bethanyrebecca's Blog

Look at the passionate and zealous heart our God has for us. In Ezekiel 6:9 (NKJV)...."because I was crushed by their adulterous heart which has departed from Me." Some other versions say "broken" instead of crushed. Can you imagine this? GOD'S HEART CRUSHED?? Our sin can crush His heart. How can God's heart be crushed? God has allowed His burning heart and love for us to be vulnerable to the pain of rejection. He is the true Lover of your soul. Oh how passionate He is about us! When I realized that my sin crushes His heart, I put my hand over my mouth and fell to my knees and cried so hard. Like Isaiah I said, "I am undone." I was in anguish, unable to move. HOW UNWORTHY AND LITTLE I AM.

The Hebrew word for the book of Leviticus means, "And He called." Leviticus is a manual on holiness for the delivered people of God. I am so thankful that the Blood of Christ has qualified me to bring my junk, the broken pieces, tangles and wounds, diseases, and problems into His presence. He has provided a way for us to bring our junk into His presence because if you step into His presence with your junk, that's where the stuff gets dealt with. That's where holiness begins.

The greatest privilege we can have on this planet is to step into the immediate Presence of the Holy, Set-Apart, Most High God.
There is no higher privilege, no higher calling.
I don't understand why we stay away.
It is the most awesome place in the universe....in the Presence of an altogether Holy God who has literally killed Himself to get you there.

We just cant sit back on our initial salvation experience and ignore our call to know the Crucified One by living uncrucified lives that are an admixture of flesh and spirit. I am speaking to myself mostly but I know we all fight the same battles. I am so scared right now. The person who showed up at the wedding supper without a wedding garment was bound and placed in outer darkness. Matt 22. The most scary thing is Jesus called him FRIEND! He knew him. O my God. What are we Americans doing? Are we setting oursleves up to be satisfied with outer darkness? No, please God no. I want to be Yours, Your chosen. I know I have been called but I dont want my called life anymore, I want Your chosen life or nothing!

MAKE TIME FOR PRAYER!!! God is not going to cut us any slack because we are Americans with so many distractions. The options of electronica do not substitute for waiting on God. God knows us by our priorities.