“That He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she should be holy and blameless.” Ephesians 5:27

I believe we are in the end days. I believe His return is very soon. Everything around us is getting darker and more corrupt by the minute. Evil is being called good and good is being called evil. We want to stay in the fight right up to the end, finishing well. I do believe that we are in that last leg of our race. He is giving all of us our second wind. We will not just slowly walk to the finish line, but sprint! 

This is the time for us to utilize and put into action everything that we have learned up to this point. Each of us has been on our own journey. We have gone through incredible joyful life-giving times and also very hard trying times of heartache. We have allowed the Lord to take us through the following:

“Many will be purged, purified and refined; but the wicked will act wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have Insight will understand.” Daniel 12:10 

“In the same way that gold and silver are refined by fire, the Lord purifies your heart by the tests and trials of life.” Proverbs 17:3 

It is through the fire that we have emerged refined like gold. 

“I will refine them as silver is refined, and I will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My name, and I will hear them: I will say, it is My people: and they shall say, the Lord is my God.” Zachariah 13:9 

We are equipped and ready for such a time as this. As He begins calling on us to do His will we will shine brightly! We are going from life to life!

“Those who have Insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.” Daniel 12:3 

Never surrender! Never retreat! Run to the finish line! 

“Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness the peoples; but the Lord will rise upon you, and His glory will appear upon you. And nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.” Isaiah 60:1-3