Eyes Wide Open

Word of the Day
Beloved, take your hands down from your eyes in every area of the heart and soul. Look fully into My wonderful face and you will not forget all things work together for good to those who love Me and are called according to My purpose (Romans 8:28). You will not forget about how I take what the enemy does for evil and use it for good (Genesis 50:20). I am the Master of turning water to wine even before it is time when someone presses in with determination. Will you be one who presses in with a fearless, trusting heart all the while having your eyes wide open and uncovered?

Set your face like flint in regards to your great worth. Let no one rob you of your crown of beauty for you are a royal diadem in My eyes…in My hand (Isaiah 62:3). Let no one convince you in any way that ashes are somehow more pious than jewels. If ashes where more pious, I would have them; but, instead My heavenly kingdom is full of jewels radiating and reflecting the glory of My person of which you are one.

Beloved, I am in the habit of exchanging jewels for ashes. Give Me your ashes and I will give you a diadem of beauty. There is no better deal to be found anywhere else. Selah (meditate and think on this).

What is the purpose of all the jewels…all the beauty I give you in exchange for your ashes? Is it to just know who you are and who I am? Is it just about our relationship one to another…our intimacy and communion? Yes, it is about all these things; but, there is so much more. It is about you being free according to all I have given to make it so and then in turn becoming My instrument of exchange in someone else’s life.

What I do for you is so much more than can ever be contained on a personal level. What I give to you is multipliable beyond measure and is for the comfort…the consolation of another (2 Corinthians 1:3-4). What I give you is to help others to see their great worth…to see themselves as a royal diadem in My hand as well. So, come and see what awaits you when you no longer feel compelled to hide or peek through the cracks of your fingers. Come and see what I see. Come and be what I am for I live in you…Read Complete Love Letter
As for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring about that many people should be kept alive, as they are this day (Genesis 50:20 Amplified)

We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. (Romans 8:28 Amplified)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of sympathy (pity and mercy) and the God [Who is the Source] of every comfort (consolation and encouragement), Who comforts (consoles and encourages) us in every trouble (calamity and affliction), so that we may also be able to comfort (console and encourage) those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort (consolation and encouragement) with which we ourselves are comforted (consoled and encouraged) by God (2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Amplified)

Prayer
Lord, I take my hands completely off my face and I will not hide the deep things in my heart and soul. I take off the grave clothes I have used to hide any wounds, bitterness, resentment, wrong beliefs, wrong teaching which you wish to correct or any areas where I do not understand or walk according to grace in my own life or how it relates to others. No matter what evil the enemy has perpetrated in my life, You have the ability and the willingness to work it for my good. I press into You right now. I give You all the water of my life which needs to be changed into wine. I press in with a fearless heart to receive my portion planned for me from the very beginning. I set my face like flint and say I shall not be ashamed, confused, nor shall I be dismayed. Since You are for me, who can be against me?

I am no longer one who collects the ashes of my life, nor do I wallow in them. I give You the ashes of all disappointment, rejection, wrong thinking and believing, betrayal, or apathy. I give You the ashes of abuse no matter what or where they come from be they emotional, spiritual or physical no matter who was responsible for it. Please forgive me, if knowingly or out of ignorance, I have in anyway contributed to creating ashes in the life of another person through attitude, action, deed or lack of action which they might have needed to overcome.

I choose to be one who gives away the very same comfort I receive. I am one who plants seeds of life. I am one who co-labors with the wisdom of God imparted to me in order to bring death to the bad seed and its harvest in my own life. In turn, I become one who is obedient to help do the same in others. I will take the water of my life which is now turned to wine and give it as a healing balm to others. I am a planter of good seeds, new wine and truth. All these things I will give and worth shall come to those who dwell in darkness with eyes covered. Amen

Reflect and Journal

1. Take some time to reflect about a time the Lord took something the enemy meant for evil and worked it for good in your life? How did it personally affect you? How did it affect others?
2. What watery areas of your life need to be turned into wine so you can be fully able to give the fullness of who Christ is away? Remember, He saved the best for last. That best is you.
3. What ashes are you holding on to today? Mediate on this. Don’t be rash or quick to respond. This is a very serious thing. He wants to give you jewels in return. Have you experienced death in any area? He wants to give a jewel of resurrection life in the same area according to His will. What do you want to exchange today? Once you do the exchange, you must relish the experience. Do not take opportunity to walk once again in the lies of the enemy about you when he says, “Hath God Said?” Just tell him when he asks the question that God has indeed said. Treasure your jewels and do not….I say…do not for any reason lay them down to pick up ashes once again.
4. Ask the Lord what particular new wine, operating in your life right at this moment, is ready to be given away to someone waiting in the wings of your life…or someone…perhaps a complete stranger you meet at the grocery store. Remember, when you give it away, according to Kingdom principles, it multiplies.
5. Rest in His presence and ask Him to show you what He sees when He looks at you? If thoughts of condemnation come, reject them. Say to those thoughts with a loud voice, “Rejected, you are rejected!” Do this as often as it takes while at the same time confessing the opposite once you have stated the truth. This is called submitting to God and resting the devil…yes, even resisting the flesh. Do so and he will flee. Do so and your flesh…your soul will submit to the truth and you will be set free. However, sometimes you must be persistent so the devil will know you mean business…so your flesh will know you mean business.