Conversations with God- Rest in My love

Hello Matthew, how are you today?

I am awake. I am looking forward to what you have to say today. I am enjoying our conversations. I am being touched by You.

I have so much in Me. There is so much that I want you to know. Do you know that I love people with a love that is hot like a fire? I have an unquenchable love for My people. I love the whole world, but those that have accepted Jesus into their lives hold s special place in My heart. I have so many things that I want to show My people. A large part of the Christian journey is for individuals to come to understanding that I love them, and for them to rest in My love. When a person thinks that they have to do something to earn My love they are never at rest and are continually trying to prove their love to Me.

I was like that for many years. I thought that I had to do all these things to be accepted by You. I thought holiness what a mode of behaviour and not a position that I could be in.

Many people have a list of rules and obligations that they feel they have to meet before they are holy in my sight and so they spend their whole lives trying to maintain their place with Me. They don’t consider, or have they ever be taught that Jesus met every requirement that was needed by Me and all they need to do is find Me and rest in My love.

It is hard God. We think we need to do something to please you. Even the commandments of Jesus can be followed in a religious way as a means to earn your love. Even Jesus’ commands were at one stage part of my religious duty. It goes against our flesh to accept that we have been accepted by You just as we are. Part of us thinks we always have to earn your love. Few of us know that we are loved as much as Jesus and that we are fully accepted and beloved. This is a struggle and while we struggle we are not resting in Your love.
It is a struggle for many people. Man thinks he has to earn My love and so he goes to all these lengths to prove My love. Instead he simply needs to relax in my grace and let my love and power clean him up. It is simple but the religious teaching and mindsets in people refuse them to believe what is clear as day. If the sacrifice of My Son was not enough to clean people, what more could I possibly do? Satan really has the church bound in false teaching. Good honest pastors and priests all over the world are teaching a Gospel that says you need the sacrifice of Jesus plus good works to inherit the Kingdom of God. Instead, when you accept Christ is enough and rest in Him, then good works will naturally follow. The commandments of Jesus are important to follow to find Me and to learn how to walk in the Spirit, but they need to be approached out of state of rest.

In the past few years I have began to rest in Your love. There has been less and less striving by Me.

Yes you are in a good place now Matthew. But you used to strive to please Me. For many years you did external things and didn’t possess the Kingdom internally. Now you have become a little child and you walk in a simple faith. You are very much led by Our Holy Spirit. These days you minister out of a state of rest. Now you are comfortable. But it was not always that way for you.

I wasn’t sure that you were happy with me. I thought I had to do something to earn your love. The problem with having to earn love is that you can never be sure that you have done enough. I was in this cycle of writing articles and doing free prophecies to make you happy.. No matter how much I performed I felt that I always fell short.

That is why people have to understand the Gospel of grace. Because until they know that Christ’s death was enough for them, they will be wandering around the wilderness all of their Christian lives and never enter the land of promise and enter into My rest that I have for them. When you live in place of love and acceptance by Me, and you minister out of a place of rest, your ministry can become so powerful. Instead of just using the anointing to achieve things in ministry, you have this strong endurance as part of your makeup allowing you to take time out to seek Me at any time. People that don’t have a place of rest , don’t ever take time out to be be refreshed, and they get their sense of self esteem by doing ministry. This place of always doing ministry to feel worthwhile inevitability leads to burnout.

I have been there God. I have been burned out for the prophetic two times. And yes you are right. That happened when I used to get my esteem from doing ministry. Now my esteem is to be in a right place with you. Now when I don’t feel like doing anything for the Kingdom I take the day off. I don’t beat myself up about it, I simply take the day off. I never used to be able to do that. I told my mother I didn’t do a chapter of this book yesterday and I took a day off. She reminded me that years ago when I was bound by religion I wouldn’t have been able to do that.

People need to be free of guilt and condemnation. They have to be free to be themselves. They have to be free not to have to always perform. Like you, they need to be able to have a day off and watch TV or sleep like you. People need to be taught that they are perfect right now. They have to understand that I love them exactly how they are right now. They have to stop thinking that they have to overcome a particular sin or habit before I will accept them. They have to know that I love and understand them now. They have to know that it is only when they rest in My love and grace that they will be able to overcome the sin in their lives. While ever they strive to overcome sin their consciousness of that sin will lead them to sin even more. People who don’t understand this concept should get the book “Destined to Reign” by Joseph Prince.
That been did me a lot of good. I have seemed to miss place that book now. It is really funny to see you as a God recommending a book.

Why does it seem funny? I use books to train people. Books are great resources for people to learn about things. I will recommend your books to people and move people by the Holy Spirit to get your books. That is one of the reasons you are a writer, to better educate people. Of course I will mention a book. Destined to Reign is what people need to read who are feeling condemned and who don’t understand how religion works against you. I also think your book, “Your Identity in Christ” would be very helpful to these readers for them to know how We see them.

It is so good talking to you. I am so pleased you are not talking in profound language that is hard to understand. I am pleased you are speaking in words and sentences that are easy to understand. You are good to us.

I have a lot in My heart to share with people of this world. I want them to know that I love them. I want them to know that they are forgiven. I want even people who don’t know Jesus that there was a way made for them through His death. I want all people to know that I love them and have a purpose for their lives. I think it is best to speak plainly so more people would understand. I speak plainly and not like I speak to the mystics so that more people can read and comprehend what I am saying. I want to be a God that is near and welcoming and loving. I don’t want people to need to have had thirty years as a Christian to understand what I am saying. I want all the readers to understand Me.

Thank you for speaking to me today.

That was My pleasure Matthew.