I awoke one morning recently to distinctly hear the Lord speak into my spirit, “seek ye the Lord while He may be found.” I continued with the Voice, "call upon Him while He is near.” How awesome it is to be awakened by the Voice of God speaking His own Word. Let me share with you what the Lord is saying to me, and to you who may listen in these trying and distressing times.

The Lord says, "I am speaking to My people! You have a friend in Me. You have a confidante in Me. You have a lover of immense love, of everlasting love, of unimaginable love, in Me. So, seek Me! Turn off the world stimuli for a while. Fast from the world news, fast from your friends, fast from your family, fast from your fellowship, fast from you! From your thoughts, from your patterns that you are beginning to establish, or re-establish as in the old times. FAST FROM THEM!" The Lord decrees in Isaiah 55:9 (Message), "I don’t think the way you think. The way you work isn’t the way I work.” How then, should we think? I pray that we recognize our need to turn our attention to seeking the Lord for His direction for our lives, particularly in these difficult times.