THE NEW YEAR
The Jewish New Year begins in
the fall of the year. The Gregorian New Year takes place in the dead of
Winter. I never really pondered this before, but the Lord brought it out
in a Word given regarding the prophesying of warnings for a severe winter and
prolonged ice storms ahead. I heard: “Yea, the Lord would say that even
though there are perceived disasters upon the earth – they are as a cleansing
and a death to the old; then comes new life, as in the natural seasons.
The Jewish New Year comes in the evening, (Fall), as of a new day and there is
a time of rest. Oh! Yea! My Rest cometh! As in nature, a time of silent
secret growth, root development and storing up of nutrients needed for a
springing up and for fruit production. So I am Master and Director
of all things, and I speak to My own that shall hear Me – prepare ahead and I
shall see you through, for I know how to care for my own and even keep them
warm and fed, I say. The earth shall have her rest from all the goings
and the evil of this day; then many shall look to Me and see My miracles and My
blessings. Many shall repent, many shall come in, so purpose to give out
from your storehouse My Words and show them My
Way.”
In the parallels and teachings
of nature, we see that the ‘outward husks’ of flesh are to be laid waste as the
garden is laid waste in the winter and the old ways and life shall be replaced
by newness of life that springs in the time of putting forth. In our ‘modern’
lives we are so detached from the natural earth and her ways, the study and
understanding of such would assist us more than we have seen, also the
contemplation of the Maker and all His wonders. We have forgotten the fact that
All was created by Him for Him. We have abandoned our care and respect
for our earth and our proper respect and care for each other, as life it seems,
is cheap – it is easy to throw a life away, for another shall come up in its
place. I believe that when the veil of deception is removed from us, and we
see the Glory, Majesty, Omnipotence of the Most Holy God, even to the
small fraction that our minds can perceive, it will bring us to a place of Awe
and such repentance for never looking beyond ourselves and our little
self-centered lives. We shall be as dead men before Him and He shall
bring us to newness of life in our repentance, and we shall rest from our own
works and spring up to produce the fruit of the Spirit for His Glory and Honor.
