Word of the Day
Yes, come My beloved one and throw off all encumbrances, all useless burdens you were never meant to bear, all distractions, and all failures of days and seasons past (Hebrews 12:1). Distractions cause confusion as a multiplicity of anxieties crowd your mind and cause you to act with folly and disorder. Confusion is a brutal robber of peace. Its desire is to overthrow and defeat a peaceful contented heart to the point your trust in Me and My goodness is eroded. Look away from all things distracting you no matter how little or insignificant they may seem (Hebrews 12:2). Even a small thing, when fixated on, has great power.
When this happens you avert your eyes from Me. Instead of looking at Me you look downward in shame or outward at things unable to satisfy. Looking fully into My Word of Truth and My eyes of graceful and merciful love is the only cure to the malady of self-introspection wrought by agitation, perplexity and an anxious heart. All of these combined bring one’s heart into unbelief and make faith weak at best. Unbelief is indeed blind.
Therefore, I am here with eye salve to anoint the eyes of your heart and enable you to see and have a deep abiding comprehension of all I have done.
Yes, I anoint you with the truth—with the revelation that I have already set you free. I gave all I had to the point of death. No words can ever say as much as the blood which poured down My face—the blood which saturated My robe and My Cross.
Be reminded of the precious value of what I have done. Be reminded of My might, power and dominion in all things. Be reminded that I am the anointed one who lives forever more. Don’t let the beauty of who I am fade in the light of distraction’s threatening glare. Run the race set before you with confidence in Me, for I endured the Cross for the joy set before Me. The joy set before Me was you. The joy set before Me is you (Hebrews 12:2). Nothing has changed. You are My joy. Now let Me be yours in every way. Receive joy.
THEREFORE THEN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us, (Hebrews 12:1 Amplified)
Prayer
Lord, open my eyes to see every encumbrance, every useless burden I carry. Your yoke is easy and Your burden is light. I cast all my cares on You today. One by one I let them go and my heart is becoming a place of contentment filled with peace and trust. When I focus on all You have said and done, confusion has no power over me—no power to perplex, agitate or threaten me with some type of impending doom or failure.
I look away from all things I have trusted in to satisfy the desires of my heart and look to You. I choose You. I choose grace and mercy-filled love. Take Your healing salve and anoint my eyes that I might see. Anoint my ears that I might hear. Anoint my lips that I might speak what I hear You say when I am with you and not what situations and circumstances around me seem to shout. I reject unbelief and embrace You. I embrace Your might, Your power, and acknowledge Your dominion over all things, including me and mine. I will run the race You have set before me and be glad. I receive joy. Amen
Reflect and Journal
1. What specific encumbrances, distractions or useless burdens have been weighing you down?
2. A multitude of distractions and burdens create confusion. Have you had times of confusion recently? If so, take some time to be in His presence and He will show you the root or beginning place of this confusion. Once He shows you, cast your distractions and burdens on Him and let peace rule in your heart.
3. He is here to anoint your eyes and heart to enable you to have a deeper revelation of the work He accomplished on your behalf. Come into His presence and let your sanctified imagination assist you in seeing Him anoint the eyes of your heart. Write what you see or hear.
4. Reflect on being the joy set before Him and how He can be the joy set before you.