This word is submitted by Jack McKinstry
Set Yourself Free
Come, my child, and enter into my rest.
Why are you so discontent? Why do you place so much pressure upon
yourself? Why do you have such high expectations about your performance?
If whatever is said or done is not the produce of love, then what good
is it? If whatever is said or done is not filled with joy and fellowship
in Christ, then what good does it do? If whatever is endeavored is not
pursued in the company of the Spirit, then where is your love, joy, and
peace in the Holy Ghost?
Dear child, it is so very easy to do the right things from the wrong
reasons, from the emotions of the flesh. Even that which is noble and
good can be pursued from a mentality of performing for acceptance and
love. It is part of the human experience. You can even apply such
standards to the acceptance of yourself by yourself. If you have trouble
accepting yourself, then your authentic personality in Christ is masked
and hidden from others. You have not set yourself free from your
self-life, as is your opportunity so to do in Christ. Such a mentality
affects even your relationship with God as you unconsciously strive for
acceptance through performance. Such a mentality is to denigrate your
loving, total acceptance before God in Christ Jesus. It is to miss the
mark of living freely and authentically in the ocean of God's great
love, for God is love.
Dear child, if you never accomplished a thing for Christ, if all your
works were for naught, and if all your struggles were in vain, know most
assuredly that you are still my beloved.
You are my beloved always. You are so very precious to me. I love you
with an undying, eternal love, an unconditional love. You are my joy.
You are my pleasure. You are my fulfillment. You are the light and love
of my heart. I love you just as you are. I love you just as you are
able. I love you, dearly beloved, with all the limitless love of God. I
shall never stop loving you. My passion for you knows no bounds.
Set yourself free, my child. Enter into the rest of God's love. Cast off
all cares and worries about your performance. Abide in the love of God
in Christ. Have faith in God and in His loving acceptance of you just as
you are. Nothing can separate you from the love of God; not even a
performance oriented mentality. The love of God is aggressive. His love
shall pursue and overtake you. Cease your labors and find rest and peace
in the love of God. You are my beloved for evermore.
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