Word of the Day
Beloved, just as I told Habakkuk to write the vision upon the tablets so everyone who passed by could read what I told him and have hope, I am so instructing you. I am reinforcing My Word to you. When I do this it means it is of great importance. How many times have you forgotten to write your grocery list or the directions to a place you need to go? Do you remember the frustration or the lack of direction it caused? Do you remember all the things you forgot at the store and had to make another trip for or had to do without? If these natural things when not written down can cause frustration and loss of precious time, how much more will the failure to write down My specific instructions and words of promise cost in the long run. Remember, our conversations are eternal with eternal consequences and benefits. This is where the rubber meets the road so to speak. So, once again I say, “Write them down!”
There will be days when the enemy of your soul shall try and convince you to believe other than what I spoke to you in the garden. Having it written down will save mush frustration and give you eternal tools of promise to fight off lies that have not changed since the days Adam and Eve believed wrong things about Me.
The enemy always tries to defame My character and twist My Word. If it is written down you can speak it just as it was given with great results. This is called resisting the devil and submitting to Me. And what did I say would happen as you resisted and submitted (James 4:6-8). I said he would flee. Now, it may take more than once…in fact, it takes as long as it takes him for him flee. When do you stop? When he flees.
However, Beloved, you must keep yourself in Me in order to be aware when he tries to take advantage of a more opportune time. If you do so, when he comes, it will be much quicker and much easier to disarm him as you walk in the victory of a faith that has overcome.
Review and speak what I have said. You will need to stand up, declare to the mountain the words I have spoken in secret. The defeat of the enemy will be rewarded in the open for I was manifest to destroy the works of the evil one (1 John 3:8) My Word and I are one and when used according to what I have told you create the ability to walk in true garden lifestyle as you evict the lies of the enemy before they have a chance to be fruitful.
Remember, spending time with Me makes your confidence and faith grow. Speaking the Word I give you makes the crooked path straight (Isaiah 45:2 Amplified). It makes the rough way smooth because I am the Word and when you speak it I go before you to accomplish the purpose for which I sent it in the first place (Isaiah 55:11).
And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision and engrave it so plainly upon tablets that everyone who passes may [be able to] read [it easily and quickly] as he hastens by. For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day. (Habakkuk 2:2-3 Amplified)
Prayer
Lord, I will write the vision that I might not be discouraged in troublesome days. I will listen and obey. Truly, You have instructed me to write the words You have spoken to me, and they are of great importance…they are life to my very bones.
Let the reality of how our conversations are eternal penetrate my belief system until it aligns with You, for the consequences and benefits are eternal. Though I am forgiven, what I do can have a positive or negative effect in the lives of others. I desire only the positive. Much time is wasted trying to undo wrong things when it could be used to build others up the way You do so for me.
Help me Lord to follow through, and to not allow any distractions to keep me from obeying You. I hear Your call to write or even sing the words of Your heart. Doing so will save me frustration and heart ache later when the battle rages…when fear, doubt and unbelief try to take my thoughts captive. I will review and speak what has been written in order to stand.
Yes Lord, I will stand up and speak. I will stand up and declare the Word of the Lord and the enemy will be defeated. As I declare the Word, You go before me and accomplish the purpose for which it was sent. I will declare all You have said and the crooked way will be made straight before me and the rough way will be made smooth. Today I stand in a large place of safety in You. Amen.
Reflect and Journal
- Have you sensed the Lord calling you to write down the vision…the promises…or any other instruction He has given you? Has He given you some for your family you find hard to believe? Write them down and come into agreement. Remember this, you are always agreeing with someone. It is just a question of who it is.
- Take time to seek the Lord and ask Him exactly what He desires you to write, and then do it.
- After you have written the inspired words you receive and as you spend time with the Lord, take time to review them and speak them out loud declaring the words of the Lord. Offer them back in thanksgiving for the great things He HAS done. This is not a time to grovel. It is time to agree.
- As you submit yourself to the leading of the Lord, resist the devil and he will flee. Are you fully submitted to the Lord? What trap do you keep falling into time after time? Sometimes when you resist is seems you get nowhere. However, once done over and over strength increases and progress is made. Muscles resist training when they experience pain. If their master pushes through the pain knowing he will reap a positive outcome the muscle will grow in strength and power. Once muscles grow in strength they resist less until more pressure is applied. In the beginning they look weak and do not show the subtle changes taking place but with time and effort they show the evidence of perseverance. This strength enables them to take more and more pressure until they are champion contenders for the person they belong to. Resistance becomes the key to strength when the one experiencing the struggle to overcome realizes subtle changes are taking place…progress is taking place and does not give up in doubt and unbelief…does not give up when the pain of failure tries and convince them otherwise. Keep resisting and you will enter into that place of peace with God.