There are moments in your life where you wish you can escape the world you live in.
And there are other moments where you're not really looking for being alone but the world decides to escape from you!
The Covid19 pandemic hits the planet and turn the world upside down.
Lockdown, isolation, social-distancing, no visits, no hugs allowed, no gatherings....
It is time for everyone to wear a face mask!
And this is also the time for God to uncover every mask!
"For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed nor hidden that will not be known." Luke 12:2
During those times, you can easily feel helpless, lonely, tired, bitter, you feel you want to get even more isolated, you feel depressed, or feel: and then what? what's next?
Times of brokenness, of deep loneliness and pain surround you.
And you can also decide to "redeem the time" and let God have His way into your heart. To bring you through fire, refine you, mold you, purify you, and test your heart towards Him; will you come out of it pure, genuine, and will you have a true evidence of your love towards the One who stripped Himself of His glory, emptied Himself taking the form of a servant… humbled Himself by becoming obedient to death - even the death on a cross! Phil.2:8
God is at work to declutter your heart.
We sometimes think that when we say God stripped everything away in my life, has a sad connotation. But, in fact, if God is truly your only desire, if your ultimate goal is to win Christ, you would consider all things garbage - Phil.3:8
God has certainly a purpose during this time for you.
Get deeper with Him, tell Him here I am - do to me what is good in Your sight, Lord.
Spend more time with Him, and position your heart to seek Him. Set your heart to seek Him .Ezra 7:10
Listen to Him and have a greater intimacy with Him, that will lead you to repentance, freedom and great joy in knowing Him.
With new revelations, taste how He is good, eat His Word and worship Him who is worthy.
He is molding you and working in your heart for the coming time. There is no lost time with God. No wasted time - there is a reason why He neither slumber nor sleep!
God is decluttering your heart, your mind and even your life.
He is stripping away what isn't needed. It is painful as He keeps working in you. But you'll come out of all this in full wholeness! your heart will be all new and whole again.
Your life decluttered from all the people you thought they were essential to you.
He will not necessarily place other people, maybe He wants to be just you and Him alone, for a longer quarantine with Him.
Do not be busy planning during that time. Don't be a Martha when only One thing is needed, only one thing worth being concerned about. One person is essential. Choose Him, make the right choice and it will never be taken away from you.
You'll discover that truly there is nothing worth wasting time in analyzing, taking you rights back, feeling bitter, self-pitying yourself... Redeem the time and give it all to Him who is able to do beyond all that you ask for.
Life is Him
Truth is Him
Love is Him
Joy is Him
Provision is Him
Peace is Him
and the list can go on... He is who He says He is - He is the great I AM.
Focus on Him - be with Him, give Him your heart, He will never forsake you - He NEVER wear masks - THE VEIL HAS BEEN TORN from top to bottom. God revealed Himself with NO MASK, no shadow of turning. He is the Father of Lights, in Him there is no darkness at all. 1John 1:5
~maryse

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