How Are The Dead Raised? With What Kind Of Body? 1 Col 15:35 NIV

It was a gorgeous, sunny and pleasantly warm Fall day today where I live.

You may be wondering what I did after I was writing so early in the morning today. I could not go back to sleep right after writing so I prayed in the Holy Spirit and eventually fell asleep. I think I slept for 2-3 hours and then up for church. As I was getting ready I read my daily devotional for today and I am going to share it with you. This is how it appeared in the devotional:
"Ever wonder what your heavenly body will be like? The Bible gives us three answers to the questions, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?" First, it speaks of anatomy: "Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another fish another" (Col 15:39 NIV) Just as fish are designed to handle the pressures of the ocean and birds are designed to fly, your heavenly body will be custom-made for eternity. (Imagine traveling not merely at the speed of light, but the speed of thought!) Next it speaks of astronomy: "The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. So will it be with the resurrection of the dead" (1 Co 15:41-42 NIV) There will be degrees of honor and differences of reward when we get to heaven. Your service now is what determines your status then (See Ro 2:6) Finally, it speaks of agriculture: "It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power"  (Co 15:43)The old Saxon word for cemetery means "God's acre." How wonderful; Christians don't get buried, they get planted! There's a bulletin board in the Mayo Clinic which reads: "Cancer is limited: it cannot cripple love, it cannot shatter hope, it cannot kill friendship, it cannot shut out memories, it cannot silence courage, it cannot invade the soul, it cannot reduce eternal life, it cannot quench the spirit, and it cannot lessen the power of resurrection."
Pretty thought provoking when you think about it huh? I then went to church and was blessed to sit under the anointed message of a pretty well know preacher. This was a guest preacher that I have had the pleasure of sitting under their anointing in the past. He spoke out of Joshua 5:13. It may be a little sketchy sounding but I am going to share my notes that I took today to help you break the spirit of intimidation in your life. You cannot win any battle you're not enjoined in, things that are good in your life you have to fight for, the enemy will intimidate you to not fight. If you get intimidated you leave the battlefield and lose the fight. You can be intimiated out of what God wants for us. Joshua was not intimidated by following after Moses when he died. Moses led them up to the promised land, Joshua led them into the promised land. Their first battle was in Jericho. God never promises you something that He does not prepare for. Action is required of you to make it happen. An action on earth is responded by action in heaven. You can't conqeor what you do not confront. When you get intimidated out you'll postpone what's yours. If you fail a test you will take it over and over and over again until you pass it. March on the problems and do not worry how God's going to do it. Joshua lifted up his eyes and looked and saw how big the walls were. Angels with swords have always been been God's guardians. Joshua was about 80 years old this time. The angels were waiting for Joshua to get close enough. Joshua's approach to the problem is what triggered the angels into action. A man with a promise in his heart is more powerful than a man with something in his hand. Your presence with a problem is what activates God to solve it.Your worhsip gains intensity as time goes on. When you worship angels go to war and it activates angelic warriors to fight on your behalf.
Worship should be a part of your life. Not just on Sunday morning at church. Worship should be in your heart. Do you ever wake up with a song in your heart? I posted on my blog the other day a song by The Crabb Family, Through The Fire. I highly encourage you to go back and listen to it. That has been the song in my heart for several days now. A worhshiper hears the heartbeat of God and cannot seem to let go of it. As I was driving into church today I felt the presence of Holy Spirit in the car with me as I listened to and even sang sometime's in my mind and sometime's the words out loud as I was listening to the Crabb Family. They are known as Southern Gospel music but that should not matter at all. It is not just the melody of a song. The meat of the worship is contained in the words sung unto the Lord through their voices. Let Holy Spirit lead you to listen and worship this week through Christian artists that you may normally not listen to. Maybe a certain type of genre, just trust Holy Spirit and He will lead you to a worship artist or two that will not only bless you but also bless the Lord as you worship Him. Let me include the scripture that I made reference to about Joshua 5: 13-15 "When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, "Are you one of us or one of our enemies?" He answered, "Neither one! I am here as the commander of the Lord's army." Immediately, Joshua bowed with his face touching the ground and worshiped. He asked, "Sir, what do you want to tell me?" The commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, "Take off your sandals because this place where you are standing is holy." So Joshua did as he was told."

In conclusion, do not be indimidated by your problems, stand strong and confront them so your battle is won and what has been tucked away as a promise in your heart can be fulfilled.