My dear brother,
They’ve told you that a man must be strong, that he must show no weakness and must have all the answers.
And so you’ve become a pretender before the throne. You come broken and offer packaged prayers. You come hurting and feign strength. You forget that the One whom you have come to commune with more than understands your infirmities.
You’ve been deceived into believing that honesty translates to weakness, so you claim intimacy with a God you’ve never been vulnerable with. You profess to have a relationship with a God you’ve shut out of your heart.
Royal priesthood, who lied to you? Who told you that virginity is a feminine virtue? That if there’s no evidence then there’s no harm? Have you soon forgotten that the damage of impurity breaks more than the skin?
My dear sister,
The world has given a myriad of prescriptions on what your identity should be. So every new day, you wake a different person, defined by the latest fad.
Daughter of the King, do you speak like royalty? Or has the language of the world contaminated your dialect? Do your words still honor Christ or do they hold a resemblance to darkness?
Who deceived you into thinking that your worth is in your body? What has possessed you into believing that God’s standpoint on purity has changed because the world has accepted immorality?
‘Abba’s beloved’, screams your Instagram bio, yet you don’t remember what Abba’s voice sounds like…
And this is not because Abba has become silent? Oh no, He is still speaking, but the voice you seek to hear is not His.
My sister, why have you become so desperate for validation from a world that crucified its creator?
Dear Child of God,
To think that any of the questions I have asked are gender specific would be to deceive yourself. Purity is neither masculine nor feminine; it is not old school or outdated, it is the mark that those who will identify with Christ must bear.
Your identity is not subject to the world’s ever changing standard or the prevalence of decadence. It is rooted in Christ, and till you find Him, you remain ignorant of who you are.
God is not looking for better pretenders; He is seeking intimacy with you. And this intimacy may look like accepting that your tears, your pains, and hurt are welcome at the throne of grace.
Dear, follower of Christ, the heavenly race may be personal but the institution of the church is not a mistake. Do not forsake the gathering of the brethren, your Christian community may be the reason you remain accountable.
Man of God, Abba’s Bride, it’s okay not to have all the answers. It is okay to go back to the drawing board—the secret place—to get them, and there is no shame in that.
The world will continue to question the gospel, don’t feel pressured to prove your scholarship of the Word at the expense of your integrity. It’s okay to say “I don’t know, but we can both pray about it”, God will take an honest man over a thousand sophomoric (needing to prove that they know) zealous ones.
God is not afraid of your questions, neither is He expecting you to be omniscient. In truth, this is God’s desire for you, that you seek these answers from Him and nowhere else.
My brother, My Sister, not every voice that speaks over you truly desires your growth and maturity in Christ. The earlier you realize it, the better you will receive counsel. Not every counsel is the voice of reason, not every voice of reason is the voice of God! Be watchful!
Discernment is a virtue you want to covet, but even greater is a relationship with God, so that you are not moved by every voice—you know His voice.
Dear Child of God, it is okay to be a “work in progress”. But if truly that is just a phrase that you’ve made an excuse to halt maturity, the devil will make a mess of you.
Dear sister, dear brother, the gospel has not changed, neither has God. He is still waiting for you, but the question remains; “will you come?”
Abba’s Beloved, if you’ve listened to my rambling and you haven’t measured it against the Bible as a standard, I urge you to do so. And if you find that it contradicts the Word, discard it immediately. You don’t need another voice that negates the gospel.
And so my brother, my sister, Abba’s Beloved, Man of God, Daughter of the King, Royal Priesthood, Keep standing! I’m rooting for you with all my heart.
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