I heard the Spirit say - " Isolation: Degradation or Consecration "?
He told me there are two kinds of Isolation - one from the Lord, one from the enemy. There are times and seasons in our lives when The Lord will draw us aside into the wilderness to spend time alone with Him. This is meant to consecrate us. "Consecration" means "The action of making or declaring something (or someone) sacred". "Sacred" basically means "connected with God" - so when, like Jesus, we are "led up of the Spirit into the wilderness", it is, it can be, a wonderful time of (re)connecting with the Lord - or reestablishing Him as the Lord of our hearts - of reentering a place of intimacy with Him - of stripping away all the trappings of the flesh (lust, pride, greed) - it should be a place of brokenness and weeping, both tears of repentance and tears of joy.
At other times - it is the enemy's intention to isolate us: to get us alone so he can more easily do what he always desires to do - steal (our souls), kill (our bodies) and destroy (our spirits). When the enemy has isolated us from our support group, from fellow members of the Body Jesus has put in our lives to love us and care for us - then we will get attacked with all kinds of spirits: depression, lonliness, suicidal thoughts, unbelief, lust, envy, pride, jealousy - hate, and on and on - we're being degraded. "Degrade" means "to treat or regard someone with contempt or disrespect - the enemy is degrading us and he wants us to degrade others - and most of all, degrade The Lord. It is the exact opposite of the Lord's most gracious Holy Spirit who loves, encourages, and respects us.
Part two soon
No comments:
Post a Comment
All are welcome to share thoughts, comments or questions.