Being Taught In The Desert

 I'm still here!  

Just trying to wait and say and write what can be said properly and poignantly amidst the times.

It's wild out there.  I will say that.

I have SO much to relate, it's been difficult to find the right time and way to share here.

But this IS my place to share.

I just want to always make sure, as much as led, as much as possible, to only write . . . when He compels or allows.  

Not being over dramatic.  I simply take this space very seriously. 

And when under full-scale (dare I say, yes i do) demonic attack . . . one must be judicious, careful and, with God's grace, wait until told what to say.

I have seen and learned so much . . . in recent times . . . I want to be very careful and respectful how to convey it.  

I wouldn't call it the "desert walk" .... It is more like when Paul and Jesus spent time in the desert, and rather than be bereft of The Spirit (as in, "the desert walk") it's more like . . . being in the desert . . . and being schooled, consoled, taught . . . by The Spirit, whilst in the desert. 

One thing I'll say for now, is that . . . we are surrounded, beset, on all sides, in all kinds of ways and people.  AND remember, we fight not against flesh! ... But the spiritual realm, the realm of "the airs" is where so much is going on.  And weak vessels . . . are filled with those fallen familiar spirits, up close and personal and day to day and moment to moment.  HENCE, why it is so important to Hear and Listen to and Abide by . . . THE ONE TRUE HOLY SPIRIT.

(sorry to sound probably a little vague.  I hope to suss it out and report here with more details, which hopefully might be helpful for others who are experiencing a similar situation.) 

The Truth Will Out

 There is so much going on at exponential speed.  There is no shortage of perspective's, "takes" out there re what is going on geo-politically etc.

As far as that goes, I still believe my early, early on analysis is on the trajectory I anticipated, and have written, spoken of.  

Whilst this is all going on, I continue to maintain that one--while taking note, having a head in the game--THE MAIN PRIMARY GOAL, PURPOSE is GOD.  That is, to fulfill our calling as a child of God, to be conformed to His Image.  And get to HEAVEN!

We are to be proper "image bearers".  We are to be ambassadors for The Lord, to be His and exemplify His Holy qualities.

The lit, pure diamond shines brightest against a backdrop of enveloping darkness.  HENCE, His glory is shown through those who harbor The Holy Spirit, behind enemy lines, in times of threatening, rampant wicked chaos, as per His will and intention.  It is all about HIS glory, and His loving grace in being willing to share it with His creatures, creation!  Full on!

So, that being said, I shall try to relate what for me is an apex, pinnacle (so far ongoing) experience that I am having now . . . day to day . . . for bits of precious time . . . as Granted . . . breathe by breathe, step by step, moment to moment. . . . I believe it is what was Written of in: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus within you."

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"Be Me" . . . He says. The Spirit told me this recently, among other things.  

Image bearer.  Conformed to, in His Image.  There is a lot to unpack there, but it is also made such that a child could understand it; like when you were a child and played pretend.  You could be a bear.  You could be a superhero.  You could be anything you could imagine and you did, in childlike fashion.

Later, the world and the corrupt decadence, and all the fallen fools and walking dead drummed it out of you.  NOT SO MUCH because they intended to, but because they were born into it and just spread it along without thinking, without praying, without even attempting to suss out what THIS LIFE is all about. 

There is something like a million mile gap between what is the closest thing to you--the closest BEING, FATHER, CREATOR, FRIEND, BROTHER to you .... which gap, is simply a big, fantasmic, theater driven, chaos machine .. . .. malevolent unbodied beings "in the airs" . . . causing, stirring up any sort of distraction possible, under direction of their overlord (of the dead) .... 

It is so simple.  BUT, of course, in reality, it is not, because of the centuries and ages and supernatural ongoing efforts to thwart and dissuade and distract and subterfuge and lie and lie and lie . . . and tweek any possible weak spot you might have.  

They have legions, and ages to focus on God's Children . . . and they have nothing better to do, than to destroy (haplessly) attempt to circumvent God's Will and Plan.

It is just another miracle to behold and experience, that with all such onslaught, and all the worldly and supernatural forces of terror and intrigue and pain and suffering inflicted . . . that ANY find themselves yet surviving and HEARING GOD and HEAR the HOLY SPIRIT specifically . . . .

WHO IS THE COMFORTOR!

If you are not being comforted by the voices and directions in your mind and heart and head . . . be suspect.

When the Holy Spirit (The Comforter, The Teacher) is communicating to you, you will be comforted.

Villain's and phony proxy's will always be attempting (and oft successfully) to thwart you from Hearing the still, small, direct, Holy voice. . . . BUT . . . HE, gloriously, and worthy of all praise, WILL and DOES break through this mess to retrieve and resurrect and sanctify HIS OWN!

GUARANTEED! 

But, indeed, it takes striving, yearning, loving, imploring, seeking Truth, Him . . . "praying unceasingly" . . . "looking to neither the left or right" . . . WHICH IS WHAT HE LOVES AND WANTS!  A RELATIONSHIP .... IN REAL TIME!!!!  He made us to be with and love Him and He is with and love us!  

It is THE most profound (I dare say) purpose and point . . . of this life (for us, as created mortals, befit to be immortal, conscripted, adopted into HIS eternal family plan.

I am careful to not speak out of turn.  Hence, why I go "silent" for periods of time.  What all else is going on in the world, I'm quite well aware of and could carry on about for hours.

BUT THIS . . . is the bottom line.  THIS search and seeking and finding and being found by GOD, is OBVIOUSLY the all in all!  It is the only obvious purpose to this mortal life.

I will say, at last . . . that . . . I am gingerly . . . experiencing . . . something that I have longed for, all through this life, searching.  I definitively NEVER wanted to be led astray by imaginary whims, or ego, or fantasies or supernatural experiences etc., such that many a guru has fallen for and then taken up the devil's cudgel and sideline.

NO!  I will only dare say (and even then, tentatively, with all due honor, humility as able) that I am Hearing the Holy Spirit, God, The Lord . . . in real time, in mind, in words.  

He is friendly, but stern, curt most-times, but always very specific.  

Regardless if this is the reason for now, I've long anticipated there would come a time, when it might be such that "we" . . . will needs be led . . . moment to moment . . . as events happen and hit close to home, for temporal safety, responsibility for others in one's care and, overall, His purposes. . . .

I've recently said......... WORDS FAIL .... And so, forgive me, as I write here probably too many words to get to the message I feel impelled to share.... 

Yet, I do feel compelled to share . . . that INDEED . . . the Spirit, The Comforter . . . is HERE . . . and each and everyone who loves God and believes in The Gospel . . . CAN indeed have a very personal, close, real communicative relationship thereIN.  

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NOTE: I'm going to quick post this... I don't doubt there are some typos, grammar probs involved... I will proof read and continue to make better, if needed.

AND thank you!  And GOD BLESS YOU! 

God is love.  God is Holy.  God is our Father. THE TRUTH WILL OUT!

 

Happy FATHER'S DAY

 Happy Father's Day to all the fathers, would-be fathers, the fatherly men who have endured a decades-long assault on your role, responsibility and position!

And, of course, above all . . . I confirm and praise THE FATHER OF ALL, God The Father!

Some Relevant Bracing Thoughts Re The TImes

 I've been talking, writing describing the scenario that it appears we may be in.

I'm always a bit too early, but the details end up panning out pretty much spot on, when it finally come around.

Having seen this coming for a while (a few decades actually) one of the main--besides general material preservation considerations, ie., protection, sustenance of family, friends, neighbors etc.,--CONSIDERATIONS . . . which I have I emphasized continually throughout, is . . . that one will need to have a separate "mind".

By that, I mean and have meant that the propaganda and various invasive, infiltrating methods of mind/body/soul "brain-wash" control will be such THAT UNLESS you are able to hear from The Holy Spirit--God's immediate direction and communique's . . . it will be very difficult to navigate the chaos.

One thing I have said here and there, along the way, trying to prepare those who I love and who will listen, is . . . . Well, I've said that it is nearly impossible to prepare for the day when all hell breaks loose.  All sorts of plans and contingencies and stores . . . will likely go out the window in a moment.

Then what?

SO, if one loves and serves God above all, and trusts His "mysterious ways" . . . it will be such that you will need and want to be hearing from The Holy Spirit . . . literally moment to moment, in order to know what to do.

It hasn't happened in the way that it has been happening now, for me; but it is now.  And that is: I envisioned a time when it would literally come down to being able to HEAR and follow the direction of The Spirit, and have faith in that, regardless of the slings and arrows of those who are led by the chaos trumpets and spirits slung against you.  A man, a woman, a leader must take charge, invested with the power and guidance, of the now CLEAR SPEAKING VOICE within of The Holy Spirit, God.

I've always thought and hoped for (though have doubted at times the eventuality of it, as life is hard and the desert walks ALONG THE WAY can carry on testing one's faith) that when the time came, HE would be imminently present, in a visceral way, unmistakable . . . and that He would guide each footstep.

There is no escaping death (unless we get raptured out beforehand afterall) . . . so this is not a way to avoid the inevitable mortal conclusion.

BUT it is a blessed, and righteous way to bear the challenges and threats and assaults of the times!

Never forget what each Apostle and every Beleiver bore for the sake of their witness!  Stephen comes to mind. . . .

And many others through centuries.

It is a small thing to suffer for the glory of God in this fallen, wretched world.

And above all, of course, NEVER FORGET WHAT THE LORD HIMSELF SUFFERED ON OUR BEHALF such that we can endure these last wailings and persecutions of The Wicked as THEY spiral, going to their eventual Hellish destination, knowing that THOSE WHO BELIEVE shall live forever in glory, loving and enjoying and worshiping GOD ALMIGHTY, fraternizing in endless bliss with those others who love and adore Him.

The Clarion Call Is Blaring

 I will continue to attempt to put into words.  It is a bold statement, or even a bold suggestion . . . for the concept has been so used and abused for so long . . . to say "the Holy Spirit said to me . . . "

HOWEVER, it is also common, through the ages, that HE HAS spoken to His people, His children, even to the least (that is, by the way, a special part of His glory to us, that He Speaks to and especially cares for the least!) that it is not on account of any pride or false stewardship . . . for the least . . . to share what He has said to each, in the quiet moments.

And by saying "said" . . . it is known by those who Hear . . . that it is complex, yet simple and direct (lineal) communication which includes hearing, seeing, feeling, intuiting, reasoning, recalling. . . .

Argh! Words fail!  

The Kingdom of Heaven, and the way God communicates is so intricate and wholistic, and yet simple, such as a child could understand . . . that . . . you know when you know that you know that you know and Hear.  And are witness.

Forgive my ellipses!  I have a long time habit of using them . . . to convey the pause, the silence, the subtle comprehension that occurs when receiving Truth in the Spirit.  THERE, in the heavenly realm, speech, thought, intention, seeing, feeling, selfness, rationality, purity, comprehension, supplication, awe AND A MILLION OTHER IMPRESSIONS are all combined into one unity of experience, reception and also conveyance.

HERE, everything is split up, fractured, mortified, spoiled, tarnished, oppressed, manipulated, attacked, rotten . . . and so, it is hard to appreciate the difference between the two very distinct realms; especially while being a miniscule creature embedded and fighting for life amidst the ongoing and festering mire of The Fall.

His realm, His Being . . . is utter pure crystalline jasper-like translucent--yet full of life to the extreme--compared to the wallow of ourselves and this world in the fallen state.

Words fail.  BUT, yet God provided in His Word various poetic descriptions, which evoke within our image-bearing "dna" a sense . . . of what and Who it is that we are longing and striving for.

Yes, sometimes one must wax "poetic" and semi-metaphorical, in the attempt to appreciate and describe and assay the conveyance of visionary gift from God Almighty.  

Many a follower, believer, martyr, seeker/pilgrim of and along The Way has known this and shared it amongst the others of the same.  For ages now, He has Spoken and maintained a continual remnant. 

Some have gone down in the annuls of worldly records.  Many others have experienced it quietly, stoically, spiritually, mostly alone, unknown, un-renowned (but for the cheering GOOD angels in Heaven, who, as messengers and watchers, acknowledge and report and glory in God's munificence toward His lowly, yet wondrous, blessed creatures.

The dividing line is getting quite stark.  It's loin girding time.  (Well, it always is, BUT especially now :)

 There are only one of two ways to go.

Everybody, deep down knows this.  The Spirit convicts.  There is no excuse.  BUT those who willingly accept the seared conscience, cold heart, that has nearly fully encapsulated the world, will be called to account for their heart's desires.

Desire GOD?

Or desire self and rebellion against God more, for fleeting (futile) gain? 

Clarion call is blaring, I dare say.  

It always is, always has been, but, strangely for us right now, we happen to be in a time when prophecies are coming to a head.  

We are no better than any others through the ages for happening (by God's design) to exist in such a time.  Nevertheless, here we are, and we have been apprised to read the signs of the times.

We've been in the "fast moving waters" for a good stretch now.

We're about to hit the waterfall.

This world and it's self-glorifying seductive revelry is but a paltry speck against the VAST reality of eternity and the judgment ascribed.

THANK GOD for THE LAMB OF GOD.  The deleterious wiles of the deceiver are not worth an ounce of spit.  DO NOT BE FOOLED!

It is appointed for each to die.  No matter all of their wicked attempts and diversions to induce a sense of infallibility, DO NOT BE DECEIVED! 

The devil is out prowling, devouring as many as fast as he can.  For he is relegated to conscribing as many as he can for his own horrific realm (of Hell),

Reject.  Resist.  Fight the Good Fight to your appointed end.  THEN PRAISE GOD!  FOREVER! 

A Glimpse Into His Kingdom

As expected, as predicted, prophesied, we are in (what appears to be) something like "the days of Noah."

Also, getting quite Sodom and Gomorrah-like out there.  For real. 

Some of my earliest . . . intuitions? impressions? "downloads"? messages? inspirations? "revelation"?

Early on, pre and early teens, I was indeed praying, thinking, reading scripture . . . and amidst many realizations, dreams and experiences and artistic inspirations etc., an early motif that impressed me, which I was, as a boy/young man, was a sort of expectation and "vision" of actually being in a time where "Armageddon" was looming.  And the apocalypse.

I wrote a song about it, about age 14 .... the chorus went "In the battle . . . of The Armageddon".   (Catchy tune, lol!  I still have it on cassette on lyrics printed somewhere in my archives).

BUT, I digress.

Bottom line is I am getting a whiff of that early sense.

I always felt time is short, this mortal life is a vapor.  Scripture supports that.  Time flies.  No matter what, fame, fortune, poverty, persecution, blessings, status, struggle . . . regardless of how one's individual life goes, IT ENDS.  "DEATH, HE'S WAITING IN THE WINGS, HE SPEAKS OF SENSELESS THINGS.  HIS TRICK IS YOU AND ME, BOYS."  --"Time" (Bowie)

So, one better figure out what it's all about.  Because, OBVIOUSLY, if it didn't matter, no one would go to the lengths they do to try and preserve their lives, let alone, their "legacy".

ANYWAY . . . my point, actually, was not here to get into Armageddon, and Days Of Noah, Sodom etc., things going on.  It definitely relates and undergirds the situation, however IN A BIG WAY, I DARE SAY!  There does seem to a "shortening of days" . . . a "quickening".

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What I truly am compelled to share, with those who have graciously hung around and fellowship in this little corner of blessed commiseration, comradery, ALONG THE WAY! . . . HERE is what I want to convey as can (and I believe it is worth attempting, considering the current confluence of the tech and mind/biological control and spiritual and attempted "singularity" underway. . . .

I speak to those who have a relationship with The Holy Spirit.  The Spirit of Truth.  

It is deeper and beyond all of the experiences and insights and studies (including various metaphysics, spiritual seeking/disciplines/studies I've explored and sussed out). . . .

Nearly impossible to put into words. . . .  

Truly, it is something that The Spirit has to Show you, God willing.  Imploring Him to so that you can See it--even a sliver of a glimpse (as if, through a glass, darkly) however long it takes, is worth the struggle, perseverance and the wait!

Words fail.  But words are like signs, pointers, and if one has been steadfastly humbly seeking to know and understand Him; well, for one thing, He loves this!  And it is His purpose and will.  Many a desert, lonely night walk, amidst storms and attacks and mundane drudgery . . . take up a lot of The Way.

BUT THEN, He gives a glimpse, into the severe, wondrous, awesome, mind-blowing, literal reality OF HIS NATURE, BEING!  THE GREAT I AM THAT I AM.

Most all else is distraction, confusion, perversion and chaos.  The enemy does not stop, until he is stopped (which he will be, thank God!)

Meantime, OH! A blessed sight!  A peak, a peek, is granted!

"Holy" is the word most apt to approach His essence, nature, being.  He is separate. He is pure.  He is love!  He is good!  What appears to us to be a "judgmental" "wrathful" God, is because we see Him from our fallen, dis-connected, mortal perception and state of being.

There simply can be no presence of evil, rebellion, self-seeking, pride, sin etc., IN HIS PRESENCE.  For HE IS PERFECT, HOLY!

It is the wonder of wonders that God Himself, by and through His Son, took on flesh, and took on all of the darkness and sin and death repercussions from The Fall . . . such that we can be transformed into God's perfection and holiness, so that we can be with Him forever and revel in His glory.

From our self-centered fallen nature and vision, it seems as if God were capricious and Himself vindictive towards those who do not worship Him.  

First off, it is a blessing and a gift to be able to genuinely, sincerely worship God!

Also, it is not that God is being vindictive or retributive, as we understand those emotions, actions. . . .

It is simply THE FACT, THE TRUTH that no unclean thing can enter, be in Heaven, in His realm, in His presence.  He was merciful and gracious enough to send His Son, God as man, to witness, experience (as a man) and bear the weight of this conundrum, and solve it.  Through Jesus, we get to see the pure image and being of God, manifest for our mortal eyes, ears, thought, feelings, ENOUGH, that we are (humbly and as granted) able to approach Him and eventually enter and be a part of His family, sons and daughters of The Most High, to dwell FOREVER in His Kingdom!

Woe to those who hate God, who hate and reject holiness, righteousness!  Fools!  Wicked!  Self-loving cancers to themselves and others and to all of creation.  They will get their just--AND IT IS JUST!--reward.

Time is short.  Life is fleeting.  The stakes are high!  They are ultimate!  Absolute!  He is coming soon, and there is a looming, pressing pressure to cleave and align and get close to The Holy Spirit, WHO DOES communicate in REAL TIME and give direction, literally STEP BY STEP, moment to moment, breathe by breathe, if one can Hear and listen and obey.  He is kind, friendly, stern, funny, severe, fatherly, encompassing the all in all of who we are and what we were made for.  He loves when you take advantage of His comradery and intimacy, as a unique individual He Created.

(forgive me, words fail to convey Seeing the stark reality of the situation He has recently deigned to share with me, I dare say, but broken vessels that we are, He thus loves to share and redeem broken vessels, and even in this dark world, give slight glimpses into His majesty, mystery, Holiness, aseity and His eternal Kingdom.)