Word of the Day
Beloved, I am coming to deal with the words of men in your life. I am going back into what you consider the past. Remember, in Me there is no past. All is set before My very eyes. I can see assess and declare the beginning from the end all at the same time (Isaiah 46:10). Nothing is hidden or escapes My notice (Hebrews 4:13). I put even the most complex into simple order. Look at the universe. See, marvel, and fear not.
Some of the words of men have left you with a defeatist attitude in certain areas. When you feel defeated it is hard to realize and experience My love. You were created to be loved and give love. It is to be your supreme joy above all things. It is time for your natural circumstances to change and come in line with all I have already planned for you.
Contrary words of men who walk without understanding are insidious. Deceptive words of the enemy demand self-attainment, hopelessness, doubt, and unbelief. My word releases the spirit of truth, producing freedom, rest, joy, trust, victory, and deliverance from trouble (John 16:13).
Do you endeavor to please men, for seemingly all the right reasons, just to find yourself having a hard heart because you have been motivated out of wrong attitudes? Beloved, when this happens it causes you to withdraw from doing good. Many times servants do things because they feel they have to. True servant-hood is born out of friendship and love. Love compels one to serve and becomes the only reason to do so. What you do can never determine your worth. Who you are, My friend and heir to the Kingdom, determines this. Have a right attitude in all you do and serve to love, not to prove.
Do not be driven to accomplish things in order prove your worth. I have made you worthy and gifted you to do certain things. I am not saying to disregard men. I am saying come to Me for your worth and find My truth in the Word, enabling you to walk out your destiny. Come into a place of quiet rest in My presence and I will deposit My very essence into the empty places of your heart, into the empty places of lost desire and hope. My hope will never disappoint and I will give you My very self in a real and tangible way (Romans 5:5). Come and be filled. Come and be loved.
[Earnestly] remember the former things, [which I did] of old; for I am God, and there is no one else; I am God, and there is none like Me, Declaring the end and the result from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure and purpose, (Isaiah 46:9-10 Amplified)
Prayer
Every portion of my life is held within the eyesight of the Lord. He sees all past, present and future. Not one detail of my life escapes His glance. All things are visible to Him at one time. He sees the end from the beginning. I shake off the words of men and the enemy and cloak myself in the promises of God. Every promise over my life is yes and amen. I walk in the rest and joy of the Lord. They are my garments and He covers me with Himself. I am no longer only a servant. I am also a friend of God, a son of God who has been seated in heavenly places. Because of this, I can rest without fear. My heart is open today and every day after. I receive Your love, Lord. I come. Amen
Reflect and Journal
- Have you found yourself pleasing men and taking on too many things He hasn?t asked you to do?
- Have you allowed your service to the Lord in any area to be motivated by need for self-worth or given without a heart of true love and compassion? When service to others flows from His indwelling love, pressure to perform and hardness of heart cease, enabling you to operate as sons and friends of God.