the FireCarrier

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭1‬‬ ‭MSG‬‬ Read my word. It is life. It reflects my love and direction for you. It is through your life that others can find my love for them. Be kind to them as I am kind to you.

Is this the message others receive from you? Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Since you were brought back to life with Christ, focus on the things that are above— where Christ holds the honored position— the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne. Keep your mind on things above, not on worldly things. You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Christ is your life. When he appears, then you, too, will appear with him in glory. ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭GW I am there. Listen quietly, as I am with you. Trust the directions I have whispered for you to hear. Do not allow the enemy to cause fear to obstruct in your way. I am the light. Follow after me.

This is what the LORD says: Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask which paths are the old, reliable paths. Ask which way leads to blessings. Live that way, and find a resting place for yourselves. But you said that you wouldn’t live that way. I posted watchmen over you. Pay attention to the sound of the ram’s horn. But you said that you wouldn’t pay attention. ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭6‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭GW‬‬ Do not rush through you day, but stop and look around you at my creation. Put aside the hurry which too often leads to anger or frustration. The trees reach upward to me. How about you? Can you learn from their leading?

I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep And my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. ‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭14‬-‭16‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Take your seat and close your eyes. If you listen you can hear me as I am speaking to you. I will guide you. Will you go where I show you to go? Listen for me. Don't be lost in your own business.

Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” ‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Do not be in a rush or you will miss me. Turn off the noise and hear my creation. It calls out to me. Each with it's own voice. Follow after me in the line of truth and life. Allow others to see my heart by your actions. Lead them as I have led you.

Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!” “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields— along with persecutions— and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭10‬:‭28‬-‭31‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Look about you. This is part of my creation. All things were created by My speaking them. You too speak things to life within your journey. Watch the words you speak aloud and those thoughts only you hear. Within them is life and death. Choose wisely.