Whom have I in heaven but Thee, and there is none
upon the earth that I desire but Thee, O God.
O My Lord, behold me – I am Thy handmaiden
Bearing-the-Cost, lead me to the next stage of my way to the high places.
Please, my Shepherd lead me through the dangers and tribulations as You promised
in Your Word, that You would never leave me nor forsake me. Cover me with Your
feathers, and put me under Your wings, even though I may walk through the Valley
of the Shadow of Death – I will fear no evil for I knoweth You are walking
beside me.
My Shepherd, as the trials and tribulations come,
my mind fears, it wonders, I tremble, my mind is barraged with terror, it’s
telling me “I am a fraud, why would the Shepherd care about you? – it’s like I
am in the abyss of horror sometimes.
I cry out to You, but I don’t get any answers.
“My mind tells me to stop striving, it’s doing you no good. Just be a nominal
Christian, don’t expect the anointing. You are expecting too much and it’s not
going to happen.” But I can’t- I can’t live without You, my Shepherd, don’t
leave me! I cry out to You, You may do anything, Shepherd, You may ask me
anything, just do not let me turn back from serving You. Entreat me not to leave
Thee, nor to return from following after Thee. My Shepherd, I surrender to all
You want of me, just don’t let anything turn me back to that old self.
Your Word
says, “My Sheep hear My voice, and they follow Me. Your
promise is, “Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee saying, “This is the way,
walk ye in it. When ye turn to the right hand or the left.”
My Shepherd may I go down into the garden where
the valley of buds and fruits are, to walk along-side You. I am my Love’s and
You are mine and Your desire for me is that with Your beauty I may shine. My
one passionate desire is not for things, but my desire is for Thee, my Shepherd,
You are all I want and I will follow You forever. Nothing of this world matters
except to love You and do what You tell me to do. It is lovely to love Thee, my
Shepherd and if I should cease to do so, I should cease to exist!
Oh my Shepherd, may I thrust myself into Your
hands to be carried in perfect safety up to the place You wish to take me
without any struggling or striving on my part.
The Lord God is my strength, and He will make my
feet like hind’s feet and He will make me to walk upon the high places.
Lord, I pray that I may receive my sight, help me
to open myself to more light – help me to a further understanding to be of use
to Your kingdom.
Oh My Shepherd, help me now to pour out my life
in gladdest abandonment, leaping and abounding in Your love, to share my life of
how I have received all
Thy love and forgiveness, prosperous in Your
grace and mercy. May I become a self-giver of all Your love – to pour out myself
in Love’s abandonment of self-giving, sharing all that You have taught me.
O my Lord, what do You want to say to me today?
Help me to hear Your voice. Teach me to understand the language spoken by Your
creation all around me. Your Word says, “To whom much is given of them shall
much be required”. Lord, You have given me much!
O God, may I pour myself lower and lower in
self-control and self-denial. I too, like John the Baptist, must decrease, so
You can increase. I want to love others as You first loved us and gave Your self
for us at the Cross. You say in Your Word that “perfect love casteth out
fear”. May I pour myself down, going lower and lower –giving, giving, and
giving to serve You with joyful abandonment.
Oh My Shepherd, enable me top prepare myself with
joy, to put on my beautiful garments ( Isa. 52:1) and to go forth to meet You
with joyful anticipation.
Lord, let me hear Your voice and nothing else.
Let me see Your face Lord, and lay my hand in Yours.
God Speaks:
God is not a man, that He should lie…hath He said, and shall He
not do it? Or hath he spoken and shall He not make it good?
( Numbers 23:19)
My child, fear not to journey on to all the tests
and threatening difficulties in the area in which you are returning to time
after time. Have I not been with you through out each of them? Have I not told
you that I would never leave you nor forsake you? Have I not been faithful in
all my promises?
My child, praise me even when it rains and soon
the sun will arise and shine again, and listen to the message I send to you as
you sing and praise My name. Just believe in Me and have faith in My Word. Walk
out the purpose and plans I have for you – don’t give up! I am the same
yesterday, today and tomorrow. I AM GOD! THE GOD who loves you and died for you.
Abandon yourself to Me, my child; I am waiting to take you to My High Place.
My child, let me help you to practice the lessons
which you have been learning. Talk about them and demonstrate them. Claim the
great and precious promises which I have given you, so that you may become more
and more a partaker of my Devine nature of perfect. Holy, selfless, Devine love.
Your Shepherd
“Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will
do it. (1 Thess a5:24)
“For the things which are seen are temporal; but
the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Cor. 4:18
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