Listener: This morning I was awakened by the words “I have a profound message for you.” I looked at the clock, and saw that it was much earlier than the Holy Spirit usually calls me. There was also something about the voice that made me uncomfortable. Without praying, I decided that this was not a call from the Lord, went back to sleep…and did not wake up until my alarm sounded. I had a vague sense that I had heard faint calls as I was sleeping, calls to which I had not responded. I was disturbed because Holy Spirit either had not summoned me to the Mountain, or I had not heard and heeded His summons…concerned that perhaps the call to hear a profound message might have been His voice. To add to this confused and “unquiet” state was a morning schedule which was much busier than usual. Then Holy Spirit began to speak: Hear My call, Listener. Twice this morning you began to hear, but sleep intruded. Now thoughts of the day to come are louder than My voice. This is what I warned about yesterday. However, the greatest problem with your hearing right now is the accusing voice that you hear. I do not accuse, I convict… and I Am not convicting you now. Know that I Am here, that I Am ready to speak words of wisdom when you are ready to receive them. But you are a hard, harsh taskmaster: you make unreasonable demands on yourself. Know that self-condemnation invites the enemy to add his voice to your own accusations, resulting in your feelings of guilt and defeat. I know that you are not perfect; I know your weaknesses. In your weakness, trust Me; I Am your strength. Always remember that even though your spirit may be willing, your flesh is weak. I am aware of that weakness. Let weakness cause you to rely even more heavily on Me, and I will make you strong…strong in Me. My Grace truly is sufficient for you. In yesterday’s Daily Bread I gave you a powerful message; now you feel guilty because you did not heed My call to the Mountain the very next morning. Do not fret…one small lapse, or even a large lapse, does not invalidate sincere, believing commitment. Just remember that I Am your strength…If you attempt to serve Me in your strength, you cannot succeed. Did you put on your armor this morning? Do so now. And remember, I do not expect you to walk without failures. But I do expect you to come to Me with those failures and to allow Me to transform them into lessons leading to victory. Do you think that those giants of the faith whom you so admire did not have times of weakness and doubt? For the most part, it was necessary that they reveal only the strength that I gave them. In your case, Listener, your strength is in your weakness, to encourage those to whom you write and speak…those who are aware of the words that I give to you…those who know that you spend much time in My Presence and that I have given you ears to hear, vision and revelation to inspire… but in spite of all these blessings you are still subject to the attacks which come from within yourself as well as those from the enemy. When they face these same attacks, if they cannot hear the words of encouragement that I speak to them, pray that they may remember the words of encouragement that I have spoken to you. Shalom.
