Do you even wonder why ….
YOU are going thru what YOU are going thru ?

Jeremiah 12: 3
” Yet YOU KNOW ME, O Lord;
YOU SEE me and TEST MY thoughts….
ABOUT YOU.”

Revelation is not a word that the LORD experiences.
Revelation is not a word that the LORD experiences.

HE is sovereign….
He knows every inch of us….
We will never REVEAL our hearts to Him…

Jeremiah 12: 2 b
“….. You/ Jesus are always on their lips
but far from their hearts. ”

Only HE knows my true heart and where it is…

If I was to say, right now in…
What I think –
What I say –
What I do –

Jesus ALL KNOWING…..
Does HE know, HE IS ON + IN MY HEART ?
completely ?

I do it – from – HIM, what HE tells me to do
I do it – for – Him, humbly just TO HIM
I do it – thru – Him, the way HE wants it done

all that I am doing right now…..

Then – if that is a ” gauge off ? ”

Why are we going thru what we are …….
Are goal is to LOVE THE LORD OUR GOD WITH
ALL OUR ~ H E A R T S …..

vs. 5.
If you have – raced with MAN ON FOOT
and THEY HAVE WORN YOU OUT…..

* God wants us to do all that HE ASK US TO DO…
to the ability of ALL THAT HE IS IN US..

to the place where HE + HIS GLORY IS SEEN…

* it is SO FAR ABOVE US..that IT HAS TO BE HIM….

vs. 5
“if you have – RACED WITH MAN ON FOOT
and THEY …have worn you out ?
HOW can YOU compete with HORSES ? ”

HE is testing…
HE is preparing….
HE is training us….. to be able to stand….

David, with the sheep, the lions, the bear….
THEN THE GIANT.
THEN THE GIANT…..

vs. 5
“IF …. you STUMBLE in ” SAFE COUNTRY ”
how will YOU….manage in the THICKETS
by the Jordan ?”

where is your safety ?
in your home
with your friends
with your own family….

am I stumbling to do all things
1. From Him – what He tells me to do , how He tells me to do it
2. For Him – humbly to my children, to my grandparents, parents, spouse
3. Thru Him – in ALL THE POWER , GLORY, and HIS JESUS, unconditional love ?

in MY SAFE COUNTRY ?
or do I just want to be ” out in the thickets ? ”

vs. 5
” IF you stumble in the ” SAFE COUNTRY ”
how will you manage in the thickets of Jordan ? ”

vs. 6 Your… brothers, your …OWN FAMILY
even they have betrayed you…..

Again, how do we handle that ?
We never get away from family….
Because they are our greatest ” honing device”
that GOD has given us…..

They are our greatest ” testing ground “….

vs. 3
YET YOU KNOW ME
and YOU test MY…MY….MY thoughts about You…

vs. 5
” If you stumble in the “safe country “,
how will you compete with the horses ? ”

He wants to do GREAT SPIRITUAL things with
EACH ONE of His children, with you and with me…..

Just like we want EACH ONE OF “OUR KIDS” …
HE wants EACH ONE OF HIS KIDS…..each one, each one..

HE wants us to be able to go out :
into the thickets
race against the horses…..

You wouldn’t let go of your child’s handle bars…
until they are READY…why ? so they will not fall….

OUR SAFE PLACE….. He still has HIS HANDS on the bars…

The Thickets….HE knows – ( IN HIM )
WHEN…WE WILL BE ABLE..TO STAND…
With a pure HEART – to do it from HIM alone
With a pure Heart – for Him alone
With a pure HEART – thru Him alone
vs. 5
“YOU TEST MY THOUGHTS about YOU, JESUS ”