Before being deployed for:

Grand Public Service

God will often take his chosen vessel through…

the wringer. This may look like an onslaught of trials, attacks, betrayal, and more. If you know – you know.

Have you experienced core dependencies being scrubbed away? … being in the seemingly unending spin cycle that intentionally aggravates relationships, occupations, hobbies…so that which doesn’t fit who God created you to be is dislodged.

Oh, the pain of wondering if anything at all will remain when it subsides!

We cannot desire to be used by the maker of heaven and earth and skip the mighty shaking.

In our limited mind, we will seek to understand and “make it make sense” – which is on trend for us humans. Nevertheless, lovely, our understanding is not a requirement for the “dream clean” in God’s supernatural laundromat, our surrender is.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55: 8-9

Let’s keep our eyes fixed on Jesus to remain surrendered, or else we’ll be hindered in our desire to move forward.

 Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God’s throne. Hebrews 12:2

Why does this deep cleaning happen and often suddenly?

I don’t know, but I suspect for intense testing resulting in impurity removal and character development – but beyond this, it’s to develop a dependency on Him alone, which will be required when we emerge from the tumbler.

When you’ve been stripped bare you cling to who has been there since the beginning of time:

I AM That I AM

And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.. Exodus 3: 13-14

Not the people. Not material possessions. Not titles.

Give up the memory stains you’ve grown accustomed to soaking in, as they will not sustain you. The residue must be washed off of you – for you to be made new in Jesus. Receive the fresh manna of God’s presence.

Allow yourself to be:

Submerged In The Suds of Suffering.

Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world. 1 Peter 4:13

The heart of a person is purified when we endure suffering of various kinds. Bleached with the blood of Jesus for miraculous power to flow through and out our being.

We must be continually cleansed from the filth of this world so the dream God has planted in the depths of our being can:

Sparkle & Shine

Choose to walk, run, and/or crawl into God’s presence – “The Safe Retreat” regularly -> stay in God’s Word #bible, worship, pray…put into practice the spiritual disciplines that will cleanse us and keep us sharp for precise use.

May God’s glory show up on the scene as He dries our tears from the deep cleans and displays us for service.

Stay fresh,