You are Complete in Me

By Hazel Holland

My beloved child, I have watched your every move since the moment you took your first breath and entered this world. I rejoiced the day you were born, and it hurt My heart to see that your own father could not rejoice with you over the things that made you, you.

But I delight in you and in your uniqueness. I made you as the apple of My eye, and I have a plan to see you fulfill all that I have designed you to be... in Me.

However, My heart sees how you run after good men’s ideas and teachings as if they were all directly inspired by Me. But you fail to see that you are running after a mixture. You run after teachings that promise holiness and good works because you never received the needed praise or affirmation for anything that you did from your earthly father. You always yearned for his attention and love, but never received it.

Now you look to other men as your spiritual father... some are worthy of that honor and some are not. Most have their own agendas to promote that are not My agendas for them or for you. You have already been “stripped” by your earthly father, and have allowed others to strip you of your self-respect and self-worth because you have not felt good about yourself. I know that because I see the big hole in your heart that your father left, and that hole can only be filled by Me.

But as long as you try to fill that hole with other men’s ideas and beliefs about My holiness, you will always be searching, but never finding. I am not an idea or a belief, but a Person to know intimately. I am your Father, and I long for you to find your rest in Me... continually.

I want you to know in your heart that I accept you just as you are. I am well pleased with you because My Son has redeemed you by His blood. That is why I find no fault in you. As I am gradually changing you from the inside out by My Spirit, that change doesn’t make you any more precious to me that you are at this very moment. You can never earn My love by what you do...not ever. My child, My love is always given freely as My gift to you. You are complete in Me.