Being Made for a Purpose 1

The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.  Isa 50:4

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Now that is how Father has been changing me for some time now. He shows me some of His glory and in love I press in to behold more of His glory.

Father's called have a Word to comfort the weary heart ... “with the same comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God” 2 Cor 1:4

In this closing of age many are looking at the scenes being played out with a weary heart indeed. Father's called will come forth with the Word of life to comfort these end of age ones.

Let me ask you "How does One walk into the wilderness and 5000 men alone follow Him?"

“No one ever SPOKE the way this man does,” the guards replied. John 7:46

It was not the way Jesus the Christ spoke, but it was the Truth that He spoke and the Truth will make you free!

The troubles that the many face find NO HOPE for they only go to Adam for help. They run to and fro looking for a leader, a man that will comfort their souls and all the while there is one that is raising up sons that shall be His voice of comfort to this world.

For you that are called take hEARt for "...we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God."

WHY .... Why must we go through MUCH tribulation.

Father tells us that going through much tribulation we will have a comforting hEARt, a hEARt of UNDERSTANDING!

Come on now look at Christ Jesus--->Even though Jesus was God’s Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered. Heb 5:8

Let’s be encouraged, then, in the midst of our troubles, for there is purpose in what we are going through.

“...And hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father, to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen” Rev 1:5,6

Learning to be a priest of the Father', is learning that ministry IS unto Him.

So many have it backwards in that they think they should minister unto the people first.

That is NOT what the tabernacle of Moses teaches us. For the priests in the tabernacle of Moses ministered UNTO Father, just as His called out minister unto Him IN spirit and IN Truth!

But the hour cometh, and NOW IS, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father IN spirit and IN truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God IS a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:23,24

NOTICE 'spirit' is lower case ....

Let us back up and let us notice ... AMEN! Ohhhhhhhhh wait you mean we are not called to go to heaven and move into a nice house and play harps for ever?

NO ... NO .... NO

Father called us to make us kings and priests unto Him!

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh Father your Word of life has gone forth for Your will ... AMEN!

Time to see that it IS the Father's will for us to be made unto Him, kings and priests, before He says “Amen,” reminding us in the same breath that the purpose of it all is the glory and dominion of Him forever.

AGAIN, it is not until He has made us these kings and priests is His work in our lives finished.

AMEN!

A purpose is stirring in my hEARt. Day in and day out I look at this world and wonder "Why OH Lord WHY? It is like the car tire .... going around and around, doing the same thing.

However! Father has a purpose for me and that is He is making me to be His king and priest, and in this making I find myself worshiping Him IN spirit and IN truth. For within me is the making of a son that shall take out unto this world the needed bread and wine!

For I know my Father has bought me with a price, and has brought me into His purpose and will, not just for my own sake, but for His in that I may become partners in His own priestly ministry toward others, ministering the love and salvation of Him to others.

"... Who WILL have ALL men to be SAVED, and to come unto the KNOWLEDGE of the truth. 1 Tim 2:4

In His love He is reminding me that the painful times I am going through ... has purpose in everything, and is working all things together for good in me according to His purpose.

The heart of the Father keeps draw me back to behold His glory and in beholding His glory I am moving in to a closer relationship with Him.

"...Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Rev 1:5,6"

PAST TENSE ... What do I mean by 'past tense?'

He HAS “...Washed us from our sins in His own blood..." He HAS " ... made us kings and priests unto God...”

I tell you! When you stop looking in the mirror of the Adam identity and see within the Christ identity .... you will know He HAS!

For it is only with "OPEN FACE" that one sees the glory of God, the LIVING WORD OF LIFE!

When I with 'open face' look into the glass of God I see my reflection and my reflection is Him!

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall SEE HIM AS HE IS. 1 John3:2

Ohhhhhhhhh I tell you MANY are awaking to see Him and many are being changed into who He is!

While the so called churches sit around waiting for some rapture, the sons of God are beholding the Christ within and are being changed NOW!

He HAS " ... made us kings and priests unto God...”

DON'T GO AWAY FORGETTING WHO YOU ARE. Don't hide your face. LOOKING INTO THE GLASS OF GLORY AND BEHOLD WHO YOU ARE AND KEEP YOUR EYES FIXED UPON HIM!

That is your true identity ..... Christ within the HOPE of glory!

When one looks at the Adam identity that one sees only the old sinful man again, full of guilt and condemnation.

I tell you ... LOOK into the GLASS of Him and behold who you are, THEN! Keep looking in that GLASS! The Christ within you and you shall be as he is .... clean, pure, righteous, and holy.

But you must never stop looking at the perfect law that sets you free. God will bless you in everything you do, if you listen and obey, and don't just hear and forget. James 1:25

It is the looking that will make the one free, to be ONE with Him, as His will for ALL in this world!

I tell you, no other person can do this but Father and when one looks to Him, He will do according to His will.

I recall a song "Keep you eyes on Jesus." Ohhhhhhhh how my hand was raised up, waving at some god high in the clouds. A song that only brought some relief, but for the moment!

See, if you keep your eye upon the Word of life (Jesus) and know that Father has made His home in you, you will see yourself as .... HIS GLORY!

You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, LORD, do I seek.” Psalm 27:8

When one seeks Him, one will REPENT (turn) from looking at self, for self is ONLY DEATH and can only give death!

That which was from the beginning (WORD), which we have HEARD (which was from the beginning), which we have seen with our eyes (which was from the beginning), which we looked upon and have touched with our hands (which was from the beginning), concerning the word of life—the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life (John 17:3), which was with the Father and was made manifest to us-that which we have SEEN (understood) and HEARD (Christ identity within) we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship (relationship) is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 1 John 1:1-3

The overcomer is the one that sees and hears who their true identity is .... The Christ identity!

I wondered for some time why the 7 churches in Revelation only see 7 candlesticks AND 'one like a son of man.'

No really .... Why 'one like a son of man'

I tell you why .... it is only by hearing what the Spirit says will one see they are made to be kings and priests unto the Father .... For they are the overcomers! The conquers, who know that they are granted by Him to sit with Him on His throne, as He also conquered and sat down with His Father on his throne.

"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

The tribulation that rages around His called keeps their eyes upon Him. For through tribulation, deep within there is peace. A peace so pure, that nothing in this world can give it!

And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of GREAT TRIBULATION, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Therefore are they before the throne of God, and SERVE him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. Revelation 7:13-15

Time for the called to see how the tribulation they go through will bring them to a state of being in Him, and that will be in serving Him and NOT looking for sympathy!

Why do I say that? The word "SERVE" is the Greek word always used in the New Testament for priestly service.

These called out ones IN whom the throne of God IS manifested, are priests who serve God IN His temple (we are the temple of God). They stand before the Throne of grace as priests on behalf of others, seeking mercy, and grace to help in time of need.

Whose need? Well, their own, actually... because for these ones, the troubles of others are their own.

"...SERVE him day and night in his temple ..." WHAT! You mean its more then a Wednesday night and Sunday service that we attend in service to God.

Yes! It is more then just a services ... It is their lives. Day and night they serve Him who has made His temple the body they have offered unto Him as a living sacrifice!

For through the 'GREAT TRIBULATION' they encounter while in the flesh, has brought their hEARts to servitude unto Him and others.

Even the Apostle Paul came to that revelation when he said--->I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Gal 2:20

A hEARt of a servant of the LORD's ... One that has offered themself to be that servant ... Not one FORCED into it!

That is love responding back to LOVE!

My hEARt wants to back up here to Revelation 7:15 and read it again replacing the KJV words with the Greek meanings.

For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will *spread His tabernacle over them*.

GLORY .... Father spreads Himself over them like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings.

The called are seeing how through the GREAT TRIBULATION, they are before the throne of Him, and they are living under the rule of the throne of Him.

“A great multitude ... stood before the throne ...”
“Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne...”
“And all the angels... fell before the throne...”
“Therefore are they before the throne of God...”
“He that sitteth upon the throne shall ‘tabernacle’ over them...”

And then the BLESSING TO FOLLOW--->“For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed (shepherd) them, and shall LEAD them unto *living fountains of waters*, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”

GLORY .... GLORY ... GLORY.

There at the ridge of one's GREAT TRIBULATION is a promise to know that NOW, TODAY, in the midst of troubles, He that sitteth upon the Throne of Heaven leads and guides and shepherds by the Holy Spirit in one's heart.

I put this on pause to set up supper and as I was setting up supper a song came to my heart.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
He shall abide under the shadow of His wings

And I will say of the Lord
'He is my refuge and strength
My God, in Him will I trust'