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         Think back. Have I ever led you onto a path that was dangerous and rugged? Yes, you have traveled with Me on many difficult journeys. But have I ever asked you to scale mountains which were beyond your faith? You have made arduous treks over high peaks with Me by your side. This is not the question. The question I have for you is whether I have ever left you there alone. Have I ever deserted or abandoned you, or placed you under so great a strain that you were not able to bear it? No, I have never done this to you, and I never will.
         I have strengthened your love and closeness to Me with every trial and testing which I have permitted you to undergo. When Satan appeared before Me in the very courts of Heaven, in My throne room, he beseeched Me for the life of My servant Job. I did not give Job over into his hand. I protected his life and his spirit--all that was needful for him to war against the Evil One and to obtain victory--but I allowed Satan to tempt, to test, to try. So does the Enemy of My children seek even now in these days to test and to try and to afflict, but I do not give you into his hand.
         This test comes your way as you near the days of the end, for the times shall wax worse and worse, and the Enemy pulls out the stops of his iniquity upon the world. But it comes upon you only with My love and with My permission, and it comes along with the package of My protection and care and continual support and help. I will not leave you to fight this fight alone for one moment. I will be ever present, ever by your side. We will go through this testing together.



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