The Breath of God

The Bride prayed in the Song of Solomon 4:16 for the Lord to blow upon her garden, "The Place of Service" that the spices thereof may flow out. I believe the Lord is telling us that the blessings we receive from him are never to be kept inside but are to "flow out" beyond the realm of the church and touch those without. We go to church and receive blessings; we pray to be filled with the Spirit; we pray for God to answer prayer; but do we take any of these blessings home with us before our family, before our friends, or before our foes, those that oppose us? Or could it be that we cap the bottle of our life after we have enjoyed the taste of His goodness and selfishly keep these blessings to our selves? Could it be that the blessings do not continue, because the Lord realizes we are not going to share those blessings? Everything the Lord does in us and through us is to be to his glory. If we will not let him get the glory, why should he continue to bless us?
Bro. Ken

Poverty in exchange for Spiritual Strength?

This is not speaking of Financial Poverty or some oath one has made to try to gain a deeper life with the Lord, but is speaking of our recognizing, as the Psalmist did in Psalm 34:1-6, our feebleness in this flesh to handle our troubles. The Psalmist cried unto the Lord and was delivered out of ALL his troubles. I have watched Christians for years struggling with trials, testings and tribulations because they were trying to handle everything in their own strength.

When will be learn that, in the Kingdom of God, we have no physical ability to handle spiritual problems? In that we are in Spiritual Warfare, we must realize that the only ability we have to fight this war is to use the armour that our Lord has given us in Eph. 6:12-19.

Therefore, when we realize our inability (poverty) to deal with problems in this Spiritual Realm, we will realize the Spiritual Power of God that we so desperately need. II Cor. 12:9

Bro. Ken