Passion

Good Morning, Papa God! 

Still my racing mind as I come into Your Presence. Help me to be still before You, absorbing Your Presence within me and hearing Your voice as I read Your Word. Speak the messages of truth to my soul that I need to hear. Papa God, make my passion that of “preaching the gospel” and the redemption found in Jesus Christ; it's not about me. You know what my needs are, spiritual and every other one. You are faithful to meet those needs. You said You would, and what You say will do is what You will do. So, I trust You to do all You have planned to do in and through me. Let me radiate You by word and deed. Make sharing Your gospel of redemption my daily passion, Papa God. I want to be Your bright light, not one that is hidden away within four walls.

Good morning, My child,

We have spoken of many things this morning, and deepened your understanding of your circumstances these past five years. You have come through these years, one day and one step at a time. It has been a valley of loss for you; not the loss of loved ones, but loss from within you - loss of entanglements, loss of relationships that has not been good for you, loss of damaging habits, loss of wanting your own way. All through this time of rubble removal, I have planted new seeds of growth within you. I have asked you to wait patiently and allow Me time to water those seeds. You have done this, not always with a smile on your face, but you have learned to obey and be still. Being still – that’s been hard for you. I know this! But you had to learn. The workaholic, Mach 9, do-it-all lifestyle was a bad habit that you needed to shed and let go of. For a while longer, I am still watering the seeds I planted. Have I ever not provided you wisdom and direction at all your life’s crossroads? I will open the way before just as I always done. Remember, My child, one day at a time – that is how I want you to live.

During these five years, You have cleansed me, removed rubble, and prepared me. I see this now! You have led me into the valley of loss and asked me to begin all over again, to stare into a future where all my dreams and hopes have been broken into a bazillion pieces, to embrace the path chosen for me in Jesus and to trust You. Yes, to trust You, even when I do not understand Your decision or the path that brings pain. To my eye, the path looks wrong but I know it must be right because You chose it for me to produce results in me and through me that I do not see or know. I have learned to turn to You and wait with a patience that waits for a sure deliverance. In my acceptance of this choice for me, I have found more peace and contentment than ever before, and I am more rested, both physically and spiritually.

My child,

This has been produced in you because you have been willing to go down into the valley of loss with Me. You have chosen to embrace where you are (finally!) and to release those things that have had you bound up and entangled. Yes, My child, there is a tremendous amount of pain and suffering in the valley of loss, but “letting go” is hard and necessary for you to be able to walk by faith, bravely and strongly. Trust Me completely, always, in every step I ask you to take.

(1 Cor.2:2; 1 Cor.1:17; 1 Peter 2:9; Matt.4:19; 1 Cor.9:16; Heb.12:1; Eph.3:20)