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It is foolish to worship angels, and it is equally foolish to ignore them!

Matthew wrote by The Holy Spirit in Matthew chapter 4:

8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”

10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.'”

11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

As the Son of GOD, Jesus needed no angels to minister to Him, but as the son of man where He chose to limit Himself to the limitations and restrictions of a human being dependent on GOD, He needed strength, and the angels came to minister to His needs.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 1:

5 For to which of the angels did He ever say: “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You”? And again: “I will be to Him a Father, And He shall be to Me a Son”?

6 But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all the angels of God worship Him.”

7 And of the angels He says: “Who makes His angels spirits And His ministers a flame of fire.”

8 But to the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom.

9 You have Loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”

10 And: “You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your Hands.

11 They will perish, but You remain; And they will all grow old like a garment;

12 Like a cloak You will fold them up, And they will be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will not fail.”

13 But to which of the angels has He ever said: “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”?

14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?

When you are born again, the angelic realm works on your behalf.  This was made clear as Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 5:

17 Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with indignation,

18 and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.

19 But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,

20 “Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the Words that bring Life.” 21 And when they heard that, they entered the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest and those with him came and called the council together, with all the elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

22 But when the officers came and did not find them in the prison, they returned and reported,

23 saying, “Indeed we found the prison shut securely, and the guards standing outside before the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside!” 24 Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these things, they wondered what the outcome would be.

25 So one came and told them, saying, “Look, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!”

26 Then the captain went with the officers and brought them without violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

The angel not only appeared and spoke to the apostles, he removed them from the prison supernaturally while the doors were locked and with the guards posted at the doors.  They were translated from the confines of the prison so that they could spread The Gospel.

I can testify of the angels’ intervention.  Fourteen years ago, I was riding my bike in the early afternoon along a designated bike route.  While crossing in a pedestrian crosswalk, a commercial van ignored the traffic laws and headed straight for me.  An angel pulled me off my bike and pulled me to safety.  The bike was hit and dragged about forty feet.  I landed on my back out of harm’s way.  I sustained a minor injury, but I was at total peace.  The bike ended up in pieces.

Angels are dispatched from Heaven on our behalf.  In some instances, you will be apprised of their ministry on your behalf.

What is the one thing to desire?

Above all, what is your number one priority?

David recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 27:

4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple.

In FATHER’S Presence, there is no sickness or disease.  There is no bondage of any type because we are set free in all areas.  There is no lack or famine.  I hunger for HIS ongoing Presence in my life.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 5:

6 “How enriched you are when you crave righteousness! For you will be satisfied.”

8 “What bliss you experience when your heart is pure! For then your eyes will open to see more and more of God.

O FATHER, cleanse our hearts in all areas by Your Word and Your Spirit that we may be fully satisfied!  Let us be found trustworthy to fully serve You in all areas of our life… we fully submit to Your spoken and written Word.

Trust IN HIM is key to our continued path toward maturity.  In order to fully trust GOD, we must be able to hear HIM.

Jesus spoke this Truth to the adversary in Matthew chapter 4:

4 Jesus answered, “The Scriptures say: Bread alone will not satisfy, but True Life is found in every Word that constantly goes forth from God’s Mouth.”

Hearing and responding to HIS Word develops and reinforces trust IN HIM and produces good fruit in our lives, even when there is a famine in the land.

Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Genesis chapter 26:

1 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.

2 Then the LORD appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you.

3 Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

5 because Abraham obeyed My Voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws (torah).”

GOD did not cancel the first famine in the land; HE sustained and blessed Abraham throughout the famine.  Instead, HE blessed Abraham.  How and why?  It was because Abraham was faithful to HIM. He listened to HIS Voice and yielded his heart to follow GOD’S direction. He kept HIS commandments, instructions, and teachings.

The laws of Moses for Israel had not yet been given.  Abraham had no Bible; therefore, he depended on hearing Yahweh’s Voice and followed his revelation in all its forms.  Yahweh commended him for his faithfulness to HIS Word.  The universe of meaning for the Hebrew word torah includes direction, instruction, rules, etc.

How did Isaac respond?  He stayed where he was at.

6  So Isaac dwelt in Gerar.

In response to the Spoken Word of THE LORD:

12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him.

13 The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;

Isaac was not moved by what he saw in the land, he responded and trusted in GOD’S Word, and prospered greatly.  As we focus our attention on hearing FATHER’S Word, we will not only survive in an adverse environment, we will thrive.

Have you ever personally seen or experienced a miracle?

Those who have not tend to place less emphasis on expecting them in their midst.

The miraculous draws men to the Supernatural.  Jesus’ ministry revealed Heaven’s solutions to sin, sickness, and deliverance… people responded by the thousands.

Miracles should be a part of ministering the Gospel.

Luke recorded what Peter spoke by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 10:

36 God sent His Word to the Jewish people first, announcing the wonderful news of hope and peace through Jesus, the Anointed One, the Lord of all.

37 You are well aware of all that began in Galilee and spread throughout the land of Israel immediately after John preached his message of baptism.

38 “Jesus of Nazareth was anointed by God with the Holy Spirit and with great power. He did wonderful things for others and Divinely healed all who were under the tyranny of the devil, for God had anointed Him.

39 We apostles were eyewitnesses to all the miracles that He performed throughout the land of Israel. Finally, in Jerusalem, He was crucified on a cross,

40 but God raised Him from the dead three days later, allowing Him to be seen openly.

41 He didn’t appear to everyone, but he appeared to us, His chosen witnesses. He actually ate and drank with us after He rose from the dead!

42 “Jesus ordered us to preach and warn the people that God had appointed Him to be the judge of the living and the dead.”

The miracles validated the ministry of Jesus versus religious persuasion and opinion.  He displayed true power and authority.  When GOD reveals an aspect of HIS nature, it always comes with an invitation to encounter.  One aspect of GOD is that of miracles.  We are meant to encounter the miraculous in our individual walks.

As we surrender ourselves and obey HIS Word to us, HE will reveal other facets of HIS nature to us.  We have become worthy of trust.  HE reveals WHO HE is as the need arises.  When we are sick, we need HIM to reveal HIMSELF as Our Healer.  Each encounter with HIM expresses a part of HIS nature.  Once you know HIM as Healer, you then expect supernatural healing to come forth.  When this happens, our perception changes.

Once the superior is revealed, we no longer want to settle for the inferior.  However, we must not pursue a miracle for its own sake.  Miracles are a result of WHO HE is.  As we seek HIM, miracles will result.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 6:

33 But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Don’t seek and become addicted to “things” that are added and lose sight of WHO HE is!  I am here for the relationship with FATHER, not simply the fulfillment of my desires, dreams, or ambitions.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Philippians chapter 3:

7 Yet all of the accomplishments that I once took credit for, I’ve now forsaken them and I regard it all as nothing compared to the delight of experiencing Jesus Christ as my Lord!

8 To truly know him meant letting go of everything from my past and throwing all my boasting on the garbage heap. It’s all like a pile of manure to me now, so that I may be enriched in the reality of knowing Jesus Christ and embrace Him as Lord in all of His greatness.

9 My passion is to be consumed with Him and not cling to my own “righteousness” based in keeping the written Law. My only “righteousness” will be His, based on the faithfulness of Jesus Christ—the very righteousness that comes from God.

10 And I continually long to know the wonders of Jesus and to experience the overflowing power of His resurrection working in me. I will be one with Him in His sufferings and become like Him in his death.

11 Only then will I be able to experience complete oneness with Him in His resurrection from the realm of death.

Once Paul came into a relationship with Jesus Christ, his past became worthless, of no value.  His priorities totally changed, and the things of the world no longer attracted him in any way.  His relationship with Christ was his top priority, nothing else mattered.  This opened the door for extraordinary and unusual miracles to occur through the hands of Paul.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 19:

11 God kept releasing a flow of extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul. 12 Because of this, people took Paul’s handkerchiefs and articles of clothing, even pieces of cloth that had touched his skin, laying them on the bodies of the sick, and diseases and demons left them and they were healed.

As we mature in Christ, should we expect anything less?

We are to be thankful and hunger for more of GOD!

If we are thankful without hungering for more, then we will become complacent in our walk.

The majority of church denominations began out of a revelation and/or move of GOD.  Many became religious once the power was no longer sought after thus no longer present in their services.  Their services became routine, and The Holy Spirit was quenched.

If you are hungry but not thankful, you can’t be trusted with more.  You will then become frustrated and anxious.

Physical obedience brings spiritual release.  The more we are led by The Holy Spirit, the more spiritual release will manifest in our lives.  Everything Jesus did, revealed our inheritance, what is available to every Born-again believer.

King David recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 27:

4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the Presence of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His Temple.

David’s temple had not yet been built.  He spoke of being surrounded with GOD’S Presence, enclosed and encircled with Holiness.  This is also my desire, above all.  You and I were born to host the Presence of GOD.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 3:

23 for we all have sinned and are in need of the glory of God.

24 Yet through His powerful declaration of acquittal, God freely gives away His righteousness. His gift of Love and favor now cascades over us, all because Jesus, the Anointed One, has liberated us from the guilt, punishment, and power of sin!

Since sin has been dealt with by Jesus once and for all, we are able to be in HIS Presence, the Glory of GOD.  Our trust in the finished work of Christ, makes us right with GOD.

When we were created IN HIS Image, we were created to live in, dwell in, and cooperated to the manifested Presence of GOD ALMIGHTY.  Jesus was revealed as Emmanuel, GOD with us.  Having GOD with us, makes us different than anyone else on the planet earth.  It is not our talents; it is WHO is with us that matters.

Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Exodus chapter 33:

7 Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the LORD went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp.

8 So it was, whenever Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose, and each man stood at his tent door and watched Moses until he had gone into the tabernacle.

9 And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.

The more you set your heart to seek THE LORD, the more you will have to leave the crowd to do it.  It is our individual passion that takes us into our greatest places of breakthrough.

11 So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.

Do you want to be known as a friend of GOD?  Notice that Joshua was also a man who desire the Presence of GOD.  This prepared him to become a leader of the people after Moses.

12 Then Moses said to the LORD, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My Sight.’

13 Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your Sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”

14 And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

15 Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.

16 For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”

17 So the LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”

The people knew the acts of GOD, but Moses knew HIS Ways.  As we walk in the Presence of GOD, we too will know HIS Ways, not just HIS acts.