Doing Right

As this period of testing progresses, if you will submit to My refining, you can flow with it in ease. Just submit to My Holy Word. Do what you know is right. As doing right becomes a habit, the testing will end, and blessings shall come forth for you.

Yes, blessings will break through the darkness and you will be thrust into a new and blessed season of hope and change, a season where you will achieve more than you ever dreamed possible.

Submit, and be blessed!

This is My desire for you.

Psalm 25:12-14

12 What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

James 1:12  Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Deuteronomy 8:5-19

5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

7 For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

Glory to Glory

Some of you, My Children, have been thrust into conditions in your life you did not plan, or ever expect. Be encouraged – these times are for My Kingdom purposes and also for you to learn.

You are being changed from glory to glory. After you are changed, My Spirit will be more recognizable in you, and your life shall bear more fruit for My Kingdom.

You will be rewarded each time you endure pain and hardship for My Kingdom’s sake. These tasks are not easy, but they are needful. There are areas of your life I desire to see change in. 

A loving Father always corrects his children.

2 Corinthians 3:18  But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

John 15:2-4

2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

Revelation 22:12  And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

Proverbs 3:11-15

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:

12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

Revelation 3:19  As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

My Mercy

I am patient with you and continually show you great mercy. I desire you would show great patience and mercy to those around you in return. Why do you treat others so roughly and yet treat yourself so delicate?

(In the spirit, I saw He was also talking about how we judge others – that we judge others far more harshly than we judge ourselves).

Should this not be reversed?

If  you persist on this path, I will subject you to very rough refining. Be gentle with others as you desire others would be with you.

If you desire mercy, show My Mercy to others.

Matthew 5:7  Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Colossians 1:10-11

10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

Proverbs 21:21  He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

Matthew 7:12  Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Period of Rest

After each time of refinement, I grant a period of rest to My Children, to bask in the newness of blessings in their lives. A period of respite to catch your breath. This is one of My Rewards to you for submitting, and enduring.

Endurance is a precious treasure, and very greatly valued, especially in times to come.

Do not despise this time.

Zechariah 4:10  For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

Psalm 23:2  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Matthew 24:13  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

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Pruning Away the Old

As you walk this path of learning new things, I am with you. We are pruning away old, offensive mannerisms and rough ways. I am destroying wrong thoughts and attitudes, and walking you up a narrower path into newness of spirit and a new level – a more blessed life. You are becoming more pleasing in My sight as you submit and allow Me to change you. 

(In the spirit, I saw a Father combing big tangles from his child’s hair – it hurt the child, but it would be worth the hurt, and he smiled at the result when he was done.)

Concentrate on submitting fully to My corrections and following as I lead you. Though these changes are, at first, difficult for you, we are retraining these things that do not please Me, and you shall come forth as gold refined as you submit to My leading and walk in My Ways on this path.

This is the way to your destiny, My Child.

Proverbs 3:5-7

5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Psalm 66:10  For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

Isaiah 48:10  0 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

1 Peter 1:7  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

John 15:2  Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.