ISAIAH 55:6 - "THE CRACK"

"In whose eyes a vile person in contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not." (Psalms 15:4) The more I think about it, the more I realize that this is more than just a thought of my own; this is more of a vision. This crack within that canyon wall is a door, which in no way can be opened; not by man anyways. It can only be opened by the Lord Jesus Christ! (Sounds like something out of some Sci-Fi movie). As I began to explore this vision, I noticed something rather profound about this crack: Once you surrender to the Lord, it acts like a vacuum, and you are literally sucked right in. You see, there are two ways to serve the Lord; one leads towards and through the crack in that canyon; the other way leads to destruction. You might be wondering how serving the Lord can lead to destruction: How is it that Jesus would say, "I did not know you"; even after you say, "Lord, Lord; did not I do this and that"? The crack is very small!!! When Jesus said, "Narrow is the way; and few there are that find it"; it seems to imply that those that found it were actually seeking after it. Remember what I have said, over and over again: There are two choices: God's Perfect Will, and His permissive will. The problem with taking the way of His permissive will, is that doing so can lead us down the wrong path. It's like this: When we are walking in His permissive will, we are actually walking in our own will; which He will allow us to do; but when we do, 'Watch Out', it can bite you. God will not force His perfect will upon us; we must seek out what His will is for our lives. He will however lead us; but this still requires something on our part: We must be surrendered and willing to surrender still. If you remember, that we have two natural tendencies; one is that we will naturally always want to hold onto something; the other is that we will hear only what we want to hear. This is not Rocket Science; it is just a matter of listening and doing. Because deep down inside, we all know what it is that the Lord is telling us that we must do. A good example of this is Saul's Second Sin in Gilgal, which is found in 1 Samuel 15. In verse 1; Samuel tells Saul to "Hearken thou unto the Words of the Lord"; and then in verses 2 & 3 he declares to Saul the Word of the Lord: "Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came from Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass." This was like a second chance for Saul to get it right; yet he did not hearken unto the Lord; but instead he held unto some of that stuff. He did not do what the Lord said to do; but yet all the while, he still believed that he was serving the Lord. Look at verse 13: "And Samuel came to Saul: And Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord." To which Samuel replies, "What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and lowing of the oxen which I hear?" God had instructed Saul to destroy everything in Amalek; every living thing. This was a very wicked and perverse nation; they were into all kinds of strange and evil things; enough said on that. But yet Saul did not do as God had instructed him to do; but instead thought that he could spare the king of that land, and that he could use the animals which he was told to kill, for a sacrifice unto God; What was Saul thinking? When we know that God is drawing us close to Him, and that He is exposing Truth in our lives, we must seek out that Truth and then cry out to Him for deliverance. Remembering that all the while, the enemy is pressing in all around; and he will not surrender: There it is; that crack in the canyon wall: It is time to surrender...'For such a time as this'. Woe-"Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near:"