God’s Whisper
Come my Beloved. Abide in me continually. The strength to abide is not yours, but mine. You are made strong as you yield, trust, wait and receive my divine strength and power.
Wait in quiet expectation as you enter into the place prepared for you. Cease from works to attain entrance. You are continually in my heart, my mind and my loving grasp. Your work is the manifestation of my fruit within you as you rest and abide.
You have been appended by mu beloved son, the Lover of Your Soul. Follow hard that you may attain and apprehend Him and all he has for you.
Yes, my Beloved, find the blessed presence and divine impartation of the Holy Spirit as you continually abide.
Trust me to keep all that you have surrendered in your journey of apprehending that which you are apprehend for in Christ.
Love, the Father
Scripture for Today
“It is not as though I had already attained it, nor were already perfect; but I follow after, that I may apprehend that for which Christ Jesus also apprehended me. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended it, but this one thing I do: forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:12-14 KJ21).
Abiding in the Vine at times is hard. Sometimes our patience with growth, direction and results creates less than perfect emotions and may even lead to discouragement or even depression.
Living in the middle of nowhere has many benefits. No city lights, and beautiful scenery from the top of my hill. But sometimes my tendency is to stay home by the cozy fire on cold mornings. Then in the spring, the scenario changes to enjoying the front porch.
Getting out takes an extra effort.
Certainly, the pandemic has led to isolation for many individuals. Some to the point of agoraphobia.
Agoraphobia is a mental condition caused by anxiety and helplessness in crowds, or social settings. Fueled by fear any are unable to leave the safety of home.
If you are having these feelings getting help from a professional is important.
In the meantime, I’ll call a friend. Make a date for coffee next week, and be sure I go to my Holy Yoga class.
Be sure you’re checking your own isolation gauge, if you have those tendencies.
Ask God for an extra tangible dose of his all-consuming love, grace and joy as you abide on your journey to apprehending all that He has apprehended you for.
Hope is in abiding through his strength, not our own.
Go ahead, apprehend all that you are apprehended for in Christ through Christ.
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