Quiet Moments With The LORD #6 – “Come”
January 12, 2019 – Saturday
When I woke up this morning, during my devotional time, the LORD reminded me of some things that needed to take place today to remove death from the camp as stated in Joshua 7 referring to the sin of Achan. God told me to do some things yesterday and I started them, but did not complete them. Today, I will. Forgive me LORD for allowing myself to be distracted. Thank You, LORD, for putting me back on course. Amen!!! The LORD reminded me that Thursday night was also the first anniversary of the incorporation of this ministry. Thank You, LORD, for being with me all these years, and especially throughout this first year leading DRAMA (I lead because You have called me to do so. I have had a bit of a hard time actually formulating that as a fact, but that has not changed the mandate one iota. My desire is to let Your will be done in my life and accept this holy charge that has been dispensed to equip me to do the work of the ministry; and, for that, I am most deeply grateful. I accept! Continually use me for Your glory! Amen!!!). It has been a very interesting journey. I have found that in this walk, You are in charge of the pruning necessary to sustain the health of the whole tree, not just a few branches. I remember sitting at the table during the repast, after my mother’s memorial service in April of last year, surrounded by my some of my spiritual sisters and spiritual daughters, all of whom had never met one another before, as You spoke to my heart that that day marked the new season of the “pruning process” in my life. When I shared that with those at the table, I now realize, I had no idea, whom or what You would be pruning out of my life, from that time forward. To say, thus far, it has been a surprising turn of events is to be a complete understatement! I am also finding a shift in my emotions to line them more up with Godly spiritual discernment, not the other way around, in such a way that Your will, not mine, could be more fully done. Continue this work in me, as You do for us, all, in the name of Jesus and for His sake! Hallelujah and Amen!!!
You showed me, a little while ago, that as You have been telling me all along, this is a foundational ministry. That means it was formed to deal with the “root” of the issues, not the trunk or the branches. It was formed to destroy, not “learn to live with”, that which was incorporated in the souls of Your daughters, while they were yet in the mother’s womb. When this ministry launched in October of 2017, You brought me to Jeremiah 1, verse s 4 & 5, “Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” In that, You showed me that before we were even formed in our mother’s wombs, You told us, who we would be. In essence, You placed a call on our lives. Then, we were born into this sinful world, without the protection of Godly parents to keep us, or themselves, from the works of the devil. Throughout those years, there was still a longing in our souls to be reunited with You, but we were not taught how to actually make that into a reality; so, we ran to and fro, most with “Tom, Dick or Harry”, or the latest “feel good placebo” in its various incarnations through drugs, alcohol, new age philosophies, etc., that ticked our ears, gave us a false sense of “belonging”, or flattered our wilted egos. Still, Your call could not be completely silenced in the depths of our souls. You continued to call. You continued to send that person, that word, that song, that…, to us, and we trudged along “making the best of a bad situation”. Some of us had even convinced ourselves that we actually grew up in loving homes, even though, when pressed, examples of actual love, compassion and tenderness, were few and far between. We just did not want to feel different from the mainstream, we saw on television; or, in some case the examples of mother/daughter relationships that we just knew other people had – at times, getting to share a glimpse of that rarity in the flesh, through someone else’s relationship with their mother. Still, we trudged on and “made due”.
Some of us have had families of our own, in that time, and find that we can’t quite feel the closeness of a Godly, motherly bond with them as well. Once examined, we find that we are hypercritical, lenient, disengaged, overly dependent – emotionally, financially, etc., have never cut the apron strings and have no intention of doing so, while operating in way that makes you “less than”, your spouse “less than”, or your children “less than”, whole. Still, we trudge on. Then, one day, we meet Jesus Christ, the Savior of our souls, for the first time. Some fall to their knees at that very moment, pick up their beds and walk, determined to sin no more. While others, receive Him into their hearts, along with the gifts we have in need of at that time, merely to walk some distance away, forgetting the healer but clinging to the healing (That is what happens when we pray for a miracle or need one; then once received, we give credit to everyone/everything but God). Still others, cling to their healing, acknowledge the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, yet walk through this life, accepting a “discounted version” of what it means to walk a truly victorious life. To all, the LORD says, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light”. Matthew 11: 28 – 30
2 Thessalonians 2: 16 – 17
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us,
and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
January 12, 2019 – Saturday – 12:53 pm
Copyright 2019, Michelle Louise Pierre
