God has established cycles for us to live by. Laws…set in motion by His word… His calendar, Moedim (Feasts) , Sabbaths all for our benefit and to live and
fellowship with Him.
“While the earth
remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And
day and night Shall not cease.” Gen 8:22
[Lev 23:2 NASB] 2
"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'The LORD'S appointed
times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations--My appointed times are
these:
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We can prosper greatly in our lives when we live and move
and have our being in alignment with Him and His calendar and ways, Yes?
However how many have been able to successfully live
through there will power alone. We quickly realize
I feel that we are in a season of building and
harvesting...
[Amo 9:13 NASB] 13 "Behold, days are
coming," declares the LORD, "When the plowman will overtake the
reaper And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; When the mountains will
drip sweet wine And all the hills will be dissolved.
Unless the LORD
builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the
city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. Psalm 127:1
Spirit of the Lord Anointed …
[Jer 1:10 KJV] 10
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root
out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to
plant.
[Isa 61:1-4 KJV] 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the
LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to
bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening
of the prison to [them that are] bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of
the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To
appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the
oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD,
that he might be glorified. 4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall
raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the
desolations of many generations.
Consider your ways…
[Hag 1:1-15 NASB] 1
In the second year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the
word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
2 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'This people says, "The time has not
come, even the time for the house of the LORD to be rebuilt."'" 3
Then the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 "Is it
time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies
desolate?" 5 Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider your ways! 6 "You
have sown much, but harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be
satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on
clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into
a purse with holes." 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider your ways! 8 "Go up to
the mountains, bring wood and rebuild the temple, that I may be pleased with it
and be glorified," says the LORD. 9 "You look for much, but behold,
it comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it away. Why?" declares
the LORD of hosts, "Because of My house which lies desolate, while each of
you runs to his own house. 10 "Therefore, because of you the sky has
withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce. 11 "I called for
a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the
oil, on what the ground produces, on men, on cattle, and on all the labor of
your hands."
Heeded the voice of the Lord…
12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and
Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the
people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of Haggai the
prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him. And the people showed reverence
for the LORD. 13 Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke by the
commission of the LORD to the people saying, " 'I am with you,' declares
the LORD."
So the Lord Stirred up the Spirit…
14 So the LORD
stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit
of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the
LORD of hosts, their God, 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the
second year of Darius the king.
Whole lotta Shaking …
[Hag 2:6-9 KJV] 6
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it [is] a little while, and I will
shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land]; 7 And I will
shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill
this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 8 The silver [is] mine, and the
gold [is] mine, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 The glory of this latter house shall
be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will
I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
Laws
There are laws that govern the universe. Law of gravity, etc
Laws are made by kings.
The king’s words are law. The
word of God is perfect! When we align
with it we prosper.
[Psa 1:1-3 NASB] 1 How
blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in
the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! 2 But his delight is in
the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He will be
like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its
season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.
[Psa 19:7, 14 NASB] 7
The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the LORD
is sure, making wise the simple. ... 14 Let the words of my mouth and the
meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my
Redeemer.
Who argues with the law of gravity?
[Luk 6:45-49 NASB] 45
"The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is
good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for
his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart. 46 "Why do you call Me,
'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? 47 "Everyone who comes to Me and
hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 he is like
a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and
when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake
it, because it had been well built. 49 "But the one who has heard and has
not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without
any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed,
and the ruin of that house was great."
Consider you ways!
[Isa 55:8-13 KJV] 8 For my thoughts [are] not
your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For [as] the
heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from
heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring
forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto
me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in
the thing] whereto I sent it. 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth
with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into
singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap [their] hands. 13 Instead of
the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up
the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting
sign [that] shall not be cut off.
Please the Lord - [Pro
16:7 KJV] 7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be
at peace with him.
Law of the Spirit of Life
[Rom 8:2 NASB] 2 For
the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of
sin and of death.His Ways not my ways
6 Then he said to
me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel saying, 'Not by might nor
by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD of hosts. [Zec 4:6 NASB]
We are equipped for every good work
3 seeing that His divine
power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through
the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
[2Pe 1:3 NASB]
[2Cr 3:17-18 NASB]
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory
of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory,
just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
[Jud 1:20 KJV] 20 But
ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the
Holy Ghost,
Lord of the Harvest
[Luk 10:2 HNV] 2 Then
he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are
few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers
into his harvest.
Shaking
I feel like it is
harvest season and we are all participating as sifting is going on, separating,
during the harvest process.
[Hag 2:6, 21 NASB] 6
"For thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Once more in a little while, I am going
to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. ... 21
"Speak to Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, 'I am going to shake the
heavens and the earth.
[Hbr
12:26-29 HNV] 26 whose voice shook the eretz, then, but now he has promised,
saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the eretz, but also the
heavens." 27 This phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the
removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made,
that those things which are not shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, receiving a
kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God
acceptably, with reverence and awe, 29 fo
