"A BETTER WAY"

Nov 15

8 min read

"The Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils." (1 Timothy 4:1) — "*The Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils*." (1 Timothy 4:1)

There is an energy navigating throughout the atmosphere, that is causing shakings, uproars and chaos within and around you. This energy that's filling the air, is that of heaviness and is causing you to feel burdened; feeling like you are at your lowest point, bringing on grief and depression, even humiliation. These energies may cause you to feel overwhelmed because the load is heavy. The position in which you now find yourself in, is due to the actions that you have involved yourself in; these circumstances that surround you is a result of who and what you have joined yourself to. These connections have caused you to live restricted and enslaved, being under powerful influences of which you lack the liberty to decide the right course of action for your own life. These unhealthy relations have led you into sin, idolatry and immorality, placing a yoke of bondage upon you; behaviors of which has greatly displeased God and have brought ruin into your life. Therefore, God is intervening that you may learn a better way. (Matthew 11:29-30) "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

In this scripture Christ introduces you to an easier and lighter way to transition through life; his way is connected to the Spirit and is of compassion, empathy and love. He encourages you to place your trust in the spirit of God, which is mild, gentle and humble. God desires to give you rest, so he has interrupted your plans, like pressing a pause button, causing a break in continuity. This is because the path you have chosen is leading you towards destruction. This immediate and sudden halt is designed to refresh the mind, body and heart; to make you anew, to invigorate you, that you may be filled with joy. There are also those who have been grossly devastated because you have learned the truth about things that have been occurring right under your nose. This has left you stunned, shocked and hurt with overwhelming feelings of being used and betrayed; all of which has caused a crushing unto your heart and Soul. To all of you who are being greatly impacted by these current dilemmas, know that this serves as a wakeup call to remove the blinders from your eyes. Things will settle and you will enter a period of quietness and stillness to bring about a calmness within your mind; that you may receive clarity and heed to the guidance of the Spirit, as you wait with patience the expectation of a renewed Soul. The restoration of your Soul will cause the yoke that has held you captive to be lightened. This will make your walk easier, becoming virtuous, kind, gracious, useful in manner and morals and fit for God's use. No longer will you be stirred by the incitements and seductions of the flesh; ungodly desires will come to an end, these will no longer exercise control over your thoughts, desires and feelings. You will willingly refrain from them for God will give you light; no longer will you be burdened with the faults of the conscience, which oppress the soul, being weighed down by hauling and carrying the heavy loads within your heart.

The disposition of the Spirit, in which we accept its dealings with us as good; the Spirit will guide you in ways that will benefit you harmoniously and bring health unto you. (Proverbs 3:8) "It shall be health to your navel and marrow to your bones." The navel being the center of our strength; the place where we once received nourishment from our mother through the umbilical cord. It still serves as a place to receive nourishment but now from the Spirit of God; in the navel (Solar Plexus Chakra) is where the seed of light is conceived and rises upward that you may take on the Christ conscience. This brings refreshment and strength to your bones assisting you to walk the path of light. God allows afflictions to come upon us that our ways may be purified; that our Soul can be refreshed, restored and revived. So that the breath of life can refresh your Soul, to recover hope, courage and strength; after a time of difficulty, you can breathe again with ease. The Spirit of God will breathe upon you that you may be restored, filling the emptiness and hollowness within.

There is a story in the bible of a man namedBalaam, who was a wicked prophet, whose name means, "not of the people." He got up one morning, saddled his donkey and went with the Moabite officials. But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, it turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat it to get it back on the road. Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path through the vineyards, with walls on both sides. When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So, he beat the donkey again. Then the angel of the Lord moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left. When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat it with his staff. Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?” Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If only I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.” The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?”

“No,” he said. Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn. So, he bowed low and fell facedown. The angel of the Lord asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me^.The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If it had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared it.” Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned. I did not realize you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now if you are displeased, I will go back.”The angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but speak only what I tell you.” So, Balaam went forth as the angel instructed.

Balaam did not have the best interest of the people at heart; he was leading them down a spiraling dark path, causing them to fail, wear out, decay, be consumed and devoured. God stopped him in his tracks and told him to alter his ways before he was destroyed, and Balaam corrected his way. Sometimes we become so persistent in going our own way and God will send us signs and warnings for us to heed to. If we neglect to heed God's warning, we could come to a devastating and destructive end. Just as Balaam who was determined to make his travel and the donkey was sparing his life each time he did not proceed forward. The donkey was able to see the sword that the angel held but Balaam could not. The donkey's resistance spared his life not once but three times; unknowingly of the angel that stood there with a drawn sword to kill him. Instead, he beat the donkey repeatedly.

God opened the donkey's mouth to speak so that he could really grasp the danger he was approaching. The place that he was traveling to was the city of Moab, which means "of his father." This is an indication that he was following in the footsteps of his father and was practicing behaviors that God was highly displeased with. So much that he was unaware that he was on the path to his Death; he came so close to his end and didn't have an inkling of a clue. Also, consider that the donkey had nothing to gain by avoiding the angel because his life was not in jeopardy and he would have been spared. Instead, the donkey showed compassion and not retaliation towards Balaam even after he beat him.

So, this is why God has visited you at this moment in time, that you may learn a better way. God is giving you a way of escape, that you don't bring destruction unto yourselves. He is stopping you right in the middle of your determined conquest to win at all costs. Although, what you are experiencing or about to experience does not feel like it is working for your good; know that it is because if God had not intervened you would have been destroyed with no ways of recovering. This is the Love of God at work here, allow his Spirit to restore you and put you on the right Path.

(1 Corinthians 10:13) "There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it."

If God would have given you the truth, you would not have accepted it; so, he allowed you to go astray and follow after a lie. When the truth stands next to a lie, then and only then are you to able to acknowledge the truth for yourselves. Now you are able to observe what has always been and now inclined to receive. The truth dispels the lie and is scattered like chaff in the wind. All so that God may resuscitate your mind and heart, in order that your Soul may be resurrected to receive his light.

(Isaiah 40:3) "The voice that cries in the wilderness, to prepare you a way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for God." God is preparing you that you may receive him; for God will not dwell in an unclean temple.

(2 Corinthians 6:16-18) "What agreement has the temple of God with idols? you are the temple of the living God; for God has said, I will dwell in you and walk in you. I will be your God, and you shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you.I will be a Father unto you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."