JESUS SPEAKING IN PROPHECY
It is hard to understand “Why.” So don’t try to. Instead, understand “Who.” Don’t wonder, “Why did this happen?” But proclaim in faith, “My Jesus allowed this to happen!” Then, instead of looking at the horrible situation, you will be looking at Me, the Founder and Lover of your life. When all you see is the fact that I allowed it, then your faith is sure and your heart is encouraged and your spirit is refreshed–because you know that I only allow that which is good in your life. When you have faith in the “Who‚” then you don’t need to worry about the “Why.”
No matter how difficult it gets and how painful it is to see your loved ones suffer, remember that I am in the fire with them. I am with them in the lion’s den and I walk toward them on the troubled sea. Everything that comes against them must come by Me first. If I see that it is good for them, I allow it to reach them. But if I see that it is only harmful, then I abolish it completely. So these things that are touching them have passed by Me and I’ve seen that they are good–ultimately–and will be for the best in the end.
Let not your heart be troubled. Just as I am with you in your deepest depths, so do I journey there with others. Maybe their depths seem darker and more painful than your own and you wonder how they can make it. But even in the darkest night and the most difficult depths I am still a lamp unto My children and a light unto their path. It doesn’t matter how dark the way, My light is always shining. While you only see the dark tunnel they are going through from the outside, I am there in the darkness with My precious child, and each step is brightened with My love. The light is not only at the end of the tunnel, but it journeys with them through the tunnel as well.
It is always hard to hear of another’s pain, but you must understand that every pain is measured out with grace. When I give the cross, I also give the bearer wings–not wings that will carry the bearer effortlessly over the trial, but wings that will be sufficient to lift them when the weight is just too much, wings that will keep the burden from ever being more than they can bear. These wings are the grace I give you. They don’t carry you away from the difficulty or lift the cross entirely for you, but they are just what you need to take every step, to get up after every fall, and to eventually rise above to victory.
It is in times of crisis and when seemingly “bad” things happen to the helpless or the innocent that the Enemy will try to get his foot in the door and accuse Me of being heartless, unloving or merciless. He will try to get you to question Me and My love, and get you to doubt My Word and My promises. The antidote to that is to cling even tighter to Me and to My Word and promises, which is the opposite of what the Devil wants. My Word brings peace and is a balm to your troubled spirit‚ so cling to it, embrace it‚ envelop yourself in it, and let that spirit of faith and trust overflow on the one who is suffering. You will find it as cool waters that refresh your soul and theirs. (Gold, Roses and Thorns #3639)
“This is when you will have the ability and the fortitude to lead others. This is when you will have the kind of faith and trust that, though you or even your loved ones are called to walk through the valley of the shadow of death, you will fear no evil, because I will be with you. Your faith will be grounded firmly in Me‚ the Light and Love of your life.”