God will present you
“That He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish," Ephesians 5:27.
Read Jude 24-25; Col. 1:22-28
To God’s chosen one,
God’s motive for keeping us is love; love for us, but also tremendous love for His Son. He longs, and has longed from before time began, to present to His Son a pure and chaste Bride. Those hidden and kept in Christ, at the perfect moment will be taken from His precious side, even as Eve was taken from the side of Adam. All of creation waits for this crowning moment. Indeed, all of creation was purposed to shape this one divine moment; the presentation of a Helpmeet suitable for Him.
No one can prepare themselves for this honor. All preparations were prescribed before time began. Faithful submission to the Spirit’s leading is the only cure for the stench left upon humanity by the curse. Like Esther, who yielded to the exact preparations recommended by the king’s counselors, we to should submit to the preparations of God.
You did not choose Him. He chose you. He saw you through divine eyes and realized the precious fruit you and He could bear together. He betrothed His love to you, then went back to the Father to prepare a place for you. He patiently waits for you to be made ready. His grace is sufficient for every requirement placed on you. Each act of change will be made through His divine ability, not your own. Your task is to watch, wait, listen, yield, and obey. He will hold you. He will keep you. He will finish the good work that He began in you. The Father longs to take you by the arm and escort you down the long, beautiful aisle of His Holy Temple where He may present you to His Son... a chaste and perfect Bride.
Until God graces me to share again,
Randall Paul Pipes
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