I keep trying to help this city to understand that God does not lie. Whether we like it or not; whether it's in our favor or not; whether we even believe it or not, God never makes a promise He doesn't keep, nor does He make predictions that don't come to pass. Just as He did 5 1/2 yrs ago, He has promised to do again this time, with even greater consequences. He extended great mercy back then, but that mercy was trampled on. He will not punish without cause. Certainly, because I walked away from my assignment, God gave me the cup, in anger. But the restoration was this city's to do, for His punishment had been completed. But, like last time, instead of moving in righteousness; which is simply to do what God’s says, how and when He says it. This city chose to operate in idolatry, placing a baseball team above God, in wrongdoing, at the expense, not only of “one of the least of these,” but even more wrongly, one of His disciples.
Thus God flips the script.
l told y'all a long time ago, "God don't play, but He does have an awesome sense of humor." And, to be certain, He is the only master flipper of the script.
Isaiah 51:21-23 (MSG) Therefore listen, please, you with your splitting headaches, You who are nursing the hangovers that didn’t come from drinking wine. Your Master, your God, has something to say, your God has taken up his people’s case: “Look, I’ve taken back the drink that sent you reeling. No more drinking from that jug of my anger! I’ve passed it over to your abusers to drink, those who ordered you, ‘Down on the ground so we can walk all over you!’ And you had to do it. Flat on the ground, you were the dirt under their feet.”
(The part that stands out here is the mentioning of “splitting headaches.” God knew before you even plotted it, that you would try to destroy my rest with your altered engines, mufflers, sound systems, strobe lights, etc.)
Isaiah 51:22-23 (NIV) 22) the Lord your God defends you and says, “I am taking away the cup that I gave you in my anger. You will no longer have to drink the wine that makes you stagger 23) "I will give it to those who oppressed you, to those who made you lie down in the streets and trampled on you as if you were dirt.”
O’ city, God is your accuser, not me. Many have accused me of having an attitude, or being stubborn. Some have even scorned that I’m the one who’s somehow missing out, BUT GOD knowing the assignment to which He called me says, “And you had to do it.” In order to bring His plans to pass, God oftentimes allows His servants to go through something. Certainly, His own story, in the flesh, testifies to that.
For the cities that aren't quite so sure about this whole prophet reward thing, God has a protocol for his servants. Just as Jesus said, we must first be properly received and cared for, then the reward is given. The best example of this prophet discipleship is depicted through the the prophet, Apostle Paul's journey through Malta: Acts 28:1-11
While I have been bitten, and have had to shake off my share of snakes here, it has not at all been a Malta experience. BUT GOD has other Maltas.
THANK YOU LORD
There’s so much more. Pinpoint accuracy. Lord, Thank You for choosing me for this assignment.
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