Dear Father,
Protect me from myself, that is my own self-confidence, for in the day of trial it will fail me.
Protect me with a confidence that only comes from my total trust and dependence on You, and my relationship to You, because of Your mercy and grace paid for by the precious blood of the spotless Lamb of God.
Help me in my daily walk, that I will not deny your presence in my life by my actions and words before the world.
Help me realize more and more that time spent with You is not a nonproductive activity but rather my very life line to the power to live for You!
Dear Child,
Draw near more and more, that I may teach you, that I may feed you manna from heaven and the water that will give you eternal life, and will refresh you daily during your pilgrim walk.
It is easy not to deny Me while in My presence in the *Holy Place, the test is when you leave to walk in the* Outer Court, where you mix with the world. It was before sinners that Peter denied Me! Walk in the *Outer Court in the strength which I will impart to you in the *Holy Place, not in your own strength and self-confidence. Self will fail you! For self must die!
Many worship Me in church but the test comes when they leave My house! It is not how high you jump before Me, but how straight you walk in the *Outer Court. Many swear their love for Me in My presence, but when the test comes in the *Outer Court, they deny Me by their actions and words!
Lean on Me and allow self to die! That I might rule and guide you in your walk!
Have confidence in who “I AM”.
Thus saith Papa
John 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Zechariah 4:6 Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
Challenge: Are you battling in the spiritual realm, clothed only in the armor of self confidence in your own fleshly will-power, or are you totally relying on and yielding to the power of the indwelling Spirit?
*The Holy Place is a type of the church where priests would draw near to minister to God.
*The Outer Court is a type of the world where the priests would minister to others.
Page 153 excerpt from “Developing a Secret History with God”
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