Not My Will
I have been doing a lot of pondering and meditating on Jesus these past few days (as I am sure most of you have), specifically about His relation to the cross in the light of what holiday we are celebrating today. And through my reflections on His sufferings, torment, and His ultimate victory, the quality that has struck me deepest is His complete surrender to God’s will. Let’s remember that Jesus was Himself God too, but yet He set aside His own preferences in order to obey His Father’s will, even when that meant the cruelest of deaths for Jesus.
Evidenced by the deep anguish is His voice in the Garden of Gethsemane, surrendering His will to God was a difficult and painful experience: “Then He said to them (the disciples), “My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.” And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me: yet not as I will, but as You will.”” Matthew 26:38-39
Application for us lies in the question and demonstration of if our lives are lived following our own wills rather than God’s. Am I daily taking up my cross and following Jesus, denying myself with all my desires, interests, and preferences? The answer to that should be revealed by what kind of life I live and who’s orders and interests I follow.
This mentality is not easy to apprehend, if fact, it goes against everything in us. The cross is heavy. But by the power of the Spirit, when we are weak He is made strong. Jesus has went before us and can sympathize with our weaknesses and frailties. He gives a much needed grace.
Making God’s interests our interests is the mindset we must come to in order to slip into the easy and light yoke with Christ and where we find rest for our souls. Come to Jesus… “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him take up his cross…” “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest…”
Like Christ’s suffering resulted in ultimate glory and praise, our suffering for the cross and denial of self results in glory. God has abundantly rewarded His Holy Son for the sacrifice Jesus made for God’s will. God is the great Rewarder and Comforter that He promises in His Word. And although final reward for us is presented when Jesus comes again, God is merciful in that He gives grace for the road; suppling rest for the soul, peace to the heart, and hope for the mind.
Let us come to Jesus this day and embrace His will for us, knowing full well of His promised rewards and the comforts that await us here and also in heaven where He is waiting for us.
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Filed under: Devotional Life, Gospel, Scripture on March 23rd, 2008
I'm Kaysie, 22. Jesus follower. Lover of sunshine, trees, hot tea, books, music, family, the gospel, poetry and Barnes and Nobles. Has a weird obsession with paper. Over-analyzes almost everything. Adores simplicity. Lucky for you. 
Hey Sweet Sis,
Thanks for the reminder that there is a great reward for our complete surrender. I too am awed by our sweet Savior’s ultimate surrender to such painful circumstances, and for sinners such as me. It’s just really amazing and humbling isn’t it?
I love you Kaysie and thanks for the wonderful post!
Court
hello kaysie
i hope you had a great easter season.
Thanks for sharing with us this message.even as we celebrate easter and the great sacrifice that Jesus made for us, we need to know that His will is what is best for us. no matter our desires and interests….infact what we want may be dangerous to us, or may hurt us….But His will is absolutely best for us…what we need to do is surrender to His will.
Thanks my friend for sharing
In Him
Sylvia
Courtney, my dear sister, yes it is AMAZING and humbling when we truly realize the great sacrifice Jesus made for us… truly humbling. Thanks for your comment!
Sylvia, thanks so much for your comment! You are right, it is always best for us to follow God’s will instead of ours, because our desires can be dangerous and selfish. God knows best.
Hope you had a GREAT Easter, dear sister in Christ!
Denying our desires daily is a lot easier said than done, isn’t it?
Thanks so much. I needed the reminder of when we are week the Lord is strong!
Kayla
“This mentality is not easy to apprehend, if fact, it goes against everything in us. The cross is heavy. But by the power of the Spirit, when we are weak He is made strong. Jesus has went before us and can sympathize with our weaknesses and frailties. He gives a much needed grace.”
So true, Kaysie! It makes me sing “alleuia!”
The Hope Of Heaven!
“For the Hope which is laid up for you in Heaven,
which you first heard in the Word of Truth that is
the Good News”! (Colossians 1:5)
The Hope Of Heaven!
There is a “biblical” translation that has been called
“The Good News”, yet what of The Good News(The
Gospel)? What was the promise of The Good News
that The Messiah preached?
The promise of The Good News for the Jews and “the
lost sheep of Israel”, which The Messiah preached,
was recorded in Matthew 3:12,4:17,10:7, Mark 1:15,
and Luke 10:9, 21:31.
“The Kingdom Of GOD(Heaven) Is At Hand”
And what was the promise of “The Good News” which
Paul preached unto the heathen(gentiles) after The
Messiah “was raised from among the dead”?
“Through the Good News those who are not Jews(heathens)
will share with the Jews in GOD’s blessing. They belong to
the same body, and they share together in the promise that
GOD made in The Messiah. By GOD’s special gift of grace
given to me through his power, I became a servant to tell
that Good News.” (Ephesians 3:6-7)
And The Good News of The Promise!
“The Kingdom Of Heaven(GOD) Is At Hand”!
A Lively, Living Hope Of Heaven!
When Paul began his ministry, after GOD had “raised up
The Messiah from among the dead”, he testified that
“believers were translated into The KINGDOM OF GOD’s
BELOVED SON”. (Colossians 1:13)
“THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN” HAD COME!
And “The Good News” after the destruction of the earthly
“kingdom” of Jerusalem was:
“THE KINGDOM OF GOD” HAS COME!
All Thanks And Praise Be To Our Father!
Believers have a Living Hope of Heaven!
So why is it so many still believe that “The Kingdom of
Heaven(GOD)” is yet to come?
“What is Truth”?
“Pilate” asked The Messiah that question after The Messiah
testified, “You say that I am a king. To this end was I born,
and for this cause I came into the world, that I should bear
witness to The Truth. Everyone that is of The Truth hears
My voice”! (John 18:38)
Do you hear The Messiah’s voice?
The Messiah previously had testified, “The Words that I
speak are not My Words”. “For I have not spoken of Myself;
but The Father which sent Me, HE gave me a commandment,
what I should say, and what I should speak.” (John 3:34,
12:49) Later The Messiah testified to His disciples, “As
GOD sent Me, so send I you”! (John 14:10)
“What is Truth”?
The Messiah bore witness unto The Truth, as He revealed
The Way to The Truth of The Life, both in His Teachings
and His Life example.
And The Truth of “The Good News” promise?
“The Kingdom Of GOD(Heaven) Is At Hand”!
The Hope Of Heaven
Now when The Messiah was raised from among the dead
and ascended into Heaven He was given His rightful place
at the right hand of Our Father and GOD, and “all power
was given Him(by His Father and GOD) in Heaven and in
earth?” “The Kingdom” HAD “Come”! And The Faithful
“were translated into The Kingdom of GOD’s Beloved Son”!
“Giving thanks unto The Father, WHO has made us able
to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in Light:
WHO has delivered us from the power of darkness, and
HAS translated us into The Kingdom of HIS Beloved Son:”
(Col 1:12-13)
All Thanks And Praise Be To Our Father!
And Paul testified of the time when The Messiah would
deliver up The Kingdom unto Our Father and GOD and
The Messiah would be submitted unto Our Father and
GOD once again. (1 Cor 15:22-28)
“Then the END comes, when The Messiah shall have
delivered up The Kingdom to GOD, even The Father;
when The Messiah shall have put down all rule and all
authority and power. For The Messiah must reign(after
He was resurrected), till He has put all enemies under
His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is
death. For GOD has put all things under The Messiah’s
feet. But when GOD said, all things are put under The
Messiah, it is manifest that HE(GOD) is excepted,
WHO did put all things under The Messiah.
And when all things shall be subdued unto The Messiah,
then shall The Son also, Himself be subject unto GOD,
HE WHO put all things under Him, so that GOD may
be all in all.” (1 Cor 15:22-28)
“Then the END comes, when The Messiah shall have
delivered up The Kingdom to GOD, even The Father.”!
(1 Cor 15:22)
Question is, “The END of what?”
Paul testified, “In that GOD said, A New Covenant,
HE has made the first covenant old. Now that which
is decaying and waxing old is ready to vanish away”.
(Heb 8:13)
That which was decaying and waxing old was the old,
earthly “covenant of laws”, and “The END” was the
destruction of the earthly, natural “kingdom” of Jerusalem!
The earthly “kingdom” would be no more!
All Praise And Thanks Be Unto Our Father!
So believers were, and are, exhorted to,
“Set their affections on things above(Heaven), not things
of the earth”! (Col 3:2)
Believers are exhorted to, “Be not of those whose god is
their belly, and whose glory is in their shame because
they mind earthly things.” (Phlp 3:19)
Now why such exhortations?
“Spiritually Reborn!” A believers “citizenship (Life) was,
and is, in Heaven”! (Phlp 3:20)
And believers “had been translated into The Kingdom of
GOD’s Beloved Son”. (Col 1:13)
They Had A Living, Lively Hope of Heaven!
So “We do not look at the things which are seen, but at
the things which are not seen, for things seen are
temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
We know that our body, the tent we live in here on earth,
will be destroyed. But when that happens, GOD will have
a house for us. It will not be a house made by human
hands; instead, it will be a home in Heaven that will last
forever. But for now we groan in this tent. We want GOD
to give us our Heavenly home, because it will clothe us
so we will not be naked. While we live in this body, we
have burdens, and we groan. We do not want to be
naked, but we want to be clothed with our Heavenly home.
Then this body that dies will be fully covered with Life.
This is what GOD made us for, and he has given us The
Spirit to be a guarantee for this New Life. So we always
have courage. We know that while we live in this body,
we are away from GOD. We live by what we believe, not
by what we can see. So I say that we have courage. We
really want to be away from this body and be at home
with Our Father for our only goal is to please HIM whether
we live here or there.” (2 Cor 4:18, 5:1-9)
The Kingdom of GOD’s Beloved Son HAD Come and
believers were translated into The Kingdom! (Col 1:13)
The END” of the old, earthly covenant was At Hand, for
it was “decaying, waxing old”, and would soon “vanish
away”!
And it did! Thanks Be To Our Father!
When Old Jerusalem was destroyed The END came. It
was then that The Messiah delivered up The Kingdom
unto Our Father and GOD! The Heavenly, Spiritual
Kingdom of GOD WAS, and always WILL BE!
“THY Kingdom” HAD “Come”!
“And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned
with goodly stones and gifts, The Messiah said, As for
these things which you behold, the days will come, in
which there shall not be left one stone upon another,
that shall not be thrown down. And they asked Him,
saying, Master, but when shall these things be? And
what sign will there be when these things shall come
to pass?
And He said, Take heed that you are not deceived: for
many shall come in My name, saying, I am messiah;
and the time draws near: do not go after them. But
when you shall hear of wars and commotions, be not
terrified: for these things must first come to pass, but
The End is not by and by. Then said He unto them,
Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in divers
places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights
and great signs shall there be from heaven. But before
all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute
you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons,
being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
And they shall turn to you for a testimony. Settle it there-
fore in your hearts, not to meditate before what you will
answer: for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all
your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
And you shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren,
and kinsfolk’s, and friends; and some of you shall they
cause to be put to death. And you shall be hated of all
men for my name’s sake. But there SHALL NOT A HAIR
OF YOUR HEAD PERISH. In your patience possess your
souls.
And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies,
then know that the desolation thereof is at hand. Then let
them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them
which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that
are in the countries enter there. For these be the days of
vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give
suck, in those days! For there shall be great distress in the
land, and wrath upon this people. And they shall fall by the
edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all
nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the heathen,
until the times of the heathens are fulfilled. And there shall be
signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon
the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the
waves roaring; Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking
after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers
of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of
man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when
these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up
YOUR heads, for YOUR redemption draws near.
And He spoke a parable to them; Behold the fig tree, and all
the trees; when they now shoot forth, you see and know of
your own selves that summer is now close at hand. So like-
wise YOU, when YOU see these things come to pass, YOU
know that The Kingdom of GOD(Heaven) is close at hand.
Truly I say unto YOU, THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS
AWAY, TILL ALL BE FULFILLED.”(Luke 21:5-33)
And The Messiah testified, “Truly I say unto YOU, that this
generation shall not pass, till ALL these things be done.”
(Mark 13:30) “Truly I say unto YOU, This generation shall
not pass, till ALL these things be fulfilled.”(Matt 24:34)
(The word “YOU” in the above testimonies referred to those
whom The Messiah was speaking to at that time, not two
thousand, or more, years after!)
Simply, with the destruction of the earthly, natural Jerusalem,
that “which waxed old” DID “vanish away”! (Heb 8:13)
The Kingdom no longer had a physical presence, in a precise
location on the earth, The Kingdom of GOD was now fully of
The Spirit, Heavenly. The END of the Old, earthly kingdom
WAS! “THY Kingdom” HAD “Come” indeed and Truth, and
believers were, and are, translated into The Kingdom of Our
GOD and Father! A Living Hope of Heaven!
And so it is believers were and are exhorted to “love not the
world, neither things that are in the world, for all that is in
the world, the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh and the
pride of life is not of Our Father, but is of the world”!
Believers knew that their “citizenship” was now in Heaven,
and that “whosoever would be a friend of this world was the
enemy of The Only True GOD”! (Phlp 3:20, James 4:4) And
The Messiah testified that “the works of the world were evil”
(John 7:7) And John testified, “the WHOLE world is under
the control of the evil one”! (1John 5:19) And Paul?
Paul testified, “WE WHICH ARE ALIVE and remain SHALL
BE CAUGHT UP together with them in the clouds to meet
The Messiah in the air: and so shall WE ever be with The
Messiah.”(1Thes 4:17:18) and Paul testified, “I was
delivered out of the mouth of the lion. And GOD WILL
DELIVER ME FROM EVERY EVIL WORK, AND WILL
PRESERVE ME UNTO HIS Heavenly Kingdom: to WHOM
be Glory for ever and ever. Amen(Let it be so)”(2Tim4:17-18)
I believe that Paul was alive and taken up “in the clouds to
meet The Messiah in the air” when the physical, earthly
Jerusalem was destroyed. At that time “The Messiah came
in the clouds”. And at that time of “the END” of that old age,
The Messiah delivered up The Kingdom unto Our Father and
subjected Himself unto HIM once again.
All Thanks And Praise Be To “Our Father”!
The Messiah had testified, “Behold, I COME QUICKLY: hold
that fast which YOU have, that no man take YOUR crown.”
(Rev 3:11) “Behold, I COME QUICKLY: blessed is he that
keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book.”(Rev 22:7)
Behold, I COME QUICKLY, and My reward is with Me, to give
every man according as his work shall be.”(Rev 22:12)
And the apostle John testified, “He Who testifies concerning
these things said to me, “Surely I COME QUICKLY”. Amen
(So be it). Even so, come Yahshua Messiah!”(Rev 22:20)
And The Messiah DID Come Quickly!
The Messiah came at “The END” of the old covenant when
the natural, earthly kingdom of Jerusalem was destroyed!
And so it is today that The Faithful desire to be taken Home,
for their “place has been prepared for them”! Home! Home
at last! The Faithful await their final transformation, “caterpillar
to butterfly” indeed and Truth.
The Faithful Have A Living Hope Of Heaven!
Peace, in spite of the dis-eases(lies) that are of this wicked
world and it’s systems of religion, for “the WHOLE world is
under the control of the evil one” indeed and Truth……..
francisco
“Let There Be Light”
“In The Beginning” The Creator(Our Father) said,
“Let There Be Light, and There Was Light”
“The Beginning of The Creation of GOD”
“Let There Be Light”
And the revelation that The Messiah gave unto the
apostle John bore witness to The Truth that The
Messiah, was “The Beginning of the Creation of
GOD(Our Father, Creator of ALL)”! (Rev 3:14)
And The Messiah bore witness to His Brethren
when He testified, “My GOD is your GOD and My
Father(Creator) is your Father(Creator).”(Jn 20:17)
The Messiah testified “I have sent My angel to
you with this testimony for the assemblies. I am
the root and the offspring of David. I am the bright,
Morning Star(Light)”! (Rev 22:16) ) Peter testified
“We have the more sure word of prophecy; and
you do well to take heed, as to a lamp shining in a
dark place, until the day dawns, and The Morning
Star(Light) arises in your hearts.”(2Pt 1:19) “But
you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, HIS own special people, that you
may proclaim the praises of HIM who called you
out of darkness into His marvelous Light.”(1Pt2:9)
And the evening(darkness) and The Morning
(Light) was the First Day.” (Gen 1:5)
“The Beginning of The Creation of GOD”!
It is very important to both know and experience
The Messiah as He Is, Was and always Will Be,
and also to know the “glory He had with Our
Father” before He was born in “the likeness of
sinful flesh”. (John 17:5, Rom 8:3) For what The
Messiah Was and Is, Is that which He will always
Will Be.”The Only Begotten Son” of “Our Father”!
First, let me simply state that I do not believe the
“catholic” and “christian” theo’ry’logical doctrines
concerning “The Only True GOD, Father ALL”. For
they “image”ine a three-headed “god” they call
their “trinity”, or they declare their “christ” to be
their “god and father”, or they believe that The
Messiah was but an exalted messenger(angel)
or prophet.
John The Baptist testified, “And I saw, and bare
record that The Messiah is the Son of GOD(Our
Father).”(John 1:34) Peter testified, “You are The
Messiah, The Son of The Living GOD(Father of
ALL)”!(Matt 16:16) And the Ethiopian eunuch
testified, “I believe that The Messiah is The Son
of GOD(Our Father)”. (Acts 8:37) “Seeing then
that we have a great high priest, that is passed
into the Heavens, The Messiah, The Son of
GOD(Our Father), let us hold fast our profession.”
(Heb 4:14) “These things are written so that you
might believe that The Messiah is The Son of GOD
(Our Father)”. (John 20:31) The Messiah testified
that He was “The Son of GOD”, and that His GOD
was “The Only True GOD(Father of ALL)”.
(John 10:36,17:3)
And The Messiah also testified that He was the
“Son of man” and “The Light of the world”.
(Matt 26:64, John 8:12)
It is needful to believe that The Messiah Was, Is
and always Will Be “The Son of The Living GOD”,
and that there is but “One GOD, HE WHO is
Father of ALL”. (Mat 16:16, Eph 4:6) The Messiah
bore witness to His Brethren when He testified
after being “raised from among the dead”, “My GOD
is your GOD and My Father(Creator) is your Father
(Creator)” (John 20:17)
Is The Messiah’s GOD and Father your GOD
and Father?
Who are The Brethren of The Messiah?
“Let There Be Light”
Once again, It is very important to both know and
experience The Messiah as He Was, Is and always
Will Be. The Messiah simply testified in John 17:5
“And now O Father, glorify Me with YOUR own self
with the glory that I had with YOU before the world
began”.
Prior to that testimony The Messiah had testified,
“Yet a little while is The Light with you. Walk while
you have The Light, lest darkness comes upon
you: for he that walks in darkness does not know
where he goes. While you have Light, believe in
The Light, that you may be the children of Light.”
(John 12:35-36)
And the apostle John testified: “In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with GOD, and
The Word was GOD. (John did not testify that
The Word is GOD)The same was in the beginning
with GOD. All things were made by Him, and
without Him was not any thing made that was
made. In Him was Life; and The Life was The
Light of men. And The Light shined in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not. There
was a man sent from GOD, whose name was
John. The same came for a witness, to bear
witness of The Light, that all men through Him
might believe. He(John the baptist) was not that
Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
That was the True Light, which enlightens every
man that comes into the world. He(The Messiah)
was in the world, and the world was made by
Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto
His own, and His own received Him not. But as
many as received Him, to them He gave power
to become the sons of GOD, even to them that
believe on His name: Which were born, not of
blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will
of man, but of “The Only True GOD, Father of
ALL”.” (John 1:1-13)
It is needful to realize that The Messiah testified
of “The Only True GOD” in John 17:3, and so it is
that The GOD and Father of The Messiah IS,
WAS and always WILL BE “The Only True GOD”.
“The Only True GOD” is “Father of ALL”.
And “The Father of ALL” is “Our Father”, HE WHO
IS “The Only True GOD” and Father of The Messiah
and His Brethren.
And the apostle John testified in John 3:17-21:
“For Our Father sent not his Son into the world
to condemn the world; but that the world through
Him might be saved. He that believes on Him is
not condemned: but he that believes not is
condemned already, because he has not believed
in the name of the only begotten Son of GOD(Our
Father). And this is the condemnation, that Light is
come into the world, and men loved darkness
rather than Light, because their deeds were evil.
For every one that does evil hates The Light,
neither comes to The Light, lest his deeds should
be reproved. But he that does Truth comes to The
Light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that
they are wrought in GOD(Our Father).”
In John 12:34 the people asked, “Who is this Son
of man? Then in John 12:35-36, “The Messiah said
unto them, yet a little while is The Light with you.
Walk while you have The Light, lest darkness come
upon you: for he that walks in darkness does not
know where he goes. While you have Light, believe
in The Light, that you may be the children of Light.
The Messiah spoke these things, and departed,
and hid Himself from them.”
Simply, “In The Beginning” The Only True GOD
spoke The Word, “Let There Be Light”, “And there
was Light”! “And there was evening(darkness) and
there was morning (Light), The First Day”. (Gen 1:5)
Certainly such “Light” was not “natural” light, for
“natural” light, the sun, moon, and stars were not
created until the “fourth day”. (Gen 1:14-19)
“In the beginning”, “The First Day”, The Father of
All created “The Light”, without which Creation and
Life, as we now know and experience it, could not
have been.
The First Day, “The Light”, The Messiah, “The
beginning of the Creation of GOD(HE WHO is
The Only True GOD and Father of ALL)”!
(Gen 1:3, Rev 3:14, John 17:3, Eph 4:6)
And “The Only True GOD” created all “things” by,
through, and for “The Light”, The Messiah, “The
Son of The Living GOD” and “Son of man”.
(Col 1:15, Eph 3:9, Mat 16:16, Mat 12:32)
And “The True Light which enlightens every man
coming into the world”, was born as a child
destined to be The Messiah. (John 1:9, Mat 1:21)
The Messiah, “The Light of the world”.
(John 8:12, 9:5)
The Messiah, “The firstborn of every creature
(all creation)”. (Col 1:15)
The Messiah, “Begotten of Our Father”,
“The firstborn among many Brethren”.
(Heb 1:5) (Ps 2:7) (Rom 8:29)
The Messiah, “A servant of The Only True GOD
(Father of ALL)”. (Isa 42:1-7)
The Messiah, “The Lamb of GOD”.
(John 1:29,36)
The Messiah, “The firstborn from among the dead”.
(Col 1:18)
Once again: “In The Beginning” Our Father, “The
Only True GOD” spoke: “Let there be Light, and
there was Light”! The Messiah, “The Beginning of
the Creation of GOD”, “the firstborn of every
creature(all creation)”. (Gen 1:3, John 17:3,
Rev 3:14, Col 1:15)
Thanks Be To “Our Father”!
The Messiah, The Creation of “The Only True
GOD, Father of ALL”! (Rev 3:14)
The Messiah, “made so much better than the
angels”! (Heb 1:4)
The Messiah, “The Light of the world”!
(John 8:12, 9:5)
“The Lamb of GOD”, “The Light of The New
Heavenly Jerusalem”! (Rev 21:22-23)
Paul experienced “The Light ” on the road to
Damascus. “And it came to pass, that, as I
made my journey, and came near unto
Damascus about noontime, suddenly a great
Light from Heaven shone round about me.
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice
saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why do you
persecute Me? And I answered, “Who are
You, Master”? And He said unto me, I am
Yehowshuwa’(Yahshua, Joshua) of Nazareth,
Whom you persecute. And they that were
with me saw The Light, and were afraid; but
they did not hear the voice of Him that spoke
to me. And I said, “What shall I do, Master”?
And He said unto me, arise and go into
Damascus, and there you shall be told all
things which are appointed for you to do.
And when I could not see for the glory of
that Light, I was led by the hand into
Damascus.” (Acts 22:6-11)
Paul also testified, “At midday I saw in the
way a Light from Heaven, ABOVE THE
BRIGHTNESS OF THE SUN, shining round
about me and those who journeyed with me.
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I
heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying
in the HEBREW tongue, Saul, Saul, why do
you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick
against the pricks.” (The Messiah could not
have told Paul, “I am jesus” for He spoke in
the “HEBREW tongue”) (Acts 26:13-14)
Paul saw “The Light” that was The Messiah
and he was blinded(naturally, not Spiritually)
for a time. Now when The Messiah was in
the “likeness of sinful flesh”, born as “the
Son of man”, He could only reflect “The
Light”, liken unto the moon which but reflects
the light of the natural sun.
“Let There Be Light”
The Messiah, “The Light of the world”!
And consider the natural light provided by the
sun, which was Created on the fourth day.
Does not the natural light of the sun reveal
outwardly, all the earthly, natural things?
Consider what happens when that which you
thought was clean is exposed to the light of
the sun? Is not the least outward particle of
uncleanness readily seen in the light of the
sun? And so it is with “The Light” that is The
Messiah. For His Life, “The Life”, reveals
and exposes all the uncleanness in “our”
life, the life that is of “our” own creation,
which is the “I(ego, id)” in all of us, the
product of “our” own vain “imag”inations!
So it needs be that “The Light” penetrates
deeply, even into the innermost recesses
of the heart, “rightly dividing the soul and
spirit”, exposing all the darkness that the
“I” in all of us did not want to “see”!
Yet for such a cleansing to begin one must
“experience The Messiah(The Light) and
The Power that raised Him from among the
dead”!(Php 3:10) Oh, there are many who
know of a “messiah”, yet who has
experienced “The Light”? For “The Light”
was “The Beginning of Creation” both the
old, which was natural and earthly and The
New, which is of The Spirit and Heavenly.
Those who “love this world and it’s things”
yet desire that which “decayed, waxed
old and vanished away” (Heb 8:13) They
are of those “whose ‘god’ is their belly,
and whose glory is in their shame, for
they mind earthly things”. (Phlp 3:19)
Sadly, those who “love this world and it’s
things” yet love darkness more than The
Light and they will abide in the darkness
they loved forever ;-( (1Jn2:15,Jn3:19-20)
Sadder yet, systems of religion that are of
this world, such as “catholicism”, “christianity”,
“judaism”, “islam”, etc., have so perverted
The Testimonies, that today, as in the two
thousand or so, years gone by, “The Way
of Truth is evil spoken of”! All because of
the theo’ry’logical, heretical doctrines that
are of men! And especially those
theo’ry’logical doctrines which seek to
define “The Only True GOD, Father of All”.
(2Peter 2:1-2)
All such doctrines are but the product of
mankind’s “imag”ination and mankind’s
“imag”ination is destroying and perverting
Creation(land, air, water, creatures, Light,
Truth, Love, Peace, Joy, Hope, .etc.)
Yes, sadly ;-( Creation is being destroyed
by self-willed men who could care less
about that which is of The Truth(What Is,
Was, and always Will Be), and care even
less about those things which they can
not comprehend apart from their
“natural” senses and mental processes ;-(
And The Truth testifies, The Creator “will
destroy those who destroy the earth(HIS
Creation)”(Rev 11:18).
Sadly, in this wicked world, those who
seek profit will naturally overcome those
who do not ;-(
Yet, There Is Hope!
For The Life is of The Spirit!
And Miracles do happen!
And Faith rejoices against profit(greed)
and theo’ry’logy(logic)!
Hope is there would be those who experience
The Miracle that is receiving “a love of The
Truth” for they will “see” “The Light”.
(2Thes 2:10, John 8:12, 9:5)
And they will receive peace, in spite of the
dis-ease(no-peace) that is of this world, for
they will clearly “see” that “The WHOLE
world is under the control of the evil one”.
(1John 5:19) And they will clearly “see”
things as they are and not as “imag”inative,
world-loving humans would have others
believe them to be, for they will “see” The
Light that is The Messiah……. francisco
quite something that you posted what i believe i have received in the “not my will” portion of your heart. the following poem will add confirmation to the move and the song i will send you seperately in an e-mail will also render confirmation.
oh, and btw, when i am on the web your website is active so that i can bathe my”self” in the heartfelt music. helps to keep me where i shoud be, In HIS Spirit! the poem follows:
The “I” Must Die!
In as much as i can ’see’,
That which is of the ‘I’ in me,
So it is i yearn, and to Our Father cry,
For deliverance from all that is of the ‘I’.
The ‘I’, born of “imag”ination and selfish desire,
As lust, greed, and pride, stoked a consuming fire ;-(
A fire burning out of control, as ‘I’ leads the way,
It’s smoke concealing the fleshly minded lies that lead one astray ;-(
Yet even in the smoke, searing heat, and blindness of ’sight’,
Truth can pierce the blackness of darkness,
revealing “The Light”
And nothing can hide from “The Light”, so “Light”
reveals the “I”,
Allowing one to “see” clearly, and clearly the “I” must die!
But to live, yet die, seems an impossible task,
And so we need of “Our Father”, the impossible to ask.
Help me to “deny myself(die to self)(die to ‘I’)” Father!
And as HE Helps, HE reveals more and more of “The Selfless One”,
The One Who leads His Brethren on “The Way to The
Truth of The Life”.
He Who was, and is The Messiah, The Son of The
Living GOD!
And as The Messiah desired above all else, so also will His Brethren desire, “Father(Creator), not my will, But THY Will Be Done”!
The poem i have recorded above was begun in Creel, Chih, Mexico in ‘93. Left Mexico in ‘93 and returned in ‘04. Then on 1/26/05 the poem was completed, and “completion’ is near for each and every one. And for “the poor and needy”, Thankfully so!
Thanks Be To “Our Father”!
Translated, “caterpillar to butterfly” indeed and Truth……. Home at last!
Forever free from The “I”.
And while there is breath(spirit) there is hope many will “see”,
“see” The “I” for what it is, and then desire to be set free!
“And The SPIRIT that was in The Messiah shall set you free”, “free indeed”!
So, There Is Hope!
For Miracles do happen!
Hope is there would be those who experience The Miracle that is receiving “a love of The Truth” for they will “see” Reality and “see” that Life is of The SPIRIT (not seen with the natural eye), The Life is of The SPIRIT, not of the flesh or fleshly mind!
Peace, in spite of the dis-ease(unbelief) that is of this world……. francisco
(Returned to this place called the u.s. of a. in June of ‘05, yet to return to the simplicity that is rural mexico is “MY” desire, yet i realize that in all things it must be “Father(Great SPIRIT), not my will, But THY Will Be Done!)