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word to ponder: SHAME IS holding PETER at arm’s
distance 10/03/06
There are some of My
children who are easily dismayed and have chosen to stay
in the outskirts of My love, because of suffering deep
shame. They are willing to hear Me through hand-me-down
connections because the intimacy of My Presence brings
their buried pain to the surface. To face it all is too
hot, they would rather stay numb and in a cold place,
away from My direct touch.
They believe their
failures are too great to deserve such an intimate place
in My Presence. They do not know the sweetness of
having a wound lanced with My personal Word, the poison
extracted, and then delivered in one impacting moment.
They dont know the relief of such a time before My
face. What took years to embitter can be extracted in
one powerful exchange of My loving embrace. Come Peter,
I know you love Me. Do not hold back. Swim speedily to
your loving Surgeon and I shall extract your deep
sufferings of shame and bring your calling to life
again.
Deut 5:27 NKJV
"So it was, when you
heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while
the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near
to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders. And
you said: 'Surely the LORD our God has shown us His
glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice
from the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that
God speaks with man; yet he still lives. Now therefore,
why should we die? For this great fire will consume us;
if we hear the voice of the LORD our God anymore, then
we shall die. For who is there of all flesh who has
heard the voice of the living God speaking from the
midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? You go near
and hear all that the LORD our God may say, and tell us
all that the LORD our God says to you, and we will hear
and do it.'
John 21:7 NKJV
Therefore that
disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord
!" Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he
put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and
plunged into the sea. |
