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do it. Ezekiel 3:2, “So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this
scroll.” Sometimes God will hand down that north wind with only
bad news and He’ll say, “Eat it!” You say, “I can’t! It’s too hard.”
He says, “I’ll feed you.”

Ezekiel 3:3, “And He said to me, ‘Son of man, feed your stomach,
and fill your body with this scroll which I am giving you.’ Then I
ate it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.’” When he ate it, it
became as sweet as honey.

“What shall I say, ‘Deliver me from this hour?’ For this cause I
came to this hour. Father, glorify Thy name.” There is only one
list; north wind or south wind. It doesn’t matter, as long as He is
pleased. Redemptive living is me pleasing Him and Him reaching
the world.

2 Corinthians 4:7, “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that
the surpassing greatness of the power may be of God and not from
ourselves…” The treasure is in this vessel and sometimes He
breaks the vessel so that the treasure can be seen. Look carefully,
please, at 2 Corinthians 4:10, “…always carrying about in the body
the dying of Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in
our body.” Carrying in the body the dying of Jesus; it’s not the dying
of self. Many Christians are so busy trying to die to themselves.
That happened two thousand years ago. Believe it. It’s over. You
don’t need to die to self. You need to reckon yourself dead. But
now you carry the dying of Jesus in order that the Life of Jesus may
be manifest.

2 Corinthians 4:11&12, “For we who live are constantly being
delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may
be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death works in us, but life in
you.” Redemptive living is letting Jesus live in our lives. We are
the bride and we are His garden. Whatever pleases Him to reach
others, let it come. In everything we can thank God because He is
reaching the world.