Defuse or Detonate ?

Years ago, I was given a brief vision by the Lord. I saw dynamite with the long fuse coming out from it, and a hand reaching down to light the fuse.

Recently the Lord revealed more concerning that which I saw, and I am being released to share it:

As a follower of Christ, you are like an individual stick of dynamite. And some of you are grouped together as a bundle of dynamite. And some bundles of dynamite are strategically placed in vicinity – close enough to ignite one other’s bundles! We are talking serious “explosives” here!!

Now, the warfare is:  Satan wants to “defuse” you. The verb defuse means: to remove a fuse or firing device (from a bomb, for example) or to make a situation less dangerous, harmful, or tense. 

Yet,  God wants to “detonate” you. To detonate means to explode with suddenness and violence…to burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction.

Satan will “confuse to defuse.”  He wants you each to doubt what God is doing in you and is able to do through you. (i.e. doubt that your fuse is indeed lit, and that detonation will bring about God’s desired plan for your life.) The enemy desires to bring fear and doubt, which leads to confusion. You lose your spark and you are rendered powerless. Your fuse goes out! But it is all a lie!  God’s hand lit that fuse… if you are IN Jesus Christ your fuse is going …the detonating device is the Spirit of God. Satan can’t win, but he deceives and is deceived.

My perception as I looked upon us believers as the dynamite was that each of us was afraid of the explosion after being lit, and what that might look like.  Almost as if we were fearful of the cost and commitment we knew God was requiring of us to be detonated. God was quick to reassure us all.

Once your fuse was lit, even if it smolders and the burn takes a while to reach the “explosive” - it IS ablaze and “causes the enemy great fear” … (imagine if you will, a stick of dynamite near you, not knowing when it would blow! Yes, it causes the enemy great fear! He is “reacting” even now! Though it appears he is winning the war…all is illusion! Proverbs 21:30 declares: There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.)

“Positioning” of the explosives (God’s people) is vital, and this is in our Commander in Chief’s hands. He is in His Position as Lord of Hosts, and he is working on your placement within His awesome plan.

You see, “Strategic Placement” of the explosives is needed before “detonation”… so that “Divine Purpose” may be achieved. (Scripture that comes to my own mind: “Those who are led by the Spirit of God are the Sons of God” Romans 8:14 and “God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as He wanted them to be.” I Cor  12:18

Be alert to the fact that this is what God is doing. Be prepared to obey his promptings! Trust the workings of the Spirit within your own heart if you know you are his, even if it may not make sense to you. It is vital to remain flexible and faithful.

I saw that the more sticks of dynamite he was putting together (unity of purpose or unity in proximity), the greater “The IMPACT” from His Detonation and the more harm done to the forces of evil.

 In other words, our unity will mean destruction to our enemy’s plans and advances.

 We will not be overcome with evil, we will overcome evil with good!  Amen?!!

 If we see ourselves as a bundle of explosives, then spiritual leaders and those they lead have equal importance, just different roles. Leadership aids in grouping us together, and binding us together…

 It is an actual detonating device that “sets off” dynamite, which is the Holy Spirit. He will detonate (i.e. bring the explosion of His Spirit to us, the dynamite) when we are in unity with our fuses remaining lit.

 As real dynamite can’t be set off without the detonating device, so too, we can’t be detonated apart from The Spirit of God.

We were lit though, when we came to Christ, by God himself!

YES, He can use you as a single stick of dynamite. But let’s face it, one stick will have to be in a very strategic placement to do serious damage.  And YES, God can do that. And God will do that.

YET, it was my perception, that it is more God’s plan to bring us together, to do REALLY SERIOUS DAMAGE to the enemy’s camp- wherever we are! So become alert to this.

 YOU (meaning everyone who sees this who is In Christ) can do GREAT damage to the enemy lines …. take out bridges, cut off their supplies, starve them out, etc. (This, of course, is referring “to the spiritual realm” … the unseen fight between the Kingdom of Light and the Kingdom of Darkness)

 **** WATCH OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER’S FUSES! **** Lest the enemy get close enough to snuff someone’s out that had been lit. (looking after one another and foremost the interests of Christ).

Each of us are exhorted to follow these basic commands from your Commander in Chief, to keep our fuses lit.

 Phil 2:4 “Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.”

 Phil 2:21 “For everyone looks out for his own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.”

Let Love Dictate. Love never fails. I am talking love for the Lord and others. The two great commands remain the two great commands !

• Indeed, your fuse may need to be RE-LIT … if you have let it go out (you know if this has happened)…be assured, that this is not a problem at ANY time … just draw near again to Christ.  Get into His Presence and into His Word. Begin to fellowship again with other believers, if you’ve become unbundled from others. That fuse will ignite right back up.

Leadership be alert for this: … Aid in the repositioning of any individual (stick of dynamite) to another place for its detonation, if you notice its fuse is having trouble continuing burning  (I was picturing a fuse slowly being snuffed out as by lack of oxygen). Each of us must discover our area of gifting and “grace place” (location) where then “grace” (the oxygen) keeps our fuse burning strong.  Someone’s fuse will indeed sputter and go out if they are not operating in their proper place. When in proper placement a fuse will burn strong, and the dynamite will indeed detonate!

This is warfare the army of the Lord is now engaged in: The battle to stay lit, as Satan is trying to defuse us…and our submitting to the headship of Christ, and his authorities over us, to the finding of our proper placement.

Now GET THIS PICTURE:

 Dynamite is strategically placed … to do damage to the enemy’s territory … each stick’s fuse is burning bright .. THE ENEMY WILL FLEE FOR FEAR … lest He be destroyed …

The “detonation” WILL OCCUR … and God’s eternal purposes for the “blast” will be accomplished.

 THIS MEANS WAR! (it was like I heard the words of Petra saying it loudly with zeal :)

Some of us are to be as “guerrillas” … behind “enemy lines” … taking out bridges, cutting off supplies of the “enemy” … a “blast” at a time” … by “dynamite lit for Christ!”

Intimacy and prayer enables us to set our traps, and gives us our strategies of spiritual warfare. Keep communications open!

To close, here are some additional encouraging verses in regard to our being in the army of the Lord.

You will be given your orders.

Prepare your hearts and act now, so you can be detonated.

II Timothy 2: 1-7

You, then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses, entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.

 Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs- he wants to please his commanding officer.

Similarly, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor’s crown a unless he competes according to the rules.

The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.

 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.

MY Part – HIS Part

Sometimes, I have discovered, it is beneficial to take a scripture and break it down between what is MY Part  versus what is GOD’S Part of a promise.  When doing this, I came across Psalm 91:14-16, and was desiring to share my LIST of this breakdown, for I believe you will SEE actually that it is GOD who carries us, and who is the strong one.  We can become “comfortable” in depending UPON HIM, and NOT UPON OURSELVES.

Here is the scripture:

Because he has set His Love upon me, therefore, will I deliver him;  I will set him on high, because he has known my name.  He shall call upon me, and I will answer him.  I will be with him in trouble.  I will deliver him, and honor him.  With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.

NOW LET US PONDER and SEE from this list,  MY PART  versus  HIS PART:

MY PART

  • Set My Love Upon Him
  • Know His Name
  • Call Upon Him

HIS PART

  • To DELIVER me
  • To RAISE ME UP
  • To ANSWER me
  • To BE WITH ME, giving me His Presence, in trouble.
  • To DELIVER ME  *note this is repeated, emphasizing “over and over” He will deliver.
  • To HONOR me
  • To SATISFY me
  • To GIVE ME LONG LIFE
  • To SHOW ME  HIS SALVATION  (in this life and in the life to come)

NOW,  who has the HARD PART ??  It is GOD, isn’t it.

LOOK AT  ”MY PART” – Not too heavy a yoke, is it?

I think of Jesus’ words also, “Come to Me, ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for my yoke is easy and burden is light.”

MY PART

  • Come TO HIM
  • Attach myself to Him (as being yoked together, as oxen are, side by side in unity of purpose)
  • Learn OF HIM

HIS PART

  • To CARRY my burden, making it light for me
  • To BEAR the yoke, so the end upon my shoulders is LIGHT and EASY
  • To give me REST

GOD can be counted upon to do His Part, and he is more than ABLE to do His Part.

AND

I can do my part, for I am ABLE to do My Part.

WHO HAS IT HARD?  Neither My BIG GOD, nor me!

IF I WILL BUT EMBRACE, AND DO, MY EASY PART -I WILL SEE GOD COME THROUGH FOR ME!  (smile)

TO CLOSE:

May the REALIZATION that you don’t have to DO HIS PART, bring you to freedom of trust.

May the REALIZATION that HE does require you TO DO your part, bring you to doing that part. Believers are “in covenant” with God, through Christ, and each one of us must perform our part of the promises that they might be fulfilled in our lives.

AND MAY WE SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD!  Amen?!

ICU – I SEE YOU (LORD)

I SEE YOU

ICU = I SEE YOU
When I look to Jesus, as Lord, as Healer, it’s like putting myself into the ICU (Intensive Care Unit). I will get healed up, be it emotionally, or spiritually, or physically… by giving focus where it needs be! ON MY LORD!

I SEE YOU, LORD! (smile)

So how do I SEE HIM?

In His Word….  I read each verse with the mindset that I want to SEE HIM, KNOW HIM, FIND SOMETHING MORE TO WORSHIP ABOUT HIM.

In His People…  I look at them with the mindset that each one can reveal something of my Lord in their lives, for He, Jesus, lives within His People.

In His Creation… I look at the marvelous, intricate design of the Master Designer, be it in weather, the beauty of mountains or seas, in animals, all that He has made including cells or nucleus-es, all with such purpose and precision.  I realize if God put so much thought in each of these things that he created FOR ME, He put that much more thought into making ME. I am important to Him.

In His Wisdom…  Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, yet if I do not SEE HIM, how can I then obtain this wisdom?  If I do not SEE HIM, then how can I FOLLOW HIM?  If I do not SEE HIM, then how can I  know what choices to make?

In Christian Music… Worship, it’s words and melodies, brings me to SEE HIM quickly and easily, for it bypasses all the filters of my mind, and enables God to communicate Spirit (He) to spirit (Me).

How to SEE?
Everywhere… Really…  I SEE YOU, LORD.

The key is to become God-CONSCIOUS.  Not self-conscious, or money-conscious. Do you know that those in an ICU, are neither of these? They are unusually ‘unconscious of self” and “money isn’t the issue! Getting well is!”  They are there to GET WELL AND HEALED UP!

I SEE YOU is as the ICU.

PRAYER:

Lord,

Make me aware of you throughout my day. Reveal yourself to me, that I may see you.  I will acknowledge your presence with me…in every moment of my day, through busy and slow times and the good and bad times.  And yes, Lord, I want to see you even more, to prepare my heart for your soon coming.

Conclusion:

SEEING HIM (YOUR LORD) Will MEAN HOPE AND HEALING TO YOU!

Just as being in an ICU of a hospital gives a person the best chance at survival, so putting yourself into the ICU, will improve your chance at survival through the days ahead.  A good way to prepare is to go into Psalm 91, and SEE HIM within that passage of scripture.

The world is an uncertain place, as is the future, but I SEE YOU, LORD!!  AND YOU HAVE IT ALL UNDER CONTROL! (smile)

Thanks for the ICU.

GAIN A PERSPECTIVE WITH ONE SENTENCE

I  WANT TO GIVE YOU A WORD OF EXHORTATION…  ACTUALLY A SENTENCE

It is found in Proverbs 30:5.  If you will get this into your heart and mind and spirit and soul, then it will cause doubts and fears, and questionnings and double-mindedness to disappear in your life. It will bring about faith, to realize it’s truth.

 It is one power-packed short sentence.  Ready for it?

Here it is:

EVERY WORD OF GOD IS PURE.

That means it is true, flawless, not corrupt, trustworthy, without error, sure, tested and tried, not opinion that can be changed. ….. simply PURE.

So when you open your bible up, and it declares, “Thus saith the Lord”… or it says this or that…written on its pages…  it is NOT OPINION. If it calls something evil, it is evil. If it says something is good, it is good. If it tells you a promise, that promise will be kept. If it gives a command, that command is to be obeyed.

 It need not be “questionned” for God himself beareth witness to his word, saying:

EVERY WORD OF GOD IS PURE.

It says “EVERY”.  Not some of God’s word is true, and some is not!!!

If He said it, it is so.

That’s it…. say it over and over today, until you RECEIVE IT and BELIEVE IT!  That short sentence could impact your future greatly, so take heed to what is being spoken by Him and shared by me.

EVERY WORD OF GOD IS PURE.

LIKE HIM

God whispered to me…

MEASURE YOURSELF BY JESUS

Do you LOVE   LIKE Him?  

 Do you OBEY ME    LIKE Him?  

Do you SEEK ME    LIKE Him? 

Do you have SELF-CONTROL    LIKE Him? 

Then, I, your Father, have work to do.

Submit to my hand.

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What Father God is encouraging you to do is:

Don’t compare yourself to OTHERS… or to the world’s standard(s)…

but to JESUS CHRIST, His Son. He is your standard and mine.

He is who you are to look to…to imitate.

In other words,

Do you love God and others, as Jesus loved HIS Father and those around himself? and loved YOU?  

Jesus’s words: “…love one another, even as I have loved you” John 13:34

Do you obey Father, as Jesus did. He, not doing anything he wasn’t LED to do, or doing anything His Father God wouldn’t approve of? Are you self-ruled? If so, you are not LIKE Christ. Christ did not “self-rule” EVER! 

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God,did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.And being found in appearance as a man,he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross! Phil 2:5-8

Do you seek the Father, as Jesus did, going alone to be with Him, and practicing His presence every moment of your life? Do you ENJOY a “relationship” and do you have “intimacy” with God, as Jesus did? You can! Believers have God residing within themselves, to commune with, Spirit to spirit.

“You are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell IN THEM, and walk IN THEM, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people”  II Cor 6:16

Do you have self-control as Jesus had? Do you turn the other cheek?  not grow bitter or unforgiving though mistreated? avoid being prideful when dealing with the weaknesses in others? Do you avoid harmful substances or bad habits which oppress you and keep you in bondage? Do you avoid sexual immorality and impurity? Continue to give any iniquity over to the Lord, until He brings you completely into freedom. God’s will must become your will in this process. And Jesus pleads in your behalf:

“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” Luke 23:34

YOU CAN – BE – LIKE HIM.

Here’s a verse that will help.

Actually Jesus’ own words of John 6:57

“Just as the Living Father SENT ME, and I LIVE  because of the Father -

so THE ONE who FEEDS ON ME  will LIVE because of Me.”