"And the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job.." Job, a faithful servant of the Father, blessed by many sons daughters and riches, only to have the Father Himself look at Satan and say, "What about my son Job?" I have been 'stuck' in the book of Job for months now and as I sit here, as I read these words again, I wonder if the Father has looked at Satan and said, "Satan, have you considered my daughter Jynne? She has known me from the beginning of her life, I believe she will be faithful to me." Inside I know there is a fine line between the enemy attacking and the Father testing, I know there will be trials tribulations and tests. I know the enemy will turn good into evil yet the Father will press in and prune and put us through the fire so that we become precious jewels in His sight. Job was loved by the Father yet hated by the world. He stood for truth, he worked ethically, he submitted to authority, he loved abundantly, yet the Father considered Him righteous and faithful enough to give Satan the authority to rob him of so much. Yet Job in His distress cried out to the Father "Though You slay me I will not lose hope! Though You ruin me I will still hope in You!" It was as if He knew the Words in John that would be penned thousands of years later, "You will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy...no one will take your joy from you." It was as if the Spirit had given him a foreknowledge of the truth in John 15 and 16. Abide in Me and I will abide in you, I will prune you, I will press you in closer to me, yet abide in Me. I have chosen you, you did not choose Me, I CHOSE YOU, I appointed you long before the world began that you would go and bear much fruit, that your fruit would abide in me. I CHOSE YOU. I did not create you to be of this world, I created you to be of ME. The world will hate you, the world will discredit you, the world will attempt to destroy your character, the world will harden their hearts against you, but ultimately it is all because they do not know me! They hated Me long before they hated you, they hated Me without cause just as they hate you without cause! I came to forgive, I came to set free, I came to bring people to the Father, and they hated me. And just as they hated me they will hate you as well, because you, you are my representation here on earth. You are my vessel of truth to the darkness. They will hate you, they will attempt to destroy you, they will speak lies, they will harden their hearts, they will target you, but remember I have chosen YOU. Before time began before you were formed in your mother's womb I chose you. For this time for this season. Abide in me, abide in my Spirit. You have something your brother Job did not have. You have the power of the Holy Spirit, my Helper, living inside of you. And HE will bear witness for you, He will be my witness in meetings in conferences in times of trouble. HE is my witness and He is your witness and in times of trials He speaks on my behalf on your behalf. Why? Because you have been with Me from the beginning. While you have seen your life in me as inadequate as your testimony one of little importance, I have not. You have been my child for as long as your memories allow, you have been with Me from the beginning and I have not forgotten you. You will bear witness to those around you of My truth of My hope of My Word. Speak truth though they hate you, act in love though they hate you, hold to my Word though they hate you. Your sorrow will last for a night but your joy returns in the morning. You will have sorrow you will have tests you will have suffering you will be hated, but NO ONE and NOTHING can take away the JOY you have in me. Remember that my child, NO ONE can take away your joy. Though they hate you, you love ME. Though they attempt to ruin you though they attempt to harden their hearts and not listen just as Pharaoh had his heart hardened, I still prevailed. I still brought freedom from the suffering of my people and I will you as well. The Spirit is with you, listen to Him, speak to Him, He is waiting to declare all that is to come to you, He is ready to take all that is mine and make it known to you, listen to Him, be one in Spirit with Him. Your sorrow may have lasted for a night but rise above your sorrow. I am declaring to you that which is to come and though this is testing you, I have not forgotten you just as I did not forget your brother Job. Abide in me...just as you have from the beginning.
