In Just a Little While

The Lord is with you. He is intimately present with you, His desire is for you, and He delights in you.

You are not yet able to see Him perfectly, but you can take delight in His company in the here and now. Fulfillment of the longing in your heart will come soon, but until then He is with you through the Holy Spirit's presence in your heart. When you feel discouragement and anger over the circumstances of your life, understand that your longing is not for human love, but that you are frustrated with desire to see His face.

He longs for you uniquely, and He loves you uniquely. The part of Him that belongs to you belongs to no one else, you know Him in a way that no one else does, and He knows you completely. You touch a place in His heart that no one else can satisfy.

You will be completely satisfied in Him, and He in you. He is the Lover like no other; He completes you. You complete Him. Without you, He is whole, but He is not satisfied. Without Him you can be neither whole nor satisfied. Let Him prepare you for Himself. Let Him prepare you to be the perfect bride.

You don’t understand how this can be so, but do understand the fact that it IS so. Not seeing Him, you love Him. This is faith.

In just a little while, you will be at home with the Lord. Today the Holy Spirit lives within you. You are thus able to satisfy your desire for unity with Christ by feeding upon His Word. Your aching heart will find solace as you experience the peace of a weaned child with its mother (see Psalm 131:2).

Scripture:
"In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me" (John 16:16).

"But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you" (John 16:7).

"...the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you" (John 14:26).

"I will not leave you orphaned. I'm coming back. In just a little while the world will no longer see me, but you're going to see me because I am alive and you're about to come alive. At that moment you will know absolutely that I'm in my Father, and you're in me, and I'm in you" (John 14:18-20, The Message).