Past the pain comes reward through faith in Jesus Christ


The Crushing

Are you facing circumstances that are difficult, unpleasant, and downright painful? Are they leaving you tired, alone, confused, and somewhat afraid?

Are you set apart?

Additionally, does the heaviness feel like a crushing weight driving you directly to your knees in prayer, tears, and fasting but brimming with joy simultaneously?

Do you feel like you have reached the point of no return to some extent?

Great news!

Scripture:

Isaiah 61:1 says, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and freedom to prisoners.”

Father is saying, “You have made peace with your past, and YHWH has healed your broken places, gradually releasing what has been sleeping inside you for decades.

—You are now officially equipped to progress to handling the weight of the responsibility of the anointing oil of Christ and the glory that subsequently follows it.

Scripture:

Philippians 3:13 says, “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead.”

Take notice of the latter verse, “We are forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead.”

Likewise, it’s all the more reason to praise the Lord—to sing and shout. Hallelujah!

Holy is the Lamb!

That said, YHWH is now pressing into the final places that feel dreadful, yes, but necessary to perfect our faith.

The crushing prepares the extra virgin oil to be poured out. Jesus is pressing out what is new because the old is gone and finished. It’s all new wine from here moving forward.

Take into consideration, that God is not out to punish but to redeem, restore, and reawaken things that laid dormant in you all of your life.

Scripture:

John 10:10 says, “The thief does not come except to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.”

Beloved, know that the pressing produces new wine, and the anointing is increasing in power and grace for the Kingdom of God. This oil is filled with new hope, joy, purifying power, and gladness.

—This oil will not be wasted but poured out over a nation in need of Christ.

And while the world sees you as unconventional, unfit, and not worthy, YHWH will show out mightily for the set aside.

Similarly, while the world was filling up, refusing to clam up, Jesus was stripping down the saints to fill them with His presence and unspeakable joy.
To each own their purpose, separated to please the LORD, not people.

YHWH is filling every empty place with what is good, pure, and pleasing to the Lord to fulfill His purpose for the earth.

Father says, ‘They won’t look like who you might have expected, and when you get a good look, at who you predicted, you will realize that they are not who you thought they might be,’ says the Lord.”

Additionally, while God is placing the final touches on the good work, He began, please know that you are not forgotten or forsaken. You are favored, and favor comes with a price.

Scripture:

Philippians 1:6 says, “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

—Now is not the time to wallow but rejoice in thanksgiving, and even though it hurts; it’s all worth it in the end.

Father says, ‘Your past left you weak and brittle, like a man walking with a cane or brace. You needed help to support your spiritual legs. They were fragile and weakened, but now there is no limp.’

Father says, “I will send you out among wolves, and you will sprint for Me,’ says the Lord.”

—Beloved, Father also says, “My people were not only born to run but fly.’ It’s time!

Father is going to make it happen, and the power is God’s. It’s the LORD’s.

All the years in the backdrop have prepared His people to open up without a curtain call but unveiled in His presence- to share in the good works of Christ for the Kingdom of God.

I know this word is for me, and if this word is for you, praise be to the Living God.

Scripture:

—Psalm 104:1-3: “Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind.”

—Isaiah 40:28: “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.”

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1).

God bless you,
-Sister Christine

C. Brejcha ©️

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