The Lord, cutting masterfully

The Lord, cutting masterfully:

• A dream of the night (11-24-20).

• I was on a construction site…
• The foundation and decking of the building, and some walls, were in place.
• I saw two small bull’s horns, one smaller than the other, together, laying on the deck of the building site, discarded.
• …and there were lines laid out on the deck to cut.
• I was with the Boss and He began showing me how to cut the outline of the deck with a circular saw…
• First He made a cut showing me how it is that I do it: attempting to follow the line exactly, yet producing a jagged cut.
• Then He showed me a cut done more fluidly.
• …He didn’t follow the laid out lines exactly, but cut outside them, in sweeping motions, like an artist when he draws or paints, and at an inside right angle He produced a rounded, softer inside corner instead of a sharp angle. He cut off the excess, but left more room than what had been laid out.
• 1-31-21 Su. 9:31am: On Friday’s “The Narrow Path” radio program Steve Gregg spoke¹ on how his father corrected him as a child: Steve said that when his father would correct him “There was nothing sharp.” (about the correction). This is confirmation that the softer inside corner the Lord cut above has to do with Him not being sharp in correcting me. Thank you, Father for this your Word!

• Then the Boss gave me a bag and told me to go pick up the trash.
• I began looking for trash to pick up and came across  an open clear plastic bag (about a 5 gallon size) filled with curious, geometrically shaped, skillfully made white objects (about 1-1/2″ dia.) that I was unfamiliar with, and didn’t know if they were trash or not. (I don’t think they were trash).
• (Since the day awakening to this dream…I prayed for the understanding)…

¹https://www.thenarrowpath.com/audio/radio-broadcasts/afternoon-show/TNP210129H.mp3

Thoughts:

• In high school an art teacher, after seeing my work, tried to tell me how to do the sweeping lines, rather than my more cramped, careful lines. But I never mastered that teaching in art.
• As a carpenter we had to try and follow the laid out lines exactly, so I was uncomfortable waking to this dream and wondered about this boss who wasn’t doing so…
• But now I’m seeing that maybe the lines were not His layout.
• Maybe I won’t be doing any of the cutting. 
• Clean up the construction site, soul…and don’t throw out good stuff.
• 7:19pm: An hour or so ago I prayed for understanding as to what was the trash I was to pick-up and not too long afterwards I realized that the enemy’s horns lying together were trash…but what are they representing?
• And also I’m thinking the cut off pieces that he removed from the deck would be trash…oh!…those would be the excess! Any excess should be removed, not too much of anything.

9:04pm: 

• So, He’s cut off the excess (my past excesses), and may still be doing so…
• And there is the enemy’s dehorned weapons to throw out.
• Perhaps the enemy was previously working on the site and layed out those lines (or I did) but…
• Then the Boss showed up and dehorned him and threw him off the site. 
• He then cut off the excess, but left more room than the enemy was demanding (the “voices”).
• Now I throw out the horns.

• Here’s a copy of a note on biblical horns I wrote from this other note: Dream: Ditch Digger 9-13-15 Su.
• Copied and pasted note, below:
• 12-5-20 Fr. 7:32am:
• I found this Spurgeon writing in my email this morning and it reminded me of the ditch digger dream here when he described God wanting men, four carpenters, to do rough work…ditch digging is also very rough work.

Evening

“And the Lord shewed me four carpenters.”

Zechariah 1:20

“In the vision described in this chapter, the prophet saw four terrible horns. They were pushing this way and that way, dashing down the strongest and the mightiest; and the prophet asked, “What are these?” The answer was, “These are the horns which have scattered Israel.” He saw before him a representation of those powers which had oppressed the church of God. There were four horns; for the church is attacked from all quarters. Well might the prophet have felt dismayed; but on a sudden there appeared before him four carpenters. He asked, “What shall these do?” These are the men whom God hath found to break those horns in pieces. God will always find men for his work, and he will find them at the right time. The prophet did not see the carpenters first, when there was nothing to do, but first the “horns,” and then the “carpenters.” Moreover, the Lord finds enough men. He did not find three carpenters, but four; there were four horns, and there must be four workmen. God finds the right men; not four men with pens to write; not four architects to draw plans; but four carpenters to do rough work.Rest assured, you who tremble for the ark of God, that when the “horns” grow troublesome, the “carpenters” will be found. You need not fret concerning the weakness of the church of God at any moment; there may be growing up in obscurity the valiant reformer who will shake the nations: Chrysostoms may come forth from our Ragged Schools, and Augustines from the thickest darkness of London’s poverty. The Lord knows where to find his servants. He hath in ambush a multitude of mighty men, and at his word they shall start up to the battle; “for the battle is the Lord’s,” and he shall get to himself the victory. Let us abide faithful to Christ, and he, in the right time, will raise up for us a defence, whether it be in the day of our personal need, or in the season of peril to his Church.”

• I’m now seeing the deck that the Lord and I were working on as my “own territory” from another Word of His to me.
• And the “curious objects” available to me as grace¹…each one new to me, wonderfully wrought, and there for each and every need. Thank you, Lord!

¹ “Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.4.16.NASB1995

12-29-20 Tu. 12:34pm:

• The below is copy and paste from another  note: 

12-28-20 Mo. 10:01pm: a thought coming to mind, and a visual…

• At my 12:00pm eye mask treatment for dry eyes (having prayed for help “fanning to flame, the gift”¹) my thoughts turned to not long past “incoming”…
• …and I reviewed the the two horns dream, one smaller than the other. And it occurred to me that the larger discarded horn was the Law of Moses. And also that the smaller horn was the Law of man (traditions of men). 
• (These horns push men around.)
• The Word says that the Law is for lawbreakers². And that we are not under the Law, but obey Love. (Love does no harm³).
• Then I reviewed the Horns again and reiterated that they were the Law of Moses (discarded by fulfillment) and the Law of Man (discarded by “disregard”⁴…both discarded by Christ)…
• …and I saw a bright white star-flash! (behind my closed eyes).
• (I  believe the Lord was building my house in this dream).

References:

¹ “For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.” 2 Timothy 1:6 NIV https://2timothy.bible/2-timothy-1-6

² “But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully, realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers .” 1 Timothy 1:8-9 NASB1995 https://bible.com/bible/100/1ti.1.8-9.NASB1995

³ “Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there  is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. Romans 13:8-10 NKJV https://bible.com/bible/114/rom.13.8-10.NKJV

⁴ Regarding the Pharisees and their traditions: “Disregard them! They are blind guides.e If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” (Mt. 15:14 BSB)