The Lord of the Vineyard

Protecting within the Vine

It has been made noticeably clear that after the events of 2020 that billions of people have shown their real identity. They have done this in the form of indecisiveness. Meaning to say, the true nature of who they really are, (not saved), has burst out of them into full view of the world, and it is super clear that many people are not on the side of salvation, but they have willfully chosen to take side with the world. In this cove, the devil has poisoned the minds of all the beguiled folk with saying and doing whatever they want to do. As this is a fact, those who are in the government have designed to shut down the church so that the people of God cannot come together. How sad and shameful it is when many of the people who say they are with the Lord yet did not take a stand with the policies from heaven. It is crystal clear to any saved person that the Lord is the Lord of protection, and He is a nurturing leader who leads by example, and He knows what turmoil is. What am I saying?

People who do not have a divine connection to the Lord are lost people, and their minds have been altered to the point that God is no longer a concern for them inwardly. However, on the outside, they are always in good standing with the Father. How can this be when their lifestyle is a contradiction to the word of the Lord. Words have no meaning if they are not accompanied with faith. The Bible refers to people who have this mind set, as double minded vessels, and without a doubt such thinking is never rewarded by God. In other words:

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask of faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. {James 1:5-8}

So, it is like this. If you are saved, then you have received the mind of Christ, and with this stability you will not follow other gods. If you become unsure about anything, it will be because you have not yet matured. So, that is when you reach out to the Lord for wisdom, and as the above scripture says, you will receive what you have requested. In other words, God does not leave his people in the dark, because darkness is of the devil. Now if you have been corrupted by your own negligence, you have become a double minded individual. Meaning to say, when trouble comes at you, you will fight back with worldly tactics, and not with the word along with faith in your God, knowing that he is more than capable to do for you what you cannot do for yourself. However, when you want what other people have and you think it is not going your way, well that’s envy.

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. {James 3:16}

Anytime a person who is saved cannot stand the tossing of the waves and the force of the wind, such have been compromised, Listen, there is stability in the Lord. Stay with me, I am taking you somewhere. Listen, when I said compromised, I am telling you this. When you know you should do better, but you do not take that action to do what you know you should, that is the mindset of a confused person, and I might add, you have been conformed to the world’s thinking and have not been renewed in your mind. The reason being that you, the individual who is proclaiming to be a child of the kingdom, have not presented your own body to the Lord.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. {Romans 12:1-2}

Unless we have willfully presented ourselves to the Lord, we can never have any idea what is going on around us. Meaning, we cannot ascertain what the truth really is, so we will be led by fleshly directives. Ok, now to the point. COVID-19 is not the lead story on this, but God is, He has allowed this plague to come upon this sinful earth because many have put him out of their lives. As I have said before, if the father decides to put a bull inside of a china shop that is His business. We are to just say, “Lord let your will be done.” Before this last leader in the White House was placed in office, many things were hidden from the public. He exposed many things, and we are now better for that. Do I agree with everything that was done? No! But I do know he had a job to do and he did it, which was to expose the devil’s hand, and at that point everyone who had Spiritual eyes would be able to see the Father is not happy with our negligence. In other words, we have failed to consistently pray for the leaders of this nation.

I EXHORT therefore, that first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior. {1 Timothy 2:1-3}

Listen, all you must do is follow the history of this nation’s political parties and you will see the truth. So now at this point, with history as our teacher, we are now headed in the direction of uncertainty because the devil has a new set of people in place now. Those of us who are directly connected to the Lord know that He has them under control as well, but what the people of God must understand is the fact that we must never be led by our emotions but rather by the word, and power of the Lord. Is it popular? No, and you will be talked about when you follow the Lord. I say this to you if you waver you will be lost. We must always stand on the word of the Lord. If this world is ever to regain its footing, it will be because the saints of God are in place and standing in the gap for this nation every day and night. With faith as our guide, we have the victory. So now, this means we are not to allow the world to tell us that we cannot come together to worship God in Spirit and in truth. Fear is of the devil and faith is of the Lord. We are not stupid people, but we are the children of God; therefore, we must come together in the house of the Lord. Now when we do this, we must follow the laws of the land which is to wear a mask. We must never allow ourselves to be led by fake pastors. This is the time to be renewed in your mind so that from this point on you will know where to go to receive divine nourishment. Now the word is talking to your inner man and not the doubleminded people.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. for if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. {James1:22-25}

Not forsaking the assembling of our-selves together, as the manner of some is: but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. {Hebrews 10:25}

I pray that these words have blessed you to the point that you will now seek out God for deliverance

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