While reading the passage about Lazarus, Mary and Martha in John 11, the thought came to me . Is God an on-time God all the time? A lot of times we all can feel discouraged or even hopeless. We turn our eyes to our Lord wanting for His full redemption. Like Mary and Martha we sometimes ask, "Where are you and why aren't you here? When will you answer?" This kind of thinking often brings disillusionment and discouragement. It seems our faith has "borders" and our understanding has limits! Martha understood Lazarus would rise again in the resurrection in the last day. But she couldn't comprehend by faith that THE resurrection and THE life NOW was standing right in front of her! Lazarus' sisters thought Jesus was late in coming to help their brother. However God is never late in anything! So "take heart and believe." God's promises and purposes WILL come to pass according to His plan and timing! "From Age to Age He Stands And Time is in His Hands The Beginning and the End..." (Tomlin)
"She's the very Tree of Life to those who embrace her. Hold her tight-and be blessed!" Proverbs 3:18(TheMessage) Our inheritance from Abba includes the gift of wisdom, which will restore to us what was lost through the fall. When Adam & Eve sinned they were expelled from Paradise so they wouldn't eat from the Tree of Life & live forever in their sin. Then He placed a huge fiery revolving sword and stationed a angel to guard the entrance. The good news is through the victory of Yeshua at the cross and the resurrection, the angel and the sword have been removed and we are free to eat from the Tree of Life! In the spirit of wisdom and understanding we grasp that to embrace her(wisdom), there is a cleaving to that opens our heart to understand that He(Yeshua) IS the source of all wisdom. When we cleave to Him we are embracing the Tree of Life, getting back what was lost! We are the Bride, the overcomers who remember their first love, the living flames of love who
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