Yom Shli-shi, Sivan 10, 6002 – June 6, 2017
Clearing The Ground
One thing all builders know about building a house is that the location, once selected, must be cleared. This sounds basic for sure. But in life, we may want to go on and do something substantial for our Father and for His kingdom. Certainly we are encouraged in scripture to do these things.
John 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
We see here that our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus) clearly saw that we would do the things that He did and even greater things than He did. Therefore the desire to do great things for the Father is in line with scripture. This desire is a good thing, and is placed in us by the Father. But there are certain keys listed here to actually doing this. We have to believe on Jesus (Yeshuah), that He is in the Father and the Father in Him. If we ask anything in His name, He will do it that the Father receives the glory (not us). He repeats this. And He also says that if we love Him we will keep His commandments. We also know that all mankind, beings humans, has and will transgress the commandments (the Law).
1 John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
John was particularly admonishing us to love our fellow believers. This is a fundamental requirement, a clearing of the goound on which we build. Since we will struggle and fall, He has provided a way out that we can actually walk like He walked. That way out is to repent and turn from the sin, the transgressions, and receive forgiveness.
1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Therefore, we need to clear the land to build on it, and that is the land of our heart. We clear it by getting to forgiveness. We clear the land by turning to our Father through the blood of His son, confessing to Him our sins that He might cleanse us from them. This is a process that we cannot do but in the present moment. We learn and repent from the past, we clear ground and build in the present, and we steadily move to becoming the finished work God is creating in us that will one day be finished in the future.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name Yahuah! Let Your will be done among us. Send us today Your overwhelming provision that it might overflow to others. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed and transgressed against us. Help us to forgive completely, like You forgive. Heal our hearts and minds, cleansing them from all unrighteousness. Restore Your people Father. Restore right relationships. Restore prosperity and substance to Your people. Rise up today and restore in a mighty way that only You can, that all men might know that You alone are God and have done these things. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.