{"id":232,"date":"2011-03-16T00:41:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T05:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dyed4youart.com\/feedback\/?p=232"},"modified":"2016-08-10T09:52:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T14:52:57","slug":"gelah-raz-the-revealer-of-mysteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dyed4youart.com\/feedback\/2011\/03\/gelah-raz-the-revealer-of-mysteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Gelah Raz (the Revealer of Mysteries)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes people wonder \u201cwhy\u201d we\u2019ve chosen an image, or why the word does or doesn’t include something. The only way I can answer that is by talking about the nature of God and how He wants to use this ministry.The purpose of Dyed4you Art is to facilitate an encounter with the living God<\/strong>. Our art is intended to begin a conversation with God, not be a whole conversation.  You shouldn’t have to come back to Dyed4you Art whenever you want another encounter, but rather we create tools to encourage new depths in your own personal relationship with God.   Even for the seasoned believer \u2013 there\u2019s always new depths\u2026 this is a limitless God remember \":)\"<\/p>\n

What God gives me to share in the letters I try to do to the best of my human ability.  Sometimes there are nuances I sense that when people come back and ask for clarification I\u2019m able to better express than in my first attempt.  I\u2019m human \u2013 I give my best efforts to be diligent with the role and words that God gives me to share, but I am certainly imperfect and only understand in part (1 Corinthians 13:12<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Sometimes people are frustrated or disappointed by what God doesn\u2019t<\/em> share. But what I\u2019ve learned is that often He has \u201cnot shared\u201d intentionally \u2013 so that the recipient will SEEK.  We have to remember that God is all about relationship. Even the words He gives through the scarves are a portion of that relationship, a way to touch you \u2013 to comfort, encourage or exhort you (1 Corinthians 14:3<\/a>).<\/p>\n

One of the names of God is Gelah Raz<\/strong>, which means Revealer of Mysteries<\/strong>.  God loves<\/em> to go treasure hunting with us (where revelation and knowledge of-or-from Him is the treasure).  Kirk Bennett<\/a> (from IHOP Kansas City and founder of ZHOP) shared a word picture that gave me such insight into this name that I want to share it with you as I paraphrased it on my blog<\/a> at the time as well as my personal response to it.<\/p>\n

When I play hide and seek with my two-year-old son, it is not hard for me to hide.  If I wanted to I could get in my car and drive off 5 miles\u2026 what\u2019s the likelihood he\u2019d find me then?  But instead, I hide behind a curtain with the toe of one shoe sticking out\u2026 the point is I want<\/em> to be found\u2026 but I want to be sought out.<\/p>\n

And frankly, it\u2019s all about the relationship we build along the way\u2026 the time spent together is a FAR greater treasure than the mysteries being revealed\u2026 because He is the greatest mystery. And the greatest treasure.<\/p>\n

Suddenly I loved Him even more because He has these mysteries for us because we like it! We like the chase, we like the hunt\u2026 it engages us and makes us think\u2026 and He loves to watch us work\u2026 see how we work through things\u2026 He loves us. He\u2019s a good Daddy. He\u2019s not hiding things to be mean, but He knows how much more we will value what is found if we\u2019ve had to work for it a bit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All this to say, I encourage you to take the words you receive through this ministry and seek the Lord for more.  What you get from Dyed4you is only a starting point or a mid-point. So jump into the depths of what He wants to share and may God bless you richly as you seek Him with your whole heart!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes people wonder \u201cwhy\u201d we\u2019ve chosen an image, or why the word does or doesn’t include something. The only way I can answer that is by talking about the nature of God and how He wants to use this ministry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to_teachings","tag-prophetic","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dyed4youart.com\/feedback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dyed4youart.com\/feedback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dyed4youart.com\/feedback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dyed4youart.com\/feedback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dyed4youart.com\/feedback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dyed4youart.com\/feedback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1099,"href":"https:\/\/dyed4youart.com\/feedback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions\/1099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dyed4youart.com\/feedback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dyed4youart.com\/feedback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dyed4youart.com\/feedback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}