Union with אלוהים
Love is as strong as death;
its jealousy unyielding as the grave.
Love’s flames are vehement flames of fire,
the very flame of Yah.
Many waters cannot quench love;
rivers cannot sweep it away.
Intimacy with a Holy God
One woman’s journey of walking with a kind God Who burns with ardent flames of love.
My Revelation on the Island of Patmos: Part 2 of 5
Can I Trust His Heart?
The pulsating electricity, the fiery burn and the spasms in my face ignited a grave desperation. Exhausted from pain, silently I pleaded with my God of mercy to help.
There was only silence, except for a hint of His Spirit saying, “I love you.” I sensed that Yeshua was weeping with me. Hearing these simple words and seeing Him in this intercessory role brought comfort that calmed and quieted my soul.
As beautiful as it was to see this picture of Yeshua, this was not the revelation on the island of Patmos that I had anticipated or wanted. At this point, I just wanted the pain to end.
Waiting for healing, fighting to believe, and enduring a debilitating disease that made me want to detach my head from my body, this is not the life I wanted.
In the throws of bitter suffering I was faced with a critical decision, “Could I trust God’s heart for me and His leadership over my life?”
Can I Trust His Heart?
The pulsating electricity, the fiery burn and the spasms in my face ignited a grave desperation. Exhausted from pain, silently I pleaded with my God of mercy to help.
There was only silence, except for a hint of His Spirit saying, “I love you.” I sensed that Yeshua was weeping with me. Hearing these simple words and seeing Him in this intercessory role brought comfort that calmed and quieted my soul.
As beautiful as it was to see this picture of Yeshua, this was not the revelation on the island of Patmos that I had anticipated or wanted. At this point, I just wanted the pain to end.
Waiting for healing, fighting to believe, and enduring a debilitating disease that made me want to detach my head from my body, this is not the life I wanted.
In the throws of bitter suffering I was faced with a critical decision, “Could I trust God’s heart for me and His leadership over my life?”
God Is Love
In everything God does, He is love. He is holy and blameless in love, and He cannot escape Himself. He was love, is love and will always be love.
Elohim alone defines love and holds the truth to the mysteries of the lengths, the widths, the heights and the depths of love.
On bended knee He invites us into the fellowship of love with the Godhead. Oh the beauty of our God Who alone is good and Whose love endures forever!
Whether this loving God restrains Himself or if He moves in the power of deliverance, of this I am confident: He is love and is much smarter than I.
His brain is bigger. His heart is bigger, and He knows what He is doing.
These simple truths were the foundation stones that saw me through the quagmire of the pain and suffering. These truths kept my heart from growing cold.
When I chose to trust His heart and His leadership over my life a gentle peace washed over me. I embraced the simple truth of Who I already knew Him to be.
God is love.
His unwavering dove’s eyes were on me. Steadily His fiery eyes stayed upon me communicating His affections and giving reassurance that all will be ok.
His eyes peered deeply, searching out the secret places of my heart discovering the words hidden in my heart and how my soul responds in a dire situation.
Bring Me Forth Into Love
God seeks to bring us forth into love by using the greatest amount of pleasure and the least amount of pressure.
He alone knows the perfect balance of pleasure and pressure that is needed to recreate a soul into being a vessel who emulates the very image of her loving God.
Am I saying that those who seem to suffer more are in need of a bit more refining than others? No, of course not. (But with me, that might very well be the case. ;D)
What I can attest to is that God does work all things together for good if we open our heart to Him. (Romans 8:28)
In the face of a martyr refusing to deny Yeshua, in the face of Yeshua Himself, the light of glory shines brightly as the sweet-smelling incense of sacrificial love ascends into the heavens.
These inspirational martyrs and Yeshua’s own sacrifice strengthened me to follow the way of love.
While enduring taxing and grueling pain, there was a distinct expression of unfailing love and trust that my soul slightly tasted as I worshipped the LORD.
This offering of trust and love as strong as death was beautifully glorious in the LORD’s eyes.
Pain is pain. We all experience it. We all are thrown into the raging waters of what to believe of God and how to respond to Him while in agony.
“Love is as strong as death. It’s jealousy unyielding as the grave. Love’s flames are vehement flames of fire, the very flame of Yah. Many waters cannot quench love, nor can the floods drown it.” Song of Songs 8:6-7
Is It Possible To Be One With A Holy God?
“I in You and You in Me
Together in Eternity
Is it possible to be one with a Holy God?”
The high vision and essence of life that each of us has been created for is unity with Elohim. The astounding question that continually grips my soul is, “Is it possible to be one with a Holy God?”
By God’s will and passionate desire we were made by Him, through Him, and for Him. In Him alone we will be satisfied and will know the pleasures of divine love, for God is Love.
“I in You and You in Me
Together in Eternity
Is it possible to be one with a Holy God?”
The high vision and essence of life that each of us has been created for is unity with Elohim. The astounding question that continually grips my soul is, “Is it possible to be one with a Holy God?”
By God’s will and passionate desire we were made by Him, through Him, and for Him. In Him alone we will be satisfied and will know the pleasures of divine love, for God is Love.
In love Yeshua humbly came to Earth and took on our form. He became like us so that we may become like Him. As Elohim and the Son of Man, Yeshua was crucified, and through the power of the resurrection by the Holy Spirit Yeshua is now alive.
For the joy set before Him Yeshua, the eternal Passover Lamb, took the punishment of our sins upon Himself.
As it is written, “The punishment of sin is death,” and, “For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given the blood to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar…” (Romans 6:23; Leviticus 17:11)
Yeshua placed His holy blood on the Heavenly Altar, the Mercy Seat. His blood erased our condemnation of death and made the way for us to become one with a Holy God. (Isaiah 53)
Yeshua was raised from the dead by the Holy Spirit. This same Spirit Who raised Yeshua from the dead now lives in all of us who believe in Him. As He is alive so we too live by His Spirit.
Because Yeshua has placed His Spirit within us, we have already become one with God. And yet, there is still a purification process of our minds, hearts, voices, and souls.
Yeshua washes us with the water of His loving words. He pours forth His love into us by loving us with all His heart, soul, mind and strength, and then we begin to pour forth love in return. “We love Him because He first loved us.” I John 4:19
His words of love and our wholehearted response to Him are leading us into becoming one heart, one mind, one voice and one spirit with our Beloved God.
Is it possible to be one with a Holy God? Yes, all things are possible through the Messiah Yeshua Who strengthens us in love to know intimacy with a Holy God.
