There are those who think they know Me – those who think they speak for Me – yet they do not.
These are wise words to adhere to, My children: how will you know those of Me and those not of Me?
Look at their lives and how they operate and function.
Are their lifestyles a mirror of Mine?
Do their lives reflect My heart?
I seek a body of believers who live to know Me and to reveal Me to a lost and broken world, not so they can feel good about themselves through promotion and propaganda to others.
I seek those who will love Me, taking the time to know Me and My heart for them and for all others.
I do not pick and choose who is worthy of My love. I embrace all who have sinned and fallen short of My glory.
Be wise and be shrewd, My beloved.
Make sure that as you view this world you can discern those who glorify Me from those who glorify self.
Activation: Reflect on what you watch and read, people you follow on social media. Ask yourself if you’re spending more time following people than reading the Word of God and following Him. Ask forgiveness for the times you have sought approval or words from others over what God tells you. Ask God to provide you with the gift of discernment and to be able to identify when someone operates out of selfish gain and not to glorify God and the building of His kingdom.
Pure and unblemished religion [as it is expressed in outward acts] in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit and look after the fatherless and the widows in their distress, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the [secular] world.
James 1:27 (ESV)
“He defended the cause of the afflicted and needy; then all was well. Is that not what it means to know Me?” Says the Lord.
Jeremiah 22:16 (AMP)
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Unapologetically Marcia 