God’s Sovereign Power to Depose Kings and Promote the Humble
“At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon. The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty? While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you. You shall be driven from men; and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen. Seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.” This was fulfilled the same hour on Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, What are you doing?” (Daniel 4:29-35 WEB)
God rules in the kingdom of men by His sovereign power. Nebuchadnezzar didn’t become a mighty king because he was the strongest, smartest or most gifted. God gave him that position and made it possible.
It’s not about how great you are, but about how gracious and powerful our God is. He can place you in a high position and supply you with all the grace you need to fulfill that role.
Without God’s blessing, the mighty king Nebuchadnezzar dressed in royal robes was reduced to a dirty madman, no better than an animal, living in the fields.
If you’re in a high position of influence and power, don’t think highly of yourself. You are placed there because of God’s grace and mercy towards you.
Try asking Him to withdraw His grace from your life and see how far down you’ll fall.
True humility is believing that you are utterly unprofitable in your own sinful flesh, but God has graciously blessed you with many good things. No credit to self but all glory to God.
I love how the passage above clearly displays the sovereignty of God.
He has the power to do whatever He wants—aren’t you glad that His true essence is love?
All the inhabitants of the earth united together against God are still counted as nothing compared to His overwhelming, infinite power!
Do you still think you are so important or great apart from God’s grace?
This amazing God who brought Nebuchadnezzar so low is the same God that came down in the form of a man to live like us and die a humiliating, cruel death on the cross.
Behold how humble, compassionate and loving Jesus is! He who has always been clothed with divine majesty and glory emptied Himself of that form and became like one of us!
“Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;” (Philippians 2:5-9 WEB)
The highest, greatest Being stooped so low on purpose, allowing Himself to be executed like a worthless, cursed criminal. No wonder Abba God has highly exalted Him and given Him the name above every other name!
Dear brethren, the Gentile kings exalt themselves and suffer from a bad fall. But it shall not be so with you.
In God’s kingdom, kings serve in love and humility.
We will be rewarded by being highly exalted in the Millennium and beyond.
No matter what station God places you in this life, there is an abundance of grace available for you to thrive and glorify Him. Stay grounded in Grace and be humble, no matter how blessed you are in this mortal lifetime!
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Hello Fans and Friends!!!
How is EVERYONE??!! From all over the world??!! I hope you are all fine! I have been thinking a lot about everyone and I miss everyone! I thought it would be a great time to try to meet up online again! It’s been quite an incredible, unbelievable time, something that none of us have ever been through in our entire lives, yet something which we are all experiencing simultaneously at different levels, at different times as a collective WHOLE! I have always been reading that all humans, creatures, and nature on this Planet is considered as ONE WHOLE BEING, all connected at every level, and I didn’t quite understand this at all, until recently, until NOW. This is now so very true at every angle we view it. Everything we do, say or act, is a collaborated force of energy, and we are all affected as a collective WHOLE. So it is important that what we do or say will be a KIND & Compassionate consideration for the collective whole, for the GREATER GOOD of this Earth, for all of the living beings on this planet, including ourselves, the innocent animals & creatures whom share our precious space, and caring for our outer environment as well as our inner environment!
I hope to have a video chat with all of you about this and I hope you can all give us your questions, or any topics U want to talk about if you like, and to make it possible to see how everyone is doing, give each other lots of LOVE and good wishes for this treasure time we are given to practice and find our best selves and how we can benefit ourselves, each other, and this world collectively!
My time is pretty flexible now so I can meet you all around 2:00PM after lunch, or after 9:00PM for a 2 to 3 hour chat however long you would like it to be! Hahaha.. Everyday except for Tuesdays is fine so I hope we will gather everyone’s time and questions together and then make a date about 2 weeks later or so?
I really hope you are all coping well and being able to take this quiet time to fully think about what your purpose might be in this lifetime. We all have a purpose.. and we are supposed to find it. Life is SO PRECIOUS and we need to do all we can to help ourselves and help others as I have always emphasized.. Helping others can just be offering support, or listening to them, or giving them you’re GOOD & Positive energy.. and creating our own good and positive energy while practicing the Act of doing good deeds. I also want to talk about TAP as ThinkActPOSITVE is not just a call to think positive but to actually BE positive and what that really means! I will have to practice it myself too! So I will wait for your feedback and I hope to get all my fans and friends from all over the Asian region or anywhere else anyone has time in the World as we ALL NEED LOTS OF LOVE and BIG BEAR HUGS NOW!! Looking forward to hearing from everyone!!!!
With LOVING BLESSINGS TO ALL OF YOU!! Sally!!
Hello Fans and Friends!!!
來自世界各地的大家好嗎??!!希望你們一切都好!我經常想到大家,想念每個人!現在是我們在網上見面的好時機!現在是一段令人難以置信的時光,我們正在體驗著一生中從未有過的經歷。作為共同的整體,我們在不同的程度上,不同的時間裡,同時經歷著這一切!我一直有讀到,這個星球上的所有人,生物和自然本身是一個整體,在各個層面上相互聯繫,但直到最近,直到現在,我才完全對這一點感同身受。現在,無論從哪個角度來看,它確是如此。我們所做的一切事情,無論講了什麼話或採取了什麼行動,都具有一種協作的能量,而我們作為一個整體都會受到影響。因此,重要的是,我們做的事情或講的話需要對這個共同的整體抱有善意和同理心,要為地球這個整體更好的發展,為地球上的所有生靈 —— 為我們自己,以及那些和我們共享這個寶貴空間的無辜的動物和生物考慮,要關心我們的外部環境和內在環境!
我希望與你們視頻聊天,大家可以向我提問題,或者如果你願意的話,也可以談論你感興趣的任何話題,並希望讓大家了解每個人的近況。在這段寶貴的時間裡,還有很多的愛和美好的祝福,我們可以練習,自我提升,並找到最好的自我,同時也去探索如何才能使自己,彼此以及整個世界都受益!
我最近的時間表蠻靈活的,在午餐後2:00 PM或晚上9:00 PM之後我應該都可以見大家,進行2到3個小時的聊天,或者無論大家希望多長時間!哈哈哈.. 除星期二外,其他日期也應該可以,大家可以提議下哪個時間對更多的人比較方便,我們也會收集大家的問題或者討論話題,然後在2週後約個時間。
我衷心希望大家都能夠很好地應對當下,並利用這段安靜的時間來充分思考這一生各自想達成的目標。我們都有各自的目標和生存意義,應該去努力找到它。生命是如此的珍貴,我們需要竭盡所能來幫助自己和他人,就像我一直強調的那樣。幫助他人可以只是提供支持,傾聽他人的心聲,或者給予他們良好的正能量, 並在實踐善行的同時創造自己的積極能量內核。我還想談一談TAP,因為ThinkActPOSITVE不僅是呼籲積極正面思考,其實更是要成為積極正面的人,而這從根本上指的是什麼也很值得探討!我自己也必須不斷學習練習!我將等待你們的反饋,希望所有來自亞洲地區或世界其他任何地方的粉絲們和朋友們都可以參加,因為我們現在都需要很多愛和大大的熊抱!期待大家的反饋!!!!
With LOVING BLESSINGS TO ALL OF YOU!! Sally!!
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You Have God’s DNA in Your Inward Spirit-Man
“Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently: having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever. For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls; but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.” (1 Peter 1:22-25 WEB)
The word “seed” in the passage above in Greek is sporas which refers to seeds that are sown.
God’s word is this incorruptible seed that is sown into our hearts every time we receive it.
Each time it is mixed with faith, it grows roots and starts to mature, before bearing fruit.
However, today I just want to focus on receiving God’s word for salvation.
Every time God’s word is sown in an unbeliever, whether by a preacher, through reading a book, or some other way, this incorruptible seed is landing on their heart.
Take a look at Jesus’ parable of the sower and the seeds:
“He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow. As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them. Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away. Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them. Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”” (Matthew 13:3-9 WEB)
This parable represents different types of unbelievers and their different responses to the sowing of God’s word in their hearts.
1. Some hear and don’t believe
2. Some believe but shortly fall away because of fear of persecution and not being rooted in God’s word
3. Some believe and are distracted from their true calling because of worldliness
4. Some believe and become fruitful in all areas of their lives for God’s glory, producing an abundance of good works which heaps up eternal rewards for them to be revealed in the Millennium.
In the apostle John’s letter, he likens God’s word to a sperm:
“No one who is born of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, because God’s seed [His principle of life, the essence of His righteous character] remains [permanently] in him [who is born again—who is reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose]; and he [who is born again] cannot habitually [live a life characterized by] sin, because he is born of God and longs to please Him. By this the children of God and the children of the devil are clearly identified: anyone who does not practice righteousness [who does not seek God’s will in thought, action, and purpose] is not of God, nor is the one who does not [unselfishly] love his [believing] brother.” (1 JOHN 3:9-10 AMP)
The word “seed” in the passage above in Greek is sperma which is sperm.
When the sperm of God’s word fuses with the fertile egg in the faith-filled heart of our inward spirit-man, the result is a spiritual rebirth.
“For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.” (Hebrews 4:2 WEB)
“Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures...Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” (James 1:18, 21)
Through this process, we become “born-again”. When we are born-again, we are new creatures that have God’s DNA inside our spirit, telling it to produce good works and walk in love, in alignment with God’s character.
“Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’ If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken), do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’” (John 10:34-36 WEB)
We have been born again through having faith in God’s word to become gods—that’s what it means to be a child of God.
Every creature gives birth after its own kind.
A lion gives birth to a lion cub and a sheep gives birth to a lamb.
When God’s Spirit gives birth to a new spirit, it becomes a god (lowercase g—the upper case G is reserved for our Creator).
Dear brethren, you have God’s DNA in your spirit telling and empowering it to walk in love and be fruitful in good works.
We once had no ability to do this when our spirits were still dead in sin, but now there has been a huge change.
The more aware you are of this truth, the more you can live out the truth that’s inside you.
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