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"WATER"...THEN..."WINE"...IT WAS ALMOST AUDIBLE.
IT WAS JUST ENOUGH TO GET MY ATTENTION...I ROLLED OVER...
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS SPOKEN IN THIS WAY...SEEMS LIKE IT'S NEARLY THE ONLY TIME AND WAY TO GET MY ATTENTION...
I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, THAT IF I DO NOT GET UP AND START WRITING DOWN WHAT I HEAR...NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY...I FORGET...IT'S GONE!
"IT'S SO COLD...I'M SO TIRED...I WON'T BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO SLEEP."....ONE EXCUSE AFTER ANOTHER....DOESN'T THAT SOUND FAMILIAR?...KIDS MOANING IN THE MORNING ABOUT GETTING UP AND READY FOR SCHOOL.
"I'M NOT GOING TO WAKE YOU UP AGAIN...DO YOU WANT TO HEAR WHAT SPIRIT IS SAYING?....YOU ARE NO LONGER A CHILD....I HAVE COME SOFTLY, AND WILL WAIT JUST LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO DECIDE."I WAS UP IN A FLASH...GRABBING MY PEN AND PAPER...TRYING TO TIP TOE QUIETLY INTO THE LIVING ROOM, AS TO NOT WAKE THE WRATH OF HUBBY, WHO HAD A HARD TIME SLEEPING.
THEN AS USUAL THE WORD COMES FASTER THAN I CAN WRITE...A GOOD THING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT ME THINKING IT THROUGH BEFORE I GET IT DOWN ON PAPER.
THE LORD HAS BEEN FAITHFUL IN MENTORING ME WITH HIS ORACLES...EVER SINCE I WAS A YOUNG CHRISTIAN....
I BELIEVE THAT JUST AS WE WRITE POETRY, SONGS, LETTERS OF COMFORT AND COUNCIL___THAT WORD WHICH DWELLS IN US IS ALONG THIS SAME LINE___ THAT HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS AND REVEALS THE "LIVING WORD" THROUGH US AS ORACLES EDIFYING THE BODY OF CHRIST.
I SAY THIS HUMBLY AND FEARFULLY...COMPLETELY AWARE OF THIS VESSEL OF CLAY THAT IS LEAST OF THE SAINTS IS___
I HAVE NO AUTHORIZATION__EXCEPT HIS WORD WHICH HE MAKES KNOWN__
I AM MERELY A MOUTHPIECE, HE IS THE WORD...
HOW VAIN AND PRESUMPTUOUS OF ME?...I'M SURE THAT IT SEEMS THAT WAY...
BUT I FEAR THE LIVING GOD, ABOVE MAN...AND IF I LIE...MAN HAS NOTHING TO FEAR...HIS MIND SET WILL BRING HIM TO PEACE AS THE CONSUMING FIRE OF GOD MAKES ME AN EXAMPLE OF PRIDEFUL BLASPHEMY AND SELF-RIGHTEOUS PRESUMPTION.
THIS IS ALL WELL AND GOOD...UNTIL FATHER SETS YOU DOWN AND SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO BECOME TO OTHERS...WHAT OTHERS HAVE BEEN TO YOU.
I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT WE ARE LIVING EPISTLES TO MEN__AS WONDERFULLY MARVELOUS AS THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD IS__ YES, IT IS THE ORACLES OF MEN__SPIRIT BREATHED__
LIVING EPISTLES OF THE TIME OF JESUS__ IT IS TIMELESS__QUICK AND POWERFUL___ THEY WERE AND STILL ARE MINISTERED IN GOD'S SPIRIT...AND AS THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE TO THE LETTER.
BUT NOW IS HE CALLING US FORTH TO SPEAK IN THESE LAST DAYS...AS ORACLES UNTO HIM__CHRIST IN US SPEAKING__LIVING EPISTLES OF HIS WORD.
AGAIN__IT IS A FEARFUL THING TO SAY, "THUS SAITH THE LORD."
SO VERY SIMPLY...I WILL FOLLOW MY LORD'S LEAD IN THIS LESSON TOWARD BECOMING A MOUTH PIECE FOR HIM__
"THE WATER AND THE WINE
THERE IS NO OTHER KIND
BY WHICH WE COME TO KNOW
THE ONE WHO LOVES US SO
REJOICE UNTO THAT DAY
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY
REDEEMING REASON'S TIME
WITHIN THIS MORNING RHYME
ITS COMFORTING TO KNOW
AS ONWARD YOU MUST GO
THROUGH MINUTE AND THROUGH HOUR
I'LL BE YOUR STRENGTH AND POWER
THE ORACLES OF GOD
ALONG THE PATH YOU TROD
WILL COME AND THEN WILL GO
MY WORD YOU'LL SURELY KNOW
FOR THEY SHALL SPEAK OF ME
THAT YOU MIGHT ALWAYS SEE
THE TRUTH ALONG THE WAY__
COME WALK WITH ME TODAY."I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT HE IS SPEAKING TODAY
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN HEAR HIM SPEAK
HE LONGS TO FELLOWSHIP WITH YOU PERSONALLY
THERE IS AN ORDER TO OUR SHARING
IT IS DECENT AND RESPECTFUL
IT IS UNDER THE POWER OF THE ONE SPEAKING, TO KEEP IT IN LINE WITH THE SPIRIT'S LEADING, AND NOT THE PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF THE ONE SPEAKING.
IT IS FULL OF LOVE__PATIENCE__AND KINDNESS.
IT CAN ALSO BE FULL OF WARNING__DISCIPLINE AND CANDOR
THERE WERE MANY TREES IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN
THEIR FRUITS WERE MANY
BUT THERE WAS ONLY ONE TREE OF "LIFE"
IT'S FRUIT WAS OF THE SPIRIT
THE WATER THAT POURS FORTH AS WINE
EVEN AS IT IS POURED FORTH IN THESE LAST DAYS
THIS NEW WINE CANNOT BE POURED INTO OLD WINE SKINS__LEST THEY BURST AND THE WINE SKINS PERISH.
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