OK, SO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, NOW WHAT?

8/6/2012

The question posed at Time To Fly, A Conference For Women Of Freedom, continues to play over in my mind. Why do we work so hard to obtain what we already have...? Oh the riches that belong to us because we are daughters of the most high God. We are so very free, so very loved, we belong to HIM. I love His word, but only in recent days has it taken root in my heart of hearts. We truly have EVERYTHING that we need to step into what HE has planned and purposed for us. Knowing this, we step into the next conference, Time To Move, Released To Run In His Glory!! My dear sisters, where are you headed? Who and what are you running towards? I picture you running towards JESUS. Him, scooping you up, and running towards the FATHER, who picks up Jesus, and you all run, as one, towards the destiny that HE has for you. Sisters of ABIDE, you are making your Daddy's dreams come true! Don't hold back, RUN with everything that is within you! HE truly has released YOU to run in HIS glory! Join us September 21st and 22nd, 2012, with our special guest speakers, Doriane Parker Sims, Liz Shields McKay and Denise Stevenson as we run the race together, taking hold of the PRIZE that HE has set before us.
Loving deeply from our hearts,
THE ABIDE MINISTRIES TEAM

2 Comments

Linda Doxtater

9/7/2012 02:50:46 pm

Moving with God! He is going to move weather we move with Him or not. Who do I trust? Me or God? Are you ready to let go of the things that have held you back from answering His call? Have you ever read "The Song of Solomon? in the bible? Chapter 2 reads:
" Listen! My beloved! Behold, he is coming, Climbing on the mountains, Leaping on the hills! "My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice. "My beloved responded and said to me, 'Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along. 'For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone. The flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning the vines, And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.'The fig tree has ripened its figs, And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along! O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the secret place of the steep pathway, Let me see your form, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your form is lovely. Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that are ruining the vineyards, While our vineyards are in blossom." My beloved is mine, and I am his; He pastures his flock among the lilies.

Then later in The Song of Solomon we read that even in spite of His Bride not moving to His call, He continues to call her.

The Beloved comes to His Bride. He knocks on her door. Then what?

" I (Jesus) have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, friends; Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers."

He is waiting at your door. He is waiting for you! He is not going to knock the door down. Only you can open it! What if you don't open it?
He is waiting at your door. He is waiting for you! He is not going to knock the door down. Only you can open it! What if you don't open it?

This is what we read in Chapter 8:
"I was asleep (in my body) but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking: 'Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the damp of the night.' I have taken off my dress, How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet, How can I dirty them again?" My beloved extended his hand through the opening, And my feelings were aroused for him.
He called and I made excuses. I wasn’t sure! I wouldn’t trust Him! I was comfortable!

And then what?
"I arose to open to my beloved; And my hands dripped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, On the handles of the bolt. "I opened to my beloved, But my beloved had turned away and had gone! My heart went out to him as he spoke. I searched for him but I did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me."The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, They struck me and wounded me; The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me."

What then? What do we learn from this? There is no excuse. We cannot excuse ourselves from moving when He calls! Why would we? Lack of trust? We don’t believe His love? What is your excuse? Is it time to let your excuses go? Open the door! Open the door quickly!

Cindy Buck

9/8/2012 03:08:54 pm

Wow Linda!!!! Thank you for posting this! =)

OK, SO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, NOW WHAT?

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