MATTIE'S CHRISTIAN PAGES

February 2, 2001
Thelma Elaine Rudstrom

BEING THE LORD’S WILL
    (Part II)

(A PRAYER – WITH PURPOSE OF HEART)

Heavenly Father, By Your grace You have given this vessel Your purpose of heart.  You have made this vessel with a heart after you, that pants after you like the deer pants after the water brook.   This vessel desires to know You, to know Your love, mercy and grace for all creation; that this vessel shall become Your image of love, mercy and grace in this earth to minister the gospel of reconciliation back into You, to the world around me; to my husband and children and to all You give me in this whole world of darkness around me and as far reaching as You will take this vessel as an image of Your love, mercy and grace for ALL.

You have given this vessel Your desire, a passionate burning love to be Your vessel of honor; to represent Your passionate love, mercy and grace for ALL Your creation, leaving no one out.  This vessel knows without a doubt that You will not leave one soul behind.  That ALL ARE reconciled back into You already.  It is the declaration of this heart.  This vessel is made in Your image to live and move and have my being IN You so as to impart this message of reconciliation INTO You to every creature, every soul on earth as far as You will take this vessel.

Your LIFE has filled this vessel with Your love, mercy and grace for ALL Your creation.  Your LIFE imparts power into this vessel to proclaim Your revelation TRUTH by the Spirit of Christ within to EVERY CREATURE on this earth.  Let Your light shine through this vessel and Your light reveal Your love, mercy and grace to ALL.  Let ALL know the hidden secrets of Your love in subjecting us to vanity without our will, but with hope; Let ALL Your creatures know it was with full intention of Your purpose in making us holy, in Your image.

Father, let ALL know that Your chastening power is purposed by You to purge us from the vanity within.  Reveal within us all the hidden sins that we shall abhor them with the pure heart You have given us; that we shall repent of them and learn, by the power of Your Spirit within, to resist them.  Cause ALL to know that we do not even will to repent of sin accept we receive a repentant heart from You; that we can do nothing to please You without You giving us the faith to please You; that we can do nothing to know Your love that will cause us to repent of all evil; that we are completely dependent on You to draw us to know Your love, mercy and grace through Your only begotten Son, Jesus; cause All to know that unless You draw us we cannot know You; Cause ALL to know our complete dependence upon You for everything.

Father, our prayer for others is:  Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.   It is the heart cry of Your only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, the heart cry of Your servant, the apostle Stephen and the heart cry of all Your sons and daughters that have departed from this world, and it is the heart cry of all those IN the body of Christ that remain upon this earth, the manifest sons of God.  Hear our cry, O Lord.  We cry IN the very nature of Christ who lives within us.  We cry IN Your very nature within us, Father.  We cry this prayer in Your image.  Therefore we know that we pray according to Your will and that You hear us and therefore, we know we have the petition we request of You.

O Father, we praise You that in Your image we pray Your prayer and we share in Your glory because we are one IN You and because Jesus prayed to You for us to be one IN You even as He is; and that You are One in us even as You are One in Jesus; You IN us and us IN You.  I cannot express in natural ways how glorious You are to have made us in Your image; to be one IN You and for You to be One IN us; to be created by You to bear Your image in these earthen vessels; to be lifted up into the heavenlies by You in Christ Jesus to sit together with Him on Your throne; to be Hid IN You with Christ Jesus, our wonderful, lovely Lord and Savior of ALL His Creation!

Thank You Father, Praise You Father, this vessel Worships You Father, beyond any natural means to express my thanksgiving, praise and worship.  This vessel is exceedingly grateful at this time that You have given me, by the promise of Your Spirit, and with Your Spirit, a heavenly language to express my thanksgiving and praise IN You, and the pure and holy way to Worship You IN Spirit and IN Truth.  This is the most intimate way any of us commune with You.  It is the ultimate of our personal relationship IN You.  And our ultimate joy is in knowing we are not sharing this relationship IN You alone for we, Your sons and daughters are all one IN this ultimate relationship IN You together, and You are One IN all of Your sons and daughters together, and together we are sharing IN Your glory IN You.

To think of the glorious oneness of that day when every knee shall bow IN praise and worship before You; when every creature (every soul) will gratefully and humbly kneel together before You to worship You in Spirit and truth; ALL gratefully acknowledging Jesus Christ as Lord together as one IN You.  How can this or any vessel express the glorious realization of this revelation of truth to anyone but You; and how can we express it to You except IN Spirit and IN truth.  Only by Your Spirit within us can this revelation be experienced; this oneness IN You together with ALL Your creation.

Grant it, Lord!  This vessel of Yours knows this petition is granted because this vessel knows it is Your will and purpose from before the foundation of the world; and I know it is granted because this vessel of Yours is making this petition known unto You IN Your very image.  Let ALL Your creation know Your glorious plans and purposes from the beginning of time, all that You, by revelation of Your Spirit, have prepared for them.  This vessel is filled with Your glorious revelation of Your will to grant this petition unto ALL Your creation.  It was Your intention and purposed by You before You framed the worlds.  And You did create man in Your image, in Your likeness to be holy even as You are holy; to have Your faith, Your power and to share in Your glory.  We will ALL be as a wheel within a Wheel (us ALL IN You), sharing IN ALL Your creation and creative powers throughout ALL the ages to come.

Father in heaven; How great Thou art!  No tongue can express it to another adequately apart from the revelation of THE WORD that flows from within.  And even then, knowledge of You and Your wonderful works can only be experienced as You choose to reveal it.  But all praise and honor and glory goes to You Lord, for ALL creation SHALL know You, Lord.  No man will need to say to his neighbor, “Know the Lord”, for ALL shall know You.  O, this vessel praises You for the knowledge of You will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea!  With all that is within us we sing this song unto Thee:

Then sings my soul, my Savior, Lord to Thee,
How great Thou art; How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, my Savior, Lord to Thee,
How great Thou art; How great Thou art!

And even above this song; even far above this song we will be singing a new song unto You; ALL creation dwelling together, ONE IN YOU and singing this new song together BEING ONE IN YOU!  Eye has not seen, nor has ear heard all that God has prepared for ALL of those that love Him.  And the day will come when every knee shall bow before You and every tongue shall confess with adoration and love that Jesus is Lord! Amen.

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Revelation 22:20-21, He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly.  Amen.  Even so, come, Lord Jesus.  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.