11 That night, the Lord stood beside Paul and said:
“Courage!
As you’ve witnessed me here in Jerusalem,
you must do the same in Rome.”
---- my own,
Do not be afraid. There is no reason for you to be, for you have God at your side, fighting your battles. All you need to do is be still and watch as your enemies—those opposed to the Truth—destroy themselves without any effort on your part.
Look to the life of Paul and to the words that I spoke to him. Each time he needed encouragement during all the troubles, trials, persecutions, hardships, and suffering he endured for My sake and for the sake of the Gospel, I was with him. My Holy Spirit lived in him as He does in you.
Courage ---- Mine. Courage!
Do not pay heed to what people say or do, no matter how troubling it may seem to you. It is I who grants justice. It is I who shows mercy. It is I who directs the affairs of every human being. I am God, not man. Is anything too difficult for Me?
Although you may not understand or see the mighty Hand of the Father in all that is happening in your life, in the lives of those you love most dearly, and even in the world, never forget that it is the powerful Hand of My Father working through His Eternal Word and by the working of the Holy Spirit’s Breath who ordains and sustains all things according to the will of God. Nothing can ever happen that is outside My will and the will of My Father.
Hold on to this truth in all circumstances, even when it is most difficult for you to understand, and it appears that evil is winning. I will draw the most amazing good through all the circumstances of your lives, no matter how impossible it may seem to you. And someday, looking back, you will see it fully, and you will marvel, wonderstruck and awestruck, at the goodness of My Father who lives and works through Me in all His little ones.
So today, I invite you to come to Me as a weaned child lying on its mother’s knee and stay calm, quiet, and quiescent—content and at peace, serene in the knowledge that God is fighting your battles for you today and always.
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