We need to “come to know that the heavens do rule”—Daniel 4:26b.
(Crystallization-Study Outlines of Daniel and Zechariah, Msg. 1)
“We are here under God’s throne. When it is settled, whatever the throne decides concerning us, we are at peace.”
“We have to see that the heavens rule, because we are always going to be in environments that include all kinds of painful things. And we pray, and we pray for ourselves and whom we love, and the God who rules is silent and hiding, and it seems as if He doesn’t care or doesn’t even exist. But this is part of His rule over us to develop our faith, to perfect our faith. So as God’s elect, we need Christ to be wrought into us as our centrality and universality through our environment.”
“But this is what we were made for. We were made to express God and represent God. And we are not here for our souls. We are not here to have a life of ease. ”
“His administration over us, all the days of our lives until now, has been with this intention that Christ would become preeminent in everything related to us…And the Lord wants us to come with a loving heart and a willing spirit to tell Him that we would like to cooperate with His operation. ‘Lord, You are causing this to happen. I can’t promise that You would be first. Lord, only by Your dispensing, only by Your central work can I be like this. Do this for the glory of God, for the shame of Your enemy.'”
“Lord, start with my personal universe.”