The 7th of 11 Intertwining, Allegorical Short Stories in a Winter Anthology by Will Callery

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THE FOREST OF THE DEEP FETCH & THOSE WHO DWELL THEREIN

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♥ Never have I been in the company of those who displayed a more sincere and heartfelt yearning for the Lord, nor have I ever been in the midst of those who have more openly spelt out a more deep and profound wholehearted worship of the Lord our God than those that I found myself amongst in the Forest of the Deep Fetch. It was there, in the realm of the Tried & True, Old & Ancient Oaks of Righteousness, where I did learn, in Spirit & in Truth, to flourish in the Love of God.

♣ Unhindered by all the outside busyness of this Present, Evil, World, there was not one of those ancient Old Oaks of Righteousness, Sweet Sugar Maples, Pungent Old Walnuts, towering Tulip Poplars, Shag Bark Hickorys or any other of those Stately Old Timers that ever took even one thought for their own life, their provision, or how they were to be adorned, yet even Solomon, in all his glory, was not as sturdy² nor as stately as one of these. {Matthew 6:29 ¹wcv&²} The Forest of the Deep Fetch does, indeed, teem, and abound with the diverse ethnicities of the Planting of the Lord. They all complement one another, for they do, beyond measure, each bear a magnificent ministry of their own! There was not one in that entire Old Growth Forest that was trying to serve two masters. They did, by day, seek the Lord with all of their hearts, and by night, they did, with lamentations and weeping too Deep for words, {Romans 8:26,¹wcv&²} yearn for His Return. Though they had to weather many a tempest, they were a sight to behold in the midst of the storm. They spoke not a word, yet their testimony went out through all the earth. {Psalm 19:4}

♠ It was there, in the Forest of the Deep Fetch, in the Spring of My Youth, as it is there now, in the Winter of My Years, that I am reproved, corrected, comforted, empowered, refreshed, and FILLED by the Spirit of God that I might fellowship with those wondered at on earth and walk amongst those who stand by HIM in the heavenlies. {Zechariah 3:¹wcv&²}  To this day, it is there, in the Forest of the Deep Fetch, that the Lord does isolate me until seasons of growth are accomplished, yes, even at my age. It is there, in the Forest of the Deep Fetch, that the Lust of the Flesh, the Lust of the eyes, and the Pride of Life bear no sway, for they are not welcome there, they can not take root there, for the Ground in the Forest of the Deep Fetch is Good Ground, Holy Ground. It is there in the Forest of the Deep Fetch where natural gifts and The Gifts of the Spirit do SPRING UP out of the Root of Jesse! It is there in the Forest of the Deep Fetch where Seasons of Refreshing, Forgiveness, Healing, Maturing, and Empowering may be gotten hold of. It is in the Forest of the Deep Fetch that one may drink freely from the River of Delights and be FILLED with the Spirit of God, so that when setting out again on our journey to that CITY NOT MADE BY THE HANDS OF MAN, the Outshining of the Spirit of God would be so formidable that our shadows alone would heal the sick and deliver those held captive by their own fallen nature. It is only in The Forest of the Deep Fetch that we can become so FITTED with the Full Armor of God that a Single Blow from the Sword of the Spirit will bring to naught the gainsaying sorcery of the Harlot, shatter the latches of the Religious Structures built by her Harriers and Hirlings, and Set the Captives Free to be Visited by the Dayspring From On High. {Luke 1:78}

♠ “The Weapons of our Warfare are not Earthborn and cannot be tamed by the limitations of this natural realm” {2 Corinthians 10:4}….as opposed to the absolute ineptness of Religious Jargon, Religious Attire, Religious Theatrics, The Trimmings and Trappings of the Outer Court, the Great, Self-Righteous, Sunday-Go-To-Meetin’ Charade of American Crristendom, or any other Religious Fallalery, which not only bears no weight against the Prince of the Power of the Air, but, to the Diabolical One, amounts to nothing more than the Tom Foolery of the Town Clown. Laughable. {Ephesians 6:12}

♠ We are not to spend our days flailing about wrestling with our own wild imaginations, forever warring with the shadows on the wall, for most likely they are our own; nor are we to be troubled by what might be under the bed. {1 Corinthians 9:26,27}, We are, however, to be adventurous enough to search out the Treasures of the Exceedingly Great and Precious Promises hidden in the Forest of the Deep Fetch. {2 Peter 1:4}  For it is then and there and out of these that we are armed and equipped by the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, “to war victoriously against the principalities and powers of darkness in this world, to pull them down from their arrogant heights, and by the Power of the Spirit of God, hurl them from their haughty thrones into the abyss where they belong.” {Ephesians 6:10-18, ¹wcv&²}   The Lord clearly explains the Spiritual Authority in which we are to operate, in the Book of Jeremiah, Chapter One, Verse Ten, where He says, ” I have, THIS DAY, set you over the nations and the kingdoms of the earth, to not only², root out, pull down, and destroy (the works of evil²), but also (by the Might & Power of the Holy Spirit²), to BUILD UP and PLANT.”

♥ And that can only be done by operating in the Gifts of the Spirit, and we cannot operate in the Gifts of the Spirit unless we are baptized with the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and Fire. {Acts 2:3, Matthew 3:11, Luke 3:16}  It is then, by the laying hold of the Powerful, Exceeding Great and Precious Promises, that we become Partakers of the Divine Nature. No matter what we claim, we are either Partakers of the Divine Nature or we are not. {2 Peter 1:4} It cannot be feigned! Talk is cheap! There is NO middle ground. Middle Ground is not Sound Ground, nor is it Holy Ground. It is nothing less than the Shifting Sands of Pride, Falsehood, and Indecision; Like Quicksand, it is deceptive and dangerous, and cannot produce anything DIVINE. That’s why Middle Ground is non-existent in the Forest of the Deep Fetch. {2 Peter 1:4, Revelation 3:16}

♠♥♠ And so, having addressed the matter, it is out of the Pristine Forest of the Deep Fetch and into that menacing land of dark and shifting shadows, where the “nice-little-nelly-of-religion” fears to tread, that we must journey. For down that Ruthless Roman Road and all its Heartworn Byways lies the Earthly Treasure that the Lord loves beyond measure; the Souls of Men.

♣♥♣ And just where is it that this Rough Old Roman Road and all of its Heartworn Byways are about to take us? Why, just as Prophesied by Isaiah, right smack-dab into the Good News of Christmas Day! 

♣♥♣ And just what is this Prophecy given to us by Isaiah that we are about to celebrate this Christmas Day?

♦ It reads like this;

♦♥♦ “All of those who have lived and do live in the dark and daunting shadows of this present evil world have seen a Great Light. Upon all those out there on the backroads, highways, and byways of that rough Old Roman Road, who wander about lost in the land of the shifting shadows of lies, fear, hopelessness, confusion, rejection, violence, perversion, deception, UNBELIEF, and death, a Great Light has shined!…. For unto us, A CHILD HAS BEEN BORN!  A virgin, overshadowed by the Spirit of the Most-High {Luke 1:35,¹wcv&²} did conceive, and bear a Son whose Name is called IMMANUEL, which means, GOD WITH US!  {Isaiah 7:14, Isa.9:6, ¹wcv&²} And yes, Everyone is invited to “Come and See” the Wonders of the Lord hidden in the Heartwood of the Old Oaks of Righteousness in the Forest of the Deep Fetch. {John 1:38 &46}

♣ THE OUTSHINING by Will Callery / William & Cynthia Pub. Co, ©2008 BMI

 

A Very MERRY CHRISTMAS to you, one and all! May God bless you, each and every single one, with a Revelation of Who this Child in the Manger really is, Who The One is that is about to return, and what IT is that is about to come upon the entire face of the earth!  Keep in mind, the CHRISTMAS DAY we are about to celebrate this year, we will be celebrating As In the Days of Noah!!! You don’t want to miss the boat!

 

¹wcv / My Emphasis, My Version  {Always taken from the Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic translations, definitions, and connotations}

² / My Insert(s)

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