The strength I thought I had was just a mask, hiding the fragility of my heart from the darts and arrows of this world, as if I were any better.
GOD TAUGHT ME:
If walls can crumble, they will. If masks can slip, they will.
When they do, the truth comes pouring out like a river, the assumed strength showing to be but a dam, drowning in sorrow. I was never strong, just silent.
It is a weakness so weak it fears facing itself, fears speaking its name. Weakness pretends to be strong until it cannot pretend anymore, until it breaks.
We all live in a glass house. If the stones you throw do not come back to you, your implosion will…
I was never strong, just silent (a coward, in reality). This silence is not a strength, but a weakness. The strength I thought I had was just a mask, hiding the fragility of my heart from the darts and arrows of this world. This silence is not a strength, but a weakness. A weakness so weak it fears facing itself, to speak its name, pretends to be strong until it can no longer pretend, until it breaks.
Like a frequency reaching such a high pitch that the glass house you live in has no option but to explode, cutting the inhabitants with every shard.
God says He will take your heart of stone and turn it into a heart of flesh.
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”
Ezekiel 36:26
When we delve into the biblical text, we must remember that every utterance is infused with deep meaning and purpose.
God’s words are not mere platitudes or empty promises but a reflection of His infinite wisdom and love. As we explore the Bible, we must approach it with reverence and humility, seeking to understand the deeper truths beneath the surface.
God’s words are not meant to be taken lightly but rather to be cherished and contemplated so that we may come to know Him more fully and experience the richness of His grace. Let us, therefore, open our hearts and minds to the wisdom of the Scriptures and allow God’s truth to transform us from within.
“For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.” Psalm 33:4
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” – Psalm 119:105
“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” – Isaiah 40:8
I Can Say With No Uncertainty;
There is no earthly sensation as profound as truly realizing, in the depths of your soul, that the Divine has revealed Himself to you.
Knowing it is He, who is preparing your steps, until the Finish Line. He alone imparts within our bodily vessels; the objective ability to grasp “KNOWING.”
“The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.” Proverbs 16:9
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.” 2 Corinthians 4:7
“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14
This is something that cannot be taken from you because God established it, & He Will Finish it.
His Will is perfect; a perfect Will can’t be broken. He is above All, in ALL, All Things are through Him, by Him & FOR HIM.
If you can recognize Him, then in that beyond-miraculous reality, He acknowledges you.
HE ESTABLISHES OUR RECOGNITION
“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” –
Ephesians 2:10
To know Jesus is a beautiful thing, but to Know that Jesus Knows you, there’s no more significant thing in the entirety of the Universe.
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.” John 10:14
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39
Jesus Will Not Say He Never Knew You
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 7:21
Their outer actions may seem suitable to men when they are not right inside. Those who do their works only for themselves will find that all they will have is themselves – not Christ, God, or salvation.
Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons, and in your name perform many miracles?’
Mat. 7:22
Wisdom cries out; “How long, you simple ones, will you love simple ways? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn at my rebuke. See, I will pour out my spirit to you, I will make my words known to you. “But since I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one paid attention, But you have ignored all my counsel, and were not willing to any of my rebuke, I also will laugh at your calamity. I will mock you when your fear comes. Then they will call me, but I will not answer. They will seek me early, but they will not find me, For they hated knowledge, They despised all my rebukes. Therefore they will eat the fruit of their way and be filled with their schemes. ” Proverbs 1:20-31
And then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’
Matthew 7:23
“Therefore, I will compare everyone who hears these words of mine, and does them, to a wise man who built his house on a rock.
Verse 24
And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, for it had its foundation on a rock.
Verse 25
The wise man has trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ and shows by his obedience that he has trusted Him.
And everyone who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house on sand. And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house. And it fell, and great was its fall”.
Matthew 7:22-27
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." - Proverbs 3:5-6
1 Corinthians 2:16 - “For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.”
John 17:3 - “And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”Romans 12:2 - “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
God Graces us with a New Heart when reborn into His family, but He also Graces us with a New Mind…
“Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may DISCERN what is the Will of God, what is Good & acceptable & perfect.”
Romans 12:2
It mourns the Spirit inside of me when I see it being taught that our minds are to be shut off & that we should “allow” His Spirit to work ONLY in our hearts.
” ..test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good…”♡
1Thessalonians 5:22
God allowed me to have His Spirit; I didn’t allow Him… If we are under Grace, we are under His Will.
“No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him…”
♡John 6:44:
“He saved us, not based on deeds that we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration & renewing by the Holy Spirit.”
Titus 3:5
God says He makes us Whole by His Spirit. If we are whole, we become connected, complete, and united.
“For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.” ♡
Philippians 1:6
Our Hearts and minds don’t disconnect; we don’t become thoughtless, mindless being experiencing God solely through our senses.
“…Solid food is for those who have their senses (powers of discernment) trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.”♡
Hebrews 5:1
Instead, we begin to align in perfect harmony with His Spirit, His Heart, His Mind & His Will…
♡”All the promises of God find their Yes in Him. That is why it is through Him that we utter Amen to God for His glory. & it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, & has anointed us, & who has also put His SEAL on us & given us His Spirit IN OUR HEARTS as a guarantee…”
2Corinthians 1:20-22 ♡
Producing a calmness within us that cannot be adequately explained in human terms.
♡Romans 5:1- “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”♡
We can experience & understand true freedom from the CHAINS of this world…
♡”You who were slaves of sin have become obedient FROM THE HEART to the standard of teaching to which you WERE COMMITTED & having BEEN SET FREE from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.
When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness…the end of those things is death. NOW that you have been set free FROM sin, & have BECOME SLAVES OF GOD, the FRUIT YOU GET leads to SANCTIFICATION & its end, eternal life.”♡
This sinful flesh (our mortal, dying flesh) that inhabits His Spirit will still always be at war with the Spirit living within it (us) BUT WE KNOW He will deliver us from this wicked body & all its lusts….
♡Ephesians 2:1-5 ~ “You were BY NATURE CHILDREN OF WRATH, LIKE THE REST OF MANKIND. God… made us alive with Christ, by Grace you have been saved..” ♡
Giving us a Glorified Body.
How do we know we are His?
“The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.”
Romans 8:16
And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth; and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
