Don’t tolerate people who try to run your life, ordering you to bow and scrape, insisting that you join their obsession with angels and that you seek out visions. They’re a lot of hot air, that’s all they are. They’re completely out of touch with the source of life, Christ, who puts us together in one piece, whose very breath and blood flow through us. He is the Head and we are the body. We can grow up healthy in God only as he nourishes us. So, then, if with Christ you’ve put all that puffed-up and childish religion behind you, why do you let yourselves be bullied by it? “Don’t touch this! Don’t taste that! Don’t go near this!” Do you think things that are here today and gone tomorrow are worth that kind of attention? Such things sound impressive if said in a deep enough voice. They even give the illusion of being pious and humble and austere. But they’re just another way of showing off, making yourselves look important.
God has many names, you know. Jehovah, Almighty, Everlasting Father, Alpha and Omega … But do you know what He calls Himself? “I Am.” Ask God who He is, and that is what He’ll tell you. “I Am.” Not “I was” or “I’m going to be.” But “I am.” “I am here for you now because that’s where you need Me.” And if God is here, right here, right now, what is there to fear?
— Martha Williamson, When Angels Speak: Inspiration From Touched By An Angel
