“O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.”
“Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”
This is the ministry, to make My ways known to the people, to prophesy forth the word and purpose of the Lord to a dying generation. This is the mandate, to be a light high on a hill for all to see. This is what I require of those who would serve Me, that they be intimate with Me, that they allow Me into the recesses of their hearts and into their minds, for I seek to transform lowly vessels of no account into powerhouses of My purpose.
This is the test, will you surrender your all to Me, will you be content to remain nameless and faceless? Will you agree to My choosing of those who would walk with Me in authority? Yes, I have called some to be teachers, others evangelists, others pastors, apostles, and prophets. Yes, I have ordained the giftings and offices and given authority to those of My choosing. But will you settle for less and less involvement in those things that are seen by men and more involvement in the Secret Place with Me? Will you be content to spend time with Me while others hurry and scurry here and there?
I am asking you to give up the cravings of the carnal nature to sit at My feet and learn of Me, for this is a time of change, of the changing of the guards, and those whom you have been familiar with, will be no more, and those who meet with Me in the place of rest will be made ready for the move of My Spirit that will usher out the old order and usher in the new.
Are you content to remain in an obscure place while others are active in the forefront? This is the question I would ask you, for I have truly separated you from the hustle and bustle of Christendom and moved you into the Secret Place with Me. The focus is not on what you can do, but on what I am doing, and I am realigning your focus. I want you to be willing to give up position and entitlement. In fact, I am asking that you die to those things that you deem yours, for I want to fill you with new wine, with a revolutionary new view of things, and I want to position you and establish you in the new.
Though you may feel like you have been set on the shelf, let Me assure you that your time spent with Me is not a waste of time, and your abstinence from busyness is to your advantage, for an outpouring of My Spirit is coming that will fill empty vessels to the full, and those whose eyes have been on Me will be able to catch the rain as it falls.
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