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Dailies On The Vine

ON GUARD

Though we are under a general mandate as the Global Church, there are multiple and vast travails happening at once; birthing different sized new borne heavenly promises, assignments, mindsets, even birthing a ‘new you’. We can personally be inheriting personal promises, while being at a check point corporately (or vice versa).

I have been feeling the Lord touch on this recently, even though we are under the same covering – wether the Global Church, local, or ministry – He is still a personal God and we are at different places in our walk with Him. The Lord likened this to me with this visual: we may all be at the same school, but we are not all in the same grade. In elementary school for instance you have K-5; middle school 5-8; and high school 9-12. When we do not have the maturity to see where we are at in the classroom, or the foresight to see that someone is actually grades higher than you, or perhaps not where you expect them to be yet – this is how we can fall into sin by judging others.

At least 20 years ago now I had a prophetic dream where I gave birth to a toddler. He was a big boy! At least 2 yrs old if not 3. I knew his name in the dream, and from the meaning of this toddlers name I understood what the boy represented. This physically is impossible in the natural, and so therefore it must be born of the Spirit!

In this “birthing season” it’s important to remember babies are born with different weights, lengths and sizes, often matching the call, assignment, etc of what is being birthed. The gospel is militant, and can even coincide with our birthing / intercession. Similarly some people are training with foot soldiers and it’s difficult because they are in elementary school and they have never done this before. They are learning to rise above enemies at the ground level. Some may be in the air force at middle school level or high school level. They are learning to birth while simultaneously take out strikes ’in the air’ (Ephesians 6). Others may be passing tests for their Master’s or Doctorate, singularly birthing toddlers amongst the stars while learning not cave or flinch while the dragon is breathing down their neck; they have no team but Jesus and no breath but His (Revelation 12).

So before you judge; perhaps the person you heard whimper just felt the breath of the dragon again, maybe you sensed their insecurity because they are vulnerable suspended in the heavens! Maybe the person you heard coming up gasping for air was a navy seal in training. All too often we think more highly of ourselves than we ought, and the ones you are judging are actually advancing beyond gravity while your feet are “secure” on the ground.

Graduation day is at hand, and many things will soon become reality even though it is not as it currently appears. The Lord’s eyes are upon the humble, and He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

The admonishment is to set the Lord before you. Lock with His eyes, keep guard of the delivery while knowing He is the best Guard (the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard). Do not be distracted by what others have or do not have, run YOUR race lest you trip and stumble judging someone else’s. Rule and control your own spirit, be the guardsman of what the Lord has given you to steward. If you fall in birthing season you risk the safety of your own baby! Judge not lest you be judged.

True Judgement is near and every knee will bow in Holy fear, so let us remember what team we are on, and reconcile the Lord will return for one Bride.

“A divine decision [given by God] is on the lips of the king [as His representative]; His mouth should not be unfaithful or unjust in judgment. A just balance and [honest] scales are the Lord’s; All the weights of the bag are His concern [established by His eternal principles]. The highway of the upright turns away and departs from evil; He who guards his way protects his life (soul). Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly Than to divide the spoil with the proud (haughty, arrogant). He who is slow to anger is better and more honorable than the mighty [soldier], And he who rules and controls his own spirit, than he who captures a city.” Proverbs‬ ‭16‬:‭10‬-‭11‬, ‭17‬-‭19‬, ‭32‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“Put away from you a deceitful (lying, misleading) mouth, And put devious lips far from you. Let your eyes look directly ahead [toward the path of moral courage] And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you [toward the path of integrity]. Consider well and watch carefully the path of your feet, And all your ways will be steadfast and sure. Do not turn away to the right nor to the left [where evil may lurk]; Turn your foot from [the path of] evil.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭4‬:‭24‬-‭27‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭16‬:‭8‬ ‭AMP‬‬

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Love and Judgment

Just as there is no fear in love, love is not afraid of judgment; for within righteous judgment holds the very element, a holy flame, that continually purifies love and thereby upholds love as perfect and true.

Judgment as a fulfilled promise of life and blessing

“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess.” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭30‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Judgment as protection and grace

“Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.” Amos‬ ‭5‬:‭15‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Judgment brings understanding to the righteous

“Evil men understand not judgment: But they that seek the LORD understand all things.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭28‬:‭5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Judgment brings justice for the oppressed and mistreated

“The Lord performs righteous deeds
And judgments for all who are oppressed.” Psalm 103:6

Judgment is the habitation and foundation of the Lord’s throne; judgment upholds the throne while mercy flows from it

“Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: Mercy and truth shall go before thy face.” Psalm‬ ‭89‬:‭14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

We are in the season where we need to understand the Lord’s judgments and honor them. And in fearing the Lord, we will actually long for this justice.

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Lamentations ~my expression of sorrow

Judgment is coming to those who do not repent, and it will start in the House of the Lord as scripture writes. My heart is grieved and sorrowful! Many are celebrating when you should be repenting for not listening to the Lord.

“Her filthiness was in and on her skirts; she did not [seriously and earnestly] consider her final end. Therefore she has come down [from throne to slavery] singularly and astonishingly; she has no comforter. O Lord [cries Jerusalem], look at my affliction, for the enemy has magnified himself [in triumph]! The adversary has spread out his hand upon all her precious and desirable things; for she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary [of the temple]–when You commanded that they should not even enter Your congregation [in the outer courts]. [Deut. 23:3; Jer. 51:51; Ezek. 44:7, 9.]” ‭‭Lamentations‬ ‭1‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

Being a Bride for Christ without spot or wrinkle means you seriously consider the commands of the Lord. Considering your final end means you fear the Lord in your choices and fear their consequences. You don’t allow defilement in the temple let alone the outer courts. A stained skirt means you adulterated yourself by sin, or the allowance of it and you failed to uphold covenant.

“Your prophets have predicted for you falsehood and delusion and foolish things; and they have not exposed your iniquity and guilt to avert your captivity [by causing you to repent]. But they have divined and declared to you false and deceptive prophecies, worthless and misleading.” ‭‭Lamentations‬ ‭2‬:‭14‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“The Lord has fulfilled His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger and has kindled a fire in Zion that has consumed her foundations. The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the inhabitants of the earth, that the oppressor and enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem. [But this happened] because of the sins of her [false] prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the just and righteous in the midst of her. [The false prophets and priests] wandered [staggering] in the streets as if blind; they had so polluted themselves with blood it was not [lawful] for men to touch their garments. [People] cried to them, Go away! Unclean! Depart! Depart! Touch not! When they fled away, then they wandered [as fugitives]; men said among the nations, They shall not stay here any longer. The anger of the Lord has scattered [and divided them among the nations]; He will no longer look after them. They did not respect the persons of the priests; they did not favor the elders.” Lamentations‬ ‭4‬:‭11‬-‭16‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

Blood on the priests and false prophets hands is symbolic of leading the Body astray; through betraying the innocent, ignoring voices of truth, accusing the just and righteous, staining the garments of the pure ~ from within the very place consecrated as holy comes desecration on the peoples!

“Ceased is the joy of our hearts; our dancing has turned into mourning. The crown has fallen from our head [our honor is brought to the dust]! Woe to us, for we have sinned! Because of this our hearts are faint and sick; because of these things our eyes are dim and see darkly. Lamentations‬ ‭5‬:‭15‬-‭17‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“Turn us to Yourself, O Lord, and we shall be turned and restored! Renew our days as of old!–” ‭‭Lamentations‬ ‭5‬:‭21‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

Turning to the Lord in repentance is the only hope and escape from utter destruction. In this book of Lamentations that the prophet Jeremiah authored, there was death, famine, starvation, destruction and complete ruin of Jerusalem; yet he had warned them of the consequences of their sin if they did not turn as written of in the book of Jeremiah.

This is a time to return and listen to the Lord! And the Lord is expressly asking this of His Church!

“Therefore let the one who thinks he stands firm [immune to temptation, being overconfident and self-righteous], take care that he does not fall [into sin and condemnation].” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭10‬:‭12‬ ‭AMP‬‬

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Lovers Of The Narrow Way

The Lord is raising up a people who love and rejoice in the Truth!

Several months ago I had a dream where I was holding the longest ruler I had ever seen, it was not flat, though square shaped and made of wood. There was a man with me in the dream holding the other side, though I could not see who it was as I was viewing myself in third person. There was so much joy, and a sense of childlikeness.

The ruler I saw may have been a measuring rod, and or symbolized the plumb line [the Lords standard]. “Thus He showed me [a vision], and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand [to determine if the wall was straight or if it needed to be destroyed].” ‭‭Amos‬ ‭7:7‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line…” Isaiah‬ ‭28:17‬ ‭NIV‬‬. The ruler or rod in my hand was block shaped, which I believe represents the four corners of the earth, and is connected to ruling and reigning with Christ. If you are a priest of the Lord, you are consecrated to Truth.

I have been writing about the fear of the Lord and judgment for about a year now, and it’s time we come to grasp the beauty of holiness, the joy of holiness! Once again, judgment is simply a deciding for or against. If your conscience and heart are clear, one should not fear judgment. The Lord even tells us to judge ourselves, so that we can adhere to His Ways. The more narrow the path one walks, the greater attention to agility and focus is needed, and yet this narrow path is what leads to Life.

Righteousness and Justice are the very foundation of God’s throne, and at His right hand is joy and pleasure forevermore. Liberation is found in the Truth and His ways, not our idea of freedom. True joy is rising in the remnant because they love The narrow Way!

It is true wisdom and maturity to accept and understand joy can only be found in the Truth. “It (love) does not rejoice at injustice, but rejoices with the truth [when right and truth prevail].” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13:6‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of Your [righteous] judgments!” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭48:11‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

Beautiful are the feet we follow, beginning and the end, His Ways are perfect and true. 🕊🤍

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