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“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because he has anointed Me,

To preach the Gospel to the poor; He sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,

To proclaim liberty to the captives And recover of the sight to the blind,

To set a liberty those who are oppressed;

to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord”

( Luke 4:18,19 )

A man after God's own heart

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

( Matthew 5:8 )

Recommended reading:
( I Samuel 16: 1 - 13 )

So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said,

"Surely the Lord's anointed is before Him!"

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his

physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man

sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

( 1 Samuel 16:6,7 )

        I'm going to share part of my personal testimony in regards to this particular scripture. This story has to do with finding God's choosing for a wife.

        As a young man, my heart was not open to another soul in anyway, especially in an intimate relationship.   I couldn't find in myself to trust God in this area.   One day after work God gave me a vision.   In the vision I saw a short Italian looking young lady in a wedding dress standing in front of the Bible school I was attending at the time, but on summer break. God spoke in vision and said she was to be my wife and was coming to school next year.   He said  I would recognize her when I saw her.

        The vision was true. I saw her as I came back to school from summer break..  But,oh no! ..  She was backslidden!  Long story short, doubt came in and I set my eyes on someone else who looked similar to her.   But lo another vision of the night..

        In this  second vision my roommate and I were sitting in a church service. He was in the front row and I was in the back. (At the time of the vision both of us had our eyes on other young ladies, different than God's choice for us.) In the vision the preacher started pointing his finger at my roommate and shouting “Are you looking at someone else? Are you looking at what's on the outward and not what's on the inside?” I started laughing because I knew it was true!  I was back there thinking how I was going to pick on him when we got back to our room. But than the preacher pointed his finger right at me from about 30 ft away and shouted the same thing!  I really thought this happened, I was shocked to find myself in my bed when I came out of it.

        The next morning I told my roommate what happened and, as God as my witness, he fell back on his bed and yelled ooh!   We are still very good friends and happily married.

        We didn't have “eyes to see” as intended but let's just say God corrected our vision!

         As we look into scripture we see God specializes in choosing those who otherwise would be discarded looking
as man would see.  I have in my short time hear on earth found this one thing about God.   You cannot touch what does not belong to you without consequence. (Please read I Corinthians 1:26-30) I going to make you work for your revelation, Is that all right?

        Just to update the reader:  My Wife is the most gracious, loving person!!  I'm so thankful the Lord showed me  how I had judged her as being unfit and not seeing the gem of a heart before me!  To date we have 17 wonderful years of marriage and 5 beautiful children!!

        "Eyes to see"... Saints this so simple,  How do we miss it?  Jesus spelled it out very plainly in Matthew's Gospel.  ( Relax I'll give you this one )

"Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God."

(  Matthew 5:8 )

        To be able to see the Hand of God working in your life and others!! What amazing gift.  Do remember groping around in darkness having no direction or knowledge of a divine purpose in life.   I remember my days being lost and confused.  Maybe your there..my heart goes out to you.   Jesus came to give us sight!  In reality having one's spiritual eyes opened is more a byproduct of His greatest work!!!  When Jesus moves into a life He gives us a new heart!  Who were you before Jesus came into your heart?   Tell us!  We want to rejoice with you in God has done!  Your testimony has the power to change a soul for eternity!!

Ok now let's bring the balance...

Let's call our balance "The Heart Maintance Schedule"

• The bible says David was a man's after heart yet he cried out create in me a clean heart and renew a right Spirit in me.. There are no onetime fixes!!  We are dependent on God's grace everyday !
  

• The key is a clean heart yet this is impossible for us to do.   Don't worry Saint of God, the Lord has not set us up to fail!!!

• It comes down to acknowledging our position of need and accepting His grace to change to into the image of His Son.  The Lord is more interested in helping than we are in asking!!  Jesus wants us to win!! Sometimes it's hard but we need to remember He really does love us!!   Have you considering willingly having yourself cruxified lately? ....Yea, Me either.
  

• The same grace which Saved you, is the same grace which keeps and changes you!!.  Yes He is Worthly..Give God some Glory!!!

     Father we pray the Spirit of Revelation would visit whoever reads this.  Lord We ask You would grant them a greater understanding of You and Your ways!  Lord reveal yourself to them in creation. Father reveal yourself to them  in your word.   Reveal yourself to them  in their relationships.  Lord as you move and occupy more of us open up our eyes to see You in all your Splender!!  Lord, in all your wonder!  Oh God we pray Lord You would cleanse us and remove every wicked way from us.  Lord we need You to come into our hearts with fresh fire!  God we need you to anoint our eyes again to see!  Father I pray your Spirit would move mightly upon whoever reads this and Lord they would be impregnated in their heart with truth, never to be the same again!!  Father we ask these things in mighty Name of Your Son Jesus!!

Amen

As The word of God says:

...that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the
spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the
hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,...
( Ephesians 1:17, 18 )

       Your testimony can make a difference!!  It is a portion of the glory of God's given to you!  Maybe its the revelation of one scripture which caused you to see God as He really is....Maybe it is a expression of God seen in creation for your eyes to behold!  Maybe its His wisdom in a difficult, trying situation.  Share with us what God has  given your 'eyes to see.'  

       Maybe heaven is silent for you and hope is wanning..Maybe God has taken you to a knew place...Share with us what God has done..


This 1st entry is given to us by a good friend who has gone through many trying situations recently.   He has a passion for capturing the wonders of God's creation on film.  

Brad

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