The Lord is saying: I Am here, and I Am with you. Never forget from where you came or to Whom you belong, for the times you are living in are very trying and the enemy is seeking your destruction. But when you remember that I Am with you, then you have no worries, as I hold you firmly. From before the foundations of the earth were laid, I had you in mind. I knew you then and I know you no less or no greater today, but I have had you on My mind for eternity. I knew everything that would happen to you, My people, and My plan to rescue you from eternal separation from Me has always been in effect. I Am the sovereign Lord and My plan is good, so you have no reason to fear. I reveal your part in this plan on an on-going basis, so that you are not left in the dark and without direction. Sometimes it may feel like you are groping in the dark, but My loves, I Am the Light and, in My presence, there is no darkness at all. As you recognize Me in your life, then you have this same Light to guide you and you will finish your race strong. Be encouraged today, My loves, for no amount of darkness can overcome the Light.
John 1:1-18 (ESV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. 9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
(Eph 1:4-5; Deut 8:11-18; Ps 139:17-18; Is 49:15-16; Phil 1:6)
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