My Life is in Your Hands!”
I was somewhat down and discouraged last evening and was sitting with the Bible on my lap ready to read and then I felt this Word come – “Your Life is in My Hands!”
This is His personal word to me but I believe it is also a word for those serious disciples of the Lord who often question the Lord about various things and may feel not really being used by the Lord as they would like for Him to use them in furthering His kingdom.
At times, I feel that I am doing very little for the Kingdom of God compared to others who seem be used in great and mighty ways.
Yes, at times I feel very insignificant and forget this is my flesh talking and the influence of Satan trying to get me down and feeling sorry for myself.
His other tactic is to get me to think more highly of myself and that I am really something. This is the case of the believer getting all “puffed up” and starting to serve the Lord in the power of the mind and flesh or the soul as opposed to working alongside the Holy Spirit and being empowered by the Holy Spirit.
Soul power work for the Lord is not recognized by the Lord nor does it serve the Kingdom of God for it is work done without the Holy Spirits anointing and power and presents an absence of signs, wonders, and miracles.
Permit me to say, I believe most of the modern churches in America operate out of soul power thinking that their work really represents the Kingdom of God. But nothing could be further from the truth.
Satan loves both types – the “feel sorry for oneself” because the Lord isn’t using me like those with big ministries and “feel great for oneself” because I am doing a lot of stuff for the Kingdom of God but all this stuff is not what God called me to do. Satan loves to either “puff up or “tear down” the believer.
As I am writing this, the Lord just put this verse in my mind and spirit which is spoken by Jesus:
“I say to you,
among those born of women
there is no one greater than John;
yet he who is least [inferior]
in the kingdom of God
is greater than he.”
Luke 7:28
So perhaps it is good to be the least or the inferior in the Kingdom of God and doing a tiny work for the Lord for the way Jesus looks at it is that the work of the least is greater than the work of those who take center stage and seem to have it all in terms of anointing and power.
This was the case with John the Baptist – the world of His time considered him nothing while God considered him everything or the greatest of his time. And yet today, those who are considered least in the world and in the Kingdom of God are greater than John the Baptist of his time. Therefore, this is what the Lord spoke to me and I share with you….
I hear the Lord say to me,
Son,
do not think I do not love
you when you
experience the things
which cause you
to question me.
For the things I have chosen
for you to walk through
are to clean you up,
polish you,
and
get you ready to meet
My Son
who is soon to come.
I will not let you
go down
a path of walking
away from me
for I have invested too much
in you at this point in
time to be My servant.
As long as you
keep listening
and
responding to My hand
of grace and favor,
I will continue to see you
through these
dark and gloomy
times which man has brought
and
is bringing upon the earth.
You do not have to fear
or be concerned of the things
happening to you for they
are all of My hand
for I know
what you need and how
to bring the right amount
of mixture of grace
and
discipline to you.
I am your Father
who loves you immensely
and
want you to know
that your years
of serving Me
are not over yet.
There is much more I have
for you to do for many
are crying out to hear
and
see those who walk in the
Gospel light
and
speak Truth.
You have much to tell
and
proclaim for the
things you say
and
write are from
My revelations
to your mind and heart.
All that I give you
is not just going to be tucked
away in some dark corner
but
will reach all those
I have appointed to
hear the words I give you.
You have been chosen
and
raised up at this time
and
at this late hour to be
My servant
to serve.
What your eyes see,
what your heart desires,
and
what you think
and
do will determine
your usefulness to Me.
Be careful and walk
in My Light for I say to you….
“Narrow is the road to walk
on and
narrow is the gate
to go through.”
But wide is the road
and
wide is the gate
and
many
walk this road
by neglecting
Me
and
My commandments.
Your life is in
My hands
and
as long as you walk this
narrow road of righteousness
and
go through the
narrow gate
of mercy and favor,
you will reach
the destination
I have plotted for you
before you were even born.
Keep on learning
through the many ways
I am teaching you for all
your preparations are for
teaching, warning, exhorting,
and
encouraging others to also
walk the narrow road
and
enter the kingdom through
the narrow gate
as well as getting you ready
to stand before My Son
who will speak to you
at that appointed time.
The prophetic word ended here.
All that we are called to do is getting us ready to meet God’s Son – the Lord Jesus Christ.
Let us not forget this!
Rich Arnold
Servant of the Lord
311 Adelaide Ave SW
Hartville, Ohio 44632
330-704-9306
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