3. God Is Hidden — The full truth of God is beyond our comprehension.
— If we try to explain God by a specific event, situation or doctrine we are in essence “playing God” and end up distorting the truth.
— Truth: No spiritual leader, Pastor, Priest, Monk, Rabbi, Imam or Spiritual Director has any special knowledge about God.
GOD IS ALWAYS GREATER THAN OUR MINDS AND HEARTS ! Matt 4:16 (Isa 9:1-2) The mystery of life revealed — To discover the personal God. Discovering His Presence through A Perception of His Absence: The Cloud of Unknowing.
Psalm 22:1-5In the Cloud” we meet God in the way He wants us to: beyond human knowing and beyond what we are presently.
4. God Is Looking For Us
He is: The Good Shepherd leaving the 99 for the 1.
The woman who lights the lamp, sweep the house until the lost coin is found.
Abba — watching for us and patiently waiting for our return.
The question:
Not — “How do I find God?” but “How can I best let myself be found by Him?”
Not, “Who is God for me?” but A quest for me to discover “Who God says I am to Him”
“When I cry ‘Abba’ I claim that I am a seeker of a deeper relationship with God and I will be found by Him ! — “PR
Psalm 91:1-2 El Elyon — Most High El Elohim — The Ultimate Source
El Shaddai — The Almighty,all Sufficient One
Jehovah Jireh — Provider
Jehovah Rophe – Healer
Jehovah Shalom — OurPeace
Jesus was called after being baptized by John:
(Aramaic) — Mahyana — “The Light Giver”
Ihidaya –– The Single, Unified One; The “Master of Consciousness”
When you say, Lord — What do you mean? Who are you seeking and what do you want?
“We don’t see things as they are. We see them as WE are.”
1 John 3:2(Passion)
Heart — the deep recesses of self: emotions and feelings, meditations/focus, passions, inhibitions and visions.
Dianoia — knowing through logic, doctrine and dogma
Epinoia — Knowing through intuition and inner revelation
Hebrews 11:6 (Passion) — faith pleases God
Psalm 46:1-4,10 (NKJV)
Trans-rational — God plants a desire deep in our hearts at our creation for us to discover. When we do and agree with it — it eventually becomes a realty in our visibly perceived world.
Jeremiah 29:11-14
Hebrews 11:3
Reflections on Ps 46: Four Aspects of God’s Nature
1. God Is With Us — Immanuel
— Not just in proximity to us — He’s FOR us !
— He participates in the human struggle
— We can call on Him and get help.
John 1:14 — Jesus, the “Living Expression of God”: the Message and the Messenger
2. God Is Personal — Abba — “Daddy”— an expression of trust, safety and confidence.
— Jesus’ relationship with the Father — Fearless, trusting and empowering
Romans 8:14-16 (Passion) — Abba — not a label for God but a CLAIM of intimate love called “SPIRIT”
Vs 16 — “I am His beloved child!”
Foundation Scriptures — Spoken to your inner being
Because they are personal you can consistently return to them to remind your soul of their truth.
The Word of God is NOT MAGIC — It”s the Truth from which we pray!
“Born Again” — a return to the trans-rational truth deep within.
The Prodigal Son parable — “Speaks of a love that existed before any rejection was possible — a love that will still be there after all rejection is over. -PR
“Renewing your mind” — a process through which our basic character changes for the better through an adjustment of our moral and spiritual vision. — Rom 12:1-2 (Passion)
Phil 3:13-15 (Passion) Isa 61 (NIV) “Oaks of Righteousness Oak — permanence and solidity Woodland Oaks — grow together in community Normal rainfall — dumps 40-50 gal into the air — Process of Transforation ( yes the spelling is correct)
Drought — re-channels water to roots — digs deeper to find water
Gen 12:12, Gen 26:7 (NKJV) — Abraham and Isaac’s compromises
Gen 26 (NKJV) — Isaac’s attempted return to Egypt
Gerar –“Circles”
Philistines — the “uncircumcised”
Heb 6:1 (NKJV)
1Jn 1:7 — “Fellowship” — Koinenea — bonding and building together
I Gen 26:12-33 (NKJV) — “Land of the Flesh” — Place between “the World” and the “Inheritance”
“If your live in a place of constant strife and quarreling you might think about MOVING!” — PR
Sheba — place of covenant — Beersheba — the well of the covenant. Well of “Living Water”
Eph 1:5-6 (Passion)
Matt 6:33 (Passion)
Lk 9:18-20 (NKJV) — “Who do they/you say I am?”
The Cross — the destroyer of the Flesh — an agent of circumcision
It is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, meekness, temperance, and faith. –Galatians 5:22-23
I want to enrich your thinking about God’s fruit and elevate your perspective about it.
The fruit of the Spirit manifested in your life is evidence of His Presence.
His Presence displays His fruit.
The full nature and character of God is evidenced in the fruit of the Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit is Evidence of the new creation life.
WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT GOD WILL BE A KEY IN WHAT KIND OF FRUIT IS SEEN IN YOUR LIFE.
ALIGN YOURSELF WITH GOD.
We can elevate our vision to align with His perspectives of peace, promise and provision thereby displaying His life: His fruit in our lives.
Alignment is relational.
relationship
relative
receive
remain
John 15:1-4, 8
abide
agree
align
Galatians 5:22-23
The first fruit is love: all the rest are complementary to this foundational truth. God is love and
HIS LOVE COMPLETES THE LAWS OF GOD.
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, meekness, temperance and faith.
Love that completes
Joy that overflows
Peace that subdues
Patience that endures
Kindness in action
A life full of virtue
Faith that prevails
Gentleness of heart
Strength of spirit
THESE ARE LIMITLESS QUALITIES.
As we rest in Him, we find ourselves experiencing a greater revelation of His gentleness, kindness, joy and love which is His very Essence. His peace, His goodness, His faith – THE VERY NATURE OF GOD.
We can draw closer to God through studying His Word, through prayer, by being connected and committed to a local body of believers.
Make room for Him, remain in constant communication with Him, waiting on Him in His Presence until the flow begins and the Holy Spirit takes over your very breathing.
Cultivate a spirit of surrender to intimacy with the Holy Spirit.
Faith in the logos – Hearing the rhema
The Word is alive causing us to progress into ever-deepening expressions of the Lord’s mighty power: fashioning us into Warriors of truth of His kingdom displaying His fruit.
Ways to deepen relationship with the Word
Memorization
Visualization
Personalization
Melodization
Hebrews 5:14
Luke 6:44
Philippians 4:17
Our transformation – He loves… He triumphs in our new man image coming forth and rising to be seated with Him in heavenly places as we are created to please Him and encounter Him every day; having our eyes enlightened with a deeper understanding of Him. His true nature is visibly displayed through us every day as we “see Him” in ourselves, and those around us; as we encounter and depend on His Grace being more than sufficient.
Remain in a rest produced by believing that His Presence is present.
Amen!
Turn to the One Who has enfolded you into His grace.
