BUILD YOURSELF WITH A DISCIPLINE THAT GUARANTEES MASSIVE GROWTH PART 2

Romans chapter 8













Today we are walking in: BUILD YOURSELF WITH A DISCIPLINE THAT GUARANTEES MASSIVE GROWTH PART 2













Genesis 27:8

Now therefore, my son, obey H8085 my voice according to that which I command thee.





OBEY






Today we look to the word OBEY --H8085 - shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'; a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, attentively, call gather together, carefully, certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, make a proclaimation, publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.









The Torah testifies.........……



Genesis 27:13

And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.





Exodus 23:22

But if thou shalt indeed obey H8085 his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.





Deuteronomy 13:4




Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.










The prophets proclaim..................



Joshua 24:24

And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey H8085.




Nehemiah 9:17




And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.




Jeremiah 7:23




But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.









The writings bear witness............



Joshua 24:24




And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.





Job 36:11

If they obey H8085 and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.





Psalm 18:44




As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

























True godliness produces a life marked by holiness, humility, repentance, and the fruit of the Spirit. It brings about a change of heart, a renewal of mind, and a redirection of desires. But many who claim to follow Mashiach have settled for an imitation. They know how to pray publicly, but not how to wrestle privately. They know how to speak in tongues, but not how to tame their own tongue.




They can shout in gatherings, but they cannot walk in love. They know the language of Zion, but their hearts are anchored in rebellion. They speak of the Spirit, but deny His power in their daily decisions. Their lives are not ruled by the Spirit. They are ruled by emotion, impulse, pride, and compromise.




And when the trumpet sounds, that lack of power will be exposed. The Ruach Ha’Qodesh is not just a comforter; He is a transformer. He is not just a presence to be felt, but a person to be obeyed. When He truly dwells in someone, there is evidence—clear, unmistakable evidence. There is conviction of sin, a pursuit of righteousness, a hatred for evil, and a burning desire to glorify Mashiach in every area of life.




But where He is absent or resisted, all that remains is religious form, empty routine, powerless tradition, an appearance of spirituality with no authority in the spirit realm. And many have grown comfortable with that. They go to gatherings to feel better, not to be changed. They sing songs to uplift their mood, not to honor the King. They read scripture for inspiration, not for instruction.




They want encouragement without correction, inspiration without discipline. And this form of godliness is what will keep many from being caught up when the King returns. Because Yah is not fooled by performance. He looks beyond the form into the heart, into the motives, into the hidden places where real decisions are made.




The rapture is not for the outwardly active. It is for the inwardly aligned. It is not for those who just go through the motions. It is for those who have surrendered to the Master. It is possible to fool men, to convince leaders, to even deceive yourself, but Yah is not mocked. He sees the difference between profession and possession, between appearance and authenticity.




And when the trumpet sounds, that which was hidden will be revealed. Many in the last days will have ministries, platforms, titles, and positions, but lack the oil. Like the five foolish virgins, they will have lamps—external structure—but no fire, no oil, no intimacy, no power. And when the Bridegroom comes, they will be left in darkness, knocking at a door that is already shut.




That is the danger of religious form without spiritual fire. It gives the illusion of readiness while leaving the soul exposed. The Ruach Ha’Qodesh is the guarantee of our inheritance. Without Him, there is no seal, no power, no readiness. The Spirit is not an accessory to the life of a believer. He is the source. He is the mark of belonging. He is the one who empowers, convicts, strengthens, leads, and prepares.




To resist Him is to resist preparation. To ignore Him is to forfeit participation in what is to come. And yet, how many live every day disconnected from His presence? How many make decisions without prayer, live without worship, speak without grace, and walk without wisdom? They carry scriptures but not burdens. They speak truth but live contrary to it.




And when confronted with sin, they defend instead of repent. They treat holiness as optional and obedience as outdated. But the Spirit of Yah does not abide where He is not honored. And where there is no honor, there can be no power. And where there is no power, there will be no readiness.




The days ahead will not be navigated by those with religious form, but by those with Kingdom power. The earth is groaning. The systems of the world are shaking. Darkness is increasing. And only those filled with the power of the Ruach Ha’Qodesh will be able to stand, to discern, to overcome, and to be taken.




Attendance will not be enough. Knowledge will not be enough. Reputation will not be enough. The only thing that will matter is this: did you walk in the power of the Spirit? Did you submit to His leading? Did you allow Him to transform you from the inside out?




Did you truly carry the fire, or did you only carry the lamp? Many will miss the rapture because they substituted routine for relationship. They knew the system, but not the Spirit. They played the part, but never became the vessel. They looked set apart on the outside, but were rebellious on the inside.




And when the sky opens and the sound of the trumpet pierces the air, they will realize too late that form was never enough. Only power—real, transforming, Spirit-filled power—could prepare them for that moment.




They refuse to discern the times and prepare. Their eyes are open, but their spirits are asleep. The signs are all around them—wars, lawlessness, famines, earthquakes, perversion, deception, rebellion, and darkness growing thicker by the hour—yet their hearts remain unmoved.




Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it is now. People are eating, drinking, marrying, building, and making plans for the future, all while ignoring the warning that has been sounding through the earth. The message of urgency is dismissed as fear. The call to repentance is seen as extreme. The return of Mashiach is treated like a distant theory instead of an imminent reality.




Many live as though time is unlimited, forgetting that the delay of judgment is not the absence of it.




In Noah’s time, the warning was clear. A flood was coming. Destruction was certain. Yah gave Noah specific instructions to build, to prepare, to warn, and to gather. And for over a hundred years, Noah preached while building the ark. Yet no one listened. They laughed, they mocked, they carried on with life as usual. They were focused on the present, blind to the prophetic. They were obsessed with normality, desensitized to eternity.




And when the rain began to fall, it was too late to prepare. The door had been shut. The time for decision had passed. And the same spirit of spiritual dullness that plagued that generation is alive today. Many believers, even after hearing message after message, seeing prophecy after prophecy fulfilled, and watching the world fall into chaos, still remain spiritually passive.




They postpone repentance for another day. They assume tomorrow is guaranteed. They think there will be time later to get serious, to get holy, to align their lives. But they forget that the trumpet will sound in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye. There will be no warning siren, no countdown clock, no final altar call.




When that moment comes, it will be sudden, final, and irreversible. And only those who discerned the times and lived in preparation will be taken. The rest will remain, not because Yah did not love them, but because they refused to respond to His call. They delayed obedience. They mocked urgency. They hardened their hearts against the tug of conviction. And they forfeited their place among the prepared.




Preparation is not panic. It is wisdom. It is the lifestyle of those who truly believe the words of Yahusha. He told us to watch, to stay ready, to keep our lamps burning. He warned that the day would come like a thief in the night, catching many unaware. He instructed us not just to believe in His return, but to live as though it could be today.




But many have become numb, their spiritual senses dulled by entertainment, busyness, routine, and distraction. They spend hours on worldly things and minutes in prayer. They know the news, but not the scriptures. They can discuss politics, trends, and culture, but not prophecy, righteousness, or eternal truth.




They live for the next event, the next post, the next check, the next experience, but not for the next move of Yah. And this lack of discernment is not due to lack of information. The messages are everywhere. Servants are crying out. Prophetic voices are sounding the alarm. The Word of Yah is clearer than ever.




The alignment of nations, the shaking of economies, the rise of lawlessness, the spirit of delusion, and the global rebellion against Yah’s truth—all of it is testifying that time is short. But people have grown tired of hearing it. They treat it like background noise. They dismiss it as hype. They yawn at the urgency just like those who laughed at Noah.




They mock the voices who speak of preparation. But when the door of the ark closes again—this time not of wood and pitch, but the door of redemption and gathering—it will be too late. Those who will be caught up are not just those who believed, but those who prepared.




They kept their garments clean. They guarded their hearts. They lived watchfully. They were not perfect, but they were positioned. They were awake. They were sober. They refused to be intoxicated by the distractions of the world. They chose daily repentance over delayed religion.




They refused to gamble with time. They valued the oil more than the noise. They understood that salvation is the entry point, but preparation is the journey. And they lived like those who were waiting for their Bridegroom, not like those who were partying in Babylon.




The tragedy is that many have traded preparation for procrastination. They assume grace means they can relax. They assume Yah will give them one more chance. But grace is not an excuse for laziness. It is an opportunity for alignment.




Every day that Yahusha delays His return is not a sign of slackness. It is mercy. It is another invitation to get right, to come out from among the world, to purify the heart, to pursue the Kingdom with passion and purpose. But that mercy has an expiration date.




The day will come when time runs out, when the sky splits, when the voice of the archangel sounds. And when it does, you will not be able to pray your way into readiness. You will only rise if you were already prepared.




There will be weeping, not because Yah was unfair, but because they were unready. Because they lived as though there was no urgency. Because they rejected the signs. Because they preferred comfort over consecration. They mocked the watchmen. They ignored the warnings. They silenced the voice of the Spirit.




And when the moment came, they were not found faithful. They were not found watching. They were not found set apart. And their names were not found among those who would meet Him in the air.




Discernment is not about knowing dates. It is about knowing the heart of Yah. It is about seeing beyond the natural and understanding the spiritual season. It is about hearing the footsteps of the King and making sure your house is in order.




It is about living with a sense of divine urgency—not fear, but focus; not panic, but purity. And when that urgency lives inside of you, it changes how you talk, how you spend your time, how you treat others, how you pray, how you forgive, how you give, and how you wait.




It produces readiness. It produces holiness. And ultimately, it produces being caught up. Because the King is coming for a bride that is watching, not wandering; for a people that are ready, not reacting; for hearts that are burning, not distracted.




And those who discern the times will be the ones who rise to meet Him.




They have not cultivated intimacy with the King. Their lamps may be in hand, but they carry no oil within. Just like the five foolish virgins in the parable, many believers today are present in the house of Yah, but absent from the heart of Yah. They know the traditions, the songs, the scriptures, and the doctrines, but they do not know the voice of the Bridegroom.




They have spent years around religion, but never pursued relationship. They have learned how to mimic worship without entering into it. They can speak fluently about Yah, yet their hearts remain distant from Him. This lack of intimacy is not just unfortunate. It is eternally dangerous.




Because when the Bridegroom comes, He is not coming for those who simply know about Him. He is coming for those who have walked with Him, known Him, loved Him, obeyed Him, and stayed close to Him in the quiet place of devotion. Oil represents intimacy, and intimacy is cultivated in secret.




It is formed in the early morning hours of prayer. It is grown in the soil of quiet surrender. It is developed in moments when no one is watching—when there is no crowd, no platform, no applause—just you and Yah.




But in a generation that prefers noise over stillness, many believers have traded away their secret place for social media, their devotion for distractions, their communion with Yah for comfort with the culture. They carry lamps because they know it is expected, but the oil that sustains the flame is missing.




They assume being around the things of Yah is the same as being near to Yah Himself. But the door will not open for association. It will open for intimacy. It is not enough to be near the Bridegroom’s house. You must be known by the Bridegroom’s heart.




When Yahusha told the parable of the ten virgins, all ten were invited. All ten had lamps. All ten were waiting. But only five were wise. Only five had cultivated enough intimacy to carry extra oil. The others waited with assumption, not with preparation.




They assumed that what they carried would be enough. They assumed that being present was the same as being ready. They assumed that their lamp—a symbol of outward appearance—would gain them access. But when the midnight cry came and the Bridegroom approached, it was their lack of oil that left them unqualified.




And the heartbreaking words spoken to them are the same words many will hear when Yahusha returns: “I do not know you.” That phrase reveals the core issue. It is not about effort, knowledge, or church attendance. It is about relationship.




It is about a life lived in communion with Yah. A life that seeks His face, not just His hand. A heart that longs for His presence more than His provision. Many today are content with occasional encounters, fleeting feelings, and momentary inspiration.




But true intimacy is deeper. It is daily. It is costly. It demands time, focus, attention, and a turning away from the world. It requires laying down pride, sin, distraction, and self-will. It is not earned, but it must be pursued.




Yah does not reveal Himself to the casual. He reveals Himself to the hungry. There is a great deception in the body today—the belief that activity replaces intimacy, that ministry can substitute for relationship, that service can stand in the place of surrender.




But no amount of preaching, singing, serving, or church involvement can take the place of knowing Him. Yah is not impressed by performance. He desires closeness. And that closeness cannot be faked. It is either there or it isn’t.




And when the trumpet sounds, when the Bridegroom arrives, there will be no time left to go and buy oil. No time to build what was neglected. No time to run to those who were wise and ask for a portion. Each heart will rise or fall based on what they cultivated in secret.




Many believers have invested in everything but the oil. They have built platforms, businesses, careers, and reputations, but not altars. They have read books about Yah, listened to messages about Him, discussed theology, and even led others in spiritual matters, but they have never lingered in His presence long enough to be changed by it.




They have knowledge, but not intimacy. Words, but not worship. Motion, but not transformation. They walk into gatherings full of energy, but leave empty of oil. And they do not realize that without oil, the lamp is useless.




Without intimacy, belief becomes performance. Without the Spirit, all that remains is form without fire.




Intimacy with Yah is what prepares you for the return of Yahusha. It is the oil that keeps your lamp burning through the midnight hour. It is what sustains you in seasons of testing, temptation, and trial. It is what gives you discernment when deception increases.




It is what sets you apart from a world in chaos. It is what draws you away from compromise and closer to holiness. It is what purifies your heart and aligns your will with heaven’s agenda. And it is what qualifies you when the door of eternity is opened.




You can have the lamp of religion and still be left outside if you do not have the oil of intimacy. The time is coming when every heart will be tested, every lamp will be revealed.




And the difference will not be in how loudly you worshiped or how many verses you quoted. It will be in how much oil you carried.




Did you know Him—not just on a gathering day, but in the stillness of Monday morning? Not just in crisis, but in every quiet moment? Did you pursue Him when no one was watching? Did you guard your heart from the distractions that drain your oil?




Did you turn off the noise to hear His voice? Did you long for His presence more than the praises of people?




Those who rise to meet Yahusha in the air will not be those who had a name in the gathering, but those whose names are known in heaven. They will not be those who made a show, but those who made a sacrifice.




They will not be those who had titles, but those who had tears on their prayer room floor. They cultivated oil when it was not popular. They stayed awake while others slumbered. They kept watch while others wandered.




And when the cry was made, they were ready—not because of coincidence, but because of consecration.




To miss the catching away for lack of intimacy is the most devastating loss. It is not the failure of ignorance, but of neglect. The King was always available. His presence was always accessible. His voice was always speaking.




But many were too busy, too distracted, too caught up in lesser things. They thought they had time. They thought the lamp was enough. But when the Bridegroom came, only those with oil entered in.




Only those who truly knew Him were taken. And the rest—though religious, though well-meaning, though familiar with His name—were shut out, left in darkness, crying at a door that would never open again.




And now the question must be asked, not to the world, but to those who claim to belong to Yahusha. Are you truly ready? Not ready by assumption, tradition, or emotion, but ready by evidence, by alignment, by the inner witness of the Spirit of Yah.




The catching away will not wait for you to finish deciding. It will not pause until your schedule clears. It will not knock twice. It will happen in the twinkling of an eye. And in that split second, eternity will divide the prepared from the presumptuous, the committed from the casual, the surrendered from the religious.




This is not a message to entertain emotions. It is a trumpet blast to awaken the soul. Many have been lulled into a dangerous sleep—a sleep filled with messages that soothe rather than stir, gatherings that build comfort instead of conviction, and believers who hunger for miracles more than they hunger for holiness.




And as the days grow darker, many are still playing with time, delaying repentance, avoiding truth, and investing in everything except the condition of their soul. But hear this clearly: the hour is later than it seems. Heaven is preparing. The Bridegroom is near.




And when He comes, He is not coming for the popular, the proud, or the polished. He is coming for a bride without spot or wrinkle, a people who are watching, waiting, working, and walking in holiness.




You cannot borrow oil in that moment. You cannot purchase readiness in the midnight hour. The decisions you make now will determine what happens then. Every time you ignore conviction, you drain the oil. Every time you compromise for comfort, you dim your flame.




Every time you choose the world over the Word, you delay your preparation. But every time you enter into the secret place, every time you obey the whisper of the Spirit, every time you crucify your flesh and say yes to the voice of the King, you are storing up oil.




You are preparing. You are making yourself ready.




And still, the tragedy is this: many who claim the name will miss the catching away—not because they were atheists, not because they hated Yah, but because they were deceived into thinking that a form of godliness was enough.




They assumed confession was sufficient while denying transformation. They wore the label, but never bore the fruit. They sang the songs of Zion, but danced to the rhythm of Babylon.




They cried, “Adonai, Adonai,” in moments of gathering, but lived like strangers to His Kingdom the rest of the week. They were too busy building empires to recognize the signs, too in love with the world to weep over their sin, too content with religion to pursue righteousness.




And when the door shuts, it will not be cruelty. It will be justice. It will be the fulfillment of everything Yah has spoken through His Word.




This message is not for the world alone. It is for the assembly. It is for the messengers who refuse to speak truth. It is for the worshipers who love music but not purity. It is for the believers who serve with excellence but live with compromise.




It is for the intercessors who no longer pray. It is for the set-apart ones who once burned but now barely flicker. It is for every soul that has fallen into the deception of delay, for every heart that once longed for the return of Yahusha but has now grown numb.




Wake up. Shake yourself. Cry out for mercy while there is still time. Do not gamble with grace. Do not play games with eternity.




The trumpet will sound, and when it does, your position, your title, your image will mean nothing. Only your obedience, your intimacy, your readiness will matter.




The cry of the Spirit in this hour is simple: come out from among them and be separate. Return to your first love. Build the altar again. Pour the oil again. Fan the flame again.




Seek His face again. Turn off the noise. Shut the door. Go back to the secret place. Go back to the place where you can hear His voice clearly.




Go back to holiness, to repentance, to purity, to consecration. Let your life become a living offering. Let your heart beat in rhythm with eternity. Let your days be marked by watchfulness and worship.




The catching away is not a myth. It is not a fable. It is not a metaphor. It is a divine event on heaven’s calendar, and it is closer now than ever before.




There will be no warning, no rehearsal, no second chance. And when the King appears in glory, the question will not be how long you have identified as a believer. It will be whether you knew Him, whether you walked with Him, whether you obeyed Him, whether you were filled with oil, whether your garments were clean, whether your heart was burning with love, reverence, and holy fear.




So now is the time—not tomorrow, not next week, now—to examine yourself, to lay aside every weight, to confess every sin, to break every tie with this world.




To crucify your flesh, to surrender your plans, to say yes again. To lift up your eyes, for your redemption draws near.




For the sound of the trumpet will come suddenly, and when it does, many will be left behind—not because Yah desired it, but because they refused to prepare.




Let that not be your story. Let that not be your end. Let that not be your regret.




Prepare. Watch. Repent. Obey. The Bridegroom is coming.




Will you be ready?