What
the Lord is showing me with this strange picture of a seated and dressed monkey
in my closet.
Ever
seen something from the corner of your eye & you thought it was real?
That is
what happened to me one early morning when it was still very dark outside. I
wasn't wearing my glasses & looked over my shoulder while trying to wake up
in bed. The light was on in my closet I guess my wife left it on. But what do I
see out of the corner of my eye? A monkey! And it was just sitting there!
Delusional?
No,
I think not, we all see things out of corner of our eyes.
But, I ask: "
Lord does it mean anything? Can I learn anything about this?"
DAD (GOD) answers:
"Monkeys can be trained to do all kinds of things but inevitably the're still
monkeys. So with time you train them, put a hat or clothes on them, even get
them to act civilized or decent at times. After all that hard work the very
heart of the matter is that; they are still monkeys.
So,
you can dress the flesh up, make it seen to others, that it is controllable,
good and decent. But it can never be, / flesh gives birth to flesh. Spirit
gives birth to spirit.
With
me you have to see death and resurrection together. Your flesh has been
crucified but you at the same time are made alive by CHRIST.
There's
a transition but its immediate.
See
all the doubts, lies, selfishness, fears, laziness, anger, evil cravings, stingy greed....all dead! Now see life, strength and joy and peace, creativity
& love be yours instead.
The
heart of the sin nature (flesh) is crazy and wild like a monkey...no training is
required, rather a replacement is needed. The old has passed away...the new has
come.
But the thing you have to start to see, is that you are dead to the illusion.
The sin nature or carnal mind (flesh) is an illusion. Oh, it looks real (to a degree, like your monkey) but it IS not reality. How can 2 things be reality? The reality is you haven't been ever separated from me and you have LIFE flowing through you...seated in heavenly realms, and all that talk about flesh and lust and all that is you falsely believing its real, when its illusion. Real is you never away from me (where can I go from your SPIRIT) and always with all of ME resting in all of you.
Its the false god, the god of lies.
Eric: So, why is it mentioned in the bible if its NOT true.
DAD: Oh, there are plenty of things to battle out, that you 'think' are real, and would swear it is so, but you will find its an illusion - the reality is CHRIST (MESSIAH) and HIS LIFE in you.
Let go of illusions.
What if you started to believe that the sin nature is not only dead, but like your monkey in your closet -so dead it really isn't even real? So, why give it thought and try to dress it up and keep it - to make it good?
