I have claimed you. My seal is upon you. Your very life belongs to me.
Will you serve me? Will you lay down your own desires for what lies in my heart? Even as Abraham lay down his own son in obedience to me; are you willing to lay down your hopes and dreams?
You live a life determined by your own decisions. But I want a life for you led by me. It requires that you pick up my cross daily. It requires that you die to your flesh daily.
My yoke is easy and my burden is light. In fact, my burden is joy. There is delight and rejoicing in picking up my cross.
Live for me. I promise a journey unlike anything you can imagine. Do not try to figure it out, but take my hand and let me lead you. I will reveal what you need as you need it; step-by-step. It is a life of faith wholly dependent on me.
Do not fret over your circumstance; over what has or hasn’t happened yet. But take joy in me.
I long to call you my friend – a friend of God. Not all desire me above all else; but I have chosen you. I have set you apart.
Come, lay all aside. Come, dwell in my presence. I will whisper in your ear. Above all, desire me. Desire wisdom and understanding. I will lead you. I will guide you.
It is in my presence where you will find all you need. I am Jehovah Jireh, your provider.
Seek and you will find. Ask and it will be given to you. In my presence are riches and treasures untold. I long to give these to you. You must abide in me.
Come. Stretch out your hand. I promise, I will never let go. The Earth may fail and the heavens may fall, but my love for you will never end.
Beloved, you are set apart. Do not compare yourself to others; what they have or how they live their lives. You are lacking nothing. You live for me and me alone.
”Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.“
John 15:4-5 NKJV
The Shepherd's Embrace 