The Lord Moves in Mysterious Ways?
The Lord absolutely does not move in mysterious ways to those that know Him!
The Lord is a mystery to those who do not know Him.
Those who do not study the scriptures and those who do not have an active prayer life can only believe The Lord moves in mysterious ways. Prayer is simply conversation with The Lord. Hence, if you do not regularly converse with Him, or converse with anyone for that matter, how do you actually know Him/them? The most you are going to know, is what you have heard about Him/them, and chances are what you are have heard is probably inaccurate.
The Lord sent His Son Jesus to reconcile mankind back to Himself. What Jesus did in coming to Earth to being a living sacrifice and by dying an innocent death, makes the adage ‘The Lord Moves in Mysterious Ways’ a contradiction to Jesus’ purpose.
From the scriptures we see The Lord made himself known to His people:
Psalm 103:7 - He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel.
Moses knew The Lord intimately. He knew The Lord’s very nature. But the scriptures go on on to tell us that the Children of Israel (the people) only knew The Lord’s actions.
Many people today, are the same as the Children of Israel in the scriptures; they say they are “Christians” but they don’t have a relationship with the Lord. They have heard of Him by attending church - but even that is an act of religion, not a relationship.
Church attendance is a means to “hear about” The Lord, and hope what you are hearing is scripturally correct, but it is far more fulfilling and edifying to have relationship with Him and know Him for yourself. The latter is HIS will for His creation.
How can you be sure what you are hearing in church is what Father wants to speak to you? We live in a real world, with real challenges which require a real relationship with our Creator. Church may be okay, but we all have a responsibility to know Him intimately.
Ponder this very serious question: How can you be sure you will have eternal life in Heaven with The Lord if you don’t know Him by way of prayer and knowing His Word?
Seriously, do you think anyone will open up their home to you to reside with them if they don’t know you? Would you?
Matthew 7:21-23 I Never Knew You:
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Many pastors and “preachers” today are not teaching the scriptures in their fullness or with accuracy for fear of offending and losing members and congregants.
Then there are those that are “preaching” to fulfill and satisfy their own lusts and their own needs. And sadly, more often than not, those lusts and needs are aimed toward sex and monetary wealth. Let me say this to those who are doing such: you better repent, because these are real souls that The Lord loves and He will not hold you guiltless for what you did to/with His souls.
Preaching false doctrines, performing marriages He did not tell you to perform and the marriage then ends in divorce, church heads molesting women and children: you will give an account!
Those of us called to the Five-Fold Ministry Gifts are accountable for the souls we are entrusted with and we are to never ever take souls lightly. In the Five-Fold ministry gifts, we must be in intimate relationship with the Father! There is no other option! These are souls, in other words, these are people’s lives.
This is not a time to guess His will because we think He moves in mysterious ways…
As a result when The Lord is moving in ways true to His nature, many say He is moving in mysterious ways. When nothing could be further from the truth. He is moving according to His Word and His promises to His Creation. Know and understand the scriptures.
Psalm 25:14 Amplified Bible
14 The secret [of the wise counsel] of the Lord is for those who fear Him,
And He will let them know His covenant and reveal to them [through His word] its [deep, inner] meaning.
My relationship with The Lord, who is my Heavenly Father, is such that He reveals not only Himself to me but His secrets as well. Think it not strange when The Lord acts within His nature by hearing and answering your prayers and speaking to you! Why then, are you surprised when He does?
Your relationship with The Lord is not mysterious, not weird, and certainly not spooky, because any relationship that is such, is not a relationship.
Remember we are spirit beings created in His image, we live in bodies that will return (decay/decompose) to the dust of the ground after we die, and we have a soul (mind, will, emotions, and intellect) which operates through our physical bodies.
It is our spirt that is created in His image and His likeness,
John 4:24 - God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Therefore, it is important not to allow our souls to “go rogue” and cause us to live outside the will of God.
Revelation 21:8 - But cowards, those who refuse to believe, who do evil things, who kill, who sin sexually, who do evil magic, who worship idols, and who tell lies—all these will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
Would it make any type of sense to worship a mystery that moves in mysterious ways? Of course not.
Worship your Lord God with your life so that He is a vital relationship in your life, and not a mover of mysterious ways.
May The Lord Continuously Bless You and All that Concerns You,
In His Service,
Apostle & Prophetess Wendy Connor
