4.18.2012 THIS MORNING WITH THE LORD, HEBREWS 7.25

before i share this a.m. ...let me ask you,

ARE YOU DELIGHTEDLY, MEDITATIVELY IN THE WORD OF GOD E-V-E-R-Y MORNING? i certainly cannot say that i could answer this question with an unqualified sense. my answer would be more along the line of 'lately, sometimes, usually'..things of that sort.

THERE IS A PROMISE that comes to those who are constantly doing this through EVERY WAKING (and maybe in some sense, sleeping) MOMENT. why then to i ask the question above about 'every morning'? because we grow in any area incrementally from little to large, from simple to complex. we desperately need to commun with the One who, mysteriously, is our very LIFE, the one who can literally not only bring to spiritual life our spirit but fill it. we need to learn to walk (EVERY MORNING) before we are able to run (EVERY MOMENT). the sky is the limit. our time in the morning is THE precursor to true and abundant spiritual life in the Spirit of Christ.

THE PROMISE starts off with some conditions, one negative and two positive,
NEGATIVE CONDITION-
psalm 1.1- how blessed is the man
who does not WALK in the counsel of the wicked,
nor STAND in the way of sinners,
nor SIT in the seat of the scoffers

notice the progression from WALK to STAND to SIT, from passing by to spending intimate time with. the bible says DON'T BE AROUND AT ALL and even WATCH EVEN PASSING THEM THAT YOU ARE NOT INFLUENCED TO FORSAKE THE WORD OF GOD BY IMITATING WHAT YOU SEE IN THEM. in other words beyond speaking the word of God to them and being a help to them in their need, HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THOSE WHO HATE GOD BY DISOBEYING HIM.

this could be real people or virtual reality people. let me ask, who do you spend time with..who or what do you talk about? 99% of virtual reality people and most real ones we interact with are in this class. I corinthians 15.33 says, 'do not be deceived; BAD COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD MORALS'. this principle given by God applies in every situation. the virtual (non-human) people we are to abstain totally from spending any time with. they are to be totally 'blacked out' of our lives for they flood evil while being incapable of being redeemed or turned from the evil they infect us with. the real ones we are to speak the word of God to concerning everything that is coming out of their lives. the good we are to encourage, support, strengthen and imitate in our own lives. the evil (that which is different from what the word of God says) is to be confronted with the word of God and discouraged and warned about.

POSITIVE CONDITIONS
1.v2- 'but his DELIGHT is in the law of the Lord
2. 'and in His law he MEDITATES day and night'

what is God's promise if we delight in His word to the point where it is a moment-by-moment companion and guide and warning, etc. in our lives?

THE PROMISE-
V3-and he will BE LIKE A TREE FIRMLY PLANTED by streams of water
-which YIELDS ITS FRUIT IN ITS SEASON
-and its leaf DOES NOT WITHER
-and IN WHATSOEVER HE DOES HE PROSPERS (be successful, fortunate)

the promise is not at all focused on success and fortune and things going well in this world, during this moment of light affliction we are to endure here in this life, but is clearly focused on what we will experience when we stand before God on the day of judgment.
v4-6 the wicked (those who do not fulfill the conditions above) are not so (rosperous),
but they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment ('depart from me. I never knew you')

if we obey the conditions above we w