Yesterday I had some tree work done and in our yard we have these huge Oak trees. On one of them we were shown that Poison Ivy had grown alongside the tree and had grown to look like it was part of the tree. The bark and every other thing about it blended in like it was part of the tree. This Poison Ivy vine had become close to four inches in diameter at the base and it wrapped all around the tree at least half way up. It was estimated that this Poison Ivy vine was literally choking off this tree for the last forty or fifty years. Limbs at the top were not blooming well and some branches were actually falling off. After this took place the Lord put this message in me.
Just as these Poison Ivy vines grew very slowly over years and consumed this tree, so grow the vines that the devil wraps around our feet. This is only one reason why we have to be so tuned in to the Lord. So that we can have ears to hear and eyes to see in the spiritual to be able to stop the devil in his attempts early on. If we are not hearing and seeing in the spiritual realms, the devil has all sorts of time to have his way with no interference, and the longer he has to work on us, the harder it becomes to unwrap those vines he connects to us to hold us down in sin, oppression, addiction and so many other things.
If I were out in the woods and had an encounter with a large snake, I know it would be much easier to defeat the snake as it tries to wrap itself around my legs than it would be to get it off of my neck. We must all become more aware of the things that satan is trying to accomplish in and around us. There is such a high number of people in this world that are bound up in vines that they need help to get out of. We need to be that help. Many don't even recognize that they are being consumed by these vines, whether it is drug addiction, alcoholism or sexual immorality. These are vines that were placed on God's people by satan to keep them from achieving the plan that God has for their lives. As the salt and the light we need to bring Jesus to these suffering souls so that He can set the captives free. They won't get free without his help.
The biggest problem in doing this though is that many people have had these vines wrapped around them so long, and been in that place so long, that they may not want to let go of what has become comfortable. Father give them eye's that see and ears that hear. Only our Savior Jesus Christ can set the captives free and He can only do that when He is invited to do so. We cannot do any of this on our own strength. We need Jesus and we have to call on Him. We all have a free will and Jesus will not force himself on anyone, saved or unsaved. He wants so badly for each and every one of us Jew & Gentile to call on him and let Him save us. He will un-wrap the vines and free us from anything that the devil has set in our path. He will sever every vine that is on us and cut every root that the enemy has connected to our spirits.
There are many people that read this blog from all parts of the world. I ask you now, if you were to die today. Do you know that you would go straight to Heaven? The bible says that we are all sinners and fall short of the glory of God. Secondly it says that "Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." We are all whosever's. If you do not know for absolute certain that if something happened to you today, that you would go straight to Heaven, please say this prayer with me.
Heavenly Father: I come to you in prayer asking for the forgiveness of my Sins. I confess with my mouth and believe with my heart that Jesus is your Son, And that he died on the Cross at Calvary that I might be forgiven and have Eternal Life in the Kingdom of Heaven. Father, I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you right now to come in to my life and be my personal Lord and Savior. I repent of my Sins and will Worship you all the days of my Life!. Because your word is truth, I confess with my mouth that I am Born Again and Cleansed by the Blood of Jesus! In Jesus Name, Amen.
If you read & spoke the Sinners Prayer and truly believe the words you read & spoke, then Praise the Lord as you have been saved and your name will appear in the "Lambs Book of Life!"
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"The Sharpshooter"
