Training and Testing
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Mockers and Scoffers
There are many who are scoffing at and mocking God’s prophets saying,
“Let him hasten his work so we may see it. The plan of the Holy One of Israel — let it approach, let it come into view, so we may know it.” Isaiah 5:19
And like to Jeremiah
“What is this ‘message from The LORD’ you talk about? Why don’t your predictions come true?” Jeremiah 17:15
These people have hardened their hearts and resolved to continue in their wickedness — but so it was in the beginning, so shall it be in the end.
Warnings to repent have gone forth from the mouth of ELOHIM through His chosen to rebellious nations, governments, citizens, but because they are yet to see the destruction that has been foretold so still they carry on in there reveling, idolatry, lewdness and lawlessness, witchcraft, sexual immorality, murder and the like.
They dare the vengeance of God and challenge His judgements.
God is long-suffering, unlike man, and His ways are not our ways but when the cup of iniquity is full when they think it’s peace and safety so shall a sudden destruction come upon them.
In the book of Jonah we read where God had sent Jonah on an assignment to prophesy against the people of Nineveh (a wicked Assyrian city) , pagans and enmity with God yet we see God repenting of what He told the prophet, because the people repented much to the displeasure of Jonah, nonetheless God’s will was done.
But still further on we see the prophet Nahum would again prophesy Nineveh’s fall in chapter one and Nahum 2:8-13 and Nahum 3:1-19 we see the fulfillment.
The fall of the Assyrian Empire, which included Nineveh, happened several decades after the time of Jonah.
Jonah’s preaching is dated around the 8th century BC, while the fall of Nineveh occurred in 612 BC when the Babylonians, Medes, and others besieged and captured the city.
God is not man that He should lie.
The Fulfillment of the Promise
Sometimes we are the ones who either forfeit or delay our blessings and promises because of unbelief, impatience and/ disobedience and stepping outside of The Will of God.
In the book of Genesis the 16th chapter we read where Sarai convinces her husband Abram to go into her Egyptian maid Hagar so he could conceive a child, because Sarai, in reality, was unable to bare due to her age and other factors (she being barren) and thus concluded that it was best, in spite of the Prophetic Word which came forth prior.
The Bible says that Abram hearkened unto the voice of Saria (Genesis 16:2). In all this God had rejected their choice (even tho Ishmael was born and he loved him) because that was not God’s plan.
Abraham was 75 years when he got the first promise, then had to wait 25 more years for Isaac, the fulfillment of the promise.
So many of us are arguing that God and His prophets are liars or believe that God is either slow or unfaithful not taking into consideration our own shortcomings entering into unequally yoked relationships with carbon copies, time wasters, glory snatchers and energy vampires.
We have forced an outcome in other desires and end up having to face the dire consequences of same being robbed and spoiled.
We have missed our hour of visitation and now have to be in a waiting season again. LORD help us
“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised” Hebrews 10:23
We’re Not All the Same!
Some of your favorite pastors , prophets, apostles, bishops and clergy folk are employed to the system, and swore oaths of allegiance — that’s why they cant speak on certain issues.
Yet you continue to give your money to them and pay for lies, so they can live their lavish lives while you continue to struggle.
We’re not all the same. They’re still a few who haven’t bowed to Baal.
Get Thee Behind!
Witches aren’t afraid to broadcast how to put people in bottles and govi jars — and you are here [and there] telling God’s prophets and deliverers to be quiet.
The devil is a liar! While everyone’s coming out of their closet, you trying to box us in. Get thee behind Satan!
Leaving and Abandoning
“They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us. But it is so that it might be made manifest that they are not all of us.” 1 John 2:19 Berean Literal Bible
When people leave or abandon you or find excuses to avoid that is proof that they were never to remain and are not a part of your destiny.
Some may have come to fulfill a task or assignment and when that has been done LET THEM GO. Everyone serves a purpose and in every situation there is a revelation.
Sometimes we ask God to show us the hearts of individuals we meet and that exposure may not come in the form of a dream or vision but by their very actions.
What is happening internally will surface. People can only pretend for so long , eventually their masks will fall. Learn to identify trauma bonds, as opposed to divine connections.
Stop trying to hold on to what God is obviously cutting loose. What is to be must be!
Judged
So many reasons why even The Church will be judged — not only because of secret sexual sins laying in the bed of fornication and adultery but we lie to each other, use, abuse, maliciously hurt, slander, criticize, ostracize, fault find, neglect genuine needs, refuse to bare up each, prayerless, unforgiving and hold grudges.
People trust us with their past hurts and secrets and struggles, become vulnerable and we use their information for gospel and as a weapon against them yet we preach, teach, prophesy about the same things.
The hypocrisy! No wonder backsliders stay away and unbelievers don’t want Jesus.
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of The LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night.
He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For The LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.” Psalm 1:1-6
Training and Testing
If God has you in a seemingly prolonged season of training and testing, humble yourself because you’ll need the ENDURANCE He’s teaching in these end times.
It’s not easy — that’s why the race is not for the swift — nor the battle to the strong!
Shalom
~ Syreeta Thomas
Thanks for sharing this excellent post,full of God’s words and wisdom! I’m gonna save and re-read. Keep it coming. God bless!
Gosh so spot on! Thank you sister.