This word is submitted by Laura Strack [lestrack@yahoo.com]

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                Come Up Here


My child, I am calling you to come up to a higher standard than you have
walked in days past. I am requiring some things of you that I have not
required of you before. I am calling you to spend more time in My presence
these days, because I am calling you to a higher standard of holiness so
that you will be able to walk in a greater measure of authority.

I have said be holy as I am holy. This is the standard I have for you. I
require that you be an accurate reflection of who I am in all My ways. And
I have raised the bar. It is no longer business as usual in My Kingdom. You
have already been made righteous by the blood of the Lamb. You will be made
holy as you choose to embrace Me and walk in My ways.

Do not fear that you cannot achieve it. I would not give you the command to
be holy if it were not attainable. Come up here and let Me show you how I
want you to walk. Come up here and let Me show you how I see things. Come
up here so you can see how dissatisfying the ways of the world are compared
to the beauty of My holiness.

Yes, that is right. My holiness is a beautiful thing. It is not something
to be feared or to dread. The world would tell you that to be holy is to
have no fun and to miss out on life. Do not let worldly standards deceive
you. Neither let religion try to put shackles on you by telling you that
holiness is attained by what you wear or by what you do or don=91t do. True
holiness will bring life, liberty, light and joy to your soul.

Come up here, child, it is time. Time for growth. Time for commitment on a
deeper level. Time for true holiness to be revealed as you draw close to Me.