TIME TO GET ON IT !

I'VE KNOWN OF CHRISTS ADMONISHMENT TO TAKE UP OUR CROSS FOR YEARS, EVEN DECADES NOW, BUT UNTIL ONLY HOURS AGO I NEVER FULLY KNEW THE GRAVITY OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING.

I'M SURE IT'S EVIDENT THAT I'M NOT AN UNINTELLIGENT PERSON IF SIMPLY FROM MY WRITINGS, SO IT STANDS TO REASON THAT I WOULD GATHER FROM CHRIST STATEMENT THAT THIS WAS NO LIGHT COMMAND, OR TASK TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.


THIS CAN BE DEDUCTED FROM THE FACT THAT THE COMMAND WAS WRITTEN IN (3) OF THE 4 GOSPELS.

MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE ALL REFER TO CHRIST COMMAND TO TAKE UP OUR CROSS IF WE ARE TO FOLLOW HIM AND BE A DISCIPLE OF HIS.

THE NEXT EVIDENCE THIS STATEMENT'S GRAVITY, IS THAT CHRIST MADE THIS A COMMANDMENT NOT A CHOICE, OR OPTION. CHRIST STATES THIS IS WHAT WE MUST DO IF WE ARE TO FOLLOW HIM.


Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.


IN ALL OF MY REASONING, AND RECOGNIZING OF THIS COMMANDMENT'S I MISSED OUT ON SOME KEY PROPHETIC TRUTHS UNTIL FEWER THEN 24 HOURS AGO.

BECAUSE GOD IS SO GOOD HE WILL CONTINUE TO TEACH AND TALK TO US EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THE MESSES WE ARE SO GUILTY OF BRINGING INTO OUR OWN LIVES.

GOD IS THE DIVINE REVEALER AND ILLUMINATOR OF HIS WORD TO US THAT LOVE AND SEEK HIM, THE PROBLEM IS WE GENERALLY CAN ONLY TRULY RECEIVE THESE LAMPS OF GUIDANCE IN THE DARKEST OF PLACES IN OUR LIVES.

NO LAMP SHINES BRIGHTER THEN WHEN IN TOTAL DARKNESS. I AM NOT PROMOTING THAT WE PURPOSELY SEEK TO DWELL IN SPIRITUAL DARKNESS THAT WE CAN SEE THE LAMP OF GOD, BUT I EVEN JUST RECEIVED REVELATION ON THIS ANALOGY AS I AM WRITING.

THOSE OF US THAT PURSUE GOD TEND TO RUN AHEAD, BECAUSE WE'RE IN PURSUIT OF GOD'S FACE WHICH ALWAYS MANAGES TO STAY JUST AHEAD OF US.

EVERY TIME WE THINK WE CAUGHT HIM, HE'S A STEP FURTHER. I BELIEVE THAT WHEN PETER STEPPED OUT OF THE BOAT HE THOUGHT HE'D REACH JESUS SOONER THEN HE DID SO HE BEGAN TO SINK WHEN CHRIST WAS JUST AHEAD OF HIM.

TODAY WE PURSUE CHRIST TO THE EDGE OF OUR ABILITIES, WHICH IS LIMITED BY OUR KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WORD, AND THOUGH OUR PURSUIT IS GOOD, AND FAITH MOTIVATED JUST AS PETERS WALK WAS, WE LIKE PETER NEED IMMEDIATE HELP.

PETER SANK BECAUSE HE WAS ON WATER, BUT HIS SINKING AND GETTING WET MADE HIM CLOSER TO CHRIST THEN THE ONES THAT WHERE SAFE AND DRY IN THE BOAT.

OUR ENTERING INTO MESSES AND DARKNESS BECAUSE WE HAVE EXHAUSTED WHAT WORD AND KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE OF GOD, GIVES US CAUSE TO CALL ON HIM.

JUST LIKE PETER BECAUSE WE'RE OUT HERE AND IT'S DARK, WE THEN GET TO SEE THE LAMP, OR ILLUMINATION OF THE WORD TO PUT US BACK ON TRACK TO REACH OUR DESTINATION, JUST LIKE PETERS CALLING ON JESUS PUT HIM BACK ON THE BOAT TO REACH HIS DESTINATION.

IN OTHER WORDS WE MUST PUSH, AND EXHAUST ALL THAT WE POSSESS IN GOD IN ORDER TO GET MORE.

SURE I CAUSED MY OWN MESS, BY TRYING TO HELP GOD BE GOD, BUT LOOK AT THE REVELATION I RECEIVE BY MY PURSUIT.

SOME DISCIPLES MAY HAVE SAID I'M GLAD I'M NOT LIKE PETER, HE ALMOST DROWNED.

SOME WILL UNDOUBTEDLY SAY THEY'RE GLAD THEY'RE NOT LIKE ME, BECAUSE I'M OSTRACIZED, NOT BEING USED, LOOKED OVER, NEED MONEY, HAVE FAMILY PROBLEMS ETC.....

ALL I CAN SAY IS, I'M GLAD I AM ME, BECAUSE THOUGH I AM ALONE LOOK AT WHAT GOD SHOWS ME WITH HIS LAMP, LOOK AT HOW HIS WORD STRENGTHENS, AND TALKS TO ME.

GOD NEEDS SOMEONE WILLING TO ALMOST DROWN TO TEACH THE LUKEWARM HOW TO SWIM.

BECAUSE OF PETERS WILLINGNESS HE IS THE ONLY MAN IN ALL OF EXISTENCE THAT CAN SIT DOWN AND TALK TO JESUS ABOUT HOW IT FEELS TO WALK ON THE WATER, THE REST OF US CAN ONLY LISTEN IN ON THAT CONVERSATION.

IF MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD DON'T VENTURE INTO THE DARKNESS AND STRETCH OUR BOUNDARIES, WHO WILL SEE THE LAMP AND TELL US WHAT GOD'S WORD TRULY MEANS ?

I DIGRESSED, NOW BACK TO THE SUBJECT AT HAND, THAT OF TAKING UP OUR CROSS.

NOTICE I CONTINUALLY STATE CROSS, THAT IS BECAUSE CHRIST SAID CROSS, NOT CROSSES.

CHRIST HIMSELF ONLY BORE ONE CROSS, WHY WOULD HE EXPECT US TO DO OTHERWISE ?

HERE IS TODAY'S REVELATION ON THE CROSS, WE DO REALIZE THAT CHRIST STATED

John 10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself.


JESUS IS MAKING REFERENCE TO HIS LIFE, THAT HE IS LAYING IT DOWN, AND THEY NOT ONLY AREN'T KILLING HIM, BUT THEY CAN'T KILL HIM.

SO SAINTS TODAY WE MUST LEARN THROUGH THIS DIVINE REVELATION THAT WE HAVE ONLY BEEN PARTIALLY OBEDIENT BY THE CARRYING OF OUR CROSS.

OH SURE WE'LL CARRY IT, BUT TODAY GOD WANTS TO KNOW WHEN ARE WE FINALLY GOING TO CEASE FROM JUST CARRYING THE CROSS, AND FINALLY SET THEM DOWN, CLIMB UP ON THEM AND TAKE THOSE STAKES THROUGH OUR BODY PINNING US TO THE CROSS WE'VE CARRIED FOR SO LONG.

CHRIST LAID HIS LIFE DOWN ON THE CROSS, HE WON'T MAKE US LAY DOWN, WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT OURSELVES.

HE WON'T DRIVE ONE STAKE THROUGH OUR FLESH, WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT OURSELVES.

WHEN WE HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED TO THAT POINT, HE WILL TAKE US DOWN FROM THE CROSS, AND HE WILL RESURRECT US, BUT WITHOUT THE NAILS, THERE IS NO CRUCIFIXION, NO BLOOD, NO DEATH, THEREFORE NO NEED FOR RESURRECTION.



2DAYS PROPHETIC ADMONITION: WITHOUT DARKNESS LAMPS ARE NOT NEEDED, WITHOUT RISK WE ARE NOT STRETCHED, WITHOUT A CROSS WE ARE NOT FOLLOWING CHRIST, WITHOUT NAILS WE ARE NOT CRUCIFIED, WITHOUT CRUCIFIXION WE CAN'T BE RESURRECTED, WITHOUT RESURRECTION WE'LL NEVER HAVE ETERNAL LIFE WITH CHRIST, WITHOUT ETERNAL LIFE WE CAN ONLY HAVE ETERNAL DAMNATION.

LET'S STOP CARRYING OUR CROSS, AND FINALLY GET ON IT !




I PRAY GOD'S PEACE N MERCY B UPON U AND URS !



G-TEP aka K.J. DUMPSON