For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2:10.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
Be conscious as you read about the return of Jesus and the judgment that there are three different groups and the way I deal with each group is very different. These three groups are the Jews (who believe in Me and honor My Word but have not received My Son as Messiah and Lord), the Gentiles (those who do not know Me as God), and the Church (those who have received Jesus as Lord and have been born again from above by the seed of My imperishable Word). The Church is the only group that have spirits that are alive to Me and are the only ones in which My Spirit can reside. They have eternal life in them and will never perish. They can walk in the Spirit and live by faith. They are living in a higher dimension.
You are best off if you are in the Church than any other place you can be in this life, it is the place of the redeemed.
I want to talk more to you about the Lamb’s Book of Life and the Book of the Plan for your life so that you will get your full reward at the time of your passing from this life to the eternal weight of glory that awaits you!
First, My Will for all is that you be saved and know the truth. Nothing pleases Me more than to have you walking in the truth, for, as I told Joshua and so many others, it is then that you make your way prosperous and have good success in all you do. And it is My desire that you prosper and be in good health even as your soul (your mind, will, and emotions) prospers. And again this prosperity of life comes from walking in the truth. The truth is My Word. That is the criterion for all truth, it must match up with My Words. It is the solid rock foundation on which you must build and ground your life so that you are not swept away with the increasing tide of evil.
Each day is filled with opportunities for you to live the good life that I have called you to walk in. You should not be wasting a moment for the time is short and you know not the day or the hour at which Jesus will come for you.
And this may surprise you, but I look forward to that day eagerly. Remember Jesus said how earnestly He desired to eat the Passover Sedar with His disciples the night He gave them His body and blood in the everlasting Covenant of love and sealed their life with His forever. And He is eager each day to celebrate it with you so you will be one with Him and He in you and you in Him and Him in Me so you are in Me.
I love you and want you with Me always, FOREVER. I never grow tired of being with you and having you with Me. It is My delight. I am so glad I made you. If you recall, when man rejected Me in Adam and conceived nothing but evil, I was grieved I had made man. But it is no longer that way. The beautiful relationship of Covenant that those who had hearts towards Me were eager to join with Me and the bearing of your sins in the sacrifice of the unblemished Lamb, completely fulfilled in My Son so that your spirit and My Spirit join as one, makes all things new. You are a new creation in Christ. You are of My kind.
Since the beginning I have desired to dwell among you to be your God and you My people and have looked for opportunities to do so. That was what the tabernacle I gave the plans to Moses was all about. And now by Jesus and My Spirit, My abode is with you and in you, that is, you can access Me and the heavenly Kingdom through the entrance in your heart, that is, your spirit. The realm of the spirit has no limits in time or space. You will understand when you pass from this life to My eternal Kingdom. And it is there you will see Me and be with Me FOREVER. It is My joy to have you with Me.
Once, released from sin by the blood of My Son, you enter Covenant with Me through your new birth in Jesus from above by My imperishable Word, you have entered the door to eternal life and your name is forever sealed in the Lamb’s Book of Life, but that is not the end. That is only the beginning of the amazing YOU I made you to be for I have planned a fruitful life of good deeds for you since the foundation of the world so that you may enjoy it.
Yes, My precious plans for you. They outnumber the sand of the sea. They are FOREVER. And they bring you an eternal weight of glory.
My Son said that it would have been better for Judas if he had never been born. That is the saddest statement that can be made about your life. And yet, Judas had every opportunity to have a wonderful life filled with happiness and all good things. He got off the plan for his life. Never get off My plan, for My plan is good news for you. Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.
Let Me show you more. In the book of Revelation, My Son tells the pastor of the church of Sardis that though there are those in the church that have a name that they are alive, they are really dead (not born again by taking Jesus as Lord). He warns them that they must repent (change their way of thinking). He warns that He has found that their deeds are not completed in My sight. Revelation 3:2.
Their deeds are not completed in My sight. Do you understand what I am saying? If not, let us go to Psalm 139, Ephesians 2:10, and John 17:4 and I will show you.
In Psalm 139 I tell you that as I watched over you forming in your mother’s womb that in My book all the days planned for you were written already written down. Psalm 139:16.
So you see I have a plan for your life that is already prepared and written out. And I tell you more about this plan in the Letter to the Ephesians. I tell you that you are My workmanship (masterpiece) created in Christ Jesus for good works, which I have prepared beforehand so that you would walk in them. Ephesians 2:10.
And I tell you that the plans I have for you are precious and vast and that they outnumber the sand on the seashore. Psalm 139:17-18. Yes, I know the plans I have for each one of you, plans for your total well being (shalom) and not for your destruction, a future that you hope for. Jeremiah 29:11.
Jesus lived the plan for His life. Remember, He said to Me in His prayer at the Last Supper, “I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the You have given Me to do. Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.” John 17:4.
When you do the work that I have given you to do, which is already all written down in My Book before you are born and all the details taken care of and prepaid, then I glorify you together with Myself. I say, “Well done, good and faithful servant, come share your Master’s joy!” Come inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Matthew 25:34.
Paul carried out My plan for His life, he fought the good fight, he finished the course and he kept the faith, and the crown of righteousness was kept for him which I rewarded him. 2 Timothy 4:7-8. He gave Me glory on earth and I gave him glory with Me in Heaven.
You can also reject My plan for you and not walk it out though I have prepared it for you in advance. My plan for the Israelites that I redeemed from slavery in Egypt was to take them into and give them the Promised Land. But they rejected My plan and did their own plan instead and never entered the Promised Land. There is a way that seems right in the eyes of a man but that ends in death. Proverbs 16:25.
The Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected My plan for themselves, because they had rejected and refused to be baptized by John. Luke 7:30.
I think now you will understand the writing that appeared on the wall before King Belshazzar as he and his nobles drank wine at a lustful party from the gold vessels that had been taken out of My house (the temple built by Solomon) in Jerusalem when Nebuchadnezzar had conquered Jerusalem. If you recall in the Babylonian exile, Daniel had been brought among the captives to Babylon and he advised King Nebuchadnezzar after interpreting his dream. While Belshazzar, the son of Nebuchadnezzar, desecrated My vessels I cause a hand to appear writing on the wall. Belshazzar called for Daniel to read the writing. And you will see that I had found that Belshazzar’s deeds were not completed in My sight and that I would instead put an end to his rule and kingdom. The middle word that I wrote on the wall was TEKEL, which meant: You have been weighed on the scales and found deficient (wanting). Daniel 5:27. His deeds were deficient; they were not what I had planned for his life. He was not fruitful. And his branch, his kingdom, ended. Daniel 5:30-31. His years were cut short.
The fear of the Lord adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short. The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing. Proverbs 10:27-28. You can cut short your life and not live the plan I have for you when you walk in the ways of the wicked.
Now do you see what I mean when I tell you not to live as foolish people (the fool says in his heart there is no God) but to understand what My Will is? Ephesians 5:17. Now do you see why I tell you to work out your salvation with fear and trembling for it is I who am at work in you, both to will and to work for your good life? Philippians 2:12-13. You must be, as Paul puts it, like an athlete training for the Olympics in that you do not let yourself get sidetracked from your schedule, practice, and right eating and sleeping habits so that you are in the best shape when you compete for the prize. In the same way you should not be indulging in unfruitful activities such as drunkenness, depression, complaining, gossiping, judging, and wasted days but focusing on My Word and walking in love with others (even when they are not particularly loving and appealing to you).
Be filled with My Spirit by addressing one another in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to Me in your hearts, doing all that you do in the Name of Jesus so as to glorify My Son, always giving thanks for all things in His Name. Ephesians 5:18-21.
And how do you find the life I have prepared for you since the foundation of the world that you may walk in it? I tell you that My Word is a lamp unto your feet and a light unto your path. I tell you that if you do not lean on your own understanding but on My Word, I will direct your path. And the path of the righteous (those who have taken Jesus as Lord) gets brighter and brighter as you walk along until you reach perfect day. And My Word became flesh and dwelt among you, and He is your Good Shepherd that leads you on right paths for My Name’s sake. Keep your eyes on Him, the author and finisher of your faith, for He is the Way. The more you behold Him the more I can conform you to His image by My Spirit working in you. And that is My goal for your life.
If you do the one thing necessary each day—spend time with Me in My Word—I will direct your path. Keep your attention on My prophetic Word as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. 2 Peter 1:19.
Do not worry it will. When you seek first My Kingdom and My way of Righteousness, everything else is added to you besides.
No follower of My Son ever walks in darkness. No, he shall have the light of life.
Just walk with My Word in your heart, mind and mouth each day and you will walk out the life of good deeds that I prepared for you in advance. You do have a special gift and you do have an assignment that is uniquely yours. It is very important that you finish it so you can receive your full reward. And others are depending on you to do it, for their assignments will not be complete without your part.
Solomon did not live out the life I had planned for him and he ruined the united kingdom for his son. What you do or don’t do affects the generations to come.
Consider Adam. Through one man death entered the world for all men.
Let My Spirit lead you as I reveal Myself to you by My Word. Just like I did to Samuel, 1 Samuel 3:21, and he lived the life I had prepared for him and changed a nation.
I love you. Keep your eyes on My Word , do not let it depart from your mouth, meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success. Joshua 1:8. And just as Joshua found that worked to conquer many nations and see all My good promises to him fulfilled, so will you. And then your name will never be erased from My Book of life and you shall live out the life of good deeds I prepared for you in advance. Cast all the care on Me, because I care for you. I will show you the way you should choose.