Is there a Mary in the house today? I am speaking of Mary Magdalene. Her reputation among the people was not good. And yet she found favor in My sight. It was she that came to my open grave. She was “sent” by Me, from My grace, to tell the disciples I had risen. Being “sent” by Me put Mary in a special and trusted position with Me in My Kingdom. In case there is a Mary in the house, let me urge you to do two things. First, if it is you, come sit and walk beside Me. Secondly, if you notice another Mary in the house, cover her with grace and mercy with your full embrace. I did.
Love is a many splendored thing, isn’t it?
Matthew 28:1, 7 “Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave.” 7Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you." Ras Robinson
CONSTRAINT OF THE FATHER
Aaron Pierson
Sep 16 2008 12:44PM
January 15, 2002
Constrained means to bind together or hold back by force. Paul spoke of this many times when the Lord kept him in some place or kept him from going somewhere. We can resist the constraints or holdings of the Lord but it is not to our benefit. All of my walk with Him has been in the constraint of His spirit, doing nothing without hearing His voice. When He first got a hold of me, "constraint" on me, He was constantly correcting everything, I mean everything I did! Telling me everything I knew and understood was wrong. I could not speak or do nothing without Him telling me that I was in the flesh. I was overwhelmed with my sin yet I knew not what to do. This went on for months. He even told me how I cut my hair, how I dressed, what I ate was His place to tell me, that I now completely and fully belonged to Him, that I no longer had anything to say about the course of my life. It was His to plan out for I was His child but also His bond slave. I finally got to the point I sat down in a chair. I said, "Lord I am just going to sit here until you tell me what to do because I cannot seem to do anything right." He then said, "Now you are finally starting to understand that is exactly what I want. Acknowledge me in all your ways, lean not on our own understanding but wait upon me." I said, "You mean that is what You want from me." He said, "Yes my son, it is." I told Him, "I do not see anyone doing that." He simply said, "That is the problem with the body. It is doing its own thing."
So He is now correcting the body. I have spent years sitting before the Lord at His feet. He has provided a house and a chair. While I watched the rest of the world go by, I sat in my chair being still with the Lord, studying His word, being taught by His spirit, being condemned by the "Martha's" in the church that I was doing nothing. The Lord encouraging me we must be as "Mary". I would rather sit with Him the rest of my life than be busy in the church and lose what I have with the Father. Out of my fourteen years with Him, I have spent seven years of it with Him sitting in a chair in prayer, learning to listen to Him. He told me in the beginning of my walk to simply be quiet, that I had nothing to teach Him, that how could I hear Him when I was so busy talking to Him all the time. Mary was sitting at His feet listening, not talking. After walking with Him for seven years, of which I had spent almost three and a half years in my chair, He told me I had now learned to be still physically but I had yet to learn to still my mind and heart. So I have spent the last seven drawing closer to Him, learning to be still before Him on the inside, to take all thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ. Still He chooses to use my chair as a great form of constraint. It is in this still time I have learned to listen to Him.
In my books and articles, there is only one draft. I have learned to be a recorder and let Him flow in my heart. It may take months to get to the point I am ready to write a book or an article. He first must do the necessary work in my heart so His spirit may flow free through me. This is what He desires of all of us, to simply be a vessel for His spirit like a water faucet is still, not moving. Its sole purpose is to let the water flow through it. This is the same for us. Our sole purpose is to let His spirit and love flow through us.
The constraints I am held with now far exceed all I have ever known. I am being forced to be so still inside that it hurts. I pray for days and hours to be able to hear Him. He is no longer speaking in the lightening, the wind nor the earth shaking. His voice is speaking so softly that I am forced to stay in His inner chamber, to sit in His lap. I am reminded many times with my children. I would gently constrain them to sit in my lap so that we might love on each other and them learn to be still and peaceful. As time went on, they would come to me, to sit on my lap so we could share this time and love together. We spend much time together for it is truly all we have to give each other is time and love. This is the heart of the Heavenly Father. He desires each of us to know Him as our Daddy. When He first introduced Himself to me, this is how He came to me. He simply said, "I am your Daddy who has always loved you and who has never forsaken you." This love is what has kept me faithful to Him all these years. Never have I desired to love another for no other has ever loved me as my Daddy does.
So, my beloved brothers and sisters, please do not try to get away from the constraints Daddy puts in your life for He is simply trying to get you to be still in His lap so you may come to know Him as He knows you. Daddy's love never fails.
Aaron