Word of the Day
Beloved, beautiful one, help has come…help has arrived; therefore’ watch what you say. Do not nullify the victory by confessing negative words or thoughts. Do not listen to the distracting thoughts of the enemy. Do not let him form overshadowing clouds of doubt and unbelief in response to all I have given you, thereby raining on your parade. I alone wish to rain on you…to rain down sweet spring rains of wisdom shrouded in grace and mercy. Let the soil of your heart open up to My rain no matter what the natural may try and convince you. Open up and receive heaven-born possibilities and see the fruits of salvation and righteousness spring forth from your life (Isaiah 45:8)
It is important in this day that you call yourself who you are…call yourself My king and priest and just not someone hanging in there or just trying to be. You already are! You are the soil, the rain in someone else’s life for I have indeed sprung up in you. I am your help and now you are someone else’s…you are a fruitful sprouting heaven-born possibility. You are a crown of glory…a royal diadem in My hand (Isaiah 62:3). You already are and have been before the foundations of the world. Open your spirit in a whole new way. Self-image must change completely for you are created in My image. You were formed in your mother’s womb for My glory…for relationship with Me…for communion and intimacy with Me regardless of your situation and circumstance.
Beloved, My essence…My being transcends all barriers and is not put off by the processes of your life. Therefore, let your heart be open for there are many seeds I have prepared for you. I have prepared them to germinate and sprout forth My salvation and righteousness in the earth. Hand in hand we do this until the earth is filled with the plantings of the Lord.
You shall also be [so beautiful and prosperous as to be thought of as] a crown of glory and honor in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem [exceedingly beautiful] in the hand of your God. (Isaiah 62:3 Amplified)
Let fall in showers, you heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness [the pure, spiritual, heaven-born possibilities that have their foundation in the holy being of God]; let the earth open, and let them [skies and earth] sprout forth salvation, and let righteousness germinate and spring up [as plants do] together; I the Lord have created it (Isaiah 45:8 Amplified)
Prayer
Lord, how beautiful You are…how wonderful is Your name in all the earth. There is no one like You; therefore, there is no one like me for I am made in Your image. Before time ever was You knew me…You loved me and had plans for me. I am not an after-thought. In fact, I consume Your thoughts. Your thoughts about me are so many they cannot be counted. My heart is overjoyed when I ponder how you continually think on me and plan for me.
I choose to come and abide within You under the shadow of Your wings. I reject all doubt and unbelief. I rest in the security of Your name which contains all I will ever need. I open up my heart to receive the rains of Your presence…Your Word into the soils of my being. Let it rain…let all heaven-born possibilities and promises be fulfilled in my life. I declare my heart to be open and unafraid. I declare no shame or guilt will rob me of displaying the beauty of who You have called me to be in the lives of others. I receive the rain of Your Presence. I declare that I am fruitful…that I am sprouting forth Your glorious salvation and righteousness in the earth, to and for those I love. I am walking hand in hand with You to accomplish Your desires for me and those I love…for those I have not met yet. Germinate and sprout new life in me today as I submit myself to You…as I nestle into the atmosphere of Your Presence and receive the rain of all heaven-born possibility. Amen.
Reflect and Journal
- You are His beautiful one…His image on this earth to demonstrate salvation and righteousness. You are full of Him regardless of situation and circumstance…you are full of Him regardless. Has worry, doubt, unbelief or the mundane thing of everyday life robbed you in any way of this beautiful truth? If so, please take time to read the verse again and again. Read the devotion again and again until you can sense or acknowledge by faith that His rain is saturating the soil of your heart…until you can acknowledge in spite of life’s experiences that you are a demonstration of His image, His salvation and His righteousness in the earth…to all those you encounter.
- What does it mean to you personally to be a crown of glory and honor in the Lord’s hand? Do you believe being this is contingent on your behavior…your performance or simply because He is love and you are loved by Him?
- Who does the Bible say you are? Are you willing to proclaim that reality? Are you willing to walk into your true identity and call yourself who you really are?
- Take some time to contemplate the magnitude of God’s thoughts to you…contemplate the reality of how He constantly thinks about you…you are always on His mind. Selah (Meditate)
Greetings SisBrenda…As I read this devotional, I think of Mephibosheth – son of Jonathan. He was the grandson of King Saul and should’ve sat on the throne by blood; however, through no fault of his own, he suffered naturally and was crippled in both feet and lived a life of shame and rejection in Lodebar. That is until King David called him out of the cave that he was in, restored the property that was his and gave him a seat at the king’s table. Like Mephibosheth, we suffer many wounds and make many mistakes in this lifetime and often feel and act less than who we are, but the King of Glory has called us out of that shame and obscurity, has dusted us off and has said that we are royalty! We are His Righteousness in Christ; not by acts, but by grace! Take your seat at the King’s table and partake of all that Jesus has said is yours!