Persistence

The Lord is saying: I Am here, and I Am with you.  My loves, do not fret when you see only desolation before you.  Do you not know that I bring great rivers out of dry ground?  Do you not know that I bring a great harvest though there has been a great drought?  Do you not know that I press the earth and make diamonds?  If I can do these things, then why are you fretting about your circumstances and how they appear to you, not realizing that I Am making a way for you that has abundance.  When you fret you are not fully focused on Me, for when you see Me you see nothing but the Light of Life and every good thing.  I know you have grown up in a place that is very difficult, even on good days, and this has jaded your mind to think that only you must strive for any good thing.  But My loves, I provide for you in ways you cannot understand, just as I provide for the sparrows and the lilies, for they do not toil or spin, but I give them everything they need.  I bring you through times of difficulties to shape you and form you into My image.  And when you pray and you do not receive immediately, I Am calling you to be persistent in seeking Me, for the enemy is persistent in seeking your destruction.  Cry out to Me continually, and you will see the great breakthroughs you desire.

 

Matt 6:25-34 (ESV) “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26  Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27  And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28  And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29  yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30  But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31  Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32  For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33  But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34  “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. 

(Is 43:19; Ps 107:35; Joel 2-23-26; Ps126:5-6; Hosea 10:12; Rom 5:3-4; 2 Cor 4:17; James 1:2-4; Phil 4:19; Ps 34:9-10; Luke 181-8; Matt 7:7; Hab 2:3; Ps 40:1-3)