I know that you have been yearning for community; this past season has felt isolating at times. Relationships and connections have ended that you had invested in for years. Many have fallen away as they could not withstand the weight of the call on their life. Yet you remain. I see your faithfulness, resilience and warrior heart.
Your feet are planted and your stance is strong. You have come under fire but I see how you have withstood the accusation brought against you. You’ve proven yourself worthy to carry the weight of the call that I have placed upon you, and I call you deeper into the mantle that I have assigned for you.
But I have not planned for you to do it alone; this is a season for advancement of relationships. I will put people within your path and will accelerate the depth of connection between you. You will feel aligned in ways you never have before, as you press into the assignments that I have for you together. All I ask of you is to be discerning about those around you who seek My heart for their purpose in your life.
And with the right people beside you, lean in to building a community of people that stand firmly on My Kingdom values, and who love each other fiercely. Uphold one another, protect each other’s hearts, and challenge each other and spur each other on. Step into these Kingdom alliances, for My Kingdom advances only by those who love each other well.
Activation:
Spend time with Holy Spirit, and ask Him to bring to mind the relationships that have been lost over the last season. Take time to grieve these and process them fully with Jesus, until you feel a sense of peace at His will being made perfect in these situations. Now ask Him to help you to discern the people in your life at present. Are they Kingdom relationships? Ask Jesus to reveal to you any specific people that He wants to highlight, and commit to investing in your relationship with that person. Pray for them. Ask God to show you what the call is upon their life, and encourage them in it. Ask God what the assignment is that He has for you together, and invest time in pursuing this wholeheartedly.
7 The end and culmination of all things is near. Therefore, be sound-minded and self-controlled for the purpose of prayer [staying balanced and focused on the things of God so that your communication will be clear, reasonable, specific and pleasing to Him.]
8 Above all, have [a]fervent and unfailing love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins [it overlooks unkindness and unselfishly seeks the best for others].
9 Be [b]hospitable to one another without complaint.
10 Just as each one of you has received a special gift [a spiritual talent, an ability graciously given by God], employ it in serving one another as [is appropriate for] good stewards of God’s multi-faceted grace [faithfully using the diverse, varied gifts and abilities granted to Christians by God’s unmerited favor].
11 Whoever speaks [to the congregation], is to do so as one who speaks the oracles (utterances, the very words) of God. Whoever serves [the congregation] is to do so as one who serves by the strength which God [abundantly] supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified [honored and magnified] through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 4:7-11 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a]1 Peter 4:8 This Greek word was used to describe the taut, stretched muscles of a runner winning his race.
[b] 1 Peter 4:9 During times of persecution of the early church mutual support was often critical for the survival of fellow believers.
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Unapologetically Marcia 