My children, I love you. I’m so glad to be with you in all that you do.
I know this world is full of trouble, but take heart. I have overcome the world, and I’m at work in you and through you to bring my kingdom to earth and fulfill my will.
When you arrive here, when I bring you to where I am, you will understand so much more about how I work all things together for the good of those who love me.
One thing you need to know is that even in death, I am victorious.
The devil didn’t anticipate my triumphant resurrection, but it happened.
And you, my children, need to understand that I have plans and strategies that you can not comprehend, which bring about my goodness and mercy.
Your job is to hide yourself in me, to become one with me in all things.
This allows my presence to manifest in your life, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
Freedom is what I died to give you. I am deeply invested in you receiving everything that I paid for on the cross and I love you more than you can comprehend.
Here are the scriptures or concepts from scripture indirectly referenced in the text:
1. “I have overcome the world” – This phrase is a reference to Jesus’ words in John 16:33: “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
2. “Bring my kingdom to earth” – This refers to the concept of the Kingdom of God, which is mentioned throughout the New Testament, including in Matthew 6:10: “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
3. “Work all things together for the good of those who love me” – This is a reference to Romans 8:28: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
4. “In death, I am victorious” – This is a reference to the triumph of Jesus’ resurrection over death, as described in various passages, including 1 Corinthians 15:54-57: “When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: ‘Death has been swallowed up in victory.’ … But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
5. “I have plans and strategies that you may not comprehend” – This alludes to God’s ways and thoughts being higher than ours, as mentioned in Isaiah 55:8-9: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
6. “Hide yourself in me” – This concept of finding refuge and security in God is found in multiple passages, such as Psalm 32:7: “You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.”
7. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” – This phrase echoes 2 Corinthians 3:17: “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
8. “I am deeply invested in you receiving everything that I paid for” – This refers to the idea of Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross and the redemption and salvation it brings, as expressed in various passages, such as 1 Peter 1:18-19: “For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.”
9. “I love you more than you can comprehend” – This reflects the abundant and immeasurable love of God, which is described in Ephesians 3:18-19: “may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge.”