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Whispers
[This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis [[email protected]]
The enemy of your soul is using a strategy against you. That strategy is for him to watch for the times that I bring you into My refiners fire, then to whisper things in your ear designed to make you think that I am unhappy with you. He does that to try to make you will pull away from Me. He wants you to believe that you are not doing enough for Me from that place in My furnace, or that you are not praying enough or not reading My word enough, and so on. He wants to make you think that I am either disappointed or angry with you because of that.
His hope is to make Me seem dangerous and scary, so that you won't run to Me.
He knows that if you run to Me in your weakness and in your distress, then I will restore and strengthen you. He knows that I will set you on your feet, and cause you to stand and to persevere unto victory. He doesn't want you to obtain that victory, so he whispers accusations and condemnations into your ear. He tries to imitate the sound of your own thoughts as he does this, so that you will think these accusations came from you instead of from him. He wants to make them as believable as possible, so that you will buy into his lies and allow his strategy against you to be effective.
But dear one, as I have said in My word, there is a time and a season for all things. There are indeed times when I do call you persevere and press into Myself, so that you might grow closer to Me. There are times when I call you to pray diligently in faith, so that you may obtain spiritual breakthrough by your intercession. There are times when I sound the battle horn and call you to war; and in those times I do expect you to don the full armor that I have given you and to fight with all of your might.
But there are also times when I call you to simply stand and endure My fire and conviction as I work My refinement in your life. I do this so that you will become a holy and pure vessel, able to carry a greater portion of My glory and able to move in greater measures of My anointing. And in those times, I do not release condemnation on you, nor do I expect you to run your race as effectively as you do when you are unencumbered.
Dear one, I know that you will slow down as I apply My refiners fire to your life, and I do not hold you to the same standard of performance as I do in other times. This is not a time where I want you to accomplish things for Me, or to take ground to advance My kingdom. It is the time when I want you to submit to My hand of gentle correction on your life, that you might mature and grow. It is not a time for doing much; it is a time for refinement, purification and maturation. At times, it will be all you can do to endure the fire, and during those brief seasons, I won't be expecting much else from you than your submission to My hand and heart that remains steadfast after Me.
Do not think that I am angry with you when I call you into My fire.
I do not do it to punish you, but to prepare you to move up to higher levels of glory in Me. It is like a potter who makes a beautiful clay pot, carefully forming it to perfection. If He simply allows that clay to dry and does not put that pot into the fire, it will be a weak vessel. It's internal structure will not be strengthened from within, and it will crumble as soon as he starts to use it.
Dear one, I am the Master Potter and I want you to trust Me with your life and with your destiny. My fire is not to disqualify you but to strengthen and purify you--and I refine you so that you will become a vessel of perfection, well suited to carry My glory.
So do not allow the enemy of your soul to condemn you because I
have placed you into My kiln and allowed you to feel the heat of My refining fire. I am not displeased with you. To the contrary, I am looking forward with eager anticipation to the time when I can take you out of oven, fill you with a greater measure of My glory and show you off to others, taking pride and pleasure in the good work I have done in you.
[This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis [[email protected]]
The enemy of your soul is using a strategy against you. That strategy is for him to watch for the times that I bring you into My refiners fire, then to whisper things in your ear designed to make you think that I am unhappy with you. He does that to try to make you will pull away from Me. He wants you to believe that you are not doing enough for Me from that place in My furnace, or that you are not praying enough or not reading My word enough, and so on. He wants to make you think that I am either disappointed or angry with you because of that.
His hope is to make Me seem dangerous and scary, so that you won't run to Me.
He knows that if you run to Me in your weakness and in your distress, then I will restore and strengthen you. He knows that I will set you on your feet, and cause you to stand and to persevere unto victory. He doesn't want you to obtain that victory, so he whispers accusations and condemnations into your ear. He tries to imitate the sound of your own thoughts as he does this, so that you will think these accusations came from you instead of from him. He wants to make them as believable as possible, so that you will buy into his lies and allow his strategy against you to be effective.
But dear one, as I have said in My word, there is a time and a season for all things. There are indeed times when I do call you persevere and press into Myself, so that you might grow closer to Me. There are times when I call you to pray diligently in faith, so that you may obtain spiritual breakthrough by your intercession. There are times when I sound the battle horn and call you to war; and in those times I do expect you to don the full armor that I have given you and to fight with all of your might.
But there are also times when I call you to simply stand and endure My fire and conviction as I work My refinement in your life. I do this so that you will become a holy and pure vessel, able to carry a greater portion of My glory and able to move in greater measures of My anointing. And in those times, I do not release condemnation on you, nor do I expect you to run your race as effectively as you do when you are unencumbered.
Dear one, I know that you will slow down as I apply My refiners fire to your life, and I do not hold you to the same standard of performance as I do in other times. This is not a time where I want you to accomplish things for Me, or to take ground to advance My kingdom. It is the time when I want you to submit to My hand of gentle correction on your life, that you might mature and grow. It is not a time for doing much; it is a time for refinement, purification and maturation. At times, it will be all you can do to endure the fire, and during those brief seasons, I won't be expecting much else from you than your submission to My hand and heart that remains steadfast after Me.
Do not think that I am angry with you when I call you into My fire.
I do not do it to punish you, but to prepare you to move up to higher levels of glory in Me. It is like a potter who makes a beautiful clay pot, carefully forming it to perfection. If He simply allows that clay to dry and does not put that pot into the fire, it will be a weak vessel. It's internal structure will not be strengthened from within, and it will crumble as soon as he starts to use it.
Dear one, I am the Master Potter and I want you to trust Me with your life and with your destiny. My fire is not to disqualify you but to strengthen and purify you--and I refine you so that you will become a vessel of perfection, well suited to carry My glory.
So do not allow the enemy of your soul to condemn you because I
have placed you into My kiln and allowed you to feel the heat of My refining fire. I am not displeased with you. To the contrary, I am looking forward with eager anticipation to the time when I can take you out of oven, fill you with a greater measure of My glory and show you off to others, taking pride and pleasure in the good work I have done in you.
