Servias Ministries Blog

Have you ever betrayed the confidence of another person by failing to keep an oath of secrecy?

Have you ever misused resources given for you to oversee?

Have you ever been deceptive?

Have you ever compromised you commitment to another?

I would suggest that we all are guilty of the above and have needed to repent many times.  The ramification of your action is not the issue here, it is the intent.  A “white” lie is still a lie.  The root of this type of behavior has the ego at its source and until we are led by The Spirit, we will have to be ever vigilant concerning the deceptions of the flesh.

Those in charge of the current system view their actions as necessary to keep the status quo even though their actions are outright lawless in nature.  Their actions are focused on improving the relative position among their peers and are willing to sacrifice others for their personal agendas.  What is the solution?  Love.

When you walk according to your ego, you feed the cravings of the soul or flesh depending on which presents a stronger demand at the time.  Your mind rationalizes why it is okay to be deceptive and betray Love in order that the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and/or pride of life be fulfilled.  The sad reality is that lust and pride are never fulfilled but instead only require more and to a greater degree.

Hebrews 13:5  Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Greed is the root of all evil and as we overcome the world and realize that Our Heavenly Father’s Love includes HIS faithfulness to supply our needs, we will conduct ourselves in a Loving manner.  We will no longer manipulate the circumstances because of some previous lack in our lives.  HIS Love fills the void and removes the craving of the flesh.  As those cravings are removed by Love’s presence, you will find you no longer need to deceive others in any manner.

FATHER’S faithfulness is unwavering and Who better to commit to you than the Creator of the universe!  Each of us can cite examples of apparent lack in our past but we must allow FATHER to show us the necessity of those past experiences required for our maturing process.  As we pursue HIS Divine Intent of Love, we will begin to see the big picture unfold before our very eyes.

3 John 2   Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

The above Scripture was referenced heavily in the Faith movement in past decades for it contained the solution to many problems in the area of health and finances.  In the area of finances betrayal, fraud, treachery, and deceit are all alive and well in the current system.  It is becoming increasingly difficult to find righteous dealings among businessmen.  In growing up, your word was your bond.  Nowadays, you must create a lengthy contract in an attempt to cover all the potential ways the other party can deceive you.  If men dealt righteously, the legal profession would be much smaller than it is today. 

3 John 2 begins with the word “Beloved” thus it sets the condition for the rest of the passage.  It would be appropriate to expand this verse to say “For those of you who walk and follow the path of Divine Love, I pray, believe, and expect you to prosper and have sufficiency in all aspects of life and for your body to function according to its Divine Intent and design, and for your soul to be a blessing to you as it serves your spiritual walk of Love”.

As we pursue this path of Love, we will see doors open up to us and our bodies respond accordingly.  Betrayal, fraud, treachery, nor deceit will be found among us.  Our word will be our bond just as FATHER’S Word is HIS unwavering commitment to us.  As we truly rely on HIM for our being, we will be able to say with great confidence:

Hebrews 13:6  So we may boldly say:
“The LORD is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?

2 Timothy 1:7   For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

A sound mind is a call to moderation and self-control.  Associated with a sound mind is power and Love.  We have been give HIS Spirit of Love, power, and a mind of moderation and the control of “self”.  It is my belief that this particular quality of your walk is tied to the first Beatitude given to us by Jesus:

Matthew 5:3

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

‘Poor in spirit” indicates living in moderation and self-control.  As we control “self” and not allow ourselves to pursue to cravings of the carnal man which always moves to the extreme, we set the stage to become focused on Heaven rather than the world.  When your mind leads you to the extreme, you only end up tired and unfulfilled.  This is especially true with the advent of the Internet.  This medium allows mankind to “surf the net” for endless hours in search of some key to life, happiness, and/or health.  It is true that there are benefits to such a massive database, but it is also true that excessive focus will lead to emptiness.  Just consider if you spent the same time focused on a relationship with FATHER.  Would you not have a greater and better result by hearing HIS Voice in response to a problem that is plaguing you?

There are a multitude of opinions now accessible to all who have an Internet connection.  These opinions cover virtually every topic you can imagine.  The human brain is designed to believe what the eyes see, the ears hear, and the mind reads.  We must protect ourselves from man’s opinions that would lead us astray from the Truth.  Television’s 24 hour news channels provide a similar source of opinions that can impact you and produce fear and cause responses which you lead you away from the Truth.

So how do we sift through all of the various opinions and influence of man?  We must seek the One where all Truth originates.  Our Heavenly Father knows the end from the beginning and HE will lead us safely through all of the events that are on the horizon.  We must not move away from a sound mind due to some sensationalized, convincing view of what is about to take place on the earth.  The current system is so complex, no man can fully grasp the effects of any action by men in control, only FATHER knows for sure.

As we continue our pursuit of the fullness of Love guiding our walk, we will walk in moderation in all areas of our life.  We will not go extremes and exhaust our resources because of some soulish desire.  When you walk in extremes, you become focused on scarcity and lack.  Love has a sufficiency beyond what man can hoard or use up.  As we continue in Love, our sound mind will uncover Truth among all the opinions and we will not be moved by those opinions which serve only to produce fear among the masses.

Major changes are ahead for men are moving to greater desperation.  What worked in the past will not work in the future since the two are not identical environments.  It is imperative that we seek FATHER’S direction in order to quiet our soul and let peace prevail in our lives.  We must place our trust in HIM and not the opinions of people.  This goes for the physical as well as the spiritual.  We must not think that another man has a greater ability to hear FATHER more than us at an individual level.  Yes, we may receive a confirmation through a brother but we should receive the initial Word from FATHER.  Otherwise, we may jut be getting another opinion.  Be assured, everyone has one.  We must control “self” and stay away from the excesses associated with the carnal mind.  We must focus on Love and as we do, we will receive power from Above to deal with whatever life sends our way.  What a simple solution to our problems.

I will be unavailable until Wednesday.  Love is on the move!

Jesus let us know what was in His heart for He prayed the following to FATHER:

John 17:22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:

Glory Is splendor, brightness, and majesty, an exalted state above the natural.  Jesus prayed that we may be one with FATHER, Him, and each other.  Does His prayer denote a limitation?  Is it meant that this prayer is restrictive in nature or does it embrace all realms?  I believe there are no restrictions to what Jesus is praying here and we should expect to “see” the glory of His Presence not only in the spiritual realm but also in the lower realm of the physical.  Jesus further prayed:

23  I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

It is Jesus’ prayer that we made be made perfect in one in Love.  Does Love restrict itself from the physical?  I think not.  Does Jesus desire to make Himself expressly known to men in the physical?

In Mark chapter 9, Peter, James, and John went up the mountain with Jesus and they saw Elijah and Moses:

4  And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

Two men from the past were speaking to Jesus Who is in the flesh.  Their appearance was not necessary to deal with unbelief, issues of faith, or any other weakness in Jesus.  It was Divinely ordained and provided increased understanding to Peter, James, and John.  What is the point?  We should not restrict our expectation of FATHER’S Desire and Intent to make HIMSELF known to us.

Let us continue in Jesus prayer to FATHER:

24 “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

If you were able to set an expectation to “behold HIS Glory” what would be included in that expectation?  What would be excluded?  The Song of Songs is about the longing of the Shulamite being in the presence of Her Beloved.  But just as important, it is the longing and intense desire of the Beloved to make Himself known and in the presence of HIS Love, the Shulamite.

When I fell in Love with my wife, I wanted to be in her presence every day, not have some long distance relationship.  I wanted a relationship without restriction.  It was about experiencing life together whatever the circumstance.  Is it any different with the intense Love Jesus has for you and me?  Do you think He wants a long distance relationship or one that is unrestricted?  What about FATHER?  HE wants an intimate relationship with each of us without hindrance.  HIS Love awaits our desire to be fully with HIM and will not move beyond our choice to keep a distance due to guilt, unworthiness, or some other carnal reason for separation.

FATHER open our eyes that we may behold Your Manifested Presence and Glory!  Let there be no restrictions to our relationship in any realm.  Let not my weakness prevent Your Manifested Presence but let YOUR Love overtake me.  Amen!

By now, those who read these blogs should realize that I am urging you to have a direct relationship with FATHER.  It is my heartfelt desire that these blogs encourage you to that end.  Yes, we are to do our part in supplying other parts of the Body of Christ but we must never take our focus off the Head- Our Lord Jesus Christ.

When dross rises to the top and forms a thin layer ready to be removed, you cannot see beyond the dross but Our Heavenly Father can.  Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute, HE continues the process of extracting the dross from our lives.  After all, it is HIS Dwelling Place that HE is cleaning up.  The Song of Solomon, the new song, is about a Love relationship between the Bridegroom and the Bride.  Others would attempt to rush or delay the relationship but there is no set time frame to Love and both simply want to express themselves to each other.  It is about who we are rather than what we do.

Men want to keep you busy and on the move.  They want to keep the momentum going of their current path and want to convince you that their current course should be your course as well.  Deep down inside they believe there is safety in numbers.  The inherent problem with their assumptions is that if FATHER is not in what they are doing, their path ultimately leads to nowhere.  They simply burned up resources that could have been used for fruitful purposes.

Paul wrote in Colossians chapter 1:

24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the “called out ones”.

The ekklēsia has been translated as church but it means “called out ones”, those who have been separated out and known as members of the Body of Christ.  We as members of HIS Body should supply our gifts and callings for the maturing of the Body with the continual focus on The Head, not ourselves.  The more mature are to serve the less mature, not to exalt themselves as being special conduits selected by FATHER denoting some sort of superiority.  The ego must not be allowed to infiltrate the message of Christ.  When a man constantly moves the spotlight onto himself, he becomes an “anti-christ”.  I implore you to seek out a relationship with FATHER first and foremost.

Paul continues:

25  of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God

Each of us who minister should have a common goal- to fulfill the Word of FATHER, nothing else.  HIS most primary Word is Love and as you know, I will continue to focus on HIS most primary characteristic that has received little or no focus in the past by those charged with stewardship.

Can anyone Love you more than Christ?  Most who have loved you in the past were of a conditional nature.  If you perform then you will be loved.  Jesus Christ shed His blood before you could perform thus His Love is unconditional.  It is HE Who seeks the most intimate relationship with you on a moment by moment basis.  As we embrace this Love, we will seek to spread His unconditional Love to others.  We need not seek the revelation of HIS Love twice removed from men who would lead you to believe that you must follow their lead in order to fulfill FATHER’S mandate for your life.  Jesus Christ and FATHER are One and you should expect to become One with FATHER as well.  There is but one door you can enter through:

John 10:7  Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

8  All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

9  I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

10  The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Whose door are you pursuing?

Colossians 1:26  the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.

27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.

My Beloved Sister Shari sent this writing which appeared four days after we were given the Word to Wait on THE LORD back on 2/22:

Let it be said that repetition and remembrance of where we are and who we are as Overcomers is necessary in this day. Remember that we are not to be frustrated with the long time it seems to take for the Lord to work out His purposes in the earth, but rather we are to be thankful that He has included us in this working even though we do not deserve it. No one who is of the company of first fruits can lay any claim that they recognize that trait in their own life. Right now at this present time the company of Overcomers are in a state of frustration over their long drawn out testing and over their deferred hope that makes the heart sick. There is no reason to think your hope is deferred! Hope makes us not ashamed! We are on track if we recognize that the Lord has brought our dross to the surface and has eliminated in us any ability we thought we had in ourselves to make any kind of acceptable stance of faith before the Lord without His enabling. We have learned to not trust in ourselves and to not see our carnality as the guiding rule and principle in our lives. Instead we have learned to trust implicitly the word and promise of God that we are first fruits unto Him, even though the opposite seems to be the truth.

I have said this before many times to many people that the Lord chooses the losers. He chooses those who cannot do anything for themselves not that He would accept that anyways. His promise is still right on track, He has not deferred from His promise and He will bring us forth for righteousness sake and for the sake of co-ruling with Him in this age that is dawning.

There IS going to be a resurrection of your deadened state.
There IS going to be a rising that cannot be undone.
There IS a promise that will not fade away.
There IS a surety of a bond with God which cannot be broken.
There IS going to be a first fruit company of Overcomers which will overturn the world.
You ARE part of it!

When you look at the world around you a continuity is there where things seem unchanged. Things seem to be the same as they always have been. For me I thank God for that because living in a peaceful nation is almost impossible nowadays! When I see peace around my home, I pray it continues! But we know that the end is here, the heat of testing in the nations has been pumped up and the pressure of the Lord to disannul all man has done outside of the parameters of the Lord’s person is now coming into view as being unusable. Man is running out of options and the violence between factions and nations is only increasing each day. BUT THERE IS AN END. The end is very much going to be a peaceful conclusion to a rather drastic pattern. The Lord is going to end for us all that has to end for the world in time. The entire creation groaning in this tribulation has to now come to liberty which can only happen when our manifestation happens.

All you see around you will melt in fervent heat. There is nothing in the world of man that will not be consumed in the fiery jealousy of the Lord. He must and will bring all this to a rapid conclusion and will bring – at last – His Kingdom. We don’t stand here insisting that men turn to the Lord’s salvation because we use weaponry and theatrics and pressures to make men turn. We stand as light bearers shining forth the light of Christ in our hearts which convinces men to know the love of God in truth and to abandon all other things. Yet this will now be placed upon the nations when the manifested Sons of God appear on the horizon, that alone will undo all man has worked to achieve in their own strength. They who have been forgotten and who have hidden themselves away in God not attempting to make any name for themselves, these will be shown forth as Overcomers who come with the Lord to rule and reign with Him in full authority.

Remember that you cannot see this in yourself. In yourself you do not see the manifested hope of His appearing as though it had already taken place, you wait for it with hope and understanding of the promise of the Lord to make all things new. I have stated these things many times before, and am led to state it again. The Lord’s promise and coming are sure. He is not late, He had not forgotten, He has not fallen short of His promise! There is a millennial reign of Jesus in front of us which is going to happen and which you will be resurrected into! Yours will be the right to enjoy this creation with the full measure of the Lord upon you in infinite weight and power. It is not by what you think of yourself with your natural mind now, but what you are in spirit and in faith that will bring this to your mortal body changing it like unto His raised body. There simply is no other hope for this world and there is no other hope for you personally either. If the Lord does it not, then it won’t be done. But to do it He will and it will be fully done and accomplished and you will see it firsthand!

Time is a servant of the Lord. He uses time to His advantage. The next age will also be based on time for those in the nations who will be schooled in the things of the spirit. But for the Overcomer, those who wait for the Lord, time is no more, even now, we are entering a state where time matters not! Our hope secures us whether we live or die waiting for the Lord we are beholding the present promises of God as ours to possess today and not some other day. As far as I can see, we only wait the change of our bodies. Silence has come for the space of half an hour to us, but this half hour of silence is needful for us to come to a rapid decision that our time of waiting on the Lord will in the end bear all the fruit it needs to bear to bring us to completion as risen glorified persons made like unto their savior. We are in such a place that the coming of the Lord is now absolutely next on the very scale of the Lord’s purposes. The dross is risen in us and is ready to be abandoned and our redemption draweth nigh!

Revelation 14:6   Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people—

7 saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

This morning I was awakened by multiple dreams that specifically led to this chapter in the Book of Revelation with the focus on the sickle, the harvesting tool.  In Scripture, this tool is only mentioned when harvesting time is at hand.  I have specifically kept my focus on the here and now rather than future events, knowing that FATHER will have each of us fully prepared for those events to come.  Each dream had the number 1407 as the central and common focus.  When I awoke, I was told it was the Greek Strong’s number which is the Greek word drepanon meaning:   a sickle, a pruning-hook, a hooked vine knife, such as reapers and vinedressers use.

The sickle of harvest occurs in 7 (the number of perfection and maturity) verses of the New Testament:

Mark 4:29  “But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

The other six times are in chapter 14 of Revelation.  The sickle is the cutting tool to remove the fruit of the plant from the rest of the plant that is no longer necessary for its growth whether it be a vine or a stalk.  The appearance of the sickle means that full maturity of the harvest is at hand and when its time has come, judgment has also arrived.

In chapter 14, the 144,000 are now identified with the Lamb and there is no deceit in their mouths.  They now have a new song in their mouths and it is the song of Love which is the ultimate Song of Songs.  Until now, I never linked the Song of Solomon to the new song in Revelation 14.  It is only fitting that our focus should be on the Song of Songs after we have intently focused on the Revelation of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

The intent of a harvest is to bring food to the table.  In this instance, it is to supply the Marriage Feast of the Bridegroom and His Bride.  The sickle must be sharp to fulfill its purpose and has been prepared for such a time as this.  This sharpness also denotes a quick work and is not drawn out over an extended period of time.  When the harvest is ripe, one does not let the fruit remain on the stalk or vine beyond its time.  When full maturity arrives, there is no delay.

In the 14th chapter of Revelation, the angels do the proclaiming, not man, thus I see no need to make a proclamation of any type but instead to simply alert those who are on the same path to be made aware.  The harvest denotes the close of a period in Scripture.  The sickle has been sharpened in preparation for this close and the proclamations, calls, and trumpet blasts have all been given.  Now the work is at hand.

The first proclamation is: “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

The second proclamation is: “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”

The third proclamation is: “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.  And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”

Once those three proclamations are made, the sharp sickle is in hand and the harvest begins.

In the New King James Version of the Bible, the word “Beloved” is found 37 times in the Song of Songs.  According to  the Biblical Meaning of Numbers, this number 37 represents  “Jesus, as The Word of God”.  Coincidence?  I think not.

Our Lord Jesus Christ is the manifested Word of FATHER in the flesh and He encapsulates Wisdom from Above.  As we shift our view of the Scripture from lower levels of understanding to the higher, we begin to uncover mysteries hidden for centuries.  We only have to look to church history to see how such shifts occur.  Consider how life was before Martin Luther came to the realization the the “just shall live by faith”.  On 31 October 1517, Luther wrote his ninety-five theses which eventually turned the prevailing belief system on its head.  We must not assume our past understanding is complete and fully perfected.  The unveiling of revelation continues and will culminate when the close of this age fully occurs.  In the meantime, we will continue to seek FATHER’S Face with all our being.

The word “Shulamite” means "the perfect" or "the peaceful".  It is actually only found in one Scripture:

Song 6:13  Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

It happens that the number 613 is also the total number of laws and statutes in the LAW.  Coincidence?  I think not.  When the Law is perfect and peaceful, at what point does this state exist?  When the revelation of Love is at its full maturity.  Jesus associated wisdom with the revelation of Love as He responded to the scribe in Mark chapter 12:

28 Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?”

29 Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one.

30 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’  This is the first commandment.

31 And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

32 So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He.

33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

34 Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”

Jesus noted that “doing” offerings and sacrifices was not the purpose of the Law.  Love is the purpose and fulfillment of the Law.  If you pursue the fullness of this revelation, as Jesus said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”

Let us put away our carnal thinking and pursue Agape Love.  Ponder and dwell on this Truth.  It will change you.

The term “daughters of Jerusalem” is mentioned 16 times in the Song of Solomon and is generally in contrast to the Shulamite’s motive.  These daughters are likened to thorns by The Beloved:

Song 2:2  As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Thorns denote judgment and foolishness in Scripture.  Proverbs 26:9 says “​​Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, ​​Is a proverb in the mouth of fools.”  Wisdom given to the foolish might as well be a thorn that cannot be removed, once again a form of judgment due to the actions, understanding, and the blindness of the person.

The daughters are warned multiple times:  Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases.  When you stir something up, you put it into motion.  The timing is important and we should not be premature or impatient as we expect the fullness of Love to come forth.  Our time of preparation should be used for the perfecting and maturing of our Love for FATHER and mankind.  Those who focus on other endeavors will be seen as foolish and be subject to the judgment brought on by their own foolishness.  This foolishness is emphasized by the Parable of the Ten Virgins, five were foolish and were caught unprepared.  They became subject to the judgment of missing out on the marriage feast.

In Romans chapter 1, Paul speaks of the foolishness of those who focus on the created rather than the Creator.  Their eyes are set on the external rather than the internal.  The Daughters failed to see the revelation of Love and could not comprehend it from the perspective of the Shulamite.  The Daughters lacked understanding.

Jesus exposed the foolishness of men in Luke chapter 11:

37 And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and sat down to eat.

38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before dinner.

39 Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness.

40 Foolish ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

Those who keep focusing on outward acts rather than inward growth are destined to be called foolish by Our Elder Brother.  You can know the letter of the WORD to the point of being called an expert, but if you don’t understand the Divine Intent behind the written WORD, you will be as the foolish lawyer exposed by Jesus.  You can only know Divine Intent by searching it out through the eyes of Agape Love.

Jesus spoke further about foolishness when He shared the Parable of the Rich Fool in Luke 12:

16 Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.

17 And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’

18 So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods.

19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’

20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’

21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

Often rich people tend to think they are “anointed” and set apart by FATHER.  Little do they realize that they simply may be used as a steward to store wealth until FATHER has need for its use.  The rich person was foolish because he lacked understanding about the purpose of wealth and abundance.  His focus was on the external fruitfulness instead of the internal growth and maturity.

Let us not be included with those who are judged to be fools.  Let us no longer look at the external as the source of fruitfulness but instead focus on the internal.  FATHER is in us and will respond as we pursue HIM in the midst of the Holy of Holies.  Let our Love be as oil in our lamp and shine for HIS Glory for HE responds to Love.