Aj. Precious daughter. Yes, that’s right — you hear Me speaking to your heart. I love how you’re starting to learn how to listen to Me. How you’re beginning to understand that those pressing feelings on your heart are Me giving you direction. & how — even though you continue to doubt your knowledge of My voice & you drag your feet when I give you guidance — you are slowly starting to obey those bigger things I have for you. I know — they don’t feel big. But that’s because what you can see is so small. But the ripples of my plan are endless, so pay attention.
I know you’ve read John several times, but this message you’re hearing today — it’s for you! Stop being distracted by how your legs are falling asleep & how you wish you had more time to hang out with Alex. I will take care of your needs. Right now I want you to hear about Me. About the time my Son Jesus was in the garden & the mob came to take Him to His death. How when He asked them who they sought, they said Jesus of Nazareth, & He replied “I AM” — the same name I spoke to Moses in the burning bush. There it is — I have your attention now. The power in that name — it knocked over all who were there to take Him. There still is power in that name. Do you understand, precious one? You know I AM. You have received the free gift of salvation from my Son Jesus & I have adopted you as my own. & now I AM is always with you. Let that sink in — let it change the way you think. I know you feel weak, but you’re not. You have the power of I AM. Walk in that knowledge. I have plans for you.
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There are My girls. My Amber. My Alyssa. My Aj. It’s one of their last nights in Thailand & they are drawn to walking the busy, sex trade-dominant streets of Pattaya one more time. My smile only grows as their hearts prepare to spend their steps talking to Me about the people they see. They stop for what they think will be a quick bite, but they have no idea that I have more for them there. They all want to go pray for these people, but first I need them to talk to Me about themselves — their own needs.
My Aj is on a tangent, which makes Me grin. Oh, that girl. I made her so I knew how she’d be, but her passionate soapboxes still make Me smile. I’m still smoothing some of those rough edges, but she is who I made her & that is good. She’s telling her sisters about how I have been gentle in my pursuit of her. Sometimes she’s gone the wrong way & feels like she should know better, but instead of my squishing her, I have been gentle turning her back to what I have for her, which is better than the way she is heading. & she’s starting to hear my love in the way I correct her. She just told the girls how she imagines me speaking to her just like she had heard her friend Alex correcting her son Trip — “Nah, babe — we’re not going that way.” Aj’s awe of our closeness & the way that I pursue her is something she can’t help but share right now, & my other girls — they’re getting it. A light turns on for them.
I Am the Creator or the universe & I do deserve all their reverence & respect. But I am also their Father & I want them to get close to Me & see Me for that fatherly care I have them. I love them so much! Even now I am stirring in Amber a need to shake up her prayer life — to start talking to Me in a more intimate way that will help us grow so much closer. & next month I’m going to show Alyssa that she can call me Dad & it is going to be a game changer for her. I know I’ve timed it exactly right, but I am excited about what I have for my girls!
An hour later than they intended, my girls gather together & pray that I’ll show them who they need to talk to Me about & that their presence — their prayers — would make a difference in someone’s life. Aj doesn’t know it yet, but next month I am going to shake up her understanding of faith. Right now she puts it on herself if she doesn’t “do enough”. But I’m going to show her how much it isn’t about her — how it’s about letting what she believes about Me propel her to do some of the wild things I’ll ask of her. How faith really is simply acting congruently with Who she believes Me to be. I’m excited for that next revelation, too.
My girls make their way down Walking Street & watch so many people looking for temporary happiness. They take in the men who just want to lose themselves in what is offered here. They see the women who smile outwardly but their subtle body language betrays their disgust for how they have to perform to survive. They stop for quite some time in front of glass cases where drugged women take shifts dancing in their transparent cages to lure in the passer by-ers. As each woman changes place with another, my girls pour out their hearts to me in pain, asking for deliverance for these women & the lives that many of them have literally been sold into. I hear you, my Loves — & I love these broken souls more than you do. Keep going — I have more for you tonight.
My Aj keeps talking to me but I see her heart — the length of time she spent watching the changing of the girls in the glass boxes really impacted her this time. Her heart is heavy & she is fading a bit. Come on, babe — just keep going & don’t stop talking to Me about how you feel. Come on.
Walking Street ends & there begins Beach Street where so many like Hom stand & wait, hoping to make enough money that night to go home at a decent hour. My girls have been out praying for these women at various hours of the night — they know what to expect on this street. My Aj stops & tells the others that she is weak & needs to pray again. That’s it, Love! I will be your strength in this weakness! My other 2 girls have tender hearts & they join as Aj cries out to Me to help her see that it matters that they are here. They know they can’t talk to any of the women standing here — it could mean severe punishment if they were caught by their pimps. Aj wants Me to show her that My Light in her life & in Amber & Alyssa’s lives is sufficient to make a difference just walking down the street & praying.
Way ahead of you, babe.
I knew you’d walk down this street tonight, & I knew your soul would be heavy, hurting for these people & the lives that allow them so little joy or hope. I got you, Love — & I will be faithful as I always am. Just keep going.
As the girls walk & Aj talks to Me, I let the other 2 get a little further ahead. My Aj gets distracted easily & I need her to see this. Look up, Love. Look up.
And there it was.
I saw the kid who painted it there weeks ago, but none of my girls had ever noticed it & that was okay because I knew that it was for My Aj.
She looked up at one of the women standing there, waiting for a man to come, & then she saw it. She stared in disbelief, but I watched the way her eyes lit when the message hit her heart.
I AM.
That was enough.
I AM enough.
Just like in the garden when Jesus said Our name — I AM — the power is very real. The power is very present. I didn’t need My Aj to go save the day & rescue these women — I will help them in the right timing because I see them & their needs. I have plans for them. But what I needed from My Aj was for her to see Me. To trust Me. To know that, though walking down a street praying could be ridiculed by others as ineffective or not enough, it doesn’t matter — that’s what I was asking of her, & I will do the work — she just needs to be faithful. She needs to know that her asking is enough because I Am enough.
She remembers that My Word talks about how prayers can move mountains & her faith soars. The fervor of her conversation with Me is renewed & she finishes the street strong, trusting that those prayers will impact this street & this city — this nation. That’s My girl. I see them & I will take care of them. & I see you, My Aj. I see you & I feel your needs. I have so much ahead for you, I just need you to keep going. When you feel like you are without strength, remember that I’m right here & ready to give it to you, because I’m enough. I love you. I’m here.
I Am.
