The Lord is saying: I Am here, and I Am with you. Each day is a day to follow Me or to follow your own way. But it is obedience that I desire, for this shows Me where you heart is, and the heart is the prize that I Am after. If your heart belongs to Me, then great is My joy, and great is your joy as well. A person whose heart is elsewhere is one who is uncertain of their direction, and this brings a level of stress that is uncomfortable. But I use this to refine you – to keep you from straying too far from Me and that you recognize that there is a better way. The better way is the path of righteousness, and it is few that find it. This makes you very valuable to Me, like a great jewel that is found and is cherished forever. So, when you find yourself apart from Me for a time, this makes you stronger in your resolve to follow Me and you likewise share your experiences with others, that they too become precious jewels in My crown. One day you will see Me, and you will see My crown and all the precious stones of those you helped along your journey.
Malachi 3:16-18 (ESV) Mal 3:16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name. 17 “They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
(1 Sam 15:22; Heb 12:6; John 15:4-5; John 14:6)
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