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By Dickey Porter
First the Natural, Then the Spiritual
November 2004
“Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is
natural: and afterward that which is spiritual.”
I
Corinthians 15:46 KJV
I was reading in my Bible the
other day about the former and latter day rain. There was a definition in the
reference column that said that the former rain was the first teacher of
righteousness. This must be the Word of God that later became flesh. It must be
Jesus our Lord.
“In the beginning was the
Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the
beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not
anything made that was made. In Him was life and the life was the light of
men…And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us (and we beheld His glory, the
glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth.” John 1:1-4,14 KJV
Jesus, the natural
manifestation of our invisible God, came into the world speaking things that were
kept secret from the foundation of the world. Words flowing so graciously from
his lips as if he had created all language but were very hard for the human ear
and mind to hear and understand. So powerful were his words that when the Jews
sent soldiers to take him before His time, they could only listen to him, then
return to report – “No man ever spake like this man.” When his
hour was come and they came for him, they went backwards and fell to the ground
when he said – “I am he.” John 18:6
For three and one half years
he would speak to the multitudes in parables and then expound unto his
disciples until Peter was able to answer the question – “Who do you say
that I am?”
Jesus, the former rain, came
to teach us about the righteousness of God. He said – “Seek ye first the
kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto
you.” (The things that the Gentiles seek for.) If it wasn’t for the
Holy Ghost, who is the latter rain, then these words wouldn’t make much sense
to any of us today, for in his kingdom, he is king, and we are dom(dumb).
When Jesus began to teach
about the latter rain in the gospel of John he said of the Holy Ghost that when
he, the Spirit of Truth is come, he will teach us all things. He will lead us
into all truth. He will cause us to remember all the words of Jesus and the
Father. This is just one of the functions of the divine paraclete, the one
called along side to help us to understand.
Jesus went on to say that he
would never leave us comfortless, but would give us another Comforter who would
abide with us forever. He said “If a man love me, he will keep my words;
and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with
him.” John 14:23
What the Christian church is
in the process of doing or trying to understand is how the latter and former
rain are being poured out together in the same or first month. This is what the
Father, who is the husbandman of James 5:7, is waiting patiently for. He is
waiting for us to come to the revelation that He, Jesus and the Holy Ghost are
one and the same. We certainly confess to this truth, but the revelation hasn’t
come to our hearts completely just yet.
How are the former rain
(Jesus) and the latter rain (the Holy Ghost) going to be manifested to the
world in the same month? By the Word of God that says that in the last days,
the reapers shall overtake the sowers. People getting saved (by the name of
Jesus) and filled with the Holy Ghost. Doma gifts (Apostles, Prophets,
Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers) that finally realize that their ministry is
not to save the world, but to bring the saints to maturity, identify their
gifting, and edify the body in such a way that they can save the world by
telling everyone in their realm of influence just what Jesus did for them
either by word or by a 24/7 Christian lifestyle. Mature Christians will become
addicted to the ministry of the saints if given just half the chance.
When we finally realize
this, then the veil will be taken away from our minds and we will see that the
tabernacle of David, which is fallen down, is built up again, by the Holy Ghost
and that we really, really, really are a Spiritual house that God lives in, and
we are a Holy priesthood, that offers up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
by Jesus Christ.
Mental ascent will not take
away the veil over our minds. Simply agreeing that the Word of God is true does
not produce faith, for faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word
(Revelation, Rhema) of God. The Psalmist said - “the entrance of thy word giveth light.” This light
comes shining through the rent that is in the veil that is over our minds.
First the natural, then the
Spiritual.
About our Father’s Business
Dickey
The Apocalypse
October 2004
“The spirit of man is the
candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly”. Proverbs
20:27 KJV
My wife and I were in a
glorious worship weekend in Cobleskill, NY when the Lord spoke this Scripture
into my being as we began one of the meetings. The ensuing words or thoughts
that came into my spirit and mind, has caused an expanding revelation to come
to me. Bear with me while I rehearse these words with you.
After
this Scripture came into my mind, then I heard what I perceived to be words or
thoughts and this is what was said. “This is not me going into the inward parts
of the your belly, for I already know you. This is you going into the inward
parts of the Spirit of God and finding out all the secret things that I have
hidden which I want to be revealed in the last days, which is Christ in you,
the hope of glory.”
This
is exciting to me because it has caused me to focus my prayer life in a
different direction. This has caused me to look at Romans 8:26,27 in a new
light. One thing that I know for sure, is that it has caused repentance in me
and a sensing that God is manifesting His life in me in a greater measure than
I have known before.
I
wrestled with this revelation in a motel in Virginia on the way home to
Tennessee. I thought that God wanted me to write this inspiration and I was
trying to put a title on it. I thought that I would call it either “The Candle
of the Lord,” or “The Lord’s Candle” but I couldn’t get a release on either.
Near daylight, this thought came to me, which was, “Call it the Apocalypse”.
Suddenly,
my mind and spirit went racing as I “saw” in the spirit what God is not only
about to do, but what He is in the process of doing now. He is bringing the
“manchild” of Revelation 12 on the scene of human existence. I believe that
this is the beginning of ‘Til time’. See Ephesians 4:13
I
don’t have a doomsday doctrine or a Hollywood manufactured image of the
Apocalypse painted in my heart or mind. I don’t have a “Sky is falling” fear in
me at all. I don’t see bombs going off and man destroying the world with
weapons of mass destruction. I see a glorious day of restoration of all things
coming from the Spirit of the Lord. This is a time of rejoicing for me, and not
a day of fear or sorrowing.
I
see Jesus being manifested in His body in the earth. I believe that this is
what the Apocalypse is all about, the unveiling or revealing of Jesus Christ.
I’m not looking for an escape hatch into the heavenly realm like so many of our
brothers and sisters are. This is not to take anything away from any future
coming of the Lord. I know what He said in Revelation 1:8 – ‘I am Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is and which
was, and which is to come, the Almighty.’
My trip
to the heavenly realm will come in its time. But I have already seen Jesus in
His earthly body. I will see him more and more, because I’m looking for him in
people. I sense that he is at the door. So, I’m lifting up my head and
expecting the King of Glory to come in.
Search
the Spirit of God and look for his appearing. For when he appears, then we
shall be like him for we shall see him as he is.
About
our Father’s Business,
Dickey
Sleep
Walking!
“Come
and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath
smitten, and he will bind us up. (2 After two days will he revive us; in the
third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. (3 Then shall we
know, if we follow on to know the Lord; his going forth is prepared as the
morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain
unto the earth.” Hosea 6:1-3 KJV
This
Scripture leaped off the page of my Bible the other day and I asked myself
these questions. When did the Lord tear us and then heal us? When did he smite
us and then bind us up? The answer is so liberating that it is almost too good
to be true. It was when Jesus hung on a cross on a hill called Golgotha. In
that cursed place, all the handwriting of ordinances that was against us was
nailed to his tree. But he didn’t just die for me. He died as me.
I didn’t escape the judgment against sin. I was in the middle of the one who became
sin that I might become the righteousness of God in him. Buried with him in
baptism, wherein I should rise to walk in newness of life.
“All
we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and
the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah 53:6 We didn’t
escape the judgment. Our sins were placed on him. Praise the Lord.
I
understand the surface truth or first dimension truth of Hosea 6:1-3. Of course
it is referring to the 3 days that Jesus was in the tomb. There’s no question
about that. But since truth comes by “line upon line”, “line upon line”,
“precept upon precept”, precept upon precept”, there are also second and third
dimension truths hidden in this Scripture. One has to dig deep to uncover the
things that God has hidden for us. We have to have ears to hear what the Spirit
is saying to the church from this Scripture.
To
see what I saw in this Scripture, one must understand the “like as principle”.
A day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years is as one day.
With 6000 years of recorded history of man upon the earth this is equivalent to
6 days with the Lord. From Adam to Christ was 4000 years or 4 days. It has been
2000 years or 2 days from Christ until the present time. The year 2000 didn’t
just bring in a new millennium it brought in the 7th millennium or 3rd
day of grace. (Grace from the cross) With that understanding, take a look at
Hosea 6:1-3 again.
For
the major portion of the past 2000 years or so, the church of our Lord Jesus Christ,
in my opinion, has been sleep walking. The reason that I say this is because of
the divisions, sects, heresy, rituals, legalism, immaturity, traditions of men,
and all other situations that keeps us segregated, mean spirited, bitter
rivals, killing each other by character assassination, thinking that we’re the
only ones with the “truth”, instead of being the vibrant, living, loving,
prayerful, forgiving, Spirit filled organism that we should be. We should be
shining lights to the world instead of slumbering saints.
But
nearly every time that God did something significant, man was asleep. For
example: Adam was asleep when God took woman from his side. Abraham was asleep
when God cut the covenant with him. Lazarus was asleep when Jesus raised him
from the dead. The disciples were asleep while Jesus prayed in the garden of
Gethsemane. Peter was asleep when the angel came to deliver him from prison. Do
you see what I mean? That’s why I said that the church has been sleep walking
for the most part of 2000 years. But praise the Lord, God is reviving us in the
3rd day.
“Wherefore
he saith, Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead and Christ shall
give thee light.” Ephesians 5:14 is the wake up call that many are hearing today.
Please, don’t hit the snooze button and turn over and go back to sleep, because
verse 3 of Hosea 6 is a conditional Scripture. “Then shall we know, if we
follow on to know the Lord;”
If
we follow on to know the Lord, then he will come to us as the rain, the latter
and former rain unto the earth.
What
do you think will happen in our lives if we follow on to know the Lord? The
Scripture came to me immediately when I thought on this question and it is
found in Daniel 11:32b and 33a. “but the people that do know their God shall
be strong, and do exploits. And they that understand among the people shall
instruct many…” I believe that we are trailblazers. I have been using
this term for a couple of years now.
We
who have come into the Father/Son order of ministry, who have put everything
that we believe on trial for its life, and have allowed the Spirit of God to
“kill” the religion or “holy cows” in us, so that we may find a better
resurrection, are awakening to the move of the Holy Ghost in the beginning of
this, the 3rd day of grace. If we have the courage and will
encourage each other as we begin to blaze this trail for others to follow,
there will be a glorious revival, restoration, reformation and refreshing from
the presence of the Lord
It
won’t be easy and there will be much opposition. Religionists will oppose our
every move as they try desperately to hold on to “dead works”. This message of
the Kingdom of God will tear up every thing that God never told the church to
do. Shepherds who are hirelings are terrified of this. Organizations that have
divided God’s Holy Nation will fight this tooth and nail, just as the religious
system did in Jesus’ day.
But
God is awakening a sleeping giant and the harlots, sinners, sick, hurting,
lonely, desperate, people that the “religious church’ as we know it won’t have
anything to do with, will flow into this Kingdom in such numbers that God’s
house shall be filled. This is a sovereign move of the Holy Ghost and I for one
don’t want to miss it. I have laid my hands to the plow, I have considered the
costs, and will never look back to religion. My prayer is that God will somehow
break through to our brothers and sisters in Christ who sit in these religious
systems of men and will hear the cry of the Spirit – “Come out of her my
people, that ye be not partakers of her sins and that ye receive not of her
plagues.”
About
our Father’s Business
Dickey
The 7 Utterances of the Cross
August
2004
I
was blessed the day that the Lord showed me how the 7 utterances of the cross
fall down upon the tabernacle of Moses. For those of you who don’t know what
I’m talking about, it is the 7 things that Jesus said while he was hanging upon
the cross and dying for you and me.
The
tabernacle of Moses is the grandfather clause for all spiritual revelation. So
much so that it is written in Hebrews 8:5 “Who serve unto the example and
shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to
make the tabernacle; for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to
the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.”
Before
I write about the 7 utterances, I must describe the tabernacle of Moses. It had
3 divisions – the outer court, the inner court, or sanctuary, and the Holy of
Holies. There were 7 articles of furniture so to speak in those 3 divisions.
The gate, brazen altar, and the brazen laver were in the outer court. The
golden candlesticks, the table of shewbread, and the golden altar were in the
sanctuary, and the Ark of the Covenant was in the Holy of Holies. A veil
separated the sanctuary from the Holy of Holies.
We
begin our ascent into the tabernacle with the first utterance. “Father
forgive them for they know not what they do.” This is the gate. Jesus
said – “I am the door into the
sheepfold”. This is the beginning of progressive spiritual revelation.
The
second utterance – “My God, my God! Why hast thou forsaken me?”
This is the brazen altar. Jesus was laying down his life for the sheep.
The
third utterance – “I thirst”. This is the brazen laver. It is the
labor of love. “For God so loved the world….”
The
fourth utterance – “Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me
in paradise.” This is the golden candlestick, the place for revelation
or “light”.
The
fifth utterance – “Woman, behold your son. Son, behold your mother.”
This is the table of shewbread. This is the place where we all become one body.
The
sixth utterance – “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.”
This is the golden altar. It is the place for pastor’s council.
The
seventh utterance – “It is finished”. This is the Ark of the
Covenant. This is the place where multiplicity of ministry flows by the Spirit
of God in and through His body of many members in the earth.
There
is so much more revelation in the pattern of the tabernacle of Moses, but I
don’t want to detract from the seven utterances that Jesus made on the cross at
this time.
May
God’s grace be with you and may his blessings overtake you as you walk out the
steps that he has ordered for you today.
About the Father’s Business
with Abounding Love
How can I, who am the least of
all saints, possibly describe to you the love of Christ, which passes
knowledge? How wide, how long, how deep, or how high is that love? Can anyone
draw a picture that reveals the dimensions of His love for us? I don’t think
so, because His love goes beyond boundaries, passes all human knowledge, leaves
principalities and powers in heavenly places wondering, and yet can still be
comprehended and manifested by all saints.
We must be rooted and
grounded in this love to even have a remote chance of understanding what this
love will do in our world. “Rooted” and “grounded” sounds a whole lot like
gardening to me. I love to work in a garden and watch things grow. This reminds
me of the Scripture in 1 Corinthians 3:9 which says “…ye are God’s
husbandry, ye are God’s building.” One translation says, “you are God’s garden”. This
makes one wonder if Adam was in Eden or if the Garden of Eden was planted in
Adam?
The Bible teaches us that
love never fails. (I Corinthians 13:8) It is also a fact that the love of God
is shed abroad (gardener sowing seed) by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
(Romans 5:5) God also gives us gifts that nurture and water the seed but God
gives the increase ‘til the seed finally comes into maturity.
When the seed that is in us (which
is Christ) comes to maturity (perfection) then we know the love of Christ in a
dimension that few others ever find. “And this will we do if God permit.”
(Hebrews 6:3) I have had people ask me how this kind of love comes to pass in
our lives and the only answer that seems appropriate is that it is a growing
process. It doesn’t happen instantly or overnight. I think that it is first the
blade, then the ear, afterward the full corn in the ear.
There are benchmarks by
which we can measure our spiritual maturity or love. Abounding love, knowledge,
judgment, excellence, sincerity, without offense, and fruits of righteousness.
These are mirrored by the 7 things that we must add to our faith to make our
calling and election sure. These things are virtue, knowledge, temperance,
patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and finally charity (love). (2 Peter
1:5-7) When this is in us and abounds, then we will no longer be barren or
unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. We will know Him and He
will know us.
About the Father’s Business
with Abounding Love
Dickey
In the dreams
and imaginations of my heart last night, I received a clearer picture of the
lifting up of Jesus. Jesus said in John 12:32 - "And I, if I be
lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me." KJV
There are 3 dimensions of this lifting up. The 1st was on a cross on
a hill called Golgotha (place of the skull). The head had to die. The 2nd
dimension of that lifting up is in our assemblies, gatherings, meetings,
conventions, etc. when we praise and worship the Lord together. "Come
let us magnify the Lord together. Let us exalt His name forever."
The 3rd dimension of that lifting up of Jesus occurs when we humble
ourselves under the mighty hand of God and allow God to exalt His son Jesus in
our lives.
When we become the manifested sons of God that all of creation is groaning and
earnestly looking for, when we become the living epistles known and read of all
men, when we put away all the "junk" that is causing divisions,
emulations, wraths, strife, when we awaken from our slumber and let Christ give
us light is the time that all men will see Jesus lifted up in our lives and be
drawn into the kingdom of God in such numbers and with such power that it will
stagger even us who are looking for His appearing in His body in the earth.
Men will not be drawn into a church of divisions (denominations), jealousies,
envies, and strife or a church whose foundation has not been established by
apostolic doctrine. Headquarters in a city other than the New Jerusalem leads
only to division in the body of Christ and that is idolatry. For those who
don't know the location of the New Jerusalem, it is where the throne of God is.
I believe in the city church, but the city church must get it directions from
the throne room of God.
Men will be drawn into a body of believers where the love of God has been shed
abroad in the heart by the Holy Ghost and who are endeavoring to keep the unity
of the Spirit in the bond of peace. The love of God will never fail and is the
drawing power of the gospel. "For God so loved the world."
Prophecies
will fail, tongues will cease, but love never, never, never, never will fail.
In
order to be truly humble, we must esteem others better than ourselves. Humility
must precede our thoughts, motives, and actions or God will not be in it. If
God isn't in it, then the 3rd dimension lifting up of Jesus will not
happen to us or in us. I've often wondered why there would be tears in heaven.
I can think of no better reason for them than to not let God lift Jesus up in
my life while I can still impact my friends, neighbors, and loved ones.
How much is really happening where you "go" to church? Think about
the lives that you have impacted just by "being" the church in your
everyday going about and doing business. In Him we live and move and have our
"being". Shouldn't our focus be on Him and not so much on ourselves?
How much better would our lives be if God gently guided every decision that we
make?
The 3rd dimension of the lifting up of Jesus is a sovereign move of
God. It is God lifting Jesus up in us and not the lifting up of our
"personalities". I heard the Spirit of God speak into my heart
one morning and say - "Just as pride goes before a fall, so must
humility go before exaltation."
”He who has ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying unto the
churches.”
About my Father's Business with abounding love,
Dickey
It is the Gift
April 2004
The
Bible says in Ephesians 2:8 – “For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of
works, lest any man should boast.”
I
continually am amazed how so many people really don’t completely understand
that everything that we get from God is truly a gift. Even in the natural
everyday walk of life, when we want to give something to someone or received
something from someone there are so many times that people feel an obligation
to do something for the giver of the gift.
The
attitude that “I must do something good for this gift” is a big mistake on our
part. What that does is put us in a “works” mentality and that is not the way to
receive anything from God. I know that the gospel sounds almost too good to be
true, but it is!
The
Lord wants us to realize that our salvation is a free gift and a free ride for
all of us who believe. There is no way that we could ever earn His unmerited
favor. It is of the Lord’s volition that we are saved. The gift of the Holy
Ghost is exactly what the Word implies. But any gift must be received before it
can be enjoyed to the fullest.
I
became so free the day that I realized that there is nothing that I can do to
make God love me anymore than He already does, and there is nothing that I can
say that will make Him love me any less or change His mind about me or my final
destination.
God
knew me before He laid the foundations of the world. He knew every prayer that
I would ever pray. He knew every word that I would speak. He knew everything
that I would do (right and wrong) long before there was a world, long before
there were mountains, valleys, fish or fowl. He knew the day that I would
believe and received the gospel of the kingdom. That’s why He can say, “Before
they call, I’ll answer”. Isaiah 65:24
“There is therefore now, no condemnation to them which
are in Christ Jesus”… Romans 8:1.
Even if we do sin after we become Christians, there is no condemnation. How can
you say that brother Dickey? Because Jesus suffered the condemnation for that
when He went to the cross, not just for me, but as me. I didn’t escape the
judgment of God. I got everything that I deserved when Jesus died on the cross,
because I was with Him in death, buried with Him in baptism, and therefore I
have arisen with Him to walk in newness of life. Praise God!
My
name was engraved in the hands that are nail scarred. When he hung on the
cross, I was there in the mind of God. When the blood was shed and God said,
“It is enough”, then that same blood justified me as if I had never done
anything wrong or ever said a bad word in my entire life. When it dawns upon us
that this Word is true, then we will know true freedom that few ever discover.
No longer will we allow our own minds to condemn us when we fail or say
something wrong. Yes, we will confess our sins and be comforted in the
knowledge that He is faithful and just to forgive us if we just confess them.
It
is the gift! Stop trying to earn it!
About my Father's Business with abounding love,
Dickey
“Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible,
the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.” I Timothy 1:17
“For
the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and
Godhead…” Romans
1:20
I
heard my friend say that ‘the invisible God can only be made visible when we
become invisible.’ What a simple, yet profound statement that is. When he
said that, it was like the Holy Ghost rang a gong in my spirit. It called me to
attention and I knew that I had the seed for another inspiration planted in my
spirit.
I
then thought about what John said when his disciples came back to him before he
(John) was cast into prison and told how the people were following Jesus. He
said ‘He must increase, but I must decrease’ John 3:30. Who is
this Jesus? The book of Hebrews tells
us that he is God’s son and the brightness of his (God’s) glory and the express
image of his person. The invisible God made visible to mortal man.
Jesus,
the Son of God, came into manifestation over 2000 years ago and the world was
forever changed by his life and ministry. The Bible also tells us of the whole
creation groaning and travailing in pain until now. What is creation waiting
for? They are waiting for and earnestly expecting the manifestation of the sons
of God. The invisible God becoming visible again. Can that be accomplished
again? It can when we become invisible.
Dust
speaks of carnality, Adam, humanity, and is defined as earthly matter that is reduced
to particles so fine they are easily borne in the air, a cloud of powdered
earth. I got this from my daughter. We must decrease (John 3:30), then are
caught up in the air with the Lord (I Thess. 4:17) and join the cloud of
witnesses (Hebrews 12:1). Dust is so tiny, that it is invisible unless it
settles on something or we look at a shaft of light at just the right angle and
see the dust particles floating in the air…part of the atmosphere…part of Him
who gives life…molecules of matter that bring Him into visibility. Oh, that
others might see Jesus through my life. Lord, may I become so small that only
you can be seen.
About the Father’s Business
Dickey
Great Faithfulness
January 2002
Every time that I
hear the chorus, “Great is Thy Faithfulness” I am overcome with emotion to the
point that I weep and can only choke out the words to the chorus. I have never
understood why. Here are the words to that chorus:
Great is Thy faithfulness,
great is Thy faithfulness.
Morning by morning, new
mercies I see.
All I have need of, Thy hand
has provided.
Great is Thy faithfulness,
Lord unto me.
Why would such an
uplifting chorus bring a weeping spirit upon me? Even now, as I pen these
words, that spirit is upon me and tears are streaming down my face.
This morning, while
studying and meditating in the book of Revelation, I was drawn to run down a
reference from the 13th chapter and when I did, I discovered the
source of the chorus above. It is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 3,
and beginning with verse 22. Lamentations was written by the ‘weeping’ prophet,
Jeremiah. Is it possible that as we assimilate the Word of God into our
spirits, that we take on the characteristics, or ‘spirit’ of the Word? Is that
the reason I weep and get so emotional when I sing this chorus? We become what
we behold.
“It is the
Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They
are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith
my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for
Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and
quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.”
Later on in this
chapter, Jeremiah pens these words: “Mine eye runneth down with rivers of
water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. Mine eye trickleth down
and ceaseth not, without any intermission, till the Lord look down, and behold
from heaven.” Having a pastor’s heart, I wonder if this is what is
happening to me as I watch people dwelling so carelessly in our day and not in
a position to receive the proceeding Word of the Lord?
Jesus, I
thank You for Your compassions that never fail, Your mercies that are new every
morning, and the greatness of Your faithfulness to us. I love You, Lord.
About the Father’s Business
Dickey