12.1.24 ~ Wrestling with Dust
Good morning!
This morning I want to encourage you to undo what has been done by retelling an often neglected truth about Isaac and his father's wells that were stopped up with dust/afar from the enemy while connecting it to Jacob's wrestling match and the serpent's diet.
Commercial: Shabbat morning's zoom call. Toldot/Generations: Living with the passion of Esau but the spiritual mindset of Jacob. Why does Jacob love Esau and Rebecca love Jacob?
Since the time of mankind being expelled from the garden, the serpent has been feeding on the dust/afar of the earth as his caloric RDA (recommended daily allowance); the same substance man is made from (Gen. 2:7; Gen. 3:14). The Apostle Peter warns us to maintain a sober mind because our adversary, the devil, is AS a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Pet. 5:8).
Without the Spirit of God, God's breath moving through us, we are nothing more than dust/afar. But when God breathes His breath/ruach into each of us we become a living soul/nephesh (Gen. 2:7). When we give up our last breath our bodies will return to the dust/afar from where we were formed (Gen. 3:19). For most, this temporary house that we live in (2 Cor. 5:1-8) will cease to exist and it will return to the original state that Yahweh Elohim formed the first man from. Without God's breath working in us we are no more than the 'walking dead' and we are compared to a life that has faith, but no works (James 2:26).
As we've learned, in past studies, one of our purposes is to be representatives of His image here on earth (Gen. 1:26-28). As Yeshua said, we are to be salt and light to the world (Matt. 5:13-16). We are to bring life giving water to those that are thirsty. Be the means to feed those who are hungry. Give sight to the blind. Raise the dead and make the lame to walk.
Our Father, Abraham (Gal. 3:16, 28,29), had dug many wells in order to make sure that his family had free flowing water for cleaning, bathing, drinking and cooking. After the death of Abraham, the Philistines came and filled in the wells with dust/aphar. Gen. 26:15 tells us 'for all the wells which his father's servants had digged/caphar in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth/afar. Literally, Abraham's servants removed the dust/afar out of the way so the water could flow. Unfortunately, the enemy tried to destroy the seed of Abraham by filling them in with dust/afar; some afar are just that way (1 Cor. 15:33).
Scripture reveals to us that wells are likened to the Word of God, the source of salvation (Num. 21:16-18; Isa. 12:3) and from this well we get the living water that refreshes, cleanses and produces the elements for life to thrive. A well without water is called a pit, which is doctrine without truth; the living water (Jer. 2:13; 14:3). A well that is stopped up with dust/afar is a life-giving source that has been hindered by man-made elements without the Spirit of God (Gen. 26:15-32).
What stops up our wells? Man made gobbledygook that are strategically deposited into our lives from an enemy who just doesn't care about your welfare (Gen. 26:15).
In this journey of faith we can be victimized by an outside source that stops up our water supply on this 'dry and thirsty' journey. Sometimes, it's beyond our control. We didn't ask for it. We don't like it. We wish it were different, but it's not. What can we do? Throwing a temper tamper worked when we were children, but not now.
What can we do about those clogged up wells in our lives? We can do as Isaac did and redig them until there is no contention. But that means we will have to wrestle with the lifeless dust that has infiltrated our lives and shut down our productivity. We, speaking of me, myself and I, need to get the substance of the flesh, our breathless afar out of the way so the flow of living-water can clean, satiate and refresh once again! Not only will we benefit, but all that live in our country!
If we forward to this week's Torah portion, we will see when Jacob wrestled with the Angel of the Lord (Gen. 32:24) he struggled during the darkest time of a 24 hour period, all night. Ironically, the word for wrestle/awbak is related to dust and we see this with the two men wrestling in the dirt; which always reminds me of the cartoon Pogo who said, "we have found the enemy and he is us".
Currently, we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, though it feels like it, but we wrestle against spiritual forces and those forces are working overtime to devour our dust particles (Eph. 6:10-12). Jacob’s wrestling encounter is a face-off with who he really is. He is taken back to the very nature of his being, to the way God made him. Jacob is the name he has made for himself, the name he has constructed out of the basic dust of his life. But in his isolation, during the dark night he discovers that his formation of the basic clay from which he came is not sufficient any more.
His wrestling match became a model for our new year's resolution; just over a month away. The old dust has to be reformed into a new human being. The well has to be dug out so the living water can flow the way it was originally designed.
As we move closer to Hanukkah, the festival of lights, we should ask 'has our personal well become clogged up'? Have we been watering the land with the water deep inside our lives? Have we become lifeless dust particles that are nothing more than food supply for the enemy? Has the water in our well dried up completely and now we are nothing more than a pit? Many questions!
The world system is doing everything it can to fill in your wells! Will this be the year that we say no to the past and yes to redigging the lifeless dust/afar exposing the life giving source? There is a wrestling match waiting for all of us. It will be an individual struggle with God and ourselves. But when the dark night of the soul has been completed, the lifeless dust of our lives will be invigorated again by the living water.
God knows that we are but dust (Gen. 18:27; Psa. 103:14). He will restore the dry land once again (Isa. 35:1-7; 41:17,18; Jer. 31:8,9; Psa. 104:10-13; etc.). Is it possible, will it be probable, that in the days ahead we will covenant together to be a part of the prophetic promise!
Shalom
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Commercial: Shabbat morning's zoom call. Toldot/Generations: Living with the passion of Esau but the spiritual mindset of Jacob. Why does Jacob love Esau and Rebecca love Jacob?
Since the time of mankind being expelled from the garden, the serpent has been feeding on the dust/afar of the earth as his caloric RDA (recommended daily allowance); the same substance man is made from (Gen. 2:7; Gen. 3:14). The Apostle Peter warns us to maintain a sober mind because our adversary, the devil, is AS a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Pet. 5:8).
Without the Spirit of God, God's breath moving through us, we are nothing more than dust/afar. But when God breathes His breath/ruach into each of us we become a living soul/nephesh (Gen. 2:7). When we give up our last breath our bodies will return to the dust/afar from where we were formed (Gen. 3:19). For most, this temporary house that we live in (2 Cor. 5:1-8) will cease to exist and it will return to the original state that Yahweh Elohim formed the first man from. Without God's breath working in us we are no more than the 'walking dead' and we are compared to a life that has faith, but no works (James 2:26).
As we've learned, in past studies, one of our purposes is to be representatives of His image here on earth (Gen. 1:26-28). As Yeshua said, we are to be salt and light to the world (Matt. 5:13-16). We are to bring life giving water to those that are thirsty. Be the means to feed those who are hungry. Give sight to the blind. Raise the dead and make the lame to walk.
Our Father, Abraham (Gal. 3:16, 28,29), had dug many wells in order to make sure that his family had free flowing water for cleaning, bathing, drinking and cooking. After the death of Abraham, the Philistines came and filled in the wells with dust/aphar. Gen. 26:15 tells us 'for all the wells which his father's servants had digged/caphar in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth/afar. Literally, Abraham's servants removed the dust/afar out of the way so the water could flow. Unfortunately, the enemy tried to destroy the seed of Abraham by filling them in with dust/afar; some afar are just that way (1 Cor. 15:33).
Scripture reveals to us that wells are likened to the Word of God, the source of salvation (Num. 21:16-18; Isa. 12:3) and from this well we get the living water that refreshes, cleanses and produces the elements for life to thrive. A well without water is called a pit, which is doctrine without truth; the living water (Jer. 2:13; 14:3). A well that is stopped up with dust/afar is a life-giving source that has been hindered by man-made elements without the Spirit of God (Gen. 26:15-32).
What stops up our wells? Man made gobbledygook that are strategically deposited into our lives from an enemy who just doesn't care about your welfare (Gen. 26:15).
In this journey of faith we can be victimized by an outside source that stops up our water supply on this 'dry and thirsty' journey. Sometimes, it's beyond our control. We didn't ask for it. We don't like it. We wish it were different, but it's not. What can we do? Throwing a temper tamper worked when we were children, but not now.
What can we do about those clogged up wells in our lives? We can do as Isaac did and redig them until there is no contention. But that means we will have to wrestle with the lifeless dust that has infiltrated our lives and shut down our productivity. We, speaking of me, myself and I, need to get the substance of the flesh, our breathless afar out of the way so the flow of living-water can clean, satiate and refresh once again! Not only will we benefit, but all that live in our country!
If we forward to this week's Torah portion, we will see when Jacob wrestled with the Angel of the Lord (Gen. 32:24) he struggled during the darkest time of a 24 hour period, all night. Ironically, the word for wrestle/awbak is related to dust and we see this with the two men wrestling in the dirt; which always reminds me of the cartoon Pogo who said, "we have found the enemy and he is us".
Currently, we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, though it feels like it, but we wrestle against spiritual forces and those forces are working overtime to devour our dust particles (Eph. 6:10-12). Jacob’s wrestling encounter is a face-off with who he really is. He is taken back to the very nature of his being, to the way God made him. Jacob is the name he has made for himself, the name he has constructed out of the basic dust of his life. But in his isolation, during the dark night he discovers that his formation of the basic clay from which he came is not sufficient any more.
His wrestling match became a model for our new year's resolution; just over a month away. The old dust has to be reformed into a new human being. The well has to be dug out so the living water can flow the way it was originally designed.
As we move closer to Hanukkah, the festival of lights, we should ask 'has our personal well become clogged up'? Have we been watering the land with the water deep inside our lives? Have we become lifeless dust particles that are nothing more than food supply for the enemy? Has the water in our well dried up completely and now we are nothing more than a pit? Many questions!
The world system is doing everything it can to fill in your wells! Will this be the year that we say no to the past and yes to redigging the lifeless dust/afar exposing the life giving source? There is a wrestling match waiting for all of us. It will be an individual struggle with God and ourselves. But when the dark night of the soul has been completed, the lifeless dust of our lives will be invigorated again by the living water.
God knows that we are but dust (Gen. 18:27; Psa. 103:14). He will restore the dry land once again (Isa. 35:1-7; 41:17,18; Jer. 31:8,9; Psa. 104:10-13; etc.). Is it possible, will it be probable, that in the days ahead we will covenant together to be a part of the prophetic promise!
Shalom
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