I love you, and I am so glad that we are forever and always connected through the Holy Spirit. I longed for this day while I waited to send my son to redeem you from the curse of the law. The law was so heavy. It was so much for you to bear (Galatians 3:13), and I could hardly wait for the right timing to rescue you. My rescue plan is one that came and is coming in stages. I have things worked out ahead of time. I see things you cannot see, and I am working it all for your good and my glory. I know that it seems that it would be better for me to do things in one fell swoop. I know what it feels like and what it seems like from your perspectives, but the reality is it is better my way. It always is because my way is relational. My way is about connection, and you joining me in the process. It’s about me revealing myself to you and you allowing yourself to see me and know me and allowing me to see you and know you.
I love being in life with you, and I love you being in the world I created with me. Watching you learn how to navigate your dual citizenship of heaven and earth also shows me what I can entrust to you in the life to come. I know that you feel the birth pains of the next stage of the rescue plan I have in place. I can see you cautiously hoping that I am still coming for you and that you will not be in this mess much longer. I also see you not being sure that you have what it takes to walk even more away from the world to follow me. To pursue holiness as I am holy (1 Peter 1:15-16). I see that to become wholly devoted to me in preparation to meet me face to face, you will have to leave some things behind, and that scares you. I see that you are gearing up for the loss and the insecurity of going to new places with me. I see how you are wondering, is it really necessary, and is it even worth it. I know, my child, that it is so hard to say yes to me when the things of this world seem like the more sure bet. Like if you put too many eggs in my basket, you may be upset or cause upset, and that makes you uncomfortable. But you have to remember this. I did not come so that the world would be at peace, in that opposing forces would be at peace with each other, but instead, that I would show a clear division of parties (Matthew 10:34-36). That there would be a line that was made clear that either people are for me or they are against me, and that there really is no in-between.
You are coming into a time in the world that that line is getting harder and harder to steer clear of and navigate around, and you are actually going to have to say the unpopular thing, that you follow me and that you will pursue righteousness when that has been shamed by those who claim to be in my camp. Little ones, there are wolves among my precious sheep, and the rub that you are feeling is you know that exposure is coming, and that it is the light shining through you that will expose the darkness in others and around you. Your one and only job is to move more towards the light every moment of every day (Ephesians 5:8). The light shone in the darkness, and the darkness didn’t overcome it, and it won’t overcome you. Do not dim your light because the darkness hates how your light exposes its darkness for what it is. Yes, your light will cause demons in people to manifest, and you need to be aware of this. Just like cockroaches scurry to find the cover of darkness when the light is turned on, so demons in people start covering themselves with all sorts of false tactics that look like unhealthy and confusing relational patterns, but you know what’s true, and instead of backing down, hold your ground and the enemy will flee from you and those you love and serve if they really are my children (James 4:7). The exposure of the truth of things is how healing and rescue comes; do not shy away from being a bright light for me, even if it causes the darkness to throw a fit. You have the authority, and I am with you always. I am not asking you to go alone; I’m just asking you to come with me away from the things of this world, away from the things that so easily entangle you. I love you.