THE UNDER SECRETARY TO TRUTH
June 29, 2006: Thursday – Vision:
An angel about 25 feet high appeared. He was translucent. I could see right through him. He bowed at the waist to greet me. Then he knelt as though acknowledging that he was reporting for duty. I respected his time with the Lord. When he rose, he faced me.
I addressed him: “May I ask your name?”
“I am an UNDERSECRETARY TO TRUTH.” I remembered that Jesus said that He was Truth. I then supposed that there are angels that serve as secretaries (like in the president’s cabinet). This must be an angel that serves under the secretaries – one that could be assigned to a location and remain in that location during the assignment. I did not know for sure, however.
“Do you come with authority from Truth Himself?” I asked.
“I do,” he continued, “You have prayed that all that will be brought forth here will be in love and fellowship. But a spirit of truth is also needed for the transparency required to conduct His power.” [It seemed that he was suggesting that truth was a conductor of power. However, I felt that I had known several Christian leaders with “power” that I could not also testify to their personal character as it related to “truth”. * But if the angel was relating my own personal desire to see the truth joined to God’s power on this ridge… well, he was right. There was a great desire within me to see God’s ways prevail from the beginning to the completion of one of His purposes – uncorrupted.]
He continued: “He who is Truth has sent me to this location in order that His power may have safe passage and drive home, truly “hitting-the-mark”. The path of light will lead many to knowing the One who is Truth. I speak, not from myself, but from the One who sent me to you.”
* “Power” is a gift given by God. As the word says in Romans 11:29: “the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” Therefore, at times the gift will reside within a Christian that is soulish or fleshly. That person uses the gift, but the gift does not change the person’s character. Character is replacing our fleshly mind, emotions and will with Christ. That, of course, is a “work of the cross”.
A person may have a large ministry or hold authority in a church but still not be maturing in his or her character. This has been one of the greatest stumbling blocks for the body of Christ. When we are younger in Christ we believe that those God-given gifts MUST be springing from a person who has the mind, emotions and will of Christ. They must be embracing the cross and have been rewarded with these glorious gifts that help so many people. The fact that this is not true, may be the most difficult “pill for us to swallow” as we ourselves, mature. It doesn’t seem “right” somehow. Our human mind believes righteousness and the gifts should go together as they do in Jesus. How could God allow the unrighteous to use His gifts? – not only use them, but swindle, cheat, make millions there-by living a life of wealth and ease, all due to God’s “gifts”?
I certainly am not wise enough to answer that age-old question. But I do know our Heavenly Father. He keeps His word. If he has assigned certain gifts to certain people, He will give those gifts to certain people with the hope that they will be used to benefit His children in their time of need. The gifts are blessings that pass through the person to those in need. No one owns God’s gifts.
WHAT IS OUR HEAVENLY FATHER SEEKING?
You never read in the word that our Heavenly Father is looking for the gifts in anyone. NO – He is looking for the character of Christ.
Character and gifts are two different things.
Gifts are given – as the name implies.
Character is a replacing of our fleshly souls (mind, emotions and will) with Christ. Not with His characteristics, but with Christ Himself. In other words, we do not act like Him, He replaces the fleshly parts of our souls with Himself – just like at salvation we ask Jesus to come into our heart and be our life.
The transformation of the soul is accomplished by “embracing the cross”. What in the world does that mean? It is sort of “Christianize” for the work of the Holy Spirit within us. The Holy Spirit orchestrates a series of tests in our lives. We are unable to test ourselves nor even to arrange the time of the tests. The Holy Spirit must accomplish all of this. [Sometimes, also, we must take certain tests (presented in various ways) over and over again.]
We must pass our tests even as Jesus passed His tests in the wilderness. Like Jesus we must choose God over our “flesh” and we pass that particular test.
Now, what does this do? It was difficult to tell with Jesus’ tests because He was uncorrupted by sin. But when He came out of the desert, He came in the power of the Spirit. But for us, our soul has been sullied by sin. We do not tidy up our souls. All parts of the soul must be replaced by Christ. [We only do this over a lifetime (usually). Some only allow a little of their souls to be exchanged for Christ.]
But this “work of the cross” (called that because it is painful most of the time) determines our placement in His millennial and future work.
Jesus passed the tests originally and now He passes them again through us, if we allow Him. He is all in all. Finally, only Christ passes over (and we in Him) into the Heavenly Kingdom.
GIFTS AND CHARACTER
The word says to seek spiritual gifts (in order to bless many in the name of the Lord.) But live your life to fulfill the high calling in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:14) “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
For the eventual House of Prayer on Prayer Mountain, (I was musing at the time of the vision that) I hoped to see a work of the Lord accomplished by those with gifts and character – thereby to see it raised up unsullied and clean. (That of course should be the desire of any and all wishing to establish houses of prayer where ever they may be.) The universal truth for all should be that such a sacred trust must be established on a clean foundation: (Psalm 24:3-5) –
Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD?
And who may stand in His holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood
And has not sworn deceitfully
He shall receive a blessing from the LORD
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
