Another Matrix reference... sorry. A couple of nights ago joy washed over my entire being. I asked God what was going on and He said, Betsy you cant be rejected from your very own family. They have no power to do that, even if they try. Have you ever asked What? and known all the answers to your questions at the very same time? Its bizarre, but thats what happened. It was like when Neo (in the Matrix) was plugged into the Matrix and everything was downloaded into his brain. Ive had some cool encounters with God before, but this one was different, not better, just different. I was standing in Gods house, a familiar place God takes me to teach me. It looks like a small cottage on the outside but the inside is enormous. Inside the house I saw many children all doing different things, but my attention was on a development between a boy and several of his brothers and sisters. In this scene it appeared that the boy was being rejected by his own family, and as I watched it all unfold, I couldn’t take my eyes off how the boy responded. The boy never reacted, he didn’t try to defend himself by clinging to his rights in the family, and he didnt appear to be offended at all by their behavior. I watched in awe. I had never seen a child behave like this, but have only seen children behave the way his brothers and sisters were behaving. And then God reminded me again of what He spoke over me when the presence of joy had soaked into my bones only seconds before: “Betsy you can’t be rejected from your very own family. They can’t take away what I have given.” As you can imagine, my heart was beating and my eyes were widening as this revelation was painting my mind and expanding my heart. The teachings went on for over an hour. The fear of man that I had struggled with for so long and that nasty spirit of rejection was being ripped from the walls of my heart. I learned an incredible amount about interacting with Gods children. Some are private and I wont share now, but God was teaching me an eternal truth that I needed and would need since weeks earlier I asked him to make me an apprentice in the trade of love. He taught me that It will be impossible to be a good worker in this trade if I continue to act like His other misguided children who control, manipulate in the name of love, act in fear or go about trying to defend myself by clinging to my rightful place in Gods family. I dont need to demand my spot in the family, Im in the family. No more defending. I dont have to earn my place or respect in the family, Im in the family. No more striving. I dont have to reject other children because I want my family to look a certain way, Its Gods family. No more judging. Regardless of my brothers and sisters opinions or behavior, regardless of who they are- they can’t define or take away from me what God has given me; they can only encourage, strengthen and support! Taking offense is over. I no longer have to fear man, even my brothers and sisters in Christ, if they don’t have the power to reject me nor take away what God has given me. And where perfect love is, fear has been casted out. And where fear has been casted out, being offended, demanding my rights and judgements are casted out too, because when a person is no longer in fear, peace, joy, love and thankfulness is the only truth they live. OH PRAISE GOD! This is rich and deep and going to produce abundance in my life, in your life, and in the family of God. Oh Praise God! I know I’m getting in over my head, but I’m so ready to sink in deep with God and go where love leads.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 17:06:23 +0000
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