Is He Enough?
Is Yeshua enough for us, is His sacrifice enough for us? Can we live with nothing, stripped of everything and just depend of what He's already done?
What has He done? In our eyes, what has He done? Are we aware, do we know, do we see? What is the value of His sacrifice, to us? How is it visible in our lives? We have knowledge, in our minds of what He's done, but we don't have experiential knowledge, we're not walking like we know what He's done.
Our spirits have been reborn by His Spirit, we are saved. Through salvation we have redemption to the Father, who is now our Father. We have healing, we are freed from oppression and every wicked thing, but is it obvious by our fruit? We have physical healing, but where's the fruit of that? Why are we still walking around sick or crippled or afflicted, in so many ways. Don't we trust Him? Don't we trust His Word?
He said through His Word that we are to preach the gospel to all, to disciple nations. We are to speak His Word with boldness, followed by signs and wonders. Why isn't this happening. Though we are saved, we are still feeding from the fruit of the wrong tree, the tree of knowledge. The OT is the law and we see this, we say we are saved by grace and this is true. We say we are led by the Spirit and this is true in a measure, but we're still trying to conform to the law. We still measure ourselves to the law and this leads to death.
We must quit doing what we think we should do. We must quit trying to do anything. Yeshua said, deny yourselves, pick up your cross, and follow Him. These are simple instructions, but we aren't doing it. Maybe we should quit trying to force things to happen, maybe we should learn to rest in Him. Too many times, in church or around others, our egos take control and we have to put on a show to one degree or another. Why? Because we are so bound by fear and competetiveness that we can't just follow.
We've learned many wrong things, from so many people, just by example. Just by watching, these are things we've picked up with our subconcious. We need to quit what we're doing that's wrong and just rest in the Lord.
We are seated with the Messiah, at the right Hand of the God. Why don't we start by learning to be where we already are. Let's sit with and rest in Yeshua for awhile. He'll tell us what to do next.
So, how do we rest in the Messiah? To begin with, we must learn to trust Him. We need to believe that what's He's done is enough, that we are in Him and above every evil thing that exists. This is a good place to start.
What do you think? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
God Bless
Freedom Reigns In This Place
At church Saturday night, during praise and worship, we sang Freedom Reigns, a Jason Upton song. When I heard the line “Freedom reigns in this place,” the Lord showed me what this means. ‘This place’ refers to our bodies and more importantly , our minds. It’s not a church or a house or any building we meet in. This place where freedom reigns is you and me, it’s all who are saved by the grace of God and covered by the Blood of Yeshua. This freedom comes from Yeshua, meaning Yeshua reigns in us. We are the dwelling place of God in the spirit through His Son, Yeshua.
Eph 2:22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. ESV
We are to have the mind of the Messiah, no longer allowing evil thoughts. When an evil thought comes to mind, stop it, rebuke it, take it captive to the obedience of the Messiah. We are to think or allow in our mind, only good thoughts.
Phil 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report; if there be any virtue, and praise, think on these things. KJV paraphrased
We are free, we may still make mistakes, but we are free. When Yeshua went to the cross and took our sins upon Himself, He bought our freedom. When He was beaten and tortured and crucified in place of us, He bought our freedom. He was and is our Scapegoat, He took our punishment. We need to learn to walk in this freedom. The enemy only has power over us when we allow it, so stop allowing it.
The Name of Yeshua or Jesus is above every other name. The Owner of that Name is within us through the Holy Spirit, we must learn to love Him like He loves us.
John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. ESV
Yeshua loved us this much, He layed His Life down for us when He was crucified. How much do we love Him. All He asked from us, is to deny ourselves, pick up our cross, and follow Him. When we learn to walk in the freedom He bought us, we will do this.
I hope someone gets a revelation from this. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Click the link below or go to the address to hear Jason Upton sing Freedom Reigns on YouTube . I've typed the lyrics are below the link.
God Bless
Jason Upton – Freedom Reigns
Where the spirit of the Lord is
There is freedom
Where the spirit of the Lord is
There is freedom
If you're tired and you are thirsty
There is freedom
If you're tired and you are thirsty
There is freedom
Freedom reigns in this place
Showers
of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Jesus reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Freedom reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Jesus reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Freedom reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Jesus reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Where the spirit of the Lord is
There is freedom
Where the spirit of the Lord is
There is freedom
We lift our eyes to Jesus
There is freedom
We lift our eyes to Jesus
There is freedom
Freedom reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Jesus reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Whatever you're burdened with tonight
Whatever you struggle with tonight
There is Freedom
There is freedom
Nobody is looking at you tonight
Nobody is looking at you tonight
The eyes of the Lord is moving to and fro throughout the Earth
Seeking an heart that's completely his
Jesus you reign in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
Freedom reigns in this place
Showers of mercy and grace
Falling on ev'ry face
There is freedom
The Name Above Every Other Name
I began my relationship with God about six and one half years ago. My thoughts and opinions have changed with the more knowledge I’ve gotten. I became interested in the Messianic Judaic belief, because Jesus is the Messiah and the Jewish people are God’s chosen people. My thinking was, who would know Him better than Jewish people who believe in the Messiah.
The church I was attending at the time, is a former Baptist church, that has become an Apostolic church. There, I learned much Spiritual Truth. My pastor is a very good teacher, he taught us Greek and Hebrew words to help us better understand the scriptures. I’m grateful for my time there, this is where I met the Holy Spirit, learned of Spiritual gifts, and the five fold ministry.
This is when I started desiring a more Jewish belief, at least in my mind. I wanted to call Jesus by His Hebrew Name only. The Hebrew translation is Yeshua, which is short for Yehoshua. His Name became a big thing for me. I called Him Jesus, but I knew His Name was Yeshua. I didn’t realize how legalistic I’d become. I was making an issue out of the Lord’s Name, this ought not to be. I know better now, thank You Father.
Now days, what I call Him depends on whose company I'm in. When I'm praying I typically call Him Yeshua. Here’s the thing, His Name is above every other Name. It doesn't matter what you call Him, He's our Lord and Savior. I’ve had a couple of dreams, where the only thing I could say was Jesus and it freed me. Thank You Father for Your Son and His Name and the Power in It. Father, thank You for showing me my error.
Do you or have you ever had such a problem? I’d love to hear about it.
God bless.
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