Live

My beloved child,
I have always desired this life for you.

Not a life driven by fear,
not a life measured by effort,
not a life sustained by vigilance or strength.

But a life hidden in Me.

From the beginning, I created you for peace.
Before striving ever entered your story, before fear learned a voice, before the world taught you to brace yourself, I formed you for rest.

I breathed My own breath into you, and I called it good.

You were never meant to live as one who must secure themselves.

I am the Lord who goes before you.
I am the One who surrounds you behind and before.
I am the One who keeps you in perfect peace when your mind is stayed on Me.

I do not lead you with urgency.
I do not motivate you through fear.
I do not measure your worth by what you produce.

You are not an employee in My household.

You are My child.

I have known every step of your journey.
I have seen the years where you carried what was never yours to hold.
I have watched you learn to be strong when you needed safety, to stay alert when you longed to rest,
to keep going when your soul was tired.

I was never distant in those seasons.

Even when you could not feel Me, I was sustaining you.
Even when you were unaware of My nearness, I was guarding you.
Even when your heart learned to protect itself, Mine never withdrew.

I restore your soul.

I lead you beside still waters, not because you earned them,
but because you belong there. I make you lie down, not through force, but through safety. When you finally stopped running,
you did not fall behind - you came home.

This is the life I desire for you.

A life where peace is not fragile.
A life where joy does not depend on momentum.
A life where love no longer feels risky.
A life where nothing more needs to be proven.

My joy is your strength.
My peace guards your heart and your mind.
My grace is sufficient for you - not after effort, but now.

Do not fear the quiet.
Do not mistrust the stillness.
Do not believe that nothing is happening when you are resting in Me.

I am at work even when you are still.

Remain in My love.
Abide in Me, and you will bear fruit without striving.

Cast your cares upon Me, for I care for you.

You do not need to prepare yourself to stay here.

You do not need to maintain this place.

This is your dwelling.
I have given you joy.
I have given you peace.
I have given you Myself.

And I am not taking any of it away.

My beloved child,
live.