Provided For

Yahweh is 100% for us. He is also 100% provision. Pro- vision: to see ahead.

But of course Yahweh is provision. He saw ahead a long time ago, from the creation of the world, when He knew how history would play out. In seeing ahead, He saw what each of us would need and He placed it in our paths so that we could, when we were ready and when we could most use it, find it.

He saw, at the beginning and end of time, that I would one day need to understand that self and identity are at odds with one another and could not occupy the same place. He placed meaning in words in a language so old nobody is even sure what it was exactly, and preserved it through the generations and many evolutions of languages to modern English. He did this with two (actually five or six) words so that I, thousands of years after the original meaning of this word was lost to common speech, might find it and SEE.

That I, then, might see ahead, or back, to the beginning, having my own provision, which I might share with others who have their own provision, that all of creation might be...provided for.

And I am grateful. HalleluYah!

Identity

Identity is Oneness.
Self is separateness.

You must let go of self to get identity.

This Is Amazing

WHOLENESS
FULLNESS
ONENESS
COMPLETENESS

WHOLENESS-- from the word "undamaged." Linked root words: health, holy.

FULLNESS--entire, complete. Linked root words: many, much, abundant. To spread. (poly)

ONENESS-- Identity.
IDENTITY--Sameness, oneness. "the same."

COMPLETENESS-- Hebrew: shalom.
SHALOM--"peace." Literally, "completeness, soundness, welfare."

Oneness

The origin of the word self is "separate, apart."

I was thinking the other day about unconditional love. It's hard to imagine, sometimes, simply because it is so rarely seen. People's loyalties are divided. They will say one thing to one person, and another thing to another person. This is because people think they are against each other, and a neutral person in a situation, in attempting to pacify both parties, ends up dividing their loyalties. They cannot, then, love with completeness because they are only ever giving a percentage of the whole to any one person.

It would be easy to say that Yahweh, being infinite, can give completely to each and every person whether they're working together or separately. In war movies, I've seen both sides pray for victory. This isn't it, however. Even if He gives completely to both sides so that each side is filled to capacity, that would still only be giving a percentage or fraction of the whole--Himself--to each side. The part of Him that one side has could not also be had by the other side. This isn't it! Yahweh is not for one side and against another. His loyalties aren't divided. They don't have to be.

Yahweh is 100% for us. He is 100% for each and every one of us. That's actually where the word forgiveness comes from. To give completely.

And He can give Himself completely to each of us because we are each on the same team. We truly aren't fighting each other. The battle was never against flesh and blood. It is against self. Separation. Lies. It is against these powers and principalities and rulers in dark places. It is against being against.

Instead, we are FOR. 100% for. That we may all be One as Yahweh has always desired, always designed, it to be.

And when self dies and debt is removed, the joining can be complete, that we are all One in Christ, all things, both which are in heaven and which are on earth--in Him.

Value and Promise

Value is when Yahweh says something is good.

If you look at Genesis 1, you'll see that Yahweh saw that creation was good on each and every day that He created. On the sixth day, after making man, He saw that all that He created was VERY good. And then, knowing that, He rested on the seventh day.

We can rest in value.

We can rest in knowing that we are valuable and have value.
Because Yahweh says so. And He is at rest knowing we are valuable and will come to that place He has promised us. The promised land that He has sent to us before we reach it.

Because promise means to send before. And so, though we have not yet reached the promised land, the promised land has already reached us.

The Interesting Thing About Slingshots

The Interesting Thing About Slingshots

The most interesting thing about slingshots is the fact that, for a time, the stone in the slingshot looks like it is going backwards, being pulled in a direction away from that in which it was always meant to travel. Yet, it is at this time that the stone is closest to being propelled forward in such a momentous way that everyone shall see and give Yahweh glory.

I’m putting on my goggles; I’m about to fly. 

Bear

We bear Christ on the inside of us. Yet, inside He cannot remain. Not because we force Him to manifest, but because His nature does not allow Him to stay hidden. He is there, inherently and eternally, but He also inherently manifests externally. He is both in and out. Omnipresent forever.

Provision

When I was a girl, I always wished for a suit of armor that no one could see, but that would protect me. I wished to hide myself from my peers, from those with whom I came in contact, that I might protect myself--my true self--from them.

At the same time, this was exhausting. I hated leaving my bedroom because I could never be myself. I always had to put on a mask for others. I remember expressing this to my parents, that being home was the only place I could truly be myself.

Of course, I had no idea who I was at the time. Because true Identity does not need protection. It travels in an inherently protected vessel: The Word of Yahweh.

I was watching "The Prince of Egypt" recently. This movie is a fictional portrayal of the story of Moses in Exodus. There are a lot of Kingdom elements in this movie, though it is obviously imperfect (the title still refers to Moses by his worldly identity as a prince of Egypt. I think "Deliverer" would have been a better title...)

One of my favorite scenes in this movie is at the very beginning when Moses's mother is placing Moses in this flimsy woven basket to set it adrift on one of the largest and busiest rivers in the world, The Nile.   If there had been any other way, surely she would have chosen another path. But this path of possible death was better than the option of certain death that awaited Moses should the Egyptians find him too soon. (Because they DID find him, but it's all about timing.) Actually, if you look at Hebrews 11 (vs. 23), you can see that Moses's parents were commended for their faith in keeping him safe.

So this young woman, Moses's mother, took her child, set him adrift in a basket, and prayed for his survival. The movie shows this basket flowing down the Nile for a long time, through many dangers. Crocodiles, hippopotami, river barges, overwhelming waves. And finally, at the end of these dangers came one of the worst of all: the discovery by the Egyptians, who could just as easily have killed him as taken him in.

With all of this, how could a simple woven basket have protected Moses?

It couldn't have.

The simple answer is this: Moses was not set adrift in a basket, but in the Word of Yahweh. The Word of Yahweh, which is unshakable and unbreakable. This Strong Tower that will protect you, guide you, deliver you.

Through oceans, torrents, plagues, monsters. Through those dark nights when you aren't sure what's what anymore and you can barely remember your own name. Through those days when you feel like you're running an endless marathon and you're sure the next step will be your last. Through those moments when you just want to lay down and rest. If you can't remember anything else, cling to the Word. That will get you home, to that place where Yahweh wants you, your Promised Land, that point of intersection on your geodesic line.

And best of all, this is all you have to do. Cling to the Word. You don't have to fight or strive or worry. Just hold on to the Word of Yahweh. And this is not exhausting as are the other options because as you cling to the Word, the Word clings to you. It surrounds you, encapsulates you, protects you, and provides for you. It's all I have, but that's enough.

And so, my wish is fullfilled. I walk always in a protective suit of armor that no one can see, but that protects my true self. The armor of Christ. And I don't have to do anything to have it. It is, so I am. And now that I have this protection, I can, instead of hiding my true self, actually shine. Because Yahweh's cool like that. He gives us what we've always wanted, but makes it even better. He makes it best.

The Cool Thing About Walking Things Out

The seeds of plants are below the ground, protected, safe, and often hidden. If one were to look only at the surface level of the earth, they might see nothing productive. Just some old dirt. Nothing fancy.

But below the superficial level is life, waiting, burgeoning with potential and purpose. All it needs to manifest are the right conditions.

But herein lies the issue. What happens if the conditions aren’t right? Nothing can successfully grow in a hostile environment. If you plant a seed that flourishes in cool temperatures in a place that is arid and hot, you cannot expect it to produce very much, and certainly not a crop of a hundredfold.

In the Earth, the only solution to this is to plant seeds that belong in cold environments in cold places. Either that or you can create an artificial environment—such as a greenhouse—to mimic the ideal environment in which a seed might produce life. Yet, such an artificial place is quite limiting. Taking the plant outside the greenhouse would kill it, and it will never know a free life.

However, in the Spirit, the solution to this issue is to actually change the environment. Because Yahweh has a place He wants a seed to grow, and He will not just give up on that place because the conditions are not yet ideal. In fact, He has the power to change the conditions and create a place where the seed of His Spirit can and does flourish.

That place is your heart. Your heart, the place where Yahweh always meant to marry seed and soil, Word and Faith, and create life. Yahweh knows what seeds to plant in what soil, and only together can they be made perfect.

But your heart, if you’ve been alive for enough time that you can actually read what I’m writing, had been corrupted. Somewhere along the line, a sickly seed was planted in your heart and it was allowed to grow, but the soil in which this seed would thrive could only be corrupt soil, and so this seed corrupted the soil of your heart as it grew. Soon, more corrupted seeds were attracted to and planted in your heart.  And that seemed to be all that would or ever could grow there.

But there, all the time, waiting below the surface, was the incorruptible seed of Yahweh’s Word, which lives and abides forever. Waiting all the time for the ideal conditions to manifest so that it could be made known.

And Yahweh raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in heavenly places so that He could show the riches of His grace to the coming ages. That He might make the seed known.

And all that needs to happen for these countless Words that now reside in your heart’s soil is that Yahweh change the environment. No, it won’t be easy. It is painful and hard. But it is worth it. Because there, down deep, is the Word of Yahweh…waiting.

Because there, down deep, is life.

Because there, down deep, is Christ.

Waiting.

On you.

Some Words manifest before others, because of timing and environment. Certain seeds can grow in various climates. Others are to grow only in specific conditions. Only when we have fully realized the change in the environment of our hearts will every seed manifest. And the fullness of Christ blooms within us.