​PSALM 111
PRAISE YE THE LORD, I WILL PRAISE THE LORD WITH MY WHOLE HEART, IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE UPRIGHT, AND IN THE CONGREGATION.
THE WORKS OF THE LORD ARE GREAT, SOUGHT OUT OF ALL THEM THAT HAVE PLEASURE THEREIN.
HIS WORK IS HONORABLE AND GLORIOUS: AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURETH FOREVER.
HE HATH MADE HIS WONDERFUL WORKS REMEMBERED; THE LORD IS GLORIOUS AND FULL OF COMPASSION.
HE HATH GIVEN MEAT UNTO HIM THAT FEAR HIM.
HE WILL EVER BE MINDFULL OF HIS COVENANT.
HE HATH SHEWED HIS PEOPLE THE POWER OF HIS WORKS, THAT HE MAY GIVE THEM THE HERITAGE OF THE HEATHEN.
THE WORKS OF HIS HANDS ARE VERITY AND JUDGMENT; ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE TRUE.
THEY STAND FAST FOREVER AND EVER, AND ARE DONE IN TRUTH AND UPRIGHTNESS.
HE SENT REDEMPTION UNTO HIS PEOPLE: HE HATH COMMANDED HIS COVENANT FOR EVER: HOLY AND REVEREND IS HIS NAME.
THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM: A GOOD UNDERSTANDING HAVE ALL THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS: HIS PRAISE ENDURETH FOREVER.
Thank God for life, health, and strength. Thank God for the victory over the enemy and over sin. Lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors for the King of Glory shall come in. Jesus is the King of Glory. He is the Lord strong and mighty in battle. He is the God who keeps covenant. He is the author and finisher of our faith. Thank God for looking past our faults to meet our needs for his love and his tender mercies. Thank God for empowering us to believe that much the more and for handling our enemies swiftly. He has given unto us the power to overcome every principality and power of darkness. He has shielded us with his hand of protection in spite of what our adversaries have intended to do. No weapon formed against us shall prosper. We were for peace they were for war. When my enemies and my foes came to eat of my flesh, they stumbled and fell. He handled it in advance.
 

Isaiah 50:2-20
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? When I called, was there no answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
The Lord God hath opened mine ear, I was not rebellious, neither turned my back.
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? Let us stand together: who is mine adversary? Let him come near to me.
Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Lo, they all shall wax ols as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. Who si among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
The Lord is speaking a prophetic word through the mouth of Isaiah. He asked where were you in the beginning? He has been there. He is the first and the last, the beginning and the end. The Lord has all power in his hand. His hand is not too short that he cannot save but will anyone call upon the name of the Lord while He will yet still be there to answer. He mentions that he has come against mother’s for their iniquity. Have you been paying attention? The Lord is chastening is people, yet because he still loves us and Isaiah is also speaking in frustration to encourage himself at the same time. We get frustrated and we must the word out of mouths in season and out. We can deliver ourselves with the word. There is power in spoken word. The adversary oftentimes wars in the spirit of the mind and the words of the adversary have no power, not even in the mind. We have been given all power to speak the word, the testimony and to stand in belief without wavering and without compromise. Isaiah speaks matter of fact that he knows the word and he is learned. He is not using the authority to speak of himself in a way that is puffed up but in a way that is authoritative with assurance that He knows who he is. Sometimes we must get back to being ourselves and take power away from that adversary that will have us ashamed of knowing what we do know in Christ in spite of our afflictions. We must speak to our circumstances and to our spiritual atmosphere. Cry aloud, spare not. Pray aloud. Speak with boldness. Why hide when this world has been seemingly overtaken by the other one. Jesus says that he has overcome this world. It may seem like the heathen has won, but this earth belongs to God. Stay the course and remember that He who hath began a good work in you will perform it until day of Christ Jesus. It is time to stand in the power of God! He who wins souls is wise. Isaiah mentioned that he gave his back to smiters. He made the choice, hoping that going amongst those who were in the midst of darkness, risking being hurt, it was worth it to win souls. We have become all things to all men hoping that by all means we may save some. Isaiah called all of them forth that were adversaries, those that wanted to condemn him so that might see God glorified. Fall in love with Jesus. What more could he give by making us joint-heirs and giving us His Holy Spirit? If God be for us, then who can be against us. I dare you to stand in that authority and see how God moves. Signs, miracles, and wonders will follow the believer. Remember, he laid down his life for the sheep, and had the power to pick it up again. We have that same type of power as joint-heir to do the Lord’s will. It’s time to go forth and win souls amongst the persecuted where it is not popular for the gospel to be preach. Let’s forth to folks who know nothing but Christ and him crucified. Let’s find people who want a new way of life. Let’s get to some folk that want deliverance and tell those other people that know too much goodbye. Let’s seek the true kingdom that has righteousness and holiness, and like the women in Macedonia has been praying for us to come there. Who wants to be healed? Who wants to be delivered? Let him come forth!
A Godchaser

#confidence #watchandpray #contendforthefaith  #knowingHim #lovinghim

I PETER 1:1-5
PETER, AN APOSTLEOF JESUS CHRIST, TO THE STRANGERS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT PONTUS, GALATIA, CAPPADOCIA, ASIA, AND BITHYNIA,
ELECT ACCORDING TO THE FORE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE FATHER, THROUGH SANCTIFICATION OF THE SPIRIT, UNTO OBEDIENCE AND SPRINKLING OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST;
GRACE UNTO YOU, AND PEACE, BE MULTIPLIED.
BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF LORD JESUS CHRIST, CHICH ACCORDING TO HIS ABUNDANT MERCY HATH BEGOTTEN US AGAIN UNTO A LIVELY HOPE BY THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD,
TO AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE, AND UNDEFILED, AND THAT FADETH NOT AWAY, RESERVED IN HEAVEN FOR YOU. WHO ARE KEPT BY THE POWER OF GOD THROUGH FAITH UNTO SALVATION READY TO BE REVEALED IN THE LAST TIME.
The Lord Jesus uses Peter to address the strangers hat have been scattered in the provinces of Asia Minor. There were five different places that the Holy Spirit expresses forbid the disciples at one time to go. These locations are beyond enemy lines. They were dangerous. The spiritual atmosphere was demonic to say the least. Now the doors had been open and the gift has made room for the gospel to be dispersed. The disciples are scattered in appointed places. The Lord is addressing his elect who have been sanctified. These are the people whom the Lord uses for such missions. Peter is a letter about suffering for the Lord Jesus. The joint-heirs for Christ according to the foreknowledge of God were there in obedience to the Lord but they were going through some things. His elect are those set aside for the ministry and he is taking the time to encourage them and impart in them the grace of God and the abundance of peace. Peter by the spirit of God gives a reminder to the elect that he is our lively hope. Sometimes when you’re under siege spiritually and going through circumstances and situations to build you on your most hole faith, you need encouragement from other saints who have been through and have overcome. The Lord reminds us that he has a finish line. He has prepared a place for us. The reward is in the finish. Do not take your eyes off the prize. He has empowered us through our faith which shall be revealed if we hold fast until the end. He has a inheritance that is incorruptible an undefiled. He is a good Shepperd, a good father. His reward that he has prepared is not corrupted or tainted. He is holy and has stored holy treasures, a goodly heritage for the believer. His blessing is pure and just in the sight of God. The Lord is reminding us to remember why we are contending. The race is not given to the swift, not battle to the strong, but those who endure to the end shall see God. You’re the elect, whom the Lord shortened the days for. Therefore, remember that to whom much is given, much is required. Not many are chosen to go into enemy territory. So, to those scattered abroad, know the Lord is with you. To the persecuted, stay the course. He will see you through these times. The darkest hour is just before day. He chose you. Therefore, be strong in the Lord and the power of his might. Be of good courage. 
​A GodChaser

SONG OF SOLOMON 2:1
I AM THE ROSE OF SHARON, AND THE LILY OF THE VALLEYS.
AS THE LILY AMONG THORNS, SO IS MY LOVE AMONG THE DAUGHTERS.
AS THE APPLE TREE AMONG THE TREES OF WOOD, SO IS MY BELOVED AMONG THE SONS. I SAT DOWN UNDER THE SHADOW WITH GREAT DELIGHT, AND HIS FRUIT WAS SWEET TO MY TASTE.
HE BROUGHT ME TO THE BANQUETING HOUSE, AND HIS BANNER OVER ME WAS LOVE.

When you’re going through the tests and trials of fire, it is amazing how the Lord encounters us by his Holy Spirit and imparts in us an encouragement that penetrates our heart to confirm his love for us. He starts this word by introducing himself as the Rose of Sharon. He is that beautiful thing planted on good ground, He says He is the lily of the valley. He’s there sprouting forth even in the midst of a seemingly low place. You’re never in a place too low that the low cannot reach you. Even when the enemy has sown thorns in the midst of your pasture the Lord’s love is blossoming forth among his daughters. Compare an apple tree to others. I t would stand out, conspicuous. Those whom the Lord love stand apart from the others, His glory among us cannot be hid. It’s noticeable when the Lord has daubed you with his spirit. We are lights in the midst of darkness. Therefore, being in the shadow of the almighty is a privilege of his beloved. O taste and see that the Lord is good and his mercy endures forever.
PS 27:4
ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD, THAT WILL I SEEK AFTER; THA TI MAY DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE, TO BEHOLD THE BEAUTY OF THE LORD, AND TO INQUIRE IN HIS TEMPLE.
TO BEHOLD THE BEAUTY… The Lord is so beautiful and the fruit of his righteousness...How wonderful it is to fellowship with such! His purified love makes all the warfare and the longsuffering worth it. Somebody ought to testify of his goodness.

​#PRAISEHIM #TRUST #LOVECOVERSAMULTITUDE #ICOUNTNOTMYSELFTOHAVEAPPREHENDED

EPHESIANS 4:11-15
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 IN THE UNITY OF THE FAITH, AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD, UNTO A PERFECT MAN, UNTO THE MEASURE OF THE STAUTRE 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 WAIT TO DECEIVE;
BUT SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE, MAY GROW UP INTO HIM IN ALL THINGS, WHICH IS THE HEAD, EVEN CHRIST:
The Lord states that he gave gifts unto all men and having done so, he has given us the ability to ascend and descend from the high place to the lowly estate to meet the needs of others and help bring them to their expected end and perfect that which may be lacking in the faith. Therefore, let us not neglect the gift that has been given for the perfecting. He has his body on the potter’s wheel for the edification and to glorify him in the midst of a wicked and perverted generation. He has given the apostles to lay the foundation of faith, he has given the prophets to give the instruction and direction; to speak to the bones to live and bring forth, he has given the evangelists to go forth to the hedges and highways to bid the Lord’s guests to his banqueting table, and he has given the pastor’s and teachers to sow and water  the seeds so that body comes into the fullness of stature and is presented to the Lord holy and without blame.
He has given to “some” these ministers so the body is edified and compelled into the unity of the Holy Spirit in the knowledge of Christ. We must know our saviour. Be faithful over a few things. Some may only have one or two gifts, yet perfect that which you do have. Perfect the gift until we come into the fullness of measure, knowing that the Lord is not slack with his coming. Henceforth, meaning from this point forth we should no more be tossed to and fro as children with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of men. Men’s doctrine brings forth limitations and gives reasonings why things cannot be done. He gives thought with respect of persons and times, and reasonings of unbelief when Jesus Christ has given us freely all things as joint-heirs to open doors, to build the kingdom of God with no fear of the adversary. These are those who are liers in wait, tares amongst the wheat who have been planted to grow with us. Know hat they’re there, because he prepareth a table in the midst of his adversaries. Nonetheless, we speak truth in love. These days its not popular. He’s grows us up in all things as the head that we may sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.  
-A GOD CHASER
#TRUST #WATCHANDPRAY #HIGHERHEIGHTS #DEEPERDEPTHS #CONTENTFORTHEFAITH

ACTS 20:18
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO HIM, HE SAID UNTO THEM, YE KNOW FRO THE FIRST DAY THAT I CAME INTO ASIA, AFTER WHAT MANNER I HAVE BEEN WITH YOU AT ALL SEASONS.
SERVING THE LORD WITH ALL HUMILITY OF MIND, AND WITH MANY TEARS, AND TEMPTATIONS, WHICH BEFELL ME BY THE LYING IN WAIT OF THE JEWS:
AND HOW I KEPT BACK NOTHING THAT WAS PROFITABLE UNTO YOU, BUT HAVE SHOWED YOU, AND HAVE TAUGHT YOU PUBLICLY, AND FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE,
TESTIFYING BOTH TO THE JEWS AND ALSO TO THE GREEKS, REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD, AND FAITH TOWARD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
There had been an uproar with Paul on his missionary journey through Ephesus and the provinces of Macedonia. He was determined to go to Jerusalem. Paul called forth the Elders from their posts of the cities and gave an encouraging word that would keep them through his departure.
He pointed to the fact that he had been with them through all seasons. He had been abased. He had been abounding in the faith and love. He had been through the storm. He had reminded us in I Cor 2 that he had been with us in weakness and in much trembling and fear. Yet through all the afflictions his own brethren and the Jews plotted against him and laid in wait secretly. Nevertheless, he kept disbursing the word in season and out. He confirms how he has been obedient to teach repentance and keeping the faith. Everything that was profitable, he gave.
22-27
AND NOW, BEHOLD, I GO BOUND IN THE SPIRIT UNTO JERUSALEM, NOT KOWING THE THINGS THAT SHALL BEFALL ME THERE:
SAVE THAT THE HOLY GHOST WITNESSETH IN EVERY CITY SAYING THAT BONDS AND AFFLICTIONS ABIDE ME.
BUT NONE OF THESE THINGS MOVE ME, NEITHER COUNT I MY LIFE DEAR UNTO MYSELF, SO THAT I MIGHT FINISH THE COURSE WITH JOY, AND THE MINISTRY, WHICH I HAVE RECEIVED OF THE LORD JESUS, TO TESTIFY THE GOSPEL OF THE GRACE OF GOD.
The prophets had prophesied to Paul the things that would happen to him if he traveled to Jerusalem, yet the word says he was determined to go and give the word. His fellow brethren pleaded with him not to go. He had been turning the world upside down with the word of truth and he was creating an uproar. People had suggested he was teaching the word contrary to the laws of Moses that had already been established. Nevertheless, Paul was “bound” with a zeal to preach the word of God to the highest levels of authority. The Lord Jesus Christ has commanded that we go forth with our feet shod with the gospel and that everywhere we go, we make his presence known. He mentioned that he wasn’t concerned about his own life as much as he was for the mission to dispense the word of the Lord. By doing the Lord’s will, he said, not only would he finish the course, but he would do it with joy because what he has received concerning ministry, he has received from the Lord Jesus above.
 #study #praise #watchandpray #contendforthefaith

​I Tim 6:1-6
Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
If any man teach otherwise and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of the Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. O’ magnify the Lord with me, let us exalt his name together. Thank God for another day to seek after His Spirit, and to have another opportunity to fulfill his will and purpose. I am led to bring forth remembrance that the Lord has ordained and appointed all powers for his good pleasure (see Rom 13:1). Therefore, remember our works are not unto man, but in obedience to the Most High. We must therefore, give honor where honor is due and credit where credit is due because the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. The Lord indeed has eyes everywhere beholding the good as well as the evil. Knowing these things, we submit ourselves unto God with a wholesome reverent fear. We honor those that he has appointed to bring us to our expected end. They have been appointed to shape, make, and mold us and to set us on the path of righteousness for his names’ sake. The others things which have yet to be revealed or understood, we give it unto God.
12-13
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, ad hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before the Jesus Christ, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession.
Saying these things, if God be for us, then who can be against us? He will recompense tribulation to them that trouble us (2 Thess 1:6) Therefore, walk in righteousness and cling to the hope of everlasting consolation given through grace even according to your faith. Stay the course and finish the race enduring hardness as good soldiers unto your day of redemption, for it surely draweth nigh.
#KEEPPRAISING #SEEKHISSPIRIT #WATCHANDPRAY #PICKUPYOURWEAPONSANDFIGHT #CONTENDFORTHEFAITH

Matthew 25:1-13
24:44
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 
The Lord Jesus Christ came teaching His disciples, and as He was leaving/departing, His disciples began to approach Him and ask Him when He will return. Then Jesus began to prophesy of the things that would come to pass. He shares signs to pay attention to. The Lord shall gather His elect from one end of heaven to the other. He confirms that His Word shall not return void though the heaven and earth shall pass away. Therefore, He warned His disciples to simply be ready. Do not be foolish. Take heed those who think they stand lest they fall. The wise virgins were prepared. How were the other virgins foolish? They did not prepare for tests, trials, and for the ultimate goal, the wedding. People live everyday life sometimes depending upon the light of others instead of having the light for themselves. Jesus stated that His disciples are lights, and we are the salt of the earth! The Lord reminds us that in the world, although we are ambassadors, there will be tribulation. Yet He has given every believer power to overcome the world, and therein is the victory, even according to our faith. The wise store up for the times of trouble to endure to the end. They keep their light shining by storing up the treasures that come from above. The Lord shares in Him are all the treasures of wisdom and understanding (Col 2:3).
If ye be risen in Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God (Col 3:1). Knowing these things, we can come boldly to the throne of God. We must then store up for ourselves patience, zeal after God’s own heart, love that covers a multitude of sins, mercies that endure forever, trust, and long suffering to withstand the tests of time. For the Lord has instructed that the race is not given to the swift nor battle given to the strong, but those who endure to the end shall be saved. 
II Cor 4:6-7
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
So, therefore, we understand that the oil is the light which is His Holy Spirit. He says all things move and have its being by His spirit. His spirit has all we need to endure in these times, including wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. We have these treasures stored up in earthen vessels so that the excellency of His power shall shine through us and glorify our Father in heaven.
Therefore, let us not be spiritually asleep, but arise to contend for the faith and store up for ourselves treasures that dust and moth cannot corrupt.
II Peter 1:5-7
And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge;
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

#PREPARE #INSEASONANDOUT #KEEPSEEKING #KEEPPRAISING #HAVEFAITH

​EZEKIEL 3:22-27
AND THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS THERE UPON ME, AND HE SAID INTO ME, ARISE, GO FORTH, INTO THE PLAIN, AND I WILL THERE TALK WITH THEE.
THEN I AROSE, AND WENT FORTH INTO THE PLAIN: AND BEHOLD, THE GLORY OF THE LORD STOOD THERE, AS THE GLORY WHICH I SAW BY THE RIVER OF CHEBAR: AND I FELL ON MY FACE.
THEN THE SPIRIT ENTERED INTO ME, AND SET ME UPON MY FEET, AND SPAKE WITH ME, AND SAID UNTO ME, GO, SHUT THYSELF WITHIN THINE HOUSE.
BUT THOU, O SON OF MAN, BEHOLD THEY SHALL PUT BANDS UPON THEE, AND SHALL BIND THEE WITH THEM, AND THOU SHALT NOT GO OUT AMONG THEM.
AND I WILL MAKE THY TONGUE CLEAVE TO THE ROOF OF THY MOUTH THAT THOU SHALT BE DUMB, AND SHALT NOT BE TO THEM A REPROVER: FOR THEY ARE A REBELLIOUS HOUSE.
BUT WHEN I SPEAK WITH THEE, I WILL OPEN THY MOUTH, AND THOU SHALT SAY UNTO THEM, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD; HE THAT HEARETH, LET HIM HEAR; AND HE THAT FORBEARETH, LET HIM FORBEAR: FOR THEY ARE A REBELLIOUS HOUSE.
            The Lord God by His Holy Spirit caused the prophet Ezekiel to see his glory revealed. He saw the revelation of his spirit as he moved upon the living creatures to show that all are subject to the spirit of God. The Lord commanded his prophet to speak to a people that were rebellious and stiffnecked. He told him to warn them to repent that the blood would not be upon their hands. The spirit of God moved upon Ezekiel and told him to get somewhere where he could receive the word. Sometimes we are not in a spiritual atmosphere that is set for the moving of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, the Lord said to go somewhere else; get to the plain where I can talk with thee. He arose in obedience and traveled to the plain and the glory of God was there in advance waiting for his arrival. He yielded to the Holy Spirit. The spirit of the Lord came upon him and set him upon his feet so that he could hear what the spirit had to say. The spirit instructed him to shut himself in his house, but the people that were in captivity would also attempt to put him under arrest in the spirit. They will attempt to have you bound like they are bound, but I’m moving you by my spirit. You will not go out among them. Sanctify thyself. Is there a word for a stiffnecked and rebellious generation?
Isaiah 5:13-14
Therefore, my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: their honorable man are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled:
But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
There have been appointed times where the Lord has been silent toward his chosen. The Lord was silent toward Abraham after taken Lot when the Lord had directly commanded that He get from thy country and thy kindred to a place where I will show thee (Gen 12). He was silent toward David after having taken Bethsheba, the wife of Uriah for himself. David cried unto God, be not silent toward me, chasten me not in thy hot displeasure. Therefore, we see a need to obey instructions completely to stay in the unity of the Holy Spirit. The Lord has shown us in the scripture that where the spirit went, the creature went and the chariots. All things move by the spirit. He showed Ezekiel the spiritual things to show him the power of God and get him acquainted to hearing the voice of the Lord.
3:10
Moreover He said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
And go, get thee unto them of captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them and tell them, thus saith the Lord God, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear.
The Lord his coming and his reward is with him. To the obedient is the reward of righteousness and to the children of disobedience there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. This is a time to seek the face of God, seek after his holy spirit and repent. Abide in his vine. Keep yourselves in the love of Christ. Do not think everything is okay. To whom much is given, much is required. We must do the work. We must pray. We must praise. We go higher and deeper depths in word and chasten ourselves before the Lord while he there with his hand stretched toward us. Pray that we are kept from the wrath to come.