If the key revelation that unlocks true sanctification and
holiness and is the consummation of “Otherism” then we must search for this
pearl of great price with all our hearts. This is the key that unlock’s the
treasures of purity, that restores, innocence and repairs the soul. This is
life well lived looking out with the mind of Christ at His world through His
eyes to the abandonment of a self-centered and ego-centric appraisal of people,
circumstances, and God Himself. This is the place of liberty and freedom that
many have dreamed of and fight for with all their natural strength, anger,
ambition and self-determination. It is the volitional choice to lay one’s life
down for the sake of The King of the Universe, Yeshua, Father, Son and Holy
Spirit. This is a love and surrender that asks how may I serve, love and give
to those whom He has brought into my life? Some would label this, “Death to
Self,” however it is far more than the end of me, it is the beginning of my
truest identity, purpose, and destiny. We have found the answer to the riddle
of existence. We were born to love unconditionally and nurture life in everyone
and everything around us. We become like our Father, who is love, light, and
life itself.
Where are the proving grounds to develop this character? It
is found in the solitude of the ordinary day and the mundane life. It is in the
desert of what appears to be the lonely walk in the valley of the shadow of
death. This is the place where there are no external stimulation to
activities, validation, and approval. This is the place where the quiet soul
settles down in the green pastures, alongside the still waters to hear only one
voice, His voice. This is the classroom of the history makers, life changers,
reformers, and transformation catalyst sons and daughters. As it has famously
been said, “Champions are made when no one is looking.”
Author unknown.
From the book, "Poetry of the Dance." By Danny Dean
There are heroes in the making for the end of the age. Right now, there are Samuels waiting to hear the His call. There are David's busy about the mundane tasks of life. There are Esther's waiting for the call to royalty. There is the aged Moses in preparation for the final call to duty. So many we cannot count. Silently praying, studying God's Word. Hidden in the wine presses of Gideon's threshing floor, day in and day out and always wondering, "Where are all His miracles?"
These are the holy ones, the consecrated ones. These are the ones no one is turning to today, and no one is calling out to. These are the ones who live only to please Him secluded in daily worship and sit at His knee. These are the ones who are being purified, sanctified, and are stepping higher and higher into realms of glory and faith. Faith and power unrealized in previous generations. These are the Luthers pouring over the sacred texts looking for the answers to the longing, nagging questions of their souls. These are the Noah's building in derision what no one has ever seen, and experiences they have never had. These are the Schindler's ready to make their lists. The Ten Boom's with hearts ready to do their part. The conductors on the underground railroad whose morality is ready to do what it takes to protect the innocent. There is the ideal of love over hate, holiness over selfishness, and love of Jesus supremely over all other loves. These are the nameless, faceless, hidden few who know He is not in the earthquakes He is not in hurricanes and tornadoes. They know He is not in the wild fires; He is in the small still voice that calls out, "will you ride with Me? Will you follow Me wherever I go? Who will run to the finish line with Me? Come on, race with Me!"
It is the faithfulness to pursue Him when there is nothing
but quietness in your world. No cheerleaders, no applause, and no accolades. It
the place where the common everyday life is lived in complete devotion, worship,
and praise to our great God and King, Jesus. It is when in the daily
consecration of all that we are and all we have to give is laid at His feet. We
give Him what He is worthy of when no one is looking except all of heaven, the
Great Cloud of Witnesses, the angels, and the Father who sees in secret and
rewards openly. We come more earnestly to give Him our deepest love and
adoration. This is not for anything He has said or done, but simply because He
remains ever worthy of every breath and every heart beat we have been loaned
from birth. These are His first and most precious gifts to us and for that
alone we bow with faces to the ground, prostrate before Him, and with
ever-increasing awe of this great God and King who created us and loved us into
existence for His Glory. For this and this alone, in the solitude of the
humdrum day to day life alone, we trod with our hearts filled with gratitude.
From the book, “Footmen to Horsemen,” Dr. James Brewton
(Used with permission)
“God is not
only shaking the earth, but heaven as well. Not because heaven needs shaking;
there is nothing out of order in heaven. Rather, God is shaking from heaven
(the eternal mind of God to His sons and daughters on earth as per their
kingdom assignment) the Kingdom pattern that cannot be shaken or removed by
ungodly people and the demonic world systems that seduce them. God is
shaking from heaven, the new 21st Century,
apostolic model that the Church must embrace in order to become the catalyst of
the greatest revival of souls for the Kingdom of God of any time in history.”
We must learn to walk alone before we are called to ride with the
King. He has prepared a horse for you to ride, will you let Him finish in you
what He has been working on your whole life? Will you come away as His beloved
and embrace this hour of testing, proving, training and revelation? The desert
is where He speaks sweet nothings to His beloved.
You are right where you are supposed to be and yet we find the
more we learn, and the more He moves in our lives, the weaker we feel. Weaker
in the natural fleshly strengths we have and the more we depend on Him. We may
even cry out, “Change me and make me strong,” and His only reply, “My strength
is sufficient.” Therefore, we bow to His wisdom and say, “I can do all things
through the Messiah, Jesus, who strengthens me.”
You are
not alone, around the world millions of brothers and sisters are in the same
spot as you. He is preparing a glorious end time army to rise at this dawning
of a new day. The world has seen Him as the Morning Star when He first came,
now they will see Him as the bright Sun of this new day and His return.
When He
surveys the shelf and all the vessels on it, there may be the glamorous, jewel encrusted goblets and then there are the simple, everyday cups with nothing
spectacular about them. However, if the goblet has been used so much it needs
to be washed before reuse and there is the plane cup that is sparkling and
clean which one will you reach for when you just need a drink of water?
We come
now with clean hands and a pure heart to lay are lives down for our friends.
“Not to
us, not to us, but You be all the Glory”
Lift up
your eyes to the Mountain of the Lord, that is where your help will come from.
At your
side, in Him eternally and for His Glory,
Your
brother, Dan
