If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him. John 12:26.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
I want you with Me. Where I am My servant will be. I gave you the Holy Spirit to be in you and with you. Why? Because I want you with Me. Be with Me at all times. Never leave Me or forsake Me. Be with Me.
My delight is to be with you. Is your delight to be with Me? Test your heart, examine it and see, what is the desire of your heart?
I desire that all be saved and come to know the truth. Why? Because I want you with Me forever. I desire that in all things you prosper and be in good health, even as your soul prospers by walking in the truth. Why? So that your life is one of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit, ever increasing and full of abundance. I want you with Me sharing My joy, My prosperity, and My abundance.
Your lovingkindness, O LORD, extends to the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; Your judgments are like a great deep. O LORD, You preserve man and beast. How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; and You give them to drink of the river of Your delights. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light. Psalm 36:5-9.
Come share My joy!
From the beginning I have wanted you with Me as one in all you are and all you do. I do not seek separation but unification. I do not want silence but communication. I do not want distance between us but a permanent abode where we together abide.
Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.” John 14:23.
The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. Deuteronomy 31:8.
I have told you often that I will never leave you or forsake you. That is not the problem. The problem is that you leave and forsake Me for whatever looks better to you or more desirable at the moment. When you seek Me, you will always find Me right there with you.
There are people that call out and beg Me to be with them. But I am. I never left nor will I ever leave. It is you who leaves Me. Like Adam did.
Remain in Me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. John 15:4.
From the beginning I have wanted to walk with you and dwell with you.
Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them. Exodus 25:8.
I gave Moses and My people all the funds, supplies and plans for the tabernacle wherein I would dwell and travel with them, but I asked them to contribute as each one’s heart moved him from what I had freely given them and have a part in building My dwelling.
And it is still the same, but now the sanctuary where I come to dwell is in you.
Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16.
And put together you build the edifice of the church.
And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:4-5.
Make your gatherings be for My glory. Lift Me up so I can save souls and draw all people to Myself in your beautiful tabernacle of praise.
I want you with Me. And if you open your life to Me, I give you everything.
“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.” Luke 12:32.
I stand at the door and knock, if you hear My voice and open the door I come in to dine with you and you with Me. Open your life to Me and I will bring you into My banquet hall with My banner over you of love. Jesus is the door into every good thing and He is the way, the truth, and the life, but you must open your door to Him to enter His door to life.
How do you open your door in your everyday life? Let Me show you in the story of the calling of Peter.
Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Jesus and listening to Him speak the Word, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. These fishermen were done with their job for the night and they were tired, they did not want to go back out on the lake. They had cleaned their nets and folded them up. They did not want to use them again and have to clean them again. They were tired. And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat. Jesus always had so much to teach that it was not brief. When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” Simon did not want to go at that time. He had fished all night. So he answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.” He respected the Rabbi who had given him the honor of teaching the great crowd from his boat, so he obeyed. But he was not prepared for what then took place. When they had gone out in the deep and thrown out their nets, expecting nothing, but what happened was what seemed like every fish in that lake made a dash to get into their nests. They enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break. The fish began jumping into the boat! So they signaled to their partners in the other boat, James and John, for them to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus’ feet, saying, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!” For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken; and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not fear, from now on you will be catching men.” When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him. Luke 5:1-11.
When you open your life to Jesus, I give you everything.
Continue considering Peter. When he opened his life to Jesus it started with prospering his business, but it ultimately gave him the Kingdom. When he let Jesus into his life was the day his life became a glorious adventure that is continuing in eternity. He was one of the twelve to whom Jesus entrusted His authority to cast out demons, heal the sick, raise the dead, and cleanse the lepers and now that authority is given to all believers in His Name. Peter had angels serve him, he raised the dead, he healed a man crippled from birth, and as he walked down the street all who got in his shadow as he walked by were healed. I called him to shepherd the early church community and he was the first of My followers to preach to the gentiles. He brought 3,000 into the church on Pentecost when he preached about Jesus and the Holy Spirit. He was always busy about My business of saving souls as a fisher of men. Who understood human weakness, My mercy, and My love. And he is very much alive with Me in My Kingdom today. He name is written on a foundation stone of the heavenly city.
Peter opened his life to Me and I gave him everything—I gave him Jesus.
Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received the same precious faith as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. 2 Peter 1:1-4.
When you open your life to Me, Satan will try to pull you out of that love and closeness with Me by causing many things to happen in those of your family and friends that will anger you, disappoint you, and pull you away from your connection with Me into concentrating on the evil or the disabilities and illness of those people who have destroyed their lives. What is My answer? Walk in love but do not get pulled away from Me to concentrate on thoughts about them, whether of pity and questioning My goodness or of unforgiveness and hate and questioning why they are in your life. Do not let others hinder your walk with Me.
Forget your people and your father’s house. Psalm 45:10.
Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear: forget your people and your father’s house; then the King will desire your beauty. Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him. Psalm 45:10-11.
Take your thoughts off what pulls you away and turn them to worship—oneness with Me. I want you with Me.
Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you; and I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing; and I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.” Genesis 1:1-3.
Any relationship that takes you away from Me is not a good relationship to continue in intimacy. Get away from all that would harm your destiny.
Jonathan knew that his father Saul was acting against My Will and he knew that David was with Me and doing My Will, but out of family loyalty he stayed with his father rather than going with David and leaving behind his father’s house even though he knew his father was sinning. And Jonathan cut short his own life and lost his glorious destiny by that choice. He went down with his father. Watch out who you serve with your life.
Samson gave his heart to the enemy and forsook My commandments. His anointing left him and he destroyed his life. Be careful who you give your heart to. Love and value people but only give your heart to Me and let Me fill it with My Spirit. When you open your life to Me, I give you everything. And everything includes the right companions and partners for your life that go with you to My high calling. Be careful how you walk and who you walk with. Jesus did not entrust Himself to every man. He knew the hearts of each.
I love you and I want you with Me, but only if you want to be.