Designated Space
(Inside the Circle)
Marsha Deveaux Johnson,
Living Joy Ministries, Inc.
http://hepzibah40.blogspot.com
@LivingJoyMinistries (Facebook)
One
day many years ago I found myself staring into a mirror as I listened to the
voice of God the Father. It was a
Saturday evening after a weekend retreat sponsored by the ministry. The God of the universe asked me would
I (His creation) be willing to be inside
a circle of life with Him and Him alone.
I did not know how to answer Him.
We seldom know how to respond to our heavenly Father and that is why we
must never lean to our own understanding (Proverbs 3:5-6). I did not answer Him on that evening because
I did not know how. I did not know the depth of the request or how my life
would be impacted. Sunday passed and I pondered His proposal to me.
On
Monday morning I got up to get ready for work and again in front of the
bathroom mirror I started to proclaim to Abba (God the Father) that I would be
willing to live for the rest of my life inside a circle with Him and Him alone. I, in my ignorance of His Totality told Him I
would place all people, places, and things outside this circle and close the
circle myself. Well Elohim, Creator of
the universe stopped me from implementing and framing my version of His
plan. God, (The precious Holy Spirit) said
to me, that He (Alone) would close this circle with family, friends, everything
else on the outside of it. I would be alone with Him inside the circle.
From
that time forward I began the process of living to please the Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit. I increasingly placed all
others and things outside the circle.
Only God directed my decisions as
I learned to lean upon Him and Him alone.
I began to teach this awakening truth to others and freedom came to many
as the years went by. Years later God
spoke to me and said, “When you were putting family, friends and everything
outside of the circle, you were placing them in MY hands”. What a
revelation! I did not know this at the time, I simply had to trust Him with my
life and journey with Him.
To
this day there is a “designated space (Inside the circle)” between me and
everything that this world has to offer. I simply cannot bring into the circle
anyone, any place, or anything. If I
find myself allowing the slightest imposition, I go back to the awesome wisdom
of the Father in insisting that I isolate (inside the circle) myself with the
One who created me. This is the God-Life
(Zoe).
Being
inside the circle with God is your protective gear against the wiles of the
Devil. It is your protective gear against
the manipulation of man. It is also your
protective gear against you destroying your own self with the desires of your
flesh.
This
designated space (inside the circle) allows the love of God to saturate you
(John 3:16). This designated space allows
the peace of God to reign and rule in your heart (Colossians 3:15). This designated space allows the wisdom and
understanding of God to flourish in your spirit, soul, and body (Proverbs
4:7).
Disappointed with someone? Place people outside the circle.
Visit to Paris, France just didn’t satisfy? Place places outside the circle.
The new car is suddenly old? Place things outside of the circle
Institutions have let you down? Place them outside the circle.
The
designated space (Inside the circle) is an area where you understand that you
cannot get from a person, place, or thing what you are supposed to get from God
the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
The
most beautiful thing about living with God inside the circle (Designated space)
is that nothing disturbs your peace. It
is also easier to love others when they do occupy the space where only God
should fill. You are then not constantly
irritated with behaviors of others. You
simply pray and release them to Father.
Inside
the circle (Designated space) with God brings you so close to His heart that
fear cannot survive in you. The
designated space displaces hatred, jealously, and all other ungodly things. These things cannot survive in the space designated for you and
God. Satan gains advantage when
anything other than you and God are in the circle. God signals to us to abide
in this designated space by allowing irritants to surface that we may clear out
the circle. We must allow God alone to occupy this space. It is at this place (Designed Space, Inside
the circle) that we realize the Oneness that Jesus has with God and we can have
also.
Seek to abide in the designated space (inside
the circle) with God alone.
