Responding to the LORD!
I give thanks and bless You, O GOD, for You have been gracious to me as Your child through Jesus Christ, the LORD of Lords, the King of Kings, the GOD of all. The LORD has allowed me over the years, encounters with Jesus through visions and once, hearing Him audibly. His love just melts my heart in these different encounters.
It was yesterday that the LORD allowed me to see Him, unlike the past, when He stroked my face or holding an olive branch or eating with us (our family), or dancing with our daughter…, or when His body suddenly disappeared in the tomb when the garment or cloth He was wrapped in, suddenly fell where His body was laid.
Among other visions that I have seen over the years as a believer and child of GOD, the LORD showed me the magnitude of His love for us, for enduring the pain and sufferings unto death because of the sins and disobedience of man since Adam, and how the blood of Jesus oozes out of His hand when He was being nailed to the Cross.
But yesterday, during worship, GOD showed me a vision of Jesus, with eyes of fire and His mouth oozes out fire. The Word “wrath” and “judgment” came to me much later.
I shared this with my husband and yesterday with a sister-in-Christ, seeking prayer support and she said afterwards, “Glory is coming, sons of GOD, visible where He will serve through with that powerful sword which divide spirit and flesh – which means He has hast to receive His bride without blemish, spot and wrinkle.” Glory and praise be to GOD for all that He has done, all that He is doing and all that He is about to do in His remnants, preparing all for His glorious return.
Brothers and sisters, in the last 3 months, the LORD has spoken to me in direct and obvious ways, calling all His people, including myself, “to repent and to forgive”. These two words have been heard and read by many in messages from the servants of GOD whom He has positioned and called from the nations. I urge that we all take these messages seriously as it is the grace and mercy of GOD when He speaks through His people to warn us. A warning or warnings come before judgment and it is the grace and mercy of GOD that we are given time to turn back Him, to His ways, according to the Book of Laws that He has given us. Are His laws written in our heart? Have we been obedient to His Word?
Are there unrepented sins in us, in words, in deeds and in thoughts – sins of commission and sins of omission? In the eyes of GOD, there is no such thing as a small or big sin. It is man who invents measures to sin, sizing them according to their own imagination and perception. Are there forgotten sins, unknown sins – sins we have put aside as they are so small in our own eyes, by our own standard? Are we harbouring unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment toward our brethren or any person in our life?
It was three months ago, during a prayer with a dear sister, when the Holy Spirit brought up to me sins that I have set aside, both knowingly and unknowingly, things I had forgotten which were trivial or small to me. GOD is interested in every detail of our life and nothing, but the blood of Jesus, can wash away all our sins. When we surrender to GOD and ask the Holy Spirit to help us, GOD is faithful and will honour us. Do not fall into self deception and/or deception from the evil one who is crafty and deceives us as how unimportant these things are.
“‘Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways’, declares the LORD” (Isaiah 55:6-8).
“I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds” (Jeremiah 17:10).
Jesus said, “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few” (Matthew 7:13-14).
“The LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works. The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them. The LORD preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy. My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever” (Psalm 145:17-21).
“Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever.” Amen (Jude 1:24-25).
Song of Solomon 2:15
New King James Version (NKJV)
15 Catch us the foxes,
The little foxes that spoil the vines,
For our vines have tender grapes.