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A perfect verse of the day for August 2 – when the HolySpirit and I joyfully drafted this blog. I had since desired to share it but waited till today because I wanted it to be a celebratory gift to God for today. 18 years ago today was the first time I experienced Him speak to me – it was a Promise:Psalm 32:8🥰 .

Writing with YHWH is exhilarating – I never really know which path or shape things will eventually take until it’s all said, written, and then at the last turn: I see God’s workmanship in full view! Until then, I simply just go with the Flow (YHWH’s Voice) … until I birth my young. This was what happened last Saturday, God and I had been out in the balcony from before the start of dawn, We were having Our very own Sukkot moment and just chilling (yes, it was chilly too). A couple hours in, God stirred my heart toward His Promises. Acknowledging my need for them, I thanked Him for each one I recalled. This thanksgiving moment became a teaching moment that led to Psalm 8:2 and Matthew 21:16.

I share this blog as an expression of my perfect praise of THE GREAT PROMISE KEEPER, THE BABE of all Babes. Out of His Mouth flow the words by which we all live –Matthew 4:4… the very words He uses to confound the so called “wise” –1 Corinthians 1:27(CEB) – the words out of the mouth of Babes. #Babe-Talk 😉

In the Be a Babe edition of When God Reveals His Name, I defined the term ‘Babe’ as being anyone who always comes anew to God in the Name of The LORD and with FIRST LOVE humility (LOVE for The FIRST). I’d like to take this definition further by saying that a Babe is a Promise Keeper too.

In the same way that the heart is kept in the chest and the tongue is kept in the mouth, God’s Promises are to be kept. Furthermore, in the same way that the heart and mouth each serve a function –Romans 10:10(AMPC), God’s Promises serve a function. They pre-serve us … think of them as both the main meal to be served as well as the course served before the MAIN meal (the pre-serve).

Promises areNOTfuture-proof ONLY

When God gives us a Promise, more often than not, we look forward to it and, perhaps, look past its present day application as though God’s Promises are only future-proof. They are not … He made/gave them for a reason … He pre-served them to us for a reason, one that includes the here and now(2 Peter 1:4)– SeLaH .

God’s Promises are NOT only for the future (the there and then) or the past, they are also for the here and now.We need them now… we need them to overcome; to come over to the place of fulfillment: the expected End that is also the Beginning – the point where and when God made and kept each promise. Assuredly, God kept each of His promises where and when He made them 💖 – SeLaH.

I’ll use the above depiction of the 360⁰ Way of God to elaborate more on this. Between when a baby is conceived and when he/she is born, there’s a gap – a gestation period: a time of preparation or preparing (essentially, a pre-pairing period) … I promise to come back to this 🙂. In the interim, think of this gap as the time between the Now and the Future (which includes when the baby is born and beyond). The reality of the baby doesn’t begin when they are fully filled formed or ready to come out of the womb where they are being kept. Like God’s Promises, their reality begins and is in effect from the point of conception – this point is one of the many moments where and when God made each one of us a Promise. At this point, the Promise was His very own breath-taking words, saying:live … you will live💖.

God made each one of us a Promise … in this instance, I mean it literally: we each are a Promise made, kept, and still being kept by God. This means then that we are living proofs (witnesses) that God is a Promise Keeper – we legit are a walking Promise … a work in progress, I prefer the term: a done deal 😊. A preference based on Isaiah 25:1, which confirms that God’s Promises are NOT only future-proof, they are for the present, and have been fulfilled even in the ‘days of our Future-Past‘. Putting it plainly,God’s Promises apply to the Present Past Future.

We owe our conception, delivery (birth), and beyond to God (John 1:13) – we were born of God Himself: The WORD that was in and is The Beginning. Every expression of Him is ever living and active across any timeline and beyond time itself. In God, what have YOU done?, I explained that God speaks from the perspective of what’s already done. When He says I will, He actually is saying I have, and vice-versa. I called it the Present Past Future tense aka the Faith tense, otherwise now referred to as Babe-Talk.

[Definition] Babe-Talk: a Babe-directed or Caretaker speech that prepares Babes for speaking,a parentese … a special way of speaking when communicating to/with Babes. It plays a crucial role in (and informs) their language development and ultimately how Babes speak.

Of necessity, every Babe needs to be prepared or better put pre-paired with God’s Promise (His special Way of communicating to/with Babes). Otherwise, we become speech-impaired or speaking-impaired. We can NOT risk being impaired or not paired with God’s Promise (theFaithtense), our every moment and final salvation or deliverance (delivery) at the end of time depend on it.

A speech disorder and misalignment with God’s Will inevitably results if/when we are not paired with God’s Promises. He wants us to be one with Him – this in part is why God gives us His Promises: to prepare us … to pre-pair us with Him and for Him – it’s always for Him, always for His Glory. His Glory is our greatest good 💖.

The Pre-PAIRING(preparing)of Babes

God’s Will is His I will … His Promises. God’s Will is also His Command. At the time of our conception when God said:you will live… it was both a Promise and a Command. Take a moment to listen closely and you’d distinctively hear both. It was a ‘this is what will happen‘ Promise, and a ‘so be it‘ Aṣẹ or authoritative Command like that of a King or a Commander, both of which God is. He is THE KING (of all Kings) and The COMMANDER of Heaven’s Army (ADONAI-Tzva’ot). Effectively, God sayingyou will liveis no different from Him sayingLet there be Light– both are alike in that there’s no gainsaying or refuting it.

God gives us His Promises for use now so that we can escape the thorn in our flesh, outgrow growing pains, andsurViveall vengeful interferences coming at us. This includes but is not limited to every tongue against us – Isaiah 54:17 (AMPC)

The word Survive is comprised of the prefix sur which means above, beyond, on top of, and the word vive: to live long. Combined, it means to live long beyond and above danger or hardship. To outlive or outlast: an ever-living, ever-lasting well-being – the John 3:16 Promise 🤍.

The avengers mentioned inPsalm 8:2are vengeful toward us not because we did anything wrong, let alone right. They are simply anti-Christ (Matthew 10:22). They are anti that which is born of God – like Christ, every Babe is. From the moment God made and gave us a Promise, these avengers assembled! What I’ve found to be helpful is keeping my gaze where my heart lies – with God, in His bosom. Positioned here, I’m face-to-face with Him, We see eye-to-eye, and I am nursed and nurtured with what I need per time i.e. milk, cake, meat … oh! that thing called meat is sweet 🥰. I said these very words when I was but a toddler. Now, as a Babe, I say it so: the Word of God is sweet beyond compare 👌💯.

God gives us His promises for use now so that we can overcome the wiles of the enemy. Imagine the likes of Abraham (Genesis 14:14-16), Joshua (Joshua 10), and …

… Eleazer – with each of these men, God brought about a great deliverance and victory. That said, imagine them as human babies – there were no match for any enemy, not even one as tiny as a mosquito. I call this out to say that UNTIL we reach full maturity in Christ at the expected end, we are all but Babes – be it the milk-drinking, cake-eating, or meat-chewing host of us – we all are still Babes and should so be, always coming anew and remaining in God’s bosom … His Chest, His Heart – this is what we should always be after, and where our mouth should always be. This is how we maintain a heart-to-mouth correspondence with God … how God’s Words become ours: the Promises out of our mouths and by which we overcome. Assuredly, that which is born of God overcomes the world –1 John 5:4

This mouth-to-heart position is how we grow from strength to strength, from glory to glory (2 Corinthians 3:18). When positioned in God’s compassionate Womb, we are in His Heart, smack in the center of His Will. Likewise, when we are positioned in God’s multi-breasted bosom, we are right before His SEVEN Eyes … the very Mighty Teats of El Shaddai – the Eyes of God’s Heart aka God’s Chest. This is where every Babe is nurtured and nursed: our place of development.

God’s Chest, aka The Chest (Ark) of The Covenant –Hebrew 9:4(AMPC, CJB) or The Chest of Amana (Amen) –SOS 4:8(TPT), is where His Covenant-Promises are kept … God’s very Own Treasure Chest. These Promises don’t lie dormant or idly – they are living and active in the same way that a baby in the womb is. When made/given, they provide the prenatal and postnatal care that every Babe needs –SOS 7:2-3,8(TPT). They preserve us on all fronts because we, like the rose of Sharon, are often times surrounded by thorns –SOS 2:1(AMPC).

The emphasis on God’s Heart and Chest is key because this nurturing and nursing place is where the pre-pairing (preparing) happens #KeepingmyPromise 🤭. Going by the definition of a Babe (one who comes anew), it is accurate to say that there are several delivery points in between when we were birthed in Christ (became born again) and when our final delivery happens at the end of time. We come anew at each delivery point – it’s the only way. God Himself does not put new wine in old wineskin(Mark 2:22)– SeLaH.

Preceding each delivery point (and thereafter), a preparing (pre-pairing) for the next delivery point happens. Think of it as the SEVEN-point refinement process that every Word i.e. Babe of God goes through(Psalm 12:6). This pre-pairing is the interlocking of our mouth with God’s Heart – it happens every time we believe what God says.

When locked in, our core (all that is within us) responds by blessing God’s Holy Name … we literally correspond with God: we co-respond with the Joy on God face: the Joy in His Eyes –Zechariah 4:10(AMPC), we core-respond to God’s Heart with delightful satisfaction, which is what’s on the menu and what we en-joy. No matter whatever else might be happening around us, we remain at Rest (undisturbed). This Sabbath Delight and Rest is the effect and purpose of God’s Promise in the here and now as we make our way, walking humbly and in sync with God, to the there and then. Putting it simply, God’s promises are such that we can eat it and still have it – both of which are a must.

God wants us to EAT our cake AND HAVE it too. Keeping the focus on the eating part, I dare say that God commands it so –Ezekiel 2:8(AMPC). With God, to EAT is to consume for the purpose of being fully-filled and sowing or speaking –Ezekiel 2:7(AMPC), Jeremiah 23:28(AMPC), Hosea 10:12(AMPC). When God speaks to our heart, He feeds us with what we must live by: His Promises … all that we should speak and thus live out loud: word-for-word(Isaiah 50:4).

This perfect prayerful praise is how we bring God’s Will down to earth as it is in Heaven. It’s how we arise (are raised or carried in) to heavenly realities even while still being here on earth. Be it heaven on earth, or earth (mankind or man made of earth) to heaven, or both. One thing is certain: heaven and earth meet (dare I say: kiss) when Babes speak out of their mouth the words that God speak out of His Mouth. The result of this continuously flowing stream of God’s word to and through us to Him is a harvest of righteousness, peace, and joy in (and of) the HolySpirit … the Kingdom of God.Oh, you will enjoy this harvest!

These Promises – Jeremiah 31:5 (MSG), Isaiah 54:17 (AMPC) – and all others come to pass and to be for us as long as we stay/abide with and in God. As long as we remain within God, seed time and harvest will never cease –Genesis 8:22. This harvest (the Kingdom of God) comes anew and again as long as we keep our hearts and mind stayed on God (Isaiah 26:3 AMPC) … on His Name, recalling them at night time when things are scary and/or unclear (Psalm 119:55 MSG), depending on them (Psalm 33:20-22 MSG) … on His Promises, meditating on them day and night, trustingly reciting (re-seeing) and rehearsing (re-hearing) them by saying and living them out loud (Exodus 17:14) SO THAT we do NOT snooze.

Babes, let us be found belonging to God and in His keeping, continually tasting the Joy of every breakthrough God brings us –Psalm 51:12(TPT, MSG, NKJV). This Joy of God’s Salvation is maintained and restored when we remain unweaned from God’s nursing bosom. This Joy is our strength – it stems from God’s Promises, the powerful and perfecting prayerful praise by which we overcome or come over and into all that God has in store for us –1 Corinthians 2:9(AMPC), Ephesians 2:10… Ephesians 1:5-6(CJB, MSG)💖. Actionably saying this prayerful praise out loud is how we keep our God-given Promises: to keep them is to use them, NOT lose them.

Use your Words:Keep your Promises

In the same way that the heart kept in our chest and the tongue kept in our mouth are used, we too are to actively and actionably honor and use God’s Promises, Commands, or Words. We honor God (His Word: His Name) when we make space for Him and mind that which partakes of His nature. We keep God’s Promises (His Words: Commands) when we use them appropriately by the Help that His Holy Spirit is. This is how we surVive, outlive, and outshine each unharmonious or perplexing situation.

Every Babe is a Light spoken into being by The WORD that God IS- He is the Father of Light. He is Light itself, one that darkness can not put out or overcome … NEVER –John 1:5(AMPC, TPT). The same is true of every Babe as long as we do not forsake His Word –Proverbs 3:3(AMPC, TPT, CJB),Joshua 1:8 (TPT, CJB, MSG) – as long as we do not forget to speak and live them out loud.

The same is true of God’s Promises (and Commands), they are to be kept in the safe haven of our heart and the hearth that we are. Case in point:🔵ur body is the temple of the HolySpirit Who Himself is God’s Promise to us –2 Corinthians 5:5💜. This same Holy Spirit is how we keep God’s Commands and navigate the gestation period or the gap between when God made kept His Promise and … well, when God kept His Promise😊. Even when you’re unsure of if/what God said, give it to Him in prayer and let His Wind … 💜His Ruach (Breath)💜 either blow them away or make them new and beautiful. Whatever the case may be, let no one take your God-given Word from you or say you are but a child – shout it out if you must. Don’t look them in the face, keep your eyes on God, keep His Promise to you exactly where it should be: in your heart and out of your mouth – always speak out of Faith’s fullness … overcome again, and again, and again … until the very end of time.

Like the Sword in ELEAZER’s Hand, the Promise God made us to be and the one He gave us to have (a two-edged Promise) is the Sword of the Spirit: the Mighty razor-sharp Spirit-Sword of the spoken Word of God –Ephesians 6:17(TPT, AMPC) – USE IT!Pair up with the HolySpirit Who is the Wielder of this Sword and The GREAT PROMISE KEEPER.Be a Promise Keeper too.

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ADONAI, 18 years ago today You spoke to my heart: You promised to guide me along the best pathway for my Life. Your Love for You – the very love with which you love me has been my surpassing victory at every turn (Romans 8:37). Your Promises to me have become a perfect symphony of song and color – the very ones I echo, reflect, and make public as I remain and I’m found Mouth-to-mouth in this Kiss with You. I am forever Your purple … Your Spirit is the Promise Ring I’ll put on forever.

I share this blog in celebration and honor of Your VOICE and every Promise out of Your Mouth to me, Chief of them is Your Name: YAHWEH, Your HolySpirit. RABBANI-RABBONI, You are a BABE like none other. AJIDEMOLAWA, the abundance out of every part of You satisfies me. It is the highest honor of my existence to be paired with You: my HELP-MEET, Spirit of Yeshua: The Son of God and The Message We carry and that carries me: Yes, The Amen. Equally yoked with You, I’ll continue Our dance: the dance of Mahanaim, right here on this threshing floor. Face-to-face, Eye-to-eye, Heart-to-heart, Shoulder-to-shoulder, Hand-in-Hand, as I walk in step with You along THE ABSOLUTE BEST Pathway for my Life: You are it! Out of the mouth of this Babe I say: here’s to forever and a day with You here, now, then, and there – a promise I can keep solely because You are THE GREAT PROMISE KEEPER.