First of all let me start by saying, that there are many of us that have been in that....."MEANTIME".......holding pattern.When I looked up the word meantime, I came across the definition, it stated: the intervening time....and that simply means to come between, to cause to modify or hinder, I'm paraphrasing but you get my point.....As I pondered exactly what that means to the Son's/Daughter's of the most high God........One thing came to mind first........That was Esther....While we all know the powerful story of Esther, we know that she was patient, whether she wanted to be or not. Before she could be presented to the King, she had to go through a "Beauty Regimen if you will. She had to learn to take care of herself, how to bathe, make sure her hygiene was on point. Then she was given a special diet, she was given seven (7)....maids, they moved Esther to the best place in the harem. Before you could go before the King you had to endure twelve (12) months of beauty treatments. Six (6) months with oil and myrrh, Six (6) months with perfumes and cosmetics. She won favor favor with the King and in ten months (10), he set the crown upon her head!!!!!Let me be the first to say.....PRAISE GOD!!!If and when you find yourself going through, the purging of friends and sometimes family, bathing off that which over the years has attached itself to your person....bathing yourself daily in the word of God...as you study and read, those things which are not a part of you, those things that have attached themselves to you, so much so, that it seems natural, or like another appendage, has to and will come off.I often hear people say, you have to feed the spirit man, and of course that food is the word of God! Which ever you want to live is the one that you feed....If you feed the flesh more, the spirit-man dies...... But if you feed the spirit-man more the flesh-man dies.......Stick to God's special diet and feed the Spirit-Man, the word of God, and it will grow big and strong.......As you bathe yourself in oil....anointing yourself daily..... Your eyes.....Lord that you will allow me to see in the spirit realm, that I might be able discern all that I come in contact with. Your ears.....Lord that you would allow me to hear your voice clearly, that I might be able to know all that you have for me.Your lips............Lord that I might speak your words as you give them to me, to help and not to cause harm, to instruct and not to cause malice....... Your Hands and Feet.....Lord that everything that I touch in your name Jesus will prosper, and that I may follow "ONLY" where you lead Father........Then as you learn to apply perfume.......That your sacrifice of praise will be a sweet smelling fragrance to God!!!Last but not least....Cosmetics....Your appearance to God.....All those things, and people that were holding you, hindering you, have been washed off. You have learned to stay in his word, you have gone from baby food to table food as your Spirit-Man has matured in the Word of God. Your eyes are spiritually opened, your ears readily receive the Word of God, your lips speak to help, to encourage, to compel all that are lost, to take up their cross and follow our Lord and Savior....Your hands and feet, do only the work of the Ministry....you are following the Lord and working in the vineyard..... You have learned how to truly Worship and Praise the Lord, your praise a sweet smelling sacrifice unto the Master....now stand back and let me look at you....You have a glow, a glow that sends a radiating light from you to the Father above, as he smiles down at his Son/Daughter......For he has drawn you with loving-kindness!!! Jer, 31:3So while you are in your..."Meantime" holding pattern think on this.....that's only 10 months.....or....It could take a year!!!! (SMILE)
This is wonderful and encouraging, I will be coming back to this post whenever I feel a little weak minded. Thank you keep up the encouraging writings.
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