What He starts He always Finishes

"He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus"

Though I walk in the midst of trouble,

    you preserve my life;

You stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,

    and your right hand delivers me.

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The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me;

    your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.

    Do not forsake the work of your hands.

I have to believe what He has said, and He has told me that what He starts He finishes.  He will not leave me alone and He will never ever put me to shame.  I believe Him for the good things that He has said and for every single one of His promises that are YES and AMEN in Christ Jesus.  The enemy's scheme is to make me doubt which leads to confusion and unbelief.  I have to be careful to say NO to all of that doubt because the confusion and unbelief lead to paralysis, passivity, inactivity, and a cloud of untruth.  We must believe that He is and is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.  Without faith it is impossible to please  Him!  The enemy wants to steal those good things that Abba is doing, the seeds that He is planting, the love that I would experience to make me stronger.  He wants to fill me with fear and insecurities to make things appear to be NOT what they truly are in reality.  I have been in this place and I have to come out.  I am coming out.  I have to believe Abba for good things.  I have to stop believing that I am doing wrong at every turn that I am going down a wrong path.  IF He did not want me going in this direction, I simply would not be going in this direction.  Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not to your own understanding.  Acknowledge Him in all of your ways, and HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT!  Whom have I in Heaven but YOU and earth has nothing I desire but YOU.  My heart and flesh may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.  The Lord will perfect that which concerns me.  You hold me by Your right hand and guide me with Your counsel.  The enemy wants me to feel bad.  He wants me to doubt and live in insecurity about EVERYTHING...what I am doing, pursuing, relationships, relationship with Abba and hubby, who I am just really everything.  So I have to go back to what I have already been told.  When I keep feeling like something is wrong, and I cannot get to the Father.  I rest in YOU.  I rest in YOU.  I sink into YOU Jesus.  You are the way and the truth and the life, and no man comes to Father but through YOU.  I put YOU on Jesus.  Clothe me in YOU and it is YOUR righteousness.  This is a weird time right now, and it seems difficult to find the path.  YOU are my path, just coming to YOU, running to YOU for life and for help and for clarity.  You are not confusing.  You are love.  You are not condemning.  You are gracious.  You know if there are things that are wrong that I want to know, and You will not withhold those things from me.  You want me to draw near even more than I want to draw near.  You are in the secret places.  You are in the secret places.  Be in all of the secret places of this heart to reveal and restore and rebuild and reward those who seek YOU, those who seek Your face.  You reveal and restore, You rebuild and reward let me seek You with all of this heart.  Let me find You where You are in the secret in the quiet in the stillness there You are.  In the midst of my heart's cry in the cold and darkest night.  In the place where I cannot hide, there You are.  There You are.  You take me in and call me friend.  You shelter me.  You set me free.  You bring Your life to my cold places and breathe on me again.  You breathe Your breath of life.  You are my friend.  The One Who won't let go.  The One Who will never say I told you so.  The One Who stays and won't give up.  The One Who sets the table for us to sup and dine and have so much time just to talk and love our hearts together.  You want us like this forever.  Thank You.  Thank You.  Thank You.  Thank YOU.  Thank YOU. Thank You.  You have great plans.  I believe You Lord.  You are more than I see, more than I know, more than I can fathom in my mind.  You are deeper.  You are truer.  You are Higher.  You are GREATER.  You are fuller and longer and bigger and stronger and kinder and gentler and more than I can know.  Your love tells me so.  So let's go away.  Let's run to be in the place where I hear You speak gently.  I love Your voice.  I love Your ways. I only want to hear You and then obey.  Because when I love I follow You.  When I love nothing else that I can do.  To be like You to know You up close.  To rest in Your shadow and dwell in Your shelter what I want most.  It is really deeply truly what I want most.  

So I have to focus on what is true.  I MUST have Your Word dwelling deeply within me.  Without that I am lost, so very very lost.  It must be alive and active in me every day every moment.  I want to speak and let others be affected by Your Word, Your Spirit, Your Power, and Your love.  I so want them to see You!  They have to see You.  But I must go back to what I saw yesterday, and when I am just abiding and loving You, the fruit will come.