RELATIONAL HOLINESS

Psalm 93:5 (KJV)
“Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.”
What God is saying over us, about us, and to us is sure; reliable. Where does He hang His hat? Where does He settle? Where is His house? It is where His essence, His relational divine triune deference moves freely; this is His house, this is where He receives mail and sends out mail. It has always been this and it will always be this.

THE FRAY

This world has never fully satisfied me, not that I ever wanted it to in the first place. When I say this world, I am not speaking of the people in it; I am talking about the structure and culture by which it functions and the inclinations it inspires. Always been more privy to the world I cannot see, its mysteries take hold of me in ways words cannot capture it. God’s kingdom is dynamic and is full of light this world cannot come into agreement with. “There is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding” (Job 32:8). Being critical of this world has never helped me; being unsatisfied with it has. There are spiritual reasons as to why Jesus’ brother Jude (Judas) said Michael did not bring any railing accusation against the prince of this world. A creature from God’s world (kingdom) understands accusatory dispositions can put us in a wrong position with those things against us. It is as we take hold of God that God takes hold of us and covers us in the fray.

CONTEMPLETIVE

Paul said, "For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me" (Romans 1:11-12). It is so easy for us to recognize verse 11 without completing the thought with verse 12. He was comforted with them by the "mutual" faith (receiving as much from them as he gave to them) of their reciprocal interaction with him. Acting in community is not complete without reaction. It is as much what others do to and with us as it is what we do to and with them. Yes, being conscious of ourselves gives us a greater consciousness of others. Conscious of ourselves in the sense of what effect are we having; what responsibility to we own in their reactions to us. This takes great consciousness, and great contemplation. From one stage of life to the other the curtains draw together and they open. In the times they are closed the chance to rearrange the set is available to us; once the curtain is re-opened, we can only work with the way things are. Contemplation sets the stage.

Christianity

Christianity is not us asking God into our hearts it is God asking us into His (Zumwalt). God is not the tag along; we are, where is God and what is He doing? Connect, hook up, and buckle up, we are going for the ride of our life.

Grow

Are we ready for His coming? Is it possible for us to live like He is already here? He is in us and we are in Him; no matter where He is we are with Him and He is with us (Emanuel). Transition in His coming will not change the fact we are with Him and He is with us; of course, only if this is true. Jesus consistently in the narrative of the Gospels is saying concerning His coming, “Be Ready,” “Watch and Pray,” and “We do not know the Hour.” Why are we focusing on something we are not supposed to know rather than what we do know? Being in a dynamic relationship with Jesus now is no more dynamic than then. We are still we and He still Jesus, and we will be known “as we are known.” It is much like a child in the womb; the child is with the mother and carried by the mother inside her. In this “inside her” limits the child from seeing its mother or to be held differently, fed differently, or to encounter the mother in her world. Once the child is birthed it can see her and her world. We are still with the mother and now that we are birthed, we are no more “belonging” to the mother than before, just different in relationship to her world. The responsibility of the child in the womb is to simply grow that it may be ready when the time comes to be birthed. Likewise, we are to simply grow until He comes.

HAPPY STOMPING

Matthew 16:18 (KJV)
“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
Stomp down the gates of hell – step into impossibility and declare possibility. Dismantle and debunk all the junked up lies. Say what cannot be said, think what cannot be thought; take hold of the darkness by the throat and declare the gospel of Kingdom light. Gentle as doves and wise as serpents we refuse to run from the darkness; we run towards it not with the curse it presents, we run towards it with the blessing of light, hope, encouragement and faith. This is not a mad, angry, distained look; this is a look of joy, a look of peace, a look of encouragement and hope. We are soldiers of the light and we are in this dark world to “shine.”

BREATHE

Breath of life has come to us. We are here; the journey is in motion. Angels surround us, just cannot see them, nonetheless, they are here. As we stand among men heaven stands with us. Extended in this motion is this harmony unseen, unheard, and distantly connected to us; the breath of life has come and remains. Authentic and as real as can be is this presence beyond here and somehow the journey is taking us there. As we move along here there is a sense we are already there, yet, not fully. Breathe

KING OF GLORY

John 6:15 (KJV)
“When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.”
They desired to take Him by force and to make Him King. First of all, to take Him by force and to make Him King would mean He was not King in the first place; it also means He becomes King as they forced it to be. In other words, He would have to become a King elected for their agenda, purposes, and intents. He is already the King of Glory! Psalm 24 exhorts us not to elect Him as King, not to force Him into our reasons to become King; we are exhorted to receive Him as King.

CONVERT

James 5:20 (KJV)
“Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.”
God has not called us to correct the sinner; He has called us to live, act, and react correctly that we may convert them. Father God correct us when we need correcting.

HUMAN DECENCY

Jesus was born into our world and spent 30 years being a human among us. He built chairs, tables, and various wood works. Lot of empty space drenched in sweat and silence before He filled it with three and a half years of anointed ministry. And by the way, the last three and half years, He taught us how to be "fully human." Get inside the Gospel stories and watch Him breathe.

BAPTISM OF FIRE

Hebrews 7:28 (KJV)
“For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.”
Hebrews 7:28 (NLT)
28 The law appointed high priests who were limited by human weakness. But after the law was given, God appointed his Son with an oath, and his Son has been made the perfect High Priest forever.
The fiery baptism of death bringing Him into this place is the fire He came to bring to us (Luke 12:49). While some seek to burn the flesh of men; God seeks to burn the hearts (willful choice) of men. It is through and by His shed blood we are made to be kings and priests (Revelation 1:5-6); a priesthood after the order of Melchisedec, a kingly priesthood of peace. The consternation and tension ricking havoc among humanity gives reason as to why this priesthood has come to be. He has given to us the ministry of reconciliation; He has been made the perfect High Priest forever. There is nothing in the heavens or in the earth that can ever reverse or change this. This is why we either work with it or we work against it; willful submission is the only sustaining quality in this fire.