IT'S TIME TO HIT THE FLOOR !

At a church service......a number of churches were all assembled
for Convention. The church building was filled to capacity.....then
a wonderful thing happened.....the Praise Ministers ushered in the
presence of (God) Yahweh, the God who redeems. In an instant I hit
the floor on my knees.....my spirit within said these words, " I have
missed You so much ! " Take note sometimes we as God's (Yahweh's)
people get so caught up in doing so much for God. We neglect to spend
that vital time time in His presence seeking His face ! The Psalmist
David said in chapter 16:11 " You will show to me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy. At Your right hand are pleasures
forevermore. " Yes, wonderful life changing things happen when you and
I hit the floor. Let us take a closer look at the purpose of the floor
in Numbers 15:20 " You shall offer up a cake of the first of your ground
meal as a heave offering: a heave offering of the threshing floor, so
shall you offer it up. " In the Bible days floor then was a stone or clay
platform used for threshing grain or part of a house on which the residents
walked. Question is...Have you and I made a floor in our homes specifically
for Abba Father ? Listen to these instructions given to Ruth by her mother
in law Naomi in Ruth 3:2-4 (2) " Now Boaz, whose young women you were with,
is he not our relative ? In fact, he is winnowing barley tonight at the
threshing floor. (3) " Therefore wash yourself and anoint yourself, put on
your best garment and go down to the threshing floor; but do not make your
self known to the man, until he has finished eating and drinking. (4) " Then
it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall notice the place where he lies,
and you shall go in, uncover his feet, and lie down; and he will tell you
what you should do. " Listen to Ruth's reply to Naomi her mother in law (5)
And she said to her " All that you say to me I will do. " Pause for a moment
right here....think about this.....Hitting the floor in that place where you
have chosen to spend time with Abba Father.....Now ask yourself (I will do the
same )....When Abba Father shows up....Are you willing to say to Him and be
obedient to Him as Ruth was to Naomi ? This bears repeating verse (5) " All
that you say to me I will do. " For Abba Father will give to you specific
instructions giving to you His words to speak to His people. Yet how many
times do we attempt to alter what He has spoken ? How many times are we
disobedient to Him in not doing all He has called us to do ? Let us read what
Ruth following instructions in verse (7) "And after Boaz had eaten and drunk,
and his heart was cheerful, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of
grain; and she came softly, uncovered his feet, and lay down. " Do you know
on the floor at midnight things begin to happen ? It is time to hit the floor !
Verse (8) " Now it happened at midnight that the man was startled, and turned
himself, and there, a woman was laying at his feet. " Sometimes you may have
to stay on the floor all night before the LORD until the morning to get a
breakthrough ! Are you willing ? Read verse (13) " Stay this night, and in the
morning it shall be that if he will perform the duty of a close relative for
you- good; let him do it. But if he does not want to perform the duty for you,
as the LORD lives ! lie down until the morning. " Abba Father will not only
cover you when you hit the floor, He will also hide you verse (14) " So she
lay at his feet until morning, and she arose before one could recognize another!"
Verse (15) ' Also he said, : Bring the shawl that is on thee and hold it " And
when she held it, he measured six ephahs of barley, and laid it on her. Then
she went into the city. " The time has come for you and I to discipline ourselves
to sit still and wait to see the manifestation of the breakthroughs in our lives.
Naomi says to Ruth in verse (18) " Then she said, sit still, my daughter, until
you know how the matter will turn out, for the man will not rest until he has
concluded the matter this day. "

I admonish you......that not only is it time to hit the floor, whether it is
walking, kneeling, or laying prostrate before Him......it is time to hit the
floor. For truly as Yahweh's (God's) people, we have become too caught up in
the cares of this world, we have become too busy....to tired to hit the floor,
and to seek His face. Too exhausted to tarry all night before Him ! The reality
is we must check in.....hit the floor to hear directly from the throne room of
Yahweh (God) to make sure we are truly following His instructions......pause
to think about this....even though we maybe sincere in the way we are doing
things.....get this ! We could be sincerely wrong. The danger is if we are
walking the floor in disobedience we run the risk of hearing Jesus say to you
and to me from Matthew 25:42:45 (42) ' For I was hungry and you gave me no
food; I was thirsty and you gave me no drink;" (43) "I was a stranger and you
did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and
you did not visit me. " (44) " Then they also will answer Him, saying, " Lord,
when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in
prison, and did not minister to You ? " (45) " Then He will answer them, saying,
" Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of
these you did not do it to me. " Pause for a for a few moments to read this
poem the pen wrote....it is entitled A BOAZ BLESSING !

Ruth came quietly.....she uncovered his feet
And lay down next to his feet...at midnight
He awakened and found her there.
She had a special request of him
Cover me with your covering is all she wanted.
Yes, a virtuous woman was Ruth....Boaz being
Much obliged allowed her to stay at his feet
Until the dawn.....Within that day Boaz
Redeemed not only the land for her, but he
Also took her hand in marriage....blessing
Ruth also with bountiful measures of rich barley.
In one day Ruth's whole life changed from poverty
To wealth and prosperity.....She received
A Boaz Blessing !

It is time for each of us to hit the floor asking our Heavenly Father....
How do you want this to be done . Asking Him to teach us His way like David,
who cried out to Abba Father in Psalm 27:11 " Teach me Your way, Oh LORD. "
Then we must allow His Holy Spirit to teach us ! I dare you to hit the floor
to seek the face of Yahweh, the God who redeems then watch as your whole life
changes.....Experience Yahweh (God) usher you into another dimension and like
Ruth, you will receive a Boaz blessing ! She received bountiful measures of
rich barley.....Hitting the floor will change your life forever ! You will never
be the same ! Dare to hit the floor in your home and watch as Abba Father
transforms your entire household ! Dare to hit the floor in the church building
where you worship...then watch through the work of the Holy Spirit souls being
delivered and set free through the Resurrection power of Jesus Christ ! It is
time to hit the floor so that at the praise gathering lives would be transformed
and souls would be saved for the kingdom.....be there ! He awaits you this
day ! It is time to hit the floor !