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Source: Heartdwellers
The
Lord is with us, Heartdwellers. And
the Lord is truly dispensing His
graces to us, and entrusting us
with great gifts of sanctity and
courage to press in.
“I
want to speak to you about Grace
and it's all sufficient significance
in your lives. Many, if not all
of you, My Precious Brides, find
fault with yourselves and fall into
the trap of comparing yourself to
someone who has an outstanding attribute,
but in fact you know nothing of
their lives. This comparison leads to
discouragement over who I have
fashioned you to be and leaves
you open to the sin of envy,
as well as emulating them so you
distort who you truly are.
“Firstly,
I want you to know that no
one is as they seem on the
outside. No, not one. There
is a hidden side to each of
you, the side you have either
conquered or are still hiding, hoping
that it will some day die.
While you are traveling this road
of life I have given you graces
for the moment, they are unlike
the graces I have given anyone
else, because you are My own
unique creation.
“And
these graces, My Precious ones, are
sufficient to meet the needs of
the moment. I am the only
one who knows how much grace a
soul is operating in, and how
much they are lacking. I alone
know what use they've made of
the gifts I've given them. And
I alone know precisely what they
would look like if stripped of
all My grace in their lives.
“My
point is this, you are nothing
without My grace, and no one is
anything without My grace. I
am the author and source of all
that is good in each of your
lives. And without My gifts to
you, you would be less than
nothing in the eyes of the
world. But always precious to
Me. In very fact, I am
the one who sees you in your
graceless state, and I determine and
endow you with garments of salvation
and grace, sufficient for the life
I have called you to.
“To
be jealous or envious of others
who seem to have more grace is
an affront to My Heart. I
know it is human nature to
compare and want, but if you
saw the beauty in your own
souls, you would not look to
imitate others. With most, the
problem is simply one of discovery
of who I have made you to
be and how beautiful you are in
the scheme of things. Rather
you would labor faithfully with what
I have given and promised you,
until you began to find fulfillment
in the unique and priceless work
of art that you are.
“You
see My grace is like a crystal
clear ocean without end, like
thousands of fires in the finest
cut diamond, like the sweetness of
apple blossoms in the Spring, and
the brilliant colors of the most
diverse corrals. It is supremely
elegant like the systems of the
human body, like the source of
light that overcomes the darkness,
and its power greater than the
sudden separation of continents.
With My grace, through My grace,
you accomplish all things, for there
is nothing that can oppose Me.
Once I set about to accomplish
something, it is already done.
“This
is how secure you can be, My
Bride. Ponder these examples and
understand that you are a work
of grace that I have already
completed in Heaven, beautiful to
behold, stunning in design and
purpose, unlike any other.
“All
of you have My grace, it is
yours to embrace and use, or to
reject and lie fallow. But it
is there, and it is all
sufficient for you, right now, in
this moment where you are. No
need to look around and pine
away because others have more than
you. No, rather discover the beauty
I have created your own soul
with and cultivate that. I
promise you, it will be unique
and more pleasing than those you
look up to now. In the
end, you will be brought to
tears by what I have created
you to be. You will be
supremely happy with who I have
created you to be, and never
again wish to be anyone else.
Even if another were to
offer you their place, your
understanding of who you are to
Me would prevent you from exchanging
what I have done in your soul
for what I have done in theirs.
At
that moment, as He was speaking,
a Scripture came to mind: I
Cor. 12:21-‐26 The eye cannot
say to the hand, “I have no
need of you,” nor again the
head to the feet, “I have no
need of you.” On the contrary,
the parts of the body that seem
to be weaker are indispensable, and on
those parts of the body that we
think less honorable we bestow the
greater honor, and our unpresentable
parts are treated with greater
modesty, which our more presentable
parts do not require. But God
has so composed the body, giving
greater honor to the part that
lacked it, that there may be no
division in the body, but that
the members may have the same
care for one another. If one
member suffers, all suffer together;
if one member is honored, all
rejoice together.
The
Lord continued after that Scripture.
"And so it is in Heaven
under the light of endless rejoicing.
Let it be so on this Earth.
For while you sojourn with Me, I
illuminate your way with My songs
of rejoicing. Lean on My grace,
when things seem impossible. My grace
is sufficient for you, when you
are weary. My Grace is sufficient
for you, when you fall short.
And when you begin to bloom
under My gaze, My grace, like a
fragrance goes out to all the
flowers of the garden and brings
them cheer. My grace is my
gift to you, along with My never
failing love. You are beautiful
and in Heaven you will finally
behold the glory I have knit
into your being. Yes, you will
see, even as you are seen.
”Your
present sufferings and contradictions are
not worth comparing with the glory
that will be revealed in you.
Romans 8:18
Source: Heartdwellers
