... By Wanda Fisher.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Getting Our Own Way



When God closes a door that we had hoped to walk through we become disappointed and we move into our manipulative mode to figure out how we can still get through the door without violating God. When God has closed a door it will brings us to a time of decision. We can push down the door and go our own way or we can choose to repent from thinking we could manipulate God.

When giving up a dream or a great desire it leaves us raw and bleeding. Instead of yielding all our own plans, hopes and dreams to the Lord and thanking Him for saying no, we go into overtime. We try to figure out in our own strength, how we can bring our dream to pass. The moment we decide to go our own way, the enemy of our soul will help us to make a way to accomplish what God has said no to. We are now standing on dangerous ground. This is the time when we choose whom we are going to follow and whom we are to serve. We need to think long and hard as many have fallen from God’s pathway at this juncture of life.



Philippians 2:5-8
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the for of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Forgetting Those Things That Are Behind


The river of life does not flow in two directions but continues to flow forward. When times become rough we too often stagnant as we look backward wishing for the old days.  God does not want us to revisit the past for the past is done and although it may contribute to good memories and lessons learned, that is yesterday. When we set our hand to the plow we are to continue to move forward. Each experience along life’s pathway has something new to teach us.

Many times we will be tempted to stay in a comfortable place, or return to the familiar. The Apostle Paul says, “…forgetting those things that are behind…I press towards the goal….” Are we guilty of saying, “How can things possibly be as good as they once were?” If we will lift up our eyes to each new horizon we will discover the Holy Spirit will lead us to new ground. God will give us exactly what we need to allow Him to complete Himself in us. We are always to walk forward.



Philippians 3:12-14
Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected, but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things that are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.


Saturday, February 25, 2012

Resurrection Life


God will pour forth His resurrection life through us as we stay in close communion with Him. The key to this life is to remain united with the Vine which produces a lasting fruitfulness. The amount of resurrection life in Christ is in direct relationship to the amount of death of the old nature in each child of God. As we put to death the old man, we will find continual new life springing forth.

Both mundane and difficult times will occur but if we hold steady, looking only to Him, we will eventually look back and see that the Lord has been working in us producing life far above what we can ask or think. Much of what He is accomplishing is done in places that we cannot see with the natural eye. When the Lord is ready He will allow us to see and understand how greatly His working has been on our behalf and we will rejoice at the magnitude of His hand. It will always be an exchange of life, the old for the new. 



John 11:25
Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” 

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

We Are to Keep our Lives Current


Yesterdays are gone, they will never be repeated and yet the past holds great power in our lives in areas of unrepented sin and unforgiveness. The pain of yesterday too often dictates to our lives today and when we hold on to areas of hatred, bitterness and resentment we are only hurting ourselves. The people who have hurt us go on with their lives and we remain crippled by all the luggage of the past. We can’t change the things that have happen to us but we can change the tomorrows as we choose to do things God’s way. Being held in the past will keep us from going on with God.

Until we humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God we will remain captive in our own personal prison. We need to realize that nothing that has happened to us, no matter how tragic our circumstances, can compare with our sin that sent Jesus to the cross. On the cross He paid the full price for the sins of the world and without His paying our ransom, we would all die in our sins. If we are going to accept Christ’s finished work of the cross we can also forgive others. We do this by telling God we choose by an act of our will – disregarding our emotions. It will always be our choice to forgive the ones who have hurt us. We must repent as well for our many wrong responses in every given situation. We must also forgive ourselves for the wrong choices we have made in our yesterdays.

By an act of faith we are confess our sins, for He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. God will receive our repentance and He will forgive us as we have forgiven others. The yesterdays will fall away as we seek to live each day as a new day in Christ Jesus.



Matthew 18:21-22
Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive Him? Up to seven times?” 

Friday, January 20, 2012

The Snare is Broken


Unforgiveness keeps us grounded. Think of a bird with a broken wing that is unable to fly but when that the wing is properly set and allowed to heal that bird will once again take to the sky. The healing won’t be immediate and little by little the strength in the wing will return. The bird will begin to take small flights but when the wing is completely mended, once again it will soar with the other birds. If the bird refuses to have the wing set it will be permanently grounded never to have fellowship with his kind again and become vulnerable to the every danger from its enemies.

Many of us have broken wings and are in great danger of resentment, bitterness, hatred and revenge. When these things take hold of our hearts it will produce death to our inward man for we were created to soar in the heavenlies, to have fellowship with God and with the saints. If we refuse to forgive others the blood cannot cleanse us from our bitterness, and we will be like the bird with the broken wing – we will be grounded from all God has planned for us.



Psalms 124:7
Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped. Our Help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Seeing Our Imperfections


When man is creating a useable tool, many procedures are necessary to make it effective. The tool must be worked and reworked so any failure or error can be seen and corrected. The same applies to us in the spiritual realm. Until an imperfection is shown to a man, he feels himself perfect. So God, by the power of the Holy Spirit, works in man bringing him into the light so the places of imperfection can be identified, and the rough places made smooth.

Correction from God comes so we might be changed and not make the same mistakes twice. Sometimes it is necessary for God to give us full reign in order that we might learn our lessons well. How often in the natural realm a child might hurt himself to learn a valuable lesson, and so it is in God’s kingdom. We, too, must learn from our errors in order to walk in safety as we move forward on God’s pathway of life.



1 Peter 5:10
But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Drawing Nearer


The Lord will permit trials to enlarge our patience and endurance as we continue on the pathway that leads to life in Him. He will not prolong any trial except that which will benefit His kingdom and our life in Him. Each situation that the Holy Spirit brings us into is to try us with fire so that which remains will be eternal. Many times we find His ways difficult and trying to our natural man. Yet these trials are to prove us and to burn  all that is not profitable for drawing us nearer to the Father’s heart.

Each step we take brings us closer to a greater intensity of the Holy Spirit’s searching light. God will continue to equip us to endure a greater amount of His presence. His light will stabilize us more and more upon the Rock, which is Christ Jesus. Those who sit in darkness will see the light of Christ in us.



Hebrew 12:7
If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Where is Our Citizenship?

God’s design for each of us is to live in  the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, far above principalities and powers and spiritual wickedness. And although the heavenly kingdom is our rightful home, we must remember we live in a foreign country called the world. Instead of living above darkness – darkness has an advantage over us because we partake of a worldly kingdom rather than a heavenly kingdom. Our citizenship is not in the world, but often we spend the majority of our time traveling in a foreign country that has no eternal value.

 The world can never develop the correct climate for us to grow spiritually, but as we walk in the Spirit, walk in the light, walk in Love and abide in Christ we can live in our true place of citizenship and become fruitful in the heavenly kingdom. When we first draw away from the world, we will for a season feel the draw to return to that, which is familiar, but if we hold tightly to the Lord, the draw of the world will dissipate.  It will not take long until we can see that we are not only becoming rich in the Word but we are living in righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.



Romans 12:2
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Give Us Godly Wisdom


Give Us Godly Wisdom

As we seek the Lord, and walk before Him blameless, all things will fall into their rightful place. When our eyes are single our whole body is full of light. All things around us take on a heavenly vision instead of an earthly taint for we see through the eyes of our Beloved. Our view is not longer distracted and disfigured, by the smog of the world.

Instead of walking as though blindfolded, our eyes are washed with heavenly suave. We will love with His love rather than an earthly distinction of those we think are worthy to be a part of our lives. When our eyes see clearly, the love of Jesus will change our minds about others and ourselves. He will change our thought patterns giving us Godly vision and we will discover that Jesus is no respecter of persons nor should we be.  Renew us Oh Lord, that we might see clearly and adjust our eyes so they can see each other and ourselves with your vision.



1 Thessalonians 3:12-13
And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do you, so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

Saturday, November 19, 2011








Lasting Fruitfulness

God will pour forth His resurrection life through us if we will stay in close communion with Him. The key – we are to live  consistently in Him and produce a lasting fruitfulness. Even the smallest disobedience can obstruct the flow between the branch and the Vine. In direct relationship, the measure of death of the old nature in us will be the amount of resurrection life that the Holy Spirit can flow through us for kingdom business.

As the Lord helps us take greater amounts of territory we will see an increase of His life in us and through us. There will be times we do not understand His ways, but we are called to hold steady and to cling to Him in the difficult as well as mundane times. If we will do this, we will eventually look back and see how much the Lord has accomplished. It will be far beyond anything we can ask or think. So much of what He has achieved is done in secret that we cannot see with the natural eye. When the Lord is ready, He will allow us to have a glimpse of how greatly he has worked in us and we will rejoice at the enormity of His hand.



Romans 6:5
For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection.