Where Are You Going? He Told Me To Shout.

It is a battle.  War.  Every day.  WHEN you are dedicated to The Lord, don't despair, when you find all kinds . . . coming against you.

It is par for the course.

No matter your station (hence why we love that He is no respecter of persons!) YOU know Him and ride and live with Him.

The closer you get, the harder they fall, BUT, the harder they will assault, malign, undermine, . . . for they live off of living energy; the energy of Truth and of God, and you if you are a conduit of The Lord, God.

Do you realize how many have lived in obscurity, ignominy, . . . quietly, patiently suffering . . . unknown, unheard of, alone, BUT FOR GOD!?

Listen to me.  Hell--being outside of His presence and grace and blessings . . . is beyond even the worst things that happen to people in this ramshackle, fallen world!  You can't imagine it (it has to be Shown)!

HENCE why missionaries and prophets and disciples and apostles and ALL the martyrs and Believing have been willing to suffer ANYTHING this world can throw at them!  IN ORDER to SHOUT, sacrifice for . . . the stark, real, profound reality . . . of our fallen situation, and try to witness!!!!!

This world wants you take it lightly--the potential results of this life. 

It's not, a light thing.

WHY would Believers from day one . . . go through any and every kind of persecution? (believe me, no one wants to) . . . and yet they DO!  It is recorded!  It is Written!  THE STAKES ARE PROFOUND!

It is like one shouting in a hurricane, from a mountain top, in the wilderness.....!

LISTEN!  TIME IS SHORT!

One day . . . the scene is called "cut".  It's over.  You are what you are and what you did.

NOTHING is more important than cleaving to, sacrificing for, dedicating oneself TO THIS! To GOD.

THE TRUTH!

Oh, yes, you will be harried . . . and maligned . . . and ignored . . . and displaced . . . and shunned . . . and have nowhere to lay your head.... In this fallen, devil-run world.  

BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS have a place to lay your soul, your head, your spirit with Him!  He promised that!

Apparently, this is what I .... little old me . . . . am tasked to say: LIFE IS SHORT. YOU DIE. WHERE ARE YOU GOING!?

THAT! ABOVE ALL is the question for you . . . in this brief mortal run.

There are only 2 ways to go.

Believe me, from what He showed me.  YOU DON'T WANT TO GO WHERE HE IS NOT!!!!!

It is worse than any of the fiery tales of pits of fire, pokers, demons tormenting, endless boiling oils, etc,. etc.  Yep.  It is WAY worse than that! (I will and need to do a proper recitation, in video, face to face to convey.) 

And, well. . . . I've been stalling a bit . . . to make sure it may be a simple calling to share, and make sure it is an Actual calling to share.

He keeps saying "yes".

He does also make sure to give note that "fear of Hell" is not "The Way" . . . LOVE OF GOD is first and foremost.  BUT, indeed, perhaps, in this day and age, where the wages of sin are so marginalized, it may be important to remember all of the many Biblical warnings about going to that place . . . Hell.

Seek His Holy Perfect Kingdom Above All!

 There is nothing . . . NOTHING . . . more important than God!  There is nothing in this life more important than searching for Truth!

Turns out, HE is THE TRUTH.

Of all the things one can spend a life working at, stewing on, pondering, striving for, it is all wasted UNLESS your purpose and main objective is to find and know God.

Because . . . you die.

Death is waiting in the wings.

Then what?  What was the point, the purpose of it all?

Ya better figure that out while still breathing and eating and carrying on.

There is no getting around it--as in, there is no getting around the fact, that no matter how much you did or didn't do, no matter how money, status, power, influence you may have "attained" . . . you "can't take it with you."

Take it where?  

Born naked, die naked.  The ONLY thing of any value in the hereafter is what you invested in the search, love and service of God.

THIS is what drives the demoniacs crazy!  This FACT is what drove Lucifer to chafe and argue and rebel.  BECAUSE he thought more highly of himself (a mere creature--albeit "beautiful", top tier) than he should have.  He (like so many of his wicked spawn) resents that there is BUT ONE GOD ABOVE ALL!

And The Lord is so gracious and merciful, that he allows such, to seek themselves, exist, pursue their "dreams" . . . YET, The Sovereign is the end all be all.  The alpha and omega.  

That is the whole crux of the matter--those who submit, recognize His aseity, glory, oneness, eternality, character, reality . . . and those who don't!  

HE is THE AUTHOR of this, HIS divine story!  He will do what He will.  AND He is loving and gracious and merciful to those who recognize His endless glory.

Those who hate it, shall get what they want.  An existence WITHOUT the presence of The Lord.

It is horrific.  He showed it to me.  AND, I do believe, He wants me to relate what I "saw"--what He showed me.  I know that He has shown many, through the centuries and through today, similar "visions" (however slight or magnificent as they may be) to share with us here people, within this "mortal coil", for He deigns to use broken vessels (which is all He has to work with here) to warn and advise and share but even a pinch, a sliver of His glory.

Yes, we must deal with survival in this brutish fallen world.  In the world BUT DON'T BE OF IT!

For we are not OF this world, but while here, we can live in and taste, anticipate and strive for the "world" to come!  HIS PERFECT HOLY KINGDOM!

 

The Holy Spirit In Real Time

Amidst it all, still sorta "kickin' against the pricks:) --Acts 26:14 .... TRYING to branch out and utilize the various new means, while keeping life and limb together in the worldly world.  Fwiw, here is what will be an extension of this writing space (which I cherish, btw! and cherish you who have been friends with me over a couple decades now! whew! time flies, eh?)

I'm still sussing this platform out.  Not sure if this link will even work, but fwiw, here is "Major Tom Reports" Patreon where I will be adding to "Brother Thomas" type expositions--ABOUT AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!

 https://www.patreon.com/posts/mtr-holy-spirit-144108248?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

(Here is a description of the video: "Early days" as the big record company in the UK use to tell me when we were negotiating. Meaning, "hey, we're just getting started, settle down."

So, yes, thank you for your patience and fellowship! There will be no shortage of content (content is not a problem for me, lol) . . . .It's just a matter of slogging through a miasma of the usual blocks, "un-embodied entities", "the Adversary", "knuckleheads", 21st Century digital-cyber-ai messing with; my own faults and inadequacies etc., etc. :) BUT we battle through! And this little fledgling message addresses just that! I have the utmost respect and awe and wonder . . . when, I BELIEVE the Holy Spirit is direct giving direct instructions. I didn't probably appropriate even near enough, but I DID honor the friendly, quiet directives He gave for this slight foray. It IS something one can cultivate--listening to and talking with The Spirit, in REAL TIME.

It is a treasure, a gem one dare barely acknowledges, for the import and reality of it is so tangibly sacred.

--brother thomas

Covenants and/or a Deal (He interacts like that sometimes)

"Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."

 God, The Lord, The Holy Spirit, the triune essence of THE Godhead is THE I AM THAT I AM; and, such a fantastic, near-unfathomable mystery to ascertain!

It takes an eternity . . . to be ever enjoined with God, and wonder, and find YOURself Seeing Him; getting to know Him.  Endless amazement and worship and awe and continuous revelation. . . !

He is so close, and yet, so far.   

He is so willing, available, near . . . intimate!  It is WE who are far away.  Our minds are cluttered with the worries of the world, of ourselves, the suffering of our lives in this fallen world.

But He is merciful, gracious! Longsuffering!  As WE should thus be, with others ("love your neighbor as yourself.)

FIRST is LOVE THE LORD GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, ALL YOUR SOUL AND ALL YOUR MIND.

When you yearn for, cry for, plead for . . . starve and thirst for The Lord . . . desire . . . ask for . . . seek . . . HIS relationship, personal presence, solace, help, comforting . . . He is there!

He is down-to-earth, yes.  But He is regal, stern, albeit in a Fatherly caring way. . . . 

Well, and often, I dare say, He makes deals, makes covenants.  THAT is where it gets very personal.

When The Holy Spirit invests, and you are in communication; it sometimes will be, that--while you are suffering, imploring, praying, seeking . . . He is such a close confidante, that He will deign to make a deal, so-to-speak. . . .

He is talking closely, quietly, but clearly (with a tinge of friendliness, humor, familial casual intimacy.)

He does give directions.  And He says, "if you do this, and this, I will do this."

It is a profound intimacy, laden with heavy, poignant, present AND eternal portents.

When Paul said "pray without ceasing"--this is what is meant; being in (as much as humanly possible) in constant supplication and communication with God.  It CAN be and WILL BE one day . . . always.

In this disturbed, fallen world, saints strive and nearly achieve such!  ALL disciples should strive so.

But His grace is sufficient. 

One day, it is ALL OF THAT, every moment eternal!

It is a rare strange blessing . . . to grasp even a cusp, a sliver, a slight light of that future reality here, now.

It is what every saint yearns and hopes for and has faith in being realized, God willing.

He can and will be there--if you yourself are self-sacrificial (losing one's life for His sake, and, thus, willing enough to be intently attuned and devoted to--based in sheer BELIEF and FAITH--His salvation, sacrifice. . . .