The Plumb Line

I received this word the other day while praying and this is what the Lord said:

Behold I shake the heavens and the earth. All creation shall bow before me and every tongue confess that I am God. To whom shall you boast yourselves and against whom to you make your sport? Is it not I the God of heaven and earth? Your work is in vain and I shall laugh you to scorn. Do I not see? Am I blind that I cannot find you? You pervert my ways and destroy my people. Let it come to mind this day the former days when I slew nations and the earth trembled at my presence. When I caused one to put a thousand to flight and two, ten thousand. I am the Lord and I am not mocked. I shall judge and none shall escape it. I have layed my plumb line upon the earth and what shall I find? The priests are perverted and the prophets seek their own gain. There is no knowledge of God in the land, and my people perish for lack of knowledge. My little ones have you killed and scattered, and my strong ones have forsaken their post and have gone a whoring from under me. Behold, I shall be the Shepard and whosoever follows me I shall keep, but whosoever will not follow me, him will I destroy. I will gather again that which was lost, I will bind up that which was broken and heal that which is sick. For of all that was given unto me, I have not lost one. Turn unto me my people, for who is exempt from my judgment? I come quickly, turn unto me and I will make your path strait.

1SA 2:1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
1SA 2:2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
1SA 2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
1SA 2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
1SA 2:5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
1SA 2:6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
1SA 2:7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
1SA 2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.
1SA 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
1SA 2:10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

Today if you can receive it, I know the Lord would have us to check where we stand. There is no shame in it, it does not offend God to check where you stand for it is written be careful where you stand lest you fall. I know it is strong word and none would want to hear they are in error, or that they even might pervert his ways. Daily we must stand before God, daily we must be judged by his standard. The plumb line is layed and where does your life fall? If you don't know what the plumb line is, it is a measured piece of string with a weight at the end, and back in the day when they would build a building they would stand aways off with this plumb line and hold it to the edge or line of a building to see if it was strait, and because it was perfectly strait anything that was off that line they knew needed to be straitened. Gods holding the plumb line this day and we must hold it to our own lives. I pray this day we have an ear to hear, that we'd humble ourselves before God, that if we have become proud or boastful that this day the Lord would pluck the beam from our eye that we would not stumble. If this day you can see that you life does not meet this standard, if this day you have found yourself out of line with gods will, the Lord is saying return, return unto him. The Lord reminded me of a vision that I had a long time ago and the vision was this: I was standing over a dark valley over looking its vastness, you could see the the mountains beyond it, it was quite a sight. In the valley it was pitch black and all I heard were screams and weeping. it seem that this was the only way to get through to the mountains beyond. But for some reason I looked a little of to my right and I saw a sign that said " The way of wisdom" and I seen a bridge that spanned the length of the valley to the mountains beyond. God does not delight in the destruction of any man, he does not desire anyone to even have to go through that valley, but sometimes we don't look to that way, the way of wisdom even though we could have passed over in safety. We must look to him this day. If your in error, acknowledge it and repent, for today is the day of salvation, not tomorrow. You aren't promised tomorrow. If this day your doing all that God has called you to do, stand for it is written when all is said and done, stand. May God bless you and may we be found worthy to stand in the times to come.

Your brother in Christ,
Austin