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Description: “The Second Witness Testament” is Part 8 of The Book Of Benjamin Kareth. This book is the sequel to Part 6:The First Witness Testament, it continues the journey of Benjamin Kareth. This book contains my journal entries for a period of about six months. God told me that each of the “Witness Testament” parts must only be 128 entries, or chapters, long. So I have obeyed. This book documents how God gave me the task of writing The Book Of Benjamin Kareth. Of all the gifts God has given me, He has chosen writing to be the defining gift. God wrote the story of my life before He formed me in my mother’s womb and now I am walking out that story, day by day, in, by, and through faith in Him. The work God gave me to do is to share my personal relationship with Him within these pages for you to witness. All for the glory of His Great Name.
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Part 8: The Second Witness Testament
Chapter 17: The Great Reward
December 29th, 2019 – 8:18am:
Riches are not the reward. Heaven is not the reward. God is the reward. He Himself, relationship with Him is the reward, the great reward.
God tells me, “Press onward! Toward the prize!” And I ask, “And what is that prize, God, my God!” “Me!” He replies. And its truth, the very truth that sits at the foundation of everything in existence.
He has shown me all the riches of this world… He has shown me all the glories of Heaven… I’ve seen and tasted both with my own eyes and with my own mouth, and nothing, nothing on earth or in heaven compares to Him. To knowing Him, to His love wrapping around me, and oh, to His voice, that soft voice of His, so powerful and strong, ageless, full of life!
Yesterday I was walking, walking with my backpack on, on a trail, on the mountain, no one was around, trees on all sides, above me even, and I saw again that moment, that moment I write about in Restoring The Seventh Color, the moment of my first death… Jesus waiting by my bedside to take me finally to heaven to meet the Father. Nothing compares! I was brought to tears at the overwhelming joy of that moment! Nothing in all of time compares, the moment bride meets groom! The moment child stands before Father. Awesome moment! The purpose of it all, for each of us. He is the reward! The prize! The reason! I’ve found the treasure in a field and buried it! And then I sold everything to buy that field! And I’ve asked Jesus to give me gold refined in His fires, and He has! Gold no one can take from me! I’ve tasted the bread that comes from heaven, the very words from the mouth of God! My whole being aches for Him! Come!
Chapter 32: The Unforced Rhythms Of Grace
January 2nd, 2020 – 5:03am:
There is a flow to the wind of God’s Holy Spirit moving in and through God’s children on the earth today. There is a peace and rest in serving the Lord. I am learning this. Every day I wake and stand in that flow of His Spirit. Some days it’s stronger than others. Some days that flow is very still, almost unmoving. Then some days I feel it pulling me and guiding me this way and that. There is an ease to it, it’s almost effortless… He, the Holy Spirit, is still very much a mystery to me.
Sometimes for me, He, the Holy Spirit, the helper, the advocate, the guide, is a raging fire consuming my spirit, then other days He is rain washing me clean, then even other days He is a raging river pushing me to go, go, go! He was the gift Jesus sent after He ascended back to heaven. A gift to help us reflect the true nature of God in our broken and cracked vessels. And I can tell you, the less of us there is within, the more moving of the Spirit in us.
Early on God told me, “Your calling is not about you.” And I have really been learning this lesson lately. I must “step back” and let the Holy Spirit consume my vessel. Then He can speak and work freely. It’s surrender and yielding that brings the power of God to the surface. It’s like a dance, and I’ll say mostly still I lead the dance of my life, sadly. But there is a huge part of my life that’s surrendered to His leading the dance. And more and more, as I am sanctified, God leads, by the power of His Spirit, my life.
More and more I am becoming a child inside. A servant inside. My heart of stone becoming a heart of flesh. This has been a very, very painful process. But oh! The glory God is pouring through the empty, surrendered parts of me.
Like a stubborn child I still hold onto parts of my heart, last clinging parts, parts that still try to define me, to give me a sense of belonging here with people. I want to fit in with the world, I don’t want to die to myself! But this is changing, and not by anything I am or can do, but by God’s power working in me each day. I am being transformed by the renewing of my mind and heart, by the power of the washing of the Word of God, and the very words of God Himself spoken to me.
When I was a kid, I knew my gifts and my calling. And when God showed me, on that train in mainland China, what my calling and gifts would cost me, I ran. I ran away! I said, “No God I can’t handle the calling! I can’t do it! I can’t be what you want me to be!” And I ran into the world and immersed myself in my own will. And all I got for it was destruction. In His great love for me, all those long years, He held onto me, didn’t let me go. And He, yes, He, chose the day to break into my running and said, “Enough of this!” And He wrapped His arms around me and hasn’t let me go since.
I feel that the days are moving faster and faster, the power of Grace in my life raging around me! Oh, the great mercy of God!
I let you in on a little insight… homosexuality wasn’t my biggest sin. Nope. That was just my willful indulgence of self. The biggest sin of my life was choosing my own way, I told God, “I’ll take care of my life! Follow my dreams! I’ll ascend myself to heights.” I wanted to prove to God that I could live without Him. And now thinking of the deep emptiness of that life tears run down my cheeks and blur my vision as I write this. Our way doesn’t work! It was never meant to be this way! Wake up people! Nothing in your self-seeking life is working!
God didn’t create us to live without Him, He created us, the creation, to need Him. To walk with Him, before Him. We are made to worship Him, talk to Him. We are humans built to worship our creator! But God didn’t want robots, no, He gave us choice. And it cost Him. But He had a plan all along to rescue us from our willful, self-seeking wondering, Jesus. God himself became human, became part of His creation, died, and paid the price for us to return to Him. Salvation. Grace. Mercy. How great is the love of God for us! I pray that the power of the Holy Spirit of the living God would overshadow you today, break off the scales on your eyes so you can see and believe in Him!
Chapter 76: The Work Is Done Today
January 20th, 2020 – 6:11am – Home, Oakland, California, USA:
What God has for us to do during our earthbound lives is done in today. Today has enough for us to carry. How do I explain this truth I see so clearly to you so that you understand it?
Jesus said not to worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will worry about itself. And the Word of God says that God’s mercies are new every morning. Here are those verses:
““Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” – Matthew 6:34 MSG
“GOD ’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up. They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I’m sticking with GOD (I say it over and over). He’s all I’ve got left.” – Lamentations 3:22-24 MSG
These verses speak of a life lived today. Time may be a reality, but it is not a reality in the kingdom of God. God lives in heaven, in eternity, outside of time. God is not constrained by time. Our physical bodies are. I realize I am speaking of deep truths, but I pray God will open your mind and heart to hear the truths I am trying to share…
When you woke today, God’s mercies were new, for today. You have just enough mercy to get you back to bed tonight. Just enough to provide for today. Just enough strength for what He has called you to do today, in the here and in the now. The present is a present to those who understand this truth. This morning as I sat in God’s presence He shared with me a moment in my future, it was a moment where I arrive in heaven. Amazing moment. And He shared it to strengthen me to press on with all He has called me to do in the today. Don’t you see? Open your eyes to the mystery and wonder that is the Light of God.
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