PURITY I have seen unusually gifted people in my life. My mom was one of them. She had a walk of purity that seemed to cleanse people by being a Carrier of the Presence of God. She was a school teacher by vocation, a Sunday School teacher at church and devoted laborer at church. I would watch and observe as even the worst behaviorally challenged students at the school she worked at and at church, simply respected and honored her. It was amazing. I remember a few times I would skip my own Sunday School class and sit with my mom. I would observe as sometimes troubled kids would be brought in from other classrooms of all ages into her class. These kids would transform before my eyes as I would watch in amazement, and by the end of class these kids were my moms teachers pet, even helping her hand out and collect papers of the other students and even help them with their projects. I was not really serious about God at this time, but I was still amazed. What a witness it was to me at that time. As I look back now, what was this gift my mom had? In May I was in Iowa visiting my youngest sister in the big city of Ledyard, Iowa... quite a pretty city, mind you... oceans of corn and soybean fields farther than any eye could ever see... a big city? Yes, as in 2 blocks north, south, east and west... a tiny post office open a couple hours a week, a tiny general store of bare necessities (yummy homemade cookies daily, but dont tell my dietician), a bank, a tiny library and a bar and grill that drew more business than all businesses put together, particularly the bar... the most exciting thing that went on every day was the air raid siren that went off every day telling the farmers when the work day began, when lunch break began and when the work day was over... took awhile not to jump every time it went off... But it was peaceful... once you get past the air raid sirens, lol... I tell you all of that just to bug my youngest sister, because I can... brothers are supposed to do that, you know... thats knowledge from the Book of Todd... no blasphemy intended, so no stone-throwing please... anyway, my youngest daughter came to visit for my nephews graduation and after I drove her across the state line to the airport for her trip home I also met with a Facebook friend who happened to live in the same city as the airport. So we met at a coffee shop afterward for prayer. And there it was again... could it be? ...yes, as plain as can be... in this person I was meeting for the first time... that same level of purity I had seen in my mom, that same gift from God... glowing in this friend... wow... I was amazed. Such a gentleness, such a kindness, such a sweet spirit... carrying with them the Very Presence of God. As I sit and ponder this gift that my mom carried, that my friend carries... and the gifting of release I see of being a Carrier of the Presence of God being imparted to many across the globe during this current move of the Spirit, I see in the Heavenly realm how dear this gift is to the very Heart Of God... how this purity is such a treasure to the Father Heart of God... and more and more I am convinced, that yes, we do have to surrender, we do have to lay our lives down, yes we do have to be crucified with Christ that we no longer live but Jesus Christ lives in and through us... yes, God does seek to release in us the deeper things of Himself than He did even through Christ... and He absolutely does long for family fellowship and intimacy with us... yes, it is good we do our part to be a clear vessel to receive and pour out... but the bottom line is this... I mean maybe those things woo Him, as a lover woos another... but this gift... these kinds of once in a lifetime God-given Heaven-sent gifts, are all about one thing and one thing only... .......the touch of the Masters Hand....... -Todd L Thomas
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 23:00:08 +0000
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