11/01/18  TO PLEASE HIM THROUGH DILIGENCE

HEARD: Enoch.  Study this man, learn about quality not quantity.  He pleased the Lord. 

I think this idea might be about making the God moments count. It is not necessarily quantity or volume of Words seen and heard from the Lord, but rather quality – the excellence of what is given. 

It is like the old Tootsie Roll commercials, making it last a long time!  Savoring what He said, rolling it over in our hearts to ponder it, pray over it, seek Him about it, find the true essence of why He said what he said.  It is getting to know not only the heart of a Word, but the heart of Who said it and why.

I have a deep yearning/ longing to please the Lord and every time I hear the word, pleased, it brings that emotion to the surface.  I fall short of pleasing Him and yet still yearn to do so! In context, the below scripture is saying that Enoch’s FAITH pleased the Lord, for Enoch diligently sought Him!

Hebrews 11:5-6 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Hebrews 11:1-3 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained approval. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

PLEASED

Strong's Greek Dictionary
2100. εὐαρεστέω euaresteo (euarestéō)
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εὐαρεστέω euarestéō, yoo-ar-es-teh'-o

from G2101; to gratify entirely:—please (well).

Verb

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2101. εὐάρεστος euarestos (euárestos)
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εὐάρεστος euárestos, yoo-ar'-es-tos

from G2095 and G701; fully agreeable:—acceptable(-ted), wellpleasing.

adjective

FAITH

Strong's Greek Dictionary
4102. πίστις pistis (pístis)
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πίστις pístis, pis'-tis

from G3982; persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself:—assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.

feminine noun

DILIGENTLY SOUGHT

Strong's Greek Dictionary
1567. ἐκζητέω ekzeteo (ekzētéō)
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ἐκζητέω ekzētéō, ek-zay-teh'-o

from G1537 and G2212; to search out, i.e. (figuratively)investigate, crave, demand, (by Hebraism) worship:—en- (re-)quire, seek after (carefully, diligently).

verb

Genesis 5:23-24 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

Jeremiah 29:13 And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.

Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.

11/11/10  SEEK HIM WITH DILIGENCE!

You may have My blessing.  Will you do me a favor?  Humble.  To earnestly contend.  Jacob wrestled.  With diligence.  To seek Me with all your heart, with expectation.  Knowing I respond. 

I saw a angel standing beside my bed.  He was reaching down and opening a tiny drawer next to my pillow.  He was rummaging around in the drawer for a pen to write the Word of the Lord!  As soon as I saw this I raised my head to greet him and he placed his hand upon my head and laid it back down upon my pillow, saying "Peace, be still!"  I had been sobbing prior to that. 

12/15/14 PLEASING HIM THROUGH DILIGENCE

You give us pleasure just seeing you be so diligent.

1/19/15  earnestly wanting the lord

Remnant.  I saw a motorboat in the ocean pick up someone.  We have come.   Align.  This is important for your future, stay in synch.  Be grafted together as diligent children who earnestly want Me. I am watching over you says the Lord.  Keep at your posts and share.  Precious unity of the brethren.  

SCRIPTURES: TO PLEASE THE LORD

1 Samuel 12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people.

Proverbs 16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Matthew 3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

WORD TO PONDER:  TO BRING PLEASURE TO GOD 11/01/18

Beloveds, learn from Enoch’s life, for he pleased Me and I took him unto Myself.  Enoch diligently sought Me, it was his desire to bring Me pleasure by fully walking in righteousness, in full agreement with Who I Am.  Enoch wanted to know Me and therefore sought every opportunity to diligently seek Me.   Enoch’s hunger and thirst for Me brought Me the greatest of pleasure.  His longing drew My own and we communed together.

Enoch was translated many times before he was no longer found on earth.  I gave Enoch visions and dreams.  I took him to heaven and opened his eyes and ears to My world.  Enoch heard My voice and saw My glory as I sat upon My throne.  He saw the secrets of heaven and many mysteries unfold.  He saw mansions in heaven and how the actions of men are weighed in the balance.  He saw the secrets of the universe and the unfolding of its history.  It gave Me great pleasure to share these things with Enoch, who scribed them for Me, in Enoch’s book.  Consider his life, for Enoch pleased Me.

Hebrews 11:5-6 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

HEARD:  After I posted this above Word, I heard the Lord say, To treasure My Words.

1/05/12  WHERE IS YOUR TREASURE?

Realignment.  Dont return to your old ways. My treasure.  Where your treasure is, there shall be your heart also. 

Matt 6:19-24 NKJV

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;  20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.  21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

NOTE:  Enoch was an extraordinary visionary and yet he still lived as a human on earth.  The scripture says that without faith it is impossible to please God.  Enoch's faith really pleased the Lord.  As I try to compare, it is clear to me that even though Enoch saw, heard and EXPERIENCED the Lord and His mysteries, Enoch still had FAITH.  

We dont trust the Lord and His Word by what we see with our natural eyes as humans living on earth.  We trust Him and His Word by faith in what He says and shows us.  This is how Enoch lived, his treasure was in the heavenly realm and he sought diligently to live there. 

How awesome it must have been to God, to have searched the earth for anyone that would know Him and want Him as much as Enoch did!  How awesome to be a mere man and meet one of God's need to have a friend and to love Him!  The longings between the two of them must have been so deep, until finally they climaxed and God took Enoch unto Himself!

Hebrews 11:1-3 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained approval. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.