Eyes and Ears part 1
In order to truly understand the way things are, we need to go a little deeper. The Kingdom of God is within us, so we need to go past the surface stuff. I know that surface stuff is right in your face. The world is screaming at the top of it's lungs to try to get you to conform. But watch this: "And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice" (1 Kings 19:11-12). Now this blows me away, because in the Bible the wind represents the Holy Spirit. And when Jesus died on the cross there was an earthquake. And God IS a consuming fire. So it was seem that God was manifesting Himself to Elijah. But God wasn't in any of those things. Because He's in us! I think He was trying to show us that it's not what's without, it's what's within. The still small voice of God's heart beating with love in our chest. The Holy Spirit leading and guiding us into all truth by testifying of Jesus... by TELLING us all truth, which is, "The Father loveth the Son and hath given all things into His hands." And with that revelation knowledge--that we are loved--everything else flows. With that revelation knowledge we can see and hear clearly. Deuteronomy 29:4 says, "Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day." That "day" was the day that the people of Israel entered the Promised Land. JESUS is the Promised Land of rest! The "day" is the perpetual sabbath day that we are in right now! The work was finished and now we can rest in our true identity of God's beloved Son in whom He is well pleased. We don't have to try to earn Daddy's love because we know (and believe) that He already loves us! That He always has and always will love us. Not because of what we do, but because of who we are. And because of who HE is. God IS love! There's nothing else He can do. Nothing else He would even consider doing. Nothing can separate us from the love of God. Because God lives in us. And when we turn our attention to what's on the inside... that's when it starts to manifest on the outside. When we stop looking at the wind, and the earthquake, and the fire, that's when we can see what's really there. That's when the light of the world shines, and reveals the truth about the situation. And the truth is, it's not bad and getting worse. It's good and getting better! "...the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day" (Proverbs 4:18). That's the "day" that we're in! And the more we SEE it, the more we BE it. The more we HEAR it, the more we BELIEVE it. On the cross Jesus gave us His mind, His heart, His eyes, and His ears. He opened up the heavenly realm so that we could experience it on a daily basis. The days of heaven on earth! See, we're in the world, but not of the world. And really, if you dig a little deeper, you'll see that we're not IN the world at all. We're in the Kingdom. Because the Kingdom is in us!