May 17, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

My Heart Cries Within Me

“The Need for the Forgotten God”

I cannot go a day without the Spirit of God is saying to me, "Darkness is coming." Everything He is impressing on me is related to His return and the darkness that will shortly be upon us all. In so many ways, the Book of Revelation has or is presently being fulfilled. We cannot ignore what is presently taking place. So many in the Body of Christ have warned us, of these days, while many have long to see God’s words unfold. It frightens me and at the same time, I am excited to be ‘standing on the wall’ watching & proclaiming Christ’s return.

“My heart within me cries”—it cries for Jesus and issues a warning to all, "Christ is coming and darkness (in the form of God’s judgment) is preceding His return." We have much too often turned away from the Trinity (Father, Son & Holy Spirit). We have done this by rejecting part of God—the Holy Spirit (the ‘Forgotten God’). Do not tell me you believe in God without the Holy Spirit working personally and dynamically in your life. It is the Holy Spirit that Jesus told His disciples you must have and to wait for Him. It is the operation of the Holy Spirit that allows us to have all that God offers of Himself and gives us comfort—He is the Comforter, Jesus said.

Why has God the Father sent and is presently sending the “early and latter rain” (Book of Acts), so each of us will have ‘The Comforter’. To God (the Father and Jesus), the Holy Spirit is that important! All the ‘Fruits and Gifts’ are found in ‘The Comforter’, which we call the Holy Spirit, are for mankind to survive what is to come (Book of Galatians). It is in the statements of Jesus in the New Testament and examples of the Holy Spirit working in the Book of Acts that educate us to become overcomes of evil and protected from the darkness of God’s judgment.

So, let’s fill up our lives with the oil and anointing of the Holy Spirit. When times become so dark and we can no longer manifest acts of God through the working of His power; it is the Holy Spirit and His anointing in our lives that will allow our lives to have light so we can find our way in the times of darkness. (Remember the story of the 10 virgins and only half of them could ‘go out’ and meet Christ when He returns—it was the oil in their lamps that made the difference). It is through patience and the fear of the Lord that will allow us to be untouched by darkness and ready for His return. The Comforter brings us oil; He is the oil in our lives!

So, “my heart cries”—it cries for you and for me. It cries to get ready! To be prepared for yourself, your family, your friends and your community. Do not let these times of darkness come upon you without warning and when you least expect. Always be looking and always be broken for others. It is our mourning for others that will save not only ourselves but also find mercy for those in need.

I mourn because I care, and I care because the love of God has been poured out into my heart by Jesus Christ. Let’s cry together for any aspect and any attribute of the ‘Unforgotten God’ that does not exist in our lives. I want all that is promised and talked about in the Bible concerning the Holy Spirit. I cry because I am broken, naked, blind and poor without the Holy Spirit in my life, without my Comforter.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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