Restoration through a VALLEY

And though the valley was dry, it was full.

dry valley {N} - a valley originally produced by running water but now waterless.

Ezekiel 37: 1-2
   1The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry.

   Based on this, if you think about it, it's what most of us are having issues with on a daily basis. based on the fact that a dry valley defines itself as a place that ORIGINALLY was for good and had life, but now because of a CATALYST it is now dry, and God shows that he is trying to revive what has been lost due to that catalyst.
  The bones were there for a reason, because the people of Edom chose to go against God, He cursed them and therefore desolation came about their land, however in the end It was God's plan to bring them back.

Briefly; I had been in a "dry valley" for about two years at a fasting event that took place recently some of my beloved friends prayed for me out of the conviction of the Holy Spirit and I became alive, (After being slain in the Spirit). Through we tend to enter these valleys there is always a way out. And since the beginning he is chasing us and wanting us to return to Him.

v1: |...and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.| He set him Down in the MIDDLE of this dry, dead, dusty place. Ezekiel wasn't alone he had the Spirit, it says the Lord brought, not dropped. I'm pretty sure that Ezekiel was thinking, "Why in the world did God bring me out here?"

v2: |He caused me to pass among them round about...| Seasons will come and go based on the Lord's timing and His ways, (Isaiah 55:7-12; Deuteronomy 29:29). But I'm pretty sure there was a lot of bones over a large area. Basically I'm pretty sure he was there for a while.

Though there was death and dryness in the "BODY" God knew what he was going to do, because God wanted to restore what the Devil did, and use it against him. God will restore us, despite if we've been sitting down in that valley, sleeping all day, playing video games, not paying attention, literally brain-dead with your life. He wants you back and despite the random location you are in, He HIMSELF, will bring you out of it.

Turtle Pace is not the Foxes Pace.

Light And Darkness Pt. 1

Light and Darkness



   dark-ness /darknis/ Noun: The Partial or Total absence of light
   light /lit/ Noun: The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible


Light - the NATURAL agent, being normal, how it was suppose to be being what is, I AM; who makes you see and have visible sight. Exodus 4:11 | The Lord said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?... |; 1 John 1:5b | ...that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
Darkness - The Absence of light, so if God isn't somewhere there is darkness, if His presence isn't there there is darkness; In the Hearts of Man, In the Farthest Reaches of space, In the fellowship of people. If God isn't there there will be something taking it's place.

It's interesting to note that light and darkness act like a personal factor rather than a physics factor. How light will bring to the light what is in the heart of Man, and darkness covers it up, because of the fear of being humble or exposed. John 3:20 | For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for FEAR that his deeds will be EXPOSED. | 


A good example of someone who was like this in the Bible was Saul. From Acts 8:1 - 9:2 Saul was filled with darkness, but then we read in Acts 9:2 | As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him; | If you notice the light didn't overtake him, rather it just flashed, kind of like when your driving and the cool guy on the oncoming lane decides to flash his Hi Lights in your face and you are partially blind for a split second. There was a flash and then it was gone, So then afterwards he remained in his Darkness, at that point he realized how much in Darkness he was really in; Like you know how your eyes get used to the dark before you go to sleep and when you wake up in the morning you turn on the light and it's as if the sun in in your room burning your eyeballs out of their sockets because you got so used to the darkness? It was the same for Saul, he had been in darkness for so long that when the LIGHT shined; something good, it nearly blinded him. Other examples of light that you could look up are:

• Mosses (Exodus 34:29),
• 2 Corinthians 3:18 | But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a Mirrior the GLORY of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit |
• Stephen (Acts 6-7) In Specific parts like 6:8-10 | 8And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people. 9But some men...rose up and argued with Stephen. 10But they were UNABLE TO COPE with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking | The reason these things happened were because Stephen was a Light, and the Pharisees were in darkness, and like my roommates they didn't like that a light was shining on them while they were sleeping in their comfortable beds (environment). 

1 John 1:5-10
   5This is the message, we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 6If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the Darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; 7but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have FELLOWSHIP with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Break it down:
   v5 - God is Light. Wherever God isn't there is darkness oh wait what about...Psalm 139: 7-12, Honestly the only place that there could ever be darkness is in Men, in their hearts. Why do you think so many times in the Bible it says that the origin of men's wickedness is always said to come from the Heart?
 Deuteronomy 30:10 | if you obey the Lord your God to keep His commandments and His statues which are written in this book of the law, if you TURN to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. (Notice how that part,  | ...if you TURN... | is a command, something you much do because it's somewhere that God has given you control over, so it's up to you to let him in or not. [Jerimiah 17:9-10; Proverbs 21:2; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Kings 8:39]
   v6 - The word fellowship in this verse is to communicate with, to be in constant contact with. If that is the case, then how can we walk in darkness? We lie to look good in the sight of man and don't have that commute, that fellowship with Him. If we did have a constant communication with God, we wouldn't be in "darkness" or these types of concerns that go against Matt 6:25-33 (Cure for Anxiety). Think about it, when you hang out with people with good habits and discipline you tend to stand up straighter, think bigger, and just overall act better. So if your in constant conversation (Back and Forth) with God, the ultimate source of knowledge, wisdom, purity, awesomeness, perfection; don't you think that you kind of have all the answers to all of your questions that will help your walk? [Examples. Psalm 55:14, John 17:23]
v7 - Because we get the understanding of the verse above, because we have that CONSTANT commute with God Almighty, will He then not pour out His call for those around you if they are in the same Spirit?
 Colossians 2:2 | that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ Himself |

BONDservant

Warning: Those of you with pride issues, humbling issues, understanding issues, or with sensitive feelings, don't feel insulted if. If my passion is too real and too "inappropriate" I apologize in advance but I mean these things out of pure love. I don't however apologize for what I said or what I believe in, rather I am apologizing my lack of expressing things which I strongly love and believe in.

" 24The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, 25with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, 26and they may come to thier senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been help captive by him to do his will."

 Definition of a bond-servant - "devoted to another to the disregard of one’s own interests.” [www.thebondservant.org]

v24 - The Lord's bondservant. 

   - despite what the society says about being a bondservant, you are to be the Lords'. And like that definition above says... I think it speaks for itself. 

   How is it even possible for us to be bond-servants of ONE MASTER (Jesus) [Matt 6:24], when we keep putting all this crap in front of the line that has been drawn with Jesus' OWN SPLIT BLOOD [Rev 1:5]. HOW DARE YOU, pursue any other kind of riches or any other kind of gain, when God is all that matters. Who do you think you are to say that you are a Christian {Little Christ} and think you deserve more. We don't even deserve the title Christian if you not willing to lay down your pathetic worthless lives for someone like Jesus. As Jesus did. 

   Jesus HIMSELF did this for you guys. Because out of the worthlessness of our HUMAN being, he still loved us, and said Come and be my servant... wait, No! Not just my servant, A BOND-servant. Do this because my yoke is easy. So it is an honor to be even seen by Jesus, It's even more of an honor TO REPRESENT HIM as his servant. He is a Prince, the Bridegroom, the Messiah, the KING OF KINGS, and he has asked you TO GO WITH HIM. So how dare you misrepresent Him with your lies and deciet and malice, instead of being vulnerable, you harden your eyes and shut your mouth, and instead of going to your WIFE/HUSBAND for gentle correction you go to... Nobody. You wander in your own feces just waiting for someone to look where no one wants to go. Because you THINK, no one cares, becasue you ASSUME, that you are alone, and you feel pity for yourself instead of remembering, "Oh that is right I'm on a yoke." YOUR ON A FREAKIN' YOKE with Jesus Christ the KING OF KINGS, How can you possibly forget! [Matt 11:25-30]

This is a Yoke.

   You are in bondage with Jesus on That. we as the Body of Christ are in BONDAGE with Jesus On that Thing like Oxen are to complete the work assigned to them... [Matt 28:19]

v25a - "with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition", At the end of v24, he says "Patient when Wronged," In other words WHEN you are wrong, not IF, but WHEN you are wrong, you are to be patient. 

Now starting in this verse it says, when you are wrong or you are correcting someone else do it with gentleness, do you think you deserve to be spoken to like a child or better yet like an impudent, ignorant, child? No you are cool, funny, nice, and an awesome person and so are they. So treat him like that, if you have problems being nice to people, pray before you speak. Ask God what to tell you to say. 

Side-Note:Hey chauvinists, did you notice that it didn't say anything about gender?

v25b -  "if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth", Now pay attention, who among you thinks that you know everything about how God works? No ONE! Except for God, Himself. [Jeremiah 29:11] So stop thinking you know everything, it's simply annoying, and who knows, for those of you who like to learn, you can learn how to learn a different way... by shutting up. 

   Now onto the verse, |...may grant them repentance...| means that God will at HIS APPOINTED TIME help you out, however this depends on how Willing you are to actually receive from it. If a plant refuses to receive water, it will die. Luckily unlike a plant who cannot think for itself, we have that choice, whereas the plant doesn't. Now this part |...leading to the knowledge of the truth | is the cool part. So we all know Paul, I mean Saul... Persecuting the Church, assisted in the stoning of Stephen, Threatening and Murdering the disciples of the Lord [Acts 8-9:1], However at Acts 9:1 What happens? Sauls turns over a new leaf. We all know what happens onward however the thing I want to get at is this important act that took place. 

   Acts 9:8,18 - "8Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus...... 18And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized;" 

   If you want to get all of the story read it, It's great. If you notice in v8 at the very beginning, |Saul GOT UP from the ground...| If you just got blind and Jesus Himself told you that he blinded you, and He wants you to stop what your doing and become his SERVANT [Romans 1:1], To be honest most of you would not move from the Ground. However he Humbled himself and GOT UP, It was his first step that took place, then God came through. "But what if...", then Johan Interrupted and yelled, "FAITH!" And because he went through all that, |And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales...| If you read in v17 he believes the Holy Spirit, cause he was WILLING to do what he asked of him because of the acknowledgement of authority that the Holy Spirit carried. After he receives truth spiritually, his body shows a representation of what just happened. And THEN He receives the Holy Spirit. 

Note: How he didn't receive the Holy Spirit until after he finished "healing", because it was a process to get him where the Holy Spirit wanted him to be at.

v26 - "and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been help captive by him to do his will."

   So basically the Devil goes around like a big bully but in reality he is a chump, kinda like those kids that are all talk but no show. [1 Peter 5:8; John 10:10]

   Up until our "scales" fall off our spiritual sense and our physical sense, then, ONLY THEN, by the grace of the Lord's choosing, after receiving the Holy Spirit will you see what he sees, and know what the Spirit Knows. [I.E. Peter's Confession of Christ (Matthew 16:13-17)] The devil uses the things of this world to control you and make those things your master. Because he wants your will, to be for him, he is trying to steal that will, he is trying to work for him against God. So resist him and rub that dirt off your eyes and see the truth. 

BLAM!!1