Isaiah 40:7-8 – “The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely this people is like the grass.⁸ The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God shall stand forever.”

Sometimes, as I consider my personal battles, I look at the battles of others around me and become grateful for God’s goodness.   Isaiah 40:7-8 reminds me of God’s Incredibleness.

I believe that Isaiah 40:28-31 should be mandatory reading every day for every believer.

• V.28 reminds us of who God is and what He can do.
• V.29-30 reminds us of His promise and provision.
• V.31 – “BUT they who wait for the LORD shall (not might) renew their strength; they shall (not might) grow wings as a dove (eagles in other translations); they shall (not might) run and not be weary; and they shall (not might) walk and not faint.”

This is not to say God will supernaturally do everything for us. Still, in our nearness and yieldness, we will renew strength and grow or develop the ability to soar above the issues of life, able to run (take the message) and walk (live) in Him in His fullness.

Proverbs 19:23 is an overlooked revelation that is vital for victory.  “When you live a life of abandoned love, surrendered before the awe of God, here’s what you will experience:  Abundant Life, continuous protection, and complete satisfaction!”

Do you have that manifested in your life consistently?  Do you desire that to be manifested in your life consistently?  Here, “abandoned” does not mean left off or turned from, but total surrender.  It is a life lived in such love for God that everything else is meaningless or inconsequential.  It is living in awe of God. Not fearful, but with a longing to belong fully to Him.

The three provisions are all-encompassing.

• Abundant Life – covers all the needs and wants.
• Continual Protection makes Psalm 91 a constant and consistent reality.
• Complete Satisfaction is a place almost no human has achieved.

God’s open invitation requires our surrender and commitment.  

Proverbs 19:2-3 – “The best way to live is with revelation-knowledge, for without it, you’ll grow impatient and run right into error.  3 There are some people who ruin their own lives and then blame it all on God.”

We can choose total surrender and the promised provision or self-centeredness and destruction.   God places before us life and death, blessings and curses.  He stands ready to help us enter in.  Choose to live in His best and grow wings to fly, run, walk, and work in His strength.   Victory is your covenant heritage.   Speak the Word!  

May the Living God’s Grace, Peace, and Power fill your hearts and minds today!

Isaiah 41:10-11 – “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I have strengthened you, and have also helped you, yea, I will also uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.¹¹ All those that reproach you shall be ashamed and confounded; they shall be as nothing; and those who strive with you shall perish.¹² You shall seek them that strive with you, but you shall not find them; they that war against you shall be as if they were nothing.”

Today, I find that both the words of Isaiah and those in Proverbs leave an indelible impression upon my mind and heart.  The overwhelming impression of need is “No Fear,” but rather to have Trust explode in my spirit.

You may say, “That is no revelation.”  I suggest that it is when you need an extra dose of courage or encouragement.   Being reminded of God’s Person, Power, Provision, and Promises strengthens the longing heart and lifts us into a new realm.

In Isaiah 41:10-11, God said, “Fear not…”  As a word from God, that is enough to inspire courage and confidence, but He said more.  “FOR (because) I am with you…”

I urge you to capture that in your heart – God is with us!  God, the Creator of all things, the Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Living God, is with us.   Fear cannot live in that atmosphere.

However, the problem, too often, is that we believe theoretically and religiously but not at the foundation of our hearts.  We hope that He is.  We try to convince ourselves that He is.  We recite rote, meaningless declarations, trying to convince ourselves that He is and others that we believe He is.  But deep inside our inner being, fear is lurking.  Uncertainty is lurking.  Doubt is lurking. 

The entire passage is: “FEAR NOT, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I HAVE (not can but have) strengthened you, and have also helped you, yea, I will also uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness.   11 All those that reproach you (not just people but demonic powers and problems) SHALL BE ashamed and confounded; they shall be AS NOTHING; and those who strive with you shall perish.”

If that does not light a fire in your oven, your wood is wet.

Psalm 42:2 promises that No Matter What we face, God is there and delivers us.  No Fear is Allowed!

Isaiah 45:18 – “…I Am the LORD, and there is none else.”

Isaiah 49:16 – “Behold, I have inscribed you upon the palms of My hands…”

Isaiah 51:22 – “…Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of trembling (fear)…”

Today, we have the choice to Fear what we hear and fear or to Trust God completely.

Proverbs 28:9 speaks powerfully, “IF you close your heart and refuse to listen to God’s instruction, EVEN your prayer will be despised.”

God is speaking and giving us Hope.  If we reject that plea and promise, closing our hearts to His Revelation, He will not regard our prayer.   Prayer demands faith or trust, and fear negates both.

I have been in a new battle physically, emotionally, and spiritually.   I need and desire Him!  I have a choice.  I can allow fear to rule and dominate, or I can trust.  No matter what I say, the truth of my condition and confidence is revealed in my heart through my actions!  Lord, help me trust You and reject all fear.

Job said, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.”  God is not slaying us, but we need to have that attitude that we will Trust Him no matter what.  Today is a day of victory because it is the day God made, and we have God’s promises.

May the Fearlessness of God fill your hearts today and make you bold as lions in the face of the enemy!

Isaiah 54:17 – “No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, says the LORD.”

As I read, prayed, and contemplated the Word, life, and purpose, some things in Isaiah and Proverbs unfolded before my eyes and created a longing in my heart for more of God and to be empty of me.

Isaiah 53 is the famous revelation of the work of the Full Redemption that Jesus brought us.  Body, soul, and spirit have full healing and full restoration!  If we do not have it, it is not because it is now available to “Whosoever Will.“

Isaiah 54:17 is a promise that we quote often but have no idea how to possess or manifest.  We allow weapons of the devil’s destruction to have measured success in direct conflict with that promise.  We sometimes fail to condemn and break the curses of tongues that accuse and abuse us. 

If our heritage is that “No Weapon” rising against us can prosper, and we are to condemn every tongue that curses us, then Why Do We Not Actively Enforce God’s Promises?

One reason stands above all others.  We do not feel we measure up and deserve that authority.   We relegate God’s promises and provisions to our ability, goodness, and view of whether we have earned or not earned His favor.   The devil laughs at that mindset.   It is not about us but about God’s promises and provisions.

Isaiah 55:1 tells us that if we thirst for God to buy and eat even though we have no money (credits of earned favor), that ties to what I suggested.  It is not about us!

When I consider today, Proverbs speaks to current conditions.

Proverbs 29:4 –“A godly leader who values justice is a great strength and example to the people.  But the one who sells his influence for money tears down what is right.”

Proverbs 30:11-14 is incredibly applicable to our day.  “There is a generation rising that curses their fathers and speaks evil of their mothers.   12 There is a generation rising that considers themselves to be pure in their own eyes, yet they are morally filthy, unwashed, and unclean.  13 There is a generation rising that is so filled with pride that they think they are superior and look down on others.  14 There is a generation rising that uses their words like swords to cut and slash those who are different…”

We live in a time where godlessness is prevalent.   God has been systematically pushed aside and self-elevated to the throne.   That leaves us helpless and hopeless.

I long for a revival of revelation-knowledge and a resurgence of remembrance of God.

Proverbs 30:5 – “Every promise from the faithful God is pure and proves to be true.  He is a wraparound shield of protection for all His lovers who run to hide in Him.”

I am praying this as part of my daily prayer… 30:7-8 – “God, there are two things I am asking You for before I die, only two: Empty out of my heart EVERYTHING that is false – every lie, and every crooked thing.  AND give me neither undue poverty nor undue wealth – But rather, feed my soul with the measure of prosperity that pleases You.”

I crave total oneness with Jesus!  I crave the anointing of Isaiah 61 to be in me, on me, and through me so that I can and do manifest Jesus in this world, exercise the authority He has given, and live my heritage of Isaiah 54:17. I pray that for you, too.  More Lord!  More of You and less of me!  God help us BE the overcomers you said we are!

May the rich blessings of the LORD be yours today and every day!

Jeremiah 10:10 – “But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King.  At His wrath, the earth quakes, And the nations cannot endure His indignation.” NASB

This morning, the Holy Spirit posed a question: “If God made a promise to natural Israel, could that promise be relevant to believers today?”  I suggest that we consider this: If Jesus is unchanging across time, and God shows no favoritism, why not now? If God acted for others, is it not reasonable to believe He can and will act for us? 

Some believe that the Gifts of the Spirit and many other things in the Bible have ceased and passed away; I do not!  I believe God is the same eternally, and His gifts and callings are not revocable.  I believe that what Jesus did on the Cross includes every aspect of what Isaiah prophesied.  He is The Living God!

• I believe in Salvation. 
• I believe in Divine Healing. 
• I believe in Divine Guidance. 
• I believe in Miracles. 
• I believe that GOD is, was, and will be eternally the same, and He does not lie and cannot fail. 

Like David, I proclaim, ‘I was young, and now I am old, and I have not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging for bread.’   I hold firm to the belief that when God declares something in His Word, He is a Covenant Keeper, and His Promises are unwavering and certain. 

I believe God gives His angels orders to watch out for and protect us.  I believe we are more than conquerors through Jesus finished work on the Cross.  I believe that Heaven is real and that Jesus is coming back!  I believe I am victorious, and My God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in Glory!  I believe the Bible and the God of the Bible!  I believe what He says more than what I can see!  I have set my heart to walk by Faith and not by Sight.

Today, I pray that the LORD, The Living God, will manifest Himself to you, lead you into His purposes and presence, and demonstrate His Love and Power to you and through you!  If we are IN Christ, we are New Creations, and the Old is Gone!  The Newness of Life, real Life, Eternal Life abides in us NOW!  Hallelujah!  

This is a day of rejoicing, so let us rejoice and make merry in our hearts, knowing that God is on the Throne and we are Loved by Him!

May The Living God fill your every moment and lead you into His fullness!

Exodus 33:18-23 – “ Then Moses said, “I pray You, show me Your glory!” ¹⁹ And He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.” ²⁰ But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!” ²¹ Then the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place ^[I^]by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock; ²² and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. ²³ Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen.”

As I read, prayed, and pondered, I read from the Lamsa Aramaic to English translation, and some things opened to me in a way I had not considered before. Moses made a request to God, and the answer placed a greater responsibility on Moses.  Moses asked, “Show me thy glory.” That is a benign request, right?  Hardly!  God responded, “I will make my goodness pass before you. ” I thought he asked to see God’s Glory.  God’s glory is embodied in His goodness. It is Who He Is!

But that request elevated Moses to a new level of accountability! He became accountable and responsible for what he saw. When we ask for more revelation and a greater measure of God’s presence, we commit to more responsibility and accountability.

Jude reminds or reveals to us that when we are called, we can be assured that we are loved and protected. (Jude 1). The rendering of Jude 20 is interesting.  “But you, my beloved, build up yourselves…” we need to stop praying for God to do what we are directed and enabled to do. He continues, “anew in the Holy faith…” we are to study and learn to handle the word rightly. Then he concludes, “Through the Holy Spirit, by means of prayer.” That is the total surrender to God and the transformation by the Holy Spirit, our teacher.

Read it again without my commentary – “But you beloved, build up yourselves anew in the holy faith through the Holy Spirit, by means of prayer.” Let that sink deeply into your heart!

Jesus’ message to the church at Thyatira is an incredibly interesting statement. Revelation 2:27 states, “…even as MY Father disciplined me.” Think about that! If the one who knew no disobedience was disciplined, how much more will we be disciplined?   God desires to give us the kingdom and transform us into little Christs on the earth. 

If we look at the message to each of the seven churches, we see in each a dimension of the Christ Life we are to live. It reveals areas of needed correction, invitations to elevation and power, and the opportunity to see His Glory.  He invites us to be who we are in Him.  He wants us to prosper and know divine health through prosperous souls.

Revelation 3:20 is our hope.  He is waiting for us to open the door to Him in yielded surrender, and “then” He will demonstrate His person and power. We are those whom He chastises and disciplines to enable us to become containers of the supernatural manifestation of God. 

How much do we want?  He wants us to have The Kingdom.   Power and Authority over ALL the devil’s work and power.  Therefore, we are to have no more lack.  It is time to take it back!

May God’s best and fullness flood your entire being today!

Revelation 5:6 – “ And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.”

What I want to share is not some new prophetic insight but something that has enabled me to embrace God’s fullness and perfection even more.

In Revelation 5 and many times in Revelation, the term “Seven Spirits of God” is used.   What are the Seven Spirits of God?  Is the Holy Spirit Seven separate beings?  No!  Then what could that mean, or what could the phraseology’s purpose be?

I offer this:  Seven is the number of completion or perfection.   The judgments are in sevens – completion.  Seven days of creation, with the 7th being the symbol of completion. But what are the Seven Spirits of God?

• The Spirit of Wisdom.
• The Spirit of Understanding.
• The Spirit of Counsel.
• The Spirit of Power.
• The Spirit of Knowledge.
• The Spirit of Reverence (Fear of God).
• The Spirit of Prophecy.

Revelation 5:12 says of Jesus that He is Worthy to receive Power, Riches, Wisdom, Might, Honor, Glory, and Blessing (sevenfold).

We are IN Christ, and He is IN us. His Holy Spirit empowers us with all His attributes.   We are heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus.  We have His authority, and in that, we have all His attributes to fulfill His purposes and our calling.

James said that if we need Wisdom, Ask!  Therefore, if we have access to ALL of Jesus and ALL the Holy Spirit, why do we not live like that is true?

I stand in faith and declare, “As He is, so am I in this present world.”  Declare that, believe that, and live like God is telling the truth! He has given us the Kingdom, so we need to stop living like beggars and start living like heirs.

Are we going to ride like princes and princesses or like beggars?  The choice is ours based on God’s promises.

What do you need?  He IS.  So, Why Not Now?

May the Love, Peace, Power, and Provision of God be your constant guide!

Ephesians 1:3-6 – “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, ⁴ just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love ⁵ He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, ⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. 

Many in the Body of Christ argue and fight over terms such as predestination and foreknowledge.   I think we need to rethink and redefine those realities.

God is infinite, including with regard to time.  He has been in the past, the present, and the future.  He knew us before the foundations of the world.  He can tell us precisely what happens in the future because He has been there and is there.

He knows the choices we will make before we make them.  Thus, He can plan our future, including our salvation, because He knows what we will choose and do.  His foreknowledge in no way diminishes our ability to choose. 

He chooses us based on His infinite foreknowledge of how we will respond and choose.  He does not arbitrarily choose some and reject others.   He chooses and rejects based on His foreknowledge of what we will choose.  God knows our future, and we know God.  Therefore, we need to focus on Him rather than fretting over the what-ifs.   

I trust Him to keep what I have committed to Him and guide me into making the right choices; if I believe that God arbitrarily decides my eternity with no involvement from me, I develop a view of God as a puppet master, even a tyrant.  Imagine someone with that power operating arbitrarily.   That is beyond frightening.

Ephesians 1:3 tells us that God has blessed (Has Blessed) us with ALL spiritual blessings in the heavenly places in Jesus. God’s love is unconditional, but that does not mean He ignores disobedience. God has prepared a plan for us based on His foreknowledge of what choices we will make. He is never surprised by our choices. Additionally, He wants us to know what He desires.  But He will not make the choice for us.  He gives us options, even though there is only one acceptable option. 

We are predestined to be transformed into the image of Jesus.  His predetermined plan is based on His seeing our decisions.   He helps us make the right and difficult choices, yet the choice is ours.   We would not have been given a will if He had desired robots. 

The fact that He has given us the ability to choose reveals His desire for us to mature.  We do not want to make every decision, in detail, for our children or anyone.   We want them to mature, apply their knowledge, and make the right choices.

I heard – “Do you trust Me?  Do you believe what I have said?  Then, quit asking Me to do for you what I equipped and authorized you to do.  You have authority over the devil and your will. Exercise it.” I received the chastisement and am at peace with my purpose. My destiny results from the right choices I have made, am making, and will make through His Spirit.

I have a will that I have willed to surrender to His will.   I am, therefore, free!

May God bless, guard, keep, and guide you each step of your spiritual journey!

Leviticus 14:14-18 – “The priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. ¹⁵ The priest shall also take some of thelog of oil and pour it into his left palm; ¹⁶ the priest shall then dip his right-hand finger into the oil that is in his left palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of the oil seven times before the Lord. ¹⁷ Of the remaining oil which is in his palm, the priest shall put some on the right ear lobe of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering; ¹⁸ while the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed. So, the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the Lord.”  NASB 

This passage offers a detailed process for those cleansed of leprosy.   I see it relatable to believers because we have been cleansed from the leprosy of sin.   It is a type to give insight.

The blood of the sacrifice was placed on the tip of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot.  The blood covered and cleansed the hearing (faith comes by hearing), the works (the works of our hands), and the walk (how we live).  The blood cleanses and sets apart as clean. 

Then, the oil was applied in the same manner.  The oil represents the Holy Spirit and His anointing or empowering.  But the oil was applied in an overflow and poured, not put on the head. 

The Blood of Jesus cleanses, and the oil equips, empowers, and enlightens. 

Why do we fail to walk in the anointing?  Some have not received an infilling of the Holy Spirit, only His presence in salvation.   But even those who are Filled fail to utilize His anointing, power, enlightenment, and equipping.   Why?  There are many reasons, but one is we tend to revert to dessert (not the sweet stuff after the meal but a sense of being worthy or deserving).  We agree with the devil by denying the power in us and fail to see it manifest in us.

We deserve judgment, so none of us are worthy.  His anointing and cleansing are not based on desert but grace.

We have been cleansed and anointed. Therefore, we have both the purity and power to exercise God’s commission.   The devil has no power over those who know he has no power- those covered with the Blood of Jesus and anointed with and by the Holy Spirit.

That charge of your circumstances and exercise authority over people (in the Spirit) operating under the devil’s influence.   Speak the word, believe the word, expect the word, and watch the word work.

You have the blood and the oil.  You do not have to wait for rescue; declare God’s purpose; it is your inheritance.  

May the Lord enable you to walk in the fullness of God’s anointing and provision for your life now!

Genesis 11:1 – “Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words.”  NASB

Something is moving in the heavenly realm that is going to be mind-boggling.   Fasten your seat belt; it will be fast and furious.   Only the observant will see its beginning, but all we feel the effects of it.

In my daily reading of God’s word and pondering over what I read, the Tower of Babel arose in my thoughts.  

Communication – Common Language.  We are told in scripture to all speak the same things.  We do not!  We have schisms and schisms and are a divided house in Christianity.  We accept that, but it is not God’s plan.  We do not communicate. We tend to excommunicate and ostracize with exclusionism.

We assume to know the Truth and claim that our version is the absolute truth.  We assume and assumption truth is ALWAYS dangerous.   Our assumptions are only as good as the factual data we have and include in our assumptions.

Mankind is the cumulative product of successive generations.   Intellectual development is exponential, not linear.  Each discovery is based and built on a precious discovery.   Technology is advancing more rapidly than we can adapt.  That makes Artificial Intelligence super dangerous.  We can reach a place where the creature can outgrow the creator.  Not with God but with man technologically.

It is believed that knowledge and technology are developing at a 10:1 ratio. One futurist argues it is 20,000:1, which is astounding.  The more mankind discovers and the power that it produces, the more it causes him to want more. 

In 1776, the fastest communication was the light of a lantern. Today, at the speed of light, we transmit trillions of bits of information at a time every second of every day. Still, that is minuscule compared to God’s ability.

We have literally become a modern Tower of Babel.  We have abandoned restrictions on “intuitive jumps” or breakthrough “mistakes.”  We trust ourselves more than we trust God.

In a sense, mankind has once again told God, “I will,” rather than seeking His will.  We have become puffed up with our technological capabilities and relegated God to the abstract.  He WILL NOT STAY THERE!

I am not decrying technology but pleading for everyone to seek God with all of their hearts. He will bless obedience to Him and faith in Him, but trust in self will result in another Tower of Babel-like act.

God’s Promises are sure.  Prayer knows no limitations.   Heaven is eternal; we cannot create it on Earth through human ability.  Total reliance on God is our goal.  Technology has glitches, but God does not!

We can reach God at a rate faster than the fastest computer on earth.  So, call, and He will hear and answer.  He DOES NOT LIE and DOES NOT FAIL!

Today is Victory Day for you!  Instant access to God.  Rejoice!