THE ROCK AND YOUR HARD PLACE

THE ROCK AND YOUR HARD PLACE

When you are being prepared for the kingdom, you are never caught between a rock and a hard place, but instead the hard place is designed to cause you to fall on the rock. I am the rock and the hard place is three fold; the pride in your life, the lust of your eye, and lust of your flesh. 1 John 2:16 The only way for you to become a kingdom citizen is to renounce all other citizenships and seek Mine first. Matthew 6:33 The renouncing of this three fold menace is very difficult because it binds your heart to material and worldly pleasures. There is a kingdom process of falling and breaking that softens a hardened heart and prepares you to submit to a king.

The breaking process is a must for all kingdom citizens. No one enters My kingdom without first being broken. The breaking process is multifaceted, being filled with; loneliness, godly sorrow, insecurity, frustration, helplessness, and darkness. These are multiplied until the weight becomes so heavy that you fall. However at the bottom of every fall is the rock, not just any rock but it's "Me the chief corner stone, and he that believes on Me will no longer be confounded."  1 Peter 2:6 If you are in the preparation stage, and it's very dark, do not fear anything, you are being carefully  prepared to enter the narrow gate that most never find. "The gate is narrow (contracted by pressure) and the way is straitened and compressed that leads away to life, and few are those who find it." Matthew 7:14 The gate is so compressed that pride, will never fit through. The unrighteous baggages of lust also must be broken off, they're way too large to pass through into the kingdom.

In the darkest moments, and the loneliest times, of your preparation, you will hear My voice the clearest, and you will feel My arms wrapped tighter around you, than at any other time. I know the suffering process very well and I do not take yours lightly. This is one of the mysteries of kingdom intimacy, called the fellowship of suffering. Philippians 3:10 Trust is built more during this time, than at any other time. Remember trust is never built in the happy times, but during the darkest hours. Your weeping will endure for a night, but your joy will come in the morning." Psalm 30:5 Now here is the kingdom bottom line: you have two ways to experience the breaking process; "You can fall upon that rock and be broken; or it will fall on you, and it will grind you to powder." Luke 20:18 May I suggest the former, so your joy comes much quicker, as you enter the gate!

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