the mighty lion

a symbol of power and freedom

unless...

that power and freedom are captured and placed in a zoo

the only thing he can do here is assume the position

all other rights have been stripped away.

i find that there is a similar issue within the church today we have taken the power and freedom away from the very one who has given it freely to us.

Such a huge tragedy that men and women of God are handcuffed and placed behind a wall or fence and restricted from moving in the power of the Holy One, the majestic King of Glory.

There is an ever increasing unbelief that there is no power only a name.

i'm supposed to be endowed with the power of Holy Spirit in my life . A power to change me from glory to glory and for the fruit of the Spirit to be prevalent, having a freedom within me to be like a tree beside the river of life, bearing fruit in all seasons and conditions.

i am wondering about the ministries and ministers i have come to know that will have to answer for grieving Holy Spirit from doing all he was given authority to do. Will they have to answer to an angry God over their control issues and placing all effort into one aspect of the Kingdom business and pushing down the other features because they failed to see results in their own lives, therefore it must not exist for others.

How duped have we been by a liar and the one who can only go about "as a roaring lion", who's power was stripped away and made a public spectacle of before the whole world and heavens?

Col. 2:13-15 "He forgave all our sins, having cancelled the written code with all its regulations, that was against us, that stood opposed to us; he took it away nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them triumphing over them by the cross."

Today we seem to hardly have the power to rise up in our spirit just to praise such an awesome God and Father in Heaven who has done these things for us in Christ.

We are the temple... "let us come in through the gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise." Let this be alive in us continually.

God forbid that we become like those descibed in the last days in 2 Timothy 3.

In Isaiah 55:1, there is an invitation to the thirsty. "Come all who are thirsty, come to the waters: and you who have no money, come buy and eat! Come buy wine and milk without money and without cost."

There is another passage about buying in Rev. 3:17,18.

"You say I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing! But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve for your eyes so you can see."

i do not want to lose my thirst for more of the Kingdom in my life, nor to stop going after the treasures of Heaven.

What is the cost for us who have no money?