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The Way of Escape
The Way of Escape
...he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. I Corinthians 10:13
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Abba shared with me tonight in my time of prayer. He reminded me of his kindness. He is a KIND God, our God is! We get ourselves in trouble....or trouble comes to us. But, Abba reminded me tonight of how He makes a way of escape for us. And some of us chose to go back into that thing or situation that had us in bondage. Tell the truth! You know He made a the way of escape! That is why provision was there! God took CARE of you. He took GOOD care of you. Oh, yes, HE made the way of escape. It was no good thing YOU did! It was not "luck", connections, talent, skill, relationships, or nepotism. It was a God thing! That is why you could see the FAVOR, the unmerited grace and mercy of God in THAT moment. The way everything just...fell into place. Abba had people, places and positions ordered so that he could , out of his goodness and kindness, take care of his child. Oh, how He loves us! You know you did not deserve that. That was not "the stars aligning". That is the One who made heaven and earth! He HUNG the stars! And you escaped that thing! Some of us were given a second chance...or more. You were and ARE free! God doesn't take us backwards. Old things are passed away. Don't "go back".
As I communed with the Lord, He noted how some actually want to go back. It is as though that mind blinding spirit would have them forget their captivity! Like the children of Israel, brought up and out of the fog of captivity and enslavement by God's right hand and yet, they hungered for the "fleshpots of Egypt". Isn't that just like us? Looking back through rose-colored glasses.
“If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!”
Numbers 15:5-6
"Though through my kindness, I gave and give them everything they NEED, yes, Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. ( Ps. 78:25 ), my people forget to remember, Abba dropped in my Spirit. Too many want to go back because of a selective memory. 'We remember', they say.They loose their appetite for me, my Word,( the TRUE Bread of Life!) , and my ways. Instead of hungering and thirsting after Me, they get a taste in their mouthes for the 'leekes, onions and garlic' flavor of the world. Lukewarm! Forgetting their lives were 'bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.' " Just beat down and feeling dead on the inside.Beloved, God delivered us from sin as surely as He delivered the weighty enslavement of the children of Israel! Are you seeing the parallels? Just as onions and garlic leaves one with a foul breath emanating from us, so a return to the sin that so easily besets us fouls our spirits. Instead of the Divine breath of Holy Spirit, the Ruach haKodesh, too many desire the garlic/onion "breath" of of carnality. Connect the dots! It is the trick of the enemy to send out the scent of enticement only to lead us back to enslavement. Don't go back, Beloved!
And I heard the Lord say, "I gave you, TOO, what you wanted, what you PRAYED for. And now like the children of Israel, you New Testament Christians groan, moan, and complain. You murmur against the Lord! THANKless! And in the face of my kindness and deliverance. I did make the way of escape and you do contemplate going back to Egypt. Back to the taskmaster of captivity. God forbid!
Some think they can dibble-dabble in "Egypt". It is self-deception says God. For I brought you out of darkness into my marvelous light. Still and all,
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
John 3:19
It's a VERDICT! Even a judgement. I hope and pray I am not rambling. God is downloading into me even as type. " Who are YOU to judge?!?", you ask. To which I can only point you to the Word of God:
Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Beloved, the honourable thing to do would be to humble ourselves and ask God if there is anything in in this word for US. Do not be too prideful to do so! Because truly
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
What is the Lord saying in a nutshell? You are free in Jesus because He made the way of escape! Don't "go back" into the darkness of your old deeds, hangouts, hang ups all in some misguided attempt to add a little "flavor" to your life. You had better remember what God delivered you from! The "Egypt" of your past, whatever it was, that is between you and God, desires to destroy you. Don't "go back" I tell you, when one is TRULY sold out to God, where you taste and see that the Lord is GOOD, you cannot turn back! He is sweeter than the honey in the honeycomb! I believe the verdict is in! Abba seeks to prevent a "downfall". Take heed! I will close with the Apostle Paul's admonition to the people of God who have liberty through faith in Christ :
Warning Against Neglecting Salvation
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
Hebrews 2:1
Don't go back into captivity! STAY in The Way of escape. Stay in the Light!
Jehovah ori!
Prophetess Vickie Lee