"My CUP Runneth Over!"

             "...saying, "Father, if it is Your will, take this cup from Me; nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done."                      

                                                                                (Luke 22:42)

David sings a song of praise in the midst of his trials as he ponders his future as the mighty King of Israel. Psalm 23 is a psalm of trust. The overriding theme of this song is that there is no fear under the wings of the Almighty! David asserts his total confidence (blessed assurance) that the Lord God is with Him and that his enemies are of no consequence to him. David's cup runneth over...with FAITH!

David is a "sheep" and the Lord God is his Sheperd. Likewise, David was also lord over Israel and was responsible for the spiritual development and maturity of his flock. King David, in the presence of King Jesus represents royalty of the highest order. This psalm is a song of "loyalty to royalty."  This psalm gives us the perfect description of the true nature and meaning of grace and mercy.

As Jesus labors in the Garden of Gethsemane with the anguish and turmoil of His fate of the Cross, His "humanity" is a war with His "deity." His humanity cannot see the absolute nature of this assignment to Calvary and frankly, "Does NOT want to do it!" Is that too hard to hear that Jesus the Man didn't want to go to the Cross? Too bad, because He states His position emphatically right there in the Gospel of Luke 22:42 in black and white!

But praise be to God for the Lord Jesus and the deity of Yahweh that suppresses our fleshly desires, selfish motives and carnal thoughts and deeds. Jesus was given the revelation that His "cup" was full to over flowing and that His time had come. In the Greek language "cup" is translated "poterion" (Strong's #4221) and it means draught; a lot (that has been drawn) and/or "fate." Jesus knew that unless His cup was emptied, no man would be saved and all would perish! He was fully persuaded that the Cross was His lot in life, His fate and His destiny! His cup runneth over...with LOVE!

Simply stated, it is the fate of a righteous man for him to submit his humanity to the deity of Jesus Christ so that he can fulfill his destiny, receive his fate and walk out his assignment in the earth in real time to the glory of God! Our afflictions are only a "playground" compared to the "battlefield" God is preparing to send us in to!

"Is your cup full or empty?" Selah...

"God's Presence Creates Distance!"

           There is no need to worry about the people in your life who are giving you the “blues;” God’s Presence will create distance between you and all the people, places and things that might cause you to fall from grace with the Father. Now I must warn you, this only applies to those Believers that are serious about the POG and desperately want His peace:

          “Where can I go from Your Spirit or where can I flee from Your Presence?” If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.”

                                                                   (Psalm 139:7-10)

          The POG in your life will cause your friends and family to look at you sideways and make them pull away from you as if you were doing something strange to them. Guilt is a quirky spirit; it has a mind of its own. I always say, “The guilty always tell on themselves if you are patient enough.” 

          Sure it stings a little and sometimes a lot when a friend or love one shuns you, but at the end of the day, you must be strong enough to know that adversity is part of the pruning process and that there is no getting away from it. The testing of your faith will be measured if you allow them to leave or if you cave in to fear and chase them only to be hurt once again.

          Radical faith offends the wicked (even those folks who don’t think they are wicked). Faith is a heat seeking missile that targets the things that are opposed to God for destruction. It is not the destruction of the individual that faith seeks to obliterate but, rather, the spirit inside the person that is creating distance between them and God.