Testing of Faith and Quiet Confidence

(* note - please see the article I published earlier; called:
War over Mankind and the Earth)

Testing of Faith and Quiet Confidence

October 19, 2011 [10.19.11] 

Consider further My people, the cost (the price), that must be paid in total commitment to Me, for all that I do is done decently and in order.

Great Chaos and Destruction

For when great waters overtake your shores, moving inland, and great chaos, death and destruction comes, will you curse Me or will you finally see the war that has been waged for millennium over the earth and its inhabitants? When the day comes when money is of no value and gold and silver are tossed into the streets, will you then turn to Me in repentance?  None shall stop My judgments.

When your land shakes and the earth rips open, will you raise your fist in defiance against a holy God, or will you finally see that the enemy is cruel and wicked?  When great fire spills forth in raging fury, will you curse hateful words, or will you see the one who is a curse and an evil creature of hatred, he and his armies?  Will you then turn to Me in genuine repentance?

When men who have been taken over by greed and by evil entities war upon your land, showing no mercy and doing as they desire, will you finally cry out to Me in desperation or will you be as Job’s wife saying, ‘…curse God and die’?

War for Souls

The war for souls and for destruction of this earth is real, yet I shall be victorious.  When the sun is darkened and the moon does not show its light; when the stars fall from heaven; and the earth reels to and from like a drunkard, will you cry out for the mountains to fall upon you?  Or will you fall upon your knees and cry out to your Creator to forgive you and save you?

Many mock and say, ‘If this is your ‘loving’ God, keep Him.  I don’t want Him.’ ─ yet they turn to believe a strong delusion which I send forth that ultimately will destroy both them and their pride, for they did not love the truth.

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.  And for this cause God (Yhvh) shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:  [2Thess 2: 10,11]

So consider, My people, that which is so very soon coming upon the earth.  All the nations are in an uproar.  Peace has left and sorrow and destruction reign.  Yea, but beware of those who offer false peace and an answer to all your questions.  Selah

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. [1 Thess 5:3]

And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. [Deu 6:24]

Consider, those of you who have laid down your lives completely as a living sacrifice unto Me; consider the reward coming to you.  For I shall have a people to show forth My glory and My power in these last days.

Harvest is Ripe

The harvest is ripe and laborers are few, for many are called, but few are chosen.  Multitudes, multitudes shall be in the valley of decision in the days that come.  Many shall run to the mountains grieving for their sins and grieving for their blindness.

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and  from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. [Act 26: 18]

But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity [Ezek 7: 16]

Flee Lust and Pride

Let Me prepare you now for that which is soon ahead.  Beware of the enemy, the seducer, who has already implemented his strategy, as a final assault to those who call themselves by My name, to distract the remnant through lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life.

The death (dying) to self destroys lust and pride, for in the state of death, eyes do not see and flesh has no life and pride has no rule.  Lose your life in order to gain it.  It is a critical hour!  Choose wisely.

To choose foolishly, you will keep (refuse the cross) your life, take the bait of the enemy and succumb to the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and pride of life.  

I urge you, consider carefully and choose wisely.  Turn from your own ways.  Press in and hear Me, My child, come to know Me in a deeper, intimate way.  You will hear Me in the quiet, with a still, small voice, NOT in the distractions that occupy the places that attract your flesh.

Poisoned Water versus Living Water

Wait upon Me, ye of little patience.  Lay down your cares and anxieties.  Be still.  Why are you looking for love everywhere except by looking to Me.  Come away from distractions that occupy the places that please your flesh.  Do not drink from fountains where water looks lovely and pure, but is filled with bitter poison.   

Why look at the outward appearance?  Drink not from the fountains that offer the water of life, yet truly is water of death.  Run from those who say, Peace, peace, when there is no peace. [Jer 8:11]

Come unto Me and I shall give you living water.  Come away from the distractions that occupy the places that attract your flesh.

For God speaks once, yea twice, yet man perceives it not. [Job 33:14]

I have loved you.  I have blessed you.  I have been most patient as you struggled, yea, I have even helped you to carry on.  Do not throw it away in bitter pride, desperate to satisfy the flesh.  Run into My arms and lay not at the bosom of a stranger (physically or spiritually) who allures you in a charming way, for beneath the lovely face are the fangs of the serpent ─ the grand illusionist, father of lies, the counterfeiter – a murderer from the beginning.

… He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. [Jn 8:44]

Harden not your heart, but be moved by My grace, mercy and love for you.  I have labored long with you.  The trying of your faith has been hard, yea, and is to strengthen you and to draw you closer to Me.

Hour of the Testing of Your Faith

It is in the hour of the testing of your faith that the enemy enters yet another battle with you.  He seeks to fill you with bitterness, frustration, anxiety, fear and doubt (unbelief).  Anxiety breeds fear, doubt breeds unbelief.  He seeks to turn you in a direction that you should not go.

He will offer you all that you desire, if you will only walk towards his ‘gift’ (your desires) and accept the gift.  So powerful and seductive will be his offer, that it will take your faith to walk towards Me instead, and to cling to the Vine.  Abide, abide, abide in My shadow.

Just as he tempted My Son Jesus/Yahshua in the desert, so he tempts My people.  Remember Samson?  He fell into temptation with Delilah; though I gave him victory in the end, he died.  The temptation he fell into was the lust of the flesh, sex, Delilah’s seductions; yes, she betrayed him - the fangs of the serpent hid behind the lovely face.  

Remember Joseph?  Joseph was sold into slavery, where he remained for 13 years, after having his prophetic dreams about his brothers and father bowing down to him.  His brothers were filled with embittered rage and jealousy; his father, Jacob, was angry and perturbed.  

While in slavery, Joseph was strongly tempted by the wife of his master, but he fled from it.  Potiphar’s wife tried to seduce him.  When Joseph rejected her advances, she became furious.  She blatantly lied and reversed the story, claiming that Joseph tried to seduce her.   

Joseph was imprisoned on the basis of her false accusations, and it looked like satan had the last laugh.  Yet I was positioning Joseph to bring him to a place of honor to help his people and multitudes of others during a great famine that lasted seven years.

Tried with Fire

The time of testing will pass … will you?  Forgive and let not bitterness take root when those close to you turn on you and speak evil against you, abandoning you and rejecting you.  Forgive and have faith.  Stand strong.  Trust Me.  Have I not told you?  Without the test (trial), there is no testimony; without the battle, there is no triumph.  Know that I am with you; I long to deliver, heal and restore you.  Draw nigh unto Me, draw closer.  Forgive and let the past go.

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ [1Pet 1:7]

Cling to the Vine

I say to you, Go through and abide.  Draw close ever close; cling to the Vine.

Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abides not the fire ye shall make go through the water [Num 31: 23]

And now, little children, abide in Him (Y’shua); that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. [1Jn 2:28]

I AM ready to perform the unbelievable, yea, but so is the enemy.  Beware, beware.  Cling to the Vine, stay close.  It is a critical hour.  Everyone senses it, yet not everyone knows what it is.  

The Whole Earth Feels the Foreboding Approach of Great Tribulation

It is nearing the time of the great tribulation – the whole earth feels its foreboding approach, yet many are set up for strong delusion.  Even the very wise will be deceived, if they have not continually sought truth and to those who long to satisfy their flesh, rather than to turn to Me with a repentant heart.  In short, the key to not being deceived is to abide in Me.

Hear Me and draw closer, for I AM in control; My word has gone forth.  Let go of distractions and suffer through the humility of silence and wait for My visitation.  Wait for My still, small voice.

Quiet Confidence

For I shall come to you in the stillness of your humility; I shall inhabit your praises and lead you with My still, small voice.  The hour comes and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship Me in spirit and in truth: for such as these do I seek to be My worshippers.  [Jn 4:23]

Wait patiently and quietly.  You need to hear from Me, for all hell is about to break loose on earth.  Judgment is coming upon all nations of the earth.  Wait upon Me in quiet confidence, My child, for in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.  Return and rest…

In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. [Prov 14:26]

For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.  And ye would not:  [Is 30:15]

Let it not be said of you, My child, that you would not… Selah

For His glory†

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A Chenoa                    dovesofthevalleys4@gmail.com