Grasping at Straws!
As I was listening to Amanda Grace tonight I heard, “Grasping at straws!”
Looking up the meaning to be clear: The Cambridge Dictionary says:
1. Trying to find some way to succeed where nothing you choose is likely to work
2. Trying to find a reason to feel hopeful in a bad situation.
Looking up this phrase in The Message Bible as it seemed like a term that would be used there, I found this amazing…
Isaiah 47 : The Message Bible
The Party’s Over
Get off your high horse and sit in the dirt, virgin daughter of Babylon. No more throne for you—sit on the ground, daughter of the Chaldeans. Nobody will be calling you ‘charming’ and ‘alluring’ anymore.
Get used to it. Get a job, any old job: Clean gutters, scrub toilets. Pawn your gowns and scarves, put on your working pants—the party’s over. Your nude body will be on public display, exposed to vulgar taunts. It’s vengeance time, and I’m taking vengeance. No one gets let off the hook.” Isaiah 47:1-3.
You’re Acting Like the Center of the Universe
Our Redeemer speaks, named God-of-the-Angel-Armies, The Holy of Israel: “Shut up and get out of the way, daughter of Chaldeans. You’ll no longer be called ‘First Lady of the Kingdoms.’ I was fed up with my people, thoroughly disgusted with my progeny.
I turned them over to you, but you had no compassion. You put old men and women to cruel, hard labor. You said, ‘I’m the First Lady. I’ll always be the pampered darling.’ You took nothing seriously, took nothing to heart, never gave tomorrow a thought.
Well, start thinking, party girl. You’re acting like the center of the universe, Smugly saying to yourself, ‘I’m Number One. There’s nobody but me. I’ll never be a widow, I’ll never lose my children.’
Those two things are going to hit you both at once, suddenly, on the same day: Spouse and children gone, a total loss, despite your many enchantments and charms. You were so confident and comfortable in your evil life, saying, ‘No one sees me.’ You thought you knew so much, had everything figured out. What delusion! Smugly telling yourself, ‘I’m Number One. There’s nobody but me.’ Ruin descends—you can’t charm it away. Disaster strikes—you can’t cast it off with spells. Catastrophe, sudden and total— and you’re totally at sea, totally bewildered! But don’t give up. From your great repertoire of enchantments there must be one you haven’t yet tried. You’ve been at this a long time. Surely something will work. I know you’re exhausted trying out remedies, but don’t give up. Call in the astrologers and stargazers. They’re good at this. Surely they can work up something!”
“Fat chance. You’d be grasping at straws that are already in the fire, A fire that is even now raging. Your ‘experts’ are in it and won’t get out. It’s not a fire for cooking venison stew, not a fire to warm you on a winter night!
That’s the fate of your friends in sorcery, your magician cronies you’ve been colluding with all your life. They reel, confused, bumping into one another. None of them bother to help you.” Isaiah 47:14-15.
Waiting on The LORD I heard, “The opposition will now be grasping at straws, trying to turn their positions around to their advantage after making a woeful display of their absolute reprobate hearts.
So many surprises are on the way for those who are a part of the woeful side of the turbulence.
Now for the dredging! For there is much to discover for those who have been living in a cloud of denial and deception, and listening to the mind control media.
So many masks are about to come off of the opposition.
Their heinous deeds will be displayed even in open forums of the marketplace.
Many will be startled, astounded and disgusted at what they find out.
So pray beloveds for all those who are about to be humbled.
Pray they will be open to discovery and to the gospel of peace.
Their hearts and minds need reconstruction through revelation!
The “bad players” — the reprobate mob — will try their best in grasping at straws, to cause havoc, and mayhem — but their efforts will be short lived failures.
Though there will be some violent displays by the spirits behind them, trying to cause fear and trepidation.
I will re-orchestrate things in a way to limit their attempts. It will utterly fail to bring about the desired results.
There are some heavy consequences coming to the wicked that will startle even you. So guard your hearts beloveds.
For I AM COMING TO MAKE A DISPLAY OF MY POWER and GLORY THAT WILL TOTALLY DISSOLVE THEIR EFFORTS.
KEEP YOUR HEARTS FREE OF HATRED and VIOLENCE!
It is hard not to want vengeance in the midst of such heinous crimes.
Justice is well deserved. But do not find yourself smirking as they do.
Do not allow wickedness into your hearts that will rob you of real joy in Me.
Cunning kingpins of Commerce and Industry, Finance and NWO will try their best but be met with doors slammed shut. So be CONFIDENT IN YOUR LORD!!
Remember the many times I have been merciful to you in your sins.
Rejoice in ME. Worship Me with an honest heart, open to My Will.
Keep free from PRIDE — for I have much for you to do in the days ahead.
Do not allow yourself to be disqualified by leviathan’s wicked ways.
Stay humbly rooted in My Will and My Word and worship.
Associate with the humble if you want to remain humble. For I AM gentle and lowly of heart. I do not delight in the derision of My enemies!”
“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I AM gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” Matthew 11:29.
~ Priscilla Van Sutphin
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This is a powerful word….yet again Priscilla. Thank you for sharing.
I had a dream one night where I and other Christians were crouched on the ground, huddled together as trucks drove by filled with young men, alot like the reprobate mob you described in your post. Suddenly I was absolutely free from fear. I stood up and walked to the back of a truck. The men were very diverse, but it seemed mostly Hispanic. I went right up to them and said with a Power unexplainable, “Jesus loves you.” This sent a Shockwave into the young Hispanic men. It hit them like a heat-seeking missile. But a young white man jumped off the truck and ran toward me as though to beat me up. He raised his fist but his whole arm went limp like a wet noodle, he was surprised but determined and raised his other fist and that arm also went limp, by the time he was done his whole body looked like Gumby, I had to help this poor guy to a bench to sit down.
We are going to see God do things we could have never imagined. But I believe the greatest message to the world is going to be one of forgiveness for those who’ve so cruelly hurt us and our families. This will be jaw dropping and powerful in turning even the darkest soul to Light!!
I’ve got more dreams the Lord’s shown me to confirm this, but the message is the same, “forgive as we’ve so Graciously been forgiven.”
God bless you beautiful lady!!
What the Lord says at the end reminds me of this scripture.
Proverbs 24:17-18 AMPC
[17] Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles or is overthrown, [18] Lest the Lord see it and it be evil in His eyes and displease Him, and He turn away His wrath from him [to expend it upon you, the worse offender].
The people’s minds have been so deceived. Father, I command the illusions over their minds to be shattered in the mighty name of Jesus, so Your truth prevails.