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RHEMA 1/08/08 KNOCKING FOR A COMMITMENT
VISION: I saw something that had been given
to a person, but instead it was passed down to the
grandchildren, because the person had closed the door
and said no.
CT: 2:11 {gold; alabaster box}
[quote] 'Owphiyr
OT:211 'Owphiyr (o-feer'); or (shortened) 'Ophiyr (o-feer');
and 'Owphir (ofeer'); of uncertain derivation; Ophir,
the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the
East:
KJV - Ophir.
NT:211
NT:211 alabastron (al-ab'-as-tron); neuter of alabastros
(of uncertain derivation), the name of a stone;
properly, an "alabaster" box, i.e. (by extension) a
perfume vase (of any material):
KJV - (alabaster) box. [/quote]
HEARD: Had I known when I walked into that
store. Role modeled passion. You dont have a life to
call your own. Committed. It’s a life. Too dangerous
for me. Scary. My spouse would never understand. I
said no.
HEARD: That person shall get exactly what
they requested. No friendship. Just let them go. Set
free.
Matt 10:37-39 NKJV
He who loves father or mother more than Me is not
worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than
Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his
cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 He
who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his
life for My sake will find it.
Luke 9:62 NKJV
Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that
someone said to Him, "Lord, I will follow You wherever
You go." 58 And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes
and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has
nowhere to lay His head." 59 Then He said to another,
"Follow Me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and
bury my father." 60 Jesus said to him, "Let the dead
bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom
of God." 61 And another also said, "Lord, I will follow
You, but let me first go and bid them farewell who are
at my house." 62 But Jesus said to him, "No one, having
put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for
the kingdom of God."
1 Kings 19:19-21 NKJV
Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on
him. 20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and
said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and
then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back
again, for what have I done to you?" 21 So Elisha
turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and
slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the
oxen's equipment, and gave it to the people, and they
ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his
servant.
Luke 14:16-24 NKJV
Then He said to him, "A certain man gave a great
supper and invited many, 17 and sent his servant at
supper time to say to those who were invited, 'Come, for
all things are now ready.' 18 But they all with one
accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I
have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it.
I ask you to have me excused.' 19 And another said, 'I
have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test
them. I ask you to have me excused.' 20 Still another
said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot
come.' 21 So that servant came and reported these
things to his master. Then the master of the house,
being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into
the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the
poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.' 22 And
the servant said, 'Master, it is done as you commanded,
and still there is room.' 23 Then the master said to
the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and
compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. 24
For I say to you that none of those men who were invited
shall taste my supper.'"
Luke 14:28-33 NKJV
For which of you, intending to build a tower, does
not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has
enough to finish it — 29 lest, after he has laid the
foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it
begin to mock him, 30 saying, 'This man began to build
and was not able to finish.' 31 Or what king, going to
make war against another king, does not sit down first
and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to
meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32
Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he
sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. 33 So
likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he
has cannot be My disciple.
HEARD: Who is faithful in all the earth?
2 Chron 16:8-9 NKJV
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout
the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of
those whose heart is loyal to Him.
Num 12:7-8 NKJV
Not so with My servant Moses; He is faithful in all
My house. I speak with him face to face, Even plainly,
and not in dark sayings; And he sees the form of the
LORD. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My
servant Moses?"
IPOD CONFIRMATION COMMITMENT: As I am typing in
my rhema for last night, the IPOD was on shuffle and a 5
minute section from Bobby Conner’s track on Ruth came
on. It was about one’s level of commitment at the
crossroads of decision.
BOBBY CONNER QUOTES FROM RUTH:
Ruth 1:6
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she
might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard
in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his
people in giving them bread.
“...On their way they started returning. We got 3 on
their way going back from Bethlehem to Judea. Three is
going to start, only 2 is going to make it. Ruth said,
dont keep following me anymore, go on back. And they
lifted up their voices and wept. They basically said,
No Mama! I am with you. No Mama! You will hear that
kind of stuff if you are a pastor. I’m with ya! You
know what, you might as well wave bye-bye to them. They
aint going to hang around long. They are always shoring
themselves up saying you can trust me I will be with you
to the bitter end.
So the 2 girls are saying, No Mama, I am with you! They
are weeping and emotional about it. And they said in
verse 10, surely we will be with thee and thy people.
So verse 11 Naomi begins to tighten the screws a little
bit. How many of you believe the Holy Spirit is
tightening the screws about some of the things in the
church today? .... There are people who are just
following the Lord because they think they are going to
get something out of it...”
Ruth 1:11-13
But Naomi said, "Turn back, my daughters; why will
you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, that
they may be your husbands? 12 Turn back, my daughters,
go — for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say
I have hope, if I should have a husband tonight and
should also bear sons, 13 would you wait for them till
they were grown? Would you restrain yourselves from
having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me
very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has
gone out against me!"
“...I want us to see something right now about the word,
Choice. They both had the same opportunity, didnt
they? Both of these gals had the very same relationship
with Naomi. Look at the consequences of choices here.
Orpah makes the wrong choice. You never hear another
word in the Bible about Orpah...”
Ruth 1:14-15
Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and
Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
And she said, "Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to
her people and to her gods; return after your
sister-in-law."
{End Bobby Conner quote}
As I was pondering that 5 minutes on the IPOD, It was
quickened to me to look up the names of Orpah and Ruth.
Boy what eye openers!
Orpah= Stiff necked
Ruth = Friend
Orpah
OT:6204 `Orpah (or-paw');
feminine of OT:6203; mane; Orpah, a Moabites:
KJV - Orpah.
`oreph
OT:6203 `oreph (o-ref'); from OT:6202; the nape or back
of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally
(whether literal or figurative):
KJV - back ([stiff-] neck ([-ed).
Ruwth
OT:7327 Ruwth (rooth); probably for OT:7468; friend;
Ruth, a Moabitess:
KJV - Ruth.
CONFIRMATION IPOD SONG: Right after Bobby’s 5
minute track, the following came on my IPOD. It is set
to shuffle over 1,500 songs!
“Thank you for loving me. And pursuing me.”
But Ruth said: "Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn
back from following after you; For wherever you go, I
will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your
people shall be my people, And your God, my God. 17
Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried.
The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but
death parts you and me." 18 When she saw that she was
determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.
WORD TO PONDER: KNOCKING FOR A COMMITMENT 1/08/08
There are seasons for knocking on doors and seasons for
closing doors. I have brought My people through an
intense season of knocking on the doors of their
hearts. When they opened their door to My knocking, I
drew them and called them. I brought them through a
maze of decisions where their hearts were made tender
before Me. I fed them with opportunity and intimacy as
long as they kept their doors open. Opportunities have
narrowed as they have counted the cost and lacked the
commitment to be My friend. There will come a day when
their hearts are set and then I will stop knocking.
Rev 3:17-22 NKJV
Because you say, 'I am rich, have become wealthy, and
have need of nothing' — and do not know that you are
wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked — 18 I
counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire,
that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may
be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be
revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you
may see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten.
Therefore be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at
the door and knock . If anyone hears My voice and opens
the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and
he with Me. 21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit
with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down
with My Father on His throne. 22 "He who has an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
Luke 13:23-28 NKJV
Then one said to Him, "Lord, are there few who are
saved?" And He said to them, 24 "Strive to enter through
the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to
enter and will not be able. 25 When once the Master of
the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin
to stand outside and knock at the door, saying,'Lord,
Lord, open for us,' and He will answer and say to you,'I
do not know you, where you are from,' 26 then you will
begin to say, 'We ate and drank in Your presence, and
You taught in our streets.' 27 But He will say, 'I tell
you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from
Me, all you workers of iniquity.'
CONFIRMATION: Tonight after posting the above
word, I went to our women’s meeting and the topic was
Ruth. The speaker's first point was this question:
Are you going to be a Ruth or an Orpha?
Orpha returned home to her gods. Ruth made a vow of
commitment to follow Naomi unto death. Naomi was a type
of the Holy Spirit.
But Ruth said: "Entreat me not to leave you, Or to
turn back from following after you; For wherever you go,
I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your
people shall be my people, And your God, my God. 17
Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried.
The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but
death parts you and me." Ruth 1:16,17 NKJV |
