Word of the Day
Come into My all encompassing, steadfast love and the heaviness will lift, for My yoke is easy and My burden is light (Matthew 11:30). Cover yourself with a garment of praise and a thankful spirit. See your ashes turned to beauty, and your mourning to joy. (Isaiah 61:3). I destroy the darkness for I am Light. I am life and life more abundant for you this moment (John 10:10). I am pouring out the oil of gladness today.
Come; let Me illumine any areas of darkness in your life and heart. I am sovereign over the darkness and there is no place for any foe to hide from Me. The darkness desires one thing and that is to distort the true vision of Me, causing you to see Me as either uninterested or the cause in your plight.
I have engraved you into the palm of My hand, calling you the apple of My eye (Isaiah 49:16). Your every breath is important to Me. Even now I am taking the tip of My finger and I am tracing out the very lines of your essence, tracing out the lines of your life held within My hands. My light transforms and has brought you out of the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of the Son. This transference is a process, a journey; therefore do not be dismayed for I am not slow in coming to you. I am not slow in fulfilling My promises.
Beloved, I am always right on time. And right now, I am very aware of your situations and circumstances. Are you aware of My presence? Look up. I am near. Breathe, for I am as close as the breath of your mouth. After all, you are My beloved and I cherish you. I will never leave or forsake you. I am near. Breathe.
“See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me” (Isaiah 49:16 NIV).
“For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; the Lord my God illumines my darkness” (Psalms 18:28 Amplified).
Prayer
Lord, I hear Your call to come and learn from the potter’s wheel…to come and discover truths about You and how they relate to me. As I learn about how You go to great effort to rescue devastated and abused jars…abused pots of clay, my heart ascends in praise for the one who loved me enough to rescue me from the devil’s clutches…from his field of broken dreams and lost worth. How I love You Lord. There is no other who could do or will do what You have done. Your tender, ever foreseeing heart has loved and will always love me, cracks and all. Thinking about the abandoned, rejected pots in relation to my own life brings tears to my eyes as I ponder Your goodness. All I want to have is the same heart towards the loved, the broken and the lost as You had for me.
Every lifeless dry place in my heart was most important to You…so much so, the sacrifice of Your life was required and freely given. You never gave up on me for the vision of Your heart for my life was the joy set before You as You endured the Cross. I cannot imagine loving a friend, let alone a vicious enemy, enough to lay down my life with the possibility the act would not be appreciated or even accepted. However, You looked beyond the sin…the emptiness…the temporal…and peered into the very makeup of my being and said, “It is good.”
Lord, You took my broken pieces…all the worthless things and pounded the lies surrounding my worth and value into fine dust. You removed all the thorns and thistles of life and continue to do so. Everything embedded into my heart meant to cause me evil You turned for good as You released saturating amounts of living water into my very soul where unfertile, unloved soil abided. You scooped soil and living water into Your hand and placed it on Your Potter’s wheel to shape me… form me into a vessel of honor You always knew me to be. What a good treasure hunter You are.
Lord, I so want to be just like you in the reality of my life, not in theory but in practicality. In my head I know these things you say to me are true; but never the less, they are not always revelation to my heart. I ask you to open the eyes of my heart and fill me with so much love I overflow with love and grace into every area of my life…that I flow into the people I struggle with on an ongoing basis. Let the mystery of the ages…the love of the Bridegroom for His bride unfold with natural and eternal power to transform both me and others. Strengthen me for battle and teach me to marvel even more at what the touch of Your hands has accomplished in me as I move to Your rhythm on the wheel of Your heart. May Your fragrance be the only thing I emanate. I will not desire the fragrance of another but will be pleased with my place…vessel that You have taken so much time to fashion. Yes Lord, I am one who was beautiful before all time and always will be. Amen
Amen
Reflect and Journal
- Have you been bearing burdens not meant for you to bear? If so, what are they? It is important to name them in order to identify any lies the enemy may have told you in order to make your rest in your own sufficiency.
- Take time to release these burdens, even if you have done it a thousand times before it matters not.
- Reflect on the Lord tracing the outline of your life and heart with His finger. It gives Him such pleasure.
- Write a love note of thanksgiving and praise. Listen and write what He says about you as He traces your name with His love.