The Lord says to His church:
“But know this, that without any
opposition there would be no progress. For those who would continue to advance and go forth, there
must needs be that opposition. For by coming against that opposition it builds your strength, it builds
your patience and as you stay within My will and My purpose, it continues to build your faith. For
I would not have fat, overweight, undernourished children who continue on in their infancy when
the time is long since past for them to have entered into their adulthood.
“Though I may bring you to the
very brink of that which appears to be the absolute final end, yet the step of faith at that point shall
break through every barrier and bring about growth to those exercising that faith and deliverance for
those who have been oppressed by the evil one.
“This is a time of opportunity for
growth, a time for exercising of faith, a time of ceasing from human effort, a time to stand still and
see the deliverance of the Lord for those who truly love Him.
“This is also a time of affliction,
a time when those who have no depth of knowledge and experience in their relationship with the true
and living God will be vexed in their souls as they wallow in the superficiality of their fleshly
endeavors in attempting to bring about a salvation of their own making.
“So therefore I have set aside this
time, I have set aside this period of testing in order to strengthen those who are strong and in order
to afflict those who are weak. For I shall not be mocked, neither My word, nor My Spirit, or My only
begotten Son, Jesus Christ. For all that is and all that has been and all that will be is of Me, says the
Lord.
“For those who would attempt to
put self ahead of Me, they shall find that their strength upon their weak flesh shall diminish
according to the proportion of effort that they put forth to strengthen that flesh. For there are many,
many, many who have taken upon themselves titles and positions and authority and duties and
responsibilities and callings that are not of Me.
“So they continue to serve self and
they continue to build their self-made kingdoms. Inherent in each and every one of these personal
kingdoms is a built-in expiration date which shall be of My choice. For those who continue to build
My kingdom, for those who continue to seek My righteousness and those who stand still and cease
from their efforts—their own fleshly efforts—placing their faith in Me, great shall be their
reward.
“When all is said, and all is done,
My kingdom, My temple of living stones shall stand in strength, and in righteousness and in justice
throughout all of eternity.”
