Seeing Jesus In The Garden

I miss being in the garden. That was my prayer place. The garden is where I met with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; we communed in the garden: friend with Friend, Redeemer with redeemed. 

But, even Jesus didn't stay in the garden. There was work to be done. First, He revealed Himself to Mary. He called her by her name and she immediately knew it was Him. Not until He called her, though, did she recognize her Teacher. (Read John 20:14-16)

In the garden is the recognition of new life in Christ, for there He was found a little ways apart from the open tomb. There was no need to be anywhere near the empty grave, for He had overcome not only it, but death and hell, as well. Now, though He holds the keys to all three of them, He is forever separated from them, just as He was in the garden. 

We know He was not standing near it, for they did not see Him. He was assumed to be the gardener. Truly, He is The Gardener. Yet, at that day He was again unrecognizable, for until we hear Him call our name and we turn to see His face, we will not recognize Christ either. 

If you have not yet met Jesus in the garden, I encourage you to make your way there. On the cross He washed away our sins. In the darkness of the grave, with our sins upon Him, He was in hell fighting and defeating the devil. When that was accomplished, God rolled away the stone so His Son could walk out into the garden and then onto the road and into the city. His work was just about done and soon He would be going home. (John 20:17)

To day is the day for you to enter the garden seeking Jesus, expecting to meet Him, but not according to your agenda: according to His. Search the garden until you find Him. And when you do, rejoice! For He who took your sins away at the cross, has defeated death, hell and the grave for you, too. 

How can you not believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, when you have all this evidence before you?

Garden of God Spice Company-BELIEF

A year or so ago, I was privileged to do a presentation on Declaring War on Sickness. Being as I have been diagnosed with a "mystery disease", I had thought that I was the wrong one to do this. But God always knows what He is doing; everything falls into place under His guidance within His plans. Of course, in order to give God's message accurately and with clarity, much study and research needs to take place. I had 3 months and no idea how to do it.

But God's timing is always perfect, too. He gave me the 'how-to' overnight and later that day 'on the spot'. I had my outline and my notes, but never looked at either one. But I did have my visual aids. I've kept them in a lovely china bowl on my dresser top ever since. The message has stayed with me; it's been working on me ever since.

When I was able to work, I worked in a pharmacy. So it seemed perfectly natural to use empty pill bottles as spice bottles. In this world we use pills, ointments and liquids to counteract even the most basic illness. In the supernatural, God uses internal and external aids to overcome these things also. We just need to apply them.

The first Spice in our rack is BELIEF, John 3:16. Before any other action can be taken, one needs to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. BELIEF must be applied internally, to the heart and the mind. Otherwise, everything else is just window dressing and will not have any definitive action on the need.

It takes more faith to believe in a god of your choosing or no god at all than it does to believe in the God of the Bible. It is the clay on the potter's wheel declaring itself to be its own creator, and not the Potter Himself. Sounds pretty silly, that way, doesn't it? And yet, millions believe it to be so. There is but one God. He is a holy God, a righteous God, a loving and just God. He forgives sin, and forgets it. He endures our questions, counters our doubt, answers the prayers of the sincere heart. God is Lord, God is Father, God is Savior. And He desires to save you and I from eternal damnation for our sins. How can God do this? Through His only begotten Son: Jesus Christ.