLEIGHT OF MEN, AND CUNNING CRAFTINESS, WHEREBY THEY LIE IN EAIT TO DECEIVE;
BUT SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE, MAY GROW UP INTO HIM IN ALL THINGS, WHICH IS THE HEAD, EVEN CHRIST:
 
The Lord desires to be reconciled and in unity with his children, so much that He came and he laid down his life, he rose to sit on the right hand of God. He poured out His Spirit upon all flesh and sent forth His Holy ministers to perfect and edify until we come to the fulness of Christ.
The Lord consistently has stated the He loves His children. We are His chosen, his heritage. He has established the standard and the path of righteousness that we should go. He said that straight is the gate and narrow is the way, yet few go therein.
There is a separation that can be a gray area for some. In all of our getting let us get an understanding of what the will of the Lord is. He desires that none should perish but that we trust and believe in him, we shall have everlasting life with him on high. However, unforgiven sin separates many from experiencing this unity that has been established by faith.
There is also a separation that the Lord has called the harvest.
Matthew 13:30
LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER UNTIL THE HARVEST: AND IN THE TIME OF THE HARVEST I WILL SAY TO THE REAPERS, GATHER YE TOGETHER FIRST THE TARES, AND BIND THEM IN BUNDLES TO BURN THEM: BUT GATHER THE WHEAT IN THE BARN.
Matthew 25:32-33
AND BEFORE HIM SHALL BE GATHERED AL NATIONS: AND HE SHALL SEPARATE THEM ONE FORM ANOTHER, AS A SHEPHERD DIVIDETH HIS SHEEP FROM THE GOATS; AND HE SHALL SET THE SHEEP ON HIS RIGHT HAND, BUT THE GOATS ON THE LEFT.
Many of us have experienced separation at times because of sin and unbelief. Sometimes, in our youth we have gone astray in our own will and in our own authority instead of walking by His spirit and seeking Him for His righteousness. Thank God that type of separation was temporary and the Lord chastens those He loves and they repent and turn to Him through grace, mercy, patience, and longsuffering.
What we don’t want to experience is that at harvest time the Lord looks upon u sand considers us a tare or a goat and we become permanently separated from the glory of the Most High and our glory becomes our shame.
The Lord stated that the unprofitable servant will be cast into outer darkness and there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The Lord Jesus Christ moved Paul to say that he was persuaded that he would let nothing separate him from the love of Christ. We must do the work and allow the Holy Spirit to reign completely in our lives lest we be deceived and become cast aways. We must be faithful to abide in the will and purpose of Christ. To love him is to serve him completely with our whole hearts and to be faithful over a few things. He promised if we do so, he will make us rulers over may things and we will enter into the joy of the Lord. Separation is devastating beyond comprehension. Trust in the Lord always and do good. Lean not unto your own understanding. Have a repentant spirit. Seek him while He yet may be found.  #FIGHT #OVERCOME

​MATTHEW 24:21-25
FOR THEN SHALL BE GREAT TRIBULATION, SUCH AS WAS NOT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THIS TIME, NO, NOR EVER SHALL BE.
AND EXCEPT THOSE DAYS SHOULD BE SHORTENED, THERE SHOULD NO FLESH BE SAVED: BUT FOR THE ELECT’S SAKE THOSE DAYS SHALL BE SHORTENED.
THEN IF ANY MAN SHALL SAY UNTO YOU, LO, HERE IS CHRIST, OR THERE, BELIEVE IT NOT.
FOR THERE SHALL ARISE FALSE CHRISTS, AND FALSE PROPHETS, AND SHALL SHOW GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS, INSOMUCH THAT, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, THEY SHALL DECEIVE THE VERY ELECT.
BEHOLD, I HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE.
The Lord Jesus Christ has told his chosen that the just shall live by faith. We must hold fast to the promises that the Lord has shared according to His Word. He is the author and the finisher of our faith. We must be wise as serpents and yet gentle as doves.
The main mission of the adversary is to kill, steal, and destroy. To accomplish such tasks they will utilize deception and seducing spirits. The Lord warns of such things and that we take heed those who think they stand, lest they fall. Our enemy knows us better than we know ourselves. We must stay within the hedge of protection. We must watch and pray. There are days approaching of great tribulation that we cannot imagine or begin to comprehend. However, the Lord said He would shield and protect those who surrender completely to His will and purpose. The enemy will do everything to get you to miss the boat and lose out on your inheritance. So, he has sent false brethren and false prophets who will work false signs and wonders. So much that if it were possible even the very elect would be deceived. Therefore, the Lord with mercy has shortened those days. Nonetheless, we must seek after the spirit of God to be kept by Him. There are spiritual movements that are very powerful and many move in sync with these powers, but that spirit is not holy. Remember, Jesus Christ is not almost doing anything! He does things all the way. There is no such thing as almost holy or almost right. There is His Divine Holiness and then there is falsehood. We shall know them by their fruits. If something doesn’t seem right, it probably isn’t right. So, we must decrease and His spirit must increase. We must hide the words in our hearts that we may not sin against him. Try the spirit by the Word. Seek the kingdom and His righteousness and everything else shall be added. In His presence is the fullness of joy and in his right hand pleasures forever more. Be not deceived. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and evermore. He wants his children to know him and to search the very deep things of God by His Holy Spirit. There is nothing that he will withhold from them that love him and who are called according to his will. To love him is to repent and surrender. Allow His spirit to do the work. Put away the old man completely and be new in Christ. Trust in the Lord always and lean not to your own understanding. Put on the whole armor of God and fight the good fight of faith. He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved. Remember, we cannot say that we are willing to die for the Lord if we aren’t willing to live for him now. The tribulation is unimaginable and something he doesn’t want his children to have to go through. Recognize the signs of the times that the Lord has warned us about and deliver yourselves with the garment of righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. He loves you, He died and rose for you and will do anything for his children according to his will and purpose. In Him, His promises are ye and Amen.