BEYOND

"It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, 

but the glory of kings is to search out a matter."

(Proverbs 25:2)

What a beautiful picture of a deep and ever-growing relationship between our Father and those who desire to know Him. As I read this verse, I can sense the yearning, anticipation, and delight on both sides of this relationship. It is a place of knowing someone that goes beyond the boundaries of casual head-knowledge, and into a living understanding that can only come through heart-knowledge. It is going beyond the surface; what we can see with our natural eyes, hear with our natural ears, understand with our carnal mind.

Our eternal purpose is not to be our Father’s hired hands, 

but to be His sons and daughters reigning with King Jesus as His bride…

operating in the Wisdom of Heaven.

Living in the absolute fulfilling joy of relationship with the One who formed us and breathed His life into us! Carrying within us the Hope of glory, and the wisdom of Heaven for His creation. 

One of the meanings to ‘search out’ in the verse above

 in the Hebrew language is to 'examine intimately'. 

It’s as though Father is saying, “in-to-Me-see”.

What matters have we taken just by the exterior ‘value’, or because of what has been told to us by another source, instead of searching out the heart of Father for ourselves? Being led into the deep places of His heart by His Spirit that lives in us. There is so much more to see and to know as we walk with Him. 

An unlocking...

                   An unfolding...

                                     An unveiling...

                                                         His revealing...


I pray that as we journey into His heart, that the veils are removed from our minds and hearts to clearly see what He wants us to know...the mysteries He longs to share. To KNOW Him above all. To see Him above all. To be in love with Him above all. To be His, above all.

Below are several matters that came to me concerning going beyond, and digging deeper. There are more that continue to come to me that aren’t written here. Many of the scriptures referenced overlap with the other 'beyonds' listed on this page. I encourage you to dig with me into these ‘beyonds’ as you read through the scriptures, and as Holy Spirit not only brings more scriptures to you, but also shows you other ‘beyonds’ that you can examine intimately with Him… the honor of kings indeed!

First, a prayer of surrender…

“Holy Spirit, thank You for teaching us and leading us into all Truth. Thank You for making known to us the heart of the Father, the life of the Son, and the realities of the Kingdom that we are of. Thank You for growing us into His image as we lend ourselves to Your perfect work. As we surrender all we have ever known or thought we have known into Your hands, we trust You to show us, to reveal to us, all that we need to see and to know today. Thank You for showing us how, and empowering us to live in the ‘beyond’ of great and mighty things that we have not known, to the glory of our Father and our King.”

Beyond visitation, to habitation.
     [Ephesians 2:19-22, 1 Peter 2:4-9, John 14:19-23, John 17:6-26]

Beyond revival, to awakening.
    [Ephesians 5:8-17, Revelation 3:1-6;14-22]

Beyond religion, to relationship.
    [Colossians 2-3:4]

Beyond knowing of Him, to knowing Him.
    [Matthew 7:21-23, Matthew 25:1-13]

Beyond the status quo, to following Him wherever He goes.
    [Matthew 7:13-23]

Beyond ritual, to sincerity.
    [1 Timothy 1:3-7, Revelation 3:14-22]

Beyond form, to reality.
    [2 Timothy 3:1-5, Revelation 3:1-6]

Beyond duty, to love.
    [1 Corinthians 13:1-3, Revelation2:1-7]

Beyond mixture, to absoluteness and purity.
    [Exodus 20:22-26, Revelation 14:1-5]

Beyond outward change, to transformation.
    [Romans 12:1-2, 2 Corinthians 3:16-18]

Beyond lip service, to a heart engaged.
    [Isaiah 29:13-14, Matthew 15:1-18]

Beyond the veil, to seeing face to face.
    [2 Corinthians 3:12-18, Hebrews 6:19-20;9:11-12;10:19-22]

Beyond tasting, to partaking.
    [John 6:22-68]

Beyond salvation, to sonship. 
(Our journey of sonship begins with salvation.)
    [Romans 8:12-21]

Beyond receiving Jesus Christ as Savior, to knowing Him as Lord.
    [Luke 9:23-24, John 15:1-20, Mark 10:17-31, Luke 14:25-33]

Beyond knowing what we have been saved from, 

to eternal purpose and original intent.  
(Knowing what we have been saved to and for.)  

    [Ephesians 3:8-21, Revelation 5:8-10]

Beyond talent and gifts, to fruit and character.

    [2 Peter 1:5-11, Galatians 5:22-26]

Beyond operating in a gift, to living out of the fullness of Him.

    [Isaiah 11:1-5, Revelation 1:4-6, John 14:12-14, Ephesians 3:14-21]

Beyond positions and titles, to function and purpose.

    [Ephesians 4:1-16, Romans 12:3-8]

Beyond managing, to stewardship.

    [1 Peter 4:7-5:4]

Beyond teaching, to fathering.

    [1 Corinthians 4:14-17, 1 Thessalonians 2:4-12;19-20]

Beyond doing, to being.

    [John 6:28-29, Acts 17:24-29]

Beyond performance, to living as one dearly loved.

    [1 Corinthians 13:4-8, James 3:13-18]

Beyond knowing in part, to knowing even as we are known.

    [1 Corinthians 13:10-12]

Beyond carnal knowledge, to a living understanding.    

    [1 Corinthians 2:10-16]

Beyond the futility of man’s wisdom, to the power of God’s wisdom. 

    [1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5, 1 Corinthians 3:18-23]

Beyond what eyes have seen and ears have heard,
to the reality of who He is and what He has prepared.   

    [1 Corinthians 2:6-12]

Deep calls out to Deep...

~ Tammy ~