Raise up your standards

Those who hope in the Lord, will renew their strength, they will soar on wings like eagles
who knows, but that you have come to your royal position for a time such as this.

Hello my friends - thank you for your prayers, that I requested via Facebook today - today has marked a pretty intense journey for me, but again I was at peace regarding the situation at hand, as I could feel the power of Christ inside myself, and I could feel him moving on my behalf. #praisegod - he is so good to me.

Over the last few days, he has made me aware of three things:

1) That I am at no time to lower my standards - meaning, I have to believe in the dreams he put in my heart and that he will move mountains for me, his precious daughter, that I am not to settle for plan B, if plan A is only a miracle away - for he promises me, that he holds my dreams safe in his righteous right hand. - I am blown away, for he has rectified that which I had started a few months ago: settle for less than his very best for me....... - gladly he took charge of the situation, before it was too far off his plan. His intervention/his message to me, made it even more clear, that at all times I have to keep my hands out of what his plan for me is, for I meddled with his divine plan, due to me getting impatient and trying to figure things out on my own. He made it very clear, that I ought to stay put, be still and know that he is God, and not assume anything out of my own understanding - again claiming, that I trust him with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding. Okay - here I stand with raised hands, saying: Your will be done, not mine - I am willing to hold on to the dreams he placed in my heart, and believe that all things are possible with him and for those who believe.

2) That I, at all times need not worry, that he comes through for me, even in times of uncertainty - today he has proven his presence in my life on a pretty big scale - I was faced with a challenge, which I had never encountered before.......which under a 'normal'/worldly mindset would have thrown me off, and made me worry hugely - but because I am a citizen of heaven and not of this world, I was as calm as can be, and stood my ground, not the least bit nervous or afraid. #praisehim!!!

You might wonder what this situation was, but I cannot disclose that at this point - please trust that it's not relevant, the relevant significance is solely, that he is always by our side, that he never leaves us nor forsakes us, that he guards our hearts and minds and makes our paths straight. Over the course of the last few months, he has proven that in more than one incident. 

3) He has shown me, that I am his precious daughter and that I am clothed in righteousness and dignity - that he is protecting me from the arrows of the enemy always - that no weapon fashioned against me will prosper......, that even if I fail, I am still under his divine protection, because I have followed the guidance of the holy spirit obediently, and because I believe that Jesus died for my sins, that he was raised from the dead and he sits at the right hand of God to judge the living and the dead - but most importantly, that I believe he will return for me, his precious bride, in due time.

He calls us, to continuously raise our standards, to lift the bar higher, because as his ambassadors here on earth, we ought to display excellence and set an example for those around us, that they can see the light, that due to our affiliation with Christ, has been ignited within us.

Over the last months, he has shown me on more than one occasion, how he sees his children here on earth - very often as an answer to a prayer of mine, where I cried out to him, in a difficult situation of persecution or personal attack, and asked him, to please teach me to see what he sees, and to increase my vision of his grace - that I would view life more and more through the eyes of grace than through the eyes of the law. He has granted me that vision, and I am extremely grateful - for all has drastically changed since that moment, when he reached in and removed this huge chunk of conditional mindset of expecting the worst, when things didn't work out the way I had planned them to turn out, and literally renewed my mind. 

He has opened my eyes more and more fully to the fact, that as the enemy is planning our downfall, God is preparing our come back or our break through - and he who resides within us is stronger than he who is in the world. In Christ, the victory is won - all we have to do, is, claim it and receive it.

All else is the lie of the enemy of our soul - but God is in control. Therefore, my friends, I urge you, claim your destiny, don't allow the enemy to trick you into thinking little of yourself. God clothed you in a royal robe for a time such as this - he sees you without blemish and he loves you with a love so fierce, that no one can touch you, diminish you or your destiny - that is why Jesus was made sin for us, and died on the cross, that we would be free and be made righteousness in him. Friends, it's as simple as that - trust it - you are set free, allow grace to flow over and through you, and spread your wings and fly. That's the life, Jesus wants you to have - he wants you to live your life free from guilt and shame, to live it more abundantly in him.

Grab it, my friends, walk in victory and freedom from this day forward, and make sure, that Jesus did not give his life for you in vain.

This is my prayer for you today and always - In the powerful name of Jesus Christ,
Amen