Therefore, we must be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. As we work out our own salvation, we are all still growing and learning. NONE of us have arrived! We must be led by the Lord and careful who we trust while testing every spirit. It's not always about the words coming out of a person's mouth but about the posture of their heart and intentions. Not everyone who praises a god is serving your God! Popularity no longer interests me, as I have learned that the enemy rewards those willing to pay the price. Many are self-seeking and promoting for their own gain and wealth. They have the appearance of godliness, all while practicing witchcraft and sinning behind the scenes. The consensus of the masses is not my concern, and man's opinion does not move me. Our focus must be on the will of the Father. The bottom line is that we need to get back to the basics of being the hands and feet of Jesus and stop idol-worshiping folks on platforms or in positions of power because none of it impresses the Lord.
My point is this: it's time to shut out all the noise and spend time alone with the Father. He will reveal the secrets and mysteries of heaven and earth. Seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened. Time is short, and there is a shaking that has just begun. As the intentions of the heart are revealed, the wise will be separated from the fools and the brave from the cowards, just as the sheep from goats and wheat from the tares. Woe to those caught trying to learn how to hear from the Lord amidst chaos. There is no faking it until you make it in the last days, and many are already deceived. That is why this season of active rest is so important. We must wake up now and ask the Holy Spirit to guide us in all truth while ensuring our lamps are full and lives are dripping with oil before the door is shut.
Kayla Osborn
July 15, 2024
in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].
Ephesians 2:2 AMP
Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world.
1 John 4:1 NLT
Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
Matthew 25:2-3, 10 NIV
All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
Matthew 25:32-33 NIV
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Matthew 10:16 TLV
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
Matthew 7:7 NIV
And He said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables, so that ‘Seeing they may see and not perceive, And hearing they may hear and not understand; Lest they should turn, And their sins be forgiven them.’ ”
Mark 4:11-12 NKJV
The burden against Damascus. “Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, And it will be a ruinous heap. The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They will be for flocks Which lie down, and no one will make them afraid. The fortress also will cease from Ephraim, The kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Syria; They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,” Says the Lord of hosts. “In that day it shall come to pass That the glory of Jacob will wane, And the fatness of his flesh grow lean. It shall be as when the harvester gathers the grain, And reaps the heads with his arm; It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain In the Valley of Rephaim. Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it, Like the shaking of an olive tree, Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough, Four or five in its most fruitful branches,” Says the Lord God of Israel. In that day a man will look to his Maker, And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel. He will not look to the altars, The work of his hands; He will not respect what his fingers have made, Nor the wooden images nor the incense altars. In that day his strong cities will be as a forsaken bough And an uppermost branch, Which they left because of the children of Israel; And there will be desolation. Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold, Therefore you will plant pleasant plants And set out foreign seedlings; In the day you will make your plant to grow, And in the morning you will make your seed to flourish; But the harvest will be a heap of ruins In the day of grief and desperate sorrow. Woe to the multitude of many people Who make a noise like the roar of the seas, And to the rushing of nations That make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters; But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away, And be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, Like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. Then behold, at eventide, trouble! And before the morning, he is no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, And the lot of those who rob us.
Isaiah 17:1-14 NKJV