Finally Seeing the Light of God’s Love! By Cassie
(Note from Linda: Cassie posted the following message on the private website today and it’s so powerful that it brought me to tears; this is what it is ALL about! So I greatly appreciate her permission to share it here, because I’m sure many visitors to the site can relate to it as well. One reason it brought me to tears is that I wouldn’t publish two posts from Cassie in the past week because they were so filled with negativity and a lot of leaning to her own understanding about her situation and toward her husband. So it is nothing short of miraculous to see how the Lord has worked in her heart, mind and spirit! She actually called me last night and was VERY upset and emotional, so I asked her to listen to the messages from Joyce Meyer before we talked and to call me back after she listened to them; and this was the next thing I heard from her! What a great and mighty God we serve! His faithfulness is never ending and His love endures forever! And when we come to this place in our walk and relationship with the Lord, we truly are so blessed and encouraged beyond anything we could ever believe or expect! So may the light of God’s love penetrate every heart and shine brightly in every life for the world to see! AMEN!)
Hello FAMM family:
Today, I finally gained clarity. After experiencing about a week and a half of ups and downs, I certainly can see through the work of the Holy Spirit that I have suffered from the “Fear Factor.” I never realized how much I am discounting my own blessings, delaying the power of God and dissolving my relationship with God…ALL because of FEAR; fear that entices the negative thought patterns, which lead to “death.”
Thanks to the teaching I listened to last night from Joyce Myer regarding the brain and me, I better understand the damage that is caused by negative thinking (thanks, Linda, for sending me in the right direction to understand that). So today, I decided to log onto the website again just to see what else was available, and two messages on “FEAR” were waiting for me to hear (The Dynamics of Fear – Pt 1 and The Dynamics of Fear – Pt 2). And as I began to listen, I felt like God sent an angel my way through the Windows Media Player! LOL.
I truly saw myself and how I have not been walking in ways pleasing to the Lord by counter-acting my Trust in Him through fear. As much as I thought I had “let go” of my situation, I had not; because I walked away in “FEAR” (False Evidence Appearing Real). All I can say right now is “OUCH!” My tendency to analytical thinking is obviously leaning to my own understanding BIG TIME. Yet, that’s just so easy to slip into!
God in His graciousness also revealed to me that I understand some, but clearly not all of the Love of God. As in the teaching, I got an understanding and have received it partially; but there is no fear in Love and God is Love. So, what I really need now is to understand how to get in the place where I have FULLY accepted the Love of GOD. Love drives out ALL fear (1 John 4:18)!!!
What might not be easy to understand is how AWFULLY hard this is to admit; that being a Christian and saved by grace; I never realized I have not fully grasped God’s love.
The bible says in Romans 8:31-39 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I am in tears because through this period of time, I have grieved the Holy Spirit so much. He clearly says that he is with me and that because he loves me so much, nothing can come against me. How dare I discount that God gave his son for ME so that I could have not just some, BUT ALL things. Because of Jesus, I am not guilty! He loves me so much that he talks to God on my behalf; asking him not to give me the punishment I truly deserve.
Even through the hardship of separation for a mere season, because of the Love of GOD, I am MORE THAN A CONQUEROR!!! WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS!!! NOTHING…not one thing on this whole earth…even my separation from my husband and this situation does not separate me or take away the Love that GOD has for me or US.
According to dictionary.com, to conquer is to overcome or surmount by physical, mental, or moral force; to be victorious; win. When I saw to surmount by “mental” force, I was blown away. This means that we will be victorious or winners in our minds, in the natural realm and in our conduct but only through Christ Jesus and to be successful in gaining it all, I/we must receive His Love in the fullest.
Above all this, I can see that even when I focus on my situation or circumstances, it takes away from who I can be helping. Not only that, I can see that when I allow the negative thoughts or condemnation to kick in, I take away from time from my kids because my emotions are affected which manifests in how I am dealing with them. I believe I convinced myself that letting go for me was “Oh, I don’t call him at all” or “I am flexible and cooperative when he wants to see or talk to the kids.” But those were just excuses made to cover up the fact that I had not truly understood God’s love for me and that he wants nothing but the best for me. God created me, so he knows exactly what to do in order to develop me and mature me to receive “the best that is yet to come.”
God also spoke Ecclesiastes 7:8 to me…the end of a matter is better than its beginning and PATIENCE is better than PRIDE. therefore, HIS timing is HIS timing and I must remain PATIENT so that I can see the salvation of the Lord. Just as David said, he has never seen the righteous forsaken (Psalm 37:25Psalm 37 gave me a whole new sense of liberty today! PRAISE GOD!
Standing for my marriage is a situation I just can not understand right now and I might not get all the answers even when it has reached the conclusion because my finite mind can not really grasp the infinite works of God. His ways are higher than my ways and His thoughts are higher than my thoughts (Isaiah 55:8-9). And as Ecclesiastes 11:5 says, as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
So FAMM family, continue to pray for me as I pray for you all and the restoration of each and every marriage here. TO GOD BE THE GLORY–HE IS THE MIGHTY ONE IN CONTROL!!!
As Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 declares…Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.
Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, the battle is not ours but it belongs to our God. Be richly blessed.
Cassie
Amen Cassie! Hold Fast and Trust in God!
Cassie,
in reading your message, I was so touched. I had been praying over the past few days that I desire to become more involved in ministry and closer to the Lord and that He would bring me to that place with Him. And your message helped do that.
I’m literally crying right now typing this because going back to the word, Victory is ours as we keep our eyes on the Lord and seek HIM.
I’ have to share that I’m so grateful for this ministry. Initially, I had no idea that I wanted to seek restoration for my marriage after so many failures and so much misdirection, but now I know and I’m standing. The enemy trys to steal my joy at times, but I resist the enemy because that’s the word and he flees. God is awesome and will perfect His plan to the very end and no matter what it looks like, HE WILL DO IT. I have SO much to be grateful for that I don’t even know where to begin!!! Praise the Lord!
I’m grateful for your message. There is indeed purpose in what God has called us to do. And Philippians 4:6 blessed me today. Let us Go in the timing of the Lord…He will perfect it.
Love you all.