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Date: Oct 6, 2004

This word is submitted by Jane Larsen (jlarsen65@hotmail.com)

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                      Your Foundation


    Hebrews 11:8-10
	By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later 
	receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did 
	not know where he was going.  By faith he made his home in the 
	Promised Land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in 
	tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the 
	same promise.  For he was looking forward to the city with 
	foundations, whose architect and builder is God.


Abraham was moved away from houses and people.  I moved him from customs and
ways that were not My own and set him in a new and alone place.  I moved
him from the familiar into the unfamiliar.  

I know the thoughts of your head.  I know that you look at others and see 
that they have reached here and attained various levels in their lives, 
and I know you wonder at these people, who seem to do well yet do not walk 
with me.  They have chosen the world.  They made a different choice from 
you.  You have chosen life.  Your reward is to come.  You are in the same 
world as them, yet you have chosen a different walk.  You have chosen Me.  
You have chosen the place where the lion lays down with the lamb, where 
the child will place her hand in a vipers nest and not be bitten.  You 
have chosen the truth.  When you chose, you turned your back on the world 
and all its false promises, and you walked with Me.

Sometimes it may seem I have planted you in an unfriendly wilderness, yet 
My church is also planted in an unfriendly world.  I have told you to go
into all the land and preach the Gospel to every creature.  I have told 
you I will bless you, bless you and your seeds.  No matter where you go, 
My blessing never leaves you.  I will reveal the paths of peace as you 
learn to trust in Me.  Remember that I am not man that I should lie.  You 
have chosen me and I will see you through.  I have plans that will unfold, 
I have reasons that I will share.  Your rewards, My child, are wrapped in 
My arms.  Abide in Me.  There is much for you, but they are not wrapped 
in the packaging of the world.

The new can only come with the removing of the old.  This can be painful.
This can be hard, but, have I not promised that I will never give you more
than you can bear?  Did I not say I will make a way out?  Remember.  
Remember all the promises that I have made.  Promises that are YES and 
AMEN.  Walk forwards and do not worry.  Do not fear.  I am beside you.  
I am your firm foundation.