I Shall Not Be Moved

I'm finding myself in a bit of a quandary as I read the headlines, listen to opinions, and peruse the comments of social media.  The continual information can be a bit daunting.  The challenges to faith and the expression of our faith in these troubling times, must be addressed and resolved personally for each of us.  There's a line between steadfast and stiff-necked, faithful and flaunting, sanctified and self-righteous.  I desire to be on YHWH's side of each of those lines.  Sometimes the lines seem a bit blurred, but they really shouldn't be.

The hope of fellowship seems to be the most trying area of faith, right now.  Many of us are without flesh and blood fellowship and the "sharing" by way of social media usually turns into more of a challenge than many of us are ready for.  I've been addressing the shemitah for some time now, and I prayed very diligently before posting what I have.  Well, in the tradition of the spoken and written word, as soon as I shared something definitive, the rebuttals and alternative teachings poured in.

I don't want to be stubborn, or as its called in Scripture - stiff-necked, but I do desire to be steadfast.  For too many years, I've doubted after studying and seeking Abba in prayer, unsure as to whether I'm doubting myself or Abba.  Seeking, reading, and asking, then, doubting in the first wind of discussion is absolutely NOT faith.  I've been through the same thing this past few weeks on the ever old debate of "law vs. grace" which of course includes the celebration and observance of the Feasts of YHWH.  I made peace with that one years ago . . . then the Feasts of YHWH seems to open the door to the next debate of calendar and Name.  

After much prayer and seeking, I will observe Shemitah this year which not only aligns with Israel's observance, but it is my 7th year on this place.  I've received e-mails and teachings that we do not have to observe as well as emails and teachings that I'm a year early.  This is where I stand and I shall not be moved.  In discussion, I've even stated, if I'm wrong, I don't expect anyone to share their food with me.  I also read that the wrong year will result in war.  We're already at war, and more war is coming, whether I plant green beans next year or not.

I've also chosen to be steadfast when it comes to the law vs. grace debate based upon Scripture.  Noah found grace in the eyes of Adonai, yet was given precise Instructions to follow.  Torah is better translated Instruction than law . . . Isaiah tells us and Peter repeats that the Word of YHWH stands forever.  I can't ignore and reject the first 3/4 of the Bible, then expect to hold YHWH to John 3:16!

I do not debate the pronunciation of our Father's Holy Name, but I hold steadfastly that His Name is to be shared and the Messiah's true Name is known to His own.

 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.  Jeremiah 17:8