What should one of your top priorities focus on

What should one of your top priorities focus on? “Above all things have fervent charity among yourself: for charity shall cover a multitude of sins” (1 Peter 4:8). “If you want to know what survival is all about — to see how God is leading his people through these times — then show unconditional love to your brothers and sisters? In light of the great mercy God has shown you — in light of his unconditional forgiveness toward your past sins, his compassionate longsuffering toward you —you are to reach out with mercy to those who have sinned against you, to forgive them as if they had never committed those sins.

“God has faithfully warned the world about the economic holocaust you see coming. God has showed you these things to come and will show you how you are to survive. God wouldn’t warn you and then not tell you what to do to make it through the storm.

“Here is the main issue, your most important preparation: Get your heart ready. If this matter isn’t dealt with, all other preparations are in vain. At the end of all things, stay calm. And stay on your knees. Above all else, practice unceasing mercy and love toward your brothers and sisters. Forgive and cover their sins.” “Charity shall cover a multitude of sins” (1 Peter 4:8).

You may say, “But I’m not holding onto any grudges. I don’t have any bitterness toward anyone. I only have love for my brothers and sisters.

At the end of all things the Holy Spirit will come in a great wave upon the earth, filling God’s people with joy when the world is in upheaval. This won’t happen, for you however, if you hold grudges and wounds are left unresolved.

God is asking you, “Do you want to be ready for what’s coming? Do you want to be fully prepared when all things are being shaken? Then make sure you have nothing in your heart that hinders the flow of My Spirit. Something wonderful is just ahead. Make sure you are not left out of it.”

The prophets — from Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel down to the Minor Prophets — reveal that in the last days God’s Spirit will once again fall on a prepared people. This event is referred to as the “harvest rain.” It is promised to be greater even than the “former rain,” which was the Spirit’s mighty outpouring at Pentecost.