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FELLOWSHIP: What It Is And What It Is Not
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| Posted on 13 December, 2016 at 9:04 |
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At this time, The Lord is calling
many of us to walk closer to Him. To come closer - like we were when we first
loved Him – and stay in that place of fellowship with Him. So many of
His children are estranged from Him for months or even years and it was never
meant to be that way. It partly has to do with how we are introduced to Christ
through the modern day church system, not just the world. Yes church
as we know it Today – with buildings and services – actually commenced with the
Roman emperor Constantine in 330 AD, not with the Apostles as is commonly
thought. It is
institutionalized Christianity, that lacks the CLOSENESS to JESUS we are meant
to have and the Closeness to Each-other. Many are finding this in Home Churches
after really seeking The Lord, because they knew there’s something more than
they were experiencing. Follow Me – Abide in Me The Lord
likes to speak to us in our spirit and many of us have this experience – some more
so than others and some less, some occasionally and some even daily. I first
experienced this when I set quality time apart with Him one evening, decided
that I would spend that time in prayer, nothing else, and again 3 days later,
when He gave me direction about bible college (I commenced 2 weeks before that)
saying “I give you good teaching, do not forsake My teaching”. I knew
instinctively, I was to leave immediately. When I went that evening to cancel
arrangements in response to The Lord, it was early, before anyone arrived. I
desired to pray for a short time and went to a closet with a stack of chairs
for privacy, and He gave me a promise in my spirit, I remember to this day. Jesus spoke
two pivotal words to us in Scripture. One is “Follow Me” and the other
is “Abide in Me”……..on both occasions, He was directing
our hearts and lives to Him. These days,
so much of what “the ministry” says and church programs take up a lot of space
in a Christian’s mind and heart that is meant to be reserved for Jesus – His Presence,
His Words and He can’t be the Guest where He is not invited – those times we’re
after spiritual pursuits sometimes, can hinder His intentions for us. And it is
good to remember that mental assent has nothing to do with spiritual assent……..in
other words, a lot of knowledge we consider to be spiritual, does not feed
our spirit or impress The Lord……..He truly wants more than that. To “Follow
Jesus” is just that – to follow Him – not “the ministry” not the “next person”. At this
time, Jesus wants us to come out of the clamor of voices around us, so He can
speak to us. Yes personally. He cannot do this as long as you are occupied with
what the minister says, your favorite program or author. What He has to say to
you – and sometimes teach you – is so different to what they say to you or He
says to them. It’s tailor made for you, that’s why. The Holy Spirit is our Comforter
and Counselor “He will take what is mine and give it to you”……..in other
words, He will speak to you first-hand by the Holy Spirit…… not second hand or
third hand but directly. Ministries are good, if they truly follow The Lord
closely but they are not meant to live your spiritual life
for you and they don’t walk your walk either, so Jesus is the One you should be
giving most of your hearing to……He
is the One to
direct you in life’s decisions and day to day. He really is – two is company,
three is a crowd, when it comes to that special place that belongs to HIM
ALONE! A Heavenly Invitation No-one can speak to us like Jesus, is’nt
that what Scripture says? And it’s True! He always
knows exactly what to say…..and…..He does not make mistakes. I still
wonder at the ability of The Lord to say just the right thing. Sometimes it
would be through a scripture, sometimes His voice in my spirit, and sometimes
through a phrase of a song I am hearing or He brings to remembrance.
Occasionally He will bring part of a prophecy to mind. He is wonderful at that,
once you start walking close to Him. The
Invitation is there for each one of us. He does not have favorites…….it
only seems that way when others are close and we are not. But His resident
Spirit is as close as our breath and He wishes to “fellowship and sup with you”
just like it says in scripture. Find this true. I Can Identify With You I’ve been
close to Jesus, very close to Him, distant in my walk and busy every day,
drifting off to sleep when it came to prayer time, I postponed through the day.
I have been all four of these descriptions, so I can address Christians in each
one of those. I would have preferred otherwise, believe me, and could not have
imagined. A medically induced disorder sapped up most my energies after
managing to stay close, so you don’t have to turn away from Jesus to “be
far” fellowship-wise with Him. He gave me a lovely gifting of Poems like Helen
Steiner Rice a few years ago, where I would write so many in His Presence (it
did not occur outside of those times) for many months. A Word To Ministries Then I got
busy with making a number of websites with multiple pages, and I spent so
little time in prayer really and lived on the inspiration He was giving me for
others – one of them was a ministry website that was really feeding my readers
spirit. So The Lord was faithfulto them and to me. Is that you maybe? A word of advice: it is better
to live with Him in worship than to work for Him. Work…..Ministry…..I
don’t see the difference! Just because
His Spirit is flowing through you in inspiration OR revelation, does not mean to say your
heart and spirit are flowing towards Him. It’s GRACE……believe me, when
you honestly compare it to a quality time of WORSHIP each day. I can truthfully
say that it is possible to love others more than you do JESUS (in expression)
when you love others so much that you keep giving out to them and you fail to
give out to Him as much as you do them – it should be more to Jesus, not less.
Besides, we can usually give out in the “Anointing” once we have experienced it…….but
it is a totally different matter to give out of the Presence of God. One is with you when you are moving in it, the
other is with you all the time. What are you going to do about it? Take that to
The Lord. ______________________ AND THAT, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IS THE DIFFERENCE YOU
SENSE WITH SOME MINISTRIES MORE THAT OTHERS AND YOU ARE DRAWN SO CLOSE
TO THE LORD AFTERWARDS. IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS, IS’NT IT? IT REALLY IS. My advice to
ALL of you is: once you sense just a little distance with Jesus, “Nip it in
the Bud” don’t wait till it gets out of hand, like “a garden with more weeds
than flowers” and treat temptations the same way before they get really hard to
manage. An Important Word Study After an
extended time of working with websites and other responsibilities once, The
Lord spoke a word to me that contained the word CLEAVE……I changed that word to
cling (just out of preference) when I wrote it and
had a check in my spirit, to compare these two words. He knows I study word
definitions pretty thoroughly and it’s surprising what I come up with. I will
share this with you. Cling is
only part of the definition of Cleave. Cling: To hold on tightly, to remain close. To resist
separation, to remain attached. It denotes
embracing and to be entwined. Cleave: To cling and adhere to. Stresses
strength of attachment. To be
devoted and grow together. To hold-fast
and agree with. Adhere: To follow and carry out. To comply
and conform. To observe
and follow. Devoted: To be loyal and very loving. To give
quality time to. To stay
attached, to trust. Believe in
and follow the practice of. Loyal: To be committed and faithful to. To be
trustworthy and always true. This is
about being a loyal subject to the King And a
faithful friend to Jesus. Make No Mistake About It To these,
Jesus said “If you ask anything in My Name, I will do it” not the
distant in heart but those who stay close to The Lord and bond with Him. That’s why
He said “he/she who hears My Words and does them, he/she is my friend” and also, He
gave the parable about the Five Maidens who were Ready with Oil in
their Lamps. IN THESE LAST DAYS, THE ENEMY HAS A TIRELESS AGENDA TO MAKE
LIFE SO BUSY – YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH TIME FOR THE LORD (UNLESS YOU MAKE TIME). AND SO STRESSFUL, SO YOU ARE STRESSED TO THE MAX – IF YOU
DON’T STAY CLOSE TO THE PRINCE OF PEACE (YOUR HEARTS CAN GROW COLD LIKE
SCRIPTURE SAID). My friends,
that’s when you start to think “It is
too hard to follow Jesus” when you run out of time or inclination to stay Close
to Jesus……..not “I love Jesus, I love You Lord” but showing Him you DO by
spending quality time with Him in Worship (love and adoration). This is the description
of the Bride of Christ when He Comes. To these He will say “Come see the Home I
have Prepared for You” He did not
say The Church (all Christians) would leave in the Rapture, He said those who
are READY. And you say
to yourself, you’re not ready to spend precious time with The Lord? The Maidens
in the Parable who were not ready were sleeping, remember? That speaks
of the lethargic state so many of His children are in that leads
to spiritual apathy that can cause you to miss out on that Glorious Event if you do
not attend to that. Remember
Jesus saying about The Feast He has Prepared and not many were interested to come?
We need to be careful that does not describe us who have received Jesus, when it
comes to The Marriage Supper – that Great Celebration, hey? And if you
are concerned for your loved-ones, you can reflect the Love of Jesus much more
to them after being In His Presence, than lots of church services – that only makes
them feel left out of your life anyway, to the extent that they don’t want our
God because they can associate him with a lack of interest in them so to
speak. You will be
more inclined to show them the Fruit of the Spirit: Love, Joy, Peace, Gentleness
and Patience etc when you have been with Jesus. Don’t preach to them, Live It. Gospel means
Good News, not religious, they need to see that God is Good: they can
best see this through you on the home scene, that is something church services cannot do for them. There are
so many testimonies as living proof
of this. Be of Good Cheer. THE ORDER IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES WAS “BELIEVE IN JESUS AND
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SHALL BE SAVED”………
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS INTO RESTORING THAT PROMISE AT THIS TIME. LET THEM SEE JESUS IN YOU, NOT “RELIGION” BECAUSE
THAT’S WHAT SO MANY OF THEM CAN SEE. “FOLLOW
JESUS!” TAGS: Closer Walk, Follow Jesus, Presence of God, Invitation |