He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without which no one can find out the (את) work which God does from the beginning even to the end. Ecclesiastes 3:11.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלוהים) says:
Before time began, I promised you eternal life, and when I created man, I put eternity in his heart. No person really believes he has an end once living. He knows there is more, much more. Eternity is a call in the heart of every person. A call to My everlasting arms. From everlasting to everlasting I am God.
Lord (Adonai), You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were born or You gave birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. Psalm 90:1-2.
Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal, but at the proper time manifested, even His Word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior. Titus 1:1-3.
All life comes from Me. I am the source of life. In the continuum of life I am the center. I am the dwelling place of all that is living. I am the source, the supply, the sustainer, and the keeper of all life. No one can create, capture, or direct life but Me. Life is a manifestation of the essence of who I am. I told Moses, I AM who AM. I AM, I was, and I am to come. There is no place that I am not that you can be. My being fills all places and times, but it also transcends all places and times. All are alive to Me.
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; i I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, even there Your hand will lead me, and Your right hand will lay hold of me. If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me will be night,” even the darkness is not dark to You, and the night is as bright as the day. Psalm 139:7-12.
I know everything I have made, and all is open to My eyes. Man cannot see all, let alone count all, the stars, yet I have them all counted and call each by name.
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds (pains, sorrows). He counts the number of the stars; He calls each by name. Great is our LORD and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite. Psalm 147:3-5.
I see to the ends of the expanding universe, and I dwell in the highest Heaven, which at this time you cannot see, but it encompasses all and is really very close to you for I am there as well as with you as are the holy angels. If you stay close to Me in agreement with love and light it is easy for you to pass over to higher realms of truth, love, and light.
You have access in the Spirit even now to My very throne of grace which is located in the Holy of Holies in My Kingdom. But there is only one way in, and that is the new and living way of Jesus, in Him is eternal life. But wait on that a moment, for to understand the Lamb slain since before the foundation of the world, for He is the foundation, the chief cornerstone of the world and all life’s edifices in each one of you, you must understand the death that was unknown until the first man and woman sinned and opened the door to the corruption and death that comes from changing your way of operating in the world from the truth to a lie. A lie is perishable and has nothing eternal in it. Only truth is imperishable and incorruptible. Only truth is eternal. To prosper and be in good health in every arena of your life your soul must be prospering by walking in the truth, because it is your soul that directs your body, which controls your actions and achievements in the world.
And now I think we need to discuss your spirit, your soul, and your body.
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24.
Many people only speak of soul and body, all creatures have that, only man, who is in My image, has a spirit. I call this your heart or your inner man. It is the inner man of the heart. It is who you really are before Me and only your spirit within you knows who you really are, for it is therein that you form your deepest thoughts.
You are a spirit, you have a soul, and you live in a body. Your spirit is where you hear from Me and where you understand spiritual concepts and ideas.
For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries. 1 Corinthians 14:2.
For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. Matthew 10:20.
It is in your spirit that creative ideas and ways to prosper are born, it is in your spirit that revelation comes from My Word. And when you are born again, My Spirit comes to live in your spirit once your spirit is regenerated by the water of the Word.
For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. But a natural (carnal, of the flesh) man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:11-16.
Your soul consists of your mind, your will, and your emotions. Animals have souls but they do not have spirits where they associate with Me. But I have set up certain rhythms and programs in them whereby they know just what to do at just the right time. Such as a caterpillar forming the cocoon and becoming a butterfly. Or the migration of birds and butterflies. There is a call in their soul and a map in their mind where to go.
But the human soul has an intellect and analytic mind far beyond any animal for it is dwelling within your spirit. It is the bridge between your spirit and your body, whereby what you hear or have revealed in the spirit is translated into the language you understand in your mind and then used to direct the actions of your life as carried out by your body. That is why when you hear from Me it will form in you with words that sound like your own inner voice. But you can get so you discern the rhythm and sound of My voice by your knowledge of My written Word and the reaction in your spirit. It is a light to your path and a lamp to your feet. My voice is an infusion of life, comfort, strength, peace, joy, and a knowing of what to do that is certain and distinct and usually an answer to a question or problem you have referred to Me.
The revelation of Your Words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. Psalm 119:130.
The dysfunction comes when instead of being fed by your spirit, your soul takes its primary input and direction from the flesh. By the flesh I do not mean your physical body, although it can be controlled by the flesh, or it can be controlled by the spirit. By the flesh I mean the ungodly mindset of the world that believes it can take control without Me. The mind set on the flesh is set on grabbing everything you can to stimulate your appetite, sensual pleasure, and self-glory because the flesh is headed for the grave, thus to the mind set on the flesh spiritual realities, such as speaking My Word, tithing and offerings, honor, and integrity are foolish and have no purpose.
Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever. 1 John 2:15-17.
That is why Jesus told you to be careful about what you are listening to and very diligent to line up your words and thoughts with Mine, as He was so careful to do, for in My Words there is healing and eternal life.
Adam and Eve rejected My Word and My plans for their lives and turned to the words of the devil, who is a murderer and liar from the beginning due to his abandonment from My glorious mission for his life to unrighteousness, violence, and sin to glorify himself by taking what was given to man in dominion authority on earth as his own. He takes you captive to do his will in the earth while believing you are in control. But this ultimately destroys you as it did Judas, Herod, Saul (the king before David), Samson, Jezebel, and Ahab, and I could go on.
And that is what caused Adam and Eve to sin. The devil gave them the thoughts of the world— the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, these things are not of the Spirit but of the dirt where the devil crawls, and that is the mindset of the flesh. It is set on death. The mind set on the spirit, however, is life and peace. My Words are life to those who find them and health to all their body.
The body is neutral and is there to do work for you. Depending on what you have set your mind on and direct your body to do it can be an instrument of blessing and good works or it can be an instrument of cursing and evil works.
What determines that? What you are inputting into your soul.
I am Spirit, I have a soul as well, and I have a body but it is made of Heavenly spiritual substance that is not like your earthly flesh, which was formed from the dust of the earth. You can see Me very well and can feel My touch, although now you are living below the light line and cannot see unless it is lifted for a moment such as when you have the privilege of seeing an angel or the risen Christ. Which you will find in My Word at various times and places, but it is always believers who love My Word that receive these visits. People in Covenant with Me. But this is out of the normal course and it is an inner vision, seen with the eyes of your heart, so that others around you do not see it with their physical eyes unless I open the spiritual eyes of the heart as well, as I did at Elisha’s prayer for his servant.
I know you through and through, I planned you from before the world began and I made you to be unique. There is no one else like you spiritually or physically. No one else in all time has your fingerprints, DNA, the color of the iris in your eye, or your voice print, only you. And no one else has your personality or way of fellowshipping with Me, even your spiritual language of tongues, are unique to you. I loved and wanted you. You do not have to look with jealousy at others. They are not you. You are precious, unique, treasured, honored, and esteemed by Me. I want to make your life beautiful, the most beautiful life ever lived, for each of you also have a unique assignment for the Kingdom on earth. Your purpose is love, you were created by Love, to be love, and to enjoy love, but your assignment is unique.
I know when you sit and when you stand, when you rise up and when you move about. And I am there sustaining you, giving you breath and being, ready to show you how to profit and the way you should go. Ready to walk with you and teach you all things, as I did with the first man and woman in the delightful garden of abundance that I planted for them and gave them dominion over to guard it and cultivate it.
I know your thoughts from afar and before a word is on your lips, I know the whole of it. I knew you before you were conceived and born and already had the life of good deeds I prepared for you in advance all written down in My book of your life. And My plans for you outnumber the sands of the sea and the stars of the sky for they are for eternity, which never ends.
But you must understand, those plans are My vision for your wonderful life, but it is up to you whether you choose to walk them out or not. I give everyone the opportunity to know Me and follow the wonderful plan I have for them or to reject it and go their own way to the outer edges of the continuum as different from Me as night from day though I formed you in My image, a reflection of My glory.
I look for My image in the mirror of your heart. I look for My love, which is pure and is love beyond all you can ask or imagination, it is stronger than death and raises you up immortal to live in the Kingdom with Me forever, which will ultimately join Heaven and a new earth with the sin and the curse removed forever in a Kingdom of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit beyond all you can ask or imagine in beauty, majesty, splendor, and goodness.
In the beginning I made the heavens and the earth. All I make is carefully planned and perfectly laid out to work, reproduce, and replenish. And on and in the earth, I put all the elements, seed, supplies, and components you need for abundant life and godliness. Everything that was made has been made. And in My creation are things and concepts that are still hidden and have not been tapped yet that release tremendous power and wealth. But man finds more and more each day, the inventions and discoveries have increased for you are building upon a foundation of creativity in each generation. The closer you draw to Me the more revelation you see. It is of the spirit.
The physical creation you see with your five senses began deep in My Spirit and My thoughts birthed the Words that once released became physical realities from spiritual realities by My Spirit. In Hebrew the word “debar” means both a word and a physical thing.
You are in My image and just as My Words create results so do yours. You will be held accountable for every idle, useless, evil and corrupt word you speak for your words release those things into your life and the lives of those who accept them from you, such as your children. That is why the sins of the parents live into the next generations, that is not from Me but from your own mouths. When the Israelites refused to speak and do My Words by not agreeing to go in to conquer and enjoy the place of beauty I had prepared for them, I had to let them have what they spoke—a useless dead life wandering in the wilderness that they had already crossed. And they died there as they had spoken from the desire of their hearts.
But when their children stood up in faith under that man of faith in My Word, Joshua, they broke the cycle of sin and death that their parents began and went forth to enjoy all I had planned for them.
They had a promise of a beautiful land filled with prosperity and good things that I had prepared for them in advance to enjoy but before that promise became a reality in their lives they had to believe it until it was birthed in their hearts and spoken out to release their bodies into action. And in they went with a shout and the walls of Jericho went down under the earth.
Existence and the quality of knowing, understanding, and ruling over the works of My hands with your own hands is a gift from Me. You see, you hear, you express yourself, and you achieve works of excellence all because of the beauty of My gift to you of independent but dependent life. Your connection with Me lets you function in freewill under your own direction.
What does the promise of eternal life mean to you? Do you think about it? Are you prepared for it? When can you have it and what is it?
Let us continue to explore these things in the Life Lessons that follow.
Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life. This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:1-3.
Eternal life is a relationship with the One who is at the center of all life. And the closer that relationship, the more life you have in you and the more you become just like Me, eternal, but not just an existence, an overflowing fountain of joy as you do the works of light and love that I do. Just like Jesus showed you to do. With Me is the fountain of life and in My light you see light.
How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; and You give them to drink of the river of Your delights. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light. Psalm 36:7-9.
I love you with everlasting love and it is forever. It is eternal. And that is what eternal life is all about, being with Love in a joyful family of Love in the Kingdom of Love forever. For I am love and so are you.