FAMILY has been so greatly on my heart and in my thoughts these days.  The Lord has been speaking so clearly and intensely to me about the priority of His heart  which is about RELATIONSHIPS.  IT IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE SO GOD LOVINGLY DESIGNED US FOR RELATIONSHIPS. What is life without them?  Nothing.

“But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”  (Joshua 24:15).

Since I had family on my mind I am sure that is why the Lord gave me this DREAM.

I was present at a baby christening.  The family was on a platform in a church.  The pastor held the child who was being dedicated to the Lord.  I didn’t recognize any of the people except Barbara Bush.

I noticed the First Lady was adorned in her signature pearl necklace.    She stood there as the pastor exhorted the parents to raise their child in the admonition of the Lord.

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”  (Proverbs 22:6).

As the pastor blessed the baby, the parents and family, Mrs. Bush seemed oblivious to those around her.  Her eyes were riveted on that child.  She smiled, made signs and silently mouthed words to her beloved kindred.  I had a sense that she was speaking the Word of God into that little one.

I stood in amazement as I witnessed this precious relationship developing.  What the First Lady was offering the child was a costly gift of great love.  It was Jesus Himself, the Living Word of God, who was being transferred from one generation to the next, right down through the family lines.

I believe that’s why the pearls around Mrs. Bush’s neck caught my eye. They symbolized the pearl of greatest price, Jesus Himself.  Each pearl on that strand also represented each priceless member of God’s family who had accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior.  Being a part of that divine strand connected each member not only to Jesus but to each other in COVENANT RELATIONSHIP.

The First Lady was symbolic of being a spokesperson or an ambassador for the FIRST FAMILY OF GOD.  She was imparting God’ very own creative words of life, truth, power and instruction so the child would come to know and accept Jesus and grow up wise and strong in the Lord.  These life-giving words would actually equip and empower her to love and serve God all the days of her life.  She would have great love and influence to impart the things of God to others.

That was the dream.

Just as The First Lady spoke pearls of divine heavenly wisdom and revelation through the living Word to her descendants, we too must Speak Only God’s Words of Life to Expand the Family of God.

When you really stop and think about it, this truly is the only way the Kingdom of God’s family will be established, multiplied and cover the earth for God’s glory.  It is done by faith through word of mouth by the Word of God.  It is pretty amazing how God planned to grow His family!

And so it has ever been all through out the ages.  Jehovah God, Creator of heaven and earth, existed and came before us.  He created us specifically for the purpose of intimate relationship with Himself and then with each other.   After Adam and Eve fell from sin it resulted in spiritual separation of the whole human race from their perfect union with God.

To restore their union with Himself and with each other, God sent His Son Jesus to die for us so we could become like Him and have eternal life.  He is coming back for those who have received Jesus as Lord and Savior so we may enjoy our relationship in and with Him and in and with His family in heaven for eternity.

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.  (John 14:6).

I have felt such urgency about the state of affairs in my own personal family relationships and the ones at large in the family of God and those outside the family of God (those who don’t know Jesus as Lord and Savior).  I know Jesus is coming back.  How soon, only God the Father knows.  One only has to read the signs of the times in this world and know what the bible says in order to know that Jesus could come back at any time to fulfill biblical prophecy!

The questions you must be asking yourself NOW are:

• Do I know where I am going the moment after I die?
• Have I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior and secured my eternal place in heaven with God because of Jesus’ alone and His finished work on the cross for me? (It’s not because of any of my good works but His).
• Am I sharing the good news of eternal life with God and His family to all those around me?
• Am I living for Jesus and like Jesus so others will know the way, the truth and the life?
• Am I a beacon of light and hope as I clearly and boldly SPEAK GOD’S WORDS OF LIFE TO OTHERS THAT THEY MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE?
• Is my house in order?
• Are all of my relationships (first with God, then with others) in good standing?
• Do I have any unfinished business: relationally, spiritually, physically, emotionally or financially?
• If I knew I only had one day or even one week or month to live, WHAT WOULD MY PRIORITIES BE?

“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!”  (Deut 30:19).

Love in Jesus,

Abigail Slocum
A pen in God’s hand giving “LOVE” a voice

Abigail777.com

Prayer Power

Lord God Almighty, I thank You that You loved me enough to send Your Son Jesus to die on a cross for me.  You loved me just as I was, a sinner, but You didn’t want me to stay in my fallen condition, so You made me the righteousness of Yourself in Christ Jesus.  Thank You for Your amazing grace.  Help me develop the fruit of Your perfect LOVE within me so I can be empowered to speak only God’s Words of life in Jesus name to expand the family of God.  Amen.