We are to prepare our hearts for action!
You and I are to purify our souls and our hearts so that we can enter into the manifested Presence of THE LORD for our daily path to take.
Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Peter chapter 1:
13 So then, prepare your hearts and minds for action! Stay alert and fix your hope firmly on the marvelous grace (enablement) that is coming to you. For when Jesus Christ is unveiled, a greater measure of grace will be released to you.
14 As God’s obedient children, never again shape your lives by the desires that you followed when you didn’t know better.
15 Instead, shape your lives to become like the Holy One Who called you.
16 For Scripture says: “You are to be Holy, because I am Holy.”
17 Since you call on Him as your Heavenly Father, the impartial Judge Who judges according to each one’s works, live each day with Holy Awe and reverence throughout your time on earth.
The word unveiled means to come out of concealment, appear, be made manifest, revealed. Peter uses the Greek word apokalypsis. This is the same word used by The Beloved Disciple when he recorded by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 1:
1 This is the unveiling (apokalypsis, i.e. Revelation) of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to share with His Loving servants what must occur swiftly. He signified it by sending His angel to his Loving servant John.
2 I, John, bore witness to the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
3 A joyous blessing rests upon the one who reads this message and upon those who hear and embrace the Words of this prophecy, for the appointed time is in your hands.
Peter furth wrote in chapter 1:
20 This was part of God’s plan, for He was chosen and destined for this before the foundation of the earth was laid, but He has been made manifest in these last days for you.
21 It is through Him that you now believe in God, Who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him, so that you would fasten your faith and hope in God alone.
22 Now, because of your obedience to the Truth, you have purified your very souls, and this empowers you to be full of Love for your fellow believers. So express this sincere Love toward one another passionately and with a pure heart.
Those with a pure heart and a pure soul will see GOD!
In the past, ministers preached that we have not been given a spirit of fear. They would use such passages as:
2 Timothy 1:7
For God will never give you the spirit of fear, but the Holy Spirit who gives you mighty power, Love, and self-control.
This refers to the “fear of man”, not the Fear of GOD.
The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st John chapter 4:
16 We have come into an intimate experience with God’s Love, and we trust in the Love He has for us. God is Love! Those who are living in Love are living in God, and God lives through them.
17 By living in God, Love has been brought to its full expression in us so that we may fearlessly face the day of judgment, because all that Jesus now is, so are we in this world.
18 Love never brings fear, for fear is always related to punishment. But Love’s perfection drives the fear of punishment far from our hearts. Whoever walks constantly afraid of punishment has not reached Love’s perfection.
19 Our Love for others is our grateful response to the Love God first demonstrated to us.
Walking in The Fear of THE LORD ensures that we will not walk in fear of punishment. GODLY Fear is One of reverence and Awe of WHO HE IS. The person who walks in the Fear of THE LORD has nothing to hide.
King David recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 25:
12 Who are they that live in the Holy Fear of YAHWEH? You will show them the right path to take.
13 Then prosperity and favor will be their portion, and their descendants will inherit the earth.
14 There’s a private place reserved for the devoted Lovers of YAHWEH, where they sit near Him and receive the revelation-secrets of His promises.
The Holy Fear of THE LORD brings forth prosperity, not punishment. Knowing this Truth, we should prepare our hearts for action in the coming days.