GRACE AND THE FEAR OF THE LORD
Precious one, I have taken you through years of training. You know what is of faith and what is not. You know what pleases Me and what does not. You know when you do not please Me that it puts veils between us. You know all the cycles of failing, withdrawing, running away and then returning with shame. Is that the life you want to live? Does this reflect Who I AM to you?
Dear heart!!!! Yes you learned all that you needed to live a life of obedience to My Word, to know My loving Father’s heart for you. You know My grace, My mercy and forgiveness. What else can I say? Come here dear child. Please do not return to old cycles of withdrawal. Run to Me, let Me simply hold you until My love soaks through all the layers of rebellion. I know your nature already, it is not a surprise to Me. Where discipline could not reach you, let My grace and love reach through the layers and bring you back to Me.
My grace and favor is not something to take advantage of. My grace is always coupled with the fear of God. You know both my kindness and My severity. Regarding your behavior, you need nothing else to know, for I am both. As you embrace both sides of Who I AM, you will be given grace to walk the fine line between both. Run to Me when you fail and let Me help you stand again. When you fail I will always help you land right side up onto your feet.
Rom 8:1-9 NLT So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. (2) And because you belong to Him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. (3) The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent His own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving His Son as a sacrifice for our sins. (4) He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit. (5) Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. (6) So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. (7) For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. (8) That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God. (9) But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to Him at all.)
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Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, the Life… and He died for you.
