Set apart seeking

Set apart seeking the very heart of My Father in Heaven, when He speaks, when I hear, when I take heed I see and my path becomes clear. no fear of what man can do, because I know that carrying a cross means I'm gonna walk through some valley's even the valley of the shadow of death, persecution and suffering, Thats the cross I'm willing to carry, because that's the cost I've counted to follow. And I know that if the cross that I carry doesn't bring me to some valley's persecution and opposition, then the cross I carry is no cross at all. Because ya see scripture is clear, you can't carry a cross without suffering. There may be some good days some hard days, but scripture is clear we must through much tribulation enter into the Kingdom of God. there will be trials tests , there will be times we endure the chastening of the Lord because He loves us enough to correct us, there will be times that we are thrown into the refiners fire because God loves us enough to cleanse purify refine and perfect us to stand without spot without blemish, and empower us by His Holy spirit to walk as He walked with a pure heart loving as He loved forgiving as He forgives extending mercy and compassion as He did to us, preaching as He preached. the end result of coming out of the refiners fire we come out clothed with humility a branch connected to the Vine bearing fruit, humbly walking with our God. Labouring together with Him serving as He served. spending more time set apart in prayer seeking the Father's will, even praying for our enemies, His love is perfected in the hearts of those who keep His word . when we carry a cross and embrace the whole cross we will have enemies just as christ had enemies, Jesus told us if we truly follow Him we will be hated by the world, even religious men such as pharisees and hypocrites will hate us, some of our greatest and most intense opposition and persecution will come from religious men. no servant is greater than his Master, we can expect to be treated with hate because they hated Jesus first, we can expect betrayal we can expect to be falsely accused and we can expect the possibility of even being martyred. we can expect Gods Grace being sufficent and His strength perfected in weakness. His Grace is enough to empower us to keep pressing toward the mark for the prize of the High calling of God in Christ Jesus. He has sealed us with His spirit and empowered us by His Holy spirit to be His witness. those who endure until the end shall be saved. let no man deceive you let no man take your crown.