They see desert. I said diamonds. They see ruins I see riches. You are going to have to decide between what they see and what I said. - GOD
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REMEMBER:
A caterpillar ends up being a butterfly.
An infant ends up being an adult.
A blueprint ends up being a building.
An empty house ends up being a full house.
A seed ends up being a forest.
An acorn ends up being an oak tree.
A prisoner ends up being a ruler, just ask Joseph.
An ore ends up being refined gold.
An ore does not look like a treasure until someone extracts what is within it.
The word extraction, in its most simplest definition means taking out something valuable that is hidden inside something.
If you want to eat a peanut, you have to crack it open to extract the nut.
You have to squeeze an orange in order to extract the juice. A present must be opened in order to extract the gift.
The order of extraction is usually:
Find it.
Open, dig, or break through what is covering it.
Take out what is valuable.
Clean or refine it so it can be used.
Shape it into something useful.
Ore does not look valuable at first glance, but hidden inside is something precious waiting to be brought out.
The value was always there. It simply had to be extracted.
It is not what your eyes see. It is what can be extracted.
Remember the enemy entices you with what is seen. GOD entrusts you with what He said.
What GOD said came first. - Genesis 2:16-17. What the enemy showed came second. - Genesis 3:16
Throughout the Scriptures, GOD's target are the ears; the enemy's target are the eyes.
The temptation was never the fruit; it was whether GOD's people would live by sight or by His Word.
That same tension runs throughout the Scriptures. As Paul later wrote in 2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV), "For we walk by faith, not by sight."
GOD often speaks of the end from the beginning, while people judge the end by the beginning. - Isaiah 46:10
GOD speaks to what will be. People judge by what is.
GOD sees the finished work of His Word at the beginning.
People see the beginning and assume it is the finished work and speak all the wrong words.
We have prioritized and practiced seeing over hearing and this must be stopped. Let me remind you that a christian's biggest organ is the ear.
One more thing; Everything precious and valuable is inside of us. The proof of this can be read in Ezekiel 28:13 (KJV)
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
In this passage of Ezekiel 28:13, the king of Tyre is addressed in a language that many interpreters understand to have a dual reference first to the human king and, in a deeper sense, to the spiritual power behind him, often identified as Lucifer before he became. Not all biblical scholars agree with this point of view.
I believe that the Prophet Ezekiel was speaking of both the King of Tyre and addressing Lucifer, but for a moment was speaking of Lucifer because the Prophet said, "You were in Eden, the garden of God." The King of Tyre was never in Eden because he was not that old, and Eden was shut down to humans. - Genesis 3:24
But let me get back to my point. Notice the language in Ezekiel 28:13. It speaks of where GOD places you and what GOD placed in you.
Things were prepared in him not just merely around him.
We have a tendency to over emphasize where we are and underestimate what has been placed inside of us.
But the Prophet said, "the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created."
I have carefully and diligently paraphrased what the Prophet said without distorting the original statement so that you may have better understanding.
GOD's workmanship was prepared in you on the day you were created.
We must let GOD extract what GOD has put inside of us.
Lucifer decided to self-extract what GOD put inside of him, and that changed him to Satan.
Lucifer means, shining one, bright one, morning star.
Satan means, adversary, opposer, accuser, one who resists.
Lucifer describes what GOD created in him to be, the shining one.
Satan describes what he chose to become, one who resists.
Never let your choices override what GOD has created in you.
Let GOD inject and extract His will, purpose, and power in you to do what He wants when He wants.
What you hear from GOD is more important than what this globe can show you.
GOD’s Word over this world wins all the time since the beginning of time!
GOD ain’t done, neither are you! Let the extraction begin.
Be Blessed and Stay Blessed.