Starting point

by **vahn** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:58 am

In My Father's Mansion there are many rooms .

Asked if I had walked through the 7 day "tour" of yet another one of Our Father's "rooms" of His Mansion , by a dear friend yesterday , and my answer being "yesnomaybe" (I cant say "I don't kno" you see , ehem) I told myself "Yep" , next thing I know 'poof' here I am !

It had always been a habit for me , to make a note , whether written or mental , before the start of any undertaking , of where I am or what the present given situation is , so that way I'll have a reference point for me to compare with as the task at hand gets underway and check the progress , or lack of it as I go on , hence make necessary adjustments if need be .

So , I don't recall or find anywhere in scripture Our Lord Jesus ever saying "I healed you , or I forgive you of your sins " . Respectively , He had always said " Your faith (in the Father) had healed you " and "you are forgiven (by the Father) " but never "I" , Jesus , the man . Yes , of course , the Father was in Jesus and Jesus in the Father and in turn -through faith - in us , and the Father , being Spirit makes it the Spirit being in us as well , and that , is to me what the Truth is all about . Its the knowledge and faith in the fact that God being at work from within me that the healing and forgiving takes place and not from any action(s) on my part .

See , no matter how much I "know" from , whether reading , understanding , believing , walking , and even with my strongest faith and might with certainty that God could & would do this that or the other , it is not unless the Father says so , according to His Plan in His Greater Scheme of Things anything at all could be accomplished , either by me or any other "great or greatest spiritual" individual here on earth .

Well , that much for where my "thoughts" are today , now , moving on to what led me to be here typing all this , is of course through the Guidance of our Lord , but this being a reference point for me to check my progress , I feel the need to put this down as well , with the hope also that whoever might be reading and following up on my walk might see something I may have missed along the line and help me get back on track , in case I'm off it. ( I do know , and I greatly appreciate our concerns for each other )

Skipping the part as of to what led me or the circumstances I endured prior to getting here to Christianity Oasis , which as a result I was completely restored , renewed and transformed to this person I hardly recognize any longer (everybody that had known me prior to this tells me so , and besides , I still have my reference point from the start of my journey @Oasis .) .
One of the major statements kept repeating itself by genuinely concerned individuals here and one in particular was "God is preparing you for something bigger " . Well , those "bigger" things kept getting even bigger until I came to the point where I started to question my sanity , until that is , came the morning a few weeks ago when I found myself walking in His Presence yes , His very Presence , with no other words to describe than "Clear Fog" . I said to myself "This must be the "bigger" thing they'd been talking about " . Two or three days later I received some devastating news and with events that followed I just simply exploded , yes the big mushroom ! .

To some , including myself was thought of the enemy's "attacks" , and rightly so , what else could anyone else think of . Deciding to do "battle" I went to war only to find out that the enemy is nowhere in sight . Questioning where the cuts and scrapes came from and why am I feeling so beaten up ? My Lord's answer for me was "Where I reside no one else can occupy the same space"
When my Lord decided to take up residence within me the enemy had to GO , being a sorry loser he tried to take everything else he could take , my flesh and mind was as close as he got . My soul is still with my Daddy .

by **Dora** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:21 am

Thank you Vahn. Your post brought me strength.

by **mlg** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:25 am

Vahn,

What an absolutely encouraging post. The presence of the Lord surrounding us can feel so amazing when we are truly walking in the Spirit. I so often think of the ones before us, and how they went through tribulations and trials and had to learn to rely on the Spirit and not the flesh. And here we are today, walking that same walk, seeking what they sought....the Spirit within.

This new journey you are beginning will teach you all about that Spirit within. How to bring Him more fully into your day to day life. I'm excited for you. Enjoy the ride.

*hug*

by **vahn** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:43 pm

Not that it's not appreciated , but your thanx should be directed to The One who nudged another one of His children to "wake" me up to this Pine .
Nothing in here belongs to me , including this post , this post is not mine its Our Lord's way for us to communicate to each other of His will for us .

Whenever two or three of you gather in my Name , I Am amongst you .

P.S.
(Thank the 'other' one as well *Whistle*