The Lord is saying: I Am here, and I Am with you. Be patient, My loves, for I have great things planned for each of you that will cause you much wonder in the coming days. Though the earth be darkened by the gross sin that grows continually, I see you who are struggling to do what is right in My sight. When the world says to go one way, I call you to go the other, and this doesn’t seem like the right thing to do from the worldly perspective. But I do things that doesn’t make sense to you, for My ways are higher than your ways, and My thoughts are higher than your thoughts. Because you have kept your faith, I will not let you from My sight, and I will provide for you in ways you cannot imagine. Like the widow giving her mite in the offering plate, I see what you sacrifice, and I will honor you with all that you need, and so very much more. I intend to bless many through you, and to do this means that I will bless you abundantly, that out of the overflow you will be a blessing. Remember, My loves, that whenever you cannot see the way, I Am the Way! When you are overwhelmed at what is before you – your commitments and your challenges, I Am the Truth. When you cannot see the way forward, I Am the Life. Though you be tempted to fall into despair, I Am your Strength. If you could see all that is before you as I do, then you would not need to have faith, for you would see everything that I have planned for you. But My way allows you to grow in Spirit and in Truth. And it is this way that you will show the world that you belong to Me.
John 14:1-14 (ESV) “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” 8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves. 12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
(Is 55:8-9; Prov 3:5-6; Heb 11:1; Is 43:1-4; Ps 37:23-25; Rom 8:14-17; Ps 16:5-11; Eph 2:10)
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