Stay In Contact With Me

The Lord is saying:  I Am here, and I Am with you.  I hold you in My righteous right hand and I will never forsake you.  Believe these promises, My loves, for they are true, and you can count on Me at all times.  Many of you have moments with Me where you absolutely trust Me, only to fall into worry when the next thing happens to you, or when you see something far off but seemingly heading your way.  Remember that you have an enemy who like a roaring lion is seeking to devour you, but he cannot touch you when you are focused on Me.  This is a serious thing – to turn your eyes from Me and on to your circumstances, for this leads to unnecessary distance from Me in your time of need.  Stay in My Word and in contact with Me and peace will return to your heart. 

 

1 Cor 2:6-16 (ESV) Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 7  But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8  None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9  But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— 10  these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11  For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12  Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 13  And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. 14  The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15  The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. 16  “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. 

Place Others Ahead Of Self

The Lord is saying:  I Am here, and I Am with you.  I hold you in My righteous right hand and you will never have to travel this earth alone.  You may not feel My presence with you at times, but this only causes you to be more earnest in seeking My hand in times of loneliness.  This builds character as it tries your resolve to follow Me no matter the circumstances.  My loves, as My children it pains Me to see you struggle, but I know that these tests will refine you into one who is useful in sharing My love to others.  A spoiled child only focuses on self, while a mature child places others ahead of self, and this was on perfect display through My Son, who was obedient to My every word to Him.  As you grow and mature in your faith, you become more obedient to My Word, and this pleases Me greatly.  In this world that is going headlong into hell, it is you, My obedient children, that go against this tide of sin and show the world what it is like to follow the one true God, and many take notice.  You feel this prodding in your heart when My word doesn’t come to you easily, and it is in these times that I reveal deeper things to you.  When you receive these, then you are changed and more impervious to the enemy as you walk with Me more closely.  So, if you feel times of loneliness, this is the time to seek Me with all of your heart, and you will find that I have always been with you. 

 

2 Cor 5:1-21 (ESV) For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2  For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3  if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. 4  For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5  He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. 6  So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7  for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8  Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9  So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. 10  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. 11  Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. 12  We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart. 13  For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14  For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15  and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. 16  From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18  All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19  that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20  Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21  For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 

You Will Rise Above It

The Lord is saying:  I Am here, and I Am with you.  Keep My Word near to your heart, for it will protect you in the days coming when unrest is all around you.  You have noticed an uptick in these things lately and these are but the early birth pains of what is about to be unleashed upon the earth.  Time is very short indeed, My loves, so now is not the time to play but rather to prepare.  My Word is your guiding light as He knows what you need and will guide you Home at the appointed time.  Meanwhile My Spirit, the great Ruach, dwells in your heart if you have surrendered all to what My Son has done for mankind.  It is My Spirit that speaks to your spirit, and He is the one that empowers you to be an overcomer.  There were but a few who had the presence of My Spirit in them in the time of old – before Jesus walked the earth – and these did amazing things for My kingdom and preparing for My Son’s arrival to the earth.  And now the same Spirit indwells you who walk according to My Word and you too are doing amazing things for My kingdom.  Very soon now, My loves, you will see what you long for, but until that moment quiet your hearts to hear the still, small voice of My Spirit within you, and what is coming will not come against you, but you will rise above it.  I tell you these things now, for when you are surrounded by the enemy, it is My Spirit that will give you everything that you need.  I Am.

 

1 Cor 4:1-21 (ESV) This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2  Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. 3  But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. 4  For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. 5  Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God. 6  I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. 7  For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? 8  Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you! 9  For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10  We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11  To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless, 12  and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; 13  when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things. 14  I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15  For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 16  I urge you, then, be imitators of me. 17  That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church. 18  Some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. 19  But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power. 20  For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power. 21  What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?