To preface this, this didn’t come from any vision or audible voice. It came from part of a sermon I heard. Here’s what I heard:

“I know sometimes you feel like I’m missing, like you were walking along one day and looked up and realized that you couldn’t find Me anywhere. You thought I had left you. You tried searching for Me in all the wrong ways. You looked to everything and everyone else to fill My place.

Child, don’t you know I must be in my Father’s house? Don’t you know that now that house is inside you? Can you not recall Me telling you that if you were obedient to Me, I and My Father would come and make Our home in you? Didn’t you realize that I must be about My Father’s business? Don’t you know that His business involves you and those you love?

For you to love Me, you must know Me, and for you to love Me well is for you to know Me as one would know an old friend. I want to be in every pore of your being. I want to be what comes out when you breathe. I want those who look at you to see Me and be drawn to Me. That’s what I am molding and changing you into.  A perfect image-bearer and reflecter of the glory of My Father.

Child, why are you so scattered and anxious? Why are you still trying to earn what I’ve already given you? No matter what happens to you, even if it’s your worse-case scenario, don’t you know that even that can’t separate you from My love? Nothing can. Not death, not life, not tornadoes, not hurricanes, not earthquakes, not scandal, not failure, not persecution, not joblessness. Nothing, not even you, can ever cause Me to cease loving you and working for your ultimate good.

Trust Me always. Whenever you’re tempted to anger or lust or despair, choose My joy. Whenever it’s easier to compromise, choose My joy. Know that you can have joy in Me, because I am Someone you can trust in.

Rest tonight, My beloved, and listen for the sound of Me singing over you. No matter how faithful or faithless you’ve been, no matter how you think you’ve triumphed or failed, no matter if you feel valued or worthless at the end of the day, My song will always be the same.”