The Word of the LORD Comes To Me Saying…
~ Micah 3:1-12 ~
1 And said: “Hear now, O heads of Jacob, And you rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to KNOW JUSTICE?
2 You who HATE GOOD and LOVE EVIL; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones;
3 Who also eat the flesh of My people, Flay their skin from them, Break their bones, And chop them in pieces
Like flesh in the caldron.”
4 Then they will CRY TO THE LORD, But HE WILL NOT HEAR THEM; He will even HIDE HIS FACE from them AT THAT TIME, Because they HAVE BEEN EVIL IN THEIR DEEDS.
5 Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets
WHO MAKE MY PEOPLE STRAY; WHO CHANT “PEACE”
While they chew with their teeth,
But WHO PREPARE WAR AGAINST HIM WHO PUTS NOTHING INTO THEIR MOUTHS:
6 “Therefore YOU SHALL HAVE NIGHT WITHOUT VISION, And YOU SHALL HAVE DARKNESS WITHOUT DIVINATION;
The sun shall GO DOWN ON THE PROPHETS,
And THE DAY SHALL BE DARK FOR THEM.
7 SO THE SEERS SHALL BE ASHAMED,
And THE DIVINERS ABASED;
INDEED THEY SHALL ALL COVER THEIR LIPS;
For there is NO ANSWER FROM GOD.”
8 BUT TRULY I AM FULL OF POWER BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD,
And of JUSTICE AND MIGHT,
To DECLARE to Jacob his transgression
And to Israel his sin.
9 Now hear this, You heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who ABHOR JUSTICE
And PERVERT ALL EQUITY,
10 Who BUILD UP ZION WITH BLOODSHED
And Jerusalem with INIQUITY;
11 HER HEADS JUDGE FOR A BRIBE,
HER PRIESTS TEACH FOR PAY,
And HER PROPHETS DIVINE FOR MONEY.
Yet they LEAN ON THE LORD, and say, “IS NOT THE LORD AMONG US? NO HARM CAN COME UPON US.”
12 THEREFORE BECAUSE OF YOU ZION SHALL BE PLOWED LIKE A FIELD, JERUSALEM SHALL BECOME HEAPS OF RUINS,
And the MOUNTAIN OF THE TEMPLE
Like the BARE HILLS of the forest.
~ Micah 4:1-13 ~
1 NOW IT SHALL COME TO PASS in the LATTER DAYS
That the mountain of the LORD’S HOUSE
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And SHALL BE EXALTED above the hills;
And peoples shall FLOW to it.
2 Many nations SHALL COME AND SAY, “COME, and let us GO UP to the MOUNTAIN of the LORD,
To the HOUSE OF THE GOD OF JACOB;
He will TEACH US HIS WAYS,
And WE SHALL WALK IN HIS PATHS.”
For OUT OF ZION the law shall GO FORTH, And the WORD OF THE LORD from Jerusalem.
3 He shall JUDGE between many peoples,
And REBUKE strong nations AFAR OFF;
They shall BEAT THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES,
And THEIR SPEARS INTO PRUNING HOOKS;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they LEARN WAR ANYMORE.
4 BUT EVERYONE SHALL SIT UNDER HIS VINE and UNDER HIS FIG TREE,
And NO ONE SHALL MAKE THEM AFRAID;
For the MOUTH OF THE LORD OF HOSTS has spoken.
5 For all people walk each in the name of his god,
BUT WE WILL WALK IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR GOD FOREVER AND EVER.
6 “IN THAT DAY,” says the LORD, “I WILL ASSEMBLE the lame, I WILL GATHER the outcast
And those whom I HAVE AFFLICTED;
7 I WILL MAKE THE LAME A REMNANT,
And the outcast A STRONG NATION;
So the LORD will REIGN OVER them in MOUNT ZION
From now on, even forever.
8 And you, O tower of the flock,
The stronghold of the daughter of Zion,
To you shall it come,
Even the former dominion shall come,
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.”
9 Now why do you CRY ALOUD? Is there no king in your midst? Has your counselor perished? For pangs have SEIZED YOU like a woman in labor.
10 BE IN PAIN, and LABOR to BRING FORTH, O daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in birth pangs. For now you shall GO FORTH from the city,
You shall DWELL IN THE FIELD,
And to Babylon YOU SHALL GO. There you SHALL BE DELIVERED;
There the LORD WILL REDEEM YOU
From the hand of your enemies.
11 NOW also many nations have gathered against you,
Who say, “Let her be defiled,
And let our eye look upon Zion.”
12 But they do not the THOUGHTS OF THE LORD,
Nor do they understand HIS COUNSEL;
For He will GATHER them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 “ARISE AND THRESH, O daughter of Zion;
For I WILL MAKE YOUR HORN IRON,
And I WILL MAKE YOUR HOOVES bronze;
You shall BEAT IN PIECES many peoples;
I will CONSECRATE their gain to the LORD,
And their SUBSTANCE TO THE LORD of the whole earth.
You gave me a word, You call me out of the fold, but where are You leading me LORD.
Surely there is a place, surely You will lead me there where Your still waters are.
I know it is a NEW PLACE. It is a place where I have never been.
Help me NEVER TO RUN BACK to where I don’t belong, where You have SHUT THE DOOR.
Help me to NEVER REVISIT the old chapters and seasons that You have closed.
When You shut, no man can open. When You open, no man can shut.
Holy Spirit, Spirit of the Living God, bring me to the door that You are opening, so that I will NEVER STAND and KNOCK at the wrong doors, doors that will never meant for me.
Holy Spirit, bring me to where I should be, where You meant me to be.
Here I am waiting.
I know You will come for me.
jesus You surely will.
You are preparing NEW WINE and NEW OIL for Your people. You are moulding a NEW WINESKIN in this new season.
Those who genuinely and sincerely seek You out of a pure heart.
Those who genuinely and sincerely search for You out of a pure heart.
Sadly these are the ones who were thrown out of church, and being sent away. They walk away deeply wounded, and disappointed. They walk away with a broken heart and a deeply wounded soul, with a deep scar in their hearts, a deep scourge in their souls. They walk away with a mind still taunted with dark memories of trauma.
Sadly Your church has been used as a scheme of the enemy to drive them out. They are like sheep without a true shepherd, and Your heart goes out for them.
Protect them with Your grace and heavenly protection that is promised in Psalm 91. Summon and assign Your warring angels to guard them and encamp around them to keep them closely enveloped in the protective glory of Your holy presence. Your protection will never fail. Because the blood of Jesus never fail. The shed blood of Jesus filling the entire cross of calvary fail not.
Keep our hearts and guard our spirits to continue to stay pure and undefiled, uncontaminated for You until You come back for Your bride.
The LORD guards and preserves those who are His.
Let us never be found in the company where You will say, Depart from me, for I do not know you.
You know Your faithful ones.
May we continue to live in Your grace to go deeper in loving You deeper and deeper. Continue to manifest Your manifested presence that we may continue to live in that deep encounter with You every day. This will be daily mark of Christ in us, the hope of glory whereever we go and whereever we are.
Help us not to lose our way even when the days before us gets darker.
May we be in the world, but not of the world, and even when darkness abounds as the days are evil, we can arise and shine, for the glory of the LORD overshadows us and keep us in the light of His glory.
Keep us living in Your glory, for that’s where the real life is.
For where You are, so shall we.
For where can we go, except to You who have the words of eternal life.
There is no life except to You and in You. There is no other place that we can lie down safely except under the shadow of the Almighty, in that secret place with You.
There is nothing in this world that ever could satisfy and is eternal except the eternlality that is locked in our hearts.
May we continue to stay and live in that eternality that is locked in our our hearts.
May we always stay faithful to You no matter what.
Till the end.
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