Mi iglesia no es disciplinada. No es mansa, no le gusta que le diga lo que tiene que hacer. Es orgullosa y débil. Es arrogante y no quiere moverse. Quiere todo servido. Es perezosa y pretenciosa.
My church is not disciplined. She is not meek; she doesn’t like being told what to do. She is proud and weak. She is arrogant and refuses to move. She wants everything served to her. She is lazy and demanding.
Dice que me ama, pero no quiere ir adonde Yo voy. Me pide muchas cosas, pero no se entrega a Mí. Le gusta la comida chatarra. Le gusta la comida rápida. Apenas nos sentamos a hablar, ya se levanta y se va, apurada para volver al mundo.
She says she loves Me, but she won’t go where I go. She asks Me for much, but she won’t give herself to Me. She craves junk food, fast food. The moment we sit down to talk, she gets up and hurries back to the world.
Hace un esfuerzo para sentarse junto a Mí en la misma mesa. No quiere comprometerse conmigo, no quiere perder lo que ella llama «su libertad». Ella ama sus grilletes; piensa que son joyas. No quiere tener una cabeza sobre ella. Es anti-autoritaria.
She tries to sit with Me at the same table, but she doesn’t want commitment. She won’t give up what she calls “her freedom.” She loves her chains; she thinks they’re jewels. She doesn’t want anyone in authority over her. She’s against all authority.
Me proclama con sus labios, mientras sus deseos van en contra de mi Espíritu. Inconstante y sin disciplina, así está mi iglesia, porque su corazón está dividido. Su tolerancia al sufrimiento es muy baja. Si me amara, no se quejaría constantemente.
She proclaims Me with her lips, but her desires go against My Spirit. Unstable and undisciplined—this is what My church is like, for her heart is divided. Her tolerance for suffering is very low. If she truly loved Me, she wouldn’t be complaining all the time.
Pone su enfoque en sus problemas en vez de poner sus ojos en Mí. Si me amara a Mí más que a todas las cosas, no se dejaría distraer por nada ni nadie. Mi iglesia es una iglesia narcisista, donde todo se trata de ella. Se olvida de que el Rey del universo soy Yo.
She fixes her eyes on her problems instead of fixing them on Me. If she loved Me above all else, she wouldn’t let anyone or anything distract her. My church is narcissistic: everything revolves around her. She forgets that I am the King of the universe.
Aún no ha comprendido que servirme a Mí es la base de su sostén. Aún no ha entendido que compartir tiempo juntos, sentados en la mesa conmigo, es el mejor tiempo, no «tiempo perdido», como ella lo califica en su corazón.
She still hasn’t understood that serving Me is the very foundation of her support. She still hasn’t realized that spending time with Me, sitting at the table together, is the best time there is—not “wasted time” as she secretly thinks in her heart.
Yo la libraré de todas las distracciones, y ya no le quedarán excusas de por qué no tiene tiempo para Mí. Yo le enseñaré que el amor definitivo es la base de la disciplina divina. Yo he vencido al mundo, y mi iglesia será vencedora igual que Yo.
I will strip away every distraction, and then she won’t have any more excuses for why she has no time for Me. I will teach her that perfect love is the foundation of divine discipline. I have overcome the world, and My church will be victorious, just as I am.
Pero no hay victoria sin disciplina. Aprenda a marchar bajo la lluvia, la nieve, el calor, la sequía, la tormenta y el silencio. Aprenda a caminar conmigo, siempre.
But there is no victory without discipline. Learn to march in the rain, in the snow, in the heat, in drought, in the storm, and in the silence. Learn to walk with Me, always.
[Proverbs 3:11-12] My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; Neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
[Hebrews 12:5-6] And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
[John 14:15] If ye love me, keep my commandments.
[James 1:22] But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
[Mark 12:30] and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
[Revelation 3:16] So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
[James 1:8] A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
[John 16:33] These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.