~~~With Joyyyy we will draw waters~~~ ~~~From the well of Salvation~~~ ~~~From the well of Salvation~~~ Well of Salvation jiiiiiin Iris deeeep Without joy? I go faint Infact The thing go tire me And the well self hard E be like rock Wetin happen!? Eeeee? I pray for joy o 'Cos I know say To see water self hard And I gas fes dig Before water go show And to dig I gas get joy If not Na dehydration go kpai me Because na joy I go fess drink Before I reach the water The water from the Well of Salvation And so I pray for joy To diligently dig Until I can draw waters Even pure waters From the Well of Salvation And that when I can draw waters I keep fetching For men to drink Without being wearied or fainting on the way.
Timidity is not humility Inability to confidently roar by the spirit Is not a meekness of the spirit Mediocrity that stems from laxity Is not the mark of poverty in the spirit. And to be barren of the understanding of my world Is not a show of spiritual maturity.
I am not more humble when I refuse responsibility I do not become more like Jesus When I refuse His apprehension It is laziness to wish it is not I who will do it To desire to be freed of my labor Is to seek a freedom unto captivity My ability to hide in the face of duty that shows my brightness Is not the mark of lowliness It is only an indication Of my lack of faith in the Spirit of holiness Who is able to keep me meek and lowly Even in the face of brightness and seeming glory ...
I replied Uncle Jay's post on "what really happened on the Cross?" and I felt I should breathe it on here as well.
It's very interesting that some of us think that Jesus was just simply hanged and then, after a while, died. Nah, that was not the case. I was speaking with one of my students the other day, and he was giving me a graphic description of how horrifying staying on the Cross was for Jesus. We all know about the lashes, the nailing, and the spitting on, but staying on the Cross was a whole different torture for Jesus.
The Struggle for Breath: Since His leg wasn't standing on anything, and His arms were wide apart, His chest couldn’t find ease for the breathing process. He could easily inhale, but exhaling was difficult because He was literally hanging on His shoulders. It's like doing a dead hang, but worse (many of us can't even do that for more than 60 seconds; Jesus stayed there for hours).
The Physical Cost: Because there was weight on His diaphragm and air couldn't come out easily, He had to drag His body up constantly, pulling on the nails in His legs and His wrists. This must have caused excruciating pain because the nails were close to His nerves. He went on with that until His muscles started giving way and cramping.
The Choice to Stay: He had to go through all of that just to stay on the Cross when He actually had what it takes to get out and be freed from the pain, but He didn't. He stayed because He saw a greater glory ahead of Him and knew that leaving at that point would lead to an abortion of the crowning of all the works He had been doing before that point. That last suffering was necessary for all the sufferings He had been going through to count and matter.
Our Own Seasons on the Cross: I believe the Cross was symbolic to typify how those of us who follow the Lord will have to stay on our cross at certain seasons of our lives. We have heard "carry your cross" and "bear your cross"—that's one thing I know we'll have to do all our lives; we'll carry our cross until we die. But staying on our cross in the pain and the hurt, and allowing the timing of the Cross to fulfill its course without deciding to leave in the midst of it, will bring us breakthroughs.
> Just as Jesus had the power to leave that Cross, sometimes we have what it takes to not stay on our cross and God will not be angry! But staying will bring us breakthroughs in the spirit that a thousand days of fasting and prayer wouldn't bring us.>
My Daily Prayer: So, my prayer every day is that the Lord will teach me wisdom on how to: • • Stay on the Cross and bear the pain. • Learn the right heart posture to have while enduring the pain. • Bless in pain and not curse in pain, just like Jesus, who could still bless in that state and commit His life to God when His breath was giving way. • I want to trust God enough to stay on the Cross even when it seems like my physical body is giving way.
