Yom Re-vi-i, Shevat 19, 6001 – January 18, 2017
One Of Our Greatest Weapons
Surrender. That is one of our greatest weapons, perhaps THE greatest weapon. Not surrender to the enemy. To our Father. I have learned recently that the more we surrender all to Him, the better chance we have of not only feeling the security of His embrace, the better chance we have at finally achieving victory. He is, after all, the Creator of the universe, the only One that can truly change anything. As I write this, the fog lifts where I can actually experience that as more than words, like a true reality. So often we (at least I) pray and we are more throwing words in the air than we are literally asking the One that can make the request reality, WITH the full expectation of our hands out expecting to receive something.
Matthew 6:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
This morning I can see more clearly why the scripture about treasures in heaven is preceded by fasting to God in secret. Eating is a celebration, or meant to be. In our society, we take it for granted most of the time. Fasting is eating of something from heaven, a celebration of sustanance with and from the Father. The spiritual closeness we experience allows us to make our requests with expectation, with our hands out, trusting our Father to fill them.
John 4:30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Here our Messiah was not eating food of this earth, but celebrating existence and provision of the Father in the completion of establishing the kingdom. This is the work that we as believers are commissioned to do, for when we finish the work of the Father that He has given unto us, we truly are defeating the enemy. This is true spiritual warfare. And it begins with understanding that we are powerless to change things on our own.
Matthew 6:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
When we can finally surrender our lives in total to Yahuah (Lord), we become His weapon on the earth. If we will set aside the earthly celebration of eating this world’s food, and partake of His heavenly table through fasting, we can place our treasures of requests for His completed work on the table. With open arms we can ask, “Father, please pass (my request)”, with open hands extended, as if asking for a dish of food, expecting that He will hand it to us. We can place these treasures in His hands, and leave these treasures in the heaven, knowing that He has heard us, knowing that if we seek His kingdom and righteousness, that He will grant all these to us.
Surrender today, and be victorious.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! We surrender to You, that Your will be done here. Forgive us our transgressions of the Law (sins), and we forgive those that have transgressed the Law against us. Heal our hearts. Heal our minds. Restore our relationships, with You and others. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundred times one hundred times one hundredfold all that has been taken or held back in any way from Your people, and the more besides. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.