We are family, beloved ones, and we must live like it in this hour. Do not hold yourself back from the task of love and let lesser concerns fall quickly to the ground. We are in the last hour. Pace yourself for the journey and posture yourself in your true calling of love, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Be a shelter in a time of great storms.

Our lives are not our own but belong to the One who loved us and gave Himself for us. There is no maturity without obedience, even unto death, if need be. We cannot waffle between two masters. We must consecrate ourselves entirely to the Lord not just in word, but in deed and truth.

Everywhere around us, people are telling us that the easy way is God's way, that He will give you rest and peace and an overall spa experience, but that is not what Jesus or any of the true prophets teach or experience for themselves. Which proves they must be wrong. Right?

Amos says, “Surely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secrets to His servants the prophets.” God is looking to partner with people to bring to fruition the fullness of His kingdom and His purposes. That is why there is almost always a prophetic witness somewhere somehow. The torch of the testimony of the glory of God and His saving plan for His people passes through history and is never lost.

In any hour, God only has a limited number of people that will respond to Him in obedience. That fact may startle you! We would like to think that we would all do what God asks of us, but on the ground, in real time, that is not actually the case. Utter obedience to God has always been a relatively rare commodity. Thank God that will not always be the case, but in this era it is.