Greetings in The Mighty Name of Jesus, The Christ!!!
We Cry Out
Brothers and Sisters it seems that circumstances that we face or even feel we are in The Spirit takes us to a place that We Cry Out for the Presents of Jesus to be Manifested to us. The Reasons go un-numbered as to why We Cry Out, but indeed we Seek Jesus. Some Cry Out for Mercy, others Cry Out for Grace, in any case we all seem to have a Need, a Want that we find that Jesus is the Only Answer to Our Asking. We need to Cry Out until Jesus is ready to Answer our request then be ready to Receive that Answer with Humbleness Attire.
Psalm 10:17 KJV
“LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:"
In a World that is full of Chaos we need to find a place of Peace and Calm as Our Lord Jesus did. He would Separate Himself from the others to Pray to The Father, Humbling Himself in Solitude with No Distractions, No Interference, just the Quietness that would surround Him so that He would be at One With The Father to Hear His Voice in whatever mannerism. We live in a Society that if we do not get an answer in the next thirty seconds, then, move on to another Filter, another Question having Not The Answer we sought in the first place. Too many of you are not willing to Stand until you can Stand no longer, but Our Lord Jesus said that we Must Endure until the end.
Matthew 24:13 KJV
“But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved."
So, what does this mean, it means that we Trust Jesus even unto Death. He is the Only Answer for Our Lives now and to come, but in order for us to See The Answer Manifest, we Must hold on to Him WHO Has The Truth to The Answer we are seeking! There is no number that will satisfy when the Answer my come, it might be in an Hour, a Day, a Week, a Month, a Year or Death, but The Answer will come.
So as no man or angel knows the Hour of Our Lord Jesus coming, so is Our Answer. The Answer will come at the Right Time and usually when Not Expected and may not be Exactly as we have prayed or Cried Out, but whatever the Answer may be, it will Glorify Jesus in the end.
Many of us think that we are not Heard or that Why should Jesus care about my issue, but the fact remains that Jesus Loves The Father so much, that Jesus Died in Your Place to Cover Your Sins, which in turn means How Much Jesus Loves You and Cares about you. I know for a fact that there have been times that as I was speaking my request, the Answer was already being Manifested to me in the Exact of My Prayer. I know that Jesus Hears when we open our mouths, but His Answer may be delayed for a number of reasons. Our Brother James answers the most common one…
James 4:3 KJV
“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts."
You think that just because you Open Your Mouth and say Lord, that Jesus is liken to a Genie In A Bottle, that He has to give to you just because you Ask!! You think that you can Hold Jesus Ransom because of the following Scripture…
John 14:13 KJV
“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son."
Jesus is not going to be held in any kind of Ransom, there is a Clause to this statement that Binds Jesus and that dealing with The Father…
Matthew 7:21 KJV
“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."
…the Binding is that of The Father and Son. Whatever we Ask For MUST be within The Fathers Will and at His Timing. This why someone cannot ask for a million dollars and expect to get it.
I write this because Our Cries need to be that in which will Glorify Jesus through Doing The Fathers Will in Our Lives. If you are in Ministry, is it Jesus who said Go and Do or is it Your Thoughts, Your Heart that has done so? You Cry Out to Jesus for something that He will not answer because He never said in the first place and now you hold Jesus feet to the fire to help you when you need help. Sorry, but it is Your Feet that will burn, not Jesus Feet!!!
I have learned over the years that I must Wait upon The Lord in His Answers. Our Brother Paul explained it in this manor…
1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."
We only see things in part, we do not fully Know or Understand what the Answer may be that we have Cried Out for. It many indeed go out one way and return in a different Fashion or Form not of Our Choice, but by The Will of The Father we may Receive in ourselves The Glory Of Jesus in The Flesh!!! That through Our Answers to Our Cry Jesus will have Our Witness to Bear Him Glory for all eternity!!!
We Cry Out to who’s Glory? Is it mine that Pride will cause me to fall? Is it to another that they may Receive Glory? We Cry Out but for one reason that is acceptable and that is We Become as Jesus is to The Father. That we lay down our Lives Completely and Fully to Jesus that in His Glorification, The Father is Glorified In All Things!!!
Luke 22:42 KJV
“Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done."
Luke 9:62 KJV
“And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."
Once we have Accepted Jesus as Lord, there is No turning back, from that time forward Your Will becomes Jesus Will in All things on earth in Your Life. I did not say Savior, I said Lord… have Jesus as Lord means He now has Complete Control over where you live, how you live, how you dress, how you eat, what job you have and the list goes on to Your Complete Life! Now, having Jesus in this respect, keeps me from asking for things that I should not and keeps my eyes on Jesus and His Will be done in my Life to His Glory, that when I Cry Out, I am Heard and My Answer comes in due time.
I do not Cry Out so that I am Glorified or someone else is, but I Cry Out that Jesus is Always Glorified In All Things that I Do or Say, in which The Father will be Glorified as well in My Request!!!
Yes, there are times that I Cry Out and there seems to be No Answer, in those times I Must Wait and Stand, not giving in to Failure, but in Victory In Jesus regardless rather my Answer comes in this world or in the next, I will Endure until the end. Now, if The Lord Jesus should speak to me to Change My Request, then I must do so, if not, I Stand Un-Movable!!!
We do not know what goes on in the Spiritual World other than we know there is a Battle for Souls and other things that we know not of. But as Daniel prayed for 21 days before receiving an answer because of the great battle in the Spiritual Realm that right now we cannot comprehend, but only that we Believe!
There are many who Cry Out for Answers, have comfort, they are heard! But please weigh how you have asked. Daniel, seeking God, Fasted, asked for Forgiveness Of Sin, not only for himself but for his people, he sought God is Praise to his Answer… Daniel did all that he could do in Presenting Himself to God as a Man After God’s Own Heart For An Answer…have you done as well?
Daniels Prayer…
Daniel 9:3-19 KJV
"3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: 4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; 5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: 6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 O Lord, righteousness [belongeth] unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, [that are] near, and [that are] far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. 8 O Lord, to us [belongeth] confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. 9 To the Lord our God [belong] mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; 10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. 11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that [is] written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. 12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. 13 As [it is] written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. 14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God [is] righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people [are become] a reproach to all [that are] about us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name."
Daniel really, really sought after The Father for an Answer… are you willing to do even the very least? When we get down to business with Jesus, He will get down to business with us, but in our day, in our society, few there are who will truly Cry Out to Jesus for a Truthful Answer, they just want to say a quick prayer and expect it might get done.
But what is the First Commandment…
Mark 12:30 KJV
“And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment."
You can use this as a check box in a sense by asking Yourself, Do I Love Jesus with All My Heart, Do I Love Jesus with all My Soul, Do I Love Jesus with All My Mind and Do I Love Jesus with All My Strength before making Your Request. Jesus wants All of us not just part of us and Our Request Reflects that. We must Seek after Jesus not because He is all that is left to seek, but because He IS All to Seek First in Everything!!!
Amen and Amen!!!
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