The Garden-part 6

 

A Great Promise

     Just as the rain comes down from the heavens to water the earth, that it may bring forth seed for the sower and bread for the eater: so shall my Word be that goes forth out of my mouth. It shall not return unto Me void but will accomplish what it was sent out to do. It shall prosper in the thing where it was sent. Is. 55:10-13

     What a promise! When you give the Word to someone, you don’t want to say anything negative because of what you see concerning a reaction. But you have this GREAT PROMISE to hold on to. We walk by His Word and promises and not by what we see! You are God’s mouthpiece! You are His Temple. You are His trees. You are His clouds! Recognize that the invisible heavens are in the spiritual realm; in you! It’s ALL in you! You are the “Fullness” of Him, that fills All in All. We, who are His Body are, and those who grow up into the Head; and Pick up the key of David on the way up to the Head. The Key is on the shoulder. Oh yeh, rising up is a process! Patience is the key to the possession of your soul. Eph. 1:22 & 23;

Col. 2:9&10; Isaiah 22:22

 

Note- I have sometimes taken for granted that people know the scriptures I’m talking about concerning some writings. I’m going to include the references for study purposes. If you don’t recognize the scripture in the passage, please look it up and even cross reference it for your own walk in knowledge. Cross referencing is much fun! By the time your fingers are full with pages you’ll more than likely sense the Presence of God in your room!

 

Clouds

     Although the outer appearance of a cloud is menacing-looking, and though it may appear threatening, the inner parts of productive clouds contain “rain”. In order for a cloud to give rain, it must first absorb the water. The clouds dwell in the heaven (in the spirit). I’m talking “spirit” here; not “natural”. Rain and water represent the “Spirit”. Jesus says, “he that believes on Me, out of his belly (innermost being, spirit) shall flow “rivers” of living water. Jn. 7:37-39 In order to get the water into the cloud (you), the moisture or dew must rise up from the earth (you meditate on the Word and obey the Father, and it comes into your earth (ears and eyes; flesh, dust) and enter your soul (soil); the expanse, the firmament between earth and heaven. It will rise into the heavens (your spirit, your deep) so that you can be a cloud with water, giving you the ability to empty yourself back into the earth (other people’s flesh and soul (earth and soil). Pretty cool , eh? Cool water, that is. Jude 12

 

What kind of water? Living Water!

 

     The Word without the Spirit is dead, just as the seed would be without water, or rain. Nature declares the Glory of God (Psalm 19). The “natural” declares the “spiritual”. Nature tells us of God, but instead of turning to the Creator, some turn to worshipping His Creation. Wrong!

 

     There are clouds that look good, but they produce no water. Their appearance is nice and neat, but it is just a show. They are blown about by winds (of doctrine), and they nourish no one. They are like the “sea”, wavering up and down, foaming out their own shame. Jude 13

     The “sea of humanity” operates thus, functioning as an up and down wave, with no eternal stability, giving off “water” that cannot be assimilated.

 

     Above we spoke of the “Spirit”, not like the sea, but as “rivers” (many) of Living Waters. God’s Voice is like a multitude of Waters. The person who meditates on the Word of God day and night, and does it, shall be like a “tree” planted by the “waters”. His leaf shall not wither, and whatsoever he does shall prosper. He shall bring forth his “fruit” in his season, not before it’s time. The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Psalm 1; Rev. 14:2; 19:6; 1:15

 

     A River Flows;

                              The Spirit Moves;

                                                           As the Wind

 

Rivers   

     The Word without the Spirit is dry, dead, and it kills spiritually. It is a barren wasteland; desolate. It brings to a valley dry bones, brittle and becoming dust. The “letter of the Word brings “parched ground”, a wild-erness in the desert. Ezek. 47; Is. 35:6&7

 

     Comparatively, the Living Resurrected Word comes forth as the “rivers”. It quenches spiritual thirst, It gives life, and It is Eternal. Notice that it does not come forth as the “sea”, but as “rivers”. You cannot drink from the sea. You can drink from a river. A river cannot be measured, and the waters are known to be clean and pure and refreshing. The rivers I speak of are particularly so; no pollution.

     This “River” That I speak of comes from the Throne of God and of the Lamb. The “Throne” is in the Kingdom, and the Kingdom is within you! It is a pure river of water of life, and clear as crystal. I would like to make this message “crystal clear” for you! Is this clear? Oh yes; crystal! Rev. 22:1&2

 

Wade or Dive In

     There are those who are willing to get their feet wet; and there are those who are willing to be courageous, to trust the Word, and to just dive in with all that they have, like their life depended on it. It does, you know!

    

Which one are you?

 

     When “self” steps into the water, he or she can move about at their “own will”.                    

 

     When “self” enters in up to the waist, the moving waters have some sway as to how the one can move about.

 

     When one enters into the river all the way, the moving waters carry the one with its current. This takes faith, courage, and trust. Self is removed. These waters issue out toward the east country (where the “sun” rises), and they go down into the desert, and then into the sea (humanity). When this river is brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

     It shall come to pass that every living thing that lives, which moves, wherever the rivers shall come, shall live. Read Ezekiel 47.

     There shall be a great multitude of fish (I make you a fisher of men), because these waters come forth. Everything that the river touches shall live!

 

     On the bank of the river shall grow all trees for meat (hello, tree), on this side, and on that side. The leaves of these trees shall not fade, neither shall the fruit be consumed, though it be eaten: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters issued (flowed) out of the sanctuary (you are the temple, house, sanctuary); and the “fruit thereof shall be for “meat”, and the “leaf” thereon shall be for medicine.

 

My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finish His work.

John 4:34

OPTION

     If a man tries to save his life (self) he’ll lose it. But if a man loses his life for the sake of the gospel, he’ll save it unto eternal life.

     You can dip your feet into the water, thereby saving your own “self”, to move about like you want to.

 

     Or you can give up your own life, “dive in all the way”, and truly have God on the Throne in your “spirit”; that he may rule, and that you might “flow” with Him, in turn releasing the “Living Waters” out of your belly (innermost being).

     There is no other way with God, except “all the way”. He says, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not drown you”. That’s when He is with you; when you pass through the waters. That’s when He is manifest!

 

     On the other hand, the devil dwells in dry places!

                                          Dust is his meat; your flesh!

 

     To continue to live in a barren, desert-ed wasteland is an abomination. It is the “abomination of desolation”, talked about in Daniel (Matt. 24:15). It is a life lived for its own self, which (witch) produces nothing eternal, for without Christ you can do nothing. It is a life lived after the “flesh” (devil’s food), it is dry places (unclean spirits dwellings), and it is a land of self (ishness) and death.

 

Fertile Richland

     The Garden of Eden is encompassed by rivers. You have been reinstated back unto the “Garden”. But to get there, you must give up your own will, and jump into the “River”; not the lake, but the river. The river will carry you into the Garden and into the City. As the river carries you in the Garden, you recognize other “trees of righteousness” planted by the Lord. Is. 61:3 There is no other “Way” to get there. I’ll make a bold statement. Jump in the River and you will flow into and through the Flaming Sword”! Gen. 3:24

 

     Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for Righteousness! When the poor and needy (I am extremely needy for the Lord always) seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the Lord will hear them. I, the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in “high places” (come up higher, John), and fountains in the midst (John 4:14) of the valleys: I will make the wild-erness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

     Out of this wilderness will grow all manner of trees (you shall be called trees) that bear fruit (Gal. 5:22). This fruit will be eaten by others but will not be consumed from your tree. Your leaves shall be for the healing of nations. The “River” is what connects this side to that side.

 

     There the Glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars (because it’s within you), neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

 

     The wilderness (it’s time to stop being wild) and the solitary (you’re not alone) places shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the Rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. The lame shall leap as a deer, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out…and streams in the desert. The parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land (you) springs of water……..in the habitations of dragons (grown serpents, dry places), where each lay, shall be grass (flesh) with reeds and rushes. Isaiah 35; 1Pet. 1:24

 

     All of this comes about by diving in the River, and continuously going with the “Flow”!

 

SUMMATION

     This Kingdom that we enter into is One that is opposite of the way the world operates in:

 

1. World kingdom- one in which the “greatest” rule and the servants are subject to the greater. The end result in eternity is that these greatest become the least, while these servants become great.

 

2. Gods Kingdom- One in which the greatest serve the least. These servants walk into Kingship, while being an example to the least to be servants, thereby acquiring the same thing.

 

 

Leadership

     A physicist doesn’t enter into that profession at two years old, but submits him/herself to those around him; learning from the master, and at times taking correction and rebuke.

     The student gets pruned, watered, and shaped by the mastery of the one to whom he submits to, thereby growing and maturing into his own calling of the same; whether physicist, gardener, carpenter, plumber, prophet, or whatever.

 

“To lead others you must first learn how to follow”!

“A good follower makes for a good leader”!

 

It Takes Time

     When God said, “Let Us make man in our Image”, one of the “us” who He was talking to may have been “Time”.

 

     When the “Seed” takes “root” in the spirit, the heart of a being, the soul is yet immature, and must go through a trans-form-ation, or renewing. This takes “Time”. In this process of regeneration we practice denial of “self”, our old ways, and we yield to the New Life placed, or AWAKENED inside!

 

     Every tree that you see was once a “seed”. As the seed died to what it is, it breaks open and new life comes forth, which is the “root”. As the old life yield to the “Root” (of David), it partakes of the sun/Son, of water (Living), perhaps pruning (certain trials, chastening), and maybe fertilizer (taking crap, dung). It then in time becomes a tree, and eventually bears fruit with seed of the same kind. Amazing, eh? Gen. 1:11

 

 

So it is with the “New Creation Man”!