February Encouragement 2024
I believe the Lord has impressed upon me to use a portion of a letter sent between AD 67-80, for the encouragement this month. The Holy Spirit has had it cooking in me for about a month now. This letter, I believe, if written today, would be highly relevant to our times. Here are verses 17-25
“But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, "In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts." These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.
But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. And have mercy on some, who are doubting; save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, [be] glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.”Jude 1:17-25
It was very difficult not to include the whole chapter here. If you haven’t read it in a while, please go back and soak in it for full effect. Every time I engage with this very powerful letter from Jude, it convicts me, shakes me, and leaves an even more indelible imprint of the Holy Spirit on me!
After I have repented, I am able to get back up, knowing more deeply the mission set before me, and move forward to complete it - saving others.
After reading Jude, please feel free to share what the Lord is revealing to you.
Love you!
